Okay, what gives with Kottke?
Okay, what gives with Kottke? It may have changed by the time you look at it, but right now it’s just displaying a gray page with the 12-point text “Home of fine lorem ipsum.”
“Lorem ipsum” is part of a passage is used by typesetters and graphic designers as generic text to stand-in for text to be added later. This is known as “Greek” or “greeking” (as in, “It’s all Greek to me.”). Of course, the phrase is actually Latin. It come’s from a treatise on ethics written by Cicero in the first century B.C. [source].
There are several lorem ipsum generators on the Internet, but this one is my favorite. Taylor has a lorem ipsum Dreamweaver extension, too!
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.