Busy work.

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In this particular case, the Boidem is not a case in point. Quite purposefully, the Boidem is about as simple as it comes. Though for quite a while now I've been using a more or less WYSIWYG HTML editor, not only can almost all of the Boidem be prepared via simple HTML tags, I often type the tags straight into my writing instead of using the immense power of the graphic editor.

But there are other sites I've worked on that have been a bit more complex. The Boidem, for instance, doesn't have a navigation bar on the left side of each page, giving it not a retro, but an almost Neanderthal, look. It doesn't have a bar of that sort primarily because I don't want it to, but I can't deny that there's another reason as well - a reason that certainly merits being explained in this particular column.

The Boidem is now almost ten years old. Back when it started (and I trust I'm remembering things correctly here) a standard web page was incredibly simple - basically text with some graphic elements thrown in between the paragraphs. Relatively few sites had a menu bar going down the left side of the page, and I had no reason to do something out of the ordinary.

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