{"id":451,"date":"2006-10-12T21:37:16","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T04:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/12\/the-dork-report-for-october-12-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:58","slug":"the-dork-report-for-october-12-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-october-12-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for October 12, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Village Voice<\/em>‘s rave review<\/a> of Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie’s (porno)graphic novel Lost Girls<\/em>. (spotted on EnoWeb<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step in the evolution of Spoetry: The Brothers McLeod’s Spamland<\/a>, a new series of short spanimations. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Internet Archive is collecting a massive cache of free and legal live recordings<\/a>. Spotted on Uninnovate<\/span> (no longer online: uninnovate.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting things into perspective, a new species of mouse<\/span> (no longer online: cnn.com\/2006\/TECH\/science\/10\/12\/new.mouse.ap) has turned up that predates humans on Cyprus. (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Village Voice‘s rave review of Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie’s (porno)graphic novel Lost Girls. (spotted on EnoWeb) The next step in the evolution of Spoetry: The Brothers McLeod’s Spamland, a new series of short spanimations. (guest submission from Dave) The Internet Archive is collecting a massive cache of free and legal live recordings. 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(spotted on Typographica) Macitt (no longer online: macitt.com), a Digg for Apple news. 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Terry Gilliam busks on the streets of New York for his controversial new film Tideland. 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(guest submission from The Visible Woman Andrea) Lost season finale fallout: Mainstream press coverage: New York Times, EW's recap. Find a career with the Hanso Foundation. Everybody now, Sawyer Sawyer Locke! (guest submission from Follow-the-Dancing-Ball Andrea) Dig through a truly astonishing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "The Dork Report"","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":296,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-june-26-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":451,"position":3},"title":"The Dork Report for June 26, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"June 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Look, robots! 1,000 2,000-year-old skeletons (no longer online: news.scotsman.com\/international.cfm?id=916922006). 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