Red Nose Day is happening this coming Friday.

For those who are complete unaware of the event, it is a huge charity event organised by Comic Relief and fronted by the BBC that uses comedy to raise money for worthy causes in Africa and the UK.

The concept was founded by writer and director Richard Curtis (famous for films like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill as well as hugely successful TV series like Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley) and has gone on to be one of the most successful charity events in the UK.

Anyway, the online presence for Red Nose Day has really come into itself this year - they have setup Twitter accounts, Bebo, Facebook and MySpace pages as well as Flickr and YouTube pools.

In an attempt to raise even more awareness for the event and to show your support, I have created three Red Nose avatars based on the three noses available to buy this year.

Feel free to use them as your own avatar around the internet. I’ve used it as my Twitter, Facebook and Flickr avatar as they are my most used websites but you can use them wherever you spend most your time.

The images are 32-bit transparent PNGs so should look good on any background.

Buy a Red Nose from their website or at participating Sainsburys or WH Smiths. It’s only £1 with 85p going straight to the charity.

This website is desperate for a makeover. Since its first incarnation as a “quick fix blog” back in 2005, I’ve always intended to give the website some full attention in an attempt to both prove my worth as a web developer as well as convince the visitors its not just another WordPress installation.

When I remembered we were fast approaching the Pink For October campaign - a month completely devoted to promoting the Breast Cancer Awareness initiative - I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to have another “quick refresh” with an added incentive of delivering a more organised and appealing redesign for November 2008.

I’m not promising huge changes but it will certainly break out of the typical installation which concentrates on the reverse chronological blog content, dismissing the core content to a lower level. There may also be some drastic design decisons, hopefully turning a few heads in the process. Who knows?

In the mean time, you can make do with this garishly pink reskin as an attempt to raise the profile of breast cancer awareness and hope you can either donate some time or money to the cause during October.

You can donate by sending your contributions to one of the many endorsed breast cancer awareness charities or even by simply clicking a few links on The Breast Cancer Awareness Site.

I’ll add some new links to this post throughout October to make donating easier.