TIL there is a term (and corresponding Wikipedia page) for the low brass sound, popularized by Inception, to produce a dramatic effect in movie trailers - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRAAAM

Meant to share this earlier! Our smart fridges, Echo devices, and car dashboards are just glorified advertising surfaces now. www.fastcompany.com/91432377/sam...

I don't know about you, but I get all my TV reviews from THE VARGE

Who had "Evernote buys AOL" on their bingo cards? www.theregister.com/2025/10/30/y...

"So I told my wife I'm in Skate or Die, and I ask her why she's smiling. She knows I cant skate!"

Electronic Arts totally stole Ariel and Rodney Dangerfield's likeness for their Skate or Die/Ski or Die series, didn't they?

Translation: Someone's got to pay for all this AI stuff www.techmeme.com/251023/p21#a...

I feel you should all know about this blog that has spent the last decade attempting to document every type of sandwich in existence - www.sandwichtribunal.com

I just swiped up on my paper notebook because I was running out of room to write on the page, how's your day going?

Certainly I've left money on the table by not hosting my newsletters on Substack. On the upside, I don't have to worry that my readers might inadvertently get a swastika in their push notifications www.techmeme.com/250730/p21#a...

Big day for my little newsletter operation. (Read the note at the top.) https://advisorator.com/members/2025/06/24/want-to-go-passwordless-read-this-first/

Little scoop: Max quietly updated its support pages in Feb to note that it's showing 50% more ads on its ad-supported plan. It's also showing ads in the middle of HBO shows despite initially promising not to. www.pcworld.com/article/2820...

Here’s my second piece for Wirecutter, reviewing a whole mess of USB-C hubs. Fun topic and I learned a bunch doing it! https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-usb-c-hubs-and-docks/

The decline of popular music in one chart (via the always-great Can’t Get Much Higher newsletter – https://www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/why-did-we-stop-using-saxophones )

This is huge!

RAB Thoughts: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/03/14/rab-thoughts/

“This Is Not The Song I Wrote” is really clever musically: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/03/13/this-is-not-the-song-i-wrote-is-really-clever-musically/

New Advisorator: What to do when uBlock Origin stops working.

Bandcamp Friday. Clarity of Cal. You know what to do.

Another action-packed Cord Cutter Weekly: - The sports streamers have realized they're charging too much - DirecTV's cheaper pay TV packages - Broadcaster pushing to kill ATSC 1.0 - Some good deals on Apple TV boxes Read it here!

Here's how to actually use that Kindle Bulk Downloader that everyone keeps mentioning, even if you've never seen a terminal before - advisorator.com/members/how-...

I like to set aside some time for cleanups over the weekend and this time, I've used @advisorator.com's excellent advice to disable those awful "Sign In With Google" pop-ups advisorator.com/members/2025...

Why is the internet so dull now?: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/02/21/why-is-the-internet-so-dull-now/

“They don’t respect you.”: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/02/20/they-dont-respect-you/

Are you so annoyed by those "Sign in with Google" pop-ups in Safari that you'd set up a custom style sheet or ad filtering rule to get rid of them? Have I got the article for you!

God forbid Netflix does something user-friendly for once.

It has come to my attention that there is a Windows 95 watchface for Pebble.

Do yourself a favor and get yourself some Black Blood of the Earth: https://www.funraniumlabs.com/the-black-blood-of-the-earth/

I wrote about Avowed, and the limits of big fantasy games www.vulture.com/article/avow...

Every menu item is a bland reconstruction of popular dishes and you're only allowed two bites before they take it away from you. Upcharge for shared plates.

You'd think Apple would have the most complete information about AppleCare+ coverage options, but no. (From this week's newsletter https://buff.ly/40SSDPs )

- John has pretty good taste - His points are sound - Pretty much everyone disagrees with him

Here we go again.

“Search in Bing for ‘how to uninstall Microsoft Edge,’ and you’ll find a Microsoft support page for how to uninstall Edge. It doesn’t tell you how to uninstall Edge.” (by Michael Crider) – https://www.pcworld.com/article/2602335/microsoft-support-page-lies-about-how-to-uninstall-edge.html

Check out this modernized Metroid: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/02/06/check-out-this-modernized-metroid/

I guarantee this is the least lazy "how to watch the Super Bowl" article you will find on the internet today https://buff.ly/3Q6SDWZ

Alternate headline: Hell yeah, files!

The maker of Hypnospace Outlaw was a Klikker: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/02/05/the-maker-of-hypnospace-outlaw-was-a-klikker/

Alternate headline: Hell yeah, files!

Another day, another company realizing that LLMs are the wrong tool for the job. (Gemini search in Google Photos is slower and less helpful than regular search most of the time.)

The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are. Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

did you know: the next person to subscribe to @retroxp.bsky.social is number 1,500? it could be you! unless you're already subscribed, then it has to be someone else. But you're still doing your part

“Adapt or die.”: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/01/30/adapt-or-die/

@gruber.foo Just in case no one's pointed this out already, the name "Rebble" is already taken by the folks who've been maintaining the functionality of existing Pebbles for last eight years rebble.io

awesome new app @pinksky.app that brings the Instagram experience to Bluesky works really well and feels just like Instagram without the Meta of it all

I'm sharpening my focus for Advisorator this year. The response has already been great and I can't wait to get started in earnest. https://buff.ly/4hcAGSL

OMG (I still own and periodically use a Time Steel and have a second unopened one as a backup)

Marble Madness was better at home: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/01/24/marble-madness-was-better-at-home/

This week in cord cutting: - How to figure out if you can go without Netflix after the price hike. - A compelling sports package from ... Comcast? - An assortment of deals (including one of my own!)

Sports streaming isn’t one-size-fits-all: https://jarednewman.com/blog/2025/01/23/sports-streaming-isnt-one-size-fits-all/