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Watch Star Wars in Text Animation

This may be old news to other Star Wars fans, but I can't believe I haven't come across this until now!As the title of this post implies, you can watch Star Wars Episode IV in ASCII via telnet. Just type telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl into any command line and watch the magic unfold!Brought to you by ASCIIMATION, the enterprise started in July 1997 and has been last updated in January this year. The movie, at the moment, contains 16,481 frames.  8-O A huge thanks to J for the tip!...

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Late to the Mobile Game

I may be a technology- and gadget-loving geek, but there are some topics that cause me to be bullheaded in my old-fashioned ways. Physical books over e-books/e-readers. Text over videos. (I hate it when I click over to a promising article to discover that I would need to watch a video to see what it's about. Also, no vlogging or Vine for me.) And websites' desktop views over mobile views.Yes, even when browsing the web on my phone, I prefer to view every site as they were originally designed. I appreciate good design. I want to see these designs on my phone, even if it means a longer loading time.So I put off creating a mobile version of this blog for quite some time, knowing full well...

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