5 Ways to Use the Terminal in OS X, from Useful to Just Fun

5 Ways to Use the Terminal in OS X, from Useful to Just Fun:

The article is about things you can do on a terminal from Mac OS X, but this one works on Windoze too, and it's so cool I had to put it here.

"ASCII art has been with us as long as we've been using computers, and there's a lot of great ASCII animation out there. How about watching the original Star Wars in ASCII animation?

A telnet server out there on the Internet serves up this amazing adaptation. Just enter telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl and hit return. You'll then be treated to a new twist on a familiar tale.

The last time I watched this, it wasn't complete, although it mentioned that scenes will be added in the future. I'm not sure how complete it is right now, but I hope to find the time to watch it again sometime soon.

If you'd like to quit before the end, you can type control-] to get to the telnet prompt. At the prompt, type quit and press return."