Blog - /Website

I recently realized that X.org and Emacs have a different idea of what the color "Gainsboro" means. Running (htmlize-color-to-rgb "Gainsboro") yielded an RGB representation for the color as Emacs sees it. The resulting color is a bit lighter and makes the text more readable. This led to some other changes to the coloring of the right-side menu, to make it match. I've also made it so that the use of examples and source code in blog entries near the beginning of page does not result in a lot of blank space.

Someone recently suggested that I use the color green a bit more in my site, so I acquiesced by making the "Last updated" text be colored bold dark olive green rather than red.

Additionally, the navigation footer has been bothering me for a while, so I've completely redone it. I've grouped all of the icons into their own centered "iconbox" area, with a cheap one-pixel 3-D effect. The navigation part is now on the right, using up the space between the now-blue validation icons and the "Last updated" text. I also made the horizontal line delimiting the footer to be of width 4, added 20 pixels of vertical space above it, and 2 pixels below it. I think I dig the net effect.