Project Blinkenlights

 (blinkenlights.de)

14 points | by doener 51 minutes ago

6 comments

  • jolt42 32 minutes ago
    Is this still well recognized?

    ACHTUNG! ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENSPEEPERS! DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKEN. IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS. ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.

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    • bradrn 20 minutes ago
      Yes! I know it! (And I’m not old at all.) I saw it at, as I recall, a model train exhibition when I was very young, and I found it so hilarious I’ve never forgotten it. In fact I was quite surprised when I eventually learned it was a well-known thing, considerably older than I am.
  • pjot 5 minutes ago
    Thought this was the ascii Star Wars in your terminal à la

      telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
  • Animats 38 minutes ago
    Downtown Shenzhen is rigged for that.

    For a while, the SF Bay Bridge was. I once went to an Autodesk event in SF where the guy behind it was controlling the lights from his laptop.

  • karim79 18 minutes ago
    I think it got the HN kiss of death. We need a new page about how to avoid this. Basic scaling skills I tells ya.
  • unprovable 30 minutes ago
    It's been so long since I last saw this. Stalwart of the internet.
  • zahlman 47 minutes ago
    > Stereoscope — Toronto 2008, City Hall: two towers, one matrix (96×32 pixels, 16 greyscales).

    Oh man, I think I remember that.