Ftrain, by Paul Ford
February 2021
This will be ridiculous and informative. This Thursday!
Kind of. I'd rather there be an option for them to be...
@wongmjane @craigmod Kind of. I'd rather there be an option for them to be auto-hidden after, IDK, six months unless they received > 20 likes. That's my threshold when I run the auto-deleter every year or so.
➛A big off switch More seriously the ability to archive...
@wongmjane A big off switch
More seriously the ability to archive tweets from public view without deleting them.
➛More seriously the ability to archive tweets from public view without deleting them.
Yeah that is truly up there.
@noahmittman @redmonk Yeah that is truly up there.
➛Tweet
The web is wild
The web is wild
➛1. Go here: 2. Click the "+" 3. Plan your invasion!
I mean this is our master plan. (Also: Noted, thank you,...
@kosamari @Postlight I mean this is our master plan. (Also: Noted, thank you, that is extremely kind.)
➛Not @Postlight engineers of course, they enjoy...
Not @Postlight engineers of course, they enjoy participating in humanity.
➛Right now I'm just waiting for them to send me the...
@perryhewitt Right now I'm just waiting for them to send me the finalized branding guide.
➛Do you mean the UX designers, UI designers, web designers,...
@EleanorClarinet Do you mean the UX designers, UI designers, web designers, visual designers, graphic designers, product designers, design strategists, or design researchers?
➛Fact: Most engineers have never met a user. This is not...
Before you yell at me and tell me you'd never reply to an...
Before you yell at me and tell me you'd never reply to an email like this, I've known this person for over 4,000 years when were cast out of our creche by a wizard's spell.
➛I just can't write "hope this finds you well" one more...
Go wild, Tim!
It's time for us to get our own generation-specific...
@marigolds It's time for us to get our own generation-specific aerobics workouts, like "Stretching with L7."
➛Fun fact: The kid Ben Folds is singing about in “Still...
Fun fact: The kid Ben Folds is singing about in “Still Fighting It” turned 21 this year.
youtube.com/...
➛youtube.com/...
Fair.
@said_mitch Fair.
➛If you could have foreseen in 2020 that the pandemic would...
If you could have foreseen in 2020 that the pandemic would last more than a year, what would you have done differently? At work, or at home?
➛FDR addressing the Boy Scouts in 1935 on the sudden...
FDR addressing the Boy Scouts in 1935 on the sudden cancellation of their jamboree, due to an outbreak of infantile paralysis. otrrlibrary.org/...
➛This turned out wonderfully and I appreciate everyone who...
What are some historical events more people should know...
What are some historical events more people should know about?
➛Like 90% of your emails and tweets could just be those...
I noticed it too and forgot to ping you. It's so good.
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And lastly, this piece at @WIRED about the secret...
And lastly, this piece at @WIRED about the secret geographies of the office that struck a chord with many for reasons that perplex me (I'm always the last to know). wired.com/...
➛And CATALYST, a white paper that we wrote at Postlight,...
And CATALYST, a white paper that we wrote at Postlight, about how to knock through the cultural and institutional walls that keep products from shipping!
postlight.com/...
➛postlight.com/...
An article on Insights/@Postlight, about diagramming...
An article on Insights/@Postlight, about diagramming platforms, called "Baking Your Layercake." postlight.com/...
➛On the Stack Overflow Podcast, a conversation with...
On the Stack Overflow Podcast, a conversation with @SaraJChipps, @benpopper, and @biilmann (CEO of Netlify) in which I ask my favorite interview question, "What makes a great API?" stackoverflow.blog/...
➛With @ginatrapani, a great conversation with @iamshellybell...
With @ginatrapani, a great conversation with @iamshellybell about the extremely effective platform she built (blackgirlventures.org/... and how they raise up entrepreneurs. postlight.com/...
➛Which was about these two pieces: and
Just today: Chatting with @pareene and @lmlauramarsh about...
Just today: Chatting with @pareene and @lmlauramarsh about how incredibly wrong I was about the entire Internet podcasts.apple.com/...
➛A little thread of recent content in which I'm implicated.
A little thread of recent content in which I'm implicated.
➛not my cats. my cats are different.
mine is that it wastes so much energy to explore the...
mine is that it wastes so much energy to explore the universe that any advanced society stays close to home to conserve power and just simulates what they need to know
➛asdf'asdk'hjkl;asdfk;sdgfrk';as
What's the dumbest explanation for the Fermi Paradox?
What's the dumbest explanation for the Fermi Paradox?
➛It's wild to see someone actually pay for advanced social...
@tressiemcphd It's wild to see someone actually pay for advanced social theory instead of having a shared folder filled with PDFs of scanned-in photocopies with names like deleuzegut1000plat.pdf.
➛Sometimes I have to fight myself to keep from signing an...
@phyllisstein Sometimes I have to fight myself to keep from signing an email Veridian Dynamics.
➛Wow that article is a true time capsule. Mobile hadn't...
