I've tinkered endlessly with the format of this page today.  I started off by changing the format and the position of the date for each entry (I think it's more readable at the top), then I removed the left-hand column, and I've experimented with various permutations of background tiles and banners.  I created the banner using The Gimp (a top-notch Open Source image creation/manipulation package for those who don't know).  The radiating concentric circles were a bit of an accident, the result of applying a radial blur filter to some text!  Anyway I'm quite happy with it at the moment so I'll leave it the way it is for now.

I might make this the front page of jamesgibbon.com - after all, there's plenty of space here for links, and the existing front page looks a bit crap anyway!  (especially in IE, and sadly the Windows victims still outnumber the enlightened).  If I do, I'll add a horizontal navigation bar under the banner.

UPDATE: this is now the front page, as you can see.  I will work on a navigation bar over the weekend (although as yet, there's not a lot to navigate) .. anyway in the meantime there's a hastily knocked up navigation box at the top of the right hand column.

What a great toy this has turned out to be :)


James