diff --git a/.themes/classic/sass/base/_theme.scss b/.themes/classic/sass/base/_theme.scss
index 7f3fa5c..076080f 100644
--- a/.themes/classic/sass/base/_theme.scss
+++ b/.themes/classic/sass/base/_theme.scss
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ $page-border-bottom: darken($footer-bg, 5) !default;
 /* Core theme application */
 
 a {
+  color: $link-color;
   @include link-colors($link-color, $hover: $link-color-hover, $focus: $link-color-hover, $visited: $link-color-visited, $active: $link-color-active);
 }
-aside.sidebar a {
+.sidebar a {
   @include link-colors($sidebar-link-color, $hover: $sidebar-link-color-hover, $focus: $sidebar-link-color-hover, $active: $sidebar-link-color-active);
 }
 a {
diff --git a/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_blog.scss b/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_blog.scss
index 1d0db04..189f1e9 100644
--- a/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_blog.scss
+++ b/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_blog.scss
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ article {
     }
     .blog-index & { background: none; padding-bottom: 0; }
     p {
-      font-size: .9em;
+      font-size: .8em;
       margin: 0;
       color: $text-color-light;
       &.meta { @extend .sans; position: absolute; top: 0; }
diff --git a/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_sharing.scss b/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_sharing.scss
index 3eecb48..e6a220a 100644
--- a/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_sharing.scss
+++ b/.themes/classic/sass/partials/_sharing.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,37 @@
+@mixin social-button-bg($img, $color: #444) {
+  color: $color;
+  &:visited, &:hover, &:visited:hover { color: $color; }
+  position: relative;
+  padding-left: image-width($img) + 6px;
+  &:before {
+    content: "";
+    background: image-url($img) no-repeat center center;
+    width: image-width($img);
+    height: image-height($img);
+    display: inline-block;
+    position: absolute; left: 3px;
+    top: 3px;
+  }
+}
+
+.simple-social-button {
+  display: inline-block;
+  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  background-color: #e5e5e5;
+  @include background-image(linear-gradient(#fff, #ddd));
+  &:hover {
+    @include background-image(linear-gradient(#f5f5f5, #ccc));
+    border-color: #b5b5b5;
+    background-color: #ddd;
+  }
+  padding: .2em .5em .1em; line-height: 1.45em;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  text-shadow: #fff 0 1px;
+  @include border-radius(.3em);
+}
+
 .sharing {
   p.meta + & {
     padding: { top: 1em; left: 0; }
@@ -6,3 +40,16 @@
 }
 