Editor probably cut it out for length.
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Two quick things to check out if you have 30 seconds: The...
Two quick things to check out if you have 30 seconds: The Wikipedia list of subcultures en.wikipedia.org/... and the Aesthetics wiki aesthetics.fandom.com/...
➛Oh wait I misread, I'm on Linux on AMD64 not in parallels....
@ShortFormErnie Oh wait I misread, I'm on Linux on AMD64 not in parallels. It's bad natively too.
➛Fwiw I've been having luck by closing all live audio...
@ShortFormErnie Fwiw I've been having luck by closing all live audio streams, starting up pavucontrol, turning off everything but my usb mic/headphone if it's on, and then playing whatever.
➛Not to say I don't admire the work you've been doing, I'm...
@modernserf Not to say I don't admire the work you've been doing, I'm genuinely interested.
➛Just snuck "conversation pits" in there so it becomes part...
@modernserf Just snuck "conversation pits" in there so it becomes part of the public record huh
➛What new habits/patterns remain when this is all over?
What new habits/patterns remain when this is all over?
➛Knowing the person involved this is GOLD.
@rlovinger Knowing the person involved this is GOLD.
➛That said @Postlight is hiring and especially eager to...
That said @Postlight is hiring and especially eager to speak to strongly opinionated senior and lead designers. postlight.com/...
➛LINKEDIN IS DOWN YOU ARE FREE ADD YOUR HEART TO THE SKY
LINKEDIN IS DOWN YOU ARE FREE ADD YOUR HEART TO THE SKY
➛All Emilies are wonderful!
I've received this feedback.
Having 9yo twins in NYC means that you end up in this 100+ ...
In conclusion, the pandemic has been hard for all of us.
In conclusion, the pandemic has been hard for all of us.
➛Friends, does your spouse mention friends by first name,...
Friends, does your spouse mention friends by first name, but neglect to mention which particular Jennifer, Kelly, or Megan it happens to be, thus causing your eyes to pulse in their sockets?
➛It's fine it's normal even.
@corywilkerson It's fine it's normal even.
➛Yes pihole makes it pretty easy to block/unblock from your...
@babarganesh Yes pihole makes it pretty easy to block/unblock from your lists. Takes about 15 seconds.
➛What's so so surreal to me is that people put streams on in...
People act like you hold a baby and magically transform...
People act like you hold a baby and magically transform into fatherhood with secret knowledge, but in reality you are pushed yowling over the paternal cliff again and again motivated by a desperate need to restore any kind of order at all.
➛blocks at the router. There are ways to route around it but...
pi-hole.net blocks at the router. There are ways to route around it but not unless you have a working knowledge of DNS config, which isn't yet on his radar. So a temporary peace.
➛Turns out my son found an old chromebook so the severe...
Turns out my son found an old chromebook so the severe behavior challenges connected to his waking up at 4am for three weeks to watch dorks play Fortnite on YouTube.
I ultimately re-installed pi-hole and special-blocked:
.*youtu\.?be.*
(\.|^)googlevideo\.com$
Different kid.
➛I ultimately re-installed pi-hole and special-blocked:
.*youtu\.?be.*
(\.|^)googlevideo\.com$
Different kid.
Seems simple when you put it that way.
@LaurenE_UX Seems simple when you put it that way.
➛I'd start w/
@tiffani I'd start w/ opencorporates.com/...
➛This just sort of exacerbates the problem though.
@LaurenE_UX This just sort of exacerbates the problem though.
➛Exactly
@TinyBoxOfScrews Exactly
➛Nothing on this earth lasts as long as a huge bag of dried...
Nothing on this earth lasts as long as a huge bag of dried mulberries.
➛Teach it to subdivide the time and give it serious sounding...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!!!!!
@monkchips @sogrady HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!!!!!
➛hadn't made it to the top of my feed yet!
@hondanhon hadn't made it to the top of my feed yet!
➛ooh here's one
@hondanhon ooh here's one kjzz.org/...
➛This is a well-crafted and deeply creepy story wherein...
This is a well-crafted and deeply creepy story wherein digital consciousness gets commoditized and twisted to new applications like any software, as it inevitably would. qntm.org/...
➛Yeah it's just there's nothing I can add that has any value...
@whiskeysteve @fivetonsflax Yeah it's just there's nothing I can add that has any value at all. And out of sheer laziness I don't want to do the actual work necessary to engage earnestly.
➛I think that is correct.
@shabbychef I think that is correct.
➛Come on, pumpkins, we'll talk shit about enterprise...
Sometimes I catch myself tweeting about neoreactionaries,...
Sometimes I catch myself tweeting about neoreactionaries, and then I whisper to myself, "You have a family that needs you."
➛EXACTLY
@shabbychef EXACTLY
➛help...fingers...too sticky...to type
big fan of [show imports] [hide imports] buttons
@MaximumGilliard @Ecmoy big fan of [show imports] [hide imports] buttons
➛sending this two days after delivery is slander
So on average you're like “booray, computers!”
