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Mon. April 3, 2006, 08:13pm PDT
Now we can't walk around the house naked
At least not before we put a cloak over our new webcam. Thanks to friend Steve (of the Fergusons) we have a great new webcam online to help us keep an eye on kitties. The camera was a demo model given to Steve's security company that they couldn't get working. Since his IT guy couldn't make the camera work he said I was welcome to give it a whirl and that, if it works, his IT guy needs to head back to ITT.
Having as little ego as possible, I usually bow down to the tech overlords when it comes to new product installations. Even if I know what I'm doing sometimes the simplest of tech tasks can take hours. With this webcam in hand and with no recognizable name on the box, I conceded defeat before even plugging it in. I tried one thing first that didn't work. Once I switched which network hole I had it plugged into, the CD's discovery program found the camera on my network and I was immediately able to plug in the right numbers to make this thing fly! No fuss. No trouble. Instant remote video and still images. And it all took about 5 minutes -- no kidding!
So, yeah, Sarah and I had fun keeping a remote eye on kitties today and you can too in the webcam area linked from my homepage. All fun aside, I may pony up and get some wireless cams similar to this to do some watching over our house and 'hood. I figure if the neighbors are interested, I could certainly share the ones pointed outside that include the street. One can never have too many eyes -- or maybe they can.
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