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Good Luck Opening These
In the latest entry in our periodic series on failed file formats, we dig into word processor document formats that didn’t make it through to the present day.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Mar 2, 2022
Text By Procedure
A short history of procedurally generated text, which both humans and computers have had a hand in making throughout history.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Nov 14, 2019
Adventures In Interactivity
Interactive text adventures were a big part of the early days of gaming—and still lots of fun today. Who needs fancy graphics when you have your imagination?
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Jun 27, 2019
One Frame At A Time
A long time ago in an encoding standard not so far away, an early 'net user tried to remake “Star Wars” in ASCII art form. He got further than you’d guess.
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
Jun 21, 2018