Ten Years Of Tedium
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Ten Years Of Tedium
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· Nov 7
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Stage banter: Harder than it looks. tedium.co/2025/11/08/b...
Terrible Stage Banter: Why Many Musicians Stink at Talking on Stage
Pondering why, despite the fact that bands and musicians have to do it every single night, many suck at stage banter—particularly, but not limited to, Elvis.
tedium.co
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Stage banter: Harder than it looks. tedium.co/2025/11/08/b...
Pondering why, despite the fact that bands and musicians have to do it every single night, many suck at stage banter—particularly, but not limited to, Elvis. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17205790/bad-stage-banter-history
Terrible Stage Banter: Why Many Musicians Stink at Talking on Stage
Pondering why, despite the fact that bands and musicians have to do it every single night, many suck at stage banter—particularly, but not limited to, Elvis.
feed.tedium.co
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Pondering why, despite the fact that bands and musicians have to do it every single night, many suck at stage banter—particularly, but not limited to, Elvis. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17205790/bad-stage-banter-history
Let’s Talk About Werewolves
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November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The nice thing about having a guy into offbeat culture as a regular contributor is that he kicks ass at Halloween content.
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Let’s Nerd Out On Halloween Pop Culture Oddities
Coming back for a second helping of pumpkin spice pop culture as a way to try to get relief from these trying times.
tedium.co
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The nice thing about having a guy into offbeat culture as a regular contributor is that he kicks ass at Halloween content.
tedium.co/2025/10/31/h...
tedium.co/2025/10/31/h...
Coming back for a second helping of pumpkin spice pop culture as a way to try to get relief from these trying times. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17200948/halloween-pop-culture-obscurities
Let’s Nerd Out On Halloween Pop Culture Oddities
Coming back for a second helping of pumpkin spice pop culture as a way to try to get relief from these trying times.
feed.tedium.co
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Coming back for a second helping of pumpkin spice pop culture as a way to try to get relief from these trying times. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17200948/halloween-pop-culture-obscurities
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Want to learn everything you need to know about Halloween in a handful of minutes? @tedium.co has a playlist full of YouTube shorts—and a full video on the way this evening. Check it out here:
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Tedium Halloween 2025 - YouTube
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October 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Want to learn everything you need to know about Halloween in a handful of minutes? @tedium.co has a playlist full of YouTube shorts—and a full video on the way this evening. Check it out here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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With the new Affinity, Canva found a way to neutralize the power user. The reason? Canva thinks it can make more money from regular users.
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Canva’s Affinity Strategy: Normies Over Power Users
Canva makes a bold bet with Affinity: The real money is in the rank-and-file office worker, not the pros. It just turned the pro tool into the loss leader.
tedium.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
With the new Affinity, Canva found a way to neutralize the power user. The reason? Canva thinks it can make more money from regular users.
tedium.co/2025/10/30/c...
new @tedium.co
tedium.co/2025/10/30/c...
new @tedium.co
Canva makes a bold bet with Affinity: The real money is in the rank-and-file office worker, not the professionals. It just turned the pro tool into the loss leader. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17200318/canva-affinity-free-loss-leader-strategy
Canva’s Affinity Strategy: Normies Over Power Users
Canva makes a bold bet with Affinity: The real money is in the rank-and-file office worker, not the pros. It just turned the pro tool into the loss leader.
feed.tedium.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Canva makes a bold bet with Affinity: The real money is in the rank-and-file office worker, not the professionals. It just turned the pro tool into the loss leader. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17200318/canva-affinity-free-loss-leader-strategy
The new Affinity is quite good, but its business model may be the most interesting part.
tedium.co/2025/10/30/c...
tedium.co/2025/10/30/c...
Canva’s Affinity Strategy: Normies Over Power Users
Canva makes a bold bet with Affinity: The real money is in the rank-and-file office worker, not the pros. It just turned the pro tool into the loss leader.
tedium.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The new Affinity is quite good, but its business model may be the most interesting part.
tedium.co/2025/10/30/c...
tedium.co/2025/10/30/c...
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Run a website? Might want to search Grokipedia—there’s a chance it might have taken more than you’re comfortable with.
tedium.co/2025/10/29/g...
