RT @TomasBajer@twitter.com

#eink

to je ale pěkný projekt :)

github.com/wuspy/portal_calend…

🐦🔗: twitter.com/TomasBajer/status/…

This is an old project, but by some miracle it's still working and I woke up this morning wanting to celebrate the things I love more.

This Inkplate e-ink screen shows Conway's Game of Life, seeded from tarpits I have on the Internet. The tarpits are programs on my computer that superficially look like insecure Telnet and Remote Desktop services, but actually exist to respond super slowly and make bots scanning the Internet 'get stuck'.

When a bot connects to the tarpit, the data it sends gets squished into a 5x5 grid and 'stamped' onto a Game of Life board. Data from a bot at the IP address 1.1.x.x will get stamped on the top left corner, data from a bot at 254.254.x.x will get stamped on the bottom right corner.

Conway's Game of Life, a set of simple rules that govern whether cells should turn on or off, updates the display once per second. The result is that bot attacks end up appearing as distinct 'creatures', that get bigger and more angry looking over time (as their centre is updated with new data). After the attack finishes, the 'creature' eventually burns itself out.

Despite that description, it's a really chill piece of art that doesn't draw too much attention but I can happily watch for a long time.

Credit for the idea goes to @_mattata, I had been wanting to make a real-life version of XKCD #350 for years before seeing his Botnet Fishbowl project.

#projects #inkplate #esp32 #eink #infosec #tarpit

E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications

... I’ve looked for existing sets of guidelines without luck, so apparently I get to draw my own line in the sand. An earlier version of this post proved popular on Mastodon, I’m expanding it here. This is a first effort and some of my suggestions may not hold up, though I hope most will. Further discussion on that point at the end of this post....

• Persistence is free
• Pixels are cheap
• Paints are expensive ...

(more at link)

diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/…

This is based off an earlier toot as part of a longer thread, here:

toot.cat/@dredmorbius/10859547…

I felt this needed and deserved a post-length treatment and so it has one.

I'd very much like to hear criticisms / improvements.

#eink #ui #ux #interfaces #UIUX #design #WebDesign #AppDesign

E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications

E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications If you're engaged in application or Web UI/UX design for E-Ink devices or displays (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper), it helps to keep in mind what these displays' capabilities are.

^{Glass Wings diaspora* social network}

Einkbro is a seriously good tablet browser

I just need to mention it again.

This is an Android browser aimed at E-Ink devices (though it works for any Android device). It's optimised foir E-Ink's strengths and weaknesses.

That actually makes it a really good browser for reading content online, which ... it turns out a whole hell of a lot of present-generation mobile browsers kind of suck at.

The developer's also highly responsive and I've seen a few of my own issues and requests addressed, which is a breath of fresh air. Oh, and it's FOSS.

github.com/plateaukao/browser

#Einkbro #FDroid #Android #WebBrowsers #Eink

GitHub - plateaukao/browser: An Android web browser based on webview, which is specialized for E-Ink device.

An Android web browser based on webview, which is specialized for E-Ink device. - GitHub - plateaukao/browser: An Android web browser based on webview, which is specialized for E-Ink device.

^GitHub