@SaraJChipps So on average you're like “booray, computers!”
➛"See you soon for part 3."
Sorry but serving size is 100 grams, not my rule.
Sorry but serving size is 100 grams, not my rule.
➛I didn't expect it but there are a number of surprises in...
And gimli glider wasn't digital I don't think but was def...
@doriantaylor @hondanhon And gimli glider wasn't digital I don't think but was def unit conversion
➛Also wasn't there the airbus where the two halves didn't...
@hondanhon @doriantaylor Also wasn't there the airbus where the two halves didn't fit because they used different software?
➛I'd hit up RISKS-DIGEST to get past the greatest hits.
@hondanhon @doriantaylor I'd hit up RISKS-DIGEST to get past the greatest hits.
➛Thank you! It's a very chunky boy.
What's this book?
Me, singing from the other room: 🎵The luckiest dad in the...
Me, singing from the other room: 🎵The luckiest dad in the woooorld—🎵
Entire family: Stop it! Shut it!
Me: 🎵...Lives next door.🎵
➛Entire family: Stop it! Shut it!
Me: 🎵...Lives next door.🎵
Yeesh
@TinyBoxOfScrews Yeesh
➛That's exactly what it's for I have the whole set and it...
@acupoftea That's exactly what it's for I have the whole set and it rules.
➛Hard to beat a casual browse of Foxfire on a chilly weekend.
@acupoftea Hard to beat a casual browse of Foxfire on a chilly weekend.
➛Oh my god like an ANGEL
@jenniferdaniel Oh my god like an ANGEL
➛"all right we are two nations" —John Dos Passos
If you need your sealskin it's in the attic.
@maureenflaherty @organicseaweed1 If you need your sealskin it's in the attic.
➛Selkies man. Every time.
Selkies man. Every time.
➛“The middle lady is my cousin.”
“The middle lady is my cousin.”
➛We're watching the Secret of Roan Inish because my wife's...
We're watching the Secret of Roan Inish because my wife's family came from those islands and we just saw a huge pile of seaweed in the movie and she went “ooh” and produced a bag of salty stale seaweed and now I know what it tastes like to be drowned.
➛Oh my god an absolute classic.
@publicroad Oh my god an absolute classic.
➛Just letting @nytimesbooks know that when it's time to do a...
Just letting @nytimesbooks know that when it's time to do a roundup review of big books of facts, which have a rich and wonderful history going back hundreds of years, I'm here.
➛My favorite literary genre is big books of facts.
My favorite literary genre is big books of facts.
➛I am partial to emacs but even I must say, oh no.
I am partial to emacs but even I must say, oh no.
reddit.com/...
➛reddit.com/...
I'll tell you Bill it's all over if we ever share a Dropbox.
@WilliamHogeland I'll tell you Bill it's all over if we ever share a Dropbox.
➛I erased the tweet that led to this one because it's much...
I erased the tweet that led to this one because it's much funnier to imagine what it was.
➛But seriously therapy is important tool for staying...
But seriously therapy is important tool for staying accountable to yourself and your role in your community—and this goes double for men. And Bazzini is a delightful brand of nuts and treats that brings so much joy to New Yorkers every day.
➛Made it about seven minutes.
Made it about seven minutes.
➛There's a few sites for historical audio. They need to be...
@TinyBoxOfScrews There's a few sites for historical audio. They need to be kind of interesting but then once you go inside you just feel the soft but strong arms of Morpheus embracing you.
➛Oh yeah this is the stuff he's around 85 and he's talking...
Oh yeah this is the stuff he's around 85 and he's talking about Woodrow Wilson.
➛If like me you can't sleep and yet must wake up early to...
If like me you can't sleep and yet must wake up early to take your son to outdoor taekwondo, perhaps you could find sleep by listening to this 1959 episode of Meet the Press with Herbert Hoover. otrrlibrary.org/...
➛Do you have a little stash of secret pandemic candy?
Do you have a little stash of secret pandemic candy?
➛"Collects" is strong but "loves, LOVES to see" is utterly...
oh no
Evvvvvvery now and then you get a cross-platform breakout...
@sophaskins Evvvvvvery now and then you get a cross-platform breakout like Ableton Live. But it's a dangerous, dangerous game.
➛this is my son explaining why the TV was left on this...
this is my son explaining why the TV was left on this morning
➛I mean...you learn about the world and how power works by...
@keithkurson I mean...you learn about the world and how power works by listening in. It's not supposed to be almost operatic but it often is.
➛The last year had many low points but it has also helped me...
Oh man when this is all over let's get a drink.
@WilliamHogeland Oh man when this is all over let's get a drink.
➛Wait, Bill, you're a copy nerd?
@WilliamHogeland Wait, Bill, you're a copy nerd?
➛I mean...fair. And I would love to see it.
"I am embarrassed to write about something so simple. But I...
