valTownBadge

ASCII NYC Traffic Cameras All of NYC's traffic cameras available as streaming ASCII images: https://maxm-asciinyccameras.web.val.run/ NYC has a bunch of traffic cameras and makes them available through static images like this one . If you refresh the page you'll see the image update every 2 seconds or so. I thought it might be fun to make these cameras viewable as an ASCII art video feed. I made a small library that takes most of its logic from this repo . You can see a basic example of how to convert any image to ASCII here . I pull in NYC GeoJSON from here and then hook up a Server-Sent Events endpoint to stream the ASCII updates to the browser. (Polling would work just as well, I've just been on a bit of a SSE kick lately.) Hilariously (and expectedly) The ASCII representation is about 4x the size of the the source jpeg and harder to see, but it has a retro-nostalgia look to it that is cool to me :)

Test color contrast values with a URL that unfurls to share with others Usage Add hex color values to the end of the URL. Don't include the # symbol. You can use 3 or 6 digit codes. https://jxnblk-color_contrast.web.val.run/f8f/313 Share the link on social media or in chat to see a preview of the colors along with the level of contrast

An interactive, runnable TypeScript val by jxnblk

Example of how to add a Val Town badge to your val Demo: https://jxnblk-valtownbadgeexample.web.val.run/ Option 1 Wrap your HTTP response handler with https://www.val.town/v/jxnblk/valTownBadgeMiddleware [^1] import wrapper from "https://esm.town/v/jxnblk/valTownBadgeMiddleware"; async function handler(req: Request): Promise<Response> { const html = ` <h1>Hello, world</h1> `; return new Response(html, { headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=utf-8", }, }); } export default wrapper(handler, import.meta.url); Option 2 Get the HTML string for the badge using https://www.val.town/v/jxnblk/valTownBadge Add the HTML to your response's HTML string wherever you like import valTownBadge from "https://esm.town/v/jxnblk/valTownBadge"; export default async function(req: Request): Promise<Response> { const badge = valTownBadge(import.meta.url); const html = ` <h1>Hello, world</h1> ${badge} `; return new Response(html, { headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=utf-8", }, }); } Manual options You can also edit the snippet below to manually add the badge in HTML <a href="https://www.val.town/v/jxnblk/valTownBadgeExample" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:inherit"> <img src="https://jxnblk-valtownbadgesvg.web.val.run/" width="160" height="160"> </a> Or markdown: [](https://www.val.town/v/jxnblk/valTownBadgeExample) [^1]: Middleware is not recommended when using client-side hydration in apps like React or when returning a full, valid HTML response

ASCII NYC Traffic Cameras All of NYC's traffic cameras available as streaming ASCII images: https://maxm-asciinyccameras.web.val.run/ NYC has a bunch of traffic cameras and makes them available through static images like this one . If you refresh the page you'll see the image update every 2 seconds or so. I thought it might be fun to make these cameras viewable as ASCII images. I made a small library that takes most of its logic from this repo . You can see a basic example of how to convert any image to ASCII here . I pull in NYC GeoJSON from here and then hook up a Server-Sent Events endpoint to stream the ASCII updates to the browser. (Polling would work just as well, I've just been on a bit of a SSE kick lately.) Hilariously (and expectedly) The ASCII representation is about 4x the size of the the source jpeg and harder to see, but it has a retro-nostalgia look to it that is cool to me :)