Holy Shmoly! » webcam http://ocaoimh.ie Look what I found today! Fri, 25 May 2012 17:12:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Robin Cam http://ocaoimh.ie/2010/04/30/robin-cam/ http://ocaoimh.ie/2010/04/30/robin-cam/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:37:37 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://ocaoimh.ie/?p=89495854 Derek Mooney of “Mooney Goes Wild” on Radio 1 has a robin cam pointing at a nest in his utility room. It’s the usual webcam quality but it’s good enough that we were able to see the mother robin arrive and feed her chicks.

See the Mooneycam for links to this camera and a blue tit camera in Áras an Uachtaráin (where the Irish President lives). They also have a diary of sorts where Derek keeps a record of what’s happening.

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]]> http://ocaoimh.ie/2010/04/30/robin-cam/feed/ 2 Google voyeurism… oooer http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/12/07/google-voyeurism-oooer/ http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/12/07/google-voyeurism-oooer/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:55:19 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/12/07/google-voyeurism-oooer/ Back of the store Use Google to search for inurl:/view/index.shtml and spy on people all over the world. I had a bit of fun directing a webcam somewhere in the States that’s watching a building site and busy road. (via)

What’s the most interesting webcam you’ve found?

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]]> http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/12/07/google-voyeurism-oooer/feed/ 2 My Linux Webcam http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/01/23/my-linux-webcam/ http://ocaoimh.ie/2006/01/23/my-linux-webcam/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:25:29 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://blogs.linux.ie/xeer/2006/01/23/my-linux-webcam/ When I bought me PC last year it came with a small little webcam which never worked for me until today when I plugged it in and Ubuntu Linux detected it using the Spca5xx driver. This is what the kernel reported:
“USB SPCA5XX camera found. SONIX sn9c102 + Pas106″
Easycam made it easy enough to install new drivers, and Camorama is a useful tool to control it. (via)

Unfortunately this isn’t very exciting for a number of reasons:

  • It has a manual focus and doesn’t handle changes in light very well.
  • I can’t get it to capture more than 176×144 352×288.
  • There’s no busy road or traffic to see from my window. I could point it at the LEDS on my DSL router?

Oh well! That was fun for five minutes!


An exciting scene in blarney today

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