If anyone wants to read my dumb novel for free on the...
If anyone wants to read my dumb novel for free on the internet archive national emergency library I apologize in advance.
➛Ftrain, by Paul Ford
March 2020
The fact that Cuomo's daughters wouldn't eat the sausage he...
The fact that Cuomo's daughters wouldn't eat the sausage he made, and he wouldn't admit that it was store bought, and then they would just go out for Chinese is about 12 nested levels of divorced NYC dad.
➛You: Laffy Taffy Me, sophisticated: Laughter Taughter
You: Laffy Taffy
Me, sophisticated: Laughter Taughter
➛Me, sophisticated: Laughter Taughter
Apparently it's not “really great news” when you tell your...
Apparently it's not “really great news” when you tell your spouse you've lost ten pounds under social distancing.
➛Never thought Times Square would look like this.
Just now @maureenflaherty said, I'm in New York Magazine,...
Just now @maureenflaherty said, I'm in New York Magazine, and I said, wait, I didn't write anything for NYMag, and she said, no *I* am in NYMag.
Well we made it to tomorrow.
Well we made it to tomorrow.
➛If I get the rona from installing Linux on stranger's...
If I get the rona from installing Linux on stranger's laptops to give to public schools it will be a little on the nose.
➛Another unusably slow neighborhood laptop bleached, dropped...
Another unusably slow neighborhood laptop bleached, dropped off, and turned into a serviceable kid's Linux machine with Chrome and Zoom for NYC public school distance learning (up to six machines between me and neighbors, working in a seventh).
Second laptop down. A Toshiba Satellite running Vista left...
Second laptop down. A Toshiba Satellite running Vista left on our welcome mat after being bleach wiped. Too old for Ubuntu and Chrome but fine with Lubuntu and Firefox. Bleach wiped again after install and dropped on their welcome mat.
➛Just talked to 88yo dad in FL who confessed that he keeps...
Just talked to 88yo dad in FL who confessed that he keeps forgetting the name of the virus so he renamed it the Colonna Virus after Bob Hope's sidekick Jerry Colonna.
I wanted to see if I could use my NAS as a hub. I found...
I wanted to see if I could use my NAS as a hub. I found someone asking that question and the response was YOUR NAS IS NOT A ROUTER. And a lot of similar yelling with big bold type. NOT NOT NOT. Of course it's like one setting and works fine. I love forums.
➛After watching an older Lenovo laptop get destroyed by...
After watching an older Lenovo laptop get destroyed by Windows updates, I put Linux on a USB flash drive using Etcher, installed Ubuntu, and installed Chrome. We wiped it down with a bleach wipe, and now a kid down the hall can have a machine for school. It's little but nice.
➛Oh good it's the morning.
Oh good it's the morning.
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This is a tough time for engineers. They finally got...
This is a tough time for engineers. They finally got everyone to work from home but in the least libertarian way possible.
➛Can't wait for everything to get back all nice and normal...
Can't wait for everything to get back all nice and normal just the way it was before.
➛Being a human in a place with other humans turns out to be...
Being a human in a place with other humans turns out to be extremely efficient.
➛Slack has this new UX pattern which is, "Copy URI from...
Slack has this new UX pattern which is, "Copy URI from somewhere, select text in Slack, paste URI, now it's a link." I don't know if Slack invented it but "paste to enlinken" is REALLY GOOD. (Don't make fun of my corporate communications style, I contain multitudes.)
I feel obligated to say publicly that @maureenflaherty (who...
I feel obligated to say publicly that @maureenflaherty (who has a public health degree) steadfastly forbade me from attending this event, and I was pretty annoyed at the time because I really wanted to go. x.com/...
➛Holy shit it's just now Tuesday.
Holy shit it's just now Tuesday.
➛We asked our kids to please chill, because we all have to...
We asked our kids to please chill, because we all have to get along, and my 8yo daughter just asked for my phone so she could “call the funeral people, because you're never going to survive this.”
➛We don't make any money off this thing--it runs for a few...
Found myself looking at drum machines today.
Found myself looking at drum machines today.
➛Initial concepts: Hit the beach a lot. Social Isolation...
Initial concepts:
Hit the beach a lot.
Social Isolation Film Series. Tickets, schedules, seats. Watch every Marvel movie in order. Kids running concessions, kids in charge of cleanup. Promote kids to manager.
I think we need to build a little school, too. With clubs and lunch.
➛Hit the beach a lot.
Social Isolation Film Series. Tickets, schedules, seats. Watch every Marvel movie in order. Kids running concessions, kids in charge of cleanup. Promote kids to manager.
I think we need to build a little school, too. With clubs and lunch.
We're gonna keep the kids home starting Monday and suddenly...
We're gonna keep the kids home starting Monday and suddenly I'm realizing.
➛the invisible hand just touched my face
the invisible hand just touched my face
➛mike pence is reminding us to take care of our handmaids
mike pence is reminding us to take care of our handmaids
➛We built as an ambient place for low-stress chat with...
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Rome would still be an empire if the emperors let people...
Rome would still be an empire if the emperors let people work from home.
➛The world is lava.
The world is lava.
➛You'd think introverts could shut up about it.
You'd think introverts could shut up about it.
➛They're trying to escape!
Be cool if they just did the whole episode of SNL over Zoom.
Be cool if they just did the whole episode of SNL over Zoom.
➛I'm trying to think of the worst possible email address to...
This is getting ridiculous, the Met Museum just cancelled...
This is getting ridiculous, the Met Museum just cancelled the regular Saturday morning sculpture licking.
➛God how itchy is your face right now?
God how itchy is your face right now?
➛Podcasts are just meetings.
Podcasts are just meetings.
➛The sky wants me to cheer up.
Is it still Stockholm syndrome when it's a whole country?
Is it still Stockholm syndrome when it's a whole country?
➛If you've ever had an older sibling break your new Star...
If you've ever had an older sibling break your new Star Wars toys on Christmas then give you a busted, rusty Tonka truck as a replacement, then you're ready for Democratic primaries.
➛A lot of people know that Steve Jobs named the Lisa...
A lot of people know that Steve Jobs named the Lisa computer after his daughter. But very few people know he also had a son named Mac IIfx 4/160.
➛Sometimes you learn the worst shit about yourself on here.
Sharing a checking account is a big step, but are you ready...
Sharing a checking account is a big step, but are you ready to merge your password managers?
➛It turns out that, if you don't care about them being in...
It turns out that, if you don't care about them being in somewhat rough shape and mixed editions, you can buy 9 volumes of Addison and Steele's Spectator, where the oldest volume is the 2nd edition of 1713, for $60.
I'm sure your toddler had a happy birthday but people...
I'm sure your toddler had a happy birthday but people without mouths can't enjoy cake.
➛No tweet is complete until someone replies with just a...
No tweet is complete until someone replies with just a little dollop of misery.
➛Bidentity Politics. That's the title of some op-ed...
Bidentity Politics. That's the title of some op-ed tomorrow. I can't stop it from happening and, even if I could, at this stage I don't know what good it would do.
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