Comments on: Oh, Qrap

By: Grey Eyed Man of Destiny

Grey Eyed Man of Destiny — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

sweet, my grandpa discovered 4chan and now he writes for boingboing. what ever happened?

By: braininavat

braininavat — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is a new benchmark in WTF

By: brianary

brianary — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„ â–„ â–„â–„ â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„ â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„
â–ˆ â–„â–„â–„ â–ˆ â–ˆâ–„â–„â–ˆâ–ˆ â–„â–ˆ â–„â–€ â–ˆ â–ˆ â–„â–„â–„ â–ˆ
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â–„â–„ â–„ â–„â–„â–€â–€â–„ â–€â–„â–ˆâ–€ â–€â–€â–ˆâ–€ â–„â–„â–„ â–„â–„
â–„ â–€â–€â–€â–„ â–„â–ˆâ–€ â–€ â–„â–€â–„â–„â–€â–ˆâ–ˆâ–„â–„â–ˆâ–„â–„â–€
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â–€â–ˆâ–„ â–„â–„â–ˆâ–„ â–€â–„â–€â–€ â–€â–„â–ˆ â–ˆâ–„ â–€â–ˆ â–ˆ
â–„ â–ˆâ–€â–„â–€â–„â–€ â–€â–„ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–€â–ˆâ–„â–„ â–€â–„â–ˆâ–„ â–„ â–„â–ˆ
â–„ â–ˆâ–€â–€ â–„â–ˆâ–„â–„ â–ˆâ–„ â–ˆâ–€â–„â–€â–€ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–„â–„ â–„â–€â–€
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â–ˆ â–„â–„â–„ â–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–€â–€â–„â–ˆâ–€â–„â–„ â–ˆâ–„â–„â–„â–ˆâ–„â–€â–€â–€
â–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆ â–€â–€â–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–„ â–ˆ â–€ â–€â–„â–€ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–„â–€â–„
â–ˆâ–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–ˆ â–ˆâ–„â–ˆâ–€â–„â–„ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–€â–€â–ˆâ–„ â–„â–ˆ â–ˆ

By: brianary

brianary — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Non-monospaced fonts here, no hints about HTML support. One more try.


   â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„  â–„  â–„â–„ â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„ â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„  
   â–ˆ â–„â–„â–„ â–ˆ â–ˆâ–„â–„â–ˆâ–ˆ â–„â–ˆ â–„â–€ â–ˆ â–ˆ â–„â–„â–„ â–ˆ  
   â–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆ â–„â–€â–€â–€ â–ˆâ–€â–ˆâ–ˆ â–€   â–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆ  
   â–ˆâ–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–ˆ â–ˆâ–€â–„â–€â–„ â–„â–€â–„â–€â–ˆâ–€â–„ â–ˆâ–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–ˆ  
   â–„â–„ â–„  â–„â–„â–€â–€â–„ â–€â–„â–ˆâ–€ â–€â–€â–ˆâ–€ â–„â–„â–„ â–„â–„   
    â–„ â–€â–€â–€â–„  â–„â–ˆâ–€ â–€  â–„â–€â–„â–„â–€â–ˆâ–ˆâ–„â–„â–ˆâ–„â–„â–€  
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    â–€â–ˆâ–„ â–„â–„â–ˆâ–„ â–€â–„â–€â–€ â–€â–„â–ˆ  â–ˆâ–„  â–€â–ˆ â–ˆ   
   â–„ â–ˆâ–€â–„â–€â–„â–€ â–€â–„  â–ˆâ–ˆâ–€â–ˆâ–„â–„ â–€â–„â–ˆâ–„ â–„ â–„â–ˆ  
   â–„ â–ˆâ–€â–€ â–„â–ˆâ–„â–„ â–ˆâ–„ â–ˆâ–€â–„â–€â–€ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–„â–„ â–„â–€â–€  
   â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–„ â–ˆ â–€â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆ â–„â–€â–ˆ â–„ â–ˆ â–€â–ˆâ–€  
   â–ˆ â–„â–„â–„ â–ˆ   â–ˆâ–ˆâ–€â–€â–„â–ˆâ–€â–„â–„ â–ˆâ–„â–„â–„â–ˆâ–„â–€â–€â–€  
   â–ˆ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆ â–€â–€â–ˆâ–ˆ â–ˆâ–„ â–ˆ â–€ â–€â–„â–€ â–ˆâ–ˆâ–„â–€â–„  
   â–ˆâ–„â–„â–„â–„â–„â–ˆ â–ˆâ–„â–ˆâ–€â–„â–„  â–ˆâ–ˆâ–€â–€â–ˆâ–„ â–„â–ˆ  â–ˆ

By: brianary

brianary — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well, there you go. It’s a crazy Mad fold-in QR code.

By: Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Grandson, don’t teach me how to suck QReggs.

By: sg

sg — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I had to zoom in with Firefox like 3 times before I could get one of those codes to load on my phone. But it totally works.

By: g0d5m15t4k3

g0d5m15t4k3 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I read it as “Crapping paper”. Ha!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

too late. I already made qr code stickers that do that. ohh well. I guess you’ll have to look for them in the wild.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have been playing around with QR codes, but canâ€™t get past the novelty aspect yet.

One question: Is there such a thing as a desktop app for the Mac that allows one to scan a QR code with a webcam? I know the whole push is to use this with mobile devices, but what about those of us without smart-phones?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Qr codes are obsessive and awesome. I only wish more people and companies would adopt them in the usa..
Also I would love to see a functional qrcode tattoo!
I’ve been working on Qr code programming at sleejay.com… best viewed in chrome the html5 is fun
Hope someone can use it

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks! I actually found those a whole back and it seems odd to me that there are slick apps for mobile devices, but for non-mobile devices it seems like it’s all hacked & patched together. An Adobe AIR app is the best stand-alone option? Oy…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The best was the guy dressed in wrapping paper using a Kinect.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Speaking of QR codes and gifts… check out this spiffy QR code tshirt from the loveable Sam Trout: http://samtrout.ecrater.com/p/9237072/qr-code-adelic

By: theyallhateme

theyallhateme — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m QR code obsessed too. I just finished a perler QR code. I think it’s a little mean for xmas, but I used to QuickRoll the guys at my old job. QR codes were great for sharing NSFW links too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Um… Harry Truman in heaven? (Googling for it only finds this thread.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Found this thread for ya http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=686961

For QR codes on-screen (such as that picture of a present), if you have an external camera just point it back at your screen (a more elegant solution would be an app that can scan the rendered screen directly, without a camera).

By: 3lbFlax

3lbFlax — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve seen a couple of QR codes at the end of TV adverts this last week. They stay up for two seconds if you’re lucky, and I estimate that getting the camera ready on my iPhone 3G takes ten times that long. So now I sit there like a hawk, an admittedly quite unusual hawk, iPhone in hand, waiting for the ad break so I can capture these fleeting dataghosts and find out if there’s some additonal information about the product that the advert didn’t – or couldn’t – contain.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I love QRcodes too. Here is my Halloween costume this year.
http://picasaweb.google.com/crickett/Random#5548009064683627746