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The Protest Song Wakes Up
A buzzy protest song about the definition of war, timed perfectly to public protests against the Israel–Hamas War, shows that there’s room for social media and protest singers to coexist.
https://tedium.co/2024/04/24/jesse-welles-war-isnt-murder-modern-protest-song/
Post-Post
The demise of Post, one of the social networks that emerged from the 2022 Twitter exodus, shows how users have come to understand that vibes aren’t everything with social media.
https://tedium.co/2024/04/22/post-news-shutdown-twitter-alternatives/
Trip’s Big Interactive Reset
Why 3DO’s true innovation wasn’t its early 3D hardware, but its business model—a model that perfectly matches its founder’s philosophy.
Berliner Goes Tabloid
Considering the tale of the longtime NPR editor who decided to pull a Bulworth at the tail end of his long career.
It’s Easy. But Is It Easy Enough?
Self-hosted apps are having a moment, but people are still a little freaked out by them. Could a Flatpak-style approach to self-hosting help matters?
What’s A Workgroup?
How groupware gave us the first glimmers of what collaboration could be like in the online era, then became so pervasive that we don’t even think about it anymore.
The Post-SEO Era
What happens when a news site launches that basically ignores the SEO orthodoxy? Easy: They do fascinating stuff. Hence, Robinhood’s Sherwood.
https://tedium.co/2024/04/09/sherwood-robinhood-post-seo-news/
My Final Hackintosh Rodeo
As we near what might be the final days of Hackintoshing, I tried out a VM-based technique for installing MacOS, complete with full-speed GPU, and you know what? It worked amazingly well.
https://tedium.co/2024/04/08/hackintosh-proxmox-vm-experience/
Three Flavors, One Carton
Explaining why the multi-layer Neapolitan ice cream exists, and why it’s never actually appeared on a space shuttle despite strong suggestions otherwise.
The Venue’s Too Small
A popular indie-pop band announces just ahead of the beginning of a major arena tour that their show can’t fit in the minor-league hockey venue they chose.
https://tedium.co/2024/04/04/ajr-norfolk-venue-cancellation-logistics/