Redesigns and Inspiration

May is redesign month, since a fair number of sites I frequent (all web-related) have changed their look. Then there was the big Blogger redesign, with some subtle id maintenance thrown in. And of course some big corporates jumping on the standard-compliant bandwagon: AT&T and MP3.com, among others. BP made the switch a while ago, but it flew below the radar it would seem.

Also another CSS site list launched: CssBeauty, which to my delight featured the Serco TransArctic Expedition as their first showcase piece. Thanks Alex!

I'm making progress on my own redesign, which since starting a few weeks ago has subsequently grown into a complete backend overhaul. My goals are best put by the Daft Punk boys: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. I've decided to place less emphasis on my blog and more on my projects, portfolio and photography this time around, while improving user interactivity and general IA.

I've wanted to link the following site into a post for a while now: Jeedoubleu, by Greg Washington, is one of the smartest flash portfolios I've ever seen. If only he could lose the "Think outside the box" cliché.

Malaysian Andy Lim has some sweet underwater photography - check out his Sanctuary Under the Sea.

Lastly, some photos I took this morning after 3am, shortly before sunrise. I first assumed they were strange cloud formations but concluded they're airplane exhaust trails - they stretched from one end right across the sky to the other, in perfect parallels. I could be wrong; you decide. Excuse the poor thumbnail quality, I can't figure out why that's suddenly happening.