{"id":329,"date":"2006-07-18T23:13:54","date_gmt":"2006-07-19T06:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/18\/the-dork-report-for-july-18-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:04","slug":"the-dork-report-for-july-18-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-july-18-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for July 18, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ThinkSecret spills more beans: August 7 may bring an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080212111022\/http:\/\/www.thinksecret.com:80\/news\/0607itunesmovies.html\">iTunes movie <em>rental<\/em> service<\/a> and a spit-polished <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080115094722\/http:\/\/www.thinksecret.com:80\/news\/0607ipodnano2.html\">iPod Nano<\/a> 2.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s always room for more Hoff: (guest submission from The Halk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wax On Wax Hoff [no longer online: waxhoff.com]<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20061122142157\/http:\/\/www.transbuddha.com\/mediaHolder.php?id=671\">Pac Hoff<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090420172135\/http:\/\/www.transbuddha.com:80\/mediaHolder.php?id=672\">Hoff Invaders<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nifty music community site <a href=\"http:\/\/last.fm\/\">Last.fm<\/a> gets a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080217014652\/http:\/\/www.last.fm:80\/updates\/\">glossy redesign<\/a>. 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