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Bash Script + cronjob + Google Image Search + shirts.io = random new shirt every week?

by fletchowns 13y ago

rfnslyr 13y ago
That's a fantastic idea. I would be down for that.
- nirvanatikku 13y ago
  while it is a pretty neat idea, it makes me think of http://iam.peteashton.com/keep-calm-rape-tshirt-amazon/ http://iam.peteashton.com/keep-calm-rape-tshirt-amazon/
  - Eliezer 13y ago
    ...so now we literally have machine algorithms advocating rape without human intervention. I'm glad there wasn't a complex AI algorithm behind this or oh, the backlash.
    - rfnslyr 13y ago
      That's what makes it exciting. You don't know what you're going to get!
  - jevinskie 13y ago
    The offender wrote a wonderful apology/explanation. Straight and to the point. Little BS. http://web.archive.org/web/20130429232420/http://www.solidgoldbomb.com/pages/our-apology http://web.archive.org/web/20130429232420/http://www.solidgo...
    - graue 13y ago
      It's not a terrible apology, I suppose, but I'm with Tim Maly on calling blaming the algorithm a bit of a dodge, in this brilliant critique/analysis of the whole situation: http://quietbabylon.com/2013/algorithmic-rape-jokes-in-the-library-of-babel/ http://quietbabylon.com/2013/algorithmic-rape-jokes-in-the-l...
TheMakeA 13y ago
Since you get a bulk discount, would you pay a service say, $3 - $6 a week for such a t-shirt? Alternative idea: Reddit for t-shirts. Everyone can create and upvote shirts. At the end of each week, everyone gets the highest upvoted shirt for $3 - $6. Thoughts?
- jonursenbach 13y ago
  Woot does this to some extent with their Shirt Derby. http://shirt.woot.com/derby http://shirt.woot.com/derby
  - TheMakeA 13y ago
    Definitely not a unique idea (see also: http://www.threadless.com http://www.threadless.com), but I wonder if it could be bigger if it were more community oriented (Get your weekly r/pics or r/WTF shirts!), somewhere between the Shirt Derby (weekly, but with themes curated by Woot) and Teespring (highly specific, one time designs for a community and cause). Depending on the size of the community and distribution of votes, it need not necessarily even come down to a single tee choice. Perhaps the top N tees.
lambada 13y ago
I hope you'd get permission for commercial use of each of the images you find via Google Image Search?
- jonny_eh 13y ago
  It's fine for personal use isn't it?
  - famousactress 13y ago
    I think shirts.io has the responsibility here. They'd be reproducing an image unlawfully, for profit.
    - veemjeem 13y ago
      I doubt that, otherwise you could argue that Kinko's would be at fault when people pay to make photocopies of copyrighted content in their stores.
      - revicon 13y ago
        Kinkos was in fact successfully sued for just this thing. Example: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/basicbooks.html http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/basicbooks...
        djeikyb 13y ago
        You're saying Kinkos was acting as a dumb copy service and was sued for copy right infringement. But your linked case explicitly says this is wrong. Rather, they lost because: Kinko's has periodically asserted that it acted at the instruction of the educational institution, that is, as the agent of the colleges and is without responsibility. Yet, Kinko's promotional materials belie this contention particularly because Kinko's takes responsibility for obtaining copyright permission while touting the expertise of its copyright permissions staff (a "service [which] is provided at no charge to all Kinko's customers."). "Copyright Information Letter to Faculty Members," in Kinko's Copyright and Professor Publishing Handbook, at 40.
columbo 13y ago
I was thinking of something similar years ago. Except replace google image search with wikimedia and so you'll have access to public domain images (and possibly higher resolution files).
rlei 13y ago
Raymond from Shirts.io here. Shirts of the week? Done: http://imgur.com/PWUsJ5s http://imgur.com/PWUsJ5s For anyone looking to start a new t-shirt company using Shirts.io, we can give $100 in account credit for you to get started. Just email me: raymond at shirts dot io.
- rschmitty 13y ago
  Hey Ramond, cool site! tiny bug in FF/Win7 on Get Started: http://i.imgur.com/cwSd78R.png http://i.imgur.com/cwSd78R.png also if i have an old t-shirt that I want to restore it, is that legal? they no longer make it and it is _precious_ to me since highschool (10 years old!) I kinda like the faded ink (/hipster), but the shirt it self is falling apart!
- danielsiders 13y ago
  We're still waiting to hear back from your tech support team. Last we checked the API didn't provide a response to colors on American Apparel shirts. Has this bug been fixed?
- samweinberg 13y ago
  Just sent you an email. Thanks Raymond.
- zschuessler 13y ago
  How about cycling jerseys? I have a three.js app I built for customizing 3D apparel models that I've been wanting to find a manufacturer for. http://i.imgur.com/xg67kXS.png http://i.imgur.com/xg67kXS.png
- hboon 13y ago
  I'd like to take up that offer if it's still valid. Sent you an email a couple of days ago. Haven't heard back yet.
mxxx 13y ago
i'd love to see it hooked up to this: http://geometee.com http://geometee.com

