Tested on I.E. 8. It works!
In styles.css I added
visibility: hidden!important;
into this code block:
#blog_header a { font-size: 48px; line-height: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-family: “Trebuchet MS”, “DejaVu Sans Serif”, sans-serif; margin: 0 5px; color: transparent; text-decoration: none; }
to have header text remain hidden in IE.