{"id":378,"date":"2006-08-21T20:33:13","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T03:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/21\/the-dork-report-for-august-21-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:33","slug":"the-dork-report-for-august-21-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-august-21-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for August 21, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Excavating some barely-remembered childhood tunes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Muppet Show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QTXyXuqfBLA\">Mahna Mahna<\/a> song. Sublime.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Sesame Street <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZshZp-cxKg\">pinball counting song<\/a>. <em>Much<\/em> more dated than I remember, but I&#8217;m digging those steel drums!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A grand idea: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My Dream App<\/span> (no longer online: mydreamapp.com). On my first skim through the submissions, a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20061115020115\/http:\/\/mydreamapp.com\/forums\/viewtopic.php?id=28\">Quicken-killer<\/a> sounds like a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/viewfromthemountain.typepad.com\/applepeels\/\">Applepeels<\/a>, the blog of a 20-year veteran at Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside the mind of business genius and worst boss ever, the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secret Diary of Steve Jobs<\/span>. (no longer online: fakesteve.blogspot.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <em>Snakes on a Plane<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/popularthinking.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/snakes-on-plane-full-review-and-cheat.html\">blow-by-blow<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excavating some barely-remembered childhood tunes: A grand idea: My Dream App (no longer online: mydreamapp.com). On my first skim through the submissions, a Quicken-killer sounds like a winner. Applepeels, the blog of a 20-year veteran at Apple. Inside the mind of business genius and worst boss ever, the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs. 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