Ryan Boren has released Kubrick 1.3-RC2. According to him, the changes since RC1 are:

• Added 404 page
• Images are loaded from stylesheet_dir instead of template_directory
• Added links.php and archives.php page templates

After doing a diff between the two, I find that the only file that has been changed is index.php (true, the stylesheet has had a version bump in the comment, but that's all). That means, comments, archives, index, footer, page, search, searchform and sidebar are unchanged. Good news if you're using Kubrick as a template for building your theme like I am, but bad luck if you were hoping Kubrick is going somewhere. The RC's seem to be status quo designwise but implementing WP13 features more and more. Up to you to decide how you like it. I don't mind too much, but I'm always excited to see what new design ideas are thrown around.

So, this blog now uses the Kubrick team, even though I'm having a couple of problems with it. So I did a quick google to see how many admitted to using it, and I thought I'd link up a few here. I won't comment on the ones that haven't made any real changes, but since I'm planning to I thought I'd see what other people have been doing.

FreshNecessity has done a nice thing with different backgrounds for each heading and added a couple of options on top. Much like I was thinking about. He uses iPap for his photo albums. Maybe I should check it out. I'm using Gallery and I haven't looked too much into making it work with the same theme yet.

ChopSocky did a nice thing with the right-side bar.

Cultural Collision tries having a menu on top, but I don't think he's just there yet.

UPDATE: Kubrick in Hindi

UPDATE2: Dubtribesoundsystem