Welcome to the 10th Tumblr Tuesday! Every week, I’ll be here to call your attention to some of the best Tumblr blogs we’ve come across lately. You’re making things really easy for me with all the amazing ideas and awesome content that you guys are… What’s that you say? Oh noes!
Apparently, some government agency has a problem with the F-bomb I dropped in last week’s episode. There might be a hefty fine. Protests. Disciplinary action.
I can do better. Just watch!
Food In Real Life
Food never ends up looking like it does on the box or menu, yet it’s always advertised as a fluffed and photoshopped model of unattainable perfection. Why is that? Would it really be so awful to show off what an Egg McMuffin looks like in real life? Exactly! This Tumblr blog preaches truth to the packaging.
My Parents Were Awesome
Despite all the odds, you actually turned out to be pretty cool. To achieve this feat, it’s only logical to assume that your parents were the most super awesome people ever. My Parents Were Awesome documents this eternal truth.
F@#& Yeah Ghost Towns
There’s something intriguing about ghost towns. The way nature takes back the land, the calamity that destroyed an entire community, the fact that you simply cannot get a cab, period. FYGT chronicles places that were left behind through a collection of beautiful photography.
100 Jdates
Oh, internet! The invention of online dating sites forever changed the way millions of people find mates. Genius. What’s even more entertaining? People using the internet to share stories about the spectacularly horrible dates that the aforementioned dating sites have enabled.
Eat Sleep Draw!
ESD is an online art community that features original content submitted by thousands of contributors from across the globe. Submit your drawings, doodles, paintings, or sketches and be a part of something special. Personally, I’m holding off all my submissions until they end their misguided ban on interpretive dance pieces.
Yay, I fucking did it!
What about you? What are some other Tumblr blogs that you’re loving?
Since a few people asked recently, you can now search your followers for a specific user. Neat, huh?
OH SHIT! We have t-shirts.
Fieldnotes
Esquire
ichi
The Musician
A bunch of new/updated themes have already shown up sporting Tumblr’s new customization features. Check them out!
Thanks, everyone!
We had so much fun at this summer’s Reblog This Concert in New York City that we’ve decided to take the party to the West Coast. In five weeks we’ll descend upon Los Angeles to showcase some of our community’s amazing creative work that inspires us every day.
So fire up your flipcams, send us your submissions, and come join Tumblr at the end of October for our first ever Reblog This Film Festival!
HUGE Theme Upgrades!
We just enabled a massive list of new Appearance Options for theme designers including Custom Fonts, Booleans (useful for toggling options), Custom Text (useful for enabling widgets), and Custom Images!
Some of these features are already available in Jacob Bijani’s and Peter Vidani’s themes, so try them out.
Designers - here’s a quick preview of what’s now possible:
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<html>
<head>
<meta name="image:Background" content="http://static.tumblr.com/..."/>
<meta name="image:Header" content=""/>
<meta name="font:Body" content="Arial"/>
<meta name="text:Flickr Username" content=""/>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background: #2D567C url('{image:Background}');
font: normal 14px {font:Body};
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
{block:IfHeaderImage} <img src="{image:Header}"/> {/block:IfHeaderImage}
{block:IfNotHeaderImage} <h1>{title}</h1> {/block:IfNotHeaderImage}
{block:IfFlickrUsername}
<div id="flickr_widget">
<script type="text/javascript"
src="http://flickr.com/widget?user={text:Flickr Username}">
</script>
</div>
{/block:IfFlickrUsername}
</body>
</html>
Tomorrow morning we’ll be promoting all the themes with these new options enabled, so hurry!
Listen Tumblr, I’m going to let you finish, but this Tumblr Tuesday is the best Tumblr Tuesday of the year…
Wow, that was a week too late. I want to apologize on behalf of everyone at Tumblr for my lapse in judgement there. Here are five awesome Tumblr blogs to clear your palette.
Stuff My Girlfriend Says
This guy’s girlfriend says the funniest things. She’s hilarious, witty, and wise. Honestly, I wonder why she’s not with a better guy. I mean, I don’t know anything about this dude, but I know he’s not the Editorial Director at Tumblr. Lose the zero and get with the hero, honey.
Fuck Yeah Classical
Classical music fucking rocks. I could say more, but it would just be a stream of nonsensical F-bombs that don’t have anything to do with classical fucking music.
One Drawing Every Day
The proprietor of this Tumblr blog aims to draw something every day. But wait! Today is Tuesday, and the most recent post is from Saturday. Excuse me? This is not one drawing every day, sir or madam. I hope the massive influx of attention you get from this will motivate you to stay on schedule from now on. You’re welcome!
Art in my coffee!
Hey, these are pretty! My coffee never comes this way. I think it’s because I only drink iced coffee from Starbucks. But it’s moot anyway: As a slave to the corporate coffee machine, I don’t actually know what art is.
Keggers of Yore
Now, before you say anything, I’m not advocating drinking, or having fun, or living in the 70s. Goodness no! I view this site regularly as a personal reminder to not do any of those things. Know why? Because I don’t want to end up on a website just like this one in twenty years.
What about you? What are some other Tumblr blogs that you’re crushing on lately?
Want to come work for us? (Hint: It’s awesome.)
We’re a small company where everyone has their voice heard, and we want people working here who know and love Tumblr and can help us make it even better. Most of our team has come from the Tumblr community, including Marc, Jacob, Peter, Topherchris, and Meaghan.
We’ve had great luck hiring from the community so far, and we’d love to continue this tradition with our next coworkers. Does one of these sound like your dream job? Please get in touch.
Note: Applicants must be willing to relocate to New York City. These are full-time positions in our office. No telecommuting. We know that moving is a lot of work, but afterward, you’ll be in New York City. That magical place with the great bagels and real pizza where half of the cars are yellow. How cool is that?
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