{"id":496,"date":"2006-10-27T20:35:29","date_gmt":"2006-10-28T03:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/27\/the-dork-report-for-october-27-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:29:20","slug":"the-dork-report-for-october-27-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-october-27-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for October 27, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Guardian<\/em> on random\/pseudorandom shuffle [no longer online: arts.guardian.co.uk\/features\/story\/0,,1889423,00.html]. Put simply, it&#8217;s not your iPod, it&#8217;s your brain. (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Design Meltdown catalogs the best in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140416123933\/http:\/\/www.designmeltdown.com:80\/chapters\/Tiny\/\">itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny websites<\/a>. My very own FringeDigital.com once lived a long interation packed into a tiny little box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/11\/fd2003.png\" alt=\"FringeDigital.com screenshot\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian on random\/pseudorandom shuffle [no longer online: arts.guardian.co.uk\/features\/story\/0,,1889423,00.html]. Put simply, it&#8217;s not your iPod, it&#8217;s your brain. (guest submission from Andrea) Design Meltdown catalogs the best in itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny websites. 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