Put your code up online. Then we can have a network of such things. I would use a large flipdot display in a semi-public place like a makerspace. People can use the obsolete display technology of their choice! Smoke signals even! Semaphore! Morse code! Perhaps it's time for my medication...
Tom Harris <[email protected]> On 28 May 2015 at 09:27, Michail1 via neonixie-l < [email protected]> wrote: > The link to youtube video is actually a tiny picture. > > Wanna see the video and details. :) > > Michail > > > In a message dated 5/27/2015 3:57:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Folks, > I got around to doing something with the B-7971 I had. Along with a > raspberry pi that had lain unused for far too long. > It's an FLW-alike that is connected to Twitter to harvest words, here's a > link to a short vid: > youtube video <https://i.ytimg.com/vi/86_GQmUG-Lk/default.jpg> > > Not much electrical engineering going on with the design as I just used > TaylorEdge PSU and smart sockets, the fun was in the programming the Pi. > > It needs a case making but I'm waiting on a camera extension cable right > now (and also tempted to add at least two more tubes ... has anyone from > the UK here got any I could buy?) > > It displays the time and the words that will fit on the display from a > random tweet feed. It also displays TWOI: the TWitter Originality Index or > the ratio of original tweets to retweets seen in the random feed. > > It will listen out for any tweets with the hashtag #NixieBotShowMe use > that tag and it'll send you back a picture of the next word in your tweet > after that tag that will fit on the display. > > Other tags you can add on are #NBreceipt for a DM acknowledgement and > #TheTime . > > @mention others in your tweet to get them mentioned in the reply. > > Outgoing tweets are limited to one a minute and queued so you may have to > wait a while if it gets popular. > > Follow it on twitter @NixieBot to see all the words that get sent. > > Bear in mind that it's the internet providing words so don't blame me if > you see something rude. Hopefully the fact that everyone who wants to can > see what was submitted by who (and reply to them ) should make it somewhat > self policing... maybe! > > Future additions planned include fetching and displaying the odd stock > quotation every now and then (for old time's sake) and maybe plugging it > into this mailing list for a word source too. Other ideas welcome :) > > > Cheers, > Robin. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c296edb1-18a2-40a2-86ef-610dbd1fc445%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c296edb1-18a2-40a2-86ef-610dbd1fc445%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/51d52.360ff0a0.4297acc7%40aol.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/51d52.360ff0a0.4297acc7%40aol.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAHjG12TmrcNSXEfZP9-LR%3DL%3D18peOtcCkLMjzMpFLsetW2tGtw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
