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[edit] Dodge County among highest in state - The Reporter

8 January 2009, by

[edit] Representaciones en 3-D de juegos 2-D

8 January 2009, by b0092714_0491670.jpg Dot Dotter hace representaciones en 3-D de juegos 2-D como Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Kart (mostrado en la imagen que acompaña esta anotación), Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Galaxy, entre otros. Vía: Kottke Comparte esta anotación border= border= border= 1

[edit] kottke: The Best Links 2008

8 January 2009, by yisun This is the fifth annual selection of my favorite things I've linked to on kottke.org. This year's list includes games, photography, top-notch journalism, time-related material, architecture, design, and even politics, about 100 links in all. The format of the list is a bit different this year. Sprinkled amongst the usual high quality links are collections of links which fit into accidental categories that sprang up while going over the material, including my picks for the sites/blogs of the year. Enjoy.

[edit] Beyond the Valley - Leader-Telegram

8 January 2009, by

[edit] Milky Way Tube Map

8 January 2009, by Milky Way transit map Samuel Arbesman has done a map of the Milky Way in the style of Harry Beck’s London Underground map. “I have attempted to actually make this map as accurate as possible, where each line corresponds to an arm of our galaxy, and the stations are actual places in their proper locations. ...

[edit] The most beautiful suicide

8 January 2009, by amarien42

[edit] Milky Way tube map

8 January 2009, by A map of the Milky Way done in the style of the London tube map. I was re-reading Carl Sagan's novel Contact recently, essentially a series of arguments about SETI wrapped into a story, and he alludes to some sort of cosmic Grand Central Station. That, coupled with my longtime interest in transit maps, ...

[edit] The height of Burj Dubai

7 January 2009, by Nobody knows how tall Burj Dubai is going to be when completed later this year, only that it will be the world's tallest building by a comfortable margin. Of the mystery height, the builder has only this to say: If you put the Empire State Building on top of the Sears Tower then it's reasonable to say ...

[edit] $2000 vibrator

7 January 2009, by Can I interest madame in a $2000 vibrator? The base of the vibrator is encircled with a stunning "eternity" band of 28 round-cut black diamonds. Classy!

[edit] Guitar duo comes to Hillsboro - News-Times

7 January 2009, by

[edit] People Who Deserve It

7 January 2009, by People Who Deserve It is a blog listing people who have earned a punch in the face, including Office Food Thief, Traveler With Giant Backpack On Subway, Loser Who Pisses on Toilet Seat, and Sexual Innuendo T-Shirt Guy. My NYC pedestrian-related submissions: Cab Driver Who Honks Excessively From Three ...

[edit] Ze Frank blogs about participation

7 January 2009, by Ze Frank has started a blog of notes and advice about fostering online participation. Lots of good stuff so far. Usually there will be a few contributions that are outliers in technical merit and scale. There is a temptation to reward these contributions by drawing specific attention to them while the ...

[edit] Dodge County panel discusses new rules - Watertown Daily Times

7 January 2009, by

[edit] Dotter Dotter

7 January 2009, by Dotter Dotter features 3-D representations of 2-D games like Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda, and Excitebike. SMB 3-D (via clusterflock)

[edit] The Best Links 2008

7 January 2009, by jazzman

[edit] Entering the airlock without a space-helmet

7 January 2009, by Top 50 movie special effects shots. For the purposes of this list, a shot has to be either a) exceptionally convincing, b) ground-breaking or c) an exemplary execution of an oft-used technique. via kottke

[edit] 4 accidents reported near Lomira this morning - The Reporter

7 January 2009, by

[edit] noazaaifo: dukes of hazard

7 January 2009, by dukes of hazard ikki tosen torrent long way down lyrics goo goo dolls new york knicks tickets apache art mural room white house tibetan rap mixtape torrents anybody here seen my old friend bobby clearwater times property listings colorado partition magic 8 demo crack kids scrapbooking kits ejaculating ...

[edit] The deep connection between marshmallows and babies

7 January 2009, by Is everything connected with everything else? Not everyone thinks so. But that not everyone doesn't include Benjamin Cohen. In I Dream in Malcolm Gladwell, Cohen draws an unlikely parallel between marshmallow melting and the science of pediatric nutrition. In an age when children are born nearly every ...

[edit] The Best Links 2008

7 January 2009, by iamkimiam This is the fifth annual selection of my favorite things I've linked to on kottke.org. This year's list includes games, photography, top-notch journalism, time-related material, architecture, design, and even politics, about 100 links in all. The format of the list is a bit different this year. Sprinkled amongst the usual high quality links are collections of links which fit into accidental categories that sprang up while going over the material, including my picks for the sites/blogs of the year. Enjoy.

[edit] TinEye image search

7 January 2009, by TinEye is an image search engine. You give it an image and it'll find it on the web for you. If it works -- I didn't get to try it too much because it was down -- this is great for chasing down attribution and finding other pix by the same photographer and such. (via master kalina)

[edit] 3-2-1 Contact!

