Here is the description of this smashing theme:

Mimbo is a magazine-style WordPress theme which makes extensive use of WP’s template tag system to create a non-traditional layout. It contains no images and only minimal CSS styling. Mainly it exists as a clean, grid-based starter layout for designers to install and style to their own liking.

And, here is a list of websites for free WordPress Themes:

1. The Best WordPress Magazine Themes Available
2. Kate’s Theme Viewer
3. Kaushal Sheth
4. WordPress Themes by Sadish
5. Blog’s theme
6. Free WP Themes

And, somethings for the upcoming special occasion:

• Christmas Icons and Christmas WordPress Themes

Here is an interesting article about blogging: 50 signs you’re a blogaholic. Since it seems we do not have easy access to the site, the 50 signs are copied here for easy references. Many Thanks to the author.

Are you addicted to blogging? You know you blog too much if…

1. You have to turn back on your way to the airport because you forgot to “tell” your blog that you’re going away.
2. You sneak off during a date to check your hit stats.
3. You update Twitter about your life more than you actually live it. (Thanks Gina!)
4. You think LSD is something to do with RSS or XML.
5. Your family don’t call anymore, they just check your blog.
6. You have daydreams about links from Boing Boing.
7. You pray to Steve Pavlina.
8. You eat blogging. You sleep blogging. You drink coffee.
9. You think Nike should make a shirt that says “just blog it”.
10. You would buy it if they did.
11. You’re considering naming your first-born child Scoble.
12. You start conversations with the phrase “top 10 ways to…” because you think it will get you on the front page of Digg.
13. You’re listening to the travel news and get excited by the phrase “heavy traffic”.
14. You moblog your own wedding.
15. You keep a blog ideas notepad by your bed. And you go to bed early just so you can write in it.
16. You check your Adsense revenue more than your bank account.
17. You’ve got more “blog friends” than “real life” friends.
18. You turn down invitations to go out because you haven’t yet written your post for the day.
19. You introduce yourself at parties as a “new media journalist”.
20. Your breakfast of choice is toast, cornflakes and Google reader.
21. You care more about what Technorati says about your authority than what your children do.
22. You’ve got “Custom CSS for Dummies” on your Christmas list.
23. You think the 3 Rs are Reading, Writing and RSS.
24. You can’t remember what you did last week without consulting your blog.
25. Your blogroll is longer that your cell’s phonebook.
26. You think “I wonder how this’ll look on Flickr?” when posing for photos.
27. When asked to feed the dog, you think “RSS or Atom?”
28. The only time your friends hear your voice is on your podcast.
29. You include ownership of your blog in your will.
30. You know what a blog carnival is.
31. You’ve participated in one.
32. You wonder if they do vacations at the Googleplex.
33. Under the hobbies section of an online dating profile you just put “Googling myself”.
34. Your licence plate matches your domain name.
35. Your lifetime goal is achieving a Page Rank of 10.
36. People in the street recognise you from your MyBlogLog photo.
37. You have a scorn for Xanga users normal people reserve for rapists and serial killers.
38. You refuse to wear black hats because you think it will affect your SEO.
39. You got that last one.
40. You have more than three friends with numbers in their names.
41. You’ve ever used the term “blawg” in coversation.
42. Blogger.com is banned on your office network.
43. You try to offer links as a form of payment in restaurants.
44. You start getting withdrawal symptoms when you go a day without posting.
45. You met your girlfriend/boyfriend through a blog.
46. You get more “approve this comment” e-mail messages than spam.
47. People worry about you when you do not post for a day.
48. The name Kubrick means more to you than the director of A Clockwork Orange.
49. You make the wrong post to the wrong blog on the wrong day.
50. You finish reading this and go to make a post with your own additions…

This post gives some interesting thoughts on the question of permission to put a blog in your blogroll:

… put bloggers on your blogroll that you sincerely recommend, whether or not they link back to you. Do it because you want to, not because you want something in return. Do it because you can honestly say “this is worth reading!” Remember, they are a reflection of you and your blog, so think through their inclusion.

And,

You can put anyone and anything you like on your blogroll. You can make up your own guidelines and standards for inclusion, or feature a totally diverse collection. As far as I’m concerned, there are no rules, no etiquette, and no reason to ask permission to put a blog on a blogroll. Can you think of any?

Excellent post on blogging culture!

[ blogroll ] A blogger's list of hyperlinks that are recommendations to other blogs  This definition of [ blogroll ] is from Google. 

[ bookmark ] a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place  This definition of [ bookmark ] is from Google. 

