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Attempt number two. I wanted to keep the garden theme going, but the next one may go in a different direction.

So here’s my first attempt. It took a bit to get used to the bloated XHTML and CSS (they were designed to make it easy to edit for novices) but the final version turned out well…it has a very 2.0 vibe, but it’s kinda cool.

So I’ve come up with an interesting (insane?) exercise to push my design abilities and time management skills: 5 sites in 5 days.

I’m going to take the skeleton of the Zen Garden site and produce five very different designs via CSS. The plan is to go in cold…start each day with a blank sketchpad and go to town. The clock will begin at 9 a.m. and end at midnight. I will post the results of each day when I finish the project or the clock strikes midnight, whichever comes first.

The experiment starts tomorrow and it should be pretty interesting. Stay tuned!