Category: The Dork Report
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The Dork Report for September 6, 2006
A side-by-side comparison (no longer online: starwars.com/episode-v/release/video/f20060901/20060901_picview/pictureviewer.html) of changes made to the original 1980 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the 2004 special edition. Honestly, it’s more fascinating than it sounds, even to non-dorks. Spotted on C|Net News.com (no longer online: news.com.com/2061-11200_3-6112085.html) And because it just isn’t The Dork Report without a flood of…
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The Dork Report for September 1, 2006
Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 are rumored to appear in Doctor Who season three’s Christmas special. The Criterion Collection announces Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films, a breathtaking boxed set of 50 DVDs and hardcover book. Speaking of Criterion, the restored Seven Samurai comes out any day now, and the buzz is that…
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The Dork Report for August 27, 2006
Loads of new UNKLE releases coming up: Steve Jobs’ latest inspirations come straight from cheesy 1980’s sci-fi. PicoCricket, a new, uh… thing from Lego Mindstorms. Looks to be less “awesome robot” and more “pipecleaner arts’n’crafts.”
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The Dork Report for August 24, 2006
You too can gradient gel-ify your brand identity with The Web 2.0 Logo Generator: The Unofficial Apple Weblog airs its grievances about .Mac, but makes nice by offering some constructive criticism. I don’t disagree with any of this, but I’m utterly and totally married to my bookmark, calendar, and address book synchronization, so I’m not…
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The Dork Report for August 23, 2006
Whoda thunk, cows have accents [no longer online: cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/23/cows.accent.reut] too. Do Canadian cows say “moooeh”, and do Bristol cows saw “mo’”? (guest submission from “Cows come you moo like you’re from the norf?” Andrea) Up From the Catacombs: The Best of Jane’s Addiction [no longer online: rhino.com/rzine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=421], unfortunately including tracks from the 2003 Bob Ezrin-produced…
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The Dork Report for August 22, 2006
My head is spinning, counting all these Doctor Who spinoffs! Cancelled before it even began was Rose Tyler: Earth Defence, starring Billie Piper. The other three are still in motion: definitely Torchwood and maybe K-9 Adventures and Sarah Jane Investigates. Time Magazine’s 50 Coolest Websites for 2006 (and Top 25 overall). Yay Cute Overload! Boo…
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The Dork Report for August 21, 2006
Excavating some barely-remembered childhood tunes: A grand idea: My Dream App (no longer online: mydreamapp.com). On my first skim through the submissions, a Quicken-killer sounds like a winner. Applepeels, the blog of a 20-year veteran at Apple. Inside the mind of business genius and worst boss ever, the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. (no longer…
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The Dork Report for August 18, 2006
Kitties bustin’ a move (no longer online: b3ta.hnldesign.nl/index.php?list=4) in the rekkid sto’. (passed around at work) A win for the ACLU! Confirming what every sensible person already knows, the government broke the law. Flash bites the hand that feeds it. Brilliant (and cathartic)! (spotted on Boing Boing) Too impatient for Snakes on a Plane to…
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The Dork Report for August 16, 2006
Behind the Typeface: Cooper Black (no longer online: veer.com/ideas/btt). (spotted on Typographica) Macitt (no longer online: macitt.com), a Digg for Apple news. (spotted on Dougscripts.com) Although it’s hardly unbiased, MacWorld picks apart Apple’s claim [no longer online: macworld.com/2006/08/features/macproprice] that the Mac Pro is almost a thousand dollars cheaper than a Dell, and finds that, if…
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The Dork Report for August 14, 2006
A playable Lego guitar (no longer online: geekasaurus.com/clint/gallery/legoguitar). Yay, fun! Lego Star Wars II! (no longer online: lucasarts.com/games/legostarwarsii) Sleepy Kitties II and III. (guest submission from Meowzzzzz… Andrea) (YouTube links no longer online) The Tron Guy, the Peter Pan Guy, and all of us… we are the web (no longer online: wearetheweb.org). Net neutrality is…