kottke.org

...is a weblog about the liberal arts 2.0 edited by Jason Kottke since March 1998 (archives). You can read about me and kottke.org here. If you've got questions, concerns, or interesting links, send them along.

3 kottke.org posts about news

 

April Fool's that actually aren't

From across the pond, here's a list of 10 stories that could be April Fool's but aren't. On the list:

Pubs are telling expectant mothers when they've had enough to drink.

Entirely unfunny. For a more joke-filled first of the month, you can always get that yodeling game for XBox360.

By Ainsley Drew    Apr 1, 2009    funny   games   lists   news

Found underground

A family in Porterville, California recently discovered that their new home has an unmapped addition. An underground lair.

They noticed what they suspected was a small sink hole at the corner of a concrete patio slab. As they checked on the hole, Edwards was pulling some weeds nearby.

"His foot just sunk," Barton said, "and that's when we thought we saw a dead body."

Turns out it wasn't a dead body, but some foam insulation. Beneath it, a large space. Everybody thinks it's a subterranean grow room. They're afraid their four-year-old son Ethan will want to play down there.

Also recently unearthed, tunnels belonging to crusaders were found under Malta. Unlike the marijuana-propagating sanctum, these structures are believed to have been designed to facilitate Crusades-era sanitation and to bolster the water supply for the Knights of Malta. Ethan, play here instead.

By Ainsley Drew    Mar 31, 2009    architecture   crime   news

Stephen Colbert's bit with Al Sharpton is hilarious

Stephen Colbert's bit with Al Sharpton is hilarious.

kottke.org, quickly...

The best way to get a sense of what kottke.org is all about is to head to the front page or check out some random entries from the archives.

Looking for work?

See more on the Job Board.

Tags, tags, tags

Many posts on kottke.org have been "tagged" with keywords, which activity results in collections of related posts like sports, infoviz, or best of.

Recently popular tags (last 3 weeks)

The 2000s (14)    post updates (43)    video (746)    USA (13)    movies (1072)    books (737)    science (634)    lists (646)    food (666)    photography (821)    art (389)    best of (372)    sports (486)    advertising (178)    maps (234)

All-time popular tags

movies (1072)    photography (821)    video (746)    books (737)    NYC (694)    food (666)    lists (646)    science (634)    design (612)    sports (486)    music (405)    art (389)    business (382)    best of (372)    TV (370)

Useful favorites

photography (821)    economics (202)    lists (646)    best of (372)    infoviz (163)    food (666)    NYC (694)    firstworldproblems (4)    cities (135)    restaurants (188)    video (746)    timelapse (3)    interviews (256)    language (272)    maps (234)    fashion (164)    NSFW (63)    remix (207)

Random tags

billbuford (2)    TV (370)    paulgraham (5)    suicide (15)    origami (6)    insects (5)    pinball (2)    chuckanderson (2)    nostalgia (59)    ning (2)    jeffreysteingarten (4)    The Onion (28)    Infinite Jest (16)    Saigon (17)    Bob Dylan (7)