{"id":280,"date":"2006-06-17T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2006-06-17T21:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/17\/the-dork-report-for-june-17-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T08:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:25:59","slug":"the-dork-report-for-june-17-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-june-17-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for June 17, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just as Apple is rumored to be launching yet another <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">iPod generation<\/span> (no longer online: appleinsider.com\/article.php?id=1818), Microsoft readies its iTunes Killer [no longer online: wired.com\/news\/technology\/0,71178-0.html]. Hey, wasn&#8217;t that called <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Urge<\/span> (no longer online: urge.com)? (spotted on Macintouch and AppleInsider)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actual photos from inside a <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070406101205\/http:\/\/www.appleinsider.com:80\/article.php?id=1815\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese iPod factory<\/a> make me feel queasy about owning one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being a big ratings hit in the UK, the <em>Doctor Who<\/em> revolving door hasn&#8217;t stopped spinning. <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/doctorwho\/news\/cult\/news\/drwho\/2006\/06\/15\/32946.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Billie Piper will leave at the end of season two<\/a>. As the show is at least as much about her (and her extended family) than it is the Doctor, this will perhaps have a bigger impact than even <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070920211015\/http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk:80\/doctorwho\/news\/cult\/news\/drwho\/2005\/03\/31\/18233.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Eccleston&#8217;s dramatic exit<\/a> from the lead role. (spotted on Outpost Gallifrey)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heil Kitty! [no longer online: hitlercats.motime.com] (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The redesigned <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\" target=\"_blank\">Criterion Collection site<\/a> is clean and classy, although I&#8217;m not crazy about the new logo and the Flash intro is a yawner. One to look forward to: a new <em>three disc<\/em> edition of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/165-seven-samurai\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Seven Samurai<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as Apple is rumored to be launching yet another iPod generation (no longer online: appleinsider.com\/article.php?id=1818), Microsoft readies its iTunes Killer [no longer online: wired.com\/news\/technology\/0,71178-0.html]. Hey, wasn&#8217;t that called Urge (no longer online: urge.com)? (spotted on Macintouch and AppleInsider) Actual photos from inside a Chinese iPod factory make me feel queasy about owning one. Despite [&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-280","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-4w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":329,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-july-18-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for July 18, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"July 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"ThinkSecret spills more beans: August 7 may bring an iTunes movie rental service and a spit-polished iPod Nano 2.0. 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Gradients galore... \"BoeingBoeing\"... tee-hee! (spotted on Daring Fireball) Daring Fireball interviews an exclusive insider source on Zune (no longer online: comingzune.com), Microsoft's iPod\/iTunes clone\/killer. Cut the cord with Apple's new wireless Mightly Mouse (no longer online: apple.com\/mightymouse). Monopoly goes plastic, baby. 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Put simply, it's not your iPod, it's your brain. (guest submission from Andrea) Design Meltdown catalogs the best in itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny websites. My very own FringeDigital.com once lived a long interation packed into a tiny little box:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;The Dork Report&quot;","block_context":{"text":"The Dork Report","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/category\/dork-report\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Dork Report","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dork-report.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dork-report.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dork-report.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dork-report.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/dork-report.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":144,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/daily-dork-report-for-february-21-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":4},"title":"Daily Dork Report for February 21, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"February 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I've just gotta say: Smoothicons. 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