New look blog

Just finished giving the blog a new look and feel. I hope it's clearer and less fussy than the previous version.

The syntax highlighter styling has been switched to emulate the Delphi "Classic" theme, e.g.:

procedure Foo;
  // example of highlighter
  ShowMessage('The answer is ' + IntToStr(42));
end;

So there we are then. Comments appreciated.

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