Category: The Dork Report
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The Dork Report for November 13, 2006
Download the new avant-garde ringtones (no longer online: www.techmundo.org/?p=106) for the N8800 Sirocco Edition phone by Brian Eno and Ryuichi Sakamoto. (spotted on NerveNet.info) Brian Eno profiled on Apple.com on the event of the release of the DVD-ROM 77 Million Paintings. Oddly, the “team used Macs almost exclusively,” but the vaunted “generative” aspect of the…
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The Dork Report for November 10, 2006
Superheroes’ political affiliations. Green Arrow a “Total Fucking Communist”? Wonder Woman’s “Sapphic Socialism”? Batman a paranoid independent? Somebody’s made a close reading of The Dark Knight Returns. Works for me! (guest submission from Andrea) A Vote for Zod is a vote against Kryptonian imperialism!
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The Dork Report for November 9, 2006
Jasper Hauser on designing Disco’s icon. (spotted on The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
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The Dork Report for November 7, 2006
New backlash against the world of Hubert. Rogue Amoeba harshes on MacHeist and The Unofficial Mac Weblog disses Disco.
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The Dork Report for November 5, 2006
The Telegraph interviews Peter Gabriel on freedom from choice, Lithuanian rap music, and passing on the Genesis reunion. Paul Cornell goes boozing with his fellow Doctor Who writers on his blog, the House of Awkwardness (no longer online: paulcornell.blogspot.com/2006/11/night-out-with-writers-of-doctor-who.html). The Guardian interviews The Restoration Team, miracle-workers regenerating vintage Doctor Who footage for DVD. Spotted on…
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The Dork Report for October 31, 2006
The marketing luminaries behind MyDreamApp are about to launch a project on an even larger scale: MacHeist (no longer online: macheist.com). Keeping it brief: U2 3D (no longer online: news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/film_nm/u2_dc_2). (guest submission from Andrea) A lost Stanley Kubrick treatment may see realization. (guest submission from Andrea)
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The Dork Report for October 30, 2006
Hack the Torchwood Secure Extranet (no longer online: torchwood.org.uk). Wired commissions very short stories (6 words, tops) from the best of the best (including Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Neil Stephenson, just to name a few), designed by such luminaries as Chip Kidd. (guest submission from Andrea) Three vintage Tom Baker television appearances: an Australian interview…
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The Dork Report for October 27, 2006
The Guardian on random/pseudorandom shuffle [no longer online: arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1889423,00.html]. Put simply, it’s not your iPod, it’s your brain. (guest submission from Andrea) Design Meltdown catalogs the best in itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny websites. My very own FringeDigital.com once lived a long interation packed into a tiny little box:
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The Dork Report for October 26, 2006
The MyDreamApp winners are in, and scores of Hijack lovers (why, why?) are sticking out their lower lips and crying foul. Adobe Soundbooth, a free beta until February 27. Wall Street seems to think Apple can do no knong these days, but in the bad old years there was plenty of wrong to go around:…
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The Dork Report for October 23, 2006
MyDreamApp finals! I voted for Whistler as I planned all along, but also for Portal, surprising myself, because I previously thought it was redundant for a .Mac user like myself. I still think Hijack is just lame, and Cookbook is really slick but not something I’d have the time or inclination to use myself. I’ve…