Sunday, May 4, 2008

May the Fourth Be With You



It's been ridiculously long since I've posted. Sorry for that.

If you say this post's title out loud you'll get why this date is the unofficial Star Wars Day. This year I'm celebrating by letting you know how to be an even bigger Star Wars nerd.

Above is an example of ASCII art. The image is composed entirely of keystrokes. Well a crazy dutchman, has gone and made well over 10,000 images, strung them together, and made them available for your viewing pleasure. It's Star Wars animated!

  1. In your start menu select run.

  2. When prompted to run; type, "cmd". This opens a command window.

  3. Now type, "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl"

  4. Enjoy!

The dutchman hasn't finished the whole thing, but there's quite a bit there.

Marvel at his dedication! It certainly dwarfs mine.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Man, that was crazy.....how long would that take someone? Very cool.

Unknown said...

He's been working on it for at least five years.

Crazy.