{"id":193,"date":"2006-04-18T14:39:08","date_gmt":"2006-04-18T21:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/04\/18\/the-dork-report-for-april-18-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:00","slug":"the-dork-report-for-april-18-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-april-18-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for April 18, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cute Overload<\/span> (no longer online: cuteoverload.com) is so… cute<\/em>, it makes my teeth hurt. Warning: the Cats ‘n’ Racks category may be not quite safe for work. (guest submission from Cute-as-a-Bug-in-a-Rug Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can I be sure you’re not pretender? I want you to love me tender<\/span> (no longer online: he.fi\/video\/armi_ja_danny.mpeg). Fabulous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Childhood Renaissance<\/span> (no longer online: worth1000.com\/cache\/contest\/contestcache.asp?contest_id=9902&display=photoshop#entries). Favorites: Noodle Van Gogh, Christo, and Wrong Wrong Wrong! (guest submission by Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’ll teach<\/span> (no longer online: www.appleinsider.com\/article.php?id=1672) this li’l future businesswoman of the future to think outside of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yulp… ugh… gugggh… ulp… oh god… BARF<\/span> (no longer online: mirror.co.uk\/news\/tm_objectid=16958010&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=exclusive–tom-chews-name_page.html)! Placentophagists<\/a> may do well to look up some recipes<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wow (again)! Watch the awesome Thank You for Smoking<\/em> opening titles<\/span> (no longer online: shadowplaystudio.com\/smoking.html) I noted in my capsule review<\/a>. Typographica heroically identifies<\/span> (no longer online: typographi.com\/001054.php) most of the fonts. (spotted on Kottke.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prove your Biblical Scholarly mettle and expose ancient conspiracies with… little Flash puzzles: The DaVinci Code Quest on Google<\/span> (no longer online: google.com\/davincicode).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctor Who<\/em> Season Two premiered on Saturday to excellent ratings, and with the neat bonus feature of a downloadable commentary track<\/span> (no longer available) on the official site. Meanwhile, Season One is attracting a fraction of that audience in the US, and garnering lots of yeah-but reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prog-rock\/film geek in me is scrambling to my Netflix queue: Steven Soderbergh revisits one of his earliest films in his Director’s Cut of Yes’ 9012Live<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Doonesbury Year in Bushisms<\/span> (no longer online: www.doonesbury.com\/strip\/dailydose\/index.html?uc_full_date=20060416). In other words, Bushisms from Doonesbury this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cute Overload (no longer online: cuteoverload.com) is so… cute, it makes my teeth hurt. Warning: the Cats ‘n’ Racks category may be not quite safe for work. (guest submission from Cute-as-a-Bug-in-a-Rug Andrea) How can I be sure you’re not pretender? I want you to love me tender (no longer online: he.fi\/video\/armi_ja_danny.mpeg). Fabulous! 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OK, but does it facilitate pollination? (guest submission from Designated Gardener Andrea) Spammers don't know cute (no longer online: thepcspy.com\/kittenauthtest). 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Me? I'm an Outcast Genius (60% Nerd, 56% Geek, 69% Dork), an Observer (Enneagram type FIVE - BZ), but a pathetic 47% fuckable. 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(guest submission from Kubrick the Kute & Cuddly Hippo) Oh boy, how exciting: Flash Player 9 (no longer online: adobe.com\/go\/getflash). Attention actors, line up for the Transformers open casting call (no longer online: boingboing.net\/2006\/06\/27\/transformers_casting.html). (guest submission from Dave) Forget Norway! Come to Kenya! 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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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