LOL - that's fun.

Reminds me of this http://www.cultofmac.com/78961/turn-terminal-app-into-a-flickering-vintage-crt-with-cathode/

The flame is here http://ipad41001.posterous.com/biochar-app-v000-in-codea

Was thinking about neon lights

function draw()
    isCRT = false
    --isCRT = true
    background(40, 40, 50)
    if isCRT then
        
        font("Inconsolata")
        fill(0, 255, 27, 255)
    else --neon sign
        font("MarkerFelt-Thin")
        fill(255, 0, 232, 255)
    end
    tw = 800 --text width
    th = 200 --text height
    fs = 200 --fontsize
    i = image(tw/10,th/10)
    fontSize(fs/10)
    setContext(i)
    text("Codea",tw/20,th/20)
    setContext()
    if isCRT then 
        fill(0, 255, 27, 255)
        xx = math.random(3) - 2
        yy = math.random(3) - 2
        translate(xx,yy)
    else --neon
        fill(255, 0, 232, 127)
    end
    if math.random() > .01 then
        sprite(i,WIDTH/2,HEIGHT/2,tw,th)
    end
    fontSize(fs)
    text("Codea",WIDTH/2,HEIGHT/2)
end

I was fiddling around with a title screen for Orb-Bits, and found it amazing just how much pure random fud could be pushed out to generate "static." In its simplest implementation:

for i = 1, 1000 do
        rect(math.random(WIDTH), math.random(HEIGHT), 1, 1)
end

I wouldn't use it as background for anything more active than a title screen. I'm just amazed that it works even when nothing else is going on.

Nice effect, it really triggers pattern recognition, I see so much that isn't there in it, just like real static.

A slightly different pattern of static

function setup()
    
end

function draw()
    pr = image(WIDTH,1)
    for x = 1, WIDTH do
        dot = math.random(125)
        pr:set(x,1,dot,dot,dot,255)
    end
    for y = 1, HEIGHT do
        pps = math.random(WIDTH)
        --sprite(pr,(WIDTH/2)-ps[y],y)
        --sprite(pr,WIDTH+(WIDTH/2)-ps[y],y)
        sprite(pr,(WIDTH/2)-pps,y)
        sprite(pr,WIDTH+(WIDTH/2)-pps,y)
    end
end