This is a test of my night vision webcam. It is actually a day/night web cam. I’ve plugged it in via a Pinnacle usb video conversion device.

Here’s my original article talking about the setup for this goofy experiment.
http://www.softduit.com/…dockffice/

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That was the first test. Nothing spectacular and the audio could have been better. I have to figure the audio out a bit more as I fine tune my recipes for nocturnal web cam tests.

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This is a little silly but might actually be somewhat practical.  I work on a dock on a lake in North Carolina.  Out here with the bugs and the frogs and it is generally very peaceful.

The thing is that I do a lot of work with technology, including video conferences.  Now, at night if I run my normal web cam, it doesn’t pick up my image too well, because it is dark in the office.  If I turn on too many lights, it will be a bug magnet.

So a year or two back we had some break ins around the neighborhood in our old house.  I happened through Sam’s Club one day and bought a security camera with night vision capability for $40.  Its been sitting in a closet ever since.

But this evening, I am going to try and connect it up through my web cam connections and see if I can use it for a night vision web cam.

I’m sure there will probably not be too many people in need of this type of setup, but if it works, I’ll let you know!

Its this type of weird stuff that makes my job fun anyway and it sure beats the conversations I used to have about budget software, ERP systems, etc. when I worked as a finance manager. ….

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Today I setup and configured my first 3G Wireless Broadband Router from Powerful Signal. This WiFi router from NexAira essentially connects to the internet via my Verizon Aircard (which looks like and functions simultaneously as a usb flash drive) and it then sets up a WiFi hotspot for multiple computers to access the internet with via just 1 aircard.

Listen to the audio above for more information, or check back soon for our complete review once we have had a chance to put this device through its paces!

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I’m trying a new concept out and running an article series across multiple blogs.  Typically, I would place this series on one blog, but this time I am going to experiment by leaving a bread crumb trail across several blogs in the Softduit network.  This is currently still an experiment and I do not anticipate that I will do many more immediately, but I am curious as to the effect.

The article

Someone recently asked me ” ? why do you carry both a digital camera and a “camera in the phone? ?”  

In most cases, I know my digital camera takes better quality pictures.  With the latest technology from Nokia, it is only a matter of time that photo capturing capability of the camera phone catches up with the technical capability of the digital camera.   When that time come. will only get a high-end camera phone.  

Google recently released a great web-based office tool called “Google Docs and Spreadsheets”. It is a great collaborative software tool for mobile professional.  It is only a matter of time, they will have a “Powerpoint”-clone software available for their user base.  As an old school techie, I still prefer my desktop software- Microsoft Office.  Privacy is a key priority of a mobile professional.  Any web system can be hacked.  This mobile professional prefers privacy and protection embedded to everything he does.  

Mobile Professional Tools Series

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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For those bloggers out there that are interested in writing sponsored articles, I would like to share this article with you as This post brought to you by HP.

HP is sponsoring a contest working with PayPerPost related to their previous give away of an HP Camera. Blogging participants can put together the puzzle pieces brought in the form of images (like the one below)

When they have figured out the puzzle and put them all together, if they complete it first, they could win a $1000 blog article post for reassembling the picture from a previous contest where Michelle, another blogger won a HP Photosmart M527 digital camera. There are 48 puzzle pieces all together this is only number 23 so there are lots more to find yet. You too could earn $1000 working to help get the word out about HP Digital Photo Printing solutions and tools.

All you need is a good blog!

(OK, there are a few minimum requirements but anyone can meet them with a little work if you don’t qualify already, you can get there in as little as three months.)

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