{"id":415,"date":"2006-09-17T06:01:28","date_gmt":"2006-09-17T13:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/17\/the-dork-report-for-september-17-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:58","slug":"the-dork-report-for-september-17-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-september-17-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for September 17, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new addition to the litter of kitty sites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuffonmycat.com\/\">Stuff on My Cat<\/a> (Stuff + Cats = Awesome), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com\/\">Cats That Look Like Hitler<\/a> (Kitlers), and <a href=\"http:\/\/kittenwar.com\/\">Kittenwar<\/a> (may the cutest kitten win), comes <a href=\"http:\/\/catsinsinks.com\/\">Cats in Sinks<\/a> (It&#8217;s about cats. In sinks.). Guest submission from Andrea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s your semi-daily Dork Report dose of <em>Doctor Who<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Guardian<\/em> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk_news\/story\/0,,1872366,00.html\">more information<\/a> about the <em>Doctor Who<\/em> spinoff <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarah_Jane_Adventures\">The Sarah Jane Adventures<\/a><\/em>: a 60-minute special in early 2007, with a full series later in the year. K-9 will appear in the special but sadly not the full series. It&#8217;s pitched at a younger age group than the flagship <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, while <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torchwood\">Torchwood<\/a><\/em> entertains older Doctor Who fans with snogging and no doubt many double-entendres.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A bunch of <em>Torchwood<\/em> fan sites: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Torchwood Institute<\/span> (no longer online: community.livejournal.com\/torch_wood), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Institute<\/span> (no longer online: torchwood.time-and-space.co.uk), <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Torchwood.tv<\/span> (no longer online: torchwood.tv)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/entertainment\/who-is-taking-the-sci-fi-micky-20060916-ge351r.html\"><em>Doctor Who<\/em> skeptic comes round<\/a>, featuring the hilarious title: &#8220;In the science fiction universe, one long-lasting program stands out from the nerd.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently enjoying <em>LEGO Star Wars II<\/em> on my Playstation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">official site<\/span> (no longer online: lucasarts.com\/games\/legostarwarsii) is kind of fun; clicking around earns you lego &#8220;studs&#8221; (the currency of the game), which you can trade in for cheap downloadable goodies, just like Skeeball.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some mainstream press reviews: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MSNBC<\/span> (no longer online: msnbc.msn.com\/id\/14802039), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2006\/09\/12\/legos-in-outer-space-again\/\">Village Voice<\/a> (there&#8217;s an odd error in the first paragraph&#8230; if the writer was actually the nerdy college kid he claims to have been, even one who would remember that Marv Wolfman wrote <em>Crisis on Infnite Earths<\/em>, surely he would remember it had nothing at all to do with teaming up DC and Marvel characters?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maine national Guard is issuing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Flat Daddies&#8221; and &#8220;Flat Mommies&#8221;<\/span> (no longer online: boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2006\/08\/30\/guard_families_cope_in_two_dimensions) to the families of soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. No, really. Spotted on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Big O<\/span> (no longer online: bigozine2.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new addition to the litter of kitty sites Stuff on My Cat (Stuff + Cats = Awesome), Cats That Look Like Hitler (Kitlers), and Kittenwar (may the cutest kitten win), comes Cats in Sinks (It&#8217;s about cats. In sinks.). Guest submission from Andrea. It&#8217;s your semi-daily Dork Report dose of Doctor Who: Currently enjoying [&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-415","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-6H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":193,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-april-18-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":415,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for April 18, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"April 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Cute Overload (no longer online: cuteoverload.com) is so... cute, it makes my teeth hurt. 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Boo hiss Google and Yahoo! (spotted on Boing Boing) It's always fun to read DVD Time's reviews of Doctor Who DVDs, written from the perspective of longtime fans. 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