Ernie Smith
@ernie.tedium.co
Editor of Tedium (https://tedium.co), freelance writer, pop-up search engine maven (https://udm14.com).
See my writing: https://erniesmith.net/
“Life is too short to not say exactly what you mean all the time.” — Jesse Welles
See my writing: https://erniesmith.net/
“Life is too short to not say exactly what you mean all the time.” — Jesse Welles
For the physical media fans in the house, I have a fact almost as cursed as this image.
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For the physical media fans in the house, I have a fact almost as cursed as this image.
Lore says that the doorbuster was invented when a literal door got busted at a Philadelphia department store.
An analysis of newspaper archives suggests the concept instead came from Iowa in the 1920s, where department stores spread the lore, and eventually made the concept go national.
An analysis of newspaper archives suggests the concept instead came from Iowa in the 1920s, where department stores spread the lore, and eventually made the concept go national.
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Lore says that the doorbuster was invented when a literal door got busted at a Philadelphia department store.
An analysis of newspaper archives suggests the concept instead came from Iowa in the 1920s, where department stores spread the lore, and eventually made the concept go national.
An analysis of newspaper archives suggests the concept instead came from Iowa in the 1920s, where department stores spread the lore, and eventually made the concept go national.
The idea that Joan Rivers would create an exercise video built around shopping is just my kind of cheeseball content.
I just looked. Yes, there appears to be video on YouTube.
I just looked. Yes, there appears to be video on YouTube.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The idea that Joan Rivers would create an exercise video built around shopping is just my kind of cheeseball content.
I just looked. Yes, there appears to be video on YouTube.
I just looked. Yes, there appears to be video on YouTube.
Solid collection of boxed PC games, not my taste but cool they have
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Solid collection of boxed PC games, not my taste but cool they have
They're calling it the most cursed book collection of all time
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
They're calling it the most cursed book collection of all time
“You'll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“You'll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
For folks not familiar with D.C., here’s how close it was. This area is sort of office building central, in an area packed with professionals. It’s also within a block of two separate Metro stops.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For folks not familiar with D.C., here’s how close it was. This area is sort of office building central, in an area packed with professionals. It’s also within a block of two separate Metro stops.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
If you have professional friends who work in D.C. there’s a chance they work near here.
Today I learned that Grumman, of Northrop Grumman fame/infamy, makes canoes.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Today I learned that Grumman, of Northrop Grumman fame/infamy, makes canoes.
One thing about the Gmail mess is that over on Twitter, a fairly well-respected engineering blogger got something like 63,000 RTs off of this, but has yet to correct or edit his tweet. If anyone is still over there, fight misinformation and request a community note on this post.
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
One thing about the Gmail mess is that over on Twitter, a fairly well-respected engineering blogger got something like 63,000 RTs off of this, but has yet to correct or edit his tweet. If anyone is still over there, fight misinformation and request a community note on this post.
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Oh good, they updated the article to basically admit they had contributed to a freakout.
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Oh good, they updated the article to basically admit they had contributed to a freakout.
Here's the layout I made. It's more elegant but I wish there was a little more white space.
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Here's the layout I made. It's more elegant but I wish there was a little more white space.
LOL at this suggestion I got from a grammar checker in Obsidian
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
LOL at this suggestion I got from a grammar checker in Obsidian
Of the people here, everyone here is either a Patreon employee or an illustrator/artist that regularly works with Patreon.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Of the people here, everyone here is either a Patreon employee or an illustrator/artist that regularly works with Patreon.
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Semrush, while an essential tool for many in the SEO space, is one of the few products that makes Creative Cloud look cheap.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Semrush, while an essential tool for many in the SEO space, is one of the few products that makes Creative Cloud look cheap.
Microsoft: We’re putting something on your computer that might as well be malware
support.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
support.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Microsoft: We’re putting something on your computer that might as well be malware
support.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
support.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Maybe you should sit this one out
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Maybe you should sit this one out
How much traffic must one send the freaking Cloudflare to make *them* go down?
Anecdotally I have seen a surge in junk traffic in the last few days, but I’m sure that’s not it.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/c...
Anecdotally I have seen a surge in junk traffic in the last few days, but I’m sure that’s not it.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/c...
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How much traffic must one send the freaking Cloudflare to make *them* go down?
Anecdotally I have seen a surge in junk traffic in the last few days, but I’m sure that’s not it.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/c...
Anecdotally I have seen a surge in junk traffic in the last few days, but I’m sure that’s not it.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/c...
Doing a @tedium.co meeting of the minds with David Buck.
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Doing a @tedium.co meeting of the minds with David Buck.
Maybe this will solve my bad living room keyboard problem
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Maybe this will solve my bad living room keyboard problem
$34.97 a month is still $420 a year—plus it’s only for the first year. Adobe can’t even get close to Canva’s Affinity pricing.
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
$34.97 a month is still $420 a year—plus it’s only for the first year. Adobe can’t even get close to Canva’s Affinity pricing.
Take that back—four users. Out of curiosity, I did a check of the analytics for weird clients throughout Tedium’s recent history on Plausible, and here’s what I found.
By comparison: iOS reports over 600,000 users and even Linux reports close to 50k.
By comparison: iOS reports over 600,000 users and even Linux reports close to 50k.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Take that back—four users. Out of curiosity, I did a check of the analytics for weird clients throughout Tedium’s recent history on Plausible, and here’s what I found.
By comparison: iOS reports over 600,000 users and even Linux reports close to 50k.
By comparison: iOS reports over 600,000 users and even Linux reports close to 50k.