"I am embarrassed to write about something so simple. But I am also embarrassed to be in an industry that thinks spackling 500 clip-art illustrations into a document until it looks like the wall of an Egyptian tomb is good communication." postlight.com/...
➛Sorry I meant no I am not familiar.
@felixsalmon @vtitunik Sorry I meant no I am not familiar.
➛Surprisingly Nigel Osborne is right now resident in one my...
@felixsalmon @vtitunik Surprisingly Nigel Osborne is right now resident in one my guest cottages.
➛It'll put you to sleep faster than ambien.
I'm sorry. I know you're busy.
@tressiemcphd I'm sorry. I know you're busy.
➛Oh no actually here is a 1992 presentation of the Smith...
@vtitunik Oh no actually here is a 1992 presentation of the Smith County historical society on the history of electricity in Texas. archive.org/...
➛Will you settle for Orson Welles shilling war bonds in...
@vtitunik Will you settle for Orson Welles shilling war bonds in Texarkana a week after D-Day, then it cuts treasury secretary Morgenthau and then to Roosevelt? archive.org/...
➛Gonna make this one happen huh
@andrew___myname Gonna make this one happen huh
➛Tweet
It's literally some web site that's like "gilbert gottfried...
@andrew___myname It's literally some web site that's like "gilbert gottfried vocal model"
➛Keith I love technology.
@keithkurson Keith I love technology.
➛I hope it's a purifying fire.
@phyllisstein I hope it's a purifying fire.
➛Nonononono Daniel what are you doing in there in the middle...
@phyllisstein Nonononono Daniel what are you doing in there in the middle of a pandemic.
➛I still don't have any.
@younggalaxy I still don't have any.
➛You have a point but Down Time is a great album.
@TrevorFSmith You have a point but Down Time is a great album.
➛Dammit I like crypto now.
There are only three or four stories, what choice do you...
Never changes
@jackrusher Never changes
➛Woooooowwwwwww
@davidhsiegel Woooooowwwwwww
➛Now there's a URL I have not heard in a long, long time.
@michaelcoyote Now there's a URL I have not heard in a long, long time.
➛You urned this.
@tressiemcphd You urned this.
➛oh god can you imagine
Just slowly ssh-tunneling their way into the light.
Just slowly ssh-tunneling their way into the light.
➛Tweet
It's kind of fun getting roasted at Slashdot, like watching...
We were middle-aged in college so this is just working out...
We didn't really care much about generational labels, then...
holy shit i never knew
Holding out for Young Sarlacc, Private Investigator
@sternbergh Holding out for Young Sarlacc, Private Investigator
➛It's such a gift to have been pre-emptively cancelled.
If you're having a little trouble getting to sleep here's...
If you're having a little trouble getting to sleep here's FDR explaining how banks work in 1933. millercenter.org/...
➛There were like 25 children born that year including me,...
Hang in there, friend.
@lindsayagraham Hang in there, friend.
➛Oof stay safe Texas.
Oof stay safe Texas.
➛Tweet
It's this: You unfold it, push down on a cutting board,...
@daubman It's this: progressiveintl.com/... You unfold it, push down on a cutting board, then you fold the little gray part under the apple, and push down again to finish the slice all the way through.
➛I love computers a lot but I also got this thing you where...
I love computers a lot but I also got this thing you where you press down with two hands and it cuts the apple into 16 slices.
➛yes but none of it has anything to do with the essay i'm...
Personally I would have bought $800 worth.
@SaraJChipps Personally I would have bought $800 worth.
➛I was just handed this note.
I know exactly who needs to hear this: This is all there...
I know exactly who needs to hear this: This is all there is. There is nothing else. What's on the table is all that's for dinner. Outside of this table there is nothing else.
➛I thought telegram was incel only
@aaronlammer I thought telegram was incel only
➛Yeah no not you that was the other guys.
@aaronlammer Yeah no not you that was the other guys.
➛I promise I will not take the results of this poll as...
I promise I will not take the results of this poll as investment advice. Just curious how much the mind virus has infected the cohort.
➛I learn slowly.
@mariabustillos I learn slowly.
➛Poll: Nerds are grabbing my shoulders and shaking them and...
Poll: Nerds are grabbing my shoulders and shaking them and telling me to buy ETH. I don't own a single bit of crypto and call bitcoins “nonsense nickels.”
➛I was 36 years old and will never forget the feeling. It...
@robynkanner I was 36 years old and will never forget the feeling. It takes you into a kind of adulthood you never thought possible.
➛Edna knew exactly.
@amandafrench Edna knew exactly.
➛Cars: honk honk honk Planes: ding whooshhhhhh Trains:...
Cars: honk honk honk
Planes: ding whooshhhhhh
Trains: Through dawn's mists the low whistle carried far across the mountain ranches, met only by curious cattle, as the great Silver Eagle, 6,000 horsepower, rumblingly carried its lonely load of bullion, rifles, and twelve lawmen.
