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Foscam FI8904w WiFi IP Camera
May 9th
Looking for a networked IP Camera to watch your property? I’ve been looking around for several camera’s which offer a reasonable quality and are not too expensive.
The professional cam’s start at about 500 euro’s. I’ve found a nice IP camera with Infrared nightview, wired and wireless (wifi) network connection and it’s compatible with Synology Surveillance Station and browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome. You can even watch the images on your Java enabled phone.
Just search the internet for Foscam FI8904w IP camera, prices should be just below € 100,- for the 24 IR-Led version. Don’t expect HD quality, but you will be able to recognize people and use nice features like FTP and Email alarms (sending you multiple snapshots of the motion detected!). The camera’s have a good user interface which can connect also to multiple camera’s (of same type). This means you can login to your ‘master’ camera and not only view images of that camera, but also view images of your other camera’s within the same user interface.
I’ve seen several warnings for imitation Foscam camera’s meaning the firmware from Foscam is not usable on those camera’s which might lead to issues.
In the Netherlands you can buy it at this official Foscam dealer.
FingerTips
May 7th
Speed up the way you work with your PC. I use fingertips to quickly enter notes, tasks and calendar items into Outlook but also start other tasks on my PC. It will speedup your daily work. Download it for free at http://www.getfingertips.com/
Delete Gladinet Cloud Desktop settings
Apr 11th
I use Gladinet Cloud Desktop which enables you to access your free skydrive.live.com account from the Windows Explorer. It also offers some other nice features like backup.
For some reason I had to delete all the settings of Gladinet Cloud Desktop. This fixed some issues I had with using the application (like chunking files for Skydrive). To delete all settings and even go back from Pro to Free version (so you can register it again) is done by deleting all files in: C:\Users\<your windows login>\AppData\Local\Gladinet (For Windows 7). Now the application is working like a charm with the 25Gb free online storage of Skydrive.
FastPictureViewer WIC RAW Codec Pack
Mar 5th
A free collection of 32 and 64-bit RAW image decoders for Windows 7, Vista and XP.
Windows Vista introduced a modern and extensible imaging framework called Windows Imaging Component (WIC). The operating system comes with built-in support for several common image formats including jpeg, bmp, png, gif, tiff and HD Photo. WIC makes it possible for 3rd parties to add first-class support for image formats to Windows, complete with thumbnails in Explorer, preview and slideshow support in Photo Gallery / Photo Viewer and metadata search integration.
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iBlue 747A+ GPS Logging Device
Mar 3rd
I usually use my windows mobile phone with build in GPS receiver to store the locations where I take pictures. One of the downsides of this is that the phone has to stay on continuously (I just record the whole route which I walk or drive) which drains the battery quickly.
