Yes Kokogiak.com has been redesigned. It's an effort at consolidation, simplification and having some fun. Reasons/things of note:

• Both Blog and Low-threshold links will be combined into this right column
• Blogger now used instead of my creaking old system that I rolled myself ages ago (commenting comes as bonus)
• Cave Bear (kokogiak) spine separating left (past work / projects) from right (present train of thought)
• No (almost no) visible 90 degree corners as part of the design. I am sick to death of the boxy-boxy-boxy aesthetic that my older pages had, and that has really been overdone. Yes content on the web is contained in rectangles - this we know, but calling attention to that in the design is wearing thin
• Break with the old. I have just recently changed my physical location (new home, new town, new state, new coast), why not reflect that online
• xhtml, css, true fluid design. The design holds up to giant or small fonts, xhtml/css test suites, etc. and my own need to have it look a certain way regardless of the end-user's method of viewing it.
• Gathering all of my past work into one cohesive place - the listings on the left. A lot of older stuff I'm proud of was gathering dust in old virtual shelves. It's nice to bring them all out

For past reference, here are the past versions of kokogiak.com homepage:

• Boxy-boxy Most Recent version
• Dark + Boxy Very IE-centric thought went into this old layout
• The Big Picture Giant background image, small blurry boxes with transparency - more clever than useful

Comments are now open, there are some tweaks to come, feedback is welcome. Please let me know if you notice anything that looks broken.
 

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