{"id":318,"date":"2006-07-13T20:50:38","date_gmt":"2006-07-14T03:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/14\/the-dork-report-for-july-13-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:04","slug":"the-dork-report-for-july-13-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-july-13-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for July 13, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/mapgallery.esri.com\/2006\/414\/85121816138512.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Geographical Study of Lost<\/a> (warning: very large image download). Despite the massive wealth of information, it still can&#8217;t explain the greatest mystery yet: why <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lostpedia.com\/wiki\/Mr._Friendly\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Friendly<\/a> was nominated for an Emmy and not, say, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lostpedia.com\/wiki\/Fake_Henry\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Emerson<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lostpedia.com\/wiki\/Eko\" target=\"_blank\">Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje<\/a>, or <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/lostpedia.com\/wiki\/Locke\" target=\"_blank\">Terry O&#8217;Quinn<\/a> (not to mention the show itself). (guest submission from Cartographer Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Eno on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalsouls.com\/2001\/Brian_Eno_Big_Here.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Here and the Long Now<\/a>. (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/06\/07\/11434.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kottke.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two blasts from the past regarding Wired Magazine, which I used to read cover-to-cover every month during the dotcom boom: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Key early web designer Jeffrey Veen <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.veen.com\/jeff\/archives\/000903.html\" target=\"_blank\">discusses Hotwired<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/veen\/188264269\/\" target=\"_blank\">posts vintage screenshots<\/a>. (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/06\/07\/11436.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kottke.org<\/a>)<\/li><li>Dead-tree dinosaur Conde Nast finally <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170314020003\/http:\/\/www.thelongtail.com\/the_long_tail\/2006\/07\/and_to_cap_off_.html\" target=\"_blank\">rescues Wired News<\/a> from online dinosaur Lycos. The latter will still retain old Dork Report favorites HotBot (the best search engine during the pre-Google dark ages), Hotwired (now offline), and Webmonkey (where this Dork Reporter learned his chops). (also spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/remainder\/06\/07\/11426.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kottke.org<\/a>) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mock up your <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110826101905\/http:\/\/phillryu.com:80\/2006\/07\/09\/announcing-the-fake-leopard-screenshot-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy Mac OS X &#8220;Leopard&#8221;<\/a> screenshot for a cool $1000 in prizes. (spotted on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iconfactory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IconFactory<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Geographical Study of Lost (warning: very large image download). Despite the massive wealth of information, it still can&#8217;t explain the greatest mystery yet: why Mr. Friendly was nominated for an Emmy and not, say, Michael Emerson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, or Terry O&#8217;Quinn (not to mention the show itself). (guest submission from Cartographer Andrea) Brian Eno [&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-318","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-58","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":577,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-january-4-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":318,"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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