I know this is a totally off-topic complaint, but why did the author choose purple as the CSS link color? Perhaps this is just a sign that I'm old, but I genuin

I know this is a totally off-topic complaint, but why did the author choose purple as the CSS link color? Perhaps this is just a sign that I'm old, but I genuinely was confused for a moment, wondering how I had possibly visited all the links in a blog I don't remember ever seeing before.