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@shabbychef See that's the thing. He truly can do no wrong after Sqwubbsy, and yet he does so much right. flickr.com/photos/russell… about 16 hours ago via web from Manhattan, NY in reply to shabbychef
Julian Cope explains post-punk: "Women! Blacks! Gays! Synthesizers!" tinyurl.com/7hjcjnl (via mefi) 3:38 AM May 31st via Atomic Web Browser
@michiexile @quinnnorton @kevinmarks whoa 6:51 PM May 30th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to michiexile
In theory parsing out political speech is sort of like inverse NSA monitoring. 9:52 AM May 30th via web from Manhattan, NY
@quinnnorton @kevinmarks So you're saying that we used regular expressions and now we have two problems? 9:49 AM May 30th via web from Manhattan, NY in reply to quinnnorton
kevinmarks @ftrain I'd also suggest blocking "Amercia" for at least the next few days 9:36 AM May 30th via Echofon in reply to ftrain Retweeted by ftrain and 1 other
@kevinmarks Right, but if we block "/it's .*, stupid/i" we'll have blocked about 50% of Maureen Dowd's columns, which is AWESOME. 9:13 AM May 30th via web from Manhattan, NY in reply to kevinmarks
@amitorit True. There is absolutely no escape. 4:46 AM May 30th via web in reply to amitorit
mciarlo @ftrain Anything using the Optima typeface. 4:12 AM May 30th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to ftrain Retweeted by ftrain
matthewmcvickar @ftrain ‘What * means for you’ 3:42 AM May 30th via Tweetbot for iOS in reply to ftrain Retweeted by ftrain
New Public Domain Review: publicdomainreview.org/2012/05/28/the… 3:36 AM May 30th via web
Phrases to block between now and November: "think about it"; "the real america"; "have a beer with." ".*crats", "repub.*", others. 3:33 AM May 30th via web
@danbri @edd @mattb XML.com/occasional pants lurking. 3:39 AM May 28th via web in reply to danbri
@jackrusher actually yes. I'd be arrested if anyone saw my org-mode file. 1:52 PM May 26th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to jackrusher
@anecdoted Is "gurgitate" a word? As in "I gurgitated for 18 minutes"? 9:15 AM May 26th via web in reply to anecdoted
Amazing sentece: “As far as we know, polyethylene glycol is safe.” (For kids.) nytimes.com/2012/05/26/us/… 7:50 AM May 26th via web
A virus that would send out all of the emails in your DRAFT box would change the world. 7:24 AM May 26th via web
Saturday midnight our phones switch to NUMBERS. youtube.com/watch?v=ansOPs… 5:28 AM May 26th via YouTube on iOS
@yoni Yep--Louie, Good Wife, Law & Order, bunch of others. See it on the way to the train--they love the Victorians. 7:02 AM May 25th via web in reply to yoni
@yoni And when they need suburbs, Beverley Square West. 6:57 AM May 25th via web in reply to yoni

Name Paul Ford
Location Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Bio (1974– ) Writer, editor, programmer. Contact ford@ftrain.com if you spot a typo.