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Jason Kottke is an American blogger and former web designer currently living in New York City, known for his uncanny knack for finding the most interesting links in the world.

  • jkottke: When life gives you lemons, make whiskey sours.

    01:55:05 am on May 1, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Wood ticks in Manhattan? If you have to dodge bums peeing on the subway, you shouldn't have to worry about forest insects.

    04:36:04 pm on April 30, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: If life gives you lemons, use them to freshen your garbage disposal.

    03:13:48 pm on April 30, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @lonelysandwich I am that guy who informs people of his prior similar jokes: http://bit.ly/aDzNP1

    10:05:17 pm on April 29, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @ladymacabea Woo! Woo woo! So glad your thing in the place went well. See you tonight at the other thing at the place?

    07:49:14 pm on April 29, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: "This is how you maintain privacy in a public space, I guess." WRONG. This is not at all what I wanted to say.

    07:45:54 pm on April 29, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Sending good thoughts to that person doing that thing at the place. (This is how you maintain privacy in a public space, I guess.)

    07:38:53 pm on April 29, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: A reminder: if I invited you to that thing tonight, that thing is tonight. At the place.

    06:43:46 pm on April 29, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Why aren't there any men on this list!? http://bit.ly/cEV0K8 Cripes, this is less diversity than a @carsonified conference.

    09:13:27 pm on April 26, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @errolmorris Was just telling my wife about that movie the other night. Would love to see it on Blu-ray.

    03:27:01 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @tylercowen And Carlsen is LeBron or Durant?

    12:59:28 am on April 25, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Trying to keep in mind: it's not the idea, it's the execution.

    02:57:54 am on April 23, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Is there a way to take the 7 hours a day I spend staring at Google Reader and turn it into performance art?

    07:59:37 pm on April 22, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @tbarry Thanks! I almost want to zip up there and interview the guy to see what his deal is.

    07:51:33 pm on April 22, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @timdiggerm It's not only the walls that are white at MoMA.

    05:08:14 pm on April 22, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Dammit, I missed Take Your Child To Work Day again! Next year, Ollie!

    04:27:50 pm on April 22, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Must-read of the day on the limits of human performance: http://bit.ly/cdhnDg

    06:52:45 pm on April 21, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: The Island is not done with me yet.

    04:30:37 pm on April 21, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Broken Bells gets better with every listen. Shins vocalist + Danger Mouse. http://amzn.to/coziZR

    03:17:17 pm on April 20, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: RT @daveg: Denton tells me Gizmodo getting 2M page views an hour

    09:26:32 pm on April 19, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: RT @twitterapi: An early look at Annotations: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-api-announce/browse_thread/thread/fa5da2608865453

    07:32:26 pm on April 16, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: The pages you most need to cache for performance reasons are also the ones you need the most up-to-date.

    06:51:50 pm on April 16, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @finn because he is also a personal injury lawyer?

    01:10:42 am on April 15, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: I dunno, EvNote just doesn't have the same ring to it. http://chirp.twitter.com/live.html

    06:14:43 pm on April 14, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Q: What makes photos run thru cheesy effects filters more compelling when they come from an iPhone vs Pshop? A: Nothing. Pls end the madness

    05:07:25 pm on April 14, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: RT @hughhefner: Anna Berglund won the UNO game tonight & then the girls & I checked out ChatRoulette.com. What a hoot!

    03:55:39 pm on April 14, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @jakedobkin Wow, they've really made a lot of progress in the last 9 years.

    04:12:59 pm on April 13, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: My favorite thing so far today: Travis Pastrana doing a backflip on a Big Wheel on a Megaramp. http://bit.ly/b2ouiR

    03:15:58 pm on April 12, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: My best @foursquare week yet only good enough for 19th place out of 30-ish friends. Homebody: -15.

    12:57:40 am on April 12, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @jguns Donuts and fake blood...I like the way you party.

    08:29:43 pm on April 8, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Cursing the assholes blasting music @ 3am didn't stop me from Shazaming the song they played & d/ling it later. Screw context, good is good.

    08:28:36 pm on April 8, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @joshjs I work in the @buzzfeed office most of the time. I get lots more done at the office than I do at home.

    10:48:09 pm on April 6, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: If I'm late getting home tonight, it's because TimeMachine won't fucking finish backing up. Come on!!

    09:58:12 pm on April 6, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: I keep hearing reports of the iPad's poor onscreen keyboard, but @megnut's touch typing in portrait mode sounded like a hard rain. So fast!

    06:09:19 pm on April 6, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Fifteen years on and Java applets still crash my browser. Let's have an ironic round of applause for Sun.

    02:26:25 pm on April 6, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Slowly refactoring. More "fun" than I expected.

    07:20:59 pm on April 5, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: RT @TylerGreenDC: The finals in The Greatest Living American Abstract Painter Tourney-ish are on! Twombly v. Kelly. Vote: http://bit.ly/ ...

    05:20:04 pm on April 5, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: A demonstration of how little my wife and I use Facebook. RT @megnut: Facebook keeps recommending "Jason Kottke" to be my friend.

    05:01:52 pm on April 5, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: I think I am addicted to rye whiskey. Which means I'm an alcoholic. Ok, clearly I haven't thought this through.

    02:19:39 am on April 5, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @anildash Meg says: "if you're serious, yes!"

    11:24:46 pm on April 3, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Don't miss on the Sundance Channel tonight: Army of Shadows.

    06:30:13 pm on April 3, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: @joconnell CodeIgniter. Really liking it so far. It's simple enough for a relative programming newbie like me to follow.

    04:01:47 pm on April 3, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: RT @stewart: Many people joined and many departed Flickr in the last 6 years. Heather leaving is the first one that teared me up: http:/ ...

    08:55:18 pm on April 2, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Wanna write a story about the iPad for your blog/paper/mag? I've got a template for you: http://kottke.org/10/04/lorem-ipad

    08:04:32 pm on April 2, 2010 |

     

  • jkottke: Hey, could you do login/auth by detecting hand size/contour on the iPad's touchscreen? e.g. "Place hand here to login to your Netflix acct."

    04:55:55 pm on April 2, 2010 |

     
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