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Grokipedia Cited My Article 43 Times In One Post. Not Cool.
Elon Musk’s new Wikipedia clone has been criticized for nicking Wikipedia. Something else it also does: Aggressively cite the Tedium archive.
tedium.co
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Run a website? Might want to search Grokipedia—there’s a chance it might have taken more than you’re comfortable with.
tedium.co/2025/10/29/g...
tedium.co/2025/10/29/g...
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Grokipedia has been called out for misinformation and cribbing the Wikipedia archive.
It should also be called out for its poor citation—as well as the fact that, at least in my case, it’s borrowed heavily from my archive.
tedium.co/2025/10/29/g...
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It should also be called out for its poor citation—as well as the fact that, at least in my case, it’s borrowed heavily from my archive.
tedium.co/2025/10/29/g...
new @tedium.co
Grokipedia Cited My Article 43 Times In One Post. Not Cool.
Elon Musk’s new Wikipedia clone has been criticized for nicking Wikipedia. Something else it also does: Aggressively cite the Tedium archive.
tedium.co
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Grokipedia has been called out for misinformation and cribbing the Wikipedia archive.
It should also be called out for its poor citation—as well as the fact that, at least in my case, it’s borrowed heavily from my archive.
tedium.co/2025/10/29/g...
new @tedium.co
It should also be called out for its poor citation—as well as the fact that, at least in my case, it’s borrowed heavily from my archive.
tedium.co/2025/10/29/g...
new @tedium.co
Elon Musk’s new Wikipedia clone has been criticized for nicking Wikipedia. Something else it also does: Aggressively cite the Tedium archive. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17199158/grokipedia-content-citations-aggressive
Grokipedia Cited My Article 43 Times In One Post. Not Cool.
Elon Musk’s new Wikipedia clone has been criticized for nicking Wikipedia. Something else it also does: Aggressively cite the Tedium archive.
feed.tedium.co
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Elon Musk’s new Wikipedia clone has been criticized for nicking Wikipedia. Something else it also does: Aggressively cite the Tedium archive. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17199158/grokipedia-content-citations-aggressive
Want to get in the Halloween spirit? Learn about Spirit Halloween. More from our very own David Buck:
tedium.co/2018/10/16/h...
tedium.co/2018/10/16/h...
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Want to get in the Halloween spirit? Learn about Spirit Halloween. More from our very own David Buck:
tedium.co/2018/10/16/h...
tedium.co/2018/10/16/h...
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In looking for examples of people calling the Web dead, I learned that, apparently, you can say the Web is dying for 30 years and get away with it. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17193390/web-dead-predictions-george-colony
The Man Who Keeps Predicting The Web’s Death
A prominent analyst has spent the past 30 years suggesting the Web was not long for this world. It keeps proving him wrong.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In looking for examples of people calling the Web dead, I learned that, apparently, you can say the Web is dying for 30 years and get away with it. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17193390/web-dead-predictions-george-colony
OK, who wants a Halloween-y fact about Butterfingers? We got one of those, via our very own David Buck.
Learn more here: tedium.co/2024/10/27/b...
Learn more here: tedium.co/2024/10/27/b...
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
OK, who wants a Halloween-y fact about Butterfingers? We got one of those, via our very own David Buck.
Learn more here: tedium.co/2024/10/27/b...
Learn more here: tedium.co/2024/10/27/b...
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Inspired by a great @zeldman.bsky.social piece, I dove into perhaps the worst predictor of the Web’s success, Forrester CEO George Colony.
He’s been saying the Web is dying or is dead for 30 years.
tedium.co/2025/10/25/w...
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He’s been saying the Web is dying or is dead for 30 years.
tedium.co/2025/10/25/w...
new @tedium.co
The Man Who Keeps Predicting The Web’s Death
A prominent analyst has spent the past 30 years suggesting the Web was not long for this world. It keeps proving him wrong.
tedium.co
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Inspired by a great @zeldman.bsky.social piece, I dove into perhaps the worst predictor of the Web’s success, Forrester CEO George Colony.
