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Re: http://mills.tumblr.com/post/1006448434

david — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:38:26 -0000

"...joining Will, Abby, and *I*"?

Come now, Mills. ;-)

EDIT: But seriously beautiful place. I love San Fran as I love very few places. Hope the transition goes smoothly.

Re: http://balltillifall.com/post/439491357

david — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:36 -0000

Looks very nice - Congratulations on being so very close to done!!

Re: Recipe suggestions

david — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:44:03 -0000

http://allrecipes.com/Recip...

This is incredible

Re: Oh snap.

david — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:35:31 -0000

It depends on what you're looking for out of a new bike. Since I don't know
what's frustrating you, I'm going to go ahead and say go for it - which is
pretty inadvisable (giving you advice without knowing details) on my part,
but oh well.

The nice thing about fixies is that they're so easy to switch parts out on -
but if it's the frame that's bugging you, then getting a new frame sometimes
just means getting a new bike...good luck, and I hope you find something
amazing!

Re: Oh snap.

david — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:40:02 -0000

DOOOO ITTTT

Re: Last.fm Tumblr Weekly Top Artists

david — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:45:56 -0000

Hi, Joe. I've tried to add this feature to my Tumblr several times with no luck. After troubleshooting it to the full extent of my abilities, I wonder if you could help me out -

According to Last.fm I've listened to more than 5 artists in the past several days: http://www.last.fm/user/dma...

It just started posting the results on the pipe page when I input my Last.fm username (dmaddox1):
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipe...

But when I insert the RSS url into my Tumblr "Customize" page, it still responds with "not a valid feed."

If you have any input as to why this would be the case, and what I can do to fix the feature, please let me know. Thanks.

Re: bCaptured. - friday me - indefinable stare version. looking...

david — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:24:13 -0000

If no one has told you today that you're beautiful, I'll take the opportunity to be the first.

Re: Simple Blogging Faceoff: Tumblr vs. Posterous

david — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:40:04 -0000

Tumblr by a billion. Posterous is a joke.

Re: HUGE Theme Upgrades! We just enabled a massive... | Tumblr Staff

david — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:57:39 -0000

There's a way to do it - usually having to do with the same section where you put the URL for the image. It will usually be something (depending whether HTML or CSS) like: "Postion: fixed;" Fixing the position on the background will, if done correctly, keep the background image still while all the page elements scroll around.

I'm not a web designer, though, and know next to nothing about coding. Search the web for hints or pointers, or email some of your Tumblr-friends. Most people on Tumblr are pretty quick to help out, especially if its something they're good at.

Re: reconnoître - moving.

david — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:10:20 -0000

I believe I just took my card as follower number #41 at the new blog.

Congrats on your newly discovered happiness...And I completely understand and support what you mean about living "a little less publicly." Sometimes a break - sometimes temporary, sometimes complete - is needed.

Take care of what is most important to you, and worry little for the rest. Best of luck to you, V, and "Him".

Re: kapi

david — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:44:02 -0000

I've been in love with this tune for around 8 years now.

Still hasn't gotten old.

Re: How to Take Back America

david — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:01:23 -0000

Bruce -

No, I agree with you heart and soul. The two people you quoted most certainly DO represent a very large and powerful fundamentalist wing of the American evangelical church - a very Southern, Dispenationalist, Christian-Nationalist version of the faith with an often misshapen view of the Church and it's gospel-given duty to change the world.

I saw in your bio that you're a self-professed ex "fundamentalist baptist." Me too. I'm sorry to say that I have family members who go to conferences such as these, and who believe, vote, and pray along lines drawn by such people as the one's quoted above.

It only took two minutes of looking for a bio of Mr. Rick Scarborough to discover that he was an alumnus of Dallas Theological Seminary. I'd guessed as much.

Sorry for the ambiguity in my previous comment - I didn't mean to sound hostile or in the least bit self-righteousness. I think you're right on. But I do lament for Churches and Church leaders that base the reading of their Bibles on a fundamentalist political ideology.

PS - I saw that you're a fan of Wendell Berry. I was blessed to have been introduced to Berry in college, and have been reading him for the past 6 or so years. GREAT stuff. Are you also a fan of Hauerwas?

Glad to have found your blog, Bruce. I just added it to my reader.

Re: How to Take Back America

david — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:40:56 -0000

Yikes. I hate that people think that these people accurately represent Christians. Take it from me - THEY DON'T.

Re: Tumblr MP3 Player Hacks

david — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:20:07 -0000

Dan - I tried to redo my StreamPad player on my tumblog, and now its acting up a bit.

