forty-five by forty-five

It was well past my bedtime the night I stumbled upon PixelTime. I was face to face (actuallly, face to monitor) with a java (or javascripted, or whatever) toy which allowed the online creation of pixellized artworks. "Groovy!" I exclaimed, only half awake.

It was a gorgeously pixelled place. To the side of the toolbar and workspace was this small pixellated head which offered helpful advice and dispensed kind encouragement. PixelTime featured an ongoing competition in which a subject was presented for users to interpret in pixels, hopefully winning the favor of the judges and thereby snagging some prizes.

But what those prizes were I never learned. Within a few weeks after I discovered PixelTime it vanished. I kept revisiting the URL, but to no avail. Fortunately I'd managed to make a screenshot of my archived works just before the big disappearance.

Years go by and I discover this fellow's site which hosts a small tribute to PixelTime and details the reasons for its demise. Besides this gentleman's collection of creations, there seems to be no more information on the web about the subject. A really wonderful bit of imaginative fun has been tossed into the dustbin of pixel history. Sigh.