artists' notes

random kitto

2026-03-09

Return random kitto.

#!/bin/ksh
# try adding more emotions!
# img_viewer must be able to read urls

img_viewer=feh
get_page="ftp -o-"
#get_page=curl #for non fishlinux

emotion() {
cat <<eof | sort -R | sed 1q
happy
sad
angry
smiling
sleepy
soviet
eof
}

get_page() {
$get_page "https://bnet.lab8.cz/search.php?q=$(emotion)+kitto" |\
   tr "<" "\n<" | grep -e jpg -e png | cut -d"=" -f4 | cut -d"'" -f1 |\
   sed '/^$/d' | sort -R | sed 1q
}
url=$(get_page)
echo $url
$img_viewer "$url"

random.kitto.sh

acquiring art

2026-03-08

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Extracting full resolution images from online galleries.

Many art websites attempt to prevent the visitor from downloading the actual images. This is one way that might or may not work (depending on the website).

Firefox example:

This needs javascript.

Find art, ie: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/104211, Ctrl+Shift+I (webdev tools), click on "Network" tab, click Reload. Click on the picture to make it larger. Look for the largest jpeg in the list. Copy its url.

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nein

civic responsibility

2026-02-22

triapul.cz is now notably minimalized. Old content may reappear here over time, but it can still be found via direct urls.

The english rss feed (/feed/english.xml) contains both artwork and notes and automa. The artwork is also aggregated in subversive.pics.

Similarly, analognowhere adopted 3.5's new look, making it more accessible and easier to browse.

Find more content on the about page.

There is no statement.

video gaming

2026-02-13

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Four games on linux and openbsd.

nein/technology/gaming

I never even read Tennyson

2026-01-21

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maude mold

get inspired

2025-11-14

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funhole

...

2025-09-20

unix_

surre

alism

in color, in twisted domesticated color
   veal dressed in maroon consonants.

Stuck in a single paragraph
of lines
lies
and bruised cheeks,
looking into the liquid silver light
I, I and I
slip into a canyon of stripes.

Seizures all to be seen:
the means of computation,
the computation of meaning,
the silent scream of a transistor,
the drive clatter.

read source
drill a hole
kill a ghost

zdáš se mi nahá


no_art_sale: the last two cigarettes on earth

2025-08-28

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Your chance to own a piece of no history!

More information.

"Naysayers!"

2025-08-27

Said Owen Wilson and proceeded to grind down a set of rails. The knowledgable know it wasn't him, the deniers vouch for the actor's skating skill and the rest don't care.

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don't expect the reader to know what you mean

2025-08-27

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 pitched and prone 
 molds overthrown 
 
 nothing but a plastic bag  
 the one good bug out kit 

 and to those left unrealized 
 closing words?

 here
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