Technology Journos on the BBC

[Pondlife]

How is this worthy of an article.

Bloke buys webcam and uses its standard functionality for what it was intended for.

BBC News - Dad builds video baby monitor

Mr Plumridge, a self-confessed "geek" in his spare time, thinks he has perfected his video monitor system - and he says it cost him just £50.

"It's all free apart from the camera itself," he said.


Mr Plumridge has rigged up his monitor for friends as a favour and has blogged about how he did it, but he doesn't intend to enter the market.



FFS!


PS: I have a similar camera to keep an eye on the pooch. I also have no intention of entering the market.

[vetran]

Geeks are from Mars and People are from Earth.

remember that.

[NickFitz]

FFS!


PS: I have a similar camera to keep an eye on the pooch. I also have no intention of entering the market.

I've got two. When my flat had two mouse infestations (one based around the fireplace in the living room, and one apparently using a conduit for pipes in the kitchen) I rigged them up so I could observe their habits, thus ensuring optimal trap and poison placement.

I even put them online as VerminCam 1 and VerminCam 2, but it never occurred to me that I could get BBC News round to write about them

(The last of the mice was killed off months ago, but the cameras are still there, in case I want to have a look down the back of my pedal bin while I'm in the pub.)

[SueEllen]

I even put them online as VerminCam 1 and VerminCam 2, but it never occurred to me that I could get BBC News round to write about them

You missed a trick there.

You should have got us all tweeting about it and every one in or related to IT retweeting it, then the Beeb would have picked it up as an "interesting" story a week later.

[Pondlife]

It's currently #2 on the most shared list.

You plug it in at the mains, pop in a network cable, whack the CD in and follow the very simple instructions.



The guy's a genius.

[NickFitz]

You plug it in at the mains, pop in a network cable, whack the CD in and follow the very simple instructions.

The VerminCams have wifi

[Pondlife]

The VerminCams have wifi

To be fair, you did need the LAN cable to configure the wifi bit.

The camera's aren't bad for what they cost. Even sends an email when it detects motion so I know to have a nosey.

[Sysman]

... the cameras are still there, in case I want to have a look down the back of my pedal bin while I'm in the pub.

Makes a change from "Do you want to see my etchings?"

[SueEllen]

The VerminCams have wifi

You still have the vermins?

[mudskipper]

The VerminCams have wifi

Set one up as a titcam. Much nicer. Must clean out my box before winter.