Two Videos from the Vault

The internet is a place for video-picture. So much so, its easy to forget that computers before the internet sometimes did things too, and that those things were often being done by a skilled technical operator, working hard on the other end of a mouse or keyboard, often for whole days without sleep.

bpNichol was a poet of computers - old computers. Modern computers couldn't translate what his scheme was, until it was recently converted and made suitable for the eyes OF TODAY. Now, you just have to press play. Genuine information on this man, bpNichol is available here, on your friend, Wikipedia.

Here is a video of his making:

bpNichol - First Screening from Anon. on Vimeo.

For interested people, this blog has more information on bpnichol.

Compare and contrast with this video of a cat eating spaghetti. Skip to 40s and BE AMAZED!