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The dull side of the internet. A newsletter by @ShortFormBlog's Ernie Smith. (You may have seen us at @motherboard, @atlasobscura, or @neatorama. We're busy.)
Writer3 stories / week
How one man’s discovery of a clever sound effect gave us one of the most enduring novelty musical acts of all time, Alvin and the Chipmunks.
From Kevin Trudeau to Miss Cleo, infomercial schemes of the past 40 years have a lot in common with the “dark patterns” of the modern-day app economy.
The Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA), a loosely franchised grocery chain, is basically designed to allow locals to own their own stores. It's genius.
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As content filters re-enter the digital conversation, a look back at the internet filters of the ‘90s, and the librarian who sold the Supreme Court on them.
What a blogger learned from a year of traveling to restaurants that used to be part of much larger chains before being forced to fend for themselves.