{"id":226,"date":"2006-05-25T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2006-05-26T02:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/25\/the-dork-report-for-may-25-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T08:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:06:16","slug":"the-dork-report-for-may-25-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-may-25-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for May 25, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memory-alpha.fandom.com\/wiki\/Cloaking_device\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Star Trek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jamesbond.fandom.com\/wiki\/Aston_Martin_V12_Vanquish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Bond<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/harrypotter.wikia.com\/wiki\/Invisibility_cloak\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter<\/a> <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060615040131\/http:\/\/www.cnn.com:80\/2006\/TECH\/05\/25\/invisibility.cloak.ap\/\" target=\"_blank\">look out<\/a>. (guest submission from The Visible Woman Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lost<\/em> season finale fallout:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mainstream press coverage: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/05\/25\/arts\/television\/25lost.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20061208192618\/http:\/\/www.ew.com:80\/ew\/article\/commentary\/0,6115,1197920_3_0_,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">EW&#8217;s recap<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find a career with the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hansocareers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hanso Foundation<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Everybody now, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albinoblacksheep.com\/flash\/sawyer.php\" target=\"_blank\">Sawyer Sawyer Locke<\/a>! (guest submission from Follow-the-Dancing-Ball Andrea)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dig through a truly astonishing amount of detail and hypotheses in the wiki <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lostpedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LostPedia<\/a>, my new favorite site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hawaii&#8217;s like, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Woot!&#8221;<\/span> (no longer online: myjokemail.com\/cartoons\/EndOfTheWorld.shtml) (guest submission from WTF Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Brook&#8217;s long-gestating third solo album is due July 18: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070208060207\/http:\/\/www.thinkpress.net:80\/brook_press.html\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">liner notes &amp; sample track<\/span> (no longer online: bighelium.com\/MichaelBrook.htm).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of all the pressing health issues in the world, scientists are growing <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,196685,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">rabbit dingle-dongles<\/a>? (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080828022214\/http:\/\/www.forteantimes.com\/breaking_news\/breaking_news.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Fortean Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trade in your $20 diamond-tipped stylus for a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">$19,000 laser<\/span> (no longer online: realtechnews.com\/posts\/3090). (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080828022214\/http:\/\/www.forteantimes.com\/breaking_news\/breaking_news.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Fortean Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legos, baby, you and me make <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">beautiful music together<\/span> (no longer online: jroller.com\/page\/upperdowner?entry=lego_machine_music). (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iconfactory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iconfactory<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Trek, James Bond, and Harry Potter look out. (guest submission from The Visible Woman Andrea) Lost season finale fallout: Hawaii&#8217;s like, &#8220;Woot!&#8221; (no longer online: myjokemail.com\/cartoons\/EndOfTheWorld.shtml) (guest submission from WTF Andrea) Michael Brook&#8217;s long-gestating third solo album is due July 18: press release and liner notes &amp; sample track (no longer online: bighelium.com\/MichaelBrook.htm). Of [&hellip;]<\/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-226","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-3E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":577,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-january-4-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":226,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for January 4, 2007","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"January 4, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"That sound you just heard was this Dork Reporter having a geekgasm. 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ThinkSecret throws some cold water on Apple fans' iPipe dreams. 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