Category: The Dork Report
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The Dork Report for August 11, 2006
Oy, Madonna! Damn, girl! When are you not doing something that offends somebody? September 12 brings And I Feel Fine, a new compilation of R.E.M.’s “early years” (that is to say, when this Dork Reporter first heard them) on the I.R.S. label. Today we’re at 158 on The Rapture Index. Perhaps not surprisingly, the record…
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The Dork Report for August 10, 2006
Christian Kent notes on Macintouch [no longer online: macintouch.com/readerreports/wwdc2006/index.html#aug10] that in the Apple preview video for their new backup software Time Machine, the demonstrator searches for “Rose.” A coincidence? Another ordinary person’s life [no longer online: blog.wired.com/sterling/index.blog?entry_id=1536428] revealed by her AOL search history. (spotted on BoingBoing) Wickerman and A Clockwork Orange bubblegum cards from an…
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The Dork Report for August 9, 2006
An utterly engrossing Manhattan Star Map. How come I’ve never seen Dan Akroyd? (guest submission from Wishes-she-lived-on-the-Upper-West-Side Andrea) The mystery continues: how can the only Mac font manager worth using actually be free? Linotype FontExplorerX is updated to 1.1. Claire Danes wants these so-called snakes out of her so-called life, and this girl took down…
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The Dork Report for August 8, 2006
Some bad news for Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood: seems hours of footage shot in low-light on hi-def digital cameras (a la Collateral and Miami Vice) had to be scrapped [no longer online: scifipulse.net/Dr_Who/Torchwood_HIDef.html] when the Panasonic cameras didn’t perform as advertised. I’m hardly an expert, but don’t you thnk they would have realized sooner the…
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The Dork Report for August 7, 2006
Breaking news: “Sexy music triggers teen sex.” How about just being a teenager triggers teen sex. Those expecting Apple would release an iPhone-wireless-movie-store-tablet-computer-orgasmatron at today’s WWDC conference were probably disappointed when they instead only announced techie things that matter to “D” for developers: Mac Pro, now with extra oomph. Apple claims it’s not only $850…
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The Dork Report for August 4, 2006
Exxon/Mobile reports record profits of $10.36 billion for the last quarter, the highest yet not just for themselves but possibly for any company ever. You almost have to laugh. Wikipedia’s entry on Doctor Who‘s Sarah Jane Smith clears something up. The good news: there are now apparently two additional Doctor Who spinoff series in production…
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The Dork Report for August 2, 2006
Darth Vader as Doctor Evil: Zip it! Zipit! Zip! (guest submission from Frau Andrea) Outpost Gallifey reports on an upcoming Doctor Who spinoff, Sarah Jane Investigates, written by Russell T. Davies himself. Is this a different show than the K-9 show in development? But first we have Torchwood. The Hoff is King! Of! The! Internet!…
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The Dork Report for August 1, 2006
Hi Iconfactory, welcome back! You look so pretty and so Web 2.0-y! Loads of new stuff, including possibly the first useful desktop widget ever (I’m not a fan of widgets) and a huge new suite of free awesome robot icons. Turns out Peter Jackson had a few feet of leftover film he actually didn’t use,…
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The Dork Report for July 31, 2006
Fake Leopard Screenshot Contest winners on Phil Ryu’s Blog. There’s a world of difference between Photoshop fantasy and computer programming reality, but still, Apple should hire some of these big thinkers. Oh no, again with the iPhone! (spotted on MacRumors) Apple addicts tease because we love (no longer online: macspoofs.com). (guest submission from Dave) Color…
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The Dork Report for July 30, 2006
Breck Eisner’s 1994 student film “Recon,” starring a cyberpunk Peter Gabriel. I’ve always wanted to see this… never occurred to me to check out YouTube. Just to further illustrate that YouTube has everything, here’s video of “Rachel Blake’s” impassioned Hanso Foundation protest at the Comic-Con Lost panel. Catching up on Neil Gaiman: A sample of…