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It's An Illusion, Michael
[whitebox] Hey all, Ernie here with a piece from Andrew Egan, who last hit us with a tale about game theory. This time, he takes us in a truly magical direction. [big]Today in Tedium: Magic has a...
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Having Fun On Stage
Today in Tedium: In an era when people willingly put headphones on their heads to listen to random people talk about things for hours on end, stage banter is unusual in that it’s essentially the same...
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The Mail-Order Blues
Hey all, Ernie here with a fresh piece from David Buck, whose recent musical adventures—inspired by a certain piece he recently wrote—led him to dig deep into Big Retail’s musical soul. Check it out!...
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The Platform Microsoft Forgot
Today in Tedium: When Microsoft revealed that it was finally putting its long-running, if disregarded, Windows Phone line out to pasture, it was less roar, more whimper. It was a valiant effort that...
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We Value Your Feedback
Today in Tedium: In an age when it seems like we’re being solicited for feedback every time we open up an app on our phones (especially if Facebook is paying us $20 a month for the privilege of...
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Songs In The Key Of Baby
Today in Tedium: It may be the greatest song that most people have heard but are completely unaware has a name. You’ve most assuredly heard it thousands of times—most likely as a child watching the...
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In Total Control
Today in Tedium: Of the year’s many Super Bowl ads, perhaps the most compelling and interesting—and according to a post-game study, effective—was an ad Microsoft created to highlight a game...
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I Hack Because I Love
Today in Tedium: We have strong opinions about our corporate giants, what they should (or shouldn’t) do, or how they should (or shouldn’t) act. We want them to listen to us, and understand our needs...
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The Reese’s Piece
Hey all, Ernie here with a fresh piece from David Buck, who has managed to write the story about peanut butter cups that I saw myself writing someday. But I‘m glad he beat me to it. Today in Tedium:...
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Sent From My $10 Mac
Today in Tedium: Last week, I sent a piece extolling the joys of the Hackintosh, a concept that is very much a response to the demise of “the good old days” of Apple. But as I was working out the...
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Saved, But Not Forgotten
Hey all, Ernie at Tedium here with a piece from a new contributor, Mark Christian, on the evolution of the save state and its many video game vessels over the years. It originally ran on his blog but...
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The Ice King Cometh
Hey all, Ernie here with a fresh piece from Andrew Egan, who wrote about magic last time we saw him. This time he gets seasonably, well, cold. Today in Tedium: The list of things that Americans do...
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A Kernel Of Failure
Today in Tedium: In the early 1990s, we had no idea where the computer industry was going, what the next generation would look like, or even what the driving factor would be. All the developers back...
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The Golden Comedo
Today in Tedium: If there’s one genre of YouTube video I promise to never understand and will be unlikely to ever partake in, it’s the pimple-popping video. They’re universally disgusting, hard to...
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The Internet of Food
Hey all! In lieu of a fresh piece tonight (the next one’s looking pretty good), we’re delivering you some internet history from our archives that might go well with a DoorDash order. Hope you dig!...
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Let’s Break Up Adobe
Today in Tedium: Recently I was looking around at the state of modern image editors and discovered something really disappointing. The issue? Well, even with the rise of formidable Photoshop...
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The Squeal of Data
Today in Tedium: My favorite sound in computing is one that I haven’t actually had to use on a computer in nearly 20 years. The modem was a connection to a world outside of my own, and to get that...
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The Perfect Container
Today in Tedium: Sometimes, it’s possible to create something that’s too useful, that is designed for a niche purpose but is so well-attuned to that purpose that it attracts other people, who find a...
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Playing Around Throughout History
Hey all, Ernie here with a fresh piece from Andrew Egan, who wants to talk seriously about toys for a little bit. Oh, and The Sandlot, which is a great movie. Today in Tedium: There is a bit of magic...
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The Sound Of Nostalgia
Today in Tedium: The Sega Genesis, with its “Blast Processing” and blue mascot (who is getting a questionable movie makeover in the coming months), stood out for a lot of reasons, but one of the most...
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