Bash Script + cronjob + Google Image Search + shirts.io = random new shirt every week?

rfnslyr 13y ago

That's a fantastic idea. I would be down for that.

nirvanatikku 13y ago
while it is a pretty neat idea, it makes me think of http://iam.peteashton.com/keep-calm-rape-tshirt-amazon/ http://iam.peteashton.com/keep-calm-rape-tshirt-amazon/
- Eliezer 13y ago
  ...so now we literally have machine algorithms advocating rape without human intervention. I'm glad there wasn't a complex AI algorithm behind this or oh, the backlash.
  - rfnslyr 13y ago
    That's what makes it exciting. You don't know what you're going to get!
- jevinskie 13y ago
  The offender wrote a wonderful apology/explanation. Straight and to the point. Little BS. http://web.archive.org/web/20130429232420/http://www.solidgoldbomb.com/pages/our-apology http://web.archive.org/web/20130429232420/http://www.solidgo...
  - graue 13y ago
    It's not a terrible apology, I suppose, but I'm with Tim Maly on calling blaming the algorithm a bit of a dodge, in this brilliant critique/analysis of the whole situation: http://quietbabylon.com/2013/algorithmic-rape-jokes-in-the-library-of-babel/ http://quietbabylon.com/2013/algorithmic-rape-jokes-in-the-l...

TheMakeA 13y ago

Since you get a bulk discount, would you pay a service say, $3 - $6 a week for such a t-shirt? Alternative idea: Reddit for t-shirts. Everyone can create and upvote shirts. At the end of each week, everyone gets the highest upvoted shirt for $3 - $6. Thoughts?

jonursenbach 13y ago
Woot does this to some extent with their Shirt Derby. http://shirt.woot.com/derby http://shirt.woot.com/derby
- TheMakeA 13y ago
  Definitely not a unique idea (see also: http://www.threadless.com http://www.threadless.com), but I wonder if it could be bigger if it were more community oriented (Get your weekly r/pics or r/WTF shirts!), somewhere between the Shirt Derby (weekly, but with themes curated by Woot) and Teespring (highly specific, one time designs for a community and cause). Depending on the size of the community and distribution of votes, it need not necessarily even come down to a single tee choice. Perhaps the top N tees.

lambada 13y ago

I hope you'd get permission for commercial use of each of the images you find via Google Image Search?

jonny_eh 13y ago
It's fine for personal use isn't it?
- famousactress 13y ago
  I think shirts.io has the responsibility here. They'd be reproducing an image unlawfully, for profit.
  - veemjeem 13y ago
    I doubt that, otherwise you could argue that Kinko's would be at fault when people pay to make photocopies of copyrighted content in their stores.
    - revicon 13y ago
      Kinkos was in fact successfully sued for just this thing. Example: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/basicbooks.html http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/basicbooks...
      - djeikyb 13y ago
        You're saying Kinkos was acting as a dumb copy service and was sued for copy right infringement. But your linked case explicitly says this is wrong. Rather, they lost because: Kinko's has periodically asserted that it acted at the instruction of the educational institution, that is, as the agent of the colleges and is without responsibility. Yet, Kinko's promotional materials belie this contention particularly because Kinko's takes responsibility for obtaining copyright permission while touting the expertise of its copyright permissions staff (a "service [which] is provided at no charge to all Kinko's customers."). "Copyright Information Letter to Faculty Members," in Kinko's Copyright and Professor Publishing Handbook, at 40.

columbo 13y ago

I was thinking of something similar years ago. Except replace google image search with wikimedia and so you'll have access to public domain images (and possibly higher resolution files).

rlei 13y ago

Raymond from Shirts.io here. Shirts of the week? Done: http://imgur.com/PWUsJ5s http://imgur.com/PWUsJ5s For anyone looking to start a new t-shirt company using Shirts.io, we can give $100 in account credit for you to get started. Just email me: raymond at shirts dot io.

rschmitty 13y ago
Hey Ramond, cool site! tiny bug in FF/Win7 on Get Started: http://i.imgur.com/cwSd78R.png http://i.imgur.com/cwSd78R.png also if i have an old t-shirt that I want to restore it, is that legal? they no longer make it and it is _precious_ to me since highschool (10 years old!) I kinda like the faded ink (/hipster), but the shirt it self is falling apart!
danielsiders 13y ago
We're still waiting to hear back from your tech support team. Last we checked the API didn't provide a response to colors on American Apparel shirts. Has this bug been fixed?
samweinberg 13y ago
Just sent you an email. Thanks Raymond.
zschuessler 13y ago
How about cycling jerseys? I have a three.js app I built for customizing 3D apparel models that I've been wanting to find a manufacturer for. http://i.imgur.com/xg67kXS.png http://i.imgur.com/xg67kXS.png
hboon 13y ago
I'd like to take up that offer if it's still valid. Sent you an email a couple of days ago. Haven't heard back yet.

mxxx 13y ago

i'd love to see it hooked up to this: http://geometee.com http://geometee.com