Going Dark

I'm quieter than usual on this blog these days. I think that's because my life is less routinized than usual. I'm dashing around away from a computer more than I have been for a while, out there in the real world getting rained on and getting irritable at people driving like idiots and that sort of thing. Today I got up and ran (We're experimenting with running rather than walking, with the goal of running a half-marathon in October. More on this later.) and then had a 7 AM breakfast meeting followed by a 9 AM coffee meeting. In the midmorning dashed off to do some grocery shopping for my grandmother, who told me that my blog is hard to read, and suggested I darken the font. Which I will attempt from here on in. Then zoomed off in my sweet little car to a 1 PM meeting in a town far from here. Then another coffee date at 3:30 or so, and drinks/dinner at 5:30. A long day away from my screen. I'm winded but pleased -- lots of good conversations and good ideas.

For the next few days I'll be in New Hampshire at the Northeast Bankruptcy Conference, being a big dork and sitting in the front rows of all the presentations. I'm not sure what connectivity will be like while I'm up there, so I may be a sporadic correspondent while I'm at the conference.

[UPDATE: Some folks tell me the dark font is too hard to read on their computers. Not quite sure how to accomodate everyone. Suggestions?]

Comments

[pjm]

What kind of browser is your grandmother using?

Maybe we could figure out how to have it display any site with an accessible design (like this one, thank you, Typepad) in bold-face. (Or she could simply set the default type size larger - might that help?) I know it's possible with the Mozilla variants. Then you can go back to non-boldface for everyone else.

This template is a good one in that it accomodates different needs (larger type, etc.) very well - one of the goals of standards-based web development.

[A. Rickey]

You could always do what I do: have a site w/ multiple stylesheets. One stylesheet displays the whole site in bold... :)

[passerby]

This may seem overly simple, but most browsers have an setting (often under View) to increase or decrease text size. I tried it under IE and Firefox and it works with your blog just fine.