In a recent Vlogbrothers video and in his newsletter, Hank Green talked about how we don’t take enough notice of the thing ...

George Wendt, who played lovable barfly Norm Peterson on Cheers for 11 seasons, died yesterday at the age of 76. Here’s an ...

The Quilters (trailer) is a short documentary about a group of men in a Missouri prison who spend 40 hours a week making birthda ...

In this video, musician Armin Küpper performs a saxophone duet with the echo of his past self by playing near the end of a ...

Apple TV+ and filmmaker Rebecca Miller are doing a five-part documentary about director Martin Scorsese. Apple TV+ announced “Mr. Scorsese,” a five-part film portrait of iconic director, producer and ...

George Wendt, who played lovable barfly Norm Peterson on Cheers for 11 seasons, died yesterday at the age of 76. Here’s an 18-minute supercut of every time Norm entered the bar. I loved Cheers when I ...

In this video, musician Armin Küpper performs a saxophone duet with the echo of his past self by playing near the end of a large pipe. That’s pretty cool. And it’s also a learning opportunity! Hey ...

This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin: When you buy through links on kottke.org, I may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks for supporting the site! They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean ...

The Quilters ( trailer) is a short documentary about a group of men in a Missouri prison who spend 40 hours a week making birthday quilts for foster kids and kids with disabilities.

Derek Bolz made a video about what biking does for his mental health. A partial transcript (boldface mine): Life has been rough lately. I don’t want to air my dirty laundry on the internet, so I won’t ...

A group of three students at Purdue University have shattered the world record for the fastest Rubik’s Cube solve by robot — their bot solved the cube in just 0.103 seconds (103 milliseconds). As a ...

Whoa, look at the interior of this new Japanese restaurant in NYC called Shirokuro — all of the surfaces (floors, chairs, walls, counters, etc.) are painted to look like a 2-dimensional drawing. From ...