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Dan Farrimond

@illarterate.bsky.social
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📺 teletextfreak. Fanatique télématique. He/him 📧 HELLO (at) TELETEXTART (dot) CO (dot) UK (Not taking on paid projects for now.) 🌐 teletextart.co.uk 🌐 danfarrimond.co.uk 💁 Header photo: @megawayned.bsky.social 🖼️ Profile pic: @mrbiffo.bsky.social

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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Submit now! Do it naow! Yalghhh (Message to self. Might delete later.)
@superpage58.bsky.social@superpage58.bsky.social
Chunkytext is also open for your artwork submissions blockparty.zxnet.co.uk
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Block Party teletext editing server
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Happy 28th Birthday #Google! The date on this #teletext artwork (from 2016) actually represents when the company was first incorporated. Probably inspired by this Philip Linde #artwork: www.flickr.com/photos/lektr... #pixelart #videotext #internet #www #worldwideweb #oldinternet #retro #ceefax
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three exclamation marks to make the headlines even!!!
@tvpres.com@tvpres.com
🟡 Update from The Teletext Archive Five from Saturday 1st December 2001 📺 More at https://tvpres.com
teletextarchive.com
Teletext page 100 — Five, Saturday 01 December 2001
From The Teletext Archive
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy #NationalTeletextDay 2026! How about a new artwork based on that classic Pages From #Ceefax car? 52 years of #teletext x 52 weeks = 2704 weeks of teletext Art viewable on @soyuzteletext500.bsky.social's HBN Teksti-TV: bollenstreekmedianetwerk.nl/hbn/teletext... #pixelart #pastiche
Teletext artwork to celebrate National Teletext Day, 23 September 2026. A riff on a classic teletext artwork seen on Pages From Ceefax, with a red vintage car with cyan windscreen and yellow number plate driving down a village road with grass by the side, where "1974-2012" (the years of Ceefax) is printed. The heading says "BBC Ceefax", with each word rendered in its separate classic pixel block logo style. A black aeroplane takes off in the sky, a direct lift from the "Travel News Follows" page it is based on.
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
@russtyruss.bsky.social Dude, have I missed National Teletext Day? :-o
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Oktoberfest 2026 is underway. Cheers! #teletext #pixelart #ceefax #videotext #viewdata #prestel #1bit #textmode #textart #artistsonbluesky #Theresienwiese
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICYMI: Our #art exhibition to mark Yle's 100th birthday is now available on Yle Text. We will also be showing #artworks for Yle Text's 45th birthday next month, if you would like your #teletext to be shown! #pixelart #ceefax #tekstitv #videotext #artistsonbluesky #textmode #demoscene #1bit
Dan Farrimond@illarterate.bsky.social
Our #teletext art exhibition with Finland's Yle Teksti-TV has begun! "Yle 100" celebrates a full century of the broadcaster, and is the first of a 2-part celebration that continues with "Yle Text 45" next month. View here: yle.fi/aihe/tekstit... teletextart.co.uk/yle-100-on-y...
teletextart.co.uk
Yle 100 on Yle Text: A Super Teletexthibition (9 September – October 2026)
On 9 September 2026, Yleisradio Oy (AKA the Finnish Broadcasting Company) will celebrate its 100th anniversary with the scintillating sixels and astounding alphanumerics of – you guessed it, teletext ...
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#CeefaxHolidays klaxon... took me two years to find it! Artist: Duncan Weston I Was Here The Horse, Dublin September 5 – October 20, 2024 #teletext #ceefax
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our #teletext art exhibition with Finland's Yle Teksti-TV has begun! "Yle 100" celebrates a full century of the broadcaster, and is the first of a 2-part celebration that continues with "Yle Text 45" next month. View here: yle.fi/aihe/tekstit... teletextart.co.uk/yle-100-on-y...
teletextart.co.uk
Yle 100 on Yle Text: A Super Teletexthibition (9 September – October 2026)
On 9 September 2026, Yleisradio Oy (AKA the Finnish Broadcasting Company) will celebrate its 100th anniversary with the scintillating sixels and astounding alphanumerics of – you guessed it, teletext ...
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Heyyy, this looks really good on the HBN hardware! @jaseinblack.bsky.social #teletext #pixelart #teletextarchive #ceefax
@soyuzteletext500.bsky.social@soyuzteletext500.bsky.social
advertisement created by @illarterate.bsky.social HBN Teksti-TV is a free service to advertise on the 651 newsreel, lets try to get the newsreel to be as chaotic as teledata! This is a community oriantated project and everyone is welcome to advertise!
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
For Star Trek's 60th Birthday, I just rehashed a #teletext graphic I made for #ARDText ten years ago today. Live long and prosper, and be lazy like me. 🖖 #ceefax #pixelart #textmode #textart #spock #videotext
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
HBN Teksti-TV, the homebrew #teletext service run by @soyuzteletext500.bsky.social, is now showing advertisements for YOUR business/website/dog! It's a FREE service and page creation is included in that low, low price, so grab your spot TODAY! bollenstreekmedianetwerk.nl/hbn/teletext...
