You may have noticed that I’ve changed the default layout for the site again. To the “Cotton Candy” design, which I also fixed up a bit. It seemed like it needed a little love. If you’d like to change to the default design just click here. Be sure to hold your ctrl key and click the refresh or reload button to be sure it’s the right one. Or feel free to change to whatever layout you like using the gallery.

I also fixed the problems the “Neapolitan” skin was having in Inernet Explorer. Or I think I have. I’ve checked the skins in Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, and IE. I haven’t gotten screenshots from the Safari generator so who knows what that looks like. I’ve also finally fixed the links list. In the links section of the sidebar there’s a “blogrolls” form button. Click on it and you’ll get a matching popup list of some of my bloglines - yeah I have a LOT of bloglines subs.

Here’s an example that matches the new default skin:

I have not figured out what’s going on with the “remember me” cookie function in the comments section. I think I’ll have to go in and tinker with the headers in all the skins to have this work universally. I also haven’t checked to see if there’s a new version of Movable Type that may have fixed this. However, if you log in using a (free) Typekey account, it does seem to remember you that way. And it will work in all capable versions of Movable Type as well as all Typepad websites. But I’ll get this remember function fixed someday. I know it’s a pain.

I feel somewhat ashamed that I work harder fixing other people’s sites than my own. Seems to be a sort of “cobbler’s children having no shoes” type of situation. But I’m trying a little on mine anyway.

In related shoe news, Cody and I braved it over to the Coronado Mall yesterday and I had some fun visiting the Torrid store. It’s always interesting to see the stuff in person as opposed to the online store. This shirt is much better looking in person. It looks like barf on the site though. This, while it looks cool on the site looks like cheapo trash in person. And I’d been wavering back and forth on getting this shirt online but wasn’t sure. Then saw it in person and really wasn’t sure. But when I tried it on I couldn’t believe how flattering it actually was. Particularly since it’s fitted in the belly area, which usually means very bad things. But the panel down the middle with ruching on the side looks really good!

So I got a few things and got a chance to use up one of those “ten punches for 15% off” cards. Which was nice. And we found a shoe store across the hall from the Torrid which seems to be closing and has DOC MARTENS ON SALE! Cody finally found two pairs that were comfortable enough for him. Is it strange I find him sexier wearing them? And I got a cute pair that’s pretty close to what I wanted. For twenty bucks. Let me say that again: Doc Martens for 20 bucks.

In beverage news (ha) there’s a Boba Tea Company in the mall now. Of course this is the mall that’s clear across town from our house, not the one that’s just down the hill. We still have to cross the river and I-25 to get to Bubble Tea. But isn’t that weird? Bubble Tea in a mall. And I got to use another one of those “ten punches for a free smoothie” cards at Keva Juice. Go me being a conscientious consumer.

We never did get to Trader Joe’s. Maybe next week? We did get to the regular grocery store though so I’ll get to eat this week yay.