{"id":408,"date":"2006-09-01T05:45:06","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T12:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/01\/the-dork-report-for-september-1-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:33","slug":"the-dork-report-for-september-1-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-september-1-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for September 1, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 are rumored to appear<\/a> in Doctor Who<\/em> season three’s Christmas special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Criterion Collection announces Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films<\/a>, a breathtaking boxed set of 50 DVDs and hardcover book. Speaking of Criterion, the restored Seven Samurai<\/em> comes out any day now, and the buzz is that the restoration is glorious<\/a>! But Criterion disappoints me by using “impact” as a verb on their site. Another upcoming release to look forward to: The Double Life of V\u00e9ronique<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disturbingly plausible armchair psychoanalyses of Rumsfeld<\/span> (no longer online: msnbc.msn.com\/id\/12131617) and Bush<\/a>. (with reporting by Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just came across two more free stock image sites to complement my favorite (Stock.xchng<\/a>): TextureKing<\/a> (great stuff, totally free) and StockVault<\/a> (free for personal or non-profit use).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Won’t redoing the special effects<\/a> of a 40-year old sci-fi show spoil the enjoyable cheese?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 are rumored to appear in Doctor Who season three’s Christmas special. The Criterion Collection announces Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films, a breathtaking boxed set of 50 DVDs and hardcover book. 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