{"id":523,"date":"2006-12-05T22:02:23","date_gmt":"2006-12-06T05:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/05\/the-dork-report-for-december-5-2006\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T19:29:20","slug":"the-dork-report-for-december-5-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-december-5-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dork Report for December 5, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Somehow I don’t see Les himself plugging his axe into a MacBook and fiddling around with Logic, but you never know: the new Gibson digital guitar<\/a>. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A fully-annotated electronic version of the WII manual<\/a>. Iconfactory helpfully fills in the missing pages<\/a>. (guest submission from Dave)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marginal Revolution Poorly designed objects<\/a>. My planned contribution was scooped by “bhauth” about halfway down in the comments: not so much the standard cd jewel box packaging, but the cellophane wrapping. (spotted on Design Observer<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somehow I don’t see Les himself plugging his axe into a MacBook and fiddling around with Logic, but you never know: the new Gibson digital guitar. (guest submission from Dave) A fully-annotated electronic version of the WII manual. Iconfactory helpfully fills in the missing pages. (guest submission from Dave) Marginal Revolution Poorly designed objects. My […]<\/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-523","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-8r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229,"url":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/the-dork-report-for-june-1-2006\/","url_meta":{"origin":523,"position":0},"title":"The Dork Report for June 1, 2006","author":"Chad Ossman","date":"June 1, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Fight Club's narrative web illustrated by Lego. (spotted on Kottke.org) Why I'm a Mac user, reason no. 3,725. (guest submission from Dave) Why I'm a Mac user, reason no. 3,726. I'm especially impressed by the \u201cSimplified\u201d Device Setup. Simple! Why I'm a Mac user, reasons no. 3,727-3,747. 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Definitely Pee Wee. *shudder* (guest submission by Dave) Who knew? Bush took the initiative in inventing the iPod. And now that a huge percentage of the population owns one, the Justice Department can activate the hidden Echelon II chip inside... NOW! 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OK, but does it facilitate pollination? (guest submission from Designated Gardener Andrea) Spammers don't know cute (no longer online: thepcspy.com\/kittenauthtest). 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