kottke.org
Jason Kottke — Blogger since 1998
Curated tech and culture links. One of the longest-running blogs (since 1998).
kottke.orgOne of the oldest and most beloved blogs on the web. Jason Kottke has been curating links to interesting things since 1998 — science, design, culture, technology, art — with a voice that's curious, warm, and never cynical. Reading kottke.org feels like having a friend who's always finding something fascinating and can't wait to share it.
Written by Jason Kottke since 1998.
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KDO: 28 Years Later…
It’s getting a little ridiculous, isn’t it? 28 years of kottke.org, as of today. Older than Google. Older than The Matrix. Older than Christopher Nolan’s feature film career. Older than Elle Fanning. Older than Kurt Cobain when he died. 47,300 posts since March 14, 1998. It might outlast American democracy. KDO retains its old school vibe but with some new tricks. Friends and readers have remarked recently that I seem to be having fun with the site again and that’s true....
For the first time in awhile, copies of two lost...
For the first time in awhile, copies of two lost episodes of classic Doctor Who have been discovered. Both are from the William Hartnell era and feature the Daleks.
The Great Friendship Flattening . “I amass bits of...
The Great Friendship Flattening. “I amass bits of knowledge about my loved ones — my sister’s boyfriend published a poem; my friend left her job — as a spectator, in the same way that I might learn about an influencer’s favorite books…”
Why Movies Just Don’t Feel “Real”...
Why Movies Just Don’t Feel “Real” Anymore. “A deep dive into the first principles of movie immersion: on perceptual realism, indexicality, haptic visuality, and cinematic qualia.”
10 Hours of Ambient Freezer Drone
Some genius has taken an audio sample of the hum of a grocery store freezer, cleaned it up, and extended it into a 10-hour video. The freezer’s hum, variously compared to Brian Eno’s music and “an electrical gong bath”, went viral enough to warrant an article in the Guardian last month: “Anyone noticed how nice the freezers sound in the eccy road co-op?” someone wrote on the Sheffield Reddit page in January. “It’s like all the fans have been carefully tuned to the calmes...
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