{"id":223,"date":"2006-05-24T18:01:54","date_gmt":"2006-05-25T01:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/24\/the-dork-report-for-may-24-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:31","slug":"the-dork-report-for-may-24-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-may-24-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for May 24, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EW asks, is Jon Stewart a symptom or the cure<\/a>? (guest submission from Likes-a-Little-Salt-in-Her-Pepper Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamie Hewlett (of Tank Girl<\/a> and Gorillaz<\/a> fame) is the London Design Museum’s<\/a> Designer of the Year. Via the official Gorillaz newsletter, 2D<\/a> had this to say: \u201cYeah, he’s definitely a top drawer. I’ve seen some of his pictures and he’s coloured them in really well. He hasn’t even gone over the edges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also from the Gorillaz newsletter: Murdoc<\/a> is looking for his roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally a good reason to whack your computer<\/a> upside the head. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost action figures [no longer online: variety.com\/article\/VR1117943832?categoryid=14&cs=1&nid=2565] from McFarlane<\/a>. Seeing as how there’s already one dead character included, I guess it’s not a hint as to who might die tonight. (guest submission from Batten-Down-the-Hatches Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was so delayed I stopped checking, but sometime in the past two weeks or so, David Byrne<\/a> and Brian Eno’s<\/a> My Life in the Bush of Ghosts [no longer online: http:\/\/bushofghosts.wmg.com] Creative Commons<\/a> remix project<\/a> went live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of Creative Commons, Pearl Jam<\/a> have released Life Wasted, a music video for free download & distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dork equivalent of a strip tease. [no longer available: unboxing.com] (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neil Gaiman & Adam Rogers on Superman<\/a> for Wired (spotted on Boing Boing<\/a>). For a strikingly personal take on actually writing Superman, see Steven Seagle’s It’s a Bird…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to self-publish a cd or dvd, and have a chunk of change to do it right? Jewelboxing Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EW asks, is Jon Stewart a symptom or the cure? (guest submission from Likes-a-Little-Salt-in-Her-Pepper Andrea) Jamie Hewlett (of Tank Girl and Gorillaz fame) is the London Design Museum’s Designer of the Year. Via the official Gorillaz newsletter, 2D had this to say: \u201cYeah, he’s definitely a top drawer. 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