Friday afternoon and we got our first chance to try our content out on the screens at Dick Smith Electronics on Wyndam Street in the City. After a few minor issues, we can get our content displayed on eight of the display screens, about 1/4-1/3 of all their screens. We has issues arrise around the inability of the signal from the laptop to travel into the splitter which then daisy chains into another splitter and 8 screens. This is unfortunate but we could find no way to make it work otherwise. Regardless, it still has a good effect.
We are able to place the laptop among the screens so at least that is one more screen present and also the inbuilt webcam is able to directly record the viewer as they engage with an respond to it. We have the program set up to take a screen shot every few seconds which will make for interesting documentation. An example is shown below from our trial on Friday. The news headlines and Tweets shown in this example are from prerecorded feed as opposed to live.
We are able to place the laptop among the screens so at least that is one more screen present and also the inbuilt webcam is able to directly record the viewer as they engage with an respond to it. We have the program set up to take a screen shot every few seconds which will make for interesting documentation. An example is shown below from our trial on Friday. The news headlines and Tweets shown in this example are from prerecorded feed as opposed to live.
Finishing up the last bits of the programming in time for our actual run tomorrow, I am disappointed to say that I have been unsuccessful in combining the various elements of the content into a single program. I have used quite a roundabout way to stop the live RSS feed from making the videos and and webcam lag but was unable to amalgamate the program to incorporate the Flickr Feed. This is particularly disappointing as that particular piece of code was tricky but I managed to make it work by itself. The problem arose with incompatibility between the two programs in use of different versions of XML libraries and my inability to rewrite one to the other. I came very close so there still is the potential to fix it up in time for presentation to the class or exhibition week which I will definitely aim to do.
So on the eve of our real run, I have let the RSS real time feed run for a while and some of the results have been interesting in terms of the relationship in the news headline and the Tweet pulled only by relevance of randomly selected keyword:
So on the eve of our real run, I have let the RSS real time feed run for a while and some of the results have been interesting in terms of the relationship in the news headline and the Tweet pulled only by relevance of randomly selected keyword:
'Fake' passport seller to stand trial
23:30:08
@JosephJonasFans hey ! i just got a news that i don't know if it is true ? nd i just wanna know if it is true !! i know u can answer me !
Plunket distressed by RNZ decision
Plunket
@mcquillanator Rubbish. Once I realised it wasn't Plunket the organisation but the person, it was sweet! Haha
23:32:43
Hit-and-run driver may be showing nerves, say police
say
Just wanted to say that I love KTU and @paulcubbybryant is amazing!! http://myloc.me/164dN
23:35:18
NZ potter Dame Doreen Blumhardt dies
dies
RT @Bristolnews: Bristol woman dies after being hit by car on zebra crossing: http://bit.ly/xV37H Zebra outside Orpheus, Henleaze.
23:37:52
Court upholds five's P convictions
five's
Counting crows? One's bad, Two's luck, Three's health, Four's wealth, Five's sickness, Six is death.
23:40:27
'Ignorance' behind Nazi Facebook photos - council
Facebook
New facebook page http://bit.ly/2iJG8y
23:43:02
Morrison shapes up for action movie
Morrison
@empiremagazine RT On the subject of 24, did you know that James Morrison, aka Bill Buchanan, runs a yoga class in LA? - Amazing fact!
23:45:36
Man threw daughter, killed her, court hears
hears
is looking for around 4hrs a week part-time work in London. If anyone hears of anything let me know
23:48:11
Search for missing trampers on hold
Search
gmn cara searchnya? lah wong g ada kotak search!
23:50:45
Inmate murder accused in court
murder
did they conveniently avoid Omprakash ? @rkartha: How the Muthoot murder has hit the Trivandrum airport development http://bit.ly/4ighTD
23:53:20
New Plymouth Airport wins best regional
regional
For any railfan followers I may have: I'm taking Amtrak Northeast Regional train 95 from Philadelphia to Williamsburg. 12:03p EDT departure.
