Jacob Tender's Blog

I haven't compiled a mid-year list of my favorite things since 2015.

Anyone who's followed me closely may know that in Fall of 2017, I returned to The University of Akron to complete a bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems with a specialization in computer programming.

In January of 2016, an author by the name of Ben Welch reached out for permission to use my 2012 essay on Fall Out Boy's album From Under The Cork Tree.

As I painstakingly port content from two blogs and multiple outlets to its new home here, I'm finding that Ghost's editor has some growing to do.

Despite removing myself from Google’s ecosystem where I can, I’ve found that Google calendars have been hard to ditch.

I got into an argument with a guy at the bar today.

I’m sort of a nut about metadata and archiving my digital stuff.

It’s been a really busy year here, but now that it’s come to an end, I’m finding it difficult to recap. 2017 saw less creative output than 2016 and that trend has continued in some ways and completely reversed in others.

My lists are all short this year and I have a long holiday break to enjoy, so I’m going to combine this year’s My Favorite Things posts into one.

The Fall Foliage Committee in Medina County, OH asked for a refresh of their logo that was originally made in the ‘80s and never properly digitized.

Brian Barrett for Wired: The modern web contains no shortage of horrors, from ubiquitous ad trackers to all-consuming platforms to YouTube comments, generally.

I haven't been writing much lately.

Over the past few days I’ve been reviewing my creative output year over year from 2016 to now.

Variable Bitrate has been on a hiatus for the past year, which has taken some of the pressure off of listening to new music, which naturally means I listen to more new music.

In 2017, I made good on my promise to watch more movies than I did in 2016.

As I did last year, I spent far too much time watching television.

In 2016, I made an effort to play more games.

In 1977, George Lucas introduced his science fiction fantasy with the world.

The trailer for The Last Jedi has arrived.

⏩ UPDATE: The mixtape has been updated and is now hosted at blonded.blog.

A midwest-based electrician hired me to create a logomark for their new company back in 2017.

Surely, if you’re a dedicated Amazon user, you’ve seen advertised or used Amazon Smile, the Foundation that donates 0.5% of the purchase price to a charity of your choice with every transaction.

In 2016, I’ve been making an effort to play more games.

I didn't watch a whole lot of movies this year.

In 2016, I saw more movies in theaters than usual but less in film overall.

Despite hosting a podcast revolving almost entirely around movers and shakers in the alternative music industry, I’ve listened to very little new music this year.

Within the last month or so, I’ve been hit with a bit of the blues [1].

This review contains spoilers.

As mentioned previously, my Bantha Fodder cohost Mike Comite and I love audio production.

When I attended Hocking College for music industry management and production, my classmates and I worked collaboratively on a project that encompassed all of the skills taught to us over the past two years.

The second and final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has arrived.

This week I'm proud to say that I've made my debut on the iOS App Store through a collaborative effort with my good pal and Punchline bassist/sometimes vocalist Chris Fafalios!

In February of 2013, Frank Ocean sat down with Zane Lowe for a chat.

As a twenty-something in the year of 2016, I've been catching Pokémon for almost my entire life.

It happened.

“Hi” This was the very first tweet I sent on April 21, 2009 at 9:46 PM from an account I made through SMS on my Nokia 2600c.

The time has finally come to get a glimpse of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first of at least 3 planned anthology movies that so far sit on the fringe of the episodic storyline we’re so far used to.

After seeing The Force Awakens in theaters for a third time, I found myself thinking more and more about that last scene—the one where Rey and Chewie ride out to recover Luke from his self-imposed exile, trusty droid in tow.

So long, Kindle!

In 2016, I’m making a greater effort to get back into reading regularly.

This review contains spoilers.

Here we are yet again.

If you have an account on Facebook, you may have come around to the idea that maybe it’s not as great as you once thought it was.

When I was a junior in high school, I wanted to be James Shotwell.

As I continue packing to move in with my girlfriend, I'm taking it upon myself to remember what's most important—what to leave behind and what to bring with me as I start the next chapter of my life with the person I love the most.

The Snapback Slim Wallet is my favorite wallet.

Another year, another list of albums I liked.

There once was a scorpion that needed passage from one side of the river to the other.

A month ago, Alternative Press asked me to be a columnist for their website.

The Star Wars Celebration kicked off the first of its three days today in Anaheim, CA.