Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet

The dull side of the internet.

We’re on a mission. Twice a week, internet obsessive Ernie Smith (formerly of ShortFormBlog) takes a deep dive towards the absolute end of the long tail, and he’s putting his findings in your inbox. Wanna follow along? You know what to do: Put your name and email address in this box to sign up for our twice-a-week newsletter.

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“… elites distrusted this easily accessible new instrument as ‘chaotic and culturally inferior.’”

— JSTOR Daily highlights the evolution of the harmonica from piano-tuning utility into full-on fad in the 19th century. Dylan would get his hands on one way later.

Here's the Mueller Report, fully OCR'ed using Acrobat Pro. I've tested and it seems to have gone through OK. Still loading, give it a second to load into Dropbox. https://t.co/hTYZeOsait
— Ernie Smith (@ShortFormErnie) April 18, 2019

The Mueller Report wasn't OCR'ed, but it's trivial to OCR a document in 2019 if you know what you're doing. Thank you, Adobe, as well as the many inventors that came before you.