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The NBA Court Database - kottke.org
WEBApr 13, 2018 · The NBA Court Database. Flickr user kodrinsky has compiled a massive collection of more than 1100 illustrations of NBA courts dating back to the 50s, an online museum of basketball hardwood. The collection contains floors for every NBA team with additions documenting even small changes in arena names, team logos, free-throw lane layouts, paint ...
Introducing the New Kottke.org Comments
WEBOct 16, 2023 · Introducing the New Kottke.org Comments For the past few months, I’ve been working on a new commenting system for kottke.org and today I’m launching it in beta. If you’re a kottke.org member, you can try it out by heading to the comment section of this very post. (More on this in a bit but: comments are public but only members can post them.) I wrote up some community guidelines; I’d ...
The Evolution of Hokusai’s Great Wave - kottke.org
WEBMay 20, 2024 · In 1831 at the age of 71, Hokusai returned to waves with The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura): As others have noted, this version is fantastically impressionistic — it evokes a feeling just as much as it depicts a scene. The others are nice works of art, but this is the work of a master at the peak of his expressive powers.
The Kottke.org Archives
WEBThe Kottke.org Archives. kottke.org has been published regularly since 1998 and includes more than 38,000 entries. If you’re looking for something in particular, try searching: If you want to surf aimlessly around, pick a tag or particular month below and go nuts.
Time Lapse Drone Video “Climbing” to the Top of Mt. Everest
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Time Lapse Drone Video “Climbing” to the Top of Mt. Everest. This 4K drone video from @liulangCooki takes us on a journey from the base camp at 17,400 feet all the way to the summit of Mount Everest. Along the way, you can see tiny little people hiking up and the paths they take.
Hopefulness Is the Warrior Emotion - kottke.org
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Cave’s response concludes: Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like ...
What happened to the former slave that wrote his old master?
WEBFeb 2, 2012 · What happened to the former slave that wrote his old master? You know that letter from former slave Jourdon Anderson to his old master that’s been going around? First of all, it’s good and you should read it. As to my freedom, which you say I can have, there is nothing to be gained on that score, as I got my free papers in 1864 from the Provost-Marshal-General of the Department of ...
E.B. White on the Meaning of Democracy - kottke.org
WEBFeb 19, 2021 · In response to a request from the Writers’ War Board in the summer of 1943, in the midst of World War II, E.B. White wrote this short piece for the New Yorker. We received a letter from the Writers’ War Board the other day asking for a statement on “The Meaning of Democracy.”. It presumably is our duty to comply with such a request, and ...
Brats, a Documentary Film About the 80s Hollywood Brat Pack
WEBJun 3, 2024 · Now one of the group members, Andrew McCarthy, has directed a documentary about the group: Brats. From Deadline: Brats looks at the iconic films of the 1980s that shaped a generation and the narrative that took hold when their young stars were branded the “Brat Pack.”. McCarthy reunites with his fellow Brat Packers — …