{"id":145,"date":"2006-02-24T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T16:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=145"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:25:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:25:56","slug":"daily-dork-report-for-february-24-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/daily-dork-report-for-february-24-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Dork Report for February 24, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 2007 Genesis reunion tour, including departed members Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett? Their official statement, Via Tony Smith Personal Management: &#8220;There are no decisions by Genesis to perform anywhere whatsoever at this time. This situation will not alter in the next twelve months.&#8221; Even if nothing comes of this, there are still the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070226114834\/http:\/\/www.genesis-music.com:80\/newsgenesis.htm\" target=\"_blank\">5.1 surround reissues<\/a> to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of: The Return of the Giant Hogweed. [update: link offline: thinkgeek.com\/geektoys\/science\/8039\/?cpg=26H]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The return of the black costume in <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120118165057\/http:\/\/www.spiderman.sonypictures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spider-Man 3<\/a>? What&#8217;s really dorky is that I could explain (in detail) exactly what this means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evolution of a flawed concept: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guidebookgallery.org\/articles\/apple2userinterfaces\/pics\/a2gs320desk\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Desk Accessories<\/a> \u00bb <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apple.fandom.com\/wiki\/Konfabulator\" target=\"_blank\">Konfabulator<\/a> \u00bb <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/konfabulator.fandom.com\/wiki\/Yahoo!_Widget_Engine\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Widgets<\/a> \u00bb <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dashboard_(macOS)\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Dashboard<\/a> \u00bb <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windows_Desktop_Gadgets\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Vista Gadgets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2007 Genesis reunion tour, including departed members Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett? Their official statement, Via Tony Smith Personal Management: &#8220;There are no decisions by Genesis to perform anywhere whatsoever at this time. This situation will not alter in the next twelve months.&#8221; Even if nothing comes of this, there are still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-mini","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dork-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dork-report.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9lhB-2l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":428,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-september-30-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":145,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for September 30, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"September 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Like Doctor Who's perpetually predicted feature film, the Genesis reunion rumors keep coming back. 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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). 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