Valhalla Island

This came as a massive shock to me. On IRC this morning Matt tells me Sunburn has been added to Wordpress.com. It joins Day Dream as one of 51 themes instantly available to almost 600,000 bloggers.

It feels really strange to have Sunburn added. Last time I spoke to Matt about Wordpress.com themes he was thinking about adding Chewy, something I like a lot more and would have preferred to have added. I just don’t like Sunburn that much and it’s embarrassing to have it there. Matt even used an old version that was severely broken, I’m not sure if it’s fixed yet but until it is, it’s even more embarrassing.

I was ecstatic when Day Dream was added because I loved it and I’d put a huge amount of work into it that had paid off. That’s not the case with Sunburn, I don’t like it, I haven’t put that much work into it and it’s just unpolished. I feel like I’ve cheated Wordpress.com by having it added.

The comments on the launch post have been really positive so far though and it’s an honor to have another theme chosen by the Wordpress creators.