This post orig­i­nally appeared on the now-defunct ‘Zom­biecoder Kay’ blog.

It’s been a bit quiet around here lately, but I hope to fix that in the new year.

Here’s to a very merry Christ­mas (or other sea­sonal hol­i­day if you cel­e­brate some­thing dif­fer­ent) and a fan­tas­tic, standards-compliant, acces­si­ble and usable new year.

Drew McLellan’s 24 Ways — the web stan­dards advent cal­en­dar — is back for 2006 with some great tips to impress your friends. It’s already up to day 22, with some great arti­cles by Derek Feath­er­stone, Andy Budd, John All­sopp, Jeremy Keith and other web superstars.

And if you need some last-minute Christ­mas bling on your blog, web site, email newslet­ter or any­thing else, check out these FREE Christ­mas icons from Clever Icons, a new stock icon site we’ve launched. Cre­ated by celebrity icon designer Anton, the Cre­ative Starfish of the Clever Starfish team.

Happy Hol­i­days everyone!