From the Tedium Archives: So here’s what on my mind these days. 

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Do General Audiences Exist?

Based on the sharp decline of the G rating, apparently not. Let’s look at the oddities of the broadest film rating.
They’re making way fewer G-rated films than they used to. They’re making way fewer G-rated films than they used to.

Don’t Strip-Mine The Sky

More thoughts on what Bluesky’s ultimate business model could look like: A modern take on Craigslist, a company that never exploited its users.
Bluesky could be the Craigslist of social media—in a good way. Bluesky could be the Craigslist of social media—in a good way.
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How Giants Fall

The departure of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger via a forced retirement only further underlines just how shaky the ground is for the chip-making giant.
The CEO of Intel retired out of the blue. That doesn’t sound good. The CEO of Intel retired out of the blue. That doesn’t sound good.

Belated Expansion

If you haven’t heard, people are finally using the NES’ forgotten expansion port in commercial products. What took them so long?!
Why a forgotten expansion port on a famous console is emerging now. Why a forgotten expansion port on a famous console is emerging now.

Power User Vs. Strong POV

The just-released elementary OS 8 is interesting, but it has a problem—its impressive but prescriptive interface paradigm has to live in an ecosystem of power users. Who blinks first?
Elementary OS doesn’t work like most Linux distros. Elementary OS doesn’t work like most Linux distros.

Corporate Casserole

Pondering Thanksgiving through an exceedingly corporate lens. Some of the holiday’s most important elements were brought to you by marketing and lobbying.
How marketing and lobbying inspired Thanksgiving traditions. How marketing and lobbying inspired Thanksgiving traditions.
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Last night, I had an idea to make a website based around Google’s new “Web” view. And here’s what I ended up making—a very barebones front end that makes Google’s web search easier to find. I built it in an hour.

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Not Ready For The Camera

Why hasn’t video completely killed text-based social media, despite social platforms clearly favoring it? Simple: By its very nature, it excludes voices from the discussion.
What (and who) video-based social media leaves out. What (and who) video-based social media leaves out.

The Floater Manifesto

Our technology should be good enough to work across operating systems now. The best way to test that is by using literally every platform. Which is what I plan to do.
Some people use one operating system. I use many. Some people use one operating system. I use many.

Leaning Towers

Considering recent innovations in cell phone towers, which have been shrinking in the 5G era. Are they still NIMBY targets? Are we still trying to hide them with fake trees?
On NIMBYism and cell towers in the 5G era. On NIMBYism and cell towers in the 5G era.
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