Jacob Tender

Brushes with celebrity.

These programs have indelibly marked my life with joy.

These are the words that make me feel most like an illiterate moron. I'm exposing myself here. Red squiggles and all.

The set, which arrived on my doorstep a few weeks ago, is massive and extraordinarily well-assembled.

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. My sense of time has been completely rocked by Covid-19. Thankfully, I've got my camera roll to help me recall all the things that have happened since last year.

Jacob Tender and Deanna Chapman discuss Star Wars: Myths and Fables.

I think you can learn a lot about a person, their sense of humor, and how they see the world by knowing who their favorite comedians are. These are the ones that have made the largest impact on me.

Is it just me or were kids movies scarier before the new millennium?

Jacob Tender and Mike Comite join Deanna Chapman to discuss Alien!

Jacob Tender joins the podcast to discuss The Mist. The show originally aired on Spike TV in 2017. We dive into the cast, how the show differs from the story and more.

When we moved into this apartment in October 2015, I figured the only creature residing with us would be our canine companion Jazz. What I didn't know was that the next six years would feature a revolving cast of characters including bats, squirrels, and birds. So very many birds.

These are some of the affectionate titles I've used to refer directly to my dog, whose actual name is Jazz.

It's been an overwhelmingly isolating year with a lot of moments I will forever regret having missed.

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

As terrible as the year has been, some landmark achievements have happened in spite of it. Here's a rundown of what I've accomplished this year.

I don't play video games very often. Here's a record of the ones I've completed.

If the Internet is good for anything, it's chuckles on demand. This is a list of articles I've read online that I can read over and over again for a laugh.

For the last decade or so, I've been a staunch proponent of music playback by album. Recently, I've found a deep appreciation for playlist building.

Jacob Tender returns to the podcast to discuss Star Wars Dark Legends.

For years I've been punting several preservation projects related to my family's history, photos, and home video. In recent months, I've taken on my immediate family's aging collection of VHS media to pull it forward into the digital age.

A roundtable episode where we rank the 11 live-action Star Wars movies!

I located a long-lost advertisement starring my great grandfather and so much more.

I haven't compiled a mid-year list of my favorite things since 2015. I've just been so struck with compelling media during the year of COVID that I felt it was worth doing a quick run-down of the stuff that's keeping me occupied while most social activities are put on hold.

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. I graduated in May. As a...

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. I gave him the go-ahead and a quick interview...

A fast and elegant way to verify that all posts in a Ghost CMS are properly tagged.

Despite removing myself from Google’s ecosystem where I can, I’ve found that Google calendars have been hard to ditch. One thing that’ really irks me though about adding Google calendars to my Apple calendar apps is the mess...

Jacob Tender joins the podcast to discuss Gravity Falls. We talk about why two seasons worked for the length of the show, why we enjoyed it, and more.

I recently launched a client podcast and the one network they had to make sure they got listed on was Breaker. Breaker is not a household name in podcasting, but in the financial services space, there are a growing number of hosts and consumers who love this platform.

I got into an argument with a guy at the bar today. I’m not sharing this because I’m proud of it or because I feel like I gained anything from it, but so that I might glean more...

We all have them. These are mine.

What is the weirdest thing you do? After John and Merlin began talking about this on Reconcilable Differences, I've started to keep a list of the "secret weird things that I do" that other people do not.

Three simple rules for tweeting my teenage daughter.