➛Planes: ding whooshhhhhh
Trains: Through dawn's mists the low whistle carried far across the mountain ranches, met only by curious cattle, as the great Silver Eagle, 6,000 horsepower, rumblingly carried its lonely load of bullion, rifles, and twelve lawmen.
Critical oversight not recommending Lizard Music. Makes me...
Constant endless repetition of simple statements with a...
@tomcoates @matlock Constant endless repetition of simple statements with a pure behavior focus is totally humiliating but works better than anything my brain has tried yet.
➛Cognitive behavioral therapy. 1) yell "stop" at cruel...
@tomcoates @matlock Cognitive behavioral therapy.
1) yell "stop" at cruel thoughts.
2) guilt doesn't work, root it out.
3) repeat "I will remain calm no matter what" and "whatever happens I can handle it" over and over and over.
4) anger is always about failed expectations, so broaden those
➛1) yell "stop" at cruel thoughts.
2) guilt doesn't work, root it out.
3) repeat "I will remain calm no matter what" and "whatever happens I can handle it" over and over and over.
4) anger is always about failed expectations, so broaden those
My inner voice used to be much crueller and more demanding...
My inner voice used to be much crueller and more demanding but that never actually worked, so now he's become a very nice dad working with an intransigent toddler.
➛“What did you promise Editor T—? The actual pitch? Oh, that...
“What did you promise Editor T—? The actual pitch? Oh, that sound fun! No wonder she wants to read it! Can you write that? I bet she'd like to read it, maybe even today, which is when you said you'd send it to her. Then she can do her job.”
➛Trying to write my 900 monthly words for @WIRED and just...
Listen, any time.
Thank God I thought it was just me.
@emmaroller Thank God I thought it was just me.
➛They'll still talk about Minecraft.
@claydumas @Tomprice They'll still talk about Minecraft.
➛Tweet
I need to pay so I can ask questions!
I'm really enjoying @stevesi's newsletter on early...
I'm really enjoying @stevesi's newsletter on early Microsoft. He's exceptionally good at explaining technical details in their cultural context. You can see concepts we live with today (like virtual DOMs) taking shape in the 80s.
hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/...
➛hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/...
I predictably agree with basically all of this. Although I...
Oh well, perfect.
@tcarmody @karenmcgrane Oh well, perfect.
➛Total mood booster.
No this was surprising for two femtoseconds, and then I...
@tcarmody @karenmcgrane No this was surprising for two femtoseconds, and then I went, oh yeah, that's PERFECT. Two cute, kind sweeties. How are you managing the combined library?
➛Two good, kind people who deserve every happiness!
@karenmcgrane @tcarmody Two good, kind people who deserve every happiness!
➛Wow that's just fantastic!
@karenmcgrane @tcarmody Wow that's just fantastic!
➛But Liz...I'm not in in the headspace to receive...
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That's actually me!
@rebeccablood That's actually me!
➛Happy birthday, Dylan! You make wonderful puppets.
@harper @dylanreed Happy birthday, Dylan! You make wonderful puppets.
➛i'm hacking in
this is walter mondale erasure oh god no you're right
probably both tbh
probably both tbh
➛Alternately they worshipped a devil made of glass and...
Alternately they worshipped a devil made of glass and everyone wore pants despite the Teachings.
➛Their technology was ridiculous They were willfully...
Their technology was ridiculous
They were willfully ignorant about race, gender, and power
They were willfully ignorant about ecology
They ate meat
Their arrogance was unbounded
Even the ones you love were actually horrible
Rich industrialists were ultimately behind everything
➛They were willfully ignorant about race, gender, and power
They were willfully ignorant about ecology
They ate meat
Their arrogance was unbounded
Even the ones you love were actually horrible
Rich industrialists were ultimately behind everything
History sees anguish as data.
History sees anguish as data.
➛History is incredibly likely to think we all were horrible...
History is incredibly likely to think we all were horrible and that it's lucky not to have to live when we did. And who's going to disagree?
➛History has to finish a fellowship application.
@PastryPlate History has to finish a fellowship application.
➛I understand appeals to History right now but History will...
I understand appeals to History right now but History will be desperately trying to get students to care about the impeachment. History will look at our tweets in the archive and go, my god, I can't read another one of these. History just wants a job.
➛Wow what a gift.
Also IT DIDNT WORK
Also IT DIDNT WORK
➛Like I just can't figure it.
Like I just can't figure it.
➛Cut off Pardot? Refused access to Lightning? Cancelled...
Cut off Pardot? Refused access to Lightning? Cancelled Dreamforce invitations? Blocked from Trailhead?
➛Did we ever find out what Salesforce did to.punish...
TRUE just weird to see it so close en masse instead of just...
@alexismallen TRUE just weird to see it so close en masse instead of just in your nieces and nephews.
➛It's so weak how many went for John Singer Sargent/Madame...
