I miss this place, seriously. Yet it really needs some spring cleaning.
See you later, hopefully?

But first of all, I need to find a GOOD anti-spam plugin. As we can see WP-spam-free and other things like that does not really work.
So if you have any suggestions: x.lacrymosa.x[at]gmail.com, I may not really check the comments ;).

Much love,
Haava – the over-spammed owner ;)

FINALLY~!

My very own WordPress theme. It’s not the first one I’ve ever created, but the first for my own use.

I wouldn’t be myself if making such design took me less than two months. I started it right before Christmas and after finishing the graphics part, neglected it for few weeks. But now it’s ready and I love it <3, even though it’s not perfect. Tag Cloud is getting on my nerves, seriously. Normally, the widgets work with <h2><ul>, but not the Tag Cloud. It doesn’t give a damn about <ul> or any other HTML tag which might have added a padding into it x_x”. Or at least I haven’t found any… But other than that, I love this theme <3.

As you probably noticed, the idea was to create a neon-like style of design. It was inspired by a Photoshop tutorial I found on Abduzeedo and the design I created for MaxStudio’s blog.
This theme is so much more my style than the previous one. I guess people will always associate me with grungy designs. Besides, I’m just sick of winter. Oh snow, how I hate you~!
Anyway, I never really created a design with such high contrasts. My colour schemes usually were more monochromatic. Well, maybe excluding RT’s theme, the black/red one. This reminds me… I really should move my butt and put Radioactive Toy back up. It’s been almost a year since I opened it and almost a year since my last update of the site XD. And so the award for the worst webmistress goes to… Oh, never mind. It’s not really my fault that I didn’t create anything showable until just recently x_x”. When you work for someone whose vision is like 180° away from your own, it’s not easy. My boss likes my projects, my co-workers like my project and I… not really.

On the other hand, I did few designs I like. First of all, my boss’ portfolio. It was the very first design ever which I could create simply according to my own vision. My boss only approved of it. Of course, it’s dark. Have I ever created a good lightly-coloured design? Hardly. Well, maybe Nothing ’til the Weekend, but it’s just one among many. Exception makes a rule?
The second work-oriented design I like would probably be our style blog. I like it, but I didn’t think of it as a design accurate for a company. But my boss and co-workers love it, so let it be. It was the second WordPress theme I ever created, so I’m quite proud of it.
The third one is connected with the style blog, but it’s the latest design of our main page. It’s exactly the same style, but horizontal. I must say that I like it much more than the blog. Everything looks clean and organized.

Ok, that’s pretty much it for today. I have few entries started so you can expect Vi.net to be updated more frequently. I guess it’s my way to avoid learning. I’m not slacking, I’m keepeing myself busy with other things ;D. On the other hand, it would be really nice to pass goddamn econometrics x_x”.

If you’re a bookwork like me, it’s a place for you. You can list all the books you’ve ever read, rate them, tag them and share them with others.
I’m new there and, what can I say, I’m not the most accessible person in the world, but if you are, this might be a good place  to make new friends, who have a similar taste as you.
For me, it’s more like a treasury of books I’d love to read.

I treat my profile as a little collective. I wanted to add something similar as a wordpress page, but it would be a pain to keep it  updated. I accidently found this widget and decided to take advantage of the situation ;).

So now I manage the whole thing in just a few clicks.
I organize my collection by Author’s name, but I could also do this by status, title or rating. I can switch book’s status between options like “not started”, “finished”, “reading” etc. I can add a specific date when I finished reading a book and thanks to this aNobii counts the number of books I read and number of pages: at this exact moment, I have 17 read books (3 re-reads included) which is a total of 7890 pages ;). This year, I mean and I’m not done with adding my books! Some of them simply aren’t there yet (yeah for polish books…).
A re-read. I can add a “re-read” date and it certainly works for me since this year I read the whole “Black Magician Trilogy” by Trudi Canavan twice. Firstly, I read it in Polish and then re-read it in English. And what’s the point in adding the same book twice even if the language is different?
When I’m done with status I can add tags. Most of my collection is tagged under “! The Loved Ones” simply because I hardly remember the bad books x_x, except for the few ones I have on my bookshelf… and those are yet to come ;).
There’s also a whishlist panel, so I can keep track of books I plan to read.

To each book, no matter what the status is, I can add a comment, but I guess I should call it a review. Might be useful, but personally, I’d rather write such things here ;), so there would be the slightest chance that Vihainen wouldn’t die too soon ;D .

If I get tired of a book I can put it under “tradable” category. After specifying a few details like book’s condition or price it is ready to be sold.
If I lend a book and the person who borrowd it is a member too and he/she doesn’t feel like returning it, I can send a reminder ;) [beware Catastro~! <3].

Last but not least, I can share my books with you guys, right here, without spending the whole eternity on coding pages or getting lost somewhere in the middle of adding books. I don’t have to host book covers or any information, this small plugin is all I need.

There probably are features which I didn’t mention here. Either because I haven’t noticed them quite yet or I don’t really think they are very important.
If you want to find out if I missed something, simply sign up! Especially, if you read more than two books a year ;).

[Side note:] It’s kind of the first review-like entry on the blog. I know, I suck at this kind of stuff, but I will do my best to improve, so don’t be too harsh on me and I wait for some feedback <3.
Like, from all 3 of you who may read it: Ria, Ari and Catastro XD.