Some Random Dude » tumblr http://www.somerandomdude.com Some Random Dude is a blog by P.J. Onori that covers design & technology in the broadest sense possible. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:37:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Per Square Mile presents great visualization of how much space… http://www.somerandomdude.com/2011/02/02/per-square-mile-presents-great-visualization-of-how-much-space/ http://www.somerandomdude.com/2011/02/02/per-square-mile-presents-great-visualization-of-how-much-space/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:00:04 +0000 P.J. Onori http://somerandomdude.com/stream/tumblr/per-square-mile-presents-great-visualization-of-how-much-space/

Per Square Mile presents great visualization of how much space it would take to fit all the world’s population based on different city densities. via Traveler on Tumblr

]]> http://www.somerandomdude.com/2011/02/02/per-square-mile-presents-great-visualization-of-how-much-space/feed/ 0 Get the Franklin Street Tumblr Theme http://www.somerandomdude.com/2009/03/10/franklin-street-tumblr-theme/ http://www.somerandomdude.com/2009/03/10/franklin-street-tumblr-theme/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:27:43 +0000 P.J. Onori http://somerandomdude.com/?p=2945 Very early on in the process of setting up the new Some Random Dude, I mentioned that all work done on and for this site would be made available as open source and/or free. It is something that I feel very strongly about and am deeply committed to following through on for as long as this blog is active. As a small first gesture, I am offering up the theme used for the Some Random Dude Tumblr site. Feel free to use it, alter it and improve upon it as you see fit. If you do not have a Tumblr account yet, I highly suggest that you get one — it is a genuinely great service.

About the Theme

This theme was designed specifically for this site’s Tumblr offshoot. The interface is intended for media in particular (such as videos and images), but it is still plenty flexible to handle all other types of Tumblr content. The grid will definitely not appreciate large-copy posts, but it will not break. The theme uses jQuery for just about all of the Javascript and should be very easy to follow. My hope is to continue improving upon the theme when it seems both useful to myself and to the community members using the theme. The most recent version of the theme (that is not customized particularly for myself) will always be at franklinstreet.tumblr.com.

Short Video Run-Through

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Basic Features

Here are a few reasons you may like using this theme:

  • Fully customizable color scheme using Tumblr’s appearance tab
  • Various javascript interactive effects to make the experience a bit more enjoyable
  • Images in image posts open up in a lightbox
  • Uses Cufón font replacement library for better looking headers
  • Handles all Tumblr media formats appropriately, including video (tested with YouTube, Vimeo and Flickr embeds)
  • Support for notes (new as of 0.9.1)

Use This Theme

If you have a Tumblr account and want to install this theme, just go ahead and preview, then install the theme through Tumblr’s interface. Otherwise, download the source file and manually paste the source into the custom HTML field under the theme tab.

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