Comments are working again. They’re not as pretty as they could be, but they work.

Please comment!

Thanks.

As you can see, I’ve finished the new PI theme. It’s a complete re-work from the old look. As well as changing the color scheme, etc., I’ve added a navigation bar at the bottom of the header and moved some content off to other pages.

There are a few things I don’t have completed yet. But I’d be interested in hearing what you think of the look. I also want to know if you find something that’s broken or looks out of whack. I’ve tested in IE 6, Opera 7.5 and Firefox 1. I’m both Mac and Linux challenges, so I’d especially like to know how things look on those platforms.

There are a couple of things that just don’t work in Opera, but since less than 1% of my readers are using that browser, I may not bother to figure out why.

Thanks for any comments and welcome back to the 50’s!

Today is Persistent Illusion’s first blogiversary. You can see that for the first time the Wayback Machine in the left-hand column says This Day One Year Ago. The question I asked way back then was So What Do I Do With A Blog. I’m still sort of wondering.

I supposed that I should do something special, although I’m not sure exactly what.

I’m actually a bit surprised that I haven’t lost interest before this.

So… happy blogiversary me!

In searching for a Latin dictionary to make sure I spelled requiescat in pace correctly (spelling… not my strong suit), I ran across the Free Online English To Latin Translator. Not limited to English and Latin, it will translate either a phrase or an entire web page from a dozen languages to a dozen languages, all for the nominal fee of $zero.

It’s fun to play with. Want to read Pertinax Simulatus instead of Persistent Illusion? No problemo.

I had the most fun, though, in translating from English to English. One would think that the oustput would be substantially similar to the input, but that is not actually the case. There must be several “interesting” intermediate steps.

In the previous post, I said:

There’s a rumor that the Homeland Security Threat Advisory System of colors and threat levels will be discontinued. I’m sorry to announce that, should that prove to be the case, the Persistent Illusion Magical Lucky Charms level will also cease to be. Requiescat in pace.

This is helpfully translated from English to English as:

In situ’ a publish special loveDisplaced Safety Defiance Expedient Order incomplete variegation with defiance be uniform resolution exist be discontinuous. Im’ unimportant be the cause of predict special, support special number be the cause of exist, loveLive to fight again Imperfect vision Magic Opportune Motive be uniform resolution also discontinue be the cause of exist. Requiescat internal successive change of place.

I hope I’ve made that perfectly clear!

There’s a rumor that the Homeland Security Threat Advisory System of colors and threat levels will be discontinued.

I’m sorry to announce that, should that prove to be the case, the Persistent Illusion Magical Lucky Charms level will also cease to be.

Requiescat in pace.