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  • The Dork Report for January 1, 2007

    The Dork Report for January 1, 2007

    John Siracusa goes to town on .Mac (spotted on Daring Fireball). Yes, it’s expensive, painfully slow, and sometimes unreliable, but I am still totally and utterly wedded to it. I don’t want it dead, I want it fixed. Lego Digital Designer (no longer online: ldd.lego.com) (spotted on The Unofficial Apple Weblog)

    January 1, 2007
  • The Dork Report for December 29, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 29, 2006

    Gorillaz iTunes exclusives: Feel Good Inc, Dare, Dirty Harry, and El Mañana.

    December 29, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 20, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 20, 2006

    That nice Pennsylvania boy Trent’s been busy: upcoming New Nine Inch Nails live DVD and studio album. (spotted on Paper Thin Walls [no longer online: paperthinwalls.com/bullhorn/item?id=1205]) Transformers trailer. (guest submission from Andrea)

    December 20, 2006
  • M. Night Shyamalan squanders the last of his goodwill in The Lady in the Water

    M. Night Shyamalan squanders the last of his goodwill in The Lady in the Water

    I don’t know where to start with this one. I’ve been a M. Night Shyamalan fan from the very beginning, even when the role was better described as apologist. Even to a fan, nearly every film comes with a “yeah, but…” disclaimer: The Sixth Sense is an excellent piece of slight-of-hand with some genuine emotion,…

    December 19, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 18, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 18, 2006

    50 Lost Movie Classics. Seen: Petulia, Top Secret, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Safe, The Parallax View, Save the Last Dance, Beautiful Girls, Millions. Heard of: The Swimmer, Bamboozled, 3 Women, Breathless. (guest submission from Andrea) Ahh… a life in the day of Tom Baker. (spotted on Kasterborous [no longer online: kasterborous.com/news.asp?id=878])

    December 18, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 17, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 17, 2006

    U2 announces Zoo2Live [no longer online: u2.com/highlights/?hid=330], a new live album available exclusively to fan club members. Although it doesn’t say so explicitly, it would seem the audio is taken directly from the same show as the commercially available DVD. Nine Horses, the latest project from David Sylvian, Steven Jensen and Burnt Friedman, releases their…

    December 17, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 15, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 15, 2006

    Anime in real life: Princess Mononoke flying thing [no longer online: akihabaranews.com/en/en/news-12983-Kaze+no+Tani+no+Nausicaa…+for+real?.html], Akira motorcycle, Ghost in the Shell female android. (guest submission by Dave)

    December 15, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 7, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 7, 2006

    At last, the IconFactory QuickPix 2006! (spotted on Daring Fireball) All the bastiches wot done ripped off Panic. Not just their graphics, but even a photo of their office. Cleaning up my bookmarks… Here’s one I saved a while ago but can’t remember if I posted: a working Lego Harpsicord. The indispensible guide to Bad…

    December 7, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 6, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 6, 2006

    A Doctor Who Magazine poll picks David Tennant as the best Doctor, above no less than legend Tom Baker! Spotted on Behind the Sofa, with whose own list I also cannot agree. Who are these people? For my (US) money, here are the best Doctors: Tom Baker Christopher Eccleston David Tennant Sylvester McCoy Peter Davidson…

    December 6, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 5, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 5, 2006

    Somehow I don’t see Les himself plugging his axe into a MacBook and fiddling around with Logic, but you never know: the new Gibson digital guitar. (guest submission from Dave) A fully-annotated electronic version of the WII manual. Iconfactory helpfully fills in the missing pages. (guest submission from Dave) Marginal Revolution Poorly designed objects. My…

    December 5, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 3, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 3, 2006

    What if George Lucas were to take a crack at retroactively realizing the visions of other filmmakers? Here’s G-Lu’s Singin’ in the Rain. (guest submission from Andrea) Continuing the wind-up to the new album, UNKLE’s online presence expands: UNKLE and James Lavelle on MySpace, Richard File‘s official site (no longer online: rich.fm), and new official…

    December 3, 2006
  • The Dork Report for December 1, 2006

    The Dork Report for December 1, 2006

    Thank you, DaringFireball, now I know it’s not just me! I too adore Pilot Precise V5 Extra Fine black rollerball pens, and carry one with me everywhere! I loathe to lend one to anybody, and I’m thrown off for the rest of the day on the rare occasions I leave it behind. Further reinforcing my…

    December 1, 2006
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