diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index e0f6400c6e2..320abf7802d 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
     <!-- CSS -->
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/public/css/hyde.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/public/css/syntax.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400italic,400,600,700|Abril+Fatface">
 
     <!-- Icons -->
diff --git a/_posts/2012-02-07-example-content.md b/_posts/2012-02-07-example-content.md
index cd32fcedeb8..15dc569e870 100644
--- a/_posts/2012-02-07-example-content.md
+++ b/_posts/2012-02-07-example-content.md
@@ -21,7 +21,16 @@ Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus dolor auctor. Duis moll
 
 Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
 
-    Example code block
+    {% highlight js %}
+    // Example can be run directly in your JavaScript console
+
+    // Create a function that takes two arguments and returns the sum of those arguments
+    var adder = new Function("a", "b", "return a + b");
+
+    // Call the function
+    adder(2, 6);
+    // > 8
+    {% endhighlight %}
 
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diff --git a/public/css/syntax.css b/public/css/syntax.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2774b764926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/css/syntax.css
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