#digitalsalon

Jan. 22, 2014
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[13:52:17] ryandeussing: http://www.smiirl.com/
[13:53:46] ryandeussing: I'd like to learn more about the hardwares/software involved in a device like that. Does anyone have hardware knowledge/experience?
[13:54:41] ryandeussing: Thanks in advance!
[13:55:31] kenbolton: hey ryan
[13:56:11] kenbolton: ryandeussing: i'm guessing you put in your fb credentials and it does an http GET to the FB api...
[13:56:33] ryandeussing: hey ken
[13:56:40] kenbolton: i bet it could be connected to almost any kind of display
[13:56:45] ryandeussing: that's not the mysterious part ;)
[13:57:04] kenbolton: https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url=%22http://yoast.com%22
[13:57:56] kenbolton: hardware wise, well, it is an analog counter.
[13:58:04] ryandeussing: how simple can the hardware be? what software would need to be running on the hardware?
[13:58:18] kenbolton: http://www.ibiblio.org/kuphaldt/electricCircuits/Digital/DIGI_13.html
[13:59:35] kenbolton: you could almost certainly use a laptop or desktop to control something like that. alternatively, a beagle-board or raspberry pi would be lower-cost.
[14:00:08] ryandeussing: I was thinking something like a raspberry pi, reading up on them. Man, they are not expensive.
[14:00:16] kenbolton: no, dirt cheap!
[14:00:31] kenbolton: arron and jamie have those devices. walter might, too.
[14:01:49] ryandeussing: real work beckons, but fun project in mind
[14:02:20] ryandeussing: ps - did you link to lerer ventures b/c your company is on there list?
[14:13:39] kenbolton: alex did.
[14:13:45] kenbolton: my company isn't on anybody's list!
[14:13:49] kenbolton: stealth mode...
[14:14:20] kenbolton: ryandeussing: alex works for nowthisnews.com, and they are funded by lerer.
[14:15:48] ryandeussing: coll beans
[14:15:52] ryandeussing: cool*
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[16:20:34] dclo: I am hoping to try this debugger https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger
[16:21:43] dclo: only it is python install and the quick start does not work.
[16:22:13] dclo: pip pip
[16:27:00] dclo: Downloading/unpacking pybonjour (from ponydebugger)
[16:27:00] dclo: Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:00] dclo: URLs to search for versions for pybonjour (from ponydebugger):
[16:27:00] dclo: * https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:00] dclo: Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:01] dclo: Skipping link http://code.google.com/p/pybonjour/ (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/); not a file
[16:27:04] dclo: Downloading/unpacking pybonjour (from ponydebugger)
[16:27:06] dclo: Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:08] dclo: URLs to search for versions for pybonjour (from ponydebugger):
[16:27:10] dclo: * https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:12] dclo: Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:14] dclo: Skipping link http://code.google.com/p/pybonjour/ (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/); not a file
[16:27:19] dclo: Downloading/unpacking pybonjour (from ponydebugger)
[16:27:21] dclo: Getting page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:23] dclo: URLs to search for versions for pybonjour (from ponydebugger):
[16:27:26] dclo: * https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:27] dclo: Analyzing links from page https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/
[16:27:29] dclo: Skipping link http://code.google.com/p/pybonjour/ (from https://pypi.python.org/simple/pybonjour/); not a file
[16:29:06] dclo: I think it should look here: http://code.google.com/p/pybonjour/downloads/list?can=1
[16:29:19] dclo: but how to tell it that? what to edit?
[16:31:58] kenbolton: dclo: not clear on what you've tried but i would do something like.
[16:32:16] kenbolton: $ pip install virtualenv
[16:33:02] kenbolton: virtualenv projectname
[16:33:08] kenbolton: cd projectname
[16:33:15] kenbolton: source bin/activate
[16:33:27] kenbolton: pip install ponydebugger
[16:35:11] kenbolton: dclo: i do not see any python in that application.
[16:37:25] dclo: under the quick start heading, the curl command, pulls down a big python script to run.
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[17:20:14] kenbolton: weird that they would require anything specific without mentioning it. shoddy software.
[17:21:04] dclo: it's an intern project. i'm leary of running all of that script; but, square is square. ought to be okay.
[17:22:18] dclo: 'pip install virtualenv' wants sudo to write to /Library. Can I make it do local, or is sudo just fine?
[17:28:30] dclo: i got it. brew install python vs. the preinstalled should do it.
[17:29:39] dclo: ah the internet is sometimes happy http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/osx/
[18:07:14] dclo: okay ponydebugger is not a package that pip knows; but, 'pip install -e .' in the directory that the curl retrieved script created (it had a setup.py) appears to have resolved the pybonjour dependency and gotten ponyd set up. also did a brew install of python and local install of virtualenv. thank you for the hints!
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