Hello! Helvetireader!
May 28, 2009Sorry for my radio silence. I have no excuse. Actually, I was in the middle of writing a "top 10 reasons why I suck" post, but something felt too familiar about it. So I did a little search and found this post from August, 2007. AT LEAST I AM CONSISTENT, PEOPLE.
Consider this my 900th entry back into regular blogging! To be honest, I'm in the middle of yet another obsessive compulsive blog redesign, so there's a lot going on behind the scenes even if I seem like I'm an absentee blogger. I want to better integrate all the other posts/photos/videos/tweets/etc I clog the internet with every day, so that sarahlane.com is more of a big mashup, rather than a ghost town for weeks on end. So, you're up to speed. Oh, and please send me any fabulous design ideas if you have 'em!
In the meantime, I came across something wonderful in my Tumblr dashboard this morning (via joelaz). You know how nobody's ever been as obsessed with anything as the world seems to be with the Helvetica font? And who can blame us, right? Helvetica is smart and clean and reminds us all that text is beautiful! Well, now you can use Helvetica to make Google Reader prettier.
Helvetireader is a userscript for a variety of browsers that simplifies Google Reader while also Helvetifying it. I'm going to give it a week to see if my Google Reader usage can be salvaged (I've all but abandoned it lately and could use a fresh coat of paint, as it were).
If you're using a browser that doesn't support userscripts, or just want to tweak the look of Helvetireader, you can download and tweak the CSS file. If you go this route and are happy with the results, post your stellar work in the comments!
Reader Comments (7)
oh please Sarah, nothing you do is ever less than perfect, your fun smart and pretty
Do you ever look in your google reader subscriptions numbers and wonder who they are??
I'll bet you're one of my avid readers, aren't you Sarah!? I'm sure that my recent resurgence on my blog is the inspiration behind your return to yours, right? What can I say, I live to serve. (Also, I'm pretty sure that the earth has been rotating specifically around my center of gravity... weird.)
Anyway, have a happy day!
Kelsey (KelsNotChels)
twitter.com/kelsnotchels
bloggy style: www.kelseytoney.com
Will, you're too kind. Really. I am very much a less than perfect woman. :)
Kelsey- You're the meaning in my life.. you're the inspiration....
Oh Sarah, do you ever get overwhelmed by your admirers?
Been using Squarespace lately. Im loving it, everything works! Theres no stupid features. Even been venturing into manual CSS. Its kinda addictive, taking away from my video game time.
...you really are super cute, by the way
You are a TERRIBLE blogger Sarah.
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I love your work (and you, but why lead with that, it just sounds creepy) - but you don't post much.
I am loving the idea of the new dashboard though - as you described it on NATN, it seems like the perfect hub for all that is Sarah. Looking forward to it.
I mean, you tweet, you TWIF, you NATN and you have a full-time job - how hard is it to blog as well? :)
I'm worse than you are.
When you're in the corner and have got no cash to get out from that point, you would need to take the credit loans. Just because it should aid you definitely. I get collateral loan every year and feel good just because of this.