Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov

I’ve been looking for a new WordPress theme for this blog, but I can’t find anything that I like enough. Maybe I’m not ready yet, or maybe it’s just that time of year. So, I thought, I’d ask for help from you guys. Here are a few things that I’m looking for:

• Wide. I want something wide. I like margins and all, but I have so much stuff that I want to fit in that space is essential. Main content area should be wide enough to accommodate 500 pixel images from Flickr. Sidebar should have enough space for my blogroll, recently read items, Flickr badge, Google AdSense, and so on and so forth.
• Easy on the eyes. I’m writing lots of text, so it’s essential that text is easy to read. Black on white or something of equal contrast should work fine. Light backgrounds are preferred. Bonus points for large letters.
• Formatting. I often use block quotes and code samples. I use plenty of links. I use lists a lot. I like both full size and thumbnailed images, which I can centralized or align to the left or to the right and float with text. New theme should support all of those.

Do you guys have any suggestions for the theme that fits the above? Please, let me know via comments.

Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, released some fresh numbers (original PDF):

Household internet access ranged from 23% in Greece to 80% in the Netherlands

Some bits are surprising, others less so… Overall, it’s nice to see the growth.

This post is a part of Together! Blogging group blog effort at Cyprus Blog Network.

For me, blogging is:

• Fun. Expressing myself in writing is still a challenge for me, even after all these years of practice. A fun challenge. Much like ice skating - you know you can do it, and you do it pretty good by the end winter. But when the next winter comes, you have start all over again.

  Also, reading blogs is a lot of fun. Especially with more and more of my friends joining the blogosphere.

• Note taking on steroids. I’ve tried several note taking systems - from pen and paper to specialized applications, but blogging is the one that works best for me. Cross-linking is easy. Additional information is easy (with comments). Searching is supereasy (with categories, tags, and Google). And, additional bonus is for reduced clutter - I blog mostly only things that I care about.
• Professional tool. Blogging helps me with self-promotion. It connects me with all those smart people out there. And, recently, earns me a cent or two.

… and much more.

The above statistics screenshot was taken from CyprusDating4u.com - “The first Cyprus dating portal”.

With these numbers, I don’t even know who to pity more - men with their poor chances, or women, who are in such high demand that it’s almost dangerous…

30 Boxes drive the innovation with voice integration:

it uses our API and some IVR magic to let you make a phone call directly to your calendar. That’s right, 30 Boxes speaks. Using your keypad you can navigate from day to day.

Not only that, you can add voice notes to any day. Robocal records your note and attaches it as a file to an event on your calendar!

Now I’m not sure how useful it is and all, but it does sound sweet. It’s good to know that there are people out there who think out of the frame. Or think so much that it doesn’t fit into the frame no more…