The US$10 webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of those deals that’s too good to be true. And for her, it was. A week later, she’s worried and upset because a CD that came with the camera contained a Web link that apparently infected [...]
Last year’s ski season in Europe started early and saw an astounding amount of snow in most of the Alpine resorts. In contrast, this year is pretty poor, in fact, it looks as though there’s less snow than is normally expected at this time. There is some welcome news though. This week will turn colder [...]
The entry hall in my house has been a test bed for home monitoring cameras for years. I like to be able to record people coming into the house and see what’s going on around the front door. Anyone with a family and occasional babysitters will understand. So I continue to look for simple, robust [...]
I generally find Spain very laid back and relatively lagging in the world of technology — it’s what I often enjoy about being here. It’s somehow possible to stay away from the high-tech hysteria everywhere else, be it use of technology in your personal life (I don’t know anyone here who cares about the iPhone), [...]
The Mission Sydney Airport sought a more flexible, scalable solution that could keep pace with its growing operations while maintaining the highest level of security and safety that staff and the traveling public expect from an airport regularly voted one of the world’s best. The Solution Sydney Airport decided to migrate from video servers to [...]
Tom O’Connor and Ed Soulsby calculate that their Christmas display uses 35,000 lights. That’s 10,000 more than Clark Griswold claims he uses in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” “We’ve converted as many as we can to LED,” O’Connor says, referring to the powerful but energy-efficient lights on display at 12177 W. 58th Place in Arvada. The [...]
It’s somewhat sad that when we go on vacation our pets stay home. Well, if they’re lucky, they stay home. Otherwise it’s off to the shelter for a couple of days where they’re locked up in cages and fed like prisoners. There are alternatives, however. But you’ve got to be willing to drop some dough. [...]
Weymouth and Portland Weymouth and Portland currently have four web cameras, situated around the borough: London 2012 Sailing Venue at Portland Academy Click here to view Academy Web Camera From this camera you get an excellent view of the London 2012 Sailing Academy at Osprey Quay Portland. This camera has been brought to you in [...]
The Mr. Burns Webcam is a webcam deisgned to resemble the villianous character Montgomery Burns from the long-running cartoon series the Simpsons. Mr. Burns if the quintessential villain from the Simpsons series – old, bald, greedy, and generally scheming things involving Homer Simpson. And now Montgomery Burns has been immortalized into a glaring, evil webcam [...]
A WEBCAM has been set up on Chester’s historic city walls, allowing Cheshire West and Chester Council to stream live images of repair works on to its website. Cheshire West and Chester Council, Portfolio Holder for Recreation and Culture Cllr Richard Short said: “The national importance of Chester’s city walls is recognised by their status [...]