Comments on: Pics or it didn't happen

Pics or it didn't happen

a lungful of dragon — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:27:03 -0800

By: Fizz

Fizz — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:34:21 -0800

THIS. IS. AMAZING!

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:36:45 -0800

I am a little disappointed by this, I have to admit. It's would really be more accurately described as 'how I built and Arduino-controlled button for taking selfies (and also taught my dog to use it)'. Not that the engineering isn't mildly interesting in and of itself, but I wanted way more doggy amazingness than it really involved.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:44:23 -0800

I wanted way more doggy amazingness than it really involved. My dog is afraid of boxes so would never even get to the push the button part. From where I'm sitting, this is doggy amazingness.

By: polymodus

polymodus — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:47:43 -0800

Yea these aren't so much selfies as "otheriese" (or more precisely inter-other selfie), I mean, it's a major semantic difference.

By: Ruki

Ruki — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:05:04 -0800

Last night, I was looking into Arduino to make a remote control trash can because, oh lord, I hate garbage night. My pets are way too contrary to take selfies for me, but a trash can that could take itself to the curb would change my life.

By: sexyrobot

sexyrobot — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:06:55 -0800

Does he fetch selfie sticks?

By: entropicamericana

entropicamericana — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:10:23 -0800

rick rick rick

By: felix grundy

felix grundy — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:19:01 -0800

I downloaded a no-hardware-mod cat version of this, Snapcat, but my cat, like a true cat, refused to degrade herself by taking any selfies. The dog knows "touch" and has no qualms about debasement, but her nose doesn't seem to set it off, and I don't want to teach her to bang her paws on the smartphone she already regularly knocks off my bedside table without any training.

By: rmd1023

rmd1023 — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 20:50:33 -0800

Wow. WHO'S A GOOD DOG?!

By: Pocahontas

Pocahontas — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:01:53 -0800

Cute beyond words

By: litera scripta manet

litera scripta manet — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:06:19 -0800

For some reason, the fact that the command for the dog is "selfie" kind of the best part. I rewatched this clip several times just because it amused me so much.

By: litera scripta manet

litera scripta manet — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:11:23 -0800

It's too bad that my dog could never in a million years learn to do this. She's a big beautiful, loveable fluff ball, but she is not particularly smart, and I've had cats that were way more inclined to be trained than she is. Oh well. Thanks for this fun FPP!

By: mantecol

mantecol — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:15:58 -0800

Cool, but, needs more guilt-selfies of the dog looking sad and forlorn while everyone else is out of the house.

By: bigendian

bigendian — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:26:39 -0800

Next step: teach this dog to take a selfie whenever she arrives at the dog park.

By: 724A

724A — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:04:52 -0800

I like the cat on the ledge(?) by the light watch the dog do the light switch thing for a treat. You know that cat is laughing on the inside at how the dog will do anything for a treat even embarrassing himself.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 00:12:43 -0800

Has anyone tried calling the dog?

By: Joe in Australia

Joe in Australia — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 04:59:33 -0800

YES, THIS IS ME.

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 08:57:38 -0800

What's most exciting to me about this project, aside from the sheer novelty of my dog sending selfies, is how simple each component is. The button press is literally the second example from Massimo Banzi's Getting Started with Arduino. The Python script is practically cut-and-paste from the Dropbox and Twilio getting started guides. It's amazing what different definitions of "simple" we have! It would take me years to learn how to set something like this up. Still in glad this guy did it and his dog seems pretty happy, so, yay!