Ernie Smith is the editor of Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that covers really obscure stuff. His interests include graphic design, pop music, and the offbeat.
Smith, a 2004 graduate of Michigan State University's journalism program, has spent more than a decade on as a professional writer and graphic designer, mostly at newspapers. His most recent work, covering topics like old computers, common objects, and general weirdness, can be read at Vice_(magazine)'s Motherboard website, Neatorama, and Atlas Obscura.