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Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by dhugiaskmak »

marquis wrote: post #29
essayist wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or a private Roku channel - streaming puppies FTW!

Sadly, not economically viable in TV form: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppy_Channel I'm not sure how well their website does either. http://www.thepuppychannel.com/

There's a great This American Life act about the Puppy Channel.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/233/s...

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by prawn »

BasBenIk wrote: post #5
johnnyn wrote: post #3

This would actually be great if I could rent a puppy for an hour for my kids or something. Maybe you should turn this into an AirBnB for pets. I'm sort of kidding, but sort of serious. I bet PETA would love you ;)

I think you can "rent" a puppy/dog for an hour at your nearest animal shelter. I think the people who work there would be more than happy if you walk a puppy/dog with your kids and give it some love for an hour.

I hired my cat for the weekend about 10-11 years ago, fell in love, and we've been partners in crime ever since.

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by palish »

cperciva wrote: post #45

Can I have an HourlyKitty instead?

Hmm! You've contributed a lot to HN / BSD / world, so I wanted to give you a gift. But, alas, HourlyKitty would be too much of a time investment for me right now. (Getting my family's cell phone service turned back on is perhaps more important.)

But! I present, for you, my next best effort, "YearlyKitty": http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315/random_pics/scuzzle.JPG

Thanks for everything you've done Colin. I hope you're able to maintain your drive and ambition throughout your lifetime, and I look forward to seeing "your next thing", whatever it turns out to be. (For example http://www.daemonology.net/papers/cachemissing.pdf was especially cool IMHO, but all of your projects have been interesting.)

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by dho »

johnnyn wrote: post #3

This would actually be great if I could rent a puppy for an hour for my kids or something. Maybe you should turn this into an AirBnB for pets. I'm sort of kidding, but sort of serious. I bet PETA would love you ;)

You could ask a neighbor whether you could get their dog for a walk.

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by cperciva »

palish wrote: post #46
cperciva wrote: post #45

Can I have an HourlyKitty instead?

Hmm! You've contributed a lot to HN / BSD / world, so I wanted to give you a gift. But, alas, HourlyKitty would be too much of a time investment for me right now. (Getting my family's cell phone service turned back on is perhaps more important.) But! I present, for you, my next best effort, "YearlyKitty": http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315/random_pics/scuzzle.JPG Thanks for everything you've done Colin. I hope you're able t…

YearlyKitty

Awww...

I look forward to seeing "your next thing"

It hasn't received a huge amount of attention yet, but my guess is that kivaloo will end up being my "biggest thing" in 2011.

Re: Show HN: HourlyPuppy

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Post by wladimir »

enmaku wrote: post #34
marquis wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly, not economically viable in TV form: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Puppy_Channel I'm not sure how well their website does either. http://www.thepuppychannel.com/

Came here to post this exact thing. I think the trick to viability is small doses at intervals. The Puppy Channel was all puppy all the time - puppy overdose. Hourly Puppy delivers a picture, not video, at one hour intervals so you can go "d'awwwwww" and go back to your day. Or I could be wrong, time will tell...

The fun with young animals for me is seeing how they move and play, the activity, the energy... A picture doesn't convey this as good as a video. Still, I love the idea of the OP's site.
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