He’s been saying the Web is dying or is dead for 30 years.
tedium.co/2025/10/25/w...
new @tedium.co
He’s been saying the Web is dying or is dead for 30 years.
tedium.co/2025/10/25/w...
new @tedium.co
In looking for examples of people calling the Web dead, I learned that, apparently, you can say the Web is dying for 30 years and get away with it. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17193390/web-dead-predictions-george-colony
The Man Who Keeps Predicting The Web’s Death
A prominent analyst has spent the past 30 years suggesting the Web was not long for this world. It keeps proving him wrong.
feed.tedium.co
October 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In looking for examples of people calling the Web dead, I learned that, apparently, you can say the Web is dying for 30 years and get away with it. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17193390/web-dead-predictions-george-colony
The legendary music site’s message board is the broader internet—where people are going to agree or disagree with its ratings and keep it in the conversation. But on-site comments are apparently coming anyway. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17191616/pitchfork-doesnt-need-comments
Pitchfork Doesn’t Need Comments. And Yet …
The legendary music site’s message board is the broader internet. But apparently, Pitchfork is getting a comments section anyway.
feed.tedium.co
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The legendary music site’s message board is the broader internet—where people are going to agree or disagree with its ratings and keep it in the conversation. But on-site comments are apparently coming anyway. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17191616/pitchfork-doesnt-need-comments
I give the idea of putting comments on @pitchfork.com an 0.1—above Sonic Youth’s NYC Ghosts & Flowers and just below dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip’s Angles.
tedium.co/2025/10/22/p...
tedium.co/2025/10/22/p...
Pitchfork Doesn’t Need Comments. And Yet …
The legendary music site’s message board is the broader internet. But apparently, Pitchfork is getting a comments section anyway.
tedium.co
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I give the idea of putting comments on @pitchfork.com an 0.1—above Sonic Youth’s NYC Ghosts & Flowers and just below dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip’s Angles.
tedium.co/2025/10/22/p...
tedium.co/2025/10/22/p...
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Ever wonder why old computers have thick plates of metal inside of them? You can credit/blame the FCC—and indirectly, the CB radio fad—for that.
tedium.co/2025/10/20/c...
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RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers
The FCC took a hard line on the radio frequency interference that computers created—creating huge headaches for early PC-makers. Why? Blame the CB radio fad.
tedium.co
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Ever wonder why old computers have thick plates of metal inside of them? You can credit/blame the FCC—and indirectly, the CB radio fad—for that.
tedium.co/2025/10/20/c...
new @tedium.co
tedium.co/2025/10/20/c...
new @tedium.co
One of the PC industry’s earliest bouts with regulation came thanks in part to the CB radio. Thanks, FCC.
tedium.co/2025/10/20/c...
tedium.co/2025/10/20/c...
RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers
The FCC took a hard line on the radio frequency interference that computers created—creating huge headaches for early PC-makers. Why? Blame the CB radio fad.
tedium.co
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One of the PC industry’s earliest bouts with regulation came thanks in part to the CB radio. Thanks, FCC.
tedium.co/2025/10/20/c...
tedium.co/2025/10/20/c...
The reason that the PC industry first landed on the FCC’s radar had little to do with the computers themselves and everything to do with the electrical noise they emitted. Blame the CB radio. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17189902/computers-fcc-rf-interference-history
RF Shielding History: When The FCC Cracked Down On Computers
The FCC took a hard line on the radio frequency interference that computers created—creating huge headaches for early PC-makers. Why? Blame the CB radio fad.
feed.tedium.co
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The reason that the PC industry first landed on the FCC’s radar had little to do with the computers themselves and everything to do with the electrical noise they emitted. Blame the CB radio. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17189902/computers-fcc-rf-interference-history
A guy stuck in a cabin with weak internet decides to try out Omarchy and learns some stuff along the way. Will the learning curve turn you off, or the inherent ethical issues? https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17184916/omarchy-linux-distro-commentary
Thoughts On Omarchy: Slick Distro, Complicated Ethics
The rising Linux distro Omarchy smooths out Hyprland’s rough edges—but it also carries a controversial sheen that some won’t be able to ignore.
feed.tedium.co
October 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A guy stuck in a cabin with weak internet decides to try out Omarchy and learns some stuff along the way. Will the learning curve turn you off, or the inherent ethical issues? https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/17184916/omarchy-linux-distro-commentary
