{"id":218,"date":"2006-05-15T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-16T02:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/15\/the-dork-report-for-may-15-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:00","slug":"the-dork-report-for-may-15-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-may-15-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for May 15, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alarm Call: it’s time to upgrade your Bj\u00f6rk with Surrounded<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More of the amazingly intricate DaVinci Code product placement & online marketing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More 80’s TV trash coming to the screen with Knight Rider<\/a>. Goliath gets a shout-out, but what about KARR<\/a>? And how come nobody’s put together an A-Team<\/a> movie? (guest submission by a shadowing flight into the dangerous world of woman who does not exist, Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am totally loving ForteanTimes.com<\/a>. I predict this will be a veritable goldmine for The Dork Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBC get’s the common man’s take [no longer online: cnn.com\/2006\/SHOWBIZ\/TV\/05\/15\/bbc.mistakenidentity.ap] on the Apple<\/a> v. Apple<\/a> settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alarm Call: it’s time to upgrade your Bj\u00f6rk with Surrounded. More of the amazingly intricate DaVinci Code product placement & online marketing. More 80’s TV trash coming to the screen with Knight Rider. Goliath gets a shout-out, but what about KARR? And how come nobody’s put together an A-Team movie? 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