benlog

The first two or three times I set out to start what became this nlog, I started working on my own design from scratch. I picked WordPress mainly based on one positive mention on a website for my favorite RSS reader. Then I set about doing all the templates and all that, until I just stopped working on it. This last time when I came back to it, I just did a clean install, picked the default theme, and that was it.

The default WordPress theme is nice and neutral, and although it wasn’t my own creation, it seemed to fit nicely. In the nlogosphere, though, you have to worry about sticking out as someone who pretends to be all web-savvy but just has an off-the-shelf look to his or her site, just like everyone else who installed WordPress that day. So, of course, the drive to search for themes grows until something must be done.

The thing is, when it’s your personal site, themes are sort of like someone else’s vacation pictures. Some of them look real snappy, but rarely do they express any real meaning or relevance to your own life and self. This one suits me okay, having this great old tyme feel to it, but the urge to find something better or try to make a whole new theme that’s just the right thing is still there.