{"id":407,"date":"2006-08-27T05:44:25","date_gmt":"2006-08-27T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/27\/the-dork-report-for-august-27-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:33","slug":"the-dork-report-for-august-27-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-august-27-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for August 27, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Loads of new UNKLE releases coming up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090225035040\/http:\/\/www.redbrick.dcu.ie:80\/~shivo\/unkle77\/self.html\"><em>Self Defense<\/em><\/a>, a four-disc boxed set of remixes from the <em>Never Never Land<\/em> album, on September 12. But it appears only three (!) tracks are previously unreleased, so I think I may skip it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tons of new remixes, none of which are available in the US, even on iTunes: I would especially like to hear Depeche Mode&#8217;s &#8220;John the Revelator (UNKLE Re-Construction)&#8221;, and Massive Attack&#8217;s &#8220;False Flags (UNKLE Surrender Sounds Session #2)&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UNKLE&#8217;s new album <em>The Future is Unwritten<\/em> is due sometime this summer (with a teaser on the <a href=\"https:\/\/unkle.com\">official site<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Jobs&#8217; latest inspirations come straight from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekculture.com\/joyoftech\/joyarchives\/855.html\">cheesy 1980&#8217;s sci-fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playfulinvention.com\/picocricket\/\">PicoCricket<\/a>, a new, uh&#8230; thing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/themes\/mindstorms\">Lego Mindstorms<\/a>. Looks to be less &#8220;awesome robot&#8221; and more &#8220;pipecleaner arts&#8217;n&#8217;crafts.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loads of new UNKLE releases coming up: Steve Jobs&#8217; latest inspirations come straight from cheesy 1980&#8217;s sci-fi. PicoCricket, a new, uh&#8230; thing from Lego Mindstorms. 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(spotted on Fortean Times) (no longer online: forteantimes.com\/breaking_news\/breaking_news.shtml) The Beatles are taking it to Vegas. But what really interests me is the NY Times reporter's preview of the new Beatles remixes\/remasters. 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(spotted on Typographica) Macitt (no longer online: macitt.com), a Digg for Apple news. (spotted on Dougscripts.com) Although it's hardly unbiased, MacWorld picks apart Apple's claim [no longer online: macworld.com\/2006\/08\/features\/macproprice] that the Mac Pro is almost a thousand dollars cheaper than a\u2026","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":300,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-july-6-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":407,"position":3},"title":"The Dork Report for July 6, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"July 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The 10 most beautiful Mac OS X apps (no longer online: phillryu.com\/2006\/07\/03\/the-top-ten-most-beautiful-os-x-apps), only one of which I use (Transmit). (spotted on Kottke.org) Google must be delighted; they\u2019ve officially become a verb. 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