Comments on: regular expressions are cool http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2007/08/regular-expressions-are-cool/ Sarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topics Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:57:41 -0800 hourly 1 By: Ian Wojtowicz http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/2007/08/regular-expressions-are-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Ian Wojtowicz Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:51:36 +0000 http://www.ultrasaurus.com/wordpress/?p=310#comment-253 Combining regular expressions with email archives and speech synthesis can be a fun way to recall the past, and reflect on aspects of one's personality or relationships with others. I wrote a little app a few years ago that would read aloud all self-referential statements from my email archives. <a href="http://woj.com/whispers/" rel="nofollow">http://woj.com/whispers/</a> It's a very solipsistic art app, but the point is that there are some interesting interaction possibilities when you intersect a few powerful tools. Combining regular expressions with email archives and speech synthesis can be a fun way to recall the past, and reflect on aspects of one’s personality or relationships with others.

I wrote a little app a few years ago that would read aloud all self-referential statements from my email archives.

http://woj.com/whispers/

It’s a very solipsistic art app, but the point is that there are some interesting interaction possibilities when you intersect a few powerful tools.

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