Sunday, June 26, 2011

Sand....Beach.....North Carolina..........

Well, I am not home. But I guess the people that visit my little camera site know that.
I never tell people before I go out of town. You know, security reasons, but I have things buttoned down very well. So here it is, The family and I have hit the beach in the Outer Banks. Tonight will be night two, and so far things are going very well. Not great, but it is VACATION!
I look out the window, and watch the sun rise.Drinking lots of different, great beers, and dig holes in the sand all day long.
I can't add my "remote" cams this vacation, but will try to get one or two running soon. When I do, I will post the addy for those cams. I will use ww.com to broadcast, but if you go to that site, be careful, lots of old, or bald, or old and bald guys on that site doing things I would rather not see. It is never what you would call a family friendly site. But, the camera streaming works welll for what it is. Do get me wrong, a few great people on that site. BUT, few and far between.
To Tim who wrote me on the guest book.
The backyard camera and the living room camera is the same model. It is a very old Picturetel PTZ-1. I found these old cameras on E-bay. They are hard to come by, and harder to find ones that still work. But the picture is one of the best I think. I use software from a guy on the net. It is called BDLCAM. His name is Brian also, and he lets people download and use this for free, but does take donations. I hate that I have never gave to him, even though I have used his software for 8 to 10 years. That being said, I have had problems with the living room controls for a good long time now. BUT, I really have no idea what I am doing. As you can tell by my website. Not the best looking thing in the world huh....
I had to make the cables to make BDL talk to the PTZ, but it was all fun. Add a bunch of cheap webcams, and a few IR cameras, and I have my site....
And by the way, thanks Tim for a nice post on my guest book. Seems like I get some crazy ones now and again.
Will give you all a link to beach cams when I get them up!
Till later,
Bks

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Recap

Lots and lots of hits on my website today. Not sure why, but I am getting pounded hard.
If anyone knows why, let me know.
But just to recap, this is just a small FAMILY web cam site. We don't do much around here, and you will never see nudity, or anything bad here. Just a hobby for me, and a nice add on to my security system. People from all over the world drop in from time to time, and I am still not sure why. BUT I find it cool, and I guess some of the people that come here find it cool also.
Just a family, lots of pets, and the insane life that goes with it.
Just sign my guest book, let me know where you are from, and please be nice. If you don't like it here I see no reason to be mean. If you want, send me some pictures so I know who is stopping in.
Just e-mail pics, or questions, or rants to insanitycam@gmail.com