You may have noticed a little change around these here parts.

Honestly, I’d never had the intention to change layouts every several months — this is my fourth layout since I started, and so far my favorite. Each previous theme, while sufficient for the moment, always had little bugs that I wasn’t entirely satisfied with, and I wasn’t good enough with hacking the code to get everything just the way I wanted. (Here’s what the previous layout looked like. I really liked most aspects of it; there were just a few things I wasn’t totally sold on.) I’ve kept my eye out over the past months for one that met all my picky requirements, and tweaked the hell out of the code. Maybe this one’ll stick.

Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think — about the new look, or anything else goin’ on today. Sankyoo!

SONG OF THE DAY

Pinback - “Blue Harvest” [ zShare download ]

 
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Hm, eeenteresting…

I just spotted a new incoming link, and clicked in mild curiosity. To my surprise, despite being a blog I hadn’t heard of, it was a familiar template to anyone who reads any of the monster juggernaut-y blogs run by Gawker Media (such as Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Consumerist, Jezebel, or its flagship, Gawker).

Turns out it’s the newest Gawker blog, a sci-fi centered site that launched just today, io9.com.

So, what could io9 possibly want in a Dramabeans post??

Here, I’ll give you a moment to guess.

What do Dramabeans and io9 have in common?

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Since a few of you were curious about poll results, here they are (the rest beyond the jump), arranged in descending order of votes cast.

I expected Coffee Prince to lead the pack, but I was still a bit surprised at the extent of its lead. Therefore I find it more interesting to see not only who won but how all the OTHER dramas fared in relation to one another.

SONG OF THE DAY

Kio - “Old Movie” [ zShare download ]

The rest of the poll results>>

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! (Happy Hanukkah? Kwanzaa? Generic seasonal holidays?)

Hope y’all have a nice, relaxing, energizing, kdrama-filled holiday. As for me, my day is entirely booked — I have lots of sleeping and reading and vegging to do. Phew. So much lazing about to do, so little time.

SONG OF THE DAY

House Rulez - “Merry Christmas” [ zShare download ]

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You know you wanna.

I know you love polls and surveys — a whole bunch of you voted for 2007’s top drama. (Minus one vote for me.)

Anyway, I’ve been experimenting with advertising on this blog, some more successful than others, and apparently this survey will be eminently useful to would-be sponsors. So help a sista out and answer a few questions! (Note: SKIPPING QUESTIONS IS PERFECTLY FINE.)

>> Take my Blog Reader Survey! <<

Oooh, exciting!

SONG OF THE DAY

Gino Paoli - “Senza fine” is one of my favorite songs ever. The song is an Italian classic, but I first came upon it in the wonderful, poignant film My Life Without Me (or Mi Vida Sin Mi, so titled because its director, Isabel Coixet, is Spanish although the film itself is English-language). Just four words to sell you: MARK RUFFALO! SARAH POLLEY! [ zShare download ]

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