Samuel Reynolds
06/02/2023Matilda Mercer
06/02/2023
The passage experienced a surge in popularity during
Lorem ipsum, or lipsum as it is sometimes known, is dummy text used in laying out print, graphic or web designs. The passage is attributed to an unknown typesetter in the 15th century who is thought...
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Placeholder text will be too distracting.
So when is it okay to use lorem ipsum? First, lorem ipsum works well for staging. It’s like the props in a furniture store—filler text makes it look like someone is home. The same WordPress template might...
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To some, designing a website around placeholder
Among design professionals, there’s a bit of controversy surrounding the filler text. Controversy, as in Death to Lorem Ipsum. The strength of lorem ipsum is its weakness: it doesn’t communicate. To some, designing a website around placeholder...
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The same WordPress template might eventually be
So when is it okay to use lorem ipsum? First, lorem ipsum works well for staging. It’s like the props in a furniture store—filler text makes it look like someone is home. The same WordPress template might...
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how did the classical Latin become so incoherent?
So how did the classical Latin become so incoherent? According to McClintock, a 15th century typesetter likely scrambled part of Cicero’s De Finibus in order to provide placeholder text to mockup various fonts for a type...
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Telefina “Pa-Ma-Ha” Dick
TELEFINA DICK BASICS: Born- Abt. 1839? Location- Yosemite, cA Died- Abt. 1889? Location- Mariposa, CA SPOUSE: James Lawrence CHILDREN: Susan Lawrence (Leonard) Indian name- Chen-na-chu John Lawrence Indian name- Chich-ka Telefina’s history is virtually...
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DNA Puzzle #1
Ancestry.com DNA testing has opened up a lot of doors on family history/ties. It has also opened some very confusing puzzles. Below is a huge DNA puzzle on my Native side. I have a...
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Who is… my Grandfather?
This article is out of date. For the longest time, I have been curious as to who my grandfather was on my Dad’s side of the family. My Dad’s birth certificate said “Unknown”, and...
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DNA Surprises
Manahuu! Back in 1995, I visited Mariposa for the first time in my life. I went there with the intent to visit my fathers grave, as I had never seen it before. While there,...
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DNA Connections
The search for my ancestors has begun. Along the way, we’ll seek out Shared DNA relatives as well. There are many websites out there that now do DNA testing, but only two really stand...
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