{"id":190,"date":"2006-04-07T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2006-04-07T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/07\/the-dork-report-for-april-7-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T13:15:04","slug":"the-dork-report-for-april-7-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-april-7-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for April 7, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brings new meaning to the phrase beer garden<\/span> (no longer online: msnbc.msn.com\/id\/12188118). OK, but does it facilitate pollination? (guest submission from Designated Gardener Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spammers don’t know cute<\/span> (no longer online: thepcspy.com\/kittenauthtest). (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, this is nothing but bait<\/a> for Christian Persecution Complex-ers. “We’re under attack by … [whoghk, spit!] … scientists<\/em>!” (guest submission from Complex Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compounds & Elements<\/span> (no longer online: compoundsandelements.com), a new sampler from the resurgent label All Saints<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the opposite of an oxymoron? Stupid comics<\/span> (no longer online: misterkitty.org\/extras\/stupidcovers). If not stupid enough, pick a random link from the bottom of the page. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More glorious comics trash in the Gorilla Cover Gallery<\/span> (no longer online: members.shaw.ca\/vcofell1\/myweb4\/aindex.htm). (spotted on Kottke.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiktaalik roseae<\/a> gots da proto-wrists, baby! Take that, ignorant Darwin-hatas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And she’s already a star<\/a>. (spotted on Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skip film school and pitch your scripts to Steven Spielberg On the Lot<\/a>. (guest submission from Studio Insider Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now dorks can reach out and touch their sweeties via Bluetooth with a Hug Shirt<\/a>. (guest submission from Early Adopter Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to close with a strong contender for all-time dorkiest link: an almost-full emulation of Mac OS 7.1<\/a>… in Flash! (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Test<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brings new meaning to the phrase beer garden (no longer online: msnbc.msn.com\/id\/12188118). OK, but does it facilitate pollination? (guest submission from Designated Gardener Andrea) Spammers don’t know cute (no longer online: thepcspy.com\/kittenauthtest). (guest submission from Dave) Now, this is nothing but bait for Christian Persecution Complex-ers. “We’re under attack by … [whoghk, spit!] … scientists!” […]<\/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-190","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-34","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":226,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-may-25-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":190,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for May 25, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"May 25, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Star Trek, James Bond, and Harry Potter look out. 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Keeping it brief: U2 3D (no longer online: news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20061031\/film_nm\/u2_dc_2). (guest submission from Andrea) A lost Stanley Kubrick treatment may see realization. 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