As you know, I think Jason Kottke's new design is really hot. So I have modified my blog to be in the style of Kottke.#

Some features of this change:#

• A nice new 'tag' on the top.
• Wider entry text boxes, for less scrunchy reading.
• Prose on the side bar and on the bottom.
• Nice initial 'Archives' page.
• No more calendar on every entry page.

I'd like to know what you, dear reader, think about it.#

Also, over the coming week(s) I am planning on restructuring my category hierarchy with what I've learned over the past six or seven months. I have looked at my logs and only see myself and search engines referring directly to category pages, so not much would break even if I didn't strive for compatibility.#

My new strategy for categorization is to focus on the real world object that is being discussed. So, I would not have a category called "Philosophy" but I may have "People/Philosophers." Then, I will have a "Subject" or "Topic" category that will contain those abstract ideas. Also, rather than having a category for each author of the books I've read in "Books", this category will be flat except for instances when a book's posts are split up--as is the case of The Divine Comedy, in which case the book, not the author, will get the subcategory. I think this is more logical and in the future I would to provide a feature like Faceted Classification, for when the blog goes wiki.