Best Blogging tips blog discovery!

Hi, you might have noticed I've been tinkering with my header; adding an image from the web as background to my blog name. It isnt coming naturally though - as you can see there's a bit of the old header border sticking out the side like an unsightly blemish on the face of my blog. I searched around and found a site which gives a multitude of tips on how to change and make the most of your blog: Tips for new bloggers.com

However, shaving this bit of border off will take a little HTML editing and as I mentioned in a previous post I'm code-illiterate! So hopefully I'll figure this out in the next few days. This is the first time I've been able to see the practical application of coding - its amazing! It all makes sense! (well not really -at all! but now i have an idea of how things work). There are lots of useful tips on the site for customisation, design, code, etc.
Having said all that, if anybody can shortcut my learning curve I'll be grateful:)