Subj : Re: about firesidebbs
To   : All
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Wed Mar 05 2025 15:44:05

On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 20:48:05 +0000
"test" (21:1/249) <test@f249.n1.z21.fidonet> wrote:

> I have to express how impressed I am of the growing utility of the
> weather door lonewolf created on his bbs. So impressed with the full
> functionality of it. Really remarkable,really.
> 
> I must be just a nut or something, but I go on his bbs every day and
> geek out.
> 
> For anyone who hasn't checked it out, he has implemented a fantastic
> sixel representation of animated weather data including radar and
> cloud cover with  three zoom  settings.
> 
> this is the appeal, for me, of modern bbs'ing. what can we do to
> replace the browser and/or mobile apps? and modern api's are the key
> here.
> 
> i  started doing similar on my board with the creation onf a pilot's
> portal, of sorts. for flight planning, I have a few tools. and
> currently i'm  working on screen scraping scripts for reading the
> airman information manual. and  federal regulations, etc.
> 
> got a movie lookup tool. but this weather tool really exposes so many
> possibilities in my yes,.
> 
> sixel likely rubs alot of people wrong. but i love it.

bbs.endoftheline.com has the NASA Picture of the Day, when available,
in sixel format if you want to check it out. Head to the Doors >
Weather & Space section.
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