[PLUG-TALK] Blog Server Themes and Browser Skins

lauren.r.ball lauren.r.ball at comcast.net
Sat Jun 3 04:14:16 UTC 2006


This came up in a ceramics newsgroup, why do little old ladies buy lots 
of blue pots.  They always sell well.
Lauren

Rich Shepard wrote:
>   I've put the rack of ribs in the barbecue pit, and it will take 4-6 
> hours
> for them to cook. I'm trying alder flavor this time because that's 
> what was
> on the top of my cooking wood pile.
>
>   In the meantime, I'm amusing myself looking at the WordPress themes. 
> There
> are some fantastically creative folks out there with superior graphic art
> abilities, an area in which I can claim no talents. What strikes me, 
> however,
> is the prevalence of blue-based color schemes.
>
>   I've seen this in firefox themes and other applications that offers a
> variety of looks to customize the way it appears to us and others. I 
> wonder
> why there's so much blue. Could this be a reminder of the BSOD so 
> familiar to
> those in the Winduhs world? Or, a remnant of the blue background when VGA
> monitors first came out (remember WordPerfect's bright white text on a 
> blue
> background?) Why so much blue? Anyone know?
>
> Just curious,
>
> Rich
>




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