{"id":375,"date":"2006-08-14T20:51:19","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T03:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/14\/the-dork-report-for-august-14-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:33","slug":"the-dork-report-for-august-14-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-august-14-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for August 14, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A playable<\/em> Lego guitar<\/span> (no longer online: geekasaurus.com\/clint\/gallery\/legoguitar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yay, fun! Lego Star Wars II<\/span>! (no longer online: lucasarts.com\/games\/legostarwarsii)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleepy Kitties II<\/span> and III<\/span>. (guest submission from Meowzzzzz… Andrea) (YouTube links no longer online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tron Guy, the Peter Pan Guy, and all of us… we are the web<\/span> (no longer online: wearetheweb.org). Net neutrality is no joke<\/a>, actually. (spotted on Zeldman.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title near-misses<\/a>: Trimalchio in West Egg<\/em>, Tote the Weary Load<\/em>, or The Nude Bomb<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revealed at last, the long saga of Snakes on a Plane<\/em><\/span> (no longer online: calendarlive.com\/movies\/cl-ca-snakes13aug13,0,3273.story).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proof positive tuxedo cats are obsessive-compulsive<\/span>. (guest submission from Kitty Shrink Andrea) (YouTube link no longer online)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A playable Lego guitar (no longer online: geekasaurus.com\/clint\/gallery\/legoguitar). Yay, fun! Lego Star Wars II! (no longer online: lucasarts.com\/games\/legostarwarsii) Sleepy Kitties II and III. (guest submission from Meowzzzzz… Andrea) (YouTube links no longer online) The Tron Guy, the Peter Pan Guy, and all of us… we are the web (no longer online: wearetheweb.org). 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