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Worse yet, some generations will misread the symbolism, as my current TV displays a bright blue screen when set to an input that's not in use. This is probably

Worse yet, some generations will misread the symbolism, as my current TV displays a bright blue screen when set to an input that's not in use. This is probably a passing phase, though, as the TVs of the current generation have strange media hubs with crappy builtin apps.

devindotcom 12y ago
Maybe something like "The sky was the color of the sky, seen through a tacky vintage Instagram filter."
monk_e_boy 12y ago
Oh God. I can see it now. [Static app] for your TV, purchased by old fogies. Configure Static app to come on when you fall asleep in front of the tv. Most often purchased with [Off: Vanishing dot], [Stand by mysterious hum], [wired VCR controller (comes with 3 feet of wire)], [bad signal - signal degrades depending on weather] ....
- pdkl95 12y ago
  http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/01/snow-crash-simulated/ http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/01/snow-crash-simulated/ We already have [Static app] in some devices, which apparently play some sort short video recording of static. So now we get static with DCT compression artifacts.
- GauntletWizard 12y ago
  My android device already does a weird animation of a CRT blinking out when I turn off the screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zFwpb_LDHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zFwpb_LDHQ
- Crito 12y ago
  I want a little blinking 7-segment under my television that only displays "12:00".
- jacquesm 12y ago
  Premium option: burnt out vertical deflection amplifier, and upset convergence.
- coldtea 12y ago
  You might be interested in this app: http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/
pewpewlasergun 12y ago
"The sky was the perfect untroubled blue of a television screen, tuned to a dead channel." - Neil Gaiman, "Neverwhere"
- desdiv 12y ago
  A fan asked Neil Gaiman about it and here's the exchange: A fan: "You're either paying homage to Gibson, which is weird because the two books are in different genres and he isn't mentioned in the acknowledgements, or perhaps there's some manner of Jungian collective unconscious phenomenon at work here, in which you have unwittingly mimicked Gibson, or..?" Neil Gaiman: "Or it was a very small joke, essentially pointing out that since what is arguably the most famous opening sentence in SF was published in 1984, the nature of what a "dead channel" looked like had completely changed, from grey static fuzz to a pure dead blue. Well, I thought it was funny, anyway." http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/12/some-days-bears-on-top.asp http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/12/some-days-bears-on-top...
- GauntletWizard 12y ago
  I'd forgotten how much I'd laughed at that line. Gaiman is great.
Argorak 12y ago
Maybe there should be a "Museum of endangered visuals", just as there is a "Museum of endangered sounds". http://savethesounds.info/ http://savethesounds.info/

devindotcom 12y ago

Maybe something like "The sky was the color of the sky, seen through a tacky vintage Instagram filter."

monk_e_boy 12y ago

Oh God. I can see it now. [Static app] for your TV, purchased by old fogies. Configure Static app to come on when you fall asleep in front of the tv. Most often purchased with [Off: Vanishing dot], [Stand by mysterious hum], [wired VCR controller (comes with 3 feet of wire)], [bad signal - signal degrades depending on weather] ....

pdkl95 12y ago
http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/01/snow-crash-simulated/ http://www.jwz.org/blog/2012/01/snow-crash-simulated/ We already have [Static app] in some devices, which apparently play some sort short video recording of static. So now we get static with DCT compression artifacts.
GauntletWizard 12y ago
My android device already does a weird animation of a CRT blinking out when I turn off the screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zFwpb_LDHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zFwpb_LDHQ
Crito 12y ago
I want a little blinking 7-segment under my television that only displays "12:00".
jacquesm 12y ago
Premium option: burnt out vertical deflection amplifier, and upset convergence.
coldtea 12y ago
You might be interested in this app: http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/

pewpewlasergun 12y ago

"The sky was the perfect untroubled blue of a television screen, tuned to a dead channel." - Neil Gaiman, "Neverwhere"

desdiv 12y ago
A fan asked Neil Gaiman about it and here's the exchange: A fan: "You're either paying homage to Gibson, which is weird because the two books are in different genres and he isn't mentioned in the acknowledgements, or perhaps there's some manner of Jungian collective unconscious phenomenon at work here, in which you have unwittingly mimicked Gibson, or..?" Neil Gaiman: "Or it was a very small joke, essentially pointing out that since what is arguably the most famous opening sentence in SF was published in 1984, the nature of what a "dead channel" looked like had completely changed, from grey static fuzz to a pure dead blue. Well, I thought it was funny, anyway." http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/12/some-days-bears-on-top.asp http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2004/12/some-days-bears-on-top...
GauntletWizard 12y ago
I'd forgotten how much I'd laughed at that line. Gaiman is great.

Argorak 12y ago

Maybe there should be a "Museum of endangered visuals", just as there is a "Museum of endangered sounds". http://savethesounds.info/ http://savethesounds.info/