{"id":172,"date":"2006-03-15T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T22:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=172"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:01","slug":"daily-dork-report-for-march-15-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/daily-dork-report-for-march-15-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for March 15, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part one of a massive interview with Alan Moore<\/a> about his extreme decision to take his name off every comic his publishers own (spotted on Boing Boing<\/a>). Moore makes reference to being cheated out of ownership of Watchmen and V for Vendetta but doesn’t clarify; I’ve read (can’t find the source at the moment) that they promised ownership would revert back to him and the artists when the books went out of print, which of course hasn’t happened for 20-some years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Um, gosh<\/a>, E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last thing I need: more fonts. 25 Best License-Free Quality Fonts<\/span> (no longer online: alvit.de\/blog\/article\/20-best-license-free-official-fonts) and 15 Best License-Free Pixel Fonts<\/span> (no longer online: alvit.de\/blog\/article\/25-best-license-free-pixelfonts). (spotted on Kottke.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in related news, the best (by leaps and bounds) font manager<\/a> for the Mac is finally finished. And FREE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking as both a designer and as one also afflicted with Apple Lust himself, this is a really clever marketing idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here we go again<\/span> (no longer online: appleinsider.com\/article.php?id=1587). Is it a tablet, a proper video iPod, or a typically frenzied buildup of increasingly unfounded<\/a> rumors<\/a> and speculation<\/span> (no longer online: thinksecret.com)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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