Dive into the archives.

• I was pretty sad to hear that today is the last day for Copyranter. I enjoyed checking the site daily. Yet another wonderful blog shuts down. Oh well, at least there’s always Kottke.

  Apr 18, 2008 · category: blogs
  
  Posted by Tom Collins

• kottke.org is ten years old today

  My favorite weblog, kottke.org, has been on the web for 10 years.

  Three cities, two serious relationships, one child, 200,000 frequent flier miles, at least seven jobs, 14,500 posts, six designs, and ten years ago, I started writing things down” and never stopped.

  He spends most of the post documenting the previous designs of the site, starting with the first design in 1998, when it was still on his other web site, 0sil8 (no longer in existence).

  Here’s to another 10 years, Jason. Keep up the good work.

  Over the last ten years, I’ve poured a lot more of myself than I’d like to admit into this site and it’s nice to know that someone out there is paying attention. [Cripes, I’m choking up here. Seriously!] Thanks, and I’ll see you in 2018.

  Read the full post here.

  Mar 14, 2008 · category: blogs, internet
  
  Posted by Tom Collins

• I’m pretty sure physics prevents this from making sense…

  

  I often enjoy The Comics Curmudgeon blog. But this entry was especially nice. Josh describes the above strip thusly:

  Today’s Zits disturbed and horrified me — not, I hasten to add, because there’s something wrong with a woman of a certain age (or any age, for that matter) dancing around in such a fashion as to cause her bosoms to jiggle and sway. No, my gripe is in how said breasts are depicted. The rightmost Connie is depicted frozen in a moment in time and leaning back, presumably as she dances to the music; in a world governed by the laws of physics as I understand them, her breasts should themselves be at the top of their gentle arc, perhaps raised up a bit from the rest of her chest. Instead, they appear to be wriggling around as she stands motionless, as if they were the tentacles around the mouth-parts of Cthulu, an illusion made all the more real by the fact that there seem to be six of them. If I saw such a thing on the front of any human female, let alone my mother, I too would beg for hysterical blindness.

  Mar 14, 2008 · category: blogs
  
  Posted by Tom Collins

• Puddleblog

  One of the strangest blogs I’ve read about in a while (or ever), is Puddleblog, a blog that documents a constant puddle in Brooklyn. The only description is provided at the top of the blog:

  “You know, that puddle should have its own blog.”

  Interesting. And I’m pretty sure it proves the point that you can blog about anything.

  (via kottke)

  Mar 12, 2008 · category: blogs, random
  
  Posted by Tom Collins

• The world’s 50 most powerful blogs

  The UK Sunday newspaper, The Observer, listed what they’ve termed the world’s 50 most powerful blogs on Sunday. My favorite blog, kottke.org, was on the list at number four. An excerpt from their write up of Kottke:

  Kottke remains one of the purest old-skool bloggers on the block - it’s a selection of links to websites and articles rather than a repository for detailed personal opinion - and although it remains fairly esoteric, his favourite topics include film, science, graphic design and sport. He often picks up trends and happenings before friends start forwarding them to your inbox. Kottke’s decision to consciously avoid politics could be part of his appeal (he declares himself ‘not a fan’), particularly since the blog’s voice is literate, sober and inquiring, unlike much of the red-faced ranting found elsewhere online.

  Also, they mention a couple of key moments that helped boost Kottke’s fame that I thought were interesting:

  [F]irst, being threatened with legal action by Sony for breaking news about a TV show, but most notably quitting his web-design job and going solo three years ago. A host of ‘micropatrons’ and readers donated cash to cover his salary, but these days he gets enough advertising to pay the bills. He continues to plug away at the site as it enters its 10th year.

  If you’re interested in blogs, this is a must see list. The Observer has done a great job of listing some of the most interesting blogs out there.

  Mar 11, 2008 · category: blogs
  
  Posted by Tom Collins