8-bit day is the 256th day of the year.

Let's make this an (un)official holiday in honor of all things 8-bit!

Latest

on my own domain, most recent first:

• https://tantek.com/2015/256/t2/happy-8bitday-this-year-konamicode
• https://tantek.com/2014/256/b1/happy-8-bit-day-8bitday

Previously

Everything below here is 2013 and earlier content kept purely for archival purposes.

short URL: http://ttk.me/w/8bitday

(previously: tr.im/8bitday)

Introduction 

If you start the year with day 0, in the year 2009, 2009-09-13 (or 2009-256) is day number 255 = FF hex = 11111111 binary. 8 bits.  As tweeted on 2009-256., 2010-256, 2012-256.

Twitter

Use the hashtag #8bitday to tweet, celebrate, discuss 8-bit day on Twitter.

Music

• http://www.last.fm/listen/globaltags/8bit (was tr.im/8bits) - 8-bit music on last.fm
• http://8bitpeoples.com - CC by-nc-nd 8-bit mp3s (discovered at SXSW2008).
• http://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine (as noted: http://ttk.me/t4Kk2 )

Videos

• 8 bit YouTube tribute
• 8 bit Halo episodes: intro, 2, 3, etc. 
• Blade Runner - 8 Bit Cinema!

See Also

• Wikipedia: Programmer's Day

Related 

• NewCalendar

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