So pretty much since I started hosting my server locally on my home Internet connection I’ve had a trusty Intel CS430 webcam (now CS431 as well) connected to the world. I’ve always used ConquerCam set up as a service and it’s just worked.

For the longest time I honestly lived my entire life 24/7 on the net totally exposed. Hence the reason why the page is called the Naked Truth of… And it’s honestly got nothing to do with the fact that on numerous occasions I forgot it was on after I walked out of the shower naked. Believe me when I say I immediately checked the IIS logs to make sure no one actually grabbed the blackmail worthy JPG’s. It’s also been the topic of many Messenger chat’s as well. One resulted in this little site where Matt Coy just started saving random images and giving them ridiculous captions. And yes most of them I posed for, and all are totally innocent. I really didn’t have any hang ups about just sitting in front of the stupid thing not even bothering to notice the camera on 24/7 even whilst I slept, even while I was sitting around in boxer briefs.

After searching eBay I purchased 4 Intel CS431′s for about $40. I gave one to Sam just because it had a built in mic, and for the rare video chat. I had planned to use the other for my main system for Messenger use if needed. Then I had been dying to do a 3 webcam set up for my website. One would show me. One would show the room. One would show outside my window. Sadly it didn’t quite work because ConquerCam couldn’t recognize the 3 devices separately in the way I use it as a service. So anyway while I’m still working that out I figured I’d post up the most recent idea which is the 24/7 Money Tree cam. Now anytime day or night you too can watch money grow on trees . Enjoy.

UPDATE: Just had another idea… Jon, could you make a quick mod to that webcam app of yours and have it capture my webcam say, every 15 minutes (I think that’s a good amount, but you might have a more logical idea about it). Since it’ll be capturing once every 5 – 30 minutes I’ll grab all those images after, I don’t know, 3 months and then turn it into a fancy little time lapsed WMV . Anyway, bed time now…

Tags: Comedy, Friends, Home Life, Ideas, Photography

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