Via Web Curios, we are referred to a rather stupendous gallery of screen-grabs of broadcast teletext pages (see previously), first introduced in 1974 in data hidden in the signals at the extremes of the TV screen, with an assortment of nostalgic advertisements, closed-captions, games, viewing guides, alpha-mosaic art and news supplements whose rollout preceded and provisioned the internet with this ASCII grid of twenty-four by forty characters with some limited interactive capabilities (in partnership with a phone call usually) accessed by remote control. I remember exploring occasionally these embedded channels (which are mostly still available and offer programme synopses and transcripts) when the parallel online world was not so readily accessible.
synchronoptica
one year ago: a classic from The Small Faces (with synchronoptica)
seven years ago: work makes us passionate quitters plus reflections on a total eclipse
eight years ago: misadventures in tourism, Dr Who remixed plus Dr Teeth live in concert
nine years ago: assorted links worth revisiting
eleven years ago: the origin of kids’ menus and the family restaurant