Section: Themes
Since taking to using Compiz with the Widget Layer plugin, I've found it much easier to use the PidginScreenlet for my Pidgin contact list.

While running v0.2.x (which only supported "online", "offline" and "online but not available") I made a quick Tango-esque theme using pixmaps. v0.3.x changed the theming method and so I remade the theme, but with better icons.
The Tango-esque theme uses icons from the Gnome theme and from Pidgin itself, plus one new icon, to provide a set of style icons that approximately match the Tango Desktop Project icon set.
Releases:
Changes:
License: GPL 2.0
Credits: Based on the Black 2 theme in PidginScreenlet v0.3.1
The Blog has been disposed of for attracting too much spam compared to the readership and the amount I've used it. All of the content is still available in the Archive, but the site will now be static-content only.
Articles and profound insights into programming and site design may follow, but I can't promise anything!