{"id":356,"date":"2006-07-31T23:40:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T06:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/31\/the-dork-report-for-july-31-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:03","slug":"the-dork-report-for-july-31-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-july-31-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for July 31, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120106173205\/http:\/\/phillryu.com:80\/2006\/07\/26\/fake-leopard-screenshot-contest-winners-better-than-the-real-thing\/\">Fake Leopard Screenshot Contest winners<\/a> on Phil Ryu&#8217;s Blog. There&#8217;s a world of difference between Photoshop fantasy and computer programming reality, but still, Apple should hire some of these big thinkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh no, <em>again<\/em> with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2006\/07\/29\/wild-speculation-iphone-to-launch-in-august\/\">iPhone<\/a>! (spotted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/pages\/2006\/07\/20060729213347.shtml\">MacRumors<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple addicts <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">tease because we love<\/span> (no longer online: macspoofs.com). (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/exhibits\/empire\/\">Color photos of Russia<\/a>, ca. <em>1909<\/em>, much older than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/exhibits\/boundforglory\/glory-exhibit.html\">color photos from the Great Depression<\/a>. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Havn&#8217;t checkout out <a href=\"https:\/\/blambot.com\/\">Blambot<\/a> for a while, and was suprised at how many <a href=\"https:\/\/blambot.com\/pages\/licenses\">free (for non-commercial use) fonts<\/a> they have, as well as useful <a href=\"https:\/\/blambot.com\/collections\/balloon-brushes\/products\/blambot-balloon-brushes-v-1\">speech balloon graphics<\/a>. I used 10 Cent Comics and Blambot Casual (as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/chank.com\/font-MattB\">Matt B<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/chank.com\/\">Chank<\/a>, the best handwriting font I&#8217;ve ever used, and free free free!) on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">American Splendor site<\/span> (no longer online: americansplendormovie.com).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iconfactory.com\/\">wraps are off<\/a>, and &#8220;the new IconFactory&#8221; debuts tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake Leopard Screenshot Contest winners on Phil Ryu&#8217;s Blog. There&#8217;s a world of difference between Photoshop fantasy and computer programming reality, but still, Apple should hire some of these big thinkers. Oh no, again with the iPhone! (spotted on MacRumors) Apple addicts tease because we love (no longer online: macspoofs.com). (guest submission from Dave) Color [&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-356","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-5K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":501,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-november-9-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":356,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for November 9, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"November 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Jasper Hauser on designing Disco's icon. 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ThinkSecret throws some cold water on Apple fans' iPipe dreams. A slew of exciting new trailers: Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep, Christopher Nolan's The Prestige, and Pedro Almodovar's Volver.","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":566,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-january-1-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":356,"position":4},"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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