Editing Jamie Zawinski (section)

===DNA Lounge===
Shortly after leaving Mozilla, he announced his purchase of [[DNA Lounge]], a [[nightclub]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.theobvious.com/archive/2000/11/07.html
 | website = Stating the Obvious
 | title = Hacking the City
 | first = Greg
 | last = Knauss
 | date = 2000-11-07
 | access-date = 2021-02-13
 | archive-date = 2021-05-14
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210514045557/http://www.theobvious.com/archive/2000/11/07.html
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
 | url = https://www.salon.com/2000/02/10/zawinski/
 | title = Free the night life!
 | last = Leonard
 | first = Andrew
 | date = 2000-02-10
 | work = [[Salon (website)|Salon]]
 | access-date = 2013-04-29
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite magazine
 | url = https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/07/45264
 | magazine = Wired
 | title = From Netscape to Nightclub
 | first = Evany
 | last = Thomas
 | date = 2001-07-16
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080409003240/https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/07/45264
 | access-date = 2021-02-13
| archive-date = 2008-04-09
 }}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title = Revenge is Sweet
 | work = SF Weekly
 | first = Dan
 | last = Strachota
 | date = 2001-07-18
 | url = https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/pop-philosophy/Content?oid=2142467
 | access-date = 2021-02-13
 | archive-date = 2021-09-23
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210923120826/https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/pop-philosophy/Content?oid=2142467
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Zawinski purchased the nightclub in 1999 for approximately 5 million dollars and it was re-opened in July 2001, a process which he documented extensively in a blog named "DNA Sequencing".<ref name="openideas">{{cite web|title=Owner of DNA Lounge, on verge of closing club, calls for 'ideas' to keep it open|work=SF Gate|first = Alyssa|last=Pereira|date=2016-12-19|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/DNA-Lounge-on-verge-of-closure-calls-for-10806736.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=From Netscape to Nightclub|first=Evany|last=Thomas|magazine=Wired|date=2001-07-16|url=https://www.wired.com/2001/07/from-netscape-to-nightclub/}}</ref>

In 2016, he explored alternative funding ideas to keep the venue afloat during a downturn in attendance.<ref name="openideas" />