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Chaos Computer Club's Blinkenlights turns city buildings into giant pixel displays

Project Blinkenlights, started by the Chaos Computer Club in 2001 with the Haus des Lehrers installation in Berlin, has expanded into a series of large-scale interactive light installations across three continents, including Arcade in Paris, Stereoscope in Toronto, and the newer color-capable Polychrome. The project also offers a Movie Converter tool letting anyone turn their own videos into low-resolution GIFs or WebP animations matching the installations' pixelated style.

Philadelphia's Christmas Village bars shoppers from entering vendor booths over ADA rules

German American Marketing, which runs the Christmas Village and Made in Philadelphia markets at Dilworth and LOVE parks, told vendors shoppers will no longer be allowed inside booths this holiday season. Instead, most booths will get sales counters or barriers, with staff retrieving merchandise for customers, a shift the organizer says is needed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act after 32 months of review with legal experts and disability advocates.