What kottke.org might be, a list:

• The personal site of Jason Kottke. But also his full-time gig.
• My wunderkammer. Wunderkammer is a German word meaning, roughly, "cabinet of wonders" or "cabinet of curiousities". Julian Dibbell wrote about weblogs as wunderkammers for the dearly-departed Feed.
• An attempt to track and make sense of "material that connects the insights of science and culture, rather than using one to dismantle the other" (as Steven Johnson puts it).
• Sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse, and even a bit of political purpose. (after George Orwell)