portfolio SpamPaint
Tired of comment spam? What’s that damn spam good for anyway? Well, probably it isn’t good for anything at all but at least I’ve found a way to turn it into something that is worthwhile to be looked at: SpamPaint.
SpamPaint is a script written in php that turns comment spam into interesting and refreshing graphics. Here you can read more about it.
Funny thing is, when I developed this last semester (2005/06) I didn’t receive any comment spam at all and I had to go and tap other blogs to get hold of it. But you can read everything about the technical stuff on the about page.
Special thanks go to Joen Asmussen and Karl Karzelek!
Update:
Chris Applegate wrote something about SpamPaint that made me giggle:
A nice idea, totally let down by a shittily-designed website showcasing it.
Shittily for sure. Probably he meant me having done a bad job but as I see this I did a pretty good job in provocing this reaction. The interface is refelcting my interpretation of spam: noise and distortion.
- Posted on August 3rd, 2006
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