Found this when trying to automate notifications for when books I listen to are published on their website.
you should curl horwood.biz if you like ascii are
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2026
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Nice! I like how the ascii art is different each time and that using curl gives something different than the browser.
I'm looking to make an ASCII art server that I can route curl requests to for other sites I run
So I can make requests to your site and get ascii art back? That would be neet, please state rate limit when you do so that I don't spam you (if I ever would reach those levels of requests).
no rate limit at the mo, as the site doesnt get hit a lot
Saving this comment so that I can find my way back here when I have more time.
Why isn't it a cat?
Maybe cause it was easier to make an asci duck but "meow'dible" sounds more like "audible" than "quack'dible" does?
I looked through The Wayback Machine and 2025-02-19 03:55:37 was the first earliest occurrence I could find.
Because it says THIS IS QUACK'DIBLE