{"id":229,"date":"2006-06-01T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2006-06-02T03:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/01\/the-dork-report-for-june-1-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:30","slug":"the-dork-report-for-june-1-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-june-1-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for June 1, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fight Club&#8217;s <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080327092720\/http:\/\/home.uchicago.edu:80\/~davep\/fightclub\" target=\"_blank\">narrative web<\/a> illustrated by Lego. (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/06\/06\/11128.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kottke.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why I&#8217;m a Mac user, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photo_zoom.gne?id=151250154&amp;size=o\" target=\"_blank\">reason no. 3,725<\/a>. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why I&#8217;m a Mac user, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171102230203\/http:\/\/www.microsoft.com:80\/windows\/windowsmedia\/player\/11\/\" target=\"_blank\">reason no. 3,726<\/a>. I&#8217;m especially impressed by the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100830020750\/http:\/\/www.microsoft.com:80\/windows\/windowsmedia\/player\/11\/everywhere.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSimplified\u201d Device Setup<\/a>. Simple!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why I&#8217;m a Mac user, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/action\/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&amp;articleId=9000829\" target=\"_blank\">reasons no. 3,727-3,747<\/a>. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fight Club&#8217;s narrative web illustrated by Lego. (spotted on Kottke.org) Why I&#8217;m a Mac user, reason no. 3,725. (guest submission from Dave) Why I&#8217;m a Mac user, reason no. 3,726. I&#8217;m especially impressed by the \u201cSimplified\u201d Device Setup. Simple! Why I&#8217;m a Mac user, reasons no. 3,727-3,747. 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