so sarah kriesche asked me about QR-codes, and we talked about more than just squares with black and white blocks in a seemingly random arrangement. apparently, sarah used some of that in her story, which turned out more interesting than i thought possible (this goes for many of sarahs work).
you can listen to the story (in german language) here:
https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20230117/705952/1994-QR-Code (~14 min)
at least for some time. unfortunately, ORF-stuff tends to be removed after a week or so.
PS: i would love to hear what you think about it, so feel free to use the comments here in this blog post!
(image: local install of stable diffusion, from the prompt »a QR code, very old analog radio, Shiba Inu dog, in the style of press photography«)