Ian, who has provided me with some support on the building of such a device.
The idea is to build a webcam that can be panned and tilted using wizardry and electrickery by the web user. There needs to be some kind of controlling device, some kind of electronic circuitry. This is a subject marked in my brain with a “here be dragons” sign. I am sans clue in this area, so it is my comfort-zone busting duty to learn.
Craigeaux is also keen, and as he already has the servos is a step ahead of me. I hope to do some kind of collaboration with him, perhaps host it as an andahalf site. I have come up with some cool ideas for the webcam:
- it must incorporate lasers
- it should have some kind of infrared mode, and an infrared lamp to illuminate discreetly at nighttime.
Watch the forum thread.
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I have been to the Metro many times in the past, and always it was for a dance party. I spent many happy hours in that place, so much time that I had a feeling that this place was something that I owned, something that was a part of me. I knew every inch of the place, I knew the people that I would find there.
This is no longer true. The Metro that I was in last week was an alien place, superficially similar to the place of my memories, but substantially different. It wasn’t just the refurbishments; it was the whole vibe of the place. The walls were plastered with band posters. The thick curtains had been replaced with clean modern walls. The people were all unfamiliar, and of an unfamiliar type. They were band people, not party people. Can you imagine what is was like standing at the back of the Metro looking down at a sea of denim? No colours. No scantily-clad girls. No lasers. No dancing. Everyone facing forward, perhaps swaying a bit.
This isn’t a mid-life crisis where I want to relive the glories of the past. Of course sometimes I do miss those days, but I am happier now than I was then and would not go back. Deep inside me will always live that love for the dancefloor, for the party. Returning to the Metro just reminded me of that.
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“Ooh, an opportunity
to wreck Darryn’s day again.”
“YAY!” said Telstra
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