Wednesday, March 06, 2002

I'm back to going webcam crazy. well, sort of. After a 2 year break I've got back to having a few around. One is in front of me now (go to Spotlife.com and look for "funniest", I think that's what I called it). The wireless webcam is closer all the time to realization. The dream, probably previously mentioned,was the webcam network that could be accessed by the cellphones of..TODAY! I have a phone in my room here that can do that using not one, but two methods! QUALCOMM's BREW system will be launched any day now by Verizon. I had the rare opportunity to use a color brew phone. On this phone is an application that allows viewing of remotely hosted webcams (with a thin protocol - this phone worked fine at 14.4 kpbs!). Anyhow, the one I used was from the folks at GPIX. They have a couple demo cams aimed at a carwash (I think) and a freeway. Perfect shots. I was hoping for a bar-cam so you could see who was in every bar. For example, the Bourbon Street in New Orleans, or the JamesJoyce bar in Santa Barbra. Or funnier yet, the Nimbin, Australia shop that's not famous for its drinks. All could conceivably be reformatted for your phone.