Comments on: Youngest Twitterer EVAR? http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 11:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: knifie_sp00nie http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353796 knifie_sp00nie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353796 I want one of these for my colon. I want one of these for my colon.

]]> By: Hannes http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-354308 Hannes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-354308 ... Hannes form I TAKE THE PISS - ITTP here! I too believe Twitter is a great service to mankind. But my 7 months old son does not seem to share my enthusiasm. Instead, nonconformist as he is, he takes the piss. http://www.hannesnehls.de/#itakethepiss ... at least we have a great tool for monitoring him. … Hannes form I TAKE THE PISS – ITTP here! I too believe Twitter is a great service to mankind. But my 7 months old son does not seem to share my enthusiasm.

Instead, nonconformist as he is, he takes the piss.

http://www.hannesnehls.de/#itakethepiss

… at least we have a great tool for monitoring him.

]]> By: gabrielm http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353797 gabrielm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353797 Great idea, but me thinks that it might need to be calibrated: <blockquote>"Wow I'm being very active! I kicked Mommy 1766 times at 11:59AM on Thu, Dec 11!"</blockquote> Great idea, but me thinks that it might need to be calibrated:

“Wow I’m being very active! I kicked Mommy 1766 times at 11:59AM on Thu, Dec 11!”

]]> By: jmendonsa http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353798 jmendonsa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353798 Can this be the official coining of the term "twitrist" despite how much it sounds like "titty twist"? Can this be the official coining of the term “twitrist” despite how much it sounds like “titty twist”?

]]> By: janai http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353803 janai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353803 Fourteen years later, Mom will still be pulling out this list in order to guilt-trip her kid. ;) Fourteen years later, Mom will still be pulling out this list in order to guilt-trip her kid. ;)

]]> By: Amphigorey http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353813 Amphigorey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353813 I think it should be "tweeter," not "twitterer." After all, one produces tweets, not twits. I think it should be “tweeter,” not “twitterer.” After all, one produces tweets, not twits.

]]> By: flamy http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353818 flamy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353818 Here's a link to a web page with explanation of how it works - http://portfolio.menscher.com/itp/kickbee/ though it doesn't say how data transmission to twitter is implemented, but I'd love to see the device. Here’s a link to a web page with explanation of how it works –
http://portfolio.menscher.com/itp/kickbee/ though it doesn’t say how data transmission to twitter is implemented, but I’d love to see the device.

]]> By: cshirky http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353822 cshirky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353822 Gabrielm, yes, the earlier calibrations were, um, a bit hyper... Knifie. Eeew. Gabrielm, yes, the earlier calibrations were, um, a bit hyper…

Knifie. Eeew.

]]> By: decius http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353824 decius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353824 Anyone got implementation details? The Maker Shed <a href="http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKBT1" rel="nofollow">botanicalls kit</a> will post to twitter whenever your plant needs to be watered, but its not wireless. Is this one of those things where its easy as long as you have $1000 and a research partnership with a mobile phone company? Perhaps is a bluetooth device that talks to Windows Mobile which generates SMS messages? Anyone got implementation details? The Maker Shed botanicalls kit will post to twitter whenever your plant needs to be watered, but its not wireless. Is this one of those things where its easy as long as you have $1000 and a research partnership with a mobile phone company?

Perhaps is a bluetooth device that talks to Windows Mobile which generates SMS messages?

]]> By: OM http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-354081 OM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-354081 ...I can see it now: <I>"I broke mommy's water @ 11:33am 03/04/09. I will get spanked for this lol!"</i> …I can see it now:

“I broke mommy’s water @ 11:33am 03/04/09. I will get spanked for this lol!”

]]> By: decius http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353829 decius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353829 NM, thanks Flamy. Bluetooth is correct IC. NM, thanks Flamy. Bluetooth is correct IC.

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353831 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353831 "<i>Can this be the official coining of the term "twitrist" despite how much it sounds like "titty twist"?</i>" ..and yet, to my continual amazement (and lack of maturity) we still say 'pianist'. “Can this be the official coining of the term “twitrist” despite how much it sounds like “titty twist”?”

..and yet, to my continual amazement (and lack of maturity) we still say ‘pianist’.

]]> By: BillSeitz http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353876 BillSeitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353876 Where's the flickr feed? Where’s the flickr feed?

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353886 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353886 #1 just gave birth to a brown baby boy. #1 just gave birth to a brown baby boy.

