Hey something happened at kottke.org! I'm gonna post it to metafilter.

June 29, 2004 11:05 AM

Hey something happened at kottke.org! I'm gonna post it to metafilter. [via kottke.org]
posted by the fire you left me to Etiquette/Policy at 11:05 AM (65 comments total)

And?
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:16 AM on June 29, 2004

Old.
posted by dhoyt at 11:22 AM on June 29, 2004

Well that's weird, and cool. I always thought the templates were sitewide.
posted by smackfu at 11:24 AM on June 29, 2004

Sadly, it doesn't rival the now-defunct Met4filter.org page. That K5 announcement actually introduced me to MeFi, and I used the M4 page to read MeFi for many, many months.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:34 AM on June 29, 2004

Double post!
posted by DBAPaul at 11:35 AM on June 29, 2004

I must be missing something. This was posted today because...?
posted by soyjoy at 12:05 PM on June 29, 2004

Because his auntie dressed up as a tiger in 1849, and today is the fiftieth anniversary.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:07 PM on June 29, 2004

Because the price of milk has gone up 18% in the last year AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE!!!!!!!
posted by y6y6y6 at 12:26 PM on June 29, 2004

cot-key
posted by clavdivs at 12:30 PM on June 29, 2004

Trying to revive the sagging appeal of yesteryear's A-List, are we?

Brand New: YOU'RE RETRO
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 12:41 PM on June 29, 2004

Interesting. . . very interesting.
posted by Quartermass at 12:45 PM on June 29, 2004

I think it's because Kottke changed his design again.
posted by chaz at 12:53 PM on June 29, 2004

Then why hasn't this been posted to the front page?
posted by DrJohnEvans at 1:00 PM on June 29, 2004

The BBC says a woman gave birth to a frog in Iran
posted by troutfishing at 1:07 PM on June 29, 2004

My cat's breath smells like cat food.
posted by keswick at 1:12 PM on June 29, 2004

my cat's breath smells like TAPE.
posted by quonsar at 1:17 PM on June 29, 2004

Let me get this straight... this Kottke, it vibrates?
posted by crunchland at 1:22 PM on June 29, 2004

Countdown until someone posts The Redesign...

3...
2...
1...
posted by scarabic at 1:22 PM on June 29, 2004

Not me, I'm outta here for the day.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 1:24 PM on June 29, 2004

Yay, now I get to shit in a deadthread and it is a relief because I am all pent up!

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My cat's tape smells like Kottke food!
posted by littlegreenlights at 1:29 PM on June 29, 2004

This is why we can't have nice things.
posted by rocketman at 2:00 PM on June 29, 2004

Pretty cool redesign. Very nice work.
posted by brownpau at 2:01 PM on June 29, 2004

This Kottke, does one need teh intarweb for it?
posted by haqspan at 2:38 PM on June 29, 2004

Say what you will, kottke gives good links.
posted by onlyconnect at 2:50 PM on June 29, 2004

Why the hell does that page look like that?
posted by bitpart at 3:01 PM on June 29, 2004

I opened up this page and BAM! Horse Kottke.
posted by WolfDaddy at 3:06 PM on June 29, 2004

While we're talking about A-Listers, I just want to say:

I think it's great that, after giving lip service about how blogging is revolutionary, blah blah blah, more personal relationship between publishers & readers, blah blah blah, death to old media, blah blah blah, that once the first wave A-Listers have cemented their status as head of the pack, they turn off commenting and such on their blogs.
posted by keswick at 3:11 PM on June 29, 2004

haiku's are now scarce
they used to be everywhere
I shed a lone tear
posted by bshort at 3:20 PM on June 29, 2004

once the first wave A-Listers have cemented their status as head of the pack, they turn off commenting and such on their blogs.

Anyone besides Kottke do this? And wouldn't being five years older and having more work responsibilities have something to do with a decision like that?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:36 PM on June 29, 2004

Well, lessee. No comments on Kottke, Dooce, A Whole... I could have sworn Anil disabled 'em, but it looks like either I was wrong or they're back. I'd have to check my bookmarks for the rest... Besides, everyone's A-List is different.

Of course, why anyone should pay attention to what I have to say is beyond me, because a) I never update my blog and b) nobody reads it. Hmm. I wonder if (a) has something to do with (b).
posted by keswick at 3:41 PM on June 29, 2004

I went to your blog keswick. I think you need to be less topical and more entertaining. The site is dry man. Try kidding around a bit. And it all seems like short marketing sound bites. At least the A-Listers know what a blog is.
posted by y6y6y6 at 3:49 PM on June 29, 2004

Actually, this is my blog. It's just downstream of a Superfund site, which is fitting.
posted by keswick at 3:57 PM on June 29, 2004

That blog suxxors. Where is the fricking RSS?
posted by Mid at 4:02 PM on June 29, 2004

Oh goody, a chance to make fun of A-Li... oh hell, I haven't got the energy anymore.

kottke's redesign's nice and tight and functional imho, and wisely eschews the dropshadows-and-tiles that are all the rage these days. And which I've been toying with for my own redesign. D'oh.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:13 PM on June 29, 2004

I have (a) and (b), but I write for myself when I write which probably means (b) should be (B).
posted by john at 4:16 PM on June 29, 2004

Welcome Back Kottke!

