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The Coronation Will Be Televised

How the British public overturned a live television ban on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II—a monarch who showed a surprising embrace of technology during her long reign.

The Central Question

What is the difference between centralization and decentralization, and what should you know? I was asked this question recently; here’s my attempt to answer.

Windows, Minimized

Windows CE was supposed to power everything but the PC. But its identity was seen as a threat to Windows proper.

No More Eternal Septembers

For decades, technical users looking down on the less knowledgeable have set the stage for a lot of bad online discourse. Can those users break the chain?

Hindsight Is 2020

The decade’s over, and Tedium is another year older. Here’s some thoughts on the past, future, and preservation amid our fifth anniversary.

Text By Procedure

A short history of procedurally generated text, which both humans and computers have had a hand in making throughout history.
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