December 2012
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Productivity Boost
Elliot Jackson (@_eej) created a wonderful blog post about productivity, which I shameless stole.
Productivity is something that we all strive for but can never seem, to fully achieve it (at least that’s my case). I have been studying my workflow recently and have noticed a few of things that I was losing a lot of time on. I have also come across apps that have sped me up tenfold. Here are a few...
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November 2012
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Abbé Pierre - Bio →
In 1949, he founded the Emmaus movement, which has the goal of helping poor and homeless people and refugees.
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Abbé means abbot in French, and is also used as a courtesy title given to Catholic priests in French-speaking countries. He was one of the most popular figures in France, but had his name removed from such polls after some time.
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A chat about Pierre
Me: Any idea where the name Pierre comes from?
Internets: Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter
Me: Sorted, anything else I should know?
Internets: Pierre originally means "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word "petros" meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra").
Me: Winner
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“We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed...”
– Read more http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pierre_corneille.html#WK2hijAqLO0FLMax
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Example of Pre & Prettyprint
This is an example of some code, highlighted with Prettyprint!
<ul> <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/random">Random</a></li> <li><a href="/archive">Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/ask">Ask Me</a></li> </ul>
To find out more about Prettyprint...
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Gist Test
Chris Hough (@chrishough) a loyal user of my ‘Focus’ theme asked about Github:gist embed support for Tumblr themes. He let me know about this little thing: https://gist.github.com/1395926 so I added support for it. Below are examples of gist embeds!
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This is Gist One
https://gist.github.com/4248681
This is Gist Two
https://gist.github.com/3839213
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At the Earth’s Core
A moment later I was standing before a dozen Mahars - the social investigators of Phutra. They asked me many questions, through a Sagoth interpreter. I answered them all truthfully.
They seemed particularly interested in my account of the outer earth and the strange vehicle which had brought Perry and me to Pellucidar. I thought that I had convinced them, and after they had sat in silence for a...
December 2011
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Example Typography
So let’s say I write a text-only post. Since there’s no photo attached to the post (to be used on the front page), it could be optional to put one in here using inline HTML.[[MORE]]An HTML graphic or a static image could be used on the front page where projects are being presented.
The problem
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An example of a Spotify embed!