I got tired of fixing layouts in IE and decided it would be more fun to break it instead.

That's certainly one approach.

From the outside, my interpretation of that is "I don't value my own opinion enough to make it accessible to users of other extremely common browsers."

I assume you blog because you feel like you have something to say that's worth reading. Making that content inaccessible to a very large segment of the browsers/users in the world works contrary to that. (I do sympathize with the PITA factor.)

That's too bad. I'm stuck at work and wanted to read this.

I think the point is clearly, "Fuck you, Internet Explorer." It's a sentiment many on the internet share.

I've got a few places where I simply block IE with stylesheets myself.

You're not a company man, aren't you? :)

I am more loyal than the sycophants who make excuses for shitty products. IE8 is not a good product, and it should be treated like an ugly leper until it gets its act together.

Seems entirely intentional...

  <!--[if IE]>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://atomized.org/wp-content/themes/atomized2/ie.css type="text/css" media="screen">
  <![endif]-->

I find it pretty hilarious, myself. The site is quite nice in firefox, but I would have immediately turned away if I were using ie. He must be making some assumptions about his readers.