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word clock is a little too verbose for me

filed under: design | timepieces

hans tan idea of a clock II

While this wouldn’t be the first time that I came across a clock that tells time with text, it’s certainly the most wordy version that I’ve seen.

Singapore designer Hans Tan created the Idea of a Clock II using a green LED bulletin board to display the current time using a lengthy textual description…

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posted: April 28th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

word clock slowly reveals the time with text

filed under: design | timepieces

Animated Word Clock by Christiaan Postma

This has got to be one of the most amazing clock designs I’ve ever seen. At first glance, the display looks like a bunch of random matchsticks, but over time, they gradually transform into words that tell the time…

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posted: April 19th, 2008 stumble it! 46 comments author: technabob

pac-man text adventure: turn left, eat dots

filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games

Pac-Txt Screenshot

I know, I know. The year is 2007 and I’m writing two stories in a row about Pac-Man. But I really couldn’t resist this one. Pac-Txt is a great mashup between the classic 1980s arcade game and Zork. And if you happen to be under the age of 30, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about…

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posted: November 2nd, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

computer plays youtube videos with ascii text

filed under: computing | hacks-mods | home entertainment | just plain fun

Lynx Playing YouTube Video

This cool hack takes videos from YouTube, converts each frame to ASCII text, then plays them back in all their alphanumeric glory.

Warren Harding (Linux geek, not the 29th President) put together a script which uses the text-based Lynx web browser along with Mplayer to to render the video…

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posted: June 29th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

spacewriter uses light to write messages

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

Spacewriter LTC123 LED Text Messaging

Perfect for the raver crowd, this gadget lets you send messages through the air by using an array of rapidly flashing LEDs. As you wave the Spacewriter LTC123 in the air, the circuitry detects the movement and writes out a dot-matrix message that’s readable by onlookers…

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posted: June 3rd, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

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