Lorem Ipsum on NPR

Jan 28, 2009 19:16

I don't know if anyone caught it, but two days ago "The World," a show heard on most NPR stations, did a segment on the fascinating history of the "lorem ipsum" dummy text ( Read more... )

general interest, history & heroes

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skirtigo January 29 2009, 01:11:34 UTC
hopefully the exposure made a few converts!
i've seen enough paragraphs made out of
blah blah blah blah blah....
blah blah blah blah blablah blah blah blah bla blah blah blah blah bla blah blah blah blah bla
blah blah blah blah blablah blah blah blah blablah blah blah blah blablah blah blah blah bla

to last me a lifetime!

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mozillafs January 29 2009, 14:54:40 UTC
Ouch! My condolences.

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letsmakememorys January 29 2009, 05:03:46 UTC
great post! thanks!

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oohbarracuda January 29 2009, 07:48:46 UTC
Yes! I heard it the other day. I couldn't finish it bc 1)I was getting kinda bored and 2) I arrived at my destination :)

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off topic cowboy_in_space January 29 2009, 09:16:36 UTC
wow, what a user pic! ;-)

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yo_sarrian January 29 2009, 18:01:22 UTC
hah... that's great... I'm even more sick of clients asking why their content "is in, what is that, Greek?!?"

I'll have to check out that show. Thanks for posting.

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