7 January 2009, by Opening theme to 3-2-1 Contact. This was the soundtrack to my tween and early teen years.

[edit] abandonedplaces: Abandoned HBO Soundstage for "The Wire"

7 January 2009, by signoretta swoon

[edit] MacHeads: The movie - ZDNet

7 January 2009, by

[edit] The younger foodie set

7 January 2009, by signoretta

[edit] Guitar Great Leo Kottke in Concert at the Clark February 28 - Media Newswire (press release)

7 January 2009, by

[edit] kottke.org posts about The Wire

7 January 2009, by vxx5plus

[edit] Kottke.org: The Best Links 2008

7 January 2009, by johnny2000

[edit] The Best Links 2008

7 January 2009, by calaggie

[edit] The Best Links 2008

6 January 2009, by erik1280

[edit] Transparent brilliance

6 January 2009, by Michael Paterniti penned a lovely eulogy for Bobby Fischer, the former chess champion who died last year. This was the beauty of Bobby Fischer's mind, even then. The boy made very clean, simple lines out of very complex problems, and when the trap was sprung, his style of chess became so transparent ...

[edit] Upgrading grand pianos

6 January 2009, by A company called Fandrich & Sons buys cheap grand pianos mass-produced in China, upgrades them so that they sound more like expensive hand-made European pianos, and sells them for a reasonable price. With his higher-end grands -- which the Fandrichs named "HGS" for "Holy Grail Scale" -- they start ...

[edit] Good and hopeless at the same time

6 January 2009, by Benoit Denizet-Lewis is a recovering sex addict. As part of his rehab process, he wrote a note from the addict inside of his head: I will make Benoit lie and manipulate and chase sex every hour of every day, until he can't feel anything anymore, until everything good and decent about him is removed. ...

[edit] kottke.org is ten years old today / kottke.org designs

6 January 2009, by jacquesnorris

[edit] The Best Links 2008

6 January 2009, by jaysimons

[edit] Pig farming hacks

6 January 2009, by A Canadian pig farmer came up with an interesting solution for herding pigs. Instead of using heavy wooden "chase boards" to guide the pigs, she used a length of fabric of the same color, allowing a single person to do a job once done by many.

[edit] Best special effects shots

6 January 2009, by carid

[edit] The New Yorker: Annals of Medicine, The Itch

6 January 2009, by The New Yorker: Annals of Medicine, The Itch: I challenge you to read this without scratching :) via Kottke’s Best Links of 2008

[edit] Where we are and where we're going

6 January 2009, by Compare and contrast: a map of the center of the world's population (currently located in the northern part of south Asia) and a global accessibility map, which shows the travel time to major cities. (via lone gunman & stamen)

[edit] kottke.org - The Best Links 2008

6 January 2009, by benperrydog

[edit] The Best Links 2008 - Jason Kottke

6 January 2009, by laventura Best links of 2008

[edit] 2008 is best sports year ever

6 January 2009, by Sports Illustrated named 2008 the best year ever in sports. In my best links post, I said that three 2008 sporting events stuck out in my mind but this article reminded me of one more: Jason Lezak's amazing anchor leg in the 4x100 freestyle.

[edit] элита блогосферы

5 January 2009, by 4. Kottke - www.kottke.org Дизайнер Jason Kottke - пионер "первой волны" в блоггинге.

[edit] Meme 2009

5 January 2009, by Daniel Kottke

[edit] Favorite posts of 2008

3 January 2009, by jason@kottke.org As an appetizer before my annual best links of the year post (coming Monday, I hope), I put together a list of kottke.org posts from 2008 that I liked the most and that may be worth a look if you missed them the first time around. ...

[edit] Disabled Guitarist Finds New Sound In Mbira - NPR

2 January 2009, by

[edit] 2008 Year-End Wrap-Up

2 January 2009, by Matt Another year, a few more blogs. 2008 has been a pretty groovy year for WordPress.com and the company behind it, Automattic. We doubled in size and brought new talent on board including some through the acquisition of two companies: Intense Debate and PollDaddy. This fine crew has helped bring new features to your dashboards, along with [...]

[edit] CD REVIEW: Marriage of melody and guitar will resonate with blues fans - Duluth News Tribune

1 January 2009, by

[edit] My year in cities, 2008

29 December 2008, by jason@kottke.org kottke.org is a weblog about the liberal arts 2.0 edited by Jason Kottke since March 1998. You can read about me and kottke.org here. If you've got questions, concerns, or an interesting link for me, send them along. ...

[edit] Support Updates: New Resources, Holiday Hours

23 December 2008, by Heather As some of you may have noticed, Support has new help pages, and is no longer in the old FAQ format. Rather than a list of answers to your questions, Support is now more like a knowledgebase, providing comprehensive overviews of features and tasks. Please feel free to contact us with your thoughts and suggestions on [...]