{"id":514,"date":"2006-12-01T20:30:51","date_gmt":"2006-12-02T03:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/01\/the-dork-report-for-december-1-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:29:20","slug":"the-dork-report-for-december-1-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-december-1-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for December 1, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thank you, DaringFireball, now I know it’s not just me! I too adore Pilot Precise V5 Extra Fine black rollerball pens<\/a>, and carry one with me everywhere! I loathe to lend one to anybody, and I’m thrown off for the rest of the day on the rare occasions I leave it behind. Further reinforcing my new feeling of community, the customer reviews are all raves. Incidentally, John Gruber was actually blogging about the game SketchFighter<\/span> (no longer online: ambrosiasw.com\/games\/sketchfighter), which looks amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Number 23<\/em> onesheet<\/a> owes a lot to Stefan Sagmeister’s Lou Reed Set the Twilight Reeling<\/em> poster<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to The Fountain<\/em> score<\/a>, and roll your own on The Fountain Remixed<\/span> [no longer online: thefountainremixed.com].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t let the brussels sprouts bite<\/span> (no longer online: eyegas.com\/xmas05). (guest submission from Andrea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typographical horrors on Flickr: Atrocious apostrophe’s and “quotation” “mark” “abuse” photo galleries<\/a>. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you, DaringFireball, now I know it’s not just me! I too adore Pilot Precise V5 Extra Fine black rollerball pens, and carry one with me everywhere! I loathe to lend one to anybody, and I’m thrown off for the rest of the day on the rare occasions I leave it behind. 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