...your dreams were your ticket out.
Welcome back...
To that same old place that you laughed about.
Well, the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they've turned around.
Who'd have thought they'd lead ya
Back here where we need ya.
Yeah, we tease him a lot cause we got him on the spot
Welcome back
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.

Look! It's Haughey Barbarino!
posted by wendell at 4:38 PM on June 29, 2004

(Raises Hand) OUWWW! OUWWW! OUWWW!
posted by john at 4:45 PM on June 29, 2004

(Raises Hand) OUWWW! OUWWW! OUWWW!

he actually hangs out at a bar i go to (and is blond now, with a new nose).
posted by amberglow at 4:54 PM on June 29, 2004

Up your nose with a rubber hose.
posted by hama7 at 5:16 PM on June 29, 2004

So are you bringing a camera to the bar and asking him for a fan photo for the greater good of this thread?
posted by john at 5:18 PM on June 29, 2004

What in the name of fuck are you people blabbering on about?
posted by Pretty_Generic at 5:34 PM on June 29, 2004

like this, but without the swollen eye
posted by amberglow at 5:43 PM on June 29, 2004

In high school, the ladies all called me "Mr. Woodman"
posted by filmgoerjuan at 6:43 PM on June 29, 2004

Up your nose with a rubber hose.
Up your arse with a broken glass.
posted by dg at 6:47 PM on June 29, 2004

This broken thread-rape is dated.
posted by Danelope at 6:48 PM on June 29, 2004

Off our case, toilet-face.
posted by jonmc at 6:53 PM on June 29, 2004

in your ear with a can of beer.
posted by amberglow at 6:59 PM on June 29, 2004

oh yeah?

Yo momma's ass is so big she sat down on a dollar bill, and when she got up I saw four quarters.
posted by jonmc at 7:12 PM on June 29, 2004

oh yeah?

Yo momma's so ugly she made an onion cry.
posted by amberglow at 7:38 PM on June 29, 2004

(this one is the best ever, but dirty) yo momma's so nasty she pours saltwater down her pants to keep her crabs fresh.

: o
posted by amberglow at 7:43 PM on June 29, 2004

Yo mama's so overweight, it's been recommended she change her diet and devise a sensible workout routine!
posted by dhoyt at 8:33 PM on June 29, 2004

SNAP
posted by dhoyt at 8:33 PM on June 29, 2004

(this one is the best ever, but dirty)

Pssh. Trumped by "Yo momma's so stank, she gets sourdough yeast infections."
posted by Danelope at 8:41 PM on June 29, 2004

I once spotted this on some backwater yo-momma-jokes web page:

"You momma so fat her dick is growd."

I'm still scratching my head over it.
posted by scarabic at 9:15 PM on June 29, 2004

in your ear with a can of beer.
Twice as far with a chocolate bar.
posted by dg at 10:45 PM on June 29, 2004

Hitler.

This thread is now over.
posted by wackybrit at 12:40 AM on June 30, 2004

Thank God(win) it's over. I was starting to have Kotter flashbacks.
posted by Orb at 3:06 AM on June 30, 2004

See what that devisive Kottke guy does to ue?! See?! SEE?!
posted by crunchland at 4:54 AM on June 30, 2004

yo momma so fat, she's gotta sit down in installments!
posted by mcsweetie at 6:50 AM on June 30, 2004

oh yeah?

Yo momma suck dick so good, last time I had to pull the sheets outta my ass.
posted by jonmc at 7:11 AM on June 30, 2004

You guys are like a school in the summertime ... no class !

and a broken refrigerator ... uncool !
posted by milovoo at 8:39 AM on June 30, 2004

that's so Fat Albert, milovoo : >
posted by amberglow at 9:28 AM on June 30, 2004

Keswick: A lot of popular webloggers dump comments because the audience reaches a size where it becomes a chore to read them, much less police them.

Billmon, a liberal weblogger whose site has taken off in the last six months, just dumped his for that reason.
posted by rcade at 9:06 AM on July 1, 2004

popular webloggers dump comments because the audience reaches a size

Isn't that what keswick was saying?
posted by timeistight at 9:27 AM on July 1, 2004

Why doncha youse all make like a tree and get the hell outta here?
posted by davidmsc at 10:32 PM on July 1, 2004