Site feedback time: there’s several new features, and I want to know how they work:

• See the countdown calendar on the right? Any additions to what’s there?
• See the map on the bottom of the sidebar? Nifty, huh? Are you using IE? It doesn’t look as good there as it does in Firefox. On IE, the map has these darn scrollbars that I can’t seem to get rid of. It also might make the site very slow to scroll up and down: please let me know if you encounter this behavior.
• There’s a comment preview system in place so you can see (more or less) how what you’re typing is going to come out. The next thing I’m going to upgrade on the site is to try to make the comment posting have as many controls (links, bold, italic, etc.) as the article posting does…
• Emails go out with new articles and with comments (if you’re signed up on that article). Is this working out ok?
• What about graphics? Is the moon too distracting? Color scheme too annoying? This will also be upgraded - I’m just not sure what to try next…
• Any other ideas for upgrades or changes? Let me know!

EDIT: I’m currently updating the look of the site. Thus, it may look ugly right now. Keep checking back - let me know what you think of the finished product!

EDIT: Done! What do you think? I still need to improve compatibility with IE - it looks great in Firefox, though.

EDIT: IE Compatibility pass complete. Let me know if you see any strange behavior (e.g. slow scrolling) in IE.