"Catfood" webcam server and album annoucement

[Moolah!]

Haven't checked why they call it "catfood" but their webcam server alternates between over 400 cameras scattered throughout the world: [A href="http://www.catfood.net/products/webcamsaver/"]http://www.catfood.net/products/webcamsaver/[/A]

  Sometimes I put it on the side and view the images roll by as I'm listening to a conference call.



Perhaps not as captivating as the Africa cam (which I can't even access anyway) but nonetheless it's interesting to see all the different cities, and how people living there set up their cams - ie. what they thought was important about their cities to showcase to the outside world, etc.



One word of caution: When you access the server it might be rotating through cities where it's night time, so you may not get to see much. Don't despair, or dismiss it as another crappy cam server. Try another time.



I've taken a few snapshots of some of the cams that impressed me the most and put them together on a public album.



So that might be your alternative strategy in case all you end up seeing are cities in the dark...



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[FONT color=#00bf60](click on "Best of Catfood WebCam Server" to access the album)[/FONT]

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  You might want to take advantage of the "slideshow" feature for easier viewing.



Post comments here, vote on the poll... If you want to comment on individual snapshots, the album gives you that option as well.



Have fun. [img onclick=smile(this.src) src="http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/outfitted/beret.gif"]      

[TehBorken]

Cool, lots of interesting stuff flashing by. Makes me want to put up a webcam.

[Lise]

[A href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Raging PoodleTalks/"][FONT color=#00bf60]http://picasaweb.google.com/Raging PoodleTalks/[/FONT][/A]

  Cool pictures, Raging Poodle. Thanks.

[kitten]

The "Catfood" server is very interesting.  I'm considering downloading it.  Thank you very much, Raging Poodle, for pointing it out.

[Moolah!]

Lise wrote:
 Cool pictures, Raging Poodle. Thanks.

  LOL. Thanks. Didn't think anyone would be up at this hour. I'm still updating the album. Probably next time you look at it, there'll be 20 new pics.



The sun is rising on the east coast right now and sometimes you get spectacular views from Florida.



In all honesty though the best ones I've seen so far were from Japan. Seems as if you can keep the whole country under surveillance through webcams there. They're everywhere!  

[Lise]

Am up feeding Lise Jr, not to mention typing with one hand. Thanks for the pics, always look forward to seeing them.

    Are you located in Florida?

[Moolah!]

kitten wrote:
 The "Catfood" server is very interesting.  I'm considering downloading it.  Thank you very much, Raging Poodle, for pointing it out.[/DIV]
 You're welcome.



You might want to check out the hardware and software requirements for the catfood software itself before downloading it. I was going to be the first to install it, until I saw what the program needed to function.



(Also keep in mind I think they'll let you use it for 7 days for free before some shareware protection kicks in.)



Man, how come everyone is up at this hour? Are you all getting ready to go to church? [img onclick=smile(this.src) src="http://www.thesmilies.com/smilies/happy/cheerful.gif"]  

[kitten]

Perhaps I'll reconsider if it's too complicated and go to your albums instead.  I don't want to get anything that demands too much fiddling around.

  I'm up because I couldn't sleep.  Hate when that happens!  Are you a night owl, Raging Poodle?

[Moolah!]

Ah there's the promised sunrise in Florida...

 

  I won't be putting this in the album as a snapshot of traffic doesn't merit a place in Raging Poodle's album, but the pic showed up in good time so might as well dispay it here.



I have a bit of a dilemna right now actually...

[kitten]

Raging Poodle, I went to look at your albums, and all I'm getting is a black screen.  I don't know if it is being blocked by my computer or not.

[Moolah!]

kitten wrote:
   I'm up because I couldn't sleep.  Hate when that happens!  Are you a night owl, Raging Poodle?

  Yes I'm very much of a night owl. I find more peace at night than during the day.



Here's the dilemna:



I have 2 snapshots from the same cam in Virginia. One of them is already in the album:

[A href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Raging PoodleTalks/BestOfCatfoodWebCamServer/photo#5016918584181029058"]http://picasaweb.google.com/Raging PoodleTalks/BestOfCatfoodWebCamServer/photo#5016918584181029058[/A]

  The pic doesn't say much about Virginia, but it has artistic/photographic quality with the lone boat in the middle of the lake.



Recently however, I captured this one through the same webcam:

 

  This one isn't too shabby either, and it shows more about the environment. But there is no lone boat which was my favorite part of the previous picture.



Which one is better?



I'm placing only the best of the best in the album.  

[kitten]

I should amend my last post.  The screen says loading, but no matter how long I wait, nothing happens.  When I click on slideshow the screen goes black.

  That Virginia photo looks beautiful.  Is there no way to have both photos in your album, perhaps side by side for comparison?

[Moolah!]

kitten wrote:
 Raging Poodle, I went to look at your albums, and all I'm getting is a black screen.  I don't know if it is being blocked by my computer or not.[/DIV]
 That's VERY odd. Is the whole screen black, or just the pictures?



As far as I know, unlike Geocities Picasa doesn't have any bandwidth limits on how many people can view the pictures. Besides, there're only 3-4 of us accessing the album right  now.



How many pictures are you seeing?

If you're seeing only 1 pic, then you're looking at the catfood server, and it's probably showing a city at night time.



 Is your monitor on?



Anyone else having the same problem?

 

[kitten]

It's just the pictures.  What I initially get is the two albums.  When I click on either of them it indicates that it is loading, but nothing happens.  So I tried clicking on the slideshow, and it shows a black screen.

  I also double-checked to see if the monitor was working.

[Moolah!]

Look at how the rain in Bellevue turned a mundane snapshot of a taxicab at a street corner into a work of art:







Well, let's say "almost" art... I'm torn about placing this in the album as well.