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[edit] New Dashboard Design

5 December 2008, by Matt You’ve probably gotten tired of hearing about it from us, but the day has finally come and the new dashboard is finally here. It’s now immediately available to everyone on WordPress.com. Change is always tricky, but pretty much everyone who has already switched to the new design and layout (that we affectionately call Crazyhorse) prefers it [...]

[edit] 2.7 Gets Here in Two Days!

3 December 2008, by Jane Wells As promised, here is the advance notice that WordPress 2.7 is coming to WordPress.com, and will go live on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 8pm Eastern Time. That’s 5pm Thursday in California, 1am Friday in London (UTC), 8am Friday in Jakarta, noon on Friday in Sydney…find your time here. Some people like to learn how to [...]

[edit] Go Get A Blavatar

2 December 2008, by Heather Today’s post is dedicated to Chuck Norris: the man, the myth, the legend, and the star in our demo of a brand-new feature: Blavatars. “What-atars?” you say. Blavatars! Blog + avatars. As the incomparable Nikolay explains in the video below, your blavatar automatically becomes your favicon: the little icon that displays next to your blog’s URL in [...]

[edit] November Wrap-Up

2 December 2008, by Matt Howdy! — or should I say “g’day, mate!” since I’m in Sydney for WordCamp Australia? November was a fun month, and the final month of development for WordPress 2.7 — coming very soon. It’s been an exciting process, and we think you’ll become a big fan of the changes that you’ll see in your dashboards. Here [...]

[edit] Majeski, Alex Sr. - Green Bay Press Gazette

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[edit] Polish Count Casimir Pulaski

28 November 2008, by hobbyhelicopter On January 16, 1931 bright red 2-cent stamp was released by the United States Post Office to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Neuilly-sur-Seine heroes Count Casimir Pulaski (1746-1779). The commemorative stamp bears the ...

[edit] Thanksgiving 2008

27 November 2008, by Heather From us at WordPress to you in the States: Happy Thanksgiving! Today, we’ll be passing the turkey and stuffing, and sharing what we’re thankful for. Such as… Jane: “Puppies and rainbows.” Heather: “Good friends, good food, and good websites.” Maya: “Cashew, Peanut, my job, my house, and the sun.” Matt: “The internet.” What about you? What has motivated, inspired, enlivened, [...]

[edit] Casimir Pulaski Day on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

25 November 2008, by nobody@flickr.com (Jordie.) I saw some Orange ones today. I hardly wear these, because I feel like a little kid when I do. But I really want some of the canvas white ones. Casimir Pulaski Day by Jordie.. shirt tucked in and shoes untied. This photo has notes. ...

[edit] even*cleveland: sunday tune: sufijan stevens - casimir pulaski day

23 November 2008, by Stephanie sunday tune: sufijan stevens - casimir pulaski day. I am well aware that Sufijan has his lovers and haters. I had never really listened to his music until I had a chance to see him live on the Illinoise tour. When I heard this song, ...

[edit] Project Icon Winners Announced

17 November 2008, by Jane Wells Congratulations to Ben Dunkle and Verena Segert (that’s BD and VS to those of you who voted), the winning designers of our WordPress 2.7 icon design contest. Read all about it on the development blog and see how your votes stacked up to the rest. Go to The Results of Project Icon.        [...]

[edit] Gathering Order (1983: Doomsday)

17 November 2008, by New page Besides the top priority of giving food and medical supplies to the population, national security became the main focus for the governments of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Thus, in order to avoid future threats by third parties utilizing the superior U.S. military technology, ...

[edit] Pallimed: Arts & Humanities: "Casimir Pulaski Day" by Sufjan Stevens

17 November 2008, by noreply@blogger.com (Amy Clarkson MD) There is not a lot known about the background of Sufjan Steven’s song “Casimir Pulaski Day”. Whether completely fictional, or based on some form of personal experience, the song easily resonates with the listener. ...

[edit] FUMARE: Clinton III

15 November 2008, by Casimir Pulaski Saturday, November 08, 2008. Clinton III. Some of the cabinet appointments are making it clear that we aren't quite getting Stalin, rather, this is going to be Clinton III. All of the Clinton machine people appear to be getting top ...

[edit] Monumental: Casimir Pulaski - We Love DC

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[edit] Monumental: Casimir Pulaski

14 November 2008, by Tom Bridge It’s Casimir Pulaski, the Polish-born Father of the American Cavalry, a Revolutionary War Hero. I only mention the one hoof in the air because of the old “How many raised hoofs determines how the historical figure died,” trope. ...

[edit] Monumental: Casimir Pulaski

14 November 2008, by Casimir Pulaski in the Snow by tbridge On the Eastern side of Freedom Plaza stands a horse-mounted General, with one hoof raised. It’s Casimir Pulaski, the Polish-born Father of the American Cavalry, a Revolutionary War Hero. I only mention the one hoof in the air because of the old “How many raised hoofs determines how the historical figure died,” trope. It’s totally not an accurate rule. Sure it works some of the time, but it’s a bad guide more than it is a good one. Sure, it works better

[edit] CASIMIR PULASKI SCHOOL in YONKERS

14 November 2008, by unknown School name, CASIMIR PULASKI SCHOOL. Agency name, YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. City, YONKERS. County name, WESTCHESTER. State, New York. Grades, From pre kindergarten to 07. Contact, 150 KINGS CROSS (914-376-8575 ...

