Google Web Page Creator: A simplistic WYSIWYG type web page creator from Google that allows GMail users (for now) to publish their own webpages at http://username.googlepages.com Try your hand with your GMail account.

Sirius is a clear, clean, two columns theme for WordPress, that comes with some interesting features : localization (currently English and German), a lengthy admin menu page that allows customization of the layout without editing any file, 5 predefined color schemes and the ability to create your own with the help of a color picker, and built-in support for a few popular plugins. Nice work.

There is an updated version — 1.02 — of the popularish Click Counter Plugin available. This is a security upgrade, fixing potential SQL injection exploits. Get the full scoop and download links on the author’s blog.

This is a personal rant. I read a whole bunch of blogs everyday when I get a chance. It is a diversion, an escape and is a means of research. I like actually visiting blogs as opposed to reading them all through my reader. I have noticed an alarming trend that literally bars me from reading these at a public/semi-public location, that of ads with naked people on them and/or large text ads with offensive language. I understand that ads make money and these ads pay more than others, but I also believe that ads such as these hurt your reader count and might turn people like me away from your blog. I rarely ever visit BoingBoing anymore for just this reason. What do other readers/bloggers think of potentially offensive ads?

WP Theme: Emire Phu has released the second installment of his “Theme a day” and this one is a two column, professional looking, wide bordered theme for WordPress.

WP There: Supposedly Clean A collection of two column themes for WordPress with a focus on making them simple to customize. Clean, crisp, with nice swirly backgrounds.

NSFW: Tech pundits (bloggers) getting naked Might not be safe for work (if you work in a really prudish place).

WP Theme: Simpla Phu has embarked on “A Theme a Day” week where he designs and offers for download a WordPress theme every single day of the week. His offering for today happens to be Simpla, which is one of those themes that you look at and go…”I can see my blog in that skin”. Very nicely done, simple, two column, colorful, iconful, detailed theme for WordPress. Thanks Phu.