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Dan Farrimond

@illarterate.bsky.social

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📺 teletextfreak. Fanatique télématique. 📧 HELLO (at) TELETEXTART (dot) CO (dot) UK (Not taking on paid projects for now.) 🌐 teletextart.co.uk 🌐 danfarrimond.co.uk 💁 Header photo: @megawayned.bsky.social 🖼️ Profile pic: @mrbiffo.bsky.social

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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 19h

teletextart.co.uk/call-for-ent... #teletext

CALL FOR ENTRIES – 2025 Teletext Advent Calendar on Yle Text

This year’s loading bar is approximately ten twelfths complete, so it’s time once again for the traditional teletext community Advent calendar! This will be our fifth consecutive annual festive projec...

teletextart.co.uk

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Mistigris computer arts @mistfunk.bsky.social · 1d

Mistigram: and what modern Mistigris artpack would be complete without some ##teletext? Here are some appropriately creepy specimens included in the spooky new MIST1025 collection.

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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 19h

teletextart.co.uk/call-for-ent... #teletext

CALL FOR ENTRIES – 2025 Teletext Advent Calendar on Yle Text

teletextart.co.uk

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Declan Reilly @declander.bsky.social · 23d

This is what Doom Scrolling looked like in the 90s.

News headlines for the day listed next to a teletext input code.

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ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 28d

Well my other posts don't seem to have worked, so I've decided to try superliminal advertising to get people to create some #TeletextArt for Chunky Fringe.

blockparty.zxnet.co.uk

Teletext rendition of the Navy officer from the Simpsons episode "New Kids on the Blecch" shouting "Hey you! Make a Chunkytext page" out of the window.

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Pat Sissons @pjsissons.bsky.social · Sep 24

Hey - my sofa cushion is finally going to show the right time day and date for the first time in 11 years!

Me holding my sofa cushion with a CEEFAX page dated Weds 24 Sep screen printed on.

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borelax @borelax.bsky.social · Sep 24

The nostalgia for pre-digital TV really hit when I saw that Blippo+ has its own version of Ceefax/Teletext.

Screenshot from Blippo+ of the Ceefax/Teletext-like channel, showing options:
TRASH TYPE
THE READ-ONLY REVIEW
RECIPES FOR RECLUSES
TEX-X
MICRO MEDITATION
FRILL HUNTER
SUBSPACE SPOTLIGHT

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vcfkyle @vcfkyle.bsky.social · Sep 24

I would love to make a ceefax exhibit for a future VCF. Have it display show information like exhibitors, sessions, etc. #VCF

Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social · Sep 23

#OnThisDay 1974 : CEEFAX went live and a new way of getting instant information via the means of teletext was born.

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Dan @hardanwignr.bsky.social · Sep 23

Fair enough - well before I leave here's one of my favourite bit from a song by Lancashire Hotpot😆

A screenshot of the music videos for "Lancashire's for me" by Lancashire Hotpot during the lyrics for "If you're from Yorkshire it must be torture", which details the woes of being from yorkshire in Teletext style.

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Russty Russ @russtyruss.bsky.social · Sep 23

#OnThisDay 1974 : CEEFAX went live and a new way of getting instant information via the means of teletext was born.

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Mistigris computer arts @mistfunk.bsky.social · Sep 24

Mistigram: this ##teletext portrait of ##SonosheeMcLaren from ##TakeshiKoike's 2009 ##Redline was drawn by @atonalosprey for last month's ##anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

An oceanic hybrid hover jet racer wears yellow racing goggles.

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Super Page 58 @superpage58.bsky.social · Sep 12

I’m prawny! Prawny, prawny, prawny! #totp

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ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · Sep 12

Three weeks? 😱

A reminder that I'm preparing to update my teletext service ChunkyText ready for Chunky Fringe.
If you have a YouTube channel/Video game/Pop group/Pelican snooker hall you want to promote via a teletext advert or article, drop me an email at [email protected]

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Le Saligaud de Retro @letyperetro.bsky.social · Sep 13

j'aime bcp dessiner des vtubers (hello @t0mimi.bsky.social :eyes:)
#teletext #tomimillust

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mikaelaltemark.bsky.social @mikaelaltemark.bsky.social · Sep 15

Ursula K. Leguin, 1929-2018.

"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings."
(speech at the National Book Foundation, 2014)

#teletext #ursulakleguin #sf #feminism #author

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Mistigris computer arts @mistfunk.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mistigram: this @horsenburger.bsky.social ##teletext portrait of ##StudioGhibli mascot ##Totoro is a little off-model but still captures the vibe of this furry nature spirit. This screen was included in the film-themed MIST0920 artpack collection released five years ago.

A very brown Totoro gives us a big cockeyed grin while a butterfly alights on his massive magical paw

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Midthommar (2019, dir. Ari Aster) @coldman.bsky.social · Sep 10

age verification? this is where I read video game reviews as a teenager

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Mistigris computer arts @mistfunk.bsky.social · Sep 12

Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of big-haired bounty hunter #SpikeSpiegel from #CowboyBebop was drawn by @horsenburger.bsky.social and included in the new #anime - themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

A dark-haired man with a steely gaze, a cold smile, fluffy hair and a long, sharp nose points a handgun at the viewer.

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ceefax 1988. Unfortunately the rest of the carousel was pretty much unreadable but I thought this picture was worth uploading.

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Aug 25

From ITV Tyne Tees July 1985; The new Ferguson TX90 that is not only a TV but has RGB and composite video inputs, ideal for your ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64!

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Mistigris computer arts @mistfunk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Mistigram: RIP to #BlackSabbath frontman #OzzyOsbourne, who just went to that great metal gig in the sky. #Teletext portrait by @horsenburger.bsky.social , originally shared in the spooky MIST1017 artpack collection released 8 years ago. ✌️

An apparently angry man with long black hair and dark circles around his eyes stares and yells (sings, rather) directly at the viewer against a red backdrop.

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𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖎𝖙𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊 @littlebitspace.bsky.social · Jul 23

Skeletext

#art #teletext #teletextart #pixelart #demoscene #textmode #textmodeart #ascii #asciiart #digitalart #computerart #8bitart #8bit #1bitart #1bit #bbs #ceefax #tekstitv #skeleton #skull #rubberhose

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Legalitätsprinzip @art18bvg.bsky.social · Jul 23

Unpopular opinion, aber ich halte Teletext für ein heutzutage echt unterschätzte Medium. Nirgendwo sonst gibt es so einen schnellen Überblick über die wichtigsten Schlagzeilen, wie auf Seite 100.

Die extrem minimalistischen Überschriften und Artikel sind eine Kunstform für sich🤷‍♂️
Gibt's auch als App