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listings for PS5 or Xbox Series X show that retailers are sold out of the consoles

PS5 or Xbox Series X? I’m happy with neither for now

A lot of thoughts were going through my mind during E3 last week. Most notably: “Is there a good reason to own a PS5 or Xbox Series X?”…

Post date June 23, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

a game of solitaire is played with real cards on a table

Solitaire fan plays for free. Microsoft hates him!

I just wanted to play Solitaire. Get a few games with a program that has been included for free with nearly every desktop operating system since 1990. Instead,…

Post date June 16, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

Final Fantasy games are tied together in weird ways

Final Fantasy is a weird series. The mainline games often feel extremely different from one another, and little seems to tie them together as a series. That’s especially…

Post date June 9, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

Internet Explorer's downfall is memorialized on a pixel-art tombstone

Internet Explorer’s downfall was drawn-out and painful

Welcome back to my obituary for a terrible program. Last week, I walked you through early internet history and the rise of Microsoft’s browser, but this week is…

Post date June 2, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

How Internet Explorer exploded in the 90s

It finally happened. Microsoft announced it will be ending support for Internet Explorer (IE) in 2022. It’s the death knell for one of the most infamous pieces of…

Post date May 26, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

a letter, pen and paper sit on a desk. the letter contains lines from Alexander Pope's poem Eloisa to Abelard

Let’s bring back pen pals and keep in touch offline

Okay hear me out: we should bring back pen pals. And not necessarily email pen pals, where we just write long messages to one another. I’m calling for…

Post date May 19, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

a person holds a phone in front of a computer, both visiting defunct social media sites

Social media isn’t fun, and that might be okay

Lately several of my friends have left social media. I wish I could join them. Unfortunately, running a blog or any other creative pursuit makes social media obligatory.…

Post date May 5, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

me thinking about the mandela effect with a photo negative image of the Berenstain Bears floating

The Mandela Effect is mostly nonsense but a little cool

I’ve been on a mystery YouTube kick lately, and a topic that keeps coming up is the Mandela Effect. It’s a much-discussed phenomenon, first described by paranormal researcher…

Post date April 28, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick

a flower sits on a book whose pages are folded into a heart, probably after it read my love letter to print

Love letter to print: Why I still simp for paper

Print media still rules, I don’t care what the haters say. I will always enjoy sitting down with a physical newspaper, magazine, or a book, even when I…

Post date April 21, 2021
Post author By Pat Reddick