{"id":178,"date":"2006-03-21T05:34:38","date_gmt":"2006-03-21T12:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:01","slug":"the-dork-report-for-march-20-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-march-20-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for March 20, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A third 2,500 year-old sarcophagus<\/span> (no longer online: us.cnn.com\/2006\/WORLD\/europe\/03\/20\/cyprus.coffin.ap) found in Cyprus, with illustrations from Homer. The US and Britain each already have one; who gets to cart this one home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blogge<\/span> (no longer online: houseoffame.blogs.friendster.com\/my_blog). (guest submission by Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what can only be evidence of cosmic karma, one cat will get to experience life as a mouse<\/a>. (spotted on Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anyone can appreciate a killer attack of the absurd<\/a>, it’s Neil. (spotted on Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hearteningly, Bush has been deemed unfavorable<\/a> by, get this, Fox News! (since about October of last year)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t even like South Park<\/a>, but Trey Parker & Matt Stone’s recent statement<\/a> is a work of comic brilliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times notes a trend towards nattering<\/a> in feature-film animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shall I compare thee to a nerve-wrackingly insane-making scripting language<\/span> (no longer online: heavyflash.com\/poetry\/Shakespeare_Sonnet18.html)? (guest submission by Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snakes on a Mutha&$%#in’ Plane! The new teaser is rockin’ blogs all over the web, so why don’t I just post it here too<\/span> (no longer online: www.tagworld.com\/snakesonaplane). I am SO proud to work for New Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s about time, yadda yadda. Doctor Who finally premiered in the US on March 17. Too slow, suckas! I already got my region 1 dvd from Canada! A few choice press pieces culled from the fantastic Outpost Gallifrey<\/span> (no longer online: gallifreyone.com\/news.php): The New York Times<\/a>, The Village Voice<\/a>, Time Out New York<\/a>, The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, and Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More good examples of how bad Microsoft’s imminent patent-dodge<\/span> (no longer online: baekdal.com\/articles\/Technology\/microsoft-ie-activex-update\/) will suck for everyone. (spotted on Kottke.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blogging 4 Books<\/span> (no longer online: joshilynjackson.com\/mt\/archives\/000468.html).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A third 2,500 year-old sarcophagus (no longer online: us.cnn.com\/2006\/WORLD\/europe\/03\/20\/cyprus.coffin.ap) found in Cyprus, with illustrations from Homer. The US and Britain each already have one; who gets to cart this one home? Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blogge (no longer online: houseoffame.blogs.friendster.com\/my_blog). 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