{"id":377,"date":"2006-08-18T20:32:04","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T03:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/18\/the-dork-report-for-august-18-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:33","slug":"the-dork-report-for-august-18-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-august-18-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for August 18, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kitties <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bustin&#8217; a move<\/span> (no longer online: b3ta.hnldesign.nl\/index.php?list=4) in the rekkid sto&#8217;. (passed around at work)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A win for the ACLU! Confirming what every sensible person already knows, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/POLITICS\/08\/17\/domesticspying.lawsuit\/\">government broke the law<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/deviation\/34244097\/\">Flash bites<\/a> the hand that feeds it. Brilliant (and cathartic)! (spotted on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070702171447\/http:\/\/www.boingboing.net:80\/2006\/08\/18\/stick_figure_fights_.html\">Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Too impatient for <em>Snakes on a Plane<\/em> to become an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">audience participation phenomenon<\/span> (no longer online: uta.fi\/~cstivi\/rocky.html) the natural way? Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/snakeplay.pbwiki.com\/script\">script<\/a> to rehearse for opening weekend. (spotted on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110411135555\/http:\/\/www.boingboing.net:80\/2006\/08\/18\/mfkn_snakes_on_a_mfk.html\">Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <s>snobs<\/s> aficionados at Pitchfork have been busy making lists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/6364-100-awesome-music-videos\/\">100 Awesome Music Videos<\/a>. A few personal faves: Triumph of a Heart, Coffee &amp; TV, and D-D-Don&#8217;t Don&#8217;t Stop the Beat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/6194-the-worst-record-covers-of-all-time\/\">Worst Record Covers of All Time<\/a>. How could they have overlooked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/master\/35277-Yes-Tormato\">Yes&#8217; <em>Tormato<\/em><\/a> (also, not coincidentally, once of the worst records of all time)? Actually, come to think of it, one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/master\/35199-Yes-Going-For-The-One\">better albums<\/a> also has a horrific cover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s\/\">Top 100 Albums of the 1970s<\/a>, from Eno to Bowie.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s\/\">Top 100 Albums of the 1980s<\/a>, from Minor Threat to Sonic Youth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/lists-and-guides\/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s\/\">Top 100 Albums of the 1990s<\/a>, from The Orb to Radiohead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of designing and building web sites on a Mac, and ensuring they work in Safari, Mozilla, Mac Internet Explorer, Opera, etc. etc. etc., only to find them hopelessly busted in Windows IE, I wholeheartedly support any move to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">boycott IE<\/span> (no longer online: windowsitpro.com\/windowspaulthurrott\/Article\/ArticleID\/47208\/windowspaulthurrott_47208.html), a &#8220;cancer on the web.&#8221; Spotted on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">project.ioni.st<\/span> (no longer online: project.ioni.st\/post\/883#post-883)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitties bustin&#8217; a move (no longer online: b3ta.hnldesign.nl\/index.php?list=4) in the rekkid sto&#8217;. (passed around at work) A win for the ACLU! Confirming what every sensible person already knows, the government broke the law. Flash bites the hand that feeds it. Brilliant (and cathartic)! (spotted on Boing Boing) Too impatient for Snakes on a Plane to [&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-377","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-65","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":221,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-may-19-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":377,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for May 19, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"May 19, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"A well-written rant about photorealistic videogames also holds true as to why Polar Express was one of the worst movies I've ever seen (yes, I'm still mad about that). 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