Jacob Tender's Blog

Since 2018, when this blog was still on Tumblr, I've been archiving my bi-monthly playlists for posterity.

Among the many projects I've yet to blog about in the last few years, I got a TRMNL device for my desk (with an XL on the way).

Media, the great distractor.

In my 2024 Year In Review, I lamented on my failed reading goal of just 3 books.

I resolved to read more books this year.

Last year, I paid off my student loans, bought a house, began taking my health more seriously, and started forming some new habits.

One more year of using media as a crutch.

During COVID, I began to take seriously the idea of digitizing my family’s physical media.

As written about previously, I set for myself a number of film watching challenges every year.

This week our beloved Jazz passed away.

As of today, I've got an "app" on the Google Web Store.

My Blu-ray collection has been growing.

Since 2010, Criterion has recorded visits from filmmakers, writers, musicians, and more to their film closet.

My 30th year was one of drastic ups and downs.

365 more days repressing the sad thoughts with media.

In the early hours of December 27th, 2023, my grandmother passed away following a short battle with cancer.

At the end of November, I wrote about a new Letterboxd list I’d handmade that compiled The Letterboxd and IMDb Top 250 lists and cross-referenced those with The Criterion Collection. [1] I called it “Closing The Loops,” as its goal was to help me determine

One of the neat aspects of a Letterboxd membership, often mentioned in my writing about the platform, is the stats page.

From time to time, I find myself very interested in Shortcuts. [1] It’s only within the past year or so that I’ve properly dived into the world of Apple Automation as well.

I bought a new camera a few months ago—my first "real" one.

Last year, I wrote about my annual 31 Days of Halloween "challenge."

I love link blogs.

The App Store notified me last night that the app had been installed on my phone after I'd pre-saved it the other day.

Last week I noticed a friend of mine logging a handful of Max Flesicher's Superman shorts from the 1940s.

Of the many Letterboxd features I've been crossing my fingers for, proper tag management has been at the top of my list (and of others) for a long time.

AI safety and security company Lakera has produced an 7-stage game where the goal is to extract a password from a learned language model named Gandalf.

It's Revenge of the Fifth and I have a quick Star Wars history lesson for you, inspired by a May The Fourth purchase.

Gosh, I love Letterboxd.

Mae, Jazz and I moved into our first house this weekend and, although I'm physically occupied with turning it into a home this week, I can't help but think back fondly about the apartment we just vacated.

I still do, but I used to too.

I've been an avid Letterboxd user for a over a decade.

I took a screen recording today with the intention of posting it on Mastodon.

This year has felt particularly long, but my memory of it feels very short.

Twelve more months on God’s green Earth, absorbing hundreds more hours of media.

I don't remember when I first corresponded with Deanna Chapman online, but it was probably in our college years while she was rooming with our mutual friend Zack.

Step 1: Delete from home screen, replace with Mastodon.

Seeing some fun ChatGPT prompts and responses floating around the net today, I thought I'd throw in a few of my own.

So you’ve heard about Mastodon and you’re wondering… What is it?

In 2012, Under The Gun Review, under the editorial leadership of my late friend Justin Proper, began a series called UTG's 31 Days of Halloween.

Last October, I bought a five-film pass to the online Nightstream film festival.

My friend James Shotwell published an essay today about the last time he and I saw our friend Justin Proper.

Another year, another swath of media to devour, process, and regurgitate in the form of bulleted lists.

When discussing our favorite moments of 2021 yesterday, Mae brought to my attention a few activities I'm sure happened a year before.

When we moved into this apartment in October 2015, I figured the only creature residing with us would be our canine companion Jazz.

On March 10th, 2020, I left Barley House in Akron for the last time.

As is tradition, here is a distillation of my favorite media—formatted into digestable bulleted lists for posterity.

I skipped writing this post in 2019.

For the better part of the last decade, I've been a staunch proponent of music playback by album.

The one thing COVID-19 has given us is time.

I couldn't tell you exactly when I first heard about Grandpa Great's White Castle commercial.