1. Replaced Rdiscount in favor of Kramdown (better html5 support) for markdown processing.

2. Added updated instructions to the README
3. Removed unused media css directories
4. Improved use of color variables for page theming.
5. Improved Typography and blog styling.
6. Added support for simple pre and code styles
7. Misc styling and markup improvements.

themes/classic/sass/default/partials/_blog.scss

@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 $border: inline-image('dotted-border.png');
 #articles {
+  @media only screen and (max-width: 992px) {
+    ul, ol { margin-left: 1.4em; }
+  }
   > article {
     padding-bottom: 1em;
     &:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; border-bottom: none; }
     h2 {
       padding-top: 0.8em;
       background: $border top left repeat-x;
+      &:first-child {
+        background: none;
+        padding-top: 0;
+      }
     }
     .byline + time:before, .byline + time +time:before {
       content: "\2022 ";
@@ -31,7 +38,6 @@ $border: inline-image('dotted-border.png');
         margin: 0;
         font-style: italic;
         @extend .sans;
-        //font-family: "Georgia", Palatino, Times, "Times New Roman";
       }
     }
     .entry-content {
@@ -60,6 +66,10 @@ $border: inline-image('dotted-border.png');
         }
       }
     }
+    header.feature h1 {
+      font-size: 2.0em; font-style: italic;
+      line-height: 1.3em;
+    }
     #disqus_thread { }
     .meta {
       border-bottom: 1px dashed #dddddd;

themes/classic/sass/default/partials/_footer.scss

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 body > footer {
   @extend .sans;
   font-size: .8em;
-  color: $nav-color;
+  color: $footer-color;
   text-shadow: lighten($footer-bg, 5) 0 1px;
   background-color: $footer-bg;
-  @include background(linear-gradient(lighten($nav-bg, 8), $nav-bg, darken($nav-bg, 11)));
-  border-top: 1px solid $footer-border;
+  @include background(linear-gradient(lighten($footer-bg, 8), $footer-bg, darken($footer-bg, 11)));
+  border-top: 1px solid $footer-border-top;
   position: relative;
   padding-top: 1em;
   padding-bottom: 1em;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ body > footer {
   @include border-bottom-radius(.4em);
   z-index: 1;
   a {
-    @include link-colors($nav-color, $nav-color-hover);
+    @include link-colors($footer-link-color, $footer-link-color-hover);
   }
   p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
 }

themes/classic/sass/default/partials/_header.scss

@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ body > header {
     @extend .sans;
     font-size: 1em;
     color: $subtitle-color;
+    font-weight: normal;
   }
 }

themes/classic/sass/default/partials/_page.scss

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ body {
   border: 0 0 1px 0 solid darken($page-bg, 5);
   > div {
     background-color: $sidebar-bg;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $nav-border-bottom;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $page-border-bottom;
     > div {
       background-color: $main-bg;
       border-right: 1px solid $sidebar-border;

themes/classic/sass/default/partials/_sidebar.scss

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 .side-shadow-border {
-  @include box-shadow(#fff 0 1px);
+  @include box-shadow(lighten($sidebar-bg, 5) 0 1px);
 }
 #articles + aside {
+  color: $sidebar-color;
   padding-top: 1.2em;
+  text-shadow: lighten($sidebar-bg, 8) 0 1px;
   section {
     @extend .sans;
     font-size: .8em;
-    line-height: 1.5em;
+    line-height: 1.4em;
     margin-bottom: 1.5em;
     h1 {
       margin: 1.5em 0 0;
@@ -35,7 +37,9 @@
     color: inherit;
     @include transition(color, .5s);
   }
-  &:hover a, &:hover #tweets a { color: $link-color; }
+  &:hover a, &:hover #tweets a { color: $sidebar-link-color;
+    &:hover { color: $sidebar-link-color-hover; }
+  }
   #recent_posts {
     time {
       text-transform: uppercase;
@@ -48,8 +52,8 @@
   @import "delicious";
 }
 .aside-alt-link {
-  color: #999;
+  color: $sidebar-link-color-subdued;
   &:hover {
-    color: #555;
+    color: $sidebar-link-color-subdued-hover;
   }
 }

themes/classic/sass/default/partials/_syntax.scss

@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ $green:     #859900;
 //$base3: $base03;
 
