I’ve been having quite a few discussions lately about art, creativity and other artsy fartsy nonsense. But you know, if you’re going to spend time creating something, a blog post, a photograph, a piece or art, or music, even a programming project; why wouldn’t you approach it with a bit of your soul. It’s much more engaging that way.
The only trouble with putting your stamp on something is the layers of crap you usually have to wade through to get there. 
I recently came across two scripts to beautify both Google Calendar and Google Reader. Being a heavy user of both, I decided to give them a try and so far I love them. They’re installable on both Firefox (using Stylish) and on Google Chrome (which I use at work) as a user script.
These things really do look quite nice. The only drawback I can find is that I think the latest round of Google Reader improvements (with things like the ‘like’ button etc.) don’t appear to be included.
One’s called Helvetical and the other, unsurprisingly, Helvetireader. Here’s a peek at what they look like on my linux laptop:
I don’t use many user styles for sites (I think I’m using BetterGmail2 but can’t honestly remember!). Does anybody else use custom themes for certain sites?
NB. Beauty of course is in the eye of the beholder. You may find these styles completely daft. After all, people did buy the Pontiac Aztek