I'm kind of on an ASCII kick this weekend. Having already brought you ASCII banners, I thought I'd follow that up with ASCII video playback. Apple's ASCII Movie Player, which you can download here, ...

Today, millions of people around the world were introduced to TEXTp, a new video display format created by YouTube that converts the site’s videos into a flurry of ASCII characters. The new format, ...

ASCII is fascinating even in the age of 4K HDR video, with hundreds of tiny printed characters creating a unique aesthetic. Video in ASCII, coming straight from the camera, is impressive. The project ...

Human beings like pictures which is probably why there’s the old adage “A picture’s worth a thousand words.” We take computer graphic output for granted now, but even in the earliest days for ...

In case you grow tired of clear-written, understandable code, obfuscation contests provide a nice change of scenery, and trying to make sense of their entries can be a fun-time activity and an ...

From the Doing More with Less Department comes this fun little demo of fluid dynamics There’s no amazing technological breakthrough in the video below. No mind-blowing bon mot, no brilliant new ...

An interesting new chat client has been spotted today. The old-school style video chat app has appeared as a download on Github recently and is able to render its users in glorious text based images.