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Blocktoberfest is coming in exactly one month! #teletext #ceefax #pixelart #tech #newmedia Art: @soyuzteletext500.bsky.social / HBN Teksti-TV
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
6th September final deadline for yle100-specific stuff! TV and radio could be a prompt, as well as the overall yle100 theme "shared moments". #callforentries #textmode #teletext #ceefax #pixelart
Dan Farrimond@illarterate.bsky.social
Still a week or so to submit #teletext art for "100 Years of Yle" (the Finnish broadcaster)! (End of Aug) After that, there'll be another month to submit for the 45th birthday of Yle Text. (End of Sept) Pick one or both! The choice is yours. 😎 teletextart.co.uk/call-for-ent... #callforentries
teletextart.co.uk
CALL FOR ENTRIES – 100 Years of Yle & Yle Teletext’s 45th Anniversary (September & October 2026)
The world-renowned Yle Text was launched some five-and-forty years ago on 7 October 1981, which smells like a capital idea for another celebration of teletext art! But not only that, it’s the 100th an...
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Delighted to enter the #teletext #textmode -only category at Xenium Demoparty over the weekend. A huge thank you to the organisers. Naturally, teletext #chatline artwork lives on across Europe, funding a number of services in 2026. A distinct lack of nerdz depicted on there, though! #ceefax #bbs
Teletext textmode artwork, resembling ascii, of a chatline advertisement for 'Hot Nerd Chat'. A presumably hot woman is sitting at a keyboard (branded IBM) typing the abbreviations ASL, IKR and WTH and facing over the viewer's right shoulder. Text on the right, blocked out in mostly at symbols, reads 'Super Hot (Txt) Nerd Chat', with the text "Nerdz kept at boiler room temp. (24/7)" underneath. Finally, the text at the bottom right reads "type 80085-NERD".
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
BMN Bollentekst is 1 year old today! Congratulations @henkdetenk12345.bsky.social 🥳 bollenstreekmedianetwerk.nl I made a #teletext #pixelart birthday cake to celebrate. 😎
Teletext Pixel art work with a tall birthday cake next to a large number 1 to celebrate bmn’s first birthday. underneath is the text bmn bollentekst
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@zxguesser.bsky.social@zxguesser.bsky.social
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still a week or so to submit #teletext art for "100 Years of Yle" (the Finnish broadcaster)! (End of Aug) After that, there'll be another month to submit for the 45th birthday of Yle Text. (End of Sept) Pick one or both! The choice is yours. 😎 teletextart.co.uk/call-for-ent... #callforentries
teletextart.co.uk
CALL FOR ENTRIES – 100 Years of Yle & Yle Teletext’s 45th Anniversary (September & October 2026)
The world-renowned Yle Text was launched some five-and-forty years ago on 7 October 1981, which smells like a capital idea for another celebration of teletext art! But not only that, it’s the 100th an...
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Heyyyy, good to see this dude again after so many years! I suppose he's a bit Flintstone-like here. #pixelart #teletext #bamboozle
@oldbritishtelly.co.uk@oldbritishtelly.co.uk
Morning!
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It's the big day for Ceefax champion @countbinface.bsky.social. Good luck and bona fortuna! #teletext #binmania #binfacemania #ceefax #teletext #pixelart #videotext #binface #clacton #retro #fanart #textart #textmode
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Wild Inside, a documentary about New York's #Flaco the Owl, is now showing in American theatres. I hope it comes to the UK soon! Here's an unreleased #teletext artwork from 2024 depicting him roosting in a #CentralPark tree. Based on this photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaco_%... #ceefax #pixelart
Teletext pixel artwork depicting Flaco, a Eurasian Eagle Owl that escaped his enclosure in Central Park Zoo in February 2023. He lived wild in the park for a year, but collided with a building in Feb 2024. Here he is depicted in white and yellow, sitting in a red tree, resting during the daytime. He's fluffing up his feathers and looks like a marshmallow.  Text at the bottom reads "RIP Flaco, 2010-2024. Fly Free!"
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Collaborative artwork made on tonight's #Teletext #SofaClub live show! It's our first one taking advantage of MUTTLEE's new Level 2 capabilities. Thank you to all contributors! 😎 #pixelart #ceefax #binface
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
@zxguesser.bsky.social I love the artwork, but I'm just getting this in before you mwahahahahaaaa
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Stop getting teletext wrong!
ALT: Stop getting teletext wrong!
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Dan Farrimond @illarterate.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A 99 Croissant with Flake, joint 1st in the #teletext competition at @field-fx.party over the weekend! Oddly enough, both of those pieces relate to @countbinface.bsky.social... demozoo.org/parties/5538... #pixelart #ceefax #1bit #videotext #croissant #binface #teletexto #Flake #textmode
A croissant is depicted in teletext with an additional Flake chocolate log, inspired by two of Count Binface's pledges to cap the price of both 99 Flake ice creams and croissants. The artwork is split diagonally by the croissant with a 99p label in the bottom left and a Flake protruding into the top right of the frame. Text says "New low price capped forever by Captain Binhead," and additional labels pointing to the pastry say "Croissant-y," "Crusty," "Flaky" and "99-y." The header text says "illegal header, prepare to be vaporised."
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