various other things

updated 31 March 2005
MOST RECENT: abacus and soroban

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abacus . Adam and Eve . airplane . alphabet . anchor . angel
bar . bra . boot . bottle . bowing . boy . bridge
caduceus . cafe . camera . carpet . cemetary gates . chair . clock . columns
dolls . door
pushing the envelope
faces . feather . fire & fireplace . first aid kit . flags . fleur de lys . footwear
girl
hands . handbasket . hat . highheeled shoes . hospital items . house & tree . Humpty Dumpty
kicked out . kimono & sash . knitting
lamp . legs
man and his dog . market . mittens . Mother and child
Narcissus . newspaper
pen & ink . placard (sign, scroll) . poison . puppet . pyramids and sphinx
radio
Salome . scissors . scream . sewing machine . shower . skull & crossbones
sleep (or lack thereof) . sneeze . snowglobe . stairs . surprise
table . taxtime . telephone . television . toaster . tombstone . towel . treasure chest . tree . trophy
umbrella . urn
watering the lawn . wind
yawn

abacus:


     ==================
      |@@@@----@|--@@|
      |@@@----@@|--@@|
      |@@----@@@|--@@|
      |@----@@@@|--@@|
      |@@@@@----|@--@|
ejm   |@@@@----@|@--@|
     ==================

    here is a 5 line abacus. (Sorry if the beads are wrong; I don't
    know how to count with an abacus.)

     __________________
      |::::====:|==::|
      |::====:::|==::|
ejm   |:====::::|:==:|
     __________________

I now know how to count with an abacus; here is a 5 line abacus that looks a little more like an abacus:
      ___________________
     |_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_|
     | ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |
ejm  | : : : : : : : : : |
     |_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_:_|



6 line soroban:
      ___________________
     | o o o o o o o o o |
     |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
     | | | | | | | | | | |
ejm  | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
     |_8_8_8_8_8_8_8_8_8_|

Russian abacus:
      ================
      |----0000000000|
      |----0000000000|
      |----0000000000|
      |----------0000|
      |----0000000000|
      |----0000000000|
      |----0000000000|
      |----0000000000|
      |----0000000000|
ejm   |----0000000000|
      ================

Chinese abacus:
      ___________________
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
     | | | | | | | | | | |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
ejm  | O O O O O O O O O |
     |_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_|

old fashioned soroban:
      ___________________
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
     | | | | | | | | | | |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
ejm  | O O O O O O O O O |
     |_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_|

soroban:
      ___________________
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|
     | | | | | | | | | | |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
     | O O O O O O O O O |
ejm  | O O O O O O O O O |
     |_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_O_|

  /  |           _
 /-\ |) (| (` || )
      ___________________________________________________
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |_|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|_|
     | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
ejm  |(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)|


  (`      |
  ,)()|`()|)(|||
      ___________________________________________________
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |_|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|_|
     | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
     |(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)|
ejm  |(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)_(_)|


  (`      |
  ,)()|`()|)(|||
      ___________________________________________________
     |<_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_>|
     |_|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|_|
     | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | |
     |<_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_>|
     |<_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_>|
     |<_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_>|
ejm  |<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>|

  |         |        _
  |_(`(`  (||)(|(`|| )
 _________________________________________________________________________
| <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> |
|__|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|__|
|  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |
| <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> |
| <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> |
| <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <H> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> <_> |
|_<H>_<H>_<H>_<H>_<H>_<H>_<H>_<H>_<H>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_<_>_|
|_________________________________________________________________________|
|  (__) (__) (__) (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__) (__) (__) (__) |
|  (__) (__) (__) (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__) (__) (__) (__) |
|___||___||___||___||____||____||____||____||____||____||___||___||___||__|
|   ||   ||   ||   ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||    ||   ||   ||   ||  |
|  (__) (__) (__) (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__) (__) (__) (__) |
e  (__) (__) (__) (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__) (__) (__) (__) |
j  (__) (__) (__) (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__) (__) (__) (__) |
m  (__) (__) (__) (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__)  (__) (__) (__) (__) |
|__(__)_(__)_(__)_(__)__(__)__(__)__(__)__(__)__(__)__(__)_(__)_(__)_(__)_|

To soroban ASCII-animation
To soroban gif animation
To Abacus: Mystery of the Bead how to use an abacus
To Lee abacus demonstration
Adam and Eve:

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          )))    ))) 
         ((((,  .-``-
         \) \  (/\  /)
         (( \\=/ | (/
         |/` \   / ))
         (| (/  /  \|
ejm      -_ -_  \) |)
               --  _-


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                        && &\/&\|& (`)|/&&&&
                        &\/(/&/&||/&  /_/&/_&
                     &(`)&\/&|(,)/& \/&&& & (`)
                 &&&&_\_&&_\ |& |&&&/&&_/_& &&
                    (`) &&&& &| &| /& & (`)& /&&
                     &&_---&--\&&|&&-&&--&-(`)~
                       &&      |||}
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          )))    )))     , -=-~'{`.-^- _
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         \) \  (/\  /)         {
         (( \\=/ | (/
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         (| (/  /  \|
ejm98    -_ -_  \) |)
               --  _-