[edit] Vote for the new WordPress icons

13 November 2008, by Jane Wells Update: Voting has closed, and the winners will be announced soon. If you watched the WordPress 2.7 trailer or checked out the screenshots that were posted a couple of weeks ago, you probably noticed the use of icons in the new left-hand navigation. A handful of designers have submitted icon sets in a competition to choose [...]

[edit] Missing a Lost Loved One? - Seattlest

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[edit] Program to prep Lemont students for ACT - Joliet Herald News

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[edit] October Wrap-Up

10 November 2008, by Matt In October, we celebrated our first billion-impression month, and continued plugging away on WordPress 2.7 — along with a couple of other fun projects, to be announced. Here are last month’s stats:

323,786 blogs were created.

343,832 new users joined. 4,085,148 file uploads. 1995.86 gigabytes of new files. 531 terabytes of content transferred from our datacenters. 8,862,195 comments. 6,680,516 logins. 1,088,583,200 pageviews on WordPress.com, [...]

[edit] At the White House, an Obama Party - Aljazeera.com

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[edit] Casimir Pulaski Day « The State That I Am In

10 November 2008, by thestatethatiamin 4 Responses to “Casimir Pulaski Day”. Feed for this Entry Trackback Address. 1 scottgladstone November 11, 2008 at 8:25 am. Lovely. 2 scottgladstone November 11, 2008 at 10:33 am. Lovely. This song is especially sad for me right now. ...

[edit] Show of Support - Savannah Morning News

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[edit] At the Invent-o-Drome - New York Times

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[edit] If WordPress 2.7 Was A Movie…

7 November 2008, by Jane Wells This would be our trailer. Check out some of the upcoming new features and design changes in this sneak preview video, including how to customize your dashboard, the new comment reply feature, the new navigation system, and the customizable posting screen. When you’re finished watching, take the poll below the video to tell us which [...]

[edit] The Votes Are In

5 November 2008, by Heather Here’s how you voted in our U.S. Presidential Election poll yesterday:

Barack Obama and Joe Biden: 69% John McCain and Sarah Palin: 24% Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez: 3% Robert Barr and Wayne Root: 2% Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente: 1% Charles Baldwin and Darrell Castle: 1% And here are the actual results, as of 12 p.m. PST today: Barack Obama and Joe [...]

[edit] Shopfloor » Blog Archive » Happy Casimir Pulaski Day

11 October 2008, by Carter Wood In our Nation’s struggle for independence, brave individuals such as Casimir Pulaski came to our shores and risked their lives to help bring liberty to a new continent. General Pulaski fought first against Russian domination of his ...

[edit] casimir's bail-out proposal

30 September 2008, by Casimir Pulaski as you can see, you must act yesterday in order to save our economy, or, i promise, it will be terrible, bad, and the international markets will fail unless you give me my cashola now. yours, casimir pulaski.

[edit] Mix(tape) It Up! Challenge: Bobcat’s Response

27 August 2008, by A bit delayed, as usual. But here it is, my response to the challenge! I’ll try to get versions of the songs, but I do have ninty percent of them on my iTunes, so if you really want I can send you the MP3 via email or which ever method you choose. Now, the Mix(tape) It Up Challenge!   1. A song with an impressive intro: Stronger- Kanye West. Who doesn’t love some good Kanye West? Especially with a nice collaberation between him and Daft Punk? This makes for a lovely intro.   2. A song with a lit

[edit] Commenter Of The Day: Casimir Pulaski Day Edition (Commenter Of The Day)

18 August 2008, by If you didn't grow up in Illinois, you might not understand why all the state government buildings close on the first Monday of March for the mysterious "Pulaski Day." We can offer an easy explanation: Casimir Pulaski was a famous Polish soldier who, after running afoul of ...

[edit] Click to cry

1 August 2008, by Met dank aan Erik Jan Harmens, die me attent maakte op Bon Iver.

[edit] Review: Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer

2 July 2008, by Rollback, by Robert J. Sawyer (blog, website) tells the story of elderly Sarah Halifax, a former Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) researcher, through the eyes of her husband of sixty years, Donald. At the height of her career, Sarah broke a code sent by an alien species to earth, figured out what it said, and then sent a message back. Nearly forty years later, earth receives another message from the aliens, but this time encrypted. Despite knowing the previous code, the message

[edit] “Oh the Glory”: Following the Spirit’s Song into the World

17 June 2008, by Editor’s Note: Below is the 2nd Prize winner in the aesthetics category for the Stepping into a Violent Wind Writing Competition: I have heard it noted that we Pentecostals don’t write our theology in books, rather, we write it in songs. Somehow, that seems appropriate. Pondering how best to speak of the Holy Spirit; of Pentecost; of my personal experience with both the Holy Spirit and Pentecostalism, I am left with too few words to communicate the glory of encountering God at work in the wor

[edit] The Christian Nation: Protestantism, American History and American Politics

17 June 2008, by Our recent discussion on California’s new state-sanctioned marriages generated some comments from me on issues I’ve been meaning to put on the front page for months. They were addressed to P Mike, Bill Harrison, and “Bad,” who all had interesting things to say that I wanted to respond to. These are ...

