[Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Doug
Hello: We recently lost my wife's engagement ring from the master bedroom of our condo. The thief also went through boxes in a drawer, picking out the one that had a small stone. And I must mention the coins, regular coins, a fistful that have been taken, but not the rolls of quaternions near the

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread eric chadbourne
I suggest no honey pot. Notify the police, secure your house, protect your family. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 07:48:39AM -0400, Doug wrote: We will set up a simple honey pot, a ziplock bag of coins right where we know they have looked before. Has anyone setup a motion detection camera for the home? I figure we just need to cover the bedroom. We are going to change the locks,

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Grant M.
On 07/28/2011 07:48 AM, Doug wrote: We will set up a simple honey pot, a ziplock bag of coins right where we know they have looked before. Has anyone setup a motion detection camera for the home? I figure we just need to cover the bedroom. We are going to change the locks, but this person

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Nuno Sucena Almeida
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/28/2011 07:48 AM, Doug wrote: Has anyone setup a motion detection camera for the home? I don't recommend honey pot, but you can try the 'motion' webcam application. It has motion detection, save to image/video, upload to remote server and

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Bob Dunphy
NewEgg has cameras with motion detection that can ftp photos to a server for about $75 D-Link DCS-930L 640 x 480 MAX Resolution RJ45 Wireless N Network Camera Bob Dunphy http://www.REDSystems.com On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Nuno Sucena Almeida s...@aeminium.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Doug
To stay focused on computer issues, I am thinking of a plug computer w/SD card + zonemonitor + wireless N camera. This would be triggered by motion. The plug computer could go anywhere. The wireless camera goes in the bedroom, and configure it not to record from 7 pm to 9am. Make it easy for us to

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Derek Atkins
On Thu, July 28, 2011 1:51 pm, Chris Tyler wrote: On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 13:23 -0400, Doug wrote: Then there is a question of getting a camera to work. That is covered in a different wiki. OK, I am sold on the support for the guruplug. The credit car will stay in the wallet until the misses

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Chris Tyler
On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 14:12 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: I thought those issues depended on which version of the GuruPlug you got? I thought that the single-GigE basic server GuruPlug was okay, but the dual-GigE server-plus system would overheat (or now has the extra fans). Did I miss

Re: [Discuss] BLU Meeting: Arduino Hacking 101: Importing the Universe

2011-07-28 Thread Tom Metro
[Resending as the list server was down when this was originally sent.] Jerry Feldman wrote: Federico previews the talk he's giving at this year's OSCON So, you have learned the essentials of the Arduino platform, its software package, and completed a few tutorials - learned some basic

Re: [Discuss] BLU Meeting: Arduino Hacking 101: Importing the Universe

2011-07-28 Thread James Kramer
Sorry that I missed the talk. Has a copy of Federico's talk posted on the site? Jay On Jul 26, 2011 2:14 AM, Tom Metro tmetro-...@vl.com wrote: Jerry Feldman wrote: Federico previews the talk he's giving at this year's OSCON So, you have learned the essentials of the Arduino platform, its

Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures

2011-07-28 Thread Kurt Keville
I have been following this dialogue at various locations... like http://openstoragepod.org/ ... it is remarkable how cheap DIY NAS is getting... I think 2TB is the biggest we will see a desktop drive; I wonder if this approach would scale up and down to laptop drives? It may be that you get

Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures

2011-07-28 Thread Derek Atkins
On Thu, July 28, 2011 4:40 pm, Kurt Keville wrote: I have been following this dialogue at various locations... like http://openstoragepod.org/ ... it is remarkable how cheap DIY NAS is getting... I think 2TB is the biggest we will see a desktop drive; I wonder if this approach would scale

Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures

2011-07-28 Thread Shirley Márquez Dúlcey
On 7/28/2011 4:40 PM, Kurt Keville wrote: I have been following this dialogue at various locations... like http://openstoragepod.org/ ... it is remarkable how cheap DIY NAS is getting... I think 2TB is the biggest we will see a desktop drive; I wonder if this approach would scale up and down to

Re: [Discuss] D-I-Y NAS enclosures

2011-07-28 Thread Kurt Keville
I meant laptop drives... I think I read an interview that said the most density we will ever see is 2TB on a laptop and 4TB on a desktop drive... will see if I can find the article; was more of a business issue than an integration one... At 05:05 PM 7/28/2011, Derek Atkins wrote: On Thu,

Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief

2011-07-28 Thread Doug
The MacBook and mini are now registered at preyproject.com. I will add my android phone tomorrow. They are working on iPhones and iPads. They have a good video tutorial on the main site. They have calibrated their free service well. Three devices can be track - for 10 that takes $15/month,