 .highlight, html .gist .gist-file .gist-syntax .gist-highlight {
-  pre.line-numbers {
+  .line-numbers {
     text-align: right;
+    font-size: .8em;
+    line-height: 1.45em;
     background: $base02 !important;
     border-right: 1px solid darken($base03, 2) !important;
     @include box-shadow(lighten($base02, 2) -1px 0 inset);
     text-shadow: darken($base02, 10) 0 -1px;
     span { color: $base01 !important; }
-    padding-left: .8em !important;
-    padding-right: .8em !important;
+    padding: .8em !important;
   }
 }
 html .gist .gist-file {
@@ -47,10 +48,7 @@ html .gist .gist-file {
     .gist-highlight{
       background: $base03 !important;
       pre {
-        @extend .pre;
-      }
-      pre.line-numbers {
-
+        @extend .pre-code;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -79,19 +77,39 @@ html .gist .gist-file {
     }
   }
 }
-pre { @extend .pre; }
-
-.pre {
+pre {
+  background: #fff;
+  border: 1px solid #ddd;
+  @include border-radius(.4em);
   @extend .mono;
-  @include selection(adjust-color($base03, $lightness: 23%, $saturation: -65%), $text-shadow: $base03 0 1px);
+  line-height: 1.45em;
   font-size: .8em;
+  margin-bottom: 1.5em;
+  padding: .4em .8em;
+  color: #555;
+}
+
+p code {
+  @extend .mono;
+  display: inline-block;
+  white-space: no-wrap;
+  background: #fff;
+  font-size: .9em;
+  color: #555;
+  border: 1px solid #ddd;
+  @include border-radius(.4em);
+  padding: 0 .3em;
+}
+
+.pre-code {
+  @include selection(adjust-color($base03, $lightness: 23%, $saturation: -65%), $text-shadow: $base03 0 1px);
   overflow: scroll;
   overflow-y: hidden;
+  display: block;
+  padding: .8em !important;
   overflow-x: auto;
   line-height: 1.45em;
-  padding: 1em 1.2em !important;
   background: $base03 !important;
-  code { background: $base03 !important; overflow: hidden; }
   color: $base1 !important;
   span { color: $base1 !important; }
   span { font-style: normal !important; font-weight: normal !important; }
@@ -162,12 +180,13 @@ pre { @extend .pre; }
 }
 
 .highlight, .gist-highlight {
+  pre { background: none; @include border-radius(none); border: none; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
   margin-bottom: 1.5em;
   background: $base03;
   overflow-y: hidden;
   overflow-x: auto;
-  pre { overflow: visible; }
 }
+.highlight code { @extend .pre-code; background: #000;}
 figure {
   margin-bottom: 1.5em;
   figcaption {
@@ -201,7 +220,6 @@ h3.filename { @extend .code-title; }
   position: absolute; right: .8em;
   @include hover-link;
   color: #666 !important;
-  &:hover { color: $link-color !important; }
   z-index: 1;
   font-size: 13px;
   text-shadow: #cbcccc 0 1px 0;

themes/classic/sass/default/partials/_twitter.scss

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
       background: inline-image('bird_32_gray_fail.png') no-repeat center .5em;
     }
   }
-  a { color: #666; @include hover-link; }
+  a { color: $sidebar-link-color-subdued; @include hover-link; }
   p {
     position: relative;
     padding-right: 1em;
   }
-  a[href*='status']{
-    color: #aaa;
+  a[href*=status]{
+    color: $twitter-status-link;
     float: right;
     padding: 0 0 .1em 1em;
     position: relative; right: -1.3em;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     font-size: .7em;
     span { font-size: 1.5em; }
     &:hover {
-      color: #555;
+      color: $sidebar-link-color-subdued-hover;
       text-decoration: none;
     }
   }