{"id":444,"date":"2006-10-05T21:13:21","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T04:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/05\/the-dork-report-for-october-5-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:58","slug":"the-dork-report-for-october-5-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-october-5-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for October 5, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/webmasters\/gadgets\/\">Google Gadgets<\/a>. What it has over Apple&#8217;s Dashboard, Yahoo Widgets, or Windows things, is that you can add them to your Google homepage, your desktop (Windows, or on a Mac with the help of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mesadynamics.com\/amnesty_generator.htm\">Amnesty Generator<\/a>), or to your own site. Making them only slightly less useless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The New York Times<\/em> on how deep ABC is getting into metafictional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/10\/01\/arts\/television\/01manl.html\">metafictional <em>Lost<\/em> marketing<\/a>. (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Gadgets. What it has over Apple&#8217;s Dashboard, Yahoo Widgets, or Windows things, is that you can add them to your Google homepage, your desktop (Windows, or on a Mac with the help of Amnesty Generator), or to your own site. Making them only slightly less useless. The New York Times on how deep ABC [&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-444","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-7a","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":300,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-july-6-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":444,"position":0},"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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What will it be? What will it be? What will it be? Perfect for the Dork Report: a veritable masterclass in committee-think & graphic design don'ts... and it has to do with iPods! Still more new territory for Google. 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Do Canadian cows say \"moooeh\", and do Bristol cows saw \"mo'\"? (guest submission from \"Cows come you moo like you're from the norf?\" Andrea) Up From the Catacombs: The Best of Jane's Addiction [no longer online: rhino.com\/rzine\/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=421], unfortunately including tracks\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":145,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/daily-dork-report-for-february-24-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":444,"position":3},"title":"Daily Dork Report for February 24, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"February 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"A 2007 Genesis reunion tour, including departed members Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Hackett? 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This situation will not alter in the next twelve months.\" Even if nothing comes\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":411,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-september-12-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":444,"position":4},"title":"The Dork Report for September 12, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"September 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Three cheers for Wikipedia defying China's censors! 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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(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)! 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