{"id":453,"date":"2006-10-17T21:38:33","date_gmt":"2006-10-18T04:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/17\/the-dork-report-for-october-17-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:28:58","slug":"the-dork-report-for-october-17-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-october-17-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for October 17, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some time recently Michael Brook’s official website<\/a> has expanded with a full discography, newsletter, and store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Arthur’s official site has video of him performing “Slide Away<\/a>” on The Late Show With David Letterman<\/em> on October 10th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Jobs must be in a romantic mood; every metaphor he musters to dismiss Doo-Doo Brown<\/span> Zune in Newsweek<\/em><\/span> (no longer online: msnbc.msn.com\/id\/15262121\/site\/newsweek) involves a girl (spotted on Apple Insider<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I’ve seen the demonstrations on the Internet about how you can find another person using a Zune and give them a song they can play three times. It takes forever … By the time you’ve gone through all that, the girl’s got up and left! You’re much better off to take one of your earbuds out and put it in her ear.”<\/p>\nSteve Jobs<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And on the possibility of the iPod losing its appeal amongst competing products:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“That’s like saying you don’t want to kiss your lover’s lips because everyone has lips,” he said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”<\/p>\nSteve Jobs<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What’s cooler than cool? Ice cold LEGOs<\/span>! (no longer online: crunchgear.com\/2006\/10\/13\/lego-ice-tray-make-frozen-h2o-legos)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric Idle finds more Python to plunder for the new oratorio “Not the Messiah,” (news story no longer online) based on the Monty Python movie Life of Brian<\/em>. (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital zombies<\/a> shuffle one more step into reality. (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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