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Friday 9 April 2010

Display


.

File:EL unlit-lit animation.gif





Nothing inside

a space

the surface of which

is filled

with tiny messages




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/Goofy.svg/500px-Goofy.svg.png





Animation of electroluminescent liquid crystal display screen, lit and unlit (off/on cycle): image by Lee J. Haywood, 2007
Goofy, from Mickey's Revue, 1932: Art Babbitt (image by Connormah, 2010)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tiny messages from no one to whoever cares to read them...

TC said...

Lucy,

Yes, and you have reminded me that sometimes it is a special pleasure to be part of a very exclusive group.