what if strangers could print to my printer?
190 prints · 42 countries · 3 days
every print, from every corner of the internet
then strangers started sending things
A bear wearing sunglasses and a Hawaiian shirt, with "ЛЕТО!" (Summer!) written across the top
this one set the tone for everything
A fake $20,000 OpenAI invoice — billed to Meghavi Rao, due immediately
the invoice was TOO real. i panicked for a second.
EPÄJÄRJESTELMÄLLISTYTTÄMÄTTÖMYYDELLÄÄNSÄKÖHÄNKÄÄN
49 letters. one word. peak finnish energy.
“This page intentionally left blank”
passive aggressive masterpiece
Corn. Just corn. Multiple times.
still don't understand the corn
42 countries. 6 continents.
and 36 more countries
reddit had opinions
“I connected my printer to the internet and strangers are sending things to it”
“I built a website that lets strangers print messages on my printer now”
how it worked
no ports open. my mac polls the cloud. outbound only.
the internet is weird.
but mostly, it's kind.
190 strangers from 42 countries sent things to a printer in india. most of them were memes and dog photos. a few were beautiful. one was too cursed to show.
thanks for printing with me.