Alan’s Test Post

by jon on July 3, 2009

in Lorem Ipsum

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog. 

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Semaphore Delta (letter "D")

Semaphore Delta (letter "D")

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

Pangram: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.

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test capote/kerouac text box

by jon on July 1, 2009

in Uncategorized

That’s not writing, that’s typing.
Truman Capote, of Jack Kerouac

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test various tables

by jon on July 1, 2009

in Uncategorized

His writing is not about something. It is the thing itself.
Samuel Beckett

Synthetic Mondrian

A new idea is
delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn;
it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried
to death by a frown on the right person’s brow.

Charles
Brower

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by jon on June 25, 2009

in WordPress Plugins

“Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?”

Testing Fancy Quotes Plugin by Nima Yousefi. “At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus.

So let’s see what the block-quotes look like.

Via Equinox of Insanity.

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testing buddypress and WP MU

by jon on June 24, 2009

in WordPress

we’re testing BuddyPress and WPMU on BuddyPress.PopularLogistics.com.

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Chris Wallace: MixCSS.com and Gallery child theme for Thematic Framework

June 20, 2009

Chris Wallace has designed a fabulous gallery WordPress theme – named, in fact, Gallery – which is a “child” theme of Ian Stewart’s Thematic framework.
Mr. Wallace has used the theme in a site called MixCSS.com – which is a gallery of beautiful websites of various types.
Current version of Gallery theme.
Latest version of Thematic.
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June 18, 2009

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The next one, Commune, I think is particularly promising:

The Street theme:

And the Crystalline Theme:

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Font Squirrel | Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses.

June 17, 2009

Font Squirrel | Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses..
Good stuff here. The first one to catch my eye was Beta Serif by the foundry Betatype. Link to sample page on FontSquirrel.
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Pile of Pangrams

June 14, 2009

For your lorem ipsum fix, a pile of pangrams:
Brawny gods just flocked up to quiz and vex him. (38 letters)
My faxed joke won a pager in the cable TV quiz show. (39 letters)
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Post Snippets Plugin – a must-have plugin

June 13, 2009

My bet is that in a release or two – this plugin will be so widely used that it’ll be incorporation into WordPress itself. I’m going to install it on every WP install I run.
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June 10, 2009

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