I'm having a lot of trouble changing the color on the "poweredbycolor" field. It won't change from standard white (#ffffff), no matter what I enter in the "&poweredbycolor=XXXXXX" field. I've changed the track text and other colors, but I haven't been able to change the color of this 1 field...

Has anyone else been reporting problems changing this field? Any ideas on what the problem could possibly be?

Re: Windows users

david — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:10:53 -0000

Some Mac users are snobs. I'm a Mac user, and while I'm a firm believer, I'd like to believe I'm not a Mac-snob.

I loved the "#reductive jerks" tag. Nicely put.

Re: mills baker - Symbolism and 'Splosions: The Delicate Balance of District 9

david — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:40:19 -0000

Mills, I might be wrong, but I believe it's considered pretensious to use the word "pretensious" instead of "pretentious."

Is that an "Oxford spelling" or something? I've never seen it before...

Re: adrift, Carly Comando - “Everyday” (8-bit Audio Version) ...

david — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:28:27 -0000

I can send it to you. I found it on hypemachine or something.

Re: hunsonisgroovy

david — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:07:18 -0000

I think the reason Americans feel comfortable saying they "trust" John Stewart and the Daily Show is because they know The Daily Show is unbiased in it's lampooning of network news, and that the show goes to length to expose the faults and silliness of both political parties and their leadership.

While I agree that The Daily Show is not a *substitute* for thoughtful investigative journalism, I think it's an absolutely necessary corrective to it. And I think the reason Stewart comes across as "trustworthy," is that The Daily Show isn't given pretty loose reign by Comedy Central to do as it pleases, and doesn't come across as commentary tailored to one-party or the other.

Re: adrift

david — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:56:54 -0000

I. ENVY. YOU. Been wanting to see Bon Iver for a long, long time now.

And even though Animal Collective is great, you most definitely made the right decision. Animal Collective REALLY sucks live (check out any video on YouTube and you'll see what I mean).

Very well written post, though. And nice choice of photo as well. :)

Re: Tumblr MP3 Player Hacks

david — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:48:56 -0000

You can do that by editing your theme's code (specifically the part for audio posts) to include a download link for all externally-hosted mp3's. There are documents about it here.

Here's an example of how it looks on my Tumblr.

The code looks something like this:

From your dashboard, click "Customize"/Theme/Use Custom HTML".

Then, look for the part of the code that says: <div class="audio"> and then has your audio player, which looks something like this: {AudioPlayerblack}.

Note that It might not say "black" - it might say "AudioPlayerWhite" or "AudioPlayerGray" - and that's not important. What's important is that you add the following code right AFTER the "{AudioPlayerINSERT COLOR HERE}. The code to be inserted is:

{block:ExternalAudio}, Get this song{/block:ExternalAudio}

That should do it. If you click "update preview", save your changes, and visit your site, you should see the words "download" right after your audio post. To get the song via the link, right click and "save as."

Finished, it should look something like this:

<div class="audio"> {AudioPlayerblack} {block:ExternalAudio}, (change this to whatever you want it to say){/block:ExternalAudio}

You can change what how the link appears on your page (on my page it says "download"), by changing the term inside the "a" tag above.

Also, there's a helpful Firefox add-on that makes every audio post you view in the Firefox browser downloadable. You can check that out <http: bjornstar.com="" post="" 41662530="" tumtaster-some-people-will-like-this-some="">here. Since I use firefox, it makes sharing songs very very easy.

Hope that helps you out.

Re: Excitement!

david — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:46:33 -0000

CONGRATS!!!!

AND I ENVY YOU.

Re: FREE BURRITO DAY! FREE BURRITO DAY!

david — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:38:41 -0000

What does this mean???

I'm only asking because I'm a Chipotle fan and know they occasionally have free burrito days, and I'm not too cheap to ask a total stranger a random question in order to find out.

Re: heart in a cage

david — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:00:12 -0000

Looking at the subject and joining in the conversation, I responded here: http://davidmaddox.tumblr.c......

Offered for your consideration/rebuttal/continued conversation and/or commentary.

-david

Re: my socks don't fit

david — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:59:12 -0000

Looking at the subject and joining in the conversation, I responded here: http://davidmaddox.tumblr.c...

Offered for your consideration/rebuttal/continued conversation and/or commentary.

-david

Re: david's log - The same hate machine I was part of is still...

david — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:02:55 -0000

Thanks, Landon. I feel like I've heard too many Tumblrs yelling about the crazy right wingers, using the recent example to make it sound like all pro-lifers are clinic-bombing women-haters, then I spin around and hear pro-lifers call Obama a murderer. My two cents may not be much on it's own - sometimes it feels like two stones in an ocean -- but when it finds some resonance with people, it's immensely encouraging.

Thanks :)