]]> By: clmensch http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353898 clmensch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353898 Kickbee Maker here... To answer some technical questions, there are currently two piezo sensors and an analog circuit detecting low frequency vibrations and sent to an Arduino Mini. The Arduino uses a SparkFun BlueSMIRF v2 module to talk to my Java app serially over Bluetooth. The Java app analyzes the sensor readings and decides when to update Twitter. There's also a button that toggles a "standby" mode on and off so that the device won't post to Twitter until it's been put on and adjusted properly. It's all powered by a 9v battery. I added some photos of the device to the link on the Twitter page. Thanks for your interest! I'm still tweaking the electronics and writing code...plus I need to make it look a bit more friendly. So please excuse the obvious test posts. If you're in NYC, I strongly urge you to check it (and the other great projects) at the NYU ITP Winter Show Dec. 17 & 18! http://bit.ly/itpWinterShow08 Kickbee Maker here…

To answer some technical questions, there are currently two piezo sensors and an analog circuit detecting low frequency vibrations and sent to an Arduino Mini. The Arduino uses a SparkFun BlueSMIRF v2 module to talk to my Java app serially over Bluetooth. The Java app analyzes the sensor readings and decides when to update Twitter. There’s also a button that toggles a “standby” mode on and off so that the device won’t post to Twitter until it’s been put on and adjusted properly. It’s all powered by a 9v battery. I added some photos of the device to the link on the Twitter page.

Thanks for your interest! I’m still tweaking the electronics and writing code…plus I need to make it look a bit more friendly. So please excuse the obvious test posts.

If you’re in NYC, I strongly urge you to check it (and the other great projects) at the NYU ITP Winter Show Dec. 17 & 18! http://bit.ly/itpWinterShow08

]]> By: aeioux http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353914 aeioux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353914 I just launched a little service this week called Tweetlet that sends you messages from your baby during pregnancy. You get messages like: "Hi dad, I just opened my eyes for the first time!" http://tweetlet.com I just launched a little service this week called Tweetlet that sends you messages from your baby during pregnancy. You get messages like:

“Hi dad, I just opened my eyes for the first time!”

http://tweetlet.com

]]> By: theawesomerobot http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353917 theawesomerobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353917 too bad you can;t make it say "about 3 hours ago from womb" too bad you can;t make it say “about 3 hours ago from womb”

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353919 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353919 Clay Shirky, I have now joined Facebook upon the information in the essay you posted earlier, but I don't think I can bring myself to Twitter. At any rate, today I saw an ancient and everdear friend of mine from high school do a standup comedy routine with a facebook link. We haven't talked in 15 years, but today I definitely felt the connection. Up with all them good social networking sites, maybe I will start to twitter after all. Clay Shirky,
I have now joined Facebook upon the information in the essay you posted earlier, but I don’t think I can bring myself to Twitter. At any rate, today I saw an ancient and everdear friend of mine from high school do a standup comedy routine with a facebook link. We haven’t talked in 15 years, but today I definitely felt the connection. Up with all them good social networking sites, maybe I will start to twitter after all.

]]> By: amara http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-354197 amara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-354197 What about hiccups? Does the Java app analyze the piezo sensors to distinguish the impulse's regularity and intensity? The hiccups of my unborn are strong and regular (several times a day for about 5-10 minutes each time) while her 'kicks' are not really kicks, instead, only her stretching her legs. What about hiccups? Does the Java app analyze the piezo sensors to distinguish the impulse’s regularity and intensity? The hiccups of my unborn are strong and regular (several times a day for about 5-10 minutes each time) while her ‘kicks’ are not really kicks, instead, only her stretching her legs.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353966 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353966 Okay, I'm on twitter now with this same username. Show me the magic. Okay, I’m on twitter now with this same username. Show me the magic.

]]> By: The Visitor http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353967 The Visitor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353967 Is this its sleep/wake cycle? http://xefer.com/twitter/kickbee Is this its sleep/wake cycle?

http://xefer.com/twitter/kickbee

]]> By: prom77 http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-354227 prom77 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-354227 Around the eight month mark, this Twitter feed is going to going to become annoyingly active. Around the eight month mark, this Twitter feed is going to going to become annoyingly active.

]]> By: CounterClckWise http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353978 CounterClckWise Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353978 Knifie Sp00nie, you are almost as disgusting as you are funny. There are a lot of good uses for this tool. What a great therapeutic tool to conquer boner shame. Knifie Sp00nie, you are almost as disgusting as you are funny.

There are a lot of good uses for this tool. What a great therapeutic tool to conquer boner shame.

]]> By: cshirky http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353985 cshirky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353985 wolfiesma, follow <strike>the white rabbit</strike> Xeni wolfiesma, follow the white rabbit Xeni

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353988 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353988 cshirky, I am on that, over. cshirky, I am on that, over.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-353990 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-353990 do they make one with fifty thousand waterproof sensors? do they make one with fifty thousand waterproof sensors?

]]> By: Lionfire http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-354248 Lionfire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-354248 My partner and I have a similar system set up. Whenever she feels a kick from the baby, she kicks me! It's great! My partner and I have a similar system set up. Whenever she feels a kick from the baby, she kicks me! It’s great!

]]> By: W. James Au http://boingboing.net/2008/12/11/youngest-twitterer-e.html#comment-354029 W. James Au Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-354029 @ Dad: "Am actually spawn of the devil & when born WILL SUBJUGATE THE EARTH. Lulz!" @ Dad:

“Am actually spawn of the devil & when born WILL SUBJUGATE THE EARTH. Lulz!”

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