Apparently the fixed/fluid-width toggle feature here at SimpleBits was a popular one. The latest realign bid farewell to the option, instead settling on a centered, fluid-width layout with a conservative max-width applied. For those that requested it, the ability to toggle between fixed and fluid is now back. There are a few reasons I decided to add it back in:

1. Well, you asked. Actually, I don't usually cave in to reader demands, hence my recent useless-but-riveting articles regarding oatmeal cookies and (of all things) the weather.
2. It's so dead-simple to implement. Well, after reading this it should be.
3. Choice can be nice. Since max-width isn't currently supported by all browsers, giving those readers an easy option for readable line-length seems to me a Good Thing.
4. It's fun to play with. Along the same lines as twirling a pencil in your fingers like the drumstick of a spandex-wearing drummer from the 80s.