new design is 80% more wintry

the middle of august is perhaps not the best time to change this site to this particular new look, but i’m bucking the norm. love it? hate it? send me an email. i like it, so i’m probably not going to do anything about it, but i always welcome hearing from any of you. mostly, i like that picture, and i just wanted the layout to complement it. i originally had a blue-grey color for all the headers and links, but that takes it from somewhat wintry to downright frigid. i imagine the blue will be back, when it’s more seasonally appropriate. who knows, i may whip up another design here in the next few days, and this will only be a temporary change. however, given how long the old design was up, this seems doubtful.

i’m occasionally tempted to add the ability to comment on each post, but i have a belief that nobody except spammers would comment, and it would make me feel all empty inside. however, after a brief chat with brian, i turned on commenting anyway for the last few posts, and posts in the future. feel free to contribute to any discussion and/or to waste everybody’s time. both are welcome. or choose not to comment at all … and make me feel empty inside. this site is going all kinds of crazy.

in other news, i’ve been working on this site in approximately this form for two years now. this means that i’ve been in madison for two years now. this means that i’ve been out of college for two years now. (etc, etc.) food for thought.

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well, folks, i’m turning on commenting. comment away.

hey seth…balls.

nicely done, brian.

my only criticism would be that the default text size on firefox/os x is pretty 2001 era too fucking small. Though I do appreciate that it looks good.

/pretends that he’s updated his site w/in the past 4 months…

yeah … i switched the font size back up to 1.0em, so it should be a little better. i really like the way the small font looks, but you’re right that it’s putting form (completely) over function. let’s be honest with each other: if the form distracts from the content, that’s not always a bad thing, when you’re just blathering anyway. still, i can only imagine the text reading experience would be pretty hideous on lesser screens. who still has a 15″ CRT, though? nobody.

i like it a lot seth - nice layout and design. and look, i’m leaving a comment! i wish people left comments on my website from time to time.

yeah, michael, we’ll see if the commenting continues. like i said, i’m afraid of feeling all alone. to be fair to brian and brice and everyone else, i fully believe they will continue to contribute snarky comments.

this is a snarky comment

BURNED. sorry, needed to be done. the 14 year old in me just wanted to vandalize. looks sweet, etc. i want to have your babies seth.

that ship of theseus paper was awesome. that one definitely masturbated in the general direction of the paper topic (to use greg’s phraseology).

i should make a separate post with that paper, to let others bask in the glory of it. reading through my old college papers is at once entertaining and horrifying.

The new design kicks ass. And as for comments, I always appreciate new ways to waste time.

i think it’s luffly.

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