@jamiekeiles It's so weak how many went for John Singer Sargent/Madame X. The Signet is the only one that points to how despicable the men are and how isolated Lily is. I'm going to reread it this weekend I love it.
➛I went to look for an old cover I remembered and aside from...
@jamiekeiles I went to look for an old cover I remembered and aside from the Signet Classic it's just a total mess google.com/...
➛Anne we've shared this journey, and it's getting harder to...
@annegalloway Anne we've shared this journey, and it's getting harder to watch every year.
➛Not about to DM unsolicited advice that's how you get...
Not about to DM unsolicited advice that's how you get cancelled.
➛I'm just constantly yelling “Don't go in there!” at the...
I'm just constantly yelling “Don't go in there!” at the screen only to watch the same monsters jump out and eat people over and over.
➛Being on this thing is just watching through clenched teeth...
Being on this thing is just watching through clenched teeth as basically nice people about ten or 15 years younger than you make every single mistake you have made, except louder, in public, and for higher stakes.
➛Heh your NYT piece (which I thought was great) came out...
@annehelen Heh your NYT piece (which I thought was great) came out right as I was drafting this so it's definitely me coming at it from the other side.
➛We are going to have GREAT parties again.
Yep! Nothing is ever lost by cutting the first few...
@SamEifling Yep! Nothing is ever lost by cutting the first few paragraphs. And thanks!
➛Aww thanks!
And I'll taaaaake with me the calories
@anildash @bluechoochoo And I'll taaaaake with me the calories
➛Boyz II Men, ABC, blueberry
@anildash @bluechoochoo Boyz II Men, ABC, blueberry
➛This also broke me.
@anildash @bluechoochoo This also broke me.
➛It's America's number one source of making parents...
@christophehille @winterjessica It's America's number one source of making parents absolutely melt down into nothingness.
➛It's super-Breughelly out today.
on the contrary sending you a pizza is a fun activity
all right any time you want, offer stands
you want like a large pie from angelo's on cortelyou with a...
i'll buy you a pizza
cc @ItsTheBrandi figure you seen this but just in case
@zafo999 cc @ItsTheBrandi figure you seen this but just in case
➛Bobby I moved!
@xxbobbyzxx Bobby I moved!
➛(grimaces awkwardly)
A useful concept for me lately is MTTP or Mean Time to...
A useful concept for me lately is MTTP or Mean Time to Pickle, i.e. the amount of time before a person typically finds themselves in a pickle. Some are low MTTP and thrive in messy situations. Some avoid chaos and are high MTTP. And some are MTTP 0, and are themselves the pickles
➛1
This is the thinking I'm looking for, Frank.
@franktheavenger @sternbergh This is the thinking I'm looking for, Frank.
➛Oh well la di da
@jenniferrenu Oh well la di da
➛I won't be able to sleep with anticipation.
Okay this is a totally sensible question.
@sternbergh Okay this is a totally sensible question.
➛First, I will wear an LED headlamp.
First, I will wear an LED headlamp.
➛I bought a new snowblower with “35 feet of throwing range”...
I bought a new snowblower with “35 feet of throwing range” and “56V battery power” but I'm not allowed to test it out because “its really dark” and “you never test BLADED MACHINES in the dark” and also “I have to be your wife and OSHA too?” and “what the hell is WRONG with you?”
➛Thank you!
I'm jealous, it's up there for me with sociology and...
@KNF100 @mcplanner @WIRED I'm jealous, it's up there for me with sociology and computer science in terms of advanced degrees I wish I'd pursued.
➛Curious what people think: How would Twitter be different...
Curious what people think: How would Twitter be different if it had charged $1 to create an account?
➛I wish for you many good clients who pay on time.
@robynkanner I wish for you many good clients who pay on time.
➛Congratulations!!! Looks great.
@robynkanner Congratulations!!! Looks great.
➛Some pampers are champers.
Just a good one from my brain.
Just a good one from my brain.
➛Tweet
Is there a little pharma?
Is there a little pharma?
➛But also just drop your friends' studio links/handles in...
But also just drop your friends' studio links/handles in here so other people can see, too.
➛Nice!
I swear to God I'm going to spend a month in Berlin...
@jackrusher @Postlight @StudioNAND I swear to God I'm going to spend a month in Berlin drinking beer when this mess is "over."
➛What are the smaller web/mobile/design shops (think 5 to 15...
What are the smaller web/mobile/design shops (think 5 to 15 people) doing great design/front-end work, esp. in NYC? As @Postlight grows we are often in a position to recommend smaller firms, and want to send work to good folks. DM if you don't want to look thirsty on main.
➛I've definitely heard the brush knock.
@micahwalter @SlackHQ I've definitely heard the brush knock.
➛Here let me try this format and see how it works.
It appears there is a huge conspiracy in America that's...
It appears there is a huge conspiracy in America that's been going on for centuries but it starts with R not Q.
➛I mean...you'd smell pretty good, and the websites are...
