Introduce yourself!

[JediJah]

Hi All,
I’m Shonari. I’m 34 and live in Brooklyn, NY. I work at a startup building cellphone charging kiosks. Love to make and have a new found affinity for Raspberry Pi. Made a MagicMirror last December and recently decided to upgrade it to a Pi3 and MagicMirror2. Love the modules. Thanks to all those who contribute their time to this great project.

Cheers,

[cowboysdude]

Welcome @JediJah

[ceerix]

Hello everyone,

I’m Alex and I’m from Bavaria :).

Yesterday i have finished the hardware and building stuff of my first magic mirror. I like this project very much and I absolutely appreciate the work of the developers for the great software and modules!

[Jopyth]

Hi everyone,

I am Joseph (23) from Potsdam, Germany and study software engineering (almost finished). When I saw this project, I knew I wanted a mirror, and when the basic hardware was working, I started messing up other people’s modules with my wild ideas. :D Gonna post some pictures of the mirror, in the present your mirror section soon.

Then I implemented a few modules on my own and there is so much I still want to do, but so little time.

Hopefully I will present the project (both hard- and software) at my university and see if I can inspire more people to join in, and build an amazing Magic Mirror.

Best regards, Joseph

P.S.: Anyone living in the Berlin / Brandenburg area, my VBB module is hopefully ready for the public soon (unfortunately not yet).

[done]

Hi, I’m Dominic, 42 yrs old, married with one 2,5 years old boy and a 1,5 year old twin couple (girl and boy).
We live in Berlin, Germany.

I learned about the original magic mirror from a friend and started crawling for information. That’s about a year ago.
After a while I intensified my search and since my wife and children are in my wife’s country for some months, I had time for this project.
Well, at least I thought I have enough time.
You know: “If a man says that he will do it, he will! You don’t have to remind him every 6 months.” :D
Now they are soon coming back and I have a deadline.
Module assembling is as finished as it can be - always new cool mods that need to be tested ;) - and I go for the hardware.

This project - the magic mirror - is really great. Probably the best idea I found on the web for a good while.
For me the mirror will be the main info board, a family calender to plan the days and weeks when the kids going to anniversaries, hobbies and other appointments. Shopping list etc.

I really like the community. It is a very good size. The communication is very friendly. The input and ideas are great.
Unfortunately I’m not a programmer. So the best I can do is to have an idea that hopefully one of you guys like too.

cheers
done

[Jopyth]

@done said in Introduce yourself!:

You know: “If a man says that he will do it, he will! You don’t have to remind him every 6 months.” :D

Exactly.

I wanted a mirror since January, and finished around June. :D

[Kathy120]

Hi all,
I’m Katherine Vann from Canada. I’m a newbie here and I would like to share my thoughts and ideas with you all. Also I would like to get opinions from you all.

[DirkS]

Hi i’m Dirk from Germany. I’m 35 years old and an application engineer for laser marking systems in industries.

Collecting a lot of hobbies such as Modding, Networking, Renovation, Garden, building things in general.

It was very nice to get in touch with the Magic Mirror Project and started to build my first. Searched a very long time for a good place that it can be a part of our daily life. Found it a couple of month later and resulted in an InWall Mirror. Will be completed soon! :D

Nice to be here!

regards
Dirk

[iMAGiC]

Hi everyone,
I am Jake Huang 42 from Taoyuan, Taiwan, a barcode scan engine sales in Taiwan and China.
Thanks for the Magic Mirror project and all module authors, I am finding customized f/w panels and parts for it for my new house. I will build a big and wide mirror in the living room with multiple RPI and Apple TV(for photo slideshow only, can’t find better than it) behind mirror use motion detection to control panels and ac power.
Hoping that my idea could be achieved :)

Best regards,
Jake

[MajorTingz]

Hi all,

I’ve been posting here for the last few days so I thought I’d finally introduce myself!

My name is Ad, i’m 27 and work primarily in the youth work and development sector. I enjoy tinkering as a hobby but would not consider myself an expert by any means, more of a Jack of all trades, master of none.

I’ve built 2 mirrors so far, the first was a very hacky job using a throw away monitor from a youth center I used to work at and some spare parts I had from previous RPi projects, it uses an RPi 2 and runs Smart-mirror which has hotword detection etc.

I then started building my second mirror which uses MagicMirror2 and so far I have found the experience spot on. It’s been very reliable and easy to use and I love the fact that the modules gives everybody control to make their own mods, Smart-Mirror relies primarily on it’s creator to issue the updates which can be cumbersome when trying to customise the mirror for each user.

Don’t be afraid to say Hi! I’ve posted a picture below of my second mirror, when it’s complete I will post the rundown in the show off your mirror section.

That’s enough from me! Take it easy…

Ad