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ejm98    -_ -_


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             (`) &&&& &| &| /& & & (`)& /&&
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              &(`)&\/&|(,)/& \/ &&& & (`)
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ejm98    -_ -_          {


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ejm98    -_ -_          {


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                 && &\/&\|& (`)|/ && &&
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         (| (/          `}    /  \|
ejm98    -_ -_          {     \) |)
                             --  _-

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ejm98    -_ -_

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         (| (/      /  \|
ejm98    -_ -_      \) |)
                   --  _-

airplane:

Yak:
                 ,.
             ___( |___
             `--- \---'
                 | \
                 \  \
__________________\  \___________________
\                     \                   \
 ------------------    \-------------------
              (\)   \   \ (\)
                     \   \
ejm                   `(.)

This drawing is based on a photo of a YAK.

I see that in my haste, I forgot to add the propeller. Here it is:
                      ,.
                  ___( |___
                  `--- \---'
                      | \
                      \  \
     __________________\  \___________________
     \                     \                   \
      ------------------    \-------------------
                   (\)   \   \ (\)
                          \ ' \
  ejm                     :`(.)-'
                          ` ; `,

alphabet:

I call this font ejm3line:

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.     ++  ,|) /o  (_X     \  /      |   ,     .  / 


/\  |  ')  ') |_|_  [   /   -/  o  (_)
\/  |  /_  ,)   |   ,) (_)  /  (_)  /


. .  ,  _   \  ')  _
. ,  `  -   /  !  (a'


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/--\ |) \, |/ [ | \] | | | ,| |\ |_ |  | | \|


/\ |) /\ |) (` -|- | | \  / \   / \/ \ /  -/
\/ |  \X |\ ,)  |  |_|  \/   \^/  /\  |   /_


|`  \   `|  /\     \     
|_   \  _|     __


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(| |) ( (| (' |  (| |) | | |\ | |)) |) ()
                 ,|      |

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|) (| |` > | || \/ \^/  >< \/  <
|   |                      / 


(  |  )  ^v
(  |  )

(Those are supposed to be { | } ~)

'^'  '^' |"|  ..  ..   ..   |)
/-\  \_/ |_|  (|  ()   ||   |_)

(Those are supposed to be Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß)


I was going to call it ejm2line but I wasn't too keen
on the lower case letters.

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(| |) ( (| (' |  ,| |) | | |\ | |)) |) ()


|) (|    _ +                    _
|   | |` > | || \/ \\/  >< `/   <


alpha/omega

    .-^-.
   ( /_\ )
    /   \ 
   '_\ /_`

A fellow asked for the letters "TSG" to be illuminated with roses. Using Figlet "big" as a guide for the letters, I gave it a shot.

@(                 )
  `@_______ _(___@/_____ 
  @|__   __/ @)__(/ ____|
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            )

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       @( ejm     ),@          \
         `      @(              `
                  )

He wasn't happy and wanted something more realistic like the roses Joan Stark has drawn. So using one of her roses as a template, I tried again, and finally, the fellow was satisfied. Many thanks to Joan for the loan of her roses.
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       /    /}}
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    //` '---./`  joan stark
    ||  /|
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          ||      \ /     `        \/
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anchor:

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angel:

       _  /)
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   Avenging angels:

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ejm98 `-     `-


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ejm98 `-     `-


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ejm98 `-     `-

Click on angels playing instruments if you would like to see more angels.

bar:

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Nina Liedtke (I think) in the Polish ascii-art newsgroup used this figure and said that it was a star.

     \`.,'/
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I suggested that it was a fox:

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boot:

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        _~C_/   and STAY out!!!
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boy:

Hot sand -without shoes
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-with shoes
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bra:

18 hour playtex: 

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       _____(   `.|,'   )_||__
 ejm  |______\____X____/_____;|



      /\\         //\
     // ||_     _|| \\
  __||_(   `. ,'   )_||___
 |______\____X____/______;|
Sure, it's like armor, but you can see the excellent result for yourself:
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|       &&&&&       |       &&&&&       |
|      &&*,*&&      |      &&*,*&&      |
|        \~/        |        \v/        |
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|        | |        |        | |        |
|      _'| |`_      |      _'| |`_      |
|___________________|___________________|
Of course, you may be crippled for life, especially if you exceed the 18 hours, but you'll LOOK great!

bottle:

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bowing:

bowing to a commoner:

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         ==    ==             --  -'

bowing to royalty:

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  ejm    //   \\               |%%%%%%%
         ==    ==             ==  ="

I was thinking about the chess game I played recently when my queen bit the dust after an elegant move from my opponent.
Royalty bows to Royalty:

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bridge:

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  ejm ~~~~~|xx|~~~~~~~~~~~~~|x|~~~ ~~  ~   ~


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