Oops, sorry, here's a proper link: http://youtu.be/86_GQmUG-Lk
> On 28 May 2015, at 00:27, 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 > > 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. > 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. > 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/60DF53CD-6940-4501-9537-008E18E51EEB%40cqr-ltd.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
