Fun Stuff

The first of my two fun stuff announcements is that I have changed to the August theme, days early, as usual. If you are reading this via email, check out the site online to see the changes.

The second fun stuff announcement -- drum roll please -- is that we have set up and installed our outdoor web cam!!! We purchased a Trendnet Wireless Internet Camera Server w/ Audio. We mounted it inside an Outdoor Camera Enclosure with Heater and Blower for protection from the elements. The setup is on the barn by the weather station.

Below is a close up.

It is setup to be viewed inside our firewall (using the software on board the device) and we are FTPing images at about 6 frames/minute to a web page for external viewing. Here's the view from 8:06 am:

Not too shabby! Of course the camera can be repositioned as needed.

Between the weather station and the web cam, we'll know what is going on at home no matter where we are! I'd love to get an indoor web cam to see Mattie during the day (especially when we're gone away longer than a work day), but Mike thinks that is silly. We'll see...

Have a happy day!