I first visited the Diary Of A Track Bunny blog last year. I promised Karah I’d review it a while back, so here I am.

The site has a whole different look now, featuring black, white, gray and pink colors. The blog is on an attractive two column theme that loads quickly. The header is colorful but doesn’t quite fit the Track Bunny mental image. I was sort of expecting rabbits, racecar drivers or racecars. Racecars with bunny ears would be cute, no? The font size is good, but I wish the gray font color was a little darker so it would be a little easier to read.

I like the navigation on the top of the blog. It’s a constant, it’s easy to find and it looks good. Since there is an Archive page contained in the navigation I’d probably get rid of the Archives widget in the sidebar to move more content up. The idea of a back to top link at the bottom of a blog is good, but this one doesn’t go back to the top. Intrigued by the # of users online link at the bottom, I clicked it to see where it went and got a “sorry, no posts matched my criteria” message in return. I would suggest moving the RSS feed link to the top, or just adding an RSS button up there somewhere, to make it easier for people to ssubscribe.

Karah updates her blog on a regular basis and frequently includes pictures. She’s got an easy going writing style, and her articles are of varying lengths. She writes in easy to understand complete sentences. The one thing I do not like is that on many of the posts the reader has to click more to read the rest of an article. I believe that if I am fortunate enough to have visitors to my site I’d like them to say for at least a little while. I do not ask them to work while they’re visiting, which is how I look at it when I see read more. Readers are easily able to interact by leaving a comment, as it is not necessary to register or login to leave a comment. The topics Karah mainly writes about are Nascar, celebrities, entertainment, music and television.

Karah’s got a terrific blog. Go check it out, and when you do tell her that valmg sent you.

I liked the previous theme that Our Big TV was running but I really wanted widget capabilities instead of always being in the code. So after surfing through who knows how many theme sites I came across this one and I rather like it. I like the color combination of white, black and blue and this should be much easier to work with and maintain. It seems lighter and brighter, and it may be my imagination but it also seems to load more quickly. I even made a little header. So come on, let me know. What do you think of the new look?

I’m always fascinated by the different homes and living spaces on television. When I’m watching a show I always find myself wondering if the set has been recycled from another show, or if an exterior was used in anything else. One of my favorite interior sets was from a television show I watched for all ten years from beginning to end, 7th heaven. I would love a house laid out like that. What a lot of people might not know is that the exterior shot shown in the pilot is of a real house in California that was used in a number of movies including Risky Business, the Babysitters Club and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. One of the giveaways that it was the same house were the columns on the front of the house (although I do now know if they were fiberglass columns or not). What’s your favorite tv show home interior set?