September 2009
9 posts
Loving Love →
Recently my mother left for a business trip in China. She flew away one evening and that was when I found my dad and I were alone. Suddenly, instead of coming home each day from school with my mom…
OK, HP, thanks for fixing my computer, but did you REALLY need to format my hard drive (with all my apps on it all gone now)?
The Wrinkles were Gone →
What I do when I arrive from school is almost scheduled: I get home, I put my bike into its place in the garage, I come upstairs, and then I settle down and begin checking email, reading random… …
No computer, since power surge completely permanently knocked it out.
RSS Links Widget →
The Happiness Engineers had a great time in London last week. We worked on some cool projects and came up with a lot of great ideas. We’ll bring more updates to you over the coming weeks…
After the Deadline Live for WP.com →
Last week you guys published 1.4 million new blog posts, but you only ran the spell checker about 204 thousand times. Ahem. The two possible explanations for this are that we’re all…
RSS in the Clouds →
Clouds from my trip to WordCamp Dallas
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it’s a way for people to subscribe to updates to your blog using a client like Google Reader…
We barely got any rain yet the power went out…
August Wrap-Up →
I’m back in San Francisco after a trip to London for the Happiness Engineer meetup. It’s serious business, but the group has managed to have a little fun along the way.
Our…
August 2009
22 posts
T-Mo’s awesome. Phone broke, they sending me a new battery in 5-7 days!
Support Hours and Updates →
In the coming week, the Support crew (seen among the lovely faces here) will be meeting in London to brainstorm new ways of providing you with the resources you need. While us Happiness…
6 Ways to Drive Traffic Away from Your Website »... →
Traffic? Why would you want traffic to your website? Ridiculous viewers and people looking at your website, screwing around with the comments, criticizing you on that post you spent five minutes….
RT @tweetmeme 21 High-Res Textures to Use In Your Next Project » 16.3 http://bit.ly/cSJo8
21 High-Res Textures to Use In Your Next Project »... →
Great resource for textures.
The Grandest of Them All →
“Don’t get any closer,” my dad warned me as I peered over a rock. Underneath, the ground seemed like it was giving away. The trees at the very bottom of this huge crack in the world seemed so far…
RT @tweetmeme 5 Tips to Help Create a Website Design http://bit.ly/3OJzwB
New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1 →
Sandbox 1.6.1 is now available to all WordPress.com blogs.
Alongside Sandbox 1.6.1 you’ll also find the older Sandbox versions. We’ve left them intact. If you’ve been using them, don’t worry,…
Taking advantage of the fact I have a decent graphic card and Aero-ing my Firefox.
Only now that I have been to my school orientation does class seem so close.
Use odd-numbered pixel sizes for fonts on websites to make them look more crisp.
A Jet-ski Dilemma →
The water lapped at my feet. It was an amazing place to be: the sun was about to set, just hanging over the hills in the distance. A cool breeze blew past, a great ending to a very hot day.
Once I…
YouTube - Photoshop for iPhone →
Is this hilarious or what? Photoshop for iPhone.
Ahhh…. this is the wonderful life. Designing right now. Still hired out, and maybe I’ll get a few more jobs. Yay!
WP.me — shorten your links →
Check out this address:
http://wp.me/sf2B5-shorten
If you visit it, you’ll end up right back here. The nice thing about it is that it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the …
SoundCloud →
We are big fans of SoundCloud, a really useful service that is part Flickr for music, part professional music collaboration hub. Artists such as Beck, Moby and Sonic Youth now use the…
New Theme: iNove →
iNove by mg12 is one of the top themes used for self-hosted WordPress blogs, and a commonly requested addition to our offerings here on WordPress.com. We’re always doing what we can to…
W3C won’t redesign their website because if they do, they might violate one of their own rules. Same applies to Alertbox.
The Light Shines Through →
I squinted my eyes, trying to keep out the dust from the dirt path away from my eyes. The sun was scorching hot, and in the heat, I was sitting on a truck, crammed onto two rows of seats built…
July Wrap-Up →
We kicked off July with an open vote on new media features. Thanks to all of you who voted and submitted comments. Your feedback determines the future of WordPress.
Later in the month we…
The Water Rushing By →
The moment I set my eye on the saturated colors and gorgeous patterns of this particular section of the Zion National Park Narrows trail, I knew that I had finally arrived at Wall Street, named…
Going off to Camp Challenge! I’ll see everyone back on Wednesday.
July 2009
26 posts
StSi getting upgrade very soon; I’m trying to push update.
‘lo
Archives Shortcode →
You publish a lot of quality content (trust us, we know). And so we understand that making it easily accessible to your faithful readers is very important for you as a blogger. Sure, our …
The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard →
Very important. Read this before asking me.
The Climb Was Worth It →
The sun, having finally lowered itself from its high perch in the sky on its way home, peeks through mountain tops, as if wanting to say a last good-bye. Shining through the trees, the fire-red…
At Las Vegas McCarren Airport.
Gravatar Widget →
Say goodbye to messing around with HTML in a Text widget just to get an “About Me” in your sidebar. With the new Gravatar widget it only takes a few seconds to achieve this and stamp…
Brilliant WordPress theme came to my head while hiking in a canyon involving dark colors, stationary backgrounds, and awesomeness.
Utah.
Going to Utah, Arizona: Grand Canyon, Zion, Antelope Canyon, all the good stuff. Be back 28th.
PollDaddy ratings and polls →
PollDaddy joined the Automattic team last year, and we have been working on adding some of our great features directly into the WordPress platform ever since.
Ratings
The PollDaddy rating…
The Aquarium: Rainforest [Video] →
Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX, has three pyramids: one aquarium, one rainforest, and one discovery. I loved the aquarium and rainforest, with their exotic animals and beautiful sights. Here’s what…
Hired out currently, but when I’m done with work over there, I’ll work on WP themes!
I Do Not Like Braces →
Around one year ago, I realized that I had to wear glasses. My vision had begun to get fuzzier, and although I could still see without glasses, I realized that the smaller words my teachers wrote…
Got braces, not sore, but they are wearing into my inner lip. Hurts…
The Pyramid: Aquarium [Video] →
If there is something that is interesting, it is aquariums: creatures swimming in the depths, jellyfish gently pulsing, the excitement and fun is simply amazing. Check it out.
…Read more over at…
Is There Really a Need? →
The other day, I was on a walk with my mom and dad, and my dad told us his colleague’s son was taking PE over the summer, every day in the heat, with only one other person.
“Why would you want to…
Vote for Media Features →
Here at WordPress.com, we always run the most recent version of the WordPress open source software. In addition, we do custom development so that we can offer features not included in the open…
The Car That Drove. And Only Drove. →
The car was not even remotely new, and several large cracks cut the once-smooth covering of maroon paint. The hood of the vehicle, once spotless, was littered with small bumps and notches where… …