 #fb-root { display: none; }
+
+.googleplus-share {
+  @extend .simple-social-button;
+  @include social-button-bg('googleplus.png', #db583b);
+}
+.facebook-share {
+  @extend .simple-social-button;
+  @include social-button-bg('facebook.png', #4e5a9b);
+}
+.twitter-share, .sidebar a.twitter-follow-button {
+  @extend .simple-social-button;
+  @include social-button-bg('twitter.png');
+}
diff --git a/.themes/classic/sass/partials/sidebar/_base.scss b/.themes/classic/sass/partials/sidebar/_base.scss
index 5441304..83d70cc 100644
--- a/.themes/classic/sass/partials/sidebar/_base.scss
+++ b/.themes/classic/sass/partials/sidebar/_base.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .side-shadow-border {
   @include box-shadow(lighten($sidebar-bg, 5) 0 1px);
 }
-aside.sidebar {
+.sidebar {
   overflow: hidden;
   color: $sidebar-color;
   text-shadow: lighten($sidebar-bg, 8) 0 1px;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ aside.sidebar {
     color: inherit;
     @include transition(color .5s);
   }
-  &:hover a {
+  &:hover p a, &:hover li a {
     color: $sidebar-link-color;
     &:hover { color: $sidebar-link-color-hover; }
   }
diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/after_footer.html b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/after_footer.html
index 08b8e34..2aee47f 100644
--- a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/after_footer.html
+++ b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/after_footer.html
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {% include disqus.html %}
+{% unless site.do_not_track %}
 {% include facebook_like.html %}
 {% include google_plus_one.html %}
 {% include twitter_sharing.html %}
+{% endunless %}
 {% include custom/after_footer.html %}
diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/custom/sharing.html b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/custom/sharing.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c209d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/custom/sharing.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% comment %}
+You can add sharing buttons here. Just so you know, some services may use these buttons to track visitors to your site, and also these can trigger lots of http requests slowing your site down for low bandwidth and mobile users.
+{% endcomment %}
diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/facebook_like.html b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/facebook_like.html
index 74f9130..83734c5 100644
--- a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/facebook_like.html
+++ b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/facebook_like.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% if site.facebook_like %}
 <div id="fb-root"></div>
-<script>(function(d, s, id) {
+<script type="text/javascript">(function(d, s, id) {
   var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
   if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
   js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/post/sharing.html b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/post/sharing.html
index e32500d..d964178 100644
--- a/.themes/classic/source/_includes/post/sharing.html
+++ b/.themes/classic/source/_includes/post/sharing.html
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 <div class="sharing">
   {% if site.twitter_tweet_button %}
-  <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" data-via="{{ site.twitter_user }}" data-counturl="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" >Tweet</a>
+    {% if site.do_not_track %}
+      <a href="http://twitter.com/share" title="Tweet this" class="twitter-share" target="_blank">Tweet</a>
+    {% else %}
+      <a href="http://twitter.com/share" title="Tweet this" class="twitter-share-button twitter-share" data-url="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" data-via="{{ site.twitter_user }}" data-counturl="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}" target="_blank" >Tweet</a>
+    {% endif %}
   {% endif %}
   {% if site.google_plus_one %}
-  <div class="g-plusone" data-size="{{ site.google_plus_one_size }}"></div>
+    {% if site.do_not_track %}
+      <a title="+1 on Google Plus" class="googleplus-share" href="https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url={{site.url}}{{page.url}}" target="_blank">+1</a>
+    {% else %}
+      <div class="g-plusone" data-size="{{ site.google_plus_one_size }}"></div>
+    {% endif %}
   {% endif %}
   {% if site.facebook_like %}
-    <div class="fb-like" data-send="true" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false"></div>
+    {% if site.do_not_track %}
+    <a title="Share on Facebook" class="facebook-share" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?s=100&p[url]={{site.url}}{{page.url}}" target="_blank">Share</a>
+    {% else %}
+      <div class="fb-like" data-send="true" data-width="450" data-show-faces="false"></div>
+    {% endif %}
   {% endif %}
+  {% include custom/sharing.html %}
 </div>
diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/images/facebook.png b/.themes/classic/source/images/facebook.png
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diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/images/googleplus.png b/.themes/classic/source/images/googleplus.png
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index 0000000..c92bbf3
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diff --git a/.themes/classic/source/images/twitter.png b/.themes/classic/source/images/twitter.png
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diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 72e5779..7cc14a7 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ pagination_dir: blog  # Directory base for pagination URLs eg. /blog/page/2/
 recent_posts: 5       # Posts in the sidebar Recent Posts section
 excerpt_link: "Read on &rarr;"  # "Continue reading" link text at the bottom of excerpted articles
 excerpt_in_feed: false # Truncate excerpted articles in the atom feed
-permalink_label: "&infin;"
-permalink_label_feed: "&infin; Permalink"
+permalink_label: "Permalink"
+permalink_label_feed: "&#9875; Permalink"
 linklog_marker: "&rarr;"
 linklog_marker_position: after
 linklog_marker_position_feed: after
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ blog_index_asides: [asides/twitter.html, asides/delicious.html, asides/pinboard.
 #   3rd Party Settings    #
 # ----------------------- #
 
+# Use text links instead of Javascript widgets for Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus
+do_not_track: false
+
 # Github repositories
 github_user:
 github_repo_count: 0