“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Web - brandonrawks.wordpress.com Twitter - @brandonrawksTumblr (3.0; @brandonlusk)http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/new-theme-duotone/">New Theme: Duotone</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>Happy Holidays! To spice up the coming weekend I’m here to present you with Duotone. Duotone is the successor to our highly popular photo blogging theme, Monotone. Duotone is very similar, but…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/299156222http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/299156222Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:49:08 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/holiday-wallpaper/">WordPress Holiday Desktop Wallpapers</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p><img style="margin-left:20px;" src="http://wpcom.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/wpholiday-1024x768.png?w=480" alt="" title="WordPress Wonderland" class="alignright size-full wp-image-1607"/>This year, we teamed up with San Francisco artist <a href="http://coley.me/" target="_blank">Coley Wopperer</a> to spread some WordPress-themed holiday cheer. We thought it turned out so well, we wanted to share it with everyone as a…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/295152299http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/295152299Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:22:07 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/email-geolocation/">Email Geolocation</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p><a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/geo-email11.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3389" title="geo email1" src="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/geo-email11.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="250"/></a>If you haven’t already tried our <strong>post by email</strong> feature then it makes blog publishing as simple as sending an email. <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/" target="_blank">Configure your blog</a>, write an email, and we’ll do the rest. You can…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/293757515http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/293757515Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:57:54 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/support-holiday-hours/">Support Holiday Hours</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>Happy holidays from the WordPress.com Happiness Team! We’re working hard getting ready for the holidays and <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/a-little-snow-for-the-holidays/" target="_blank">sheltering from the snow</a>.</p> <p>We will be closing support for one week in order to spend…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/289267607http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/289267607Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:15:37 -0600<p>ran 0.35 mi on 11/24/2009 at 10:29 AM with a pace of 13’43”/mi <a href="http://bit.ly/66RO1N" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/66RO1N</a></p>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/289256091http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/289256091Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:03:10 -0600<p>Just discovered this. It’s amazing and sad and funny, go look NOW! <a href="http://aliceandkev.wordpress.com" target="_blank">http://aliceandkev.wordpress.com</a> #thesims3</p>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/285022066http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/285022066Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:20:01 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/twitter-api/">Post and Read via Twitter API</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>The other day <a href="http://ma.tt/2009/11/micro-blogging-vs-mega-blogging/" target="_blank">I talked about micro-blogging and mega-blogging</a> and shared my view that new forms of social media, including micro-blogging, are complementary to blogging. We’ve seen <a href="http://www.quantcast.com/p-18-mFEk4J448M" target="_blank">ongoing…</a></p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/280679511http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/280679511Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:17:43 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/november-wrap-up-3/">November Wrap-Up</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>Before we get to the stats, I should mention that at the top of my thankful-for list this Thanksgiving was our growing group of Automatticians. <a href="http://automattic.com/about/" target="_blank">These are the folks</a> who bring you the awesome…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/274485748http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/274485748Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:41:03 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/a-little-snow-for-the-holidays/">A Little Snow for the Holidays</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p><img class="size-medium wp-image-3250 alignright" title="nick-snow2" src="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/nick-snow2.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225"/>I’ve seen my fair share of snow growing up in northern Michigan. The sun was shining today, but there is a good chance we’ll have snow on the ground by the end of the week. My favorite…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/266952881http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/266952881Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:14:09 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/better-source-code-posting/">Better Source Code Posting</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>For the coders among you, you may already know that posting source code is really easy here on WordPress.com thanks to the <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/" target="_blank">sourcecode shortcode</a>. You just wrap your code in <code>[<span>sourcecode</span>]</code> and…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/266796582http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/266796582Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:10:34 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/posting-source-code-on-your-blog-is-now-better-than-ever/">Posting Source Code On Your Blog Is Now Better Than Ever</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>For the coders among you, you may already know that posting source code is really easy here on WordPress.com thanks to the <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/posting-source-code/" target="_blank">sourcecode shortcode</a>. You just wrap your code in <code>[<span>sourcecode</span>]</code> and…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/266661951http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/266661951Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:09:00 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/video-contest-extende/">Video Contest Extended!