{"id":293,"date":"2006-06-21T20:23:47","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T03:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/21\/the-dork-report-for-june-21-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:27:30","slug":"the-dork-report-for-june-21-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-june-21-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for June 21, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vintage 2001: A Space Odyssey goodness: Kubrick at the premiere<\/a> and an interview with actors Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood<\/a>. (spotted on Daring Fireball<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FontLover.com<\/span> (no longer online: fontlover.com), a new blog about, well, guess. (spotted on Blue Vinyl<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the perfect plectrum<\/a> to play LED Zeppelin. (guest submission from Dave, including the wonderfully horrible pun)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superman Returns teaser<\/a> and trailer<\/a> rendered in green-screened Lego. (guest submission from Last Daughter of Krypton Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new version of Opera<\/a> is loaded with bells & whistles, including its own widget<\/a> thing. With something similar built in to Windows and Mac OS X, or free from Yahoo<\/span> (no longer online: widgets.yahoo.com), what\u2019s the point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Line Cinema woos & wows the dorks<\/a> at the New York Licensing Show. I liked the giant Optimus Prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WOW! *look*<\/span>look*<\/span>look*<\/span>look*<\/span>look*<\/span>look*<\/span> BORAT HOME PAGE!<\/span> (no longer online: borat.tv)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Je ne veux pas ces putains de serpants sur la puriture de l’avion!<\/a> (guest submission from Francophile Andrea)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vintage 2001: A Space Odyssey goodness: Kubrick at the premiere and an interview with actors Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. (spotted on Daring Fireball) FontLover.com (no longer online: fontlover.com), a new blog about, well, guess. (spotted on Blue Vinyl) Finally, the perfect plectrum to play LED Zeppelin. 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