Friday, April 19, 2024

How to hide tiny artworks in your URLs

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We all know the humble URL; it tells the internet where we want to go. But, as digital artist Alexander Reben discovered, it can do so much more. It turns out that entire webpages can live within its character string — you just need to know how to build them. Reben does, and has been using a technique he developed to hide tiny works of art — like digital treasure chests — in your browser bar.
The original idea was to be able to embed little artworks into QR codes, so when y…
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