@andrew___myname I mean...you'd smell pretty good, and the websites are hilarious.
➛I like to use a platform as intended.
If I say anything political on here someone can screenshot...
If I say anything political on here someone can screenshot the above tweet and juxtapose it with the political tweet. Just trying to make your life easier.
➛I just got spicy banana chip dust in my eye.
I just got spicy banana chip dust in my eye.
➛That's right that is EXACTLY it.
Literally no difference.
@xxbobbyzxx @grantwhunter Literally no difference.
➛Worth it
@xxbobbyzxx Worth it
➛It's...something.
Your computer scientists were so preoccupied with whether...
Your computer scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they cdr that they didn't stop to think of the cons.
➛Oh wow this syntax.
Oh wow this syntax. microsoft.com/...
➛Tweet
Well it's over.
one that won't make me click one that won't make my crash-a...
@joshuatopolsky one that won't make me click
one that won't make my crash-a my chrome
or turn my phone into a brick
➛one that won't make my crash-a my chrome
or turn my phone into a brick
OTRR = The Old Time Radio Researchers Group, learn more at ...
OTRR = The Old Time Radio Researchers Group, learn more at otrr.org/... they have a great newsletter. otrr.org
➛But Paul, absolutely no one asks, where DOES one go for...
But Paul, absolutely no one asks, where DOES one go for good historical audio about American history? Well, let me introduce you to AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE EYES OF RADIO, a collection of MP3s from archive.org, assembled by OTRR.
archive.org/...
➛archive.org/...
As specific artifacts of American political audio go, it's...
As specific artifacts of American political audio go, it's really just awful, schmaltz production, completely obvious content, and Dirksen starts andante and slows down from there. Like watching a filmstrip at Valley Forge.
➛I never though that my knowledge of GALLANT MEN: STORIES OF...
I never though that my knowledge of GALLANT MEN: STORIES OF THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE AS TOLD BY SENATOR EVERETT DIRKSEN would ever be relevant, but here it is on Spotify open.spotify.com/... x.com/...
➛It was really kind of you! I would love to chat with YOU in...
@tomcoates It was really kind of you! I would love to chat with YOU in a fun shared audio environment.
➛Someone just offered to invite me, very kindly. Me: "I do...
Someone just offered to invite me, very kindly.
Me: "I do not want to hate San Francisco."
Them: "This definitely wouldn't help."
➛Me: "I do not want to hate San Francisco."
Them: "This definitely wouldn't help."
Stuff about Clubhouse reads like fiction to me. I'm just...
Stuff about Clubhouse reads like fiction to me. I'm just assuming it's the audio-only version of Blaseball with startups instead of imaginary baseball teams.
➛I felt that it was important to state! There's no other...
@vtcraghead I felt that it was important to state! There's no other book in my library where I always drift away and yet always come back.
➛I know!
@rebeccablood I know!
➛I don't THINK so, but I had the same question. I think it's...
getting older is accepting that you should no longer edit...
getting older is accepting that you should no longer edit the &utm_source= parameter in the links you share to be "your_mom"
➛Hey, we'll be right back with the dolphin course after some...
Hey, we'll be right back with the dolphin course after some very special intermeats.
➛Just one hell of a paragraph out of “The Book of...
Just one hell of a paragraph out of “The Book of Curiosities,” first published in 1822. gutenberg.org/...
They need to be crispier tho
Showbiz is heartless
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He...
*extremely ishmael voice* my hypos
*extremely ishmael voice* my hypos
➛Bloomberg is like that. I was chatting with someone I...
In my new @WIRED column I argue that an office has...
In my new @WIRED column I argue that an office has tremendous value as a locus of lore. I also worked in a little from Yi-Fu Tuan, my favorite human geographer (i.e. practitioner of Human Geography).
wired.com/...
➛wired.com/...
happening right now in google docs
Slack is critical infrastructure now, but I just spent an...
Slack is critical infrastructure now, but I just spent an hour in there and have no idea what I just did.
➛[Slack brush knock sound]
[Slack brush knock sound]
➛It really does seem like the tech industry thinks the...
It really does seem like the tech industry thinks the solution to context switching is to make it easier and faster to switch between even more contexts than ever before.
➛You'd be doing a lot better if you had more PDFs.
Every person on here who seems to be doing really well in...
Every person on here who seems to be doing really well in their field actually has a HUGE folder of PDFs they will never read.
➛hahahahahaha sigh
@kilianvalkhof @refrag hahahahahaha sigh
➛I was thinking the other day that I really miss fussing...
@laura_june I was thinking the other day that I really miss fussing over a random baby.
➛Why doesn't the audio work on my Linux machine? Wrong...
Why doesn't the audio work on my Linux machine? Wrong answers only, because after a quarter-century there's clearly no right answer.
➛I'm a simple human who has trouble remembering to keep it...
