To all those Star Wars fans out there that has just a little geek in you, you will find this interesting. When you have some time and some popcorn, type this into a terminal window.
telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
An ASCii movie just for you — those who know how to find it. It’s the full original Star Wars movie in text animation. Typing this command into Terminal takes you to the website where this movie is hosted using a protocol called Telnet, which gives you a text-based connection to a remote host. Then it loads the movie into Terminal and it starts playing. I could have just given you the link to the website where it’s hosted, but where’s the fun in that?
OK I will give it to you anyway: http://www.asciimation.co.nz
There isn’t any word on whether or not there will be other episodes; this is just Episode IV in its entirety.
I challenge anyone to find out how to do this and create the next episode of Star Wars, or even to create something else entirely.
I stumbled across this while researching other Terminal commands to help with the everyday business that is Small Dog Service.
Enjoy.
(Ed. note- Episode IV and no Jar Jar Binks…hard to go wrong)