{"id":497,"date":"2006-10-30T20:36:43","date_gmt":"2006-10-31T03:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/30\/the-dork-report-for-october-30-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:29:20","slug":"the-dork-report-for-october-30-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-october-30-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for October 30, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hack the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Torchwood Secure Extranet<\/span> (no longer online: torchwood.org.uk).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Wired<\/em> commissions <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071218114541\/http:\/\/blog.wired.com:80\/sixwords\/\">very short stories<\/a> (6 words, tops) from the best of the best (including Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Neil Stephenson, just to name a few), designed by such luminaries as Chip Kidd. (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nwhyte.livejournal.com\/747138.html\">Three vintage Tom Baker television appearances<\/a>: an Australian interview (Tom was clearly not into it, but endulges us with an intense stare or two), a hilarious <em>Dead Ringers<\/em> prank call, and a premature introduction to the internet, hosted by Douglas Adams!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mmm&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilmadscientist.com\/article.php\/DalekPumpkin\">Dalek pumpkin<\/a> (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A guidebook for tourists from the real world: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adactio\/263659299\/in\/set-72157594317693606\/\"><em>The Matrix<\/em> locations<\/a>. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hack the Torchwood Secure Extranet (no longer online: torchwood.org.uk). Wired commissions very short stories (6 words, tops) from the best of the best (including Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Neil Stephenson, just to name a few), designed by such luminaries as Chip Kidd. (guest submission from Andrea) Three vintage Tom Baker television appearances: an Australian interview [&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-497","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-81","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":279,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-june-15-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":497,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for June 15, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"June 15, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Nonsuch Records launches a blog, featuring a recent post from Dork Report favorite Laura Veirs. 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Two fun tidbits gleaned from the forum: Rick Klaw's article on his grandfather Irving, and Jungle Bettie's jungle. Don't look like a wineglasshole. 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