@younggalaxy I'm a simple human who has trouble remembering to keep it simple, which is why I listen to "We Have Everything" several times a week. This probably results in $0.00007 annually in Spotify revenue, for which I apologize.
➛Love this 10yo album, great to see it get appreciated.
My fingers still hurt from the keyboard. Although the...
@lawnsea @waltmossberg My fingers still hurt from the keyboard. Although the keyboard had commands on the keys which was a neat way to learn.
➛Timex Sinclair 1000, $99 (bought at JC Penney). 2k memory....
@waltmossberg Timex Sinclair 1000, $99 (bought at JC Penney). 2k memory. I tried to write a game on it but failed. It was a fun thing to hook up to an old black and white TV.
➛Hopeful!
@DanielleSucher Hopeful!
➛I'm gonna make him a promise he can't refuse.
@phyllisstein I'm gonna make him a promise he can't refuse.
➛A lifetime of self loathing finally works out.
A lifetime of self loathing finally works out.
➛People gonna say a lot of messed up stuff about us NY...
People gonna say a lot of messed up stuff about us NY fatties on Feb 15th but go get that needle anyway.
➛Should of waited until after sundown huh
M-x jade-helm
@jackrusher M-x jade-helm
➛If Republicans really cared about FREEDOM they'd fund...
If Republicans really cared about FREEDOM they'd fund GNUish space lasers.
➛This MP3 should go right on into the Library of Congress...
This MP3 should go right on into the Library of Congress American Motherhood collection. static01.nyt.com/... (via nytimes.com/...
➛The 34" LG curved screen is expensive but really nice. I...
@andrew___myname The 34" LG curved screen is expensive but really nice. I stopped wanting/using a second monitor which was a bonus. It feels pretty big but not ridiculous esp. compared to two monitors.
➛cool i just turned to dust
@tonyhschu @Pinboard cool i just turned to dust
➛Truly amazing.
That was wrong. They should not have done that.
Congratulations!
@krmaher @Wikimedia Congratulations!
➛Nonononono
doing it in sbcl is just :chefs-kiss
Still working through the Easy-bake Oven over here at...
@laura_june Still working through the Easy-bake Oven over here at Ford/Flaherty residence.
➛Argent, two baby hippos rampant, a bordure of synthesizer...
@younggalaxy Argent, two baby hippos rampant, a bordure of synthesizer cabling, with raven crest.
➛cc @younggalaxy
Oh yeah this is relevant to my interests thank you.
@nick_canz Oh yeah this is relevant to my interests thank you.
➛Wow Danny this is spectacular.
man what a shame we couldn't all hang out
?
Could you maybe insert these data structures into some kind...
@jfeckstein @davetecson @hackerm0m Could you maybe insert these data structures into some kind of "data-structure base," perhaps one that provided a language to let you query the data in a structured way?
➛I'll be damned. My dad lived in Media and I used to be over...
bobby you need to live a little laugh a little love a...
Fair criticism.
@ZanMcQuade Fair criticism.
➛Hah! Thank you! I remember this from when I tried them out...
@waldojaquith Hah! Thank you! I remember this from when I tried them out years ago but since I started a month ago I haven't even thought to learn technique. The core experience is pretty sufficient.
➛Home base. I grew up in West Chester.
I mean the whole narrative presupposes a Wawa is nearby.
@HoeflerCo I mean the whole narrative presupposes a Wawa is nearby.
➛Plus they're in Paoli, PA, which makes me feel good about...
Plus they're in Paoli, PA, which makes me feel good about them, right on the Paoli Pike. Sit down, crack open a Yuengling, eat a Tasty-Klair, and use a search engine. Go to Ridley Creek State Park and feed some ducks your Herr's sour cream and onion potato chips. Good times.
➛I switched to Duck Duck Go and it's totally fine, Google...
I switched to Duck Duck Go and it's totally fine, Google still has my email and documents and phone but at least I can search for my Amiga abandonware word processors without worrying so much about Roko's Basilisk eventually eating my brain to punish me for DMCA violations.
➛Tweet
Oh my god that's horrific, a doctor told me I should set a...
@troutgirl Oh my god that's horrific, a doctor told me I should set a limit of...six.
➛I tap out at four a day because I'm afraid.
@troutgirl I tap out at four a day because I'm afraid.
➛Advil is adult candy.
Advil is adult candy.
➛The children borrowed the snow shovel and left it somewhere...
The children borrowed the snow shovel and left it somewhere so now the snow shovel is buried under the snow.
➛Also
Like this thing is a bit of a luxury for me because I...
@davidhsiegel Like this thing is a bit of a luxury for me because I mostly live in slides now. But if I was still editing manuscripts or living with tons of PDFs I'd be all over it.
➛It's a paper workflow emulator. This would be extremely...
@davidhsiegel It's a paper workflow emulator. This would be extremely your jam. It's perfect/optimized for hand annotating PDFs in batches and then entering edits later. It's a pretty specific workflow for lawyers editors academics etc.
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