{"id":344,"date":"2006-07-25T20:43:50","date_gmt":"2006-07-26T03:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/25\/the-dork-report-for-july-25-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:03","slug":"the-dork-report-for-july-25-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-july-25-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for July 25, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Famous logos rockin’ it Web 2.0 style<\/a>. Gradients galore… “BoeingBoeing”… tee-hee! (spotted on Daring Fireball<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daring Fireball interviews an exclusive insider source<\/a> on Zune<\/span> (no longer online: comingzune.com), Microsoft’s iPod\/iTunes clone<\/span>\/killer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut the cord with Apple’s new wireless Mightly Mouse<\/span> (no longer online: apple.com\/mightymouse).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monopoly<\/a> goes plastic, baby. I guess product placement and cross-brand synergy are also “moving with the times.” (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details on the Lost<\/em> Comic-Con panel<\/a>, basically one giant surreal tease, crashed by a fictional character<\/span> (no longer online: rachelblake.com). (guest submission from Not-a-Clone Andrea)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Famous logos rockin’ it Web 2.0 style. 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. I guess product placement and cross-brand synergy […]<\/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-344","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-5y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":566,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-january-1-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":344,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for January 1, 2007","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"January 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"John Siracusa goes to town on .Mac (spotted on Daring Fireball). 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Do Canadian cows say \"moooeh\", and do Bristol cows saw \"mo'\"? 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