23:55:58
Call to TVNZ weatherman as friend only - therapist
weatherman
Why cant the weatherman not come down on his wee pony and tell me its gonna start pishin down before i walk to asda?
23:58:33
Climate scientist oblivious to media policy before sacking
in
Common word was filtered
close
What's the current #webos version for the #Palm #Pre in Germany? Is it 1.13 ? Thanks for the help in advance!
0:1:07
23:30:08
@JosephJonasFans hey ! i just got a news that i don't know if it is true ? nd i just wanna know if it is true !! i know u can answer me !
Plunket distressed by RNZ decision
Plunket
@mcquillanator Rubbish. Once I realised it wasn't Plunket the organisation but the person, it was sweet! Haha
23:32:43
Hit-and-run driver may be showing nerves, say police
say
Just wanted to say that I love KTU and @paulcubbybryant is amazing!! http://myloc.me/164dN
23:35:18
NZ potter Dame Doreen Blumhardt dies
dies
RT @Bristolnews: Bristol woman dies after being hit by car on zebra crossing: http://bit.ly/xV37H Zebra outside Orpheus, Henleaze.
23:37:52
Court upholds five's P convictions
five's
Counting crows? One's bad, Two's luck, Three's health, Four's wealth, Five's sickness, Six is death.
23:40:27
'Ignorance' behind Nazi Facebook photos - council
New facebook page http://bit.ly/2iJG8y
23:43:02
Morrison shapes up for action movie
Morrison
@empiremagazine RT On the subject of 24, did you know that James Morrison, aka Bill Buchanan, runs a yoga class in LA? - Amazing fact!
23:45:36
Man threw daughter, killed her, court hears
hears
is looking for around 4hrs a week part-time work in London. If anyone hears of anything let me know
23:48:11
Search for missing trampers on hold
Search
gmn cara searchnya? lah wong g ada kotak search!
23:50:45
Inmate murder accused in court
murder
did they conveniently avoid Omprakash ? @rkartha: How the Muthoot murder has hit the Trivandrum airport development http://bit.ly/4ighTD
23:53:20
New Plymouth Airport wins best regional
regional
For any railfan followers I may have: I'm taking Amtrak Northeast Regional train 95 from Philadelphia to Williamsburg. 12:03p EDT departure.
23:55:58
Call to TVNZ weatherman as friend only - therapist
weatherman
Why cant the weatherman not come down on his wee pony and tell me its gonna start pishin down before i walk to asda?
23:58:33
Climate scientist oblivious to media policy before sacking
in
Common word was filtered
close
What's the current #webos version for the #Palm #Pre in Germany? Is it 1.13 ? Thanks for the help in advance!
0:1:07
Depending on the keyword chosen, sometimes the headline and the Tweet are directly related, as with the headline "Morrison shapes up for action movie" where Morrison was selected as the keyword. Other times, the two are completely unrelated as with the headline "Man threw daughter, killed her, court hears" which then pulled the Tweet: "...looking for around 4hrs a week part-time work in London. If anyone hears of anything let me know" by keyword of 'hears.' I do not see this as a disadvantage or fault of the program but rather sits within our concept around the technologies of the virtual public space, where often when searching for something, you find something completely different.
My favourite of the ones above is quite possible the headline "Court upholds five's P convictions" which then became "Counting crows? One's bad, Two's luck, Three's health, Four's wealth, Five's sickness, Six is death" by keyword of "five's". Though not directly related, it seems almost ironic and yet poetic.
So though I am still not feeling entirely prepared for tomorrow, we're going to go in with what we have and make the most of it. The program is far from refined but I still feel somewhat pleased with what we have been able to achieve so far.
My favourite of the ones above is quite possible the headline "Court upholds five's P convictions" which then became "Counting crows? One's bad, Two's luck, Three's health, Four's wealth, Five's sickness, Six is death" by keyword of "five's". Though not directly related, it seems almost ironic and yet poetic.
So though I am still not feeling entirely prepared for tomorrow, we're going to go in with what we have and make the most of it. The program is far from refined but I still feel somewhat pleased with what we have been able to achieve so far.
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