Geekiness to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL

Two incredibly exciting, yet incredibly geeky events have just happened in my life and have come together in the most absurdly fantastic way.

1. I received an email from an excited friend (Dardashti) who I will now quote:

"Lastly, I think text macros are making a huge come back, and I'm highly in favor of it.

           `/shddmddddhymmmh.                                      
                                    `odhhhhhhoyyydhhhhdds:`                                   
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                            `-:+oosooomdddhhhdyosys+odhhhhhhhmhh/                               
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                         .sdmNNMMMMh::------:+shdhhhddddhhhhhmdhhhm`                            
                            ````:yo/:::--------:/oyhhhhhdddhmdhhhhm`                            
                                /s+/:::/++/--:++///+shysoosshhhhhhy                             

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                                -yoy-------/o`        `++-ooo+hoh                               
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                            /o:::::::::::::::::::::::os---:/y::s                                
                            h:::::::::::::::::::::::::s+--:-:/s.                                
                            ./+/+osy+++o//+o++s+/ooo::/y--+yo:`                                 

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                                  /y/::s-.:o.-++:+s/::y:---y`                                   
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                                     `.h------------------:ohyy-                                
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                               `..-s+hy/-------+yooo++++////////y                               

                             `syyhd+/yh///////osh///////////////syo/:.`                         
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                    `.:sssds///+oy/yo/oo   .o+///h+///////++osyhsyhhhhhmosyhyo/.`               

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        .s---------/y+//+ss+//////oy/h++/////hsy++oo+++yo/oy///oy//////+s+-----------------o/   

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       `y--------/y+/////////////yo////////////////////////////////////y+-------------------/o  
        ++------:h//////////////ss+//////////////////////////////////+y/-------------------:y`  

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          ++---:h//////////////ss/o+///////////////////////////////+h:-------------------/s.    
           :o:-oo//////////////h///////////////////////////////////h/------------------:o/      

            `/oyo//////////////d//////////////////////////////////s+-----------------:o/`       
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             `osh//////////////dosy//////////////////////////////y+-------o-----+s/.            

            `ysod+/////////////hssy+/////////////////////////////d--------y:---:/s:             
            :o-yMNdyso+////////oy////////////////////////////////d-------:y/++:/+/o+:           
             s/oMMMMMMMNmmdhhssshooooooooooooooooooooooyyyyyyyyyyd+-----+ooh::ys:/oo/s          

              -/yNMMMMMMMMMMM+:::::::/+MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMdssssssssssd:---+s--o+--h---h+/          
                  ddmmmNNNNMMy::::::::+MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmsssssssssssh+--:o--:h--h--:y            
                  dhhhhhhhhhhddhyyyyyydddddddddddddddddddddddddddddm++o/:-:s+/ss+++`            

                  dhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhm.  .:://:.               "

2. Another friend lent me his old copy of 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' which I am about to play pretty much not stop for a couple of weeks.

Every so often, two less extreme things combine to form something so extreme, that you cannot even believe that something so wonderful could possibly have come from two such lesser things. Take salt for example. Sodium and Chloride are both awesome, but who could ever believe they would combine to make salt! Or how about water and corn starch? Mentos and Diet Coke (more on this later)?

Here is what I want you to do (if you have a mac. If you have a PC, you're outsky):

Open up Applications>Utilities>Terminal

Copy and paste this command into the program: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Hit enter.

Watch and be amazed.

Here is a preview of something you might see:


Enjoy! (and in case you didn't know, that is Homer Simpson)