Snap webcam photos whenever your app crashes

http://sizeof.io/snap-webcam-photos-whenever-your-app-crashes/

by viclou • 12 years ago

62 10 12 years ago

stangeek• 12 years ago

This is awesome. What about a collective dev facepalms gallery? It would be great to add a caption to the photo with an extract of the error message at the time. You could actually start a meme with that!

clooth2• 12 years ago

Hey, author here! I was actually thinking of continuing the article at some point by adding lolcommit-style error messages onto the pictures. I think it's a great idea!

hk__2• 12 years ago

Somewhat related: lolcommits [1], which takes a webcam shot every time you commit.

[1] https://github.com/mroth/lolcommits

pckill• 12 years ago

Cool idea =) Had to add -w 1 to the arguments of imagesnap, otherwise my camera took black images.

bede• 12 years ago

Yes, this seems to be necessary for using Imagesnap with more recent Apple devices.

clooth2• 12 years ago

Hey, author here. I'll update the post with that if that's the case. Thanks!

elwell• 12 years ago

For added effect, add a couple lines to set volume to max and play a loud high-pitch sine wave 400ms before image is snapped. The purpose of this is two-fold: hilarious portraits (albeit, at the cost of one's eardrums) and skinnerian conditioning resulting in improved code checking habits. Always analyze code before running it.

sreejithr• 12 years ago

This is fun to do for when you are the only one using the app (ie, early testing). It looks like a privacy nightmare. You'll probably lose millions in lawsuits.

Still, I think I'll have fun with this :D

b123400• 12 years ago

No, it is not a function of the app, but a breakpoint action in XCode. It only works when you are debugging the app.

k-mcgrady• 12 years ago

Brilliant idea. I'll defiantly be trying this out. It might not change the world but it's great to see fun things like this on HN from time to time. Nice work.

Snap webcam photos whenever your app crashes

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