I’ve been trying to create a new layout for my site here, and failing spectacularly. Trying to come up with a decent logo/color combination has been tedious and depressing. Simply put, I suck.

There needs to be a “Design Eye for the Shad Web” type of tutorial or something. I can’t do anything right. Color combos, logo design, layout — They all suck right now. I need Martin or Sarah to design me a new “Shad’s Pad” logo. I’ll pay them in Jelly Bellys.

I’ve been looking at sites in CSS Remix and CSS Beauty, as well as CSS Vault and the CSS Zen Garden, hopefully for inspiration. I’ve found a lot of nice sites that I like, but I don’t want to copy them. So instead of inspiration, I find discouragement instead.

OK, pity party over. Back to your regularly scheduled surfing. Hopefully I’ll have something more entertaining than the default soon.