We’ve seen dozens of “Magic Mirror” builds around here, most of which display all sorts of information — calendar, weather, news. They’re great builds, but they tend to be a bit busy and don’t really inspire a calm start to the day. But if you’re good enough and smart enough, you can build this electronic affirmation mirror, and doggone it, people will like you.
[Becky Stern] stripped the magic mirror concept down to a minimum with this build and uses only an array of 14-segment alphanumeric displays to scroll uplifting messages. The glass she used is partially reflective, and when covered with black tape on the backside, with a small portal for the display, it makes a decent mirror. The displays are driven by a Trinket using static affirmations stored in the sketch; a microcontroller with a WiFi connection could also be used to source affirmations on the fly. Or, you know, stock prices and traffic updates, if you’re not into the whole [Stuart Smalley] thing.
So what about those aforementioned magic mirror builds? We’ve got large ones, small ones, retro ones, and even kid-centric ones. Take your pick!
I’ve seen this show, it starts out all positive, but soon you’re answering questions from a kid on a c64 and then you’re wondering the streets with a shopping card.
*cart… dammit fingers why must you always betray moo.
*wandering… dammit RW’s fingers why must you always betray heehaw.
I saw “FAILURE IS A” and thought “LWAYS AN OPTION”.
I think I could use the mirror.
I thought it was an error in the display, and it was supposed to show below your reflection “IS A FAILURE”
That’s because it is a mirror image!
B^)
Then comes “100.000 and counting”
Failure it NOT an option! It’s a near God Damned certainty!
Failure is not an option, it comes standard, no extra cost, on every model !
FAILURE IS ASSURED.
Dilbert strip:
https://dilbert.com/search_results?terms=Failure%20Is%20Assured
If you put the first image and the YouTube still you get
Failure is From Within ..
Thats not very uplifting :lol:
I have a Magic mirror in my family room – I had to remove the affirmation texts its was just a bit wierd
sometimes i question the psyche of the people who willingly put propaganda all over their house.
I don’t believe I’d qualify the quotes appearing on this mirror are propaganda, and I don’t believe they’re all over the creator’s house. Psyches I question are those that criticise the ways other people keep themselves motivated.
While it is true that a *LOT* of ‘affermations’ are self-delusion–‘You are important’, there are those like ‘Never overestimate who you are nor underestimate who you could become’ that ring true and are actually helpful reminders of reality.
I don’t know about this exact technique but I have been listening to affirmations for about 8 weeks now and they seem to have had a noticeable effect on me. I listen to the ones about happiness on this site: https://mydailyaffirmations.com they are free to listen to as many times as you’d like. They have really seemed to make a difference so I have been reading up on affirmations lately and saw this.