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README.md

showbits

Displaying pixel-perfect images on esoteric devices.

Thermal printer ideas

  • Appointments, tasks for the day
  • Business card that looks like a receipt
  • Commit history (maybe across repos)
  • Emails (live)
  • HN front page
  • Issues on a GitHub repo (like tickets - "when your number is called, ...")
  • Large image using multiple strips
  • Live graph (a new row of pixels every few seconds)
  • Measuring tape
  • QR codes
  • Quote (fortune, maybe cowsay)
  • RSS feeds (live?)
  • SSH login attempts (live)
  • Sudoku
  • Sunrise, sunset
  • Text banner (text flows parallel to paper)
  • Weather report
  • Wiki To Go
  • Xkcd (current, random)

Implemented:

  • Calendar
  • Cellular automaton (1D)
  • Chat messages (euph, twitch)
  • Instant camera
  • Procedural easter egg generator