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Twitter's ToS requires third parties to respect deleted tweets, etc.

Trying to decide whether the disposable nature of this product meets that requirement...

But does it support pull-to-refresh?

I'll only consider it when they implement infinite scrolling.

Tail recursion. Oy.

Pricing before I have to authorize the app would be nice. Sure, I can change permissions later, but I'd rather not have to.

That's a really valid point delinka, hadn't considered it. Thanks for the feedback.

I haven't signed in yet, because there is no information on the web site at all. It seems unlikely that you'd ship to Europe, for example?

In any case, why not make it any timeline, not just the user's? It would make for a great gift, for example.

After signing in, you can indeed select other users' timelines instead of your own.

We do actually ship to Europe - we ship everywhere.

The only downside is our rates are unfortunately nothing like Amazon's. We'd love to get our shipping costs down and are open to suggestion!

The ultimate toy would be a printer that prints the feed live to the toilepaper...

While I agree it would be nice, if your twitter account is public, you're basically just giving it your username.

I feel the same way. I left when I saw pricing wasn't available until I signed in via Twitter.

Like it! One quick usability fix - can you make it so that when you click "tweets", "timeline", "favourites" etc, the relevant radio button is selected? :)

You just need to update the ID in the <label> tags to the relevant radio button id, e.g. feed_feed_type_tweets, feed_feed_type_timeline, feed_feed_type_favorites etc.

Excellent suggestion - and blatantly obvious in hindsight!

Thank you!

David

Now rest room breaks are going to be way longer... there was a project sometime back trying to do the same with SOPA/PIPA bill text :)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/26659043/print-the-sopa-...

Meow - I love this =]

I don't want to be a killjoy but this seems like a wasteful novelty. Are the tweets at least printed on recycled paper?

Well, the content is definitely recycled.

How is it wasteful? Unlike most novelties, this one is actually useful, no? I have not ordered, but it seems that one can actually make use of the rolls as one would a normal roll.

Come back when it's realtime. (I only wipe myself with recent happenings.)

http://hackaday.com/2011/09/27/toilet-paper-printer-made-fro...

Now there's an idea! An appliance you load with regular TP which has a button you press to get a pre-configured number of one- or two-ply 4.5"x3.7" sheets, printed with very latest tweets. Connected via WiFi. Configured via an internal web server. What kind of hardware do you need to print on TP?

We might need a new protocol. TP/IP.

Taking this too seriously, but you could probably do it by hacking up a mobile inkjet printer and turning the ink volume way down to control ink bleed.

Edit: Looks like some guy already did this: http://blog.makezine.com/2011/09/26/toilet-paper-printer/

Doable but expensive. A wifi version would need at least:

wifi chip plus antenna - $30

microcontroller + associated bits - $8-15 or so

stepper motor drivers (you need two) - $8 or so

stepper motors - $6 min

printhead and ink - $12, replaceable

Battery and charging circuitry

And that's not counting manufacturing and profit. Would you pay $70+ for printed toilet paper? If a couple people would, I'm willing to design the device, sell a couple, and open source it.

I would, if it didn't mean a.) having to wait ages to get a piece of paper, then the next one... b.) any ink rubbing off on fingers or elsewhere.

Speed is traded off for resolution. The thicker the paper, the more it would absorb the ink, and the less would rub off. I would not recommend this for thin (2 layer) paper.

If you are actually interested in doing this, I'd be up for doing the project. I actually have the motors, motor drivers, microcontroller, and inkjet cartridge full of red ink already. I also have a 3d printer for mechanical prototyping, and a good supply of toilet paper. If you are interested in working on this with me, email me at kliment.yanev at gmail.

How quickly will the toilet rolls be shipped? Would it be in time for April Fool's?

This combined with the little printer ( http://bergcloud.com/littleprinter/ ) and I'm in.

This is truly revolutionary. Or at least revolving.

$35 for four rolls of @horse_ebooks is... extremely tempting.

This needs QR codes for the links in tweets ;). Nice work!

How do you deal with the copyright issues of printing and selling other peoples tweets?

Twitter's TOS covers this (believe me we checked with the lawyers!).

Cheers,

David

It covers a third party (not the user and not twitter) selling someone's tweets?

Who wants to buy my e-book collecting celebrity tweets?

/like

This is hilarious, but if you could replace photo links with inlined photos, I'd be more likely to buy. Nothing beats soiling photos of my friends, family, and favorite food.

Obligatory Penny Arcade: http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/283628430_FxJSk-L-2.jpg

Any chance you'll do a Pintrest version soon? Love this idea/concept.

The age of dadaism is upon us with memes and the Internet. <33

yes I love that the art of dada/surrealism has now just bled into everyday reality--more and more, faster and faster! it's like my dream come true :) :)

Even just the complete mainstream-ization of meme culture is doing such a wonderful service of warping the minds of humanity!

may the lulz continue ad infinitum!!!

When I read this I assumed it was a Twitter app optimized for on-the-toilet reading...

Brilliant idea indeed! I would like to see it more customized though, especially to print #tag results... Later to choose your paper depending on your mood.

This is brilliant! I checked twice to make sure it wasn't april fools day. Of course it probably slows people down during the wipe phase :-)

Honestly, I'd love to wipe my ass with shit people say.

Love this.

Also glad HN allows us to focus on the company or story rather than who wrote it or broke it first :)

Tempted to start a poll about the future of this idea... Sounds like a fad (a disgusting one IMO)

I wonder how much it costs?

$35 for four rolls. Kinda steep, but then, it's the thought that counts.

Note that you are not restricted to using just your own tweets.

So, Tweeting is free, but it will cost me 0.25 cents every time I wipe?

This just made my day. Kudos - or to say it with Dr. Sheldon Cooper: "Bazinga!"

4 days too early?

Thanks for the link Tyson, you beat me to it.

Obviously this is fairly tongue in cheek, but we're reasonably pleased we monetized Twitter in a way that avoided advertising.

Hope the HN community enjoys!

How do you create the TP. In house or outsource?

We found a printer to work with, though that is what took the longest. Went all over the world and then managed to find one under our noses.

How did it smell?

So, this is an iPhone replacement? (my preferred way to read tweets on the toilet)

+1 on having seeing the pricing first. I wonder how you are going to keep up with orders :)

I laughed, but I would definitely change the name of the product to something that you could mention in public/polite company.

I always joked about creating a twitter account named "shittr" where I would tweet a message describing every bowel movement I had.

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