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15 June 2008, by casimir pulaski day   his music filled me with a colorless silence. so, i dug deep, and found the chords hidden in my piano; they were warm. they greeted my fingers like soft shells in the sand.   i could not understand this shoreline, this shifting thing with salty tidings; it was like a broken music box, with the dancer going round and round long after the song had stopped.   but still, like how even in the night, i would know the waves were green, i would know the foam was whit

[edit] Musical Odyssey (Pt. 1)

2 June 2008, by OK: back to the Over the Rhine tangent. This all began a little over a year ago, as I was exploring my brand new (free) subscription to Paste Magazine, one of those things that begins arriving at your door when you move, even when you don’t ask for it. And it included this sampler CD, offering some 25 tracks from artists, most of whom I had never heard of. I devoured it, but it was the last track that grabbed my attention: someone named Sufjan Stevens who was doing an instrumental arrangement

[edit] Father of the American Cavalry

11 March 2008, by “I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it.”   General Casimir Pulaski, a man born in a far off land, came to America to serve, and live or die for freedom. He became an American general under General George Washington, and he became the Father of the American Cavalry. When he arrived in America, the first letter he sent to George Washington, stated “I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it.”  And die he did,

[edit] Key People for March 3, 2008

5 March 2008, by Jeff Healey Sample context: "...Acclaimed jazz and rock guitarist JEFF HEALEY was remembered Sunday as a musician of rare ability who had a wicked sense of..." Filipina Ramiele Malubay Sample context: "...- After eliciting babble reviews from all three board in “ American Idol, ” FILIPINA RAMIELE MALUBAY ...

[edit] Happy Pulaski Day!

3 March 2008, by Casimir Pulaski was a hero of the American Revultionary War. Born in Poland on March 4, 1747, according to Wikipedia, he "is known for his contributions to the US military at the time by training its soldiers and cavalry." George...

[edit] demos

26 August 2007, by No Children (demo) - The Mountain Goats From what I can tell, this song has a strong following in this community. And for good reason: there's the  acerbic, sing-along lyrics and the brilliant drink-along melody. And now in the demo version you can hear this song in all it's lo-fi glory, rather then ...

[edit] Happy Casimir Pulaski Day!

5 March 2007, by Dave!: Happy Casimir Pulaski Day, Chicago! Not to be confused with Roman Polanski Day. When I first moved to Chicago, I knew who Casmir Pulaski was, but in spite of my Polish heritage, I had no idea he had a day! In addition to being a hero of the American Revolution (eventually ...

[edit] Bill Action: Introduced: H.J.Res. 39: Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumous...

5 March 2007, by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced this bill. (This event matched these monitors: Active Legislation )

[edit] ahh

28 January 2007, by Pixie commented on an entry by MellowJune titled "15. Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens" regarding compile 100 favorite songs in order to make the most beautiful CD compilation ever.: this song can make me cry

[edit] YouTube - Casimir Pulaski Day Cover

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[edit] calendae: Help!

22 October 2006, by I'm stuck in a Casimir Pulaski Day loop. I can't stop listening to it. Also, I'm watching Batman Begins and it makes me want to watch Empire of the Sun again.

[edit] Sufjan Stevens and My Brightest Diamond at Zellerbach Hall

16 October 2006, by I thought I was ready. I really did. I mean, I’d seen the man before. I’d read reviews of the current tour. I’d scoured YouTube. I’d downloaded a concert from the previous week and listened to it for much of the day. I was excited — gloating, even. And yet seven songs into the set found me with my mouth ...

[edit] Open Thread and Diary Rescue

8 October 2006, by Diaries up for rescue tonight: RandyMI's House: Republicans Spending to Save Their Lives gives a breakdown of the races in which the NRCC is suddenly pouring enormous amounts of money. smintheu's Despair at the UN over John Bolton's candidate looks at the background of Ban Ki-moon, the proposed new ...

[edit] Stevens creates pleasant 'Illinois'

27 September 2006, by It’s not every day that concertgoers are able to see their favorite musician perform dressed as a bird. Of course, it’s not every day that the musician is accompanied by 14 instrument-wielding butterflies. Then again, Sufjan Stevens is no average performer. Stevens, sporting bird wings and the moniker ...

[edit] sleepstereode

27 September 2006, by So, on September 13th I got to see Sufjan Stevens at the Lakewood Theater in Dallas, TX (my parents moved to Dallas this summer. I don't know a soul, but it seems surprisingly great). Two weeks later, I had a photo pass to see him on the 26th in Milwaukee, WI (I'm a senior at Lawrence in Appleton, WI). ...