100 years ago today, the first crossword puzzle was published, according to Smithsonian (1). In Ukraine Serhiy Petyuk decorated a house with a crossword puzzle, where you can see the letters only at the night (2). Ken Knowlton and Frank Longo made the portrait crossword (3). Christian Svanes Kolding made the QR-crossword (4).
thx 2 nerdcore for the head’s up
Sign Language Alphabet by ladybugdesigns1995, via
Aces of ANSI Art (AAA) was possibly the first ANSI-group, formed 1989 in California, USA. You can watch some of their ANSImations in this YouTube-clip.
Electra was a teletext service in the United States that was in operation from the early 1980s up until 1993
Viewtron videotex system. Picture by DCvision2006 who dates the photo to 1980, but Viewtron was launched in 1983 according to Wikipedia.
Painted needlepoint canvases designed by Charley Harper. The original source is borked, but a more recent link is here. (Updated 2024)