Blog热了！不仅在中国，在全球也是如此。据称，2004年BLOG是全球检索频率最高的词汇之一。

Blog 是英文web+log凑起来的，词义为“网络记录”，或“网络日志”，写BLOG的人叫做BLOGGER，而使用这个东西叫做Blogging。把BLOG称作（或译为）“博客”，其实有些令人费解，听起来词义重点在“人”，或是因为中间的这个“客”字的缘故吧。在多数人的思维里，人就有三六九等，那么“博客”是什么特别的“异族”？台湾岛上称其为“部落格”，似乎也不够中性，“人”的意味也较浓，“部落”不就是一族嘛！英文BLOG的词义重点在“事”，词义较为中性。因此，不少人建议用“网志”作为BLOG的翻译是有其道理的。中文WIKI百科的定义是：“Blog或Weblog，中文称网志或部落格，或者称为博客，即网友个人日志，是一个网上共享空间”。以“网志”为先！

“网志”是以个人为中心的信息发布和交流管道。既然是已个人为中心的，它的出现再一次向社会提出了“社会信任”问题，向教育提出了“公民意识”问题，也将法律带入了新的领域。前些天著名搜索网站GOOGLE就因网志的原因解雇了它的一位员工，并引起法律上的争论。但是，这些尚没有影响它的发展。“网志”的出现实际上是技术进步对个人能力的增强。它其实不是什么神秘的东西！简单说就是你把日记搬到网上了，在加入一些其它东西（网络功能），使其变成个人网站。不过，就是因为搬上了网，它同一般日记或日志不同了。

据说，中国的所谓“网志热”是开始于2003年6月。当时一个叫木子美的当时在“博客中国”写了自己的网络日记《遗情书》，10月中旬以后，《遗情书》的日访问量近20万次，并以每天6000次以上的速度增长，成为中国点击率最高的私人网页之一。先不论木子美和她的网络日记带来的社会评论，或许这个网志真的是推动了人们对“网志”的了解。《遗情书》或许只是开始让不少人去读“网志”，而实际上微软不久前发布的MSN Space却是让不少人真正开始使用这个空间。MSN Space免费且操作简易，迅速为很多人所接受。虽然注册数量尚难得知，但增长速度应是很快的。微软开发SPACE自然有其商业目的，但一定意义尚它使所谓“网志”或“博客”大众化了，特别是在年轻的一簇当中。据统计，中国目前的网民数量已达9400万，其中11%的网民是博客页面的阅读者。那么中国究竟有多少人拥有自己的网志？《法制日报》最近一篇题为“中国“博客”正异军突起，女性”博客”占多数”的文章称中国的“博客”有四、五百万。（《法制日报》的文章注明其是编译6月12日英国《新科学家》杂志的内容，不过在当期该杂志中好像找不到同样的东西，倒是在该杂志去年的文章中看到一些相关评论，不过正面的评论不多，其中也谈到木子美的作用。）先不论数字的准确性（这在我们这里始终是个问题），那么网志究竟是什么？

• “网志”是媒体，是以个人为中心的媒体，并且可以是个人信息门户。既然是媒体，“网志”便具有任何媒体所具有的属性，也具有或应当具有任何媒体所具有的社会责任。“网志”的出现引发了人们关于新媒体和新闻学的争论，认为“网志”的出现标志着“市民新闻”的开始，或者说“人人是记者”。最著名的著作有WE THE MEDIA。信息的传播越来越向开放性和非正式性方向发展，但同时也引起了人们对信息公正性、客观性和准确性的担忧。
• “网志”是“个人”表达，具有明显的个人属性，它是以个体定位的信息吸收与共享，因此代表着个人的价值观念、审美品味甚至社会责任感。个人决定内容的取舍相对于其开放与共享的特点，带来了个人行为随意性和公共信息严肃性之间的困惑。
• “网志”是技术工具，是企业信息传递，科研信息交流，教学信息互动的工具。Corporate Blog的出现（“公司网志”，介绍公司的产品与服务。如微软的公司网志），网志在教育中的应用等，这些方面的研究，甚至应用型软件的开发的信息已经很多。
• “网志”是知识管理系统，“网志”的作用远不仅限于表达，它本身的功能，足以使其成为个人甚至群体的知识管理系统，是知识创造、发布、交流的平台。
• “网志”是俱乐部，不论从内容，或从现实生活群体，层次的分割来讲，不同的“网志”会有其自有的读者群体，就像有些俱乐部和主题咖啡吧。“网志”成为人们相互沟通的工具。

“网志”现象作为新事物确实越来越普遍了，也越来越受到人们的关注。“网志”作为一种媒体形式，在数字技术不断提高个人捕捉、生产和传播信息能力的今天，定会给社会带来影响。 “网志”的特性决定了这些影响，有些甚至是深远的，就像电视的产生；它同时对人们的生活也将产生影响，有些甚至是直接的，就像手机短信的运用！或许今后的互联网就是以个人信息门户为主的信息网络。

（注：文章在其它网志也有发布。由博客中国迁移至此）

As it is only a new thing, we might come across different definitions and explanations on the term ‘blog’, ‘blogging’, and ‘blogger’. But, blogging actually means sharing, and bloggers are those who have a spirit of sharing!

Technology development has made it possible for anyone in the world who wants to share their thoughts, or anything, to come up to a place like this one, to talk, to discuss, and to share!