Trying out a new theme 6 May 201415 May 2014 The old one was so 1992. Comments? I think it is easier to read onscreen. OK, I reverted. It lost all my widgets. OK, I bought the commercial version. Thanks to all who donate to my blog, because I can afford to do this. Let me know if you encounter any troubles. Philosophy
Creationism and Intelligent Design The origin of “intelligent design” in the 18th and 19th centuries 9 Nov 20139 Nov 2013 A question asked on the talk.origins group by reader Garamond Lethe led me to do some reading and writing, which I do below the fold. He asked: I’m looking for an article that detailed the history of the term “intelligent design” prior to its use by the DI. I have… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Closet Darwinism, and definitions 12 Apr 201412 Apr 2014 Every so often, somebody makes the case that “Darwinism”, “Darwinist” and “Darwinian”, being the generic noun, the individual term, and the adjective of Darwin’s name and therefore (supposedly) theory, are dead terms that cause nothing but harm (see Scott and Branch 2009). Larry Moran has just made this very argument,… Read More
Philosophy Mill on philosophical errors 13 Nov 2009 A fundamental error is seldom expelled from philosophy by a single victory. It retreats slowly, defends every inch of ground, and often, after it has been driven from the open country, retains a footing in some remote fastness. The essences of individuals were an unmeaning figment arising from a misapprehension… Read More
Nice font, nice colors, nice sliding menu system. My only criticism is minor, and it relates to the left sidebar. It is very long, and requires a great deal of scrolling to find the bottom. This is great on long posts, but on short posts such as this one I find the blog to be “unbalanced.” artistically. It feels like it will tip over to the right. It there a way to widen the centre column in this them? Are you able to collapse items on the sidebar? Content, is of course, as excellent as always.
When you say “on screen,” perhaps you mean on the screen of a mobile phone. On my desktop computer, the column bearing the blog post occupies only about half the width of the screen and, on a full-length post, is quite unpleasing to the eye. Also, it is now impossible to print out a post (but perhaps I am stuck in 1992 myself if I want to do that). Anyway, I turn my thumb down.
It’s moot now (at the moment of writing), as you’ve reverted to the old type face, which I find much more readable, but I was using Windows 7 and Mozilla Seamonkey. Another reason why the present arrangement seems to me much preferable to the one that you had at the time of my previous comment is that this one allows one to print out entries. (I was going to mention that yesterday, but I didn’t, since it may be that there are only about five people in the world that ever do such a thing anymore.)
I prefer the old theme, though I’m sure I’ll get used to the new one. The new theme has improved now that you have reduced the length of the left margin.
The text is smaller than I would like when reading on my iPad. A more ‘responsive’ theme would be nice, but I prefer this to the old theme. I note you appear to have turned off the facility that allowed people to flip through articles by swiping. I am very glad you’ve done this: I was forever flipping inadvertently.