</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>Earlier this week, we launched a <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/thanksgiving-video-contest/" target="_blank">WordPress.com Video Contest</a> all about giving thanks. No matter where on Earth you are, we invited you to submit a 30-second video all about the things that…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/260014805http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/260014805Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:07:45 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/black-friday-20-hour-20-off-sale-now-on/">Black Friday 20 hour 20% off sale now on!</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>Right now you can get 20% off on all <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/" target="_blank">upgrades</a> purchased on the Upgrades page on your blog. This is our Black Friday sale and must end in 20 hours time!</p> <p>You can get VideoPress for only $47.98,…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/259593704http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/259593704Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:19:35 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/blog-subscriptions/">Blog Subscriptions</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p><img class="size-full wp-image-4895 alignright" title="widget" src="http://en.support.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/widget.jpg" alt="widget" width="235" height="173"/></p> <p>There are many ways of reading WordPress.com blogs and we’ve now added another: <strong>email subscriptions</strong>.</p> <p>This is a very simple way for your readers to subscribe to your blog and receive…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/256768287http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/256768287Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:42:32 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/thanksgiving-video-contest/">WordPress.com Video Contest: Giving Thanks</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>Announcing our first-ever video contest, brought to you by turkey, stuffing, and that gelatinous stuff that grandma calls cranberry sauce. Yes, that’s U.S. Thanksgiving. Appropriate to the…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/250999092http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/250999092Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:15 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/a-new-translation-platform/">A new translation platform</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>The full translation of WordPress.com is an ongoing process, of which you are a great part and whom we thank for the patience and assistance. Thanks to you, WordPress.com is now available in <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/languages/" target="_blank">…</a></p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/249661230http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/249661230Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:19:44 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/a-new-p2/">A New P2</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><div id="attachment_3116" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 710px"> <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p2-11-blogpost.png" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-3116" title="P2 1.1" src="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p2-11-blogpost.png" alt="" width="700" height="433"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The New P2</p> </div> <p>For those of you who haven’t yet tried it, <a href="http://p2theme.com/" target="_blank">P2</a> is an awesome micro blogging theme with quick front end posting, live ajax updating, and inline threaded comments. It…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/249202455http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/249202455Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:49:11 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/a-blog-near-you/">A Blog Near You</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p>During the Automattic company meetup, Team 21* holed up in a cottage outside Québec to create a new set of features for a blog near you (literally!). Have you ever wondered where in the world a…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/242023222http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/242023222Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:06:05 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/wordcamp-nyc-this-weekend/">WordCamp NYC This Weekend!</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p><a href="http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3054 alignright" style="margin-left:10px;" title="WordCampNYC shirt" src="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/wcnyc_shirt1.png?w=300" alt="WordCampNYC shirt" width="210" height="181"/></a></p> <p>This weekend, November 14-15, a whole bunch of the <a href="http://automattic.com/about/" target="_blank">friendly faces from Automattic</a> and WordPress.com will be in New York City to attend <a href="http://2009.newyork.wordcamp.org/" target="_blank">WordCamp NYC</a>. If you’re a NYC area local…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/239815817http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/239815817Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:17:42 -0600<a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/happy-birthday-firefox/">Happy Birthday Firefox</a>: <div class="snap_preview"> <br/><p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3040" src="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/logo-only.png?w=300" alt="Firefox" width="300" height="300"/>November 9th 2009 is <a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/5years/en-US/" target="_blank">Firefox’s fifth birthday</a>. Firefox and WordPress have grown up next to each other so we’ve always felt a brethren spirit with their team as we work toward the same…</p> </div>http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/238310473http://brandonlusk.tumblr.com/post/238310473Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:31:45 -0600