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Comment on How to change the WordPress admin area text field/edit post font by How To Change The Wordpress Admin Interface Fonts

How To Change The Wordpress Admin Interface Fonts — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:36:30 +0000

[...] to do that on your own.Update: Files and edits you need to edit have changed in WordPress 3.3.1 as John Petrie points out. It is now necessary to edit the wp-includes/editor-buttons.css file, and change the [...]

Comment on On correctness, ambiguity, and precision in language by No, in fact, languages don’t want that | John Petrie’s LifeBlag

No, in fact, languages don’t want that | John Petrie’s LifeBlag — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:54:25 +0000

[...] Earlier I remarked that Geoffrey Pullum, Ph.D., professional linguist, ardent descriptivist, and language blagger extraordinaire surely didn’t really think this but wrote it in Language Log posts for rhetorical effect: that languages want to change and love ambiguity and show no interest in avoiding polysemy or ambiguity. Perhaps he really does, without the purpose of irony, cuteness, rhetorical effect, or simple convenience/time-saving in informal blag posts, anthropomorphose languages to such a great extent. We’ve all heard about real-life and fictional animal researchers becoming attached to their research subjects the way they would a pet or loved one, artistic creators feeling more love and devotion to their creations than to real people, entrepreneurs exhibiting more devotion to their businesses than their families, car or boat lovers thinking of their cars or boats almost as people, etc. I guess some linguists can become so immersed in and attached to the subject of their life’s work that they ascribe to it human qualities that it doesn’t deserve. [...]

Comment on Web fonts by John

John — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:38:09 +0000

Yay, back to Typekit and Adobe Garamond Pro! It actually is perfectly legible on this web page on a small-monitor laptop, although it’s still kind of a more squat font than I typically favor. Maybe I’ll try out some fonts.com free web fonts later…

Comment on Web fonts by John

John — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:22:23 +0000

Welp, now it’s PT Serif. That lasted a day. I’ve got the over/under on the duration of PT Serif at 1.5 days…

Comment on Bush–Gore 2000 SNL debates by Jorge

Jorge — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:36:40 +0000

OMG THANKS FOR POSTING THESE> I loved these in 2000 and love them now.

Comment on Bush–Gore 2000 SNL debates by BoB Dole

BoB Dole — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:12:44 +0000

Classic. Hard to Find. Thanks for posting

Comment on Bush–Gore 2000 SNL debates by Susie

Susie — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:28:44 +0000

Thank you! Timeless…

Comment on Bush–Gore 2000 SNL debates by John

John — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:56:12 +0000

@sarah:
[slaps hand on table] I agree!

Comment on Bush–Gore 2000 SNL debates by sarah

sarah — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:24:35 +0000

these are. fantastic.

Comment on Bush–Gore 2000 SNL debates by Nassan

Nassan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:24:44 +0000

Plus one internets to you good man. I search the web every so often looking for the second debate and I’m pumped to have found it. Gracias.