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New Layouts

So aside from finally updating Brilliant at 3:00 a.m. (now on Chapter 2!!), I've been busying myself these past couple of days with new layouts for my blogs. I like these new ones. They're XML and compatible with the new Blogger's widgets. Also, tweaking the themes gave me a sort of crash course in CSS coding. heh XD Of course, that means obsessing over the whole thing to the point where I have dreams of them.

Also, while I'm at it, I discovered Google Chrome. I'm still testing it out but so far so good. It definitely provides faster browsing. The only tiff I have with Google Chrome is that it doesn't have the Delicious toolbar and also the multiple search engine bar that Firefox has. But its delightful extensions might make for it. For instance, the screenshots of my blogs below are accomplished through this nifty extension called Webpage Screenshot. Really cool. If you haven't tried Google Chrome yet, you should give it a try.

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