So I’ve set up two aggregators: one to aggregate boards.ie blogs (Planet Boards) and the other to aggregate Irish blogs (Planet of the Blogs). As I’ve mentioned on the irishblogs mailing list, I’d like to have a Statue of Liberty (Planet of the Apes-style, waist deep in the sandy beach) typing on a laptop as the logo. I’m looking for the font as I type ![]()

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hi john,
fair play for setting up these aggregators. is your planet of the blogs one open to submissions? i’m sure i saw a message relating to this on the irishblogs group but it seems to have vanished now…
You have my dad’s name
Like the new look of it even though it’s brown it’s rather striking. If you still want to go with the Statue of Liberty typing on the laptop I’m sure my sister would give it a go.
She’s done a quick logo for me over at http://podato.com/ which took her just 15 minutes. She’s an Art teacher and does appear on ratemyteachers.ie
Thanks Liam - that’s very kind