Paul Ford
@ftrain.bsky.social
Bureaucracy enjoyer. So cringe it’s meta. Aboard.com.
sysadmin hits different now
January 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
sysadmin hits different now
They can’t do this. Not now. I can’t know this exists. caligra.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
They can’t do this. Not now. I can’t know this exists. caligra.com
I vibehacked a fun little sight reader app that runs in browser. Works with MIDI in Chrome; you play and if you get all the notes right you go to the next level of complexity. It doesn't save any data to a server, it just is. ftrain.github.io/sightreading/ (Source at github.com/ftrain/sight...)
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I vibehacked a fun little sight reader app that runs in browser. Works with MIDI in Chrome; you play and if you get all the notes right you go to the next level of complexity. It doesn't save any data to a server, it just is. ftrain.github.io/sightreading/ (Source at github.com/ftrain/sight...)
Save those pennies NYC !
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Save those pennies NYC !
First, Happy Thanksgiving. Second, I've been doing my best to really understand Claude Code so I've been building a piano practice app, and asked it to include some inspirational quotes, and the result is somewhere between “oh god no“ and “knocked it out of the park.”
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
First, Happy Thanksgiving. Second, I've been doing my best to really understand Claude Code so I've been building a piano practice app, and asked it to include some inspirational quotes, and the result is somewhere between “oh god no“ and “knocked it out of the park.”
Late last night in Phoenix I asked the Lyft driver who picked me up at the airport about local nightlife. He said, “It’s all nightlife. No one can go out during in the day.” Then I woke up to this particular view which somehow captured the early Anthropocene of it all.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Late last night in Phoenix I asked the Lyft driver who picked me up at the airport about local nightlife. He said, “It’s all nightlife. No one can go out during in the day.” Then I woke up to this particular view which somehow captured the early Anthropocene of it all.
I can’t find the video but in Feb a man named Joe Stutler was at an Iowa Legislature session and spoke to defend trans rights. He has a funny delivery—a little nasal—and kept saying, “You’re doing the Nazi stuff again!” I keep hearing his voice echo in my head.
www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/p...
www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/p...
![02-24-2025
Joe Stutler []
Joe Stutler, Decorated Disabled Combat Veteran, born and raised in the City of American History, I am the epitome of Patriot.I served two tours of duty in Germany. I've toured concentration camps. I learned a few things. Consider Niemller's poem: First They Came... Youve said screw those hungry children. Youve continued to attack public education and educators. Youre gunning for the Trade Unionists, gutting Chapter 20 further. Youre trying to criminalize religions you dont like. Today youre trying to dehumanize my family and friends. You're doing the Nazi stuff again. Today, instead of doing your job and telling our school districts what they have to work with so they can plan their budgets, were here to discuss your perverted obsession with other people's genitalia. Its interesting that the only people in favor of this abomination of a bill are theofascists whose deity could have banned slavery, instead it banned pork, and yet theyre not protesting hog farms. Others have and will tell you how your reduction of women into having functional ovaries or they don't matter is disgusting.I'm here to remind you that Nazis are never the good guys. I'm here to remind you that while at the moment you're giddy with power as were your analogs in 1930s Germany, in the end you're going to end up just like they did. And given our technological advances and the good kids studying STEAM, I don't believe it's going to take 10 years to eradicate the Nazis this time. While I'm too old to to be a foot soldier in the upcoming war you're demanding, I'm happy to share the skills Uncle taught me with those who will be taking advantage of our lack of firearms regulations and the availability of resources at our big box stores and home improvement centers...after all, Uncle made me an instructor of such things. Keep doing your Nazi stuff. Foxtrot Alpha, Foxtrot Oscar.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:53ykobfiwdm2ihatqmwdz24l/bafkreihdb52zrchqihs5irxlqfpsenjyv4buqz5uhsw5hl77ympur6glcm@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I can’t find the video but in Feb a man named Joe Stutler was at an Iowa Legislature session and spoke to defend trans rights. He has a funny delivery—a little nasal—and kept saying, “You’re doing the Nazi stuff again!” I keep hearing his voice echo in my head.
www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/p...
www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/p...
I’m taking a class where we’re learning to make synths. This will be a MIDI controller that we will use to control VCV Rack. It keeps the goblins out my brains.
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I’m taking a class where we’re learning to make synths. This will be a MIDI controller that we will use to control VCV Rack. It keeps the goblins out my brains.
The US Navy paid Lyft to make the little cars into fighter jets on Columbus Day, all circling around your exact location.
October 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The US Navy paid Lyft to make the little cars into fighter jets on Columbus Day, all circling around your exact location.
I thought this was nice.
September 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I thought this was nice.
Goya float time to leave
September 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Goya float time to leave
Because I’m Anglo and out on my bike ride the other Anglos keep asking me how to cross the street at this Mexican pride parade on Madison Ave and I’m like man they got ladies dancing with pineapples what the hell else do you have on your calendar?
September 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Because I’m Anglo and out on my bike ride the other Anglos keep asking me how to cross the street at this Mexican pride parade on Madison Ave and I’m like man they got ladies dancing with pineapples what the hell else do you have on your calendar?
BBC News Pidgin’s Instagram account is the only news source I still trust.
September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
BBC News Pidgin’s Instagram account is the only news source I still trust.
There really is no predictive model that works with this many variables. Frameworks everywhere but…even “seasons” doesn’t work in the same way that it used to. Pick a future, I guess! Anyway here’s some shoes people were drying out a second story window that made me laugh for no good reason.
September 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There really is no predictive model that works with this many variables. Frameworks everywhere but…even “seasons” doesn’t work in the same way that it used to. Pick a future, I guess! Anyway here’s some shoes people were drying out a second story window that made me laugh for no good reason.
A Boom of One’s Own.
September 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A Boom of One’s Own.
I saw this and nearly dropped my Sony Discman. But you know it made me think. When I was younger you didn’t have to choose one side. You could choose as many sides as you wanted. Cortana send to [email protected].
September 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I saw this and nearly dropped my Sony Discman. But you know it made me think. When I was younger you didn’t have to choose one side. You could choose as many sides as you wanted. Cortana send to [email protected].
Truncation always tells the truth.
September 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Truncation always tells the truth.
This is supposed to be ironic but I saw it and went “Yeah!”
September 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is supposed to be ironic but I saw it and went “Yeah!”
Just this for miles today, all day, every window. Too much to handle.
August 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just this for miles today, all day, every window. Too much to handle.
This year in their front garden the neighbors went primeval and it rules.
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This year in their front garden the neighbors went primeval and it rules.
They have a revolving restaurant in the Marriott in Times Square! I had no idea. It’s been remodeled and opened to non guests. This is an hour in 30 seconds.
August 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
They have a revolving restaurant in the Marriott in Times Square! I had no idea. It’s been remodeled and opened to non guests. This is an hour in 30 seconds.
This restaurant rules but you forgot one tiny detail.
August 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This restaurant rules but you forgot one tiny detail.