ChristmasCam (usually LivingroomCam)

http://christmascam.us


Livingroom

Kitchen

Christmas Tree

Computer desk

A camera in our living room and kitchen, a capture board, a DSL connection, a little software and what do you get? A family's home on the Web! Welcome to our living room. We are usually around in the evening (Pacific Standard Time). Send us email and enjoy relaxing at our house.

I've started leaving a light on at night so the people on the other side of the planet have something to look at besides black. I also collect one image an hour for the last 24 hours .

Our living room has been Christmas Cam for a bunch of years. You can check out:

 
ChristmasCam 1995

ChristmasCam 1996

ChristmasCam 1997

ChristmasCam 1998

ChristmasCam 1999

ChristmasCam 2000

ChristmasCam 2001
   

If you don't believe in Santa Claus, in 1995 we caught Santa Claus putting presents around the tree and drinking the milk left out for him (RealMedia video).  We didn't ever catch him again -- we think you can only fool the Santa guy once.

Family pics: Halloween party 2001
Paris 2002
December 27, 2002
Pretty good Christmas, I must say. Good people, good food, good presents, and good birthday celebration. And now... Happy New Year!!
December 24, 2002
Hope you are having a wonderful Christmas!!! Here's a little how it was done page for the technically curious.
December 23, 2002
There will be a lot of cooking going on the next few days as we get ready for Wigilia (a traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner). We'll have quite a crowd over for Christmas eve and a good number of people to open presents Christmas morning. I'm going to have a chat room open Christmas morning so you can come and visit. Merry Christmas!!
December 20, 2002
Christmas tree is up!!! And Christmas tree cam is working too! Yes, that's right -- the Christmas tree's view of Christmas. Merry Christmas to all!
December 19, 2002
The sad story is: another day and another day without the tree. Home late from work, we finally set out to get the tree. We drove off into the country to where we usually get one and, gasp!, they are not there. Darkness, rain, but no trees. Back to the city to find that the local tree places had closed already. Well, I was determined to decorate something. So, for today, the double bass will have to do for our tree. We'll try again tonight.
December 17, 2002
It didn't happen today. Too much homework and other commitments. It will HAVE to be tomorrow night. Sigh. But the family pictures of what did delay Christmas are on the Family Picture Page as the Thanksgiving in Disneyland and Trip to Boston .
December 15, 2002
Well, what kind of Christmas site it this? Still no tree? Saddly yes. No tree, yet. It's been a busy month and we haven't yet had a day when everyone one in the family has been home. This Tuesday evening (the 17th) we will finally get our tree.
November 30, 2002
It's coming! Christmas is just around the corner! I'm putting up Christmas decorations this weekend but we will probably wait until December 14th to put up the tree because members of the family will be in and out for the next few weeks. If I can get it set up, I hope to have a camera looking out of the tree to give a "Christmas Tree" view of Christmas.
November 29, 2002
Just got back from another trip to Disneyland. Especially enjoyed the Nightmare Before Christmas decked out Haunted House. Pictures coming soon to the family pictures page .
November 2, 2002
Halloween is behind us and we're getting ready for Thanksgiving. I wish we could get some winter weather here -- it's just cold but not rain. I mean, it's the first of November and the leaves are still on the trees.
October 29, 2002
Do you like our Halloween tree on the livingroom coffee table? Trick-or-treat safely.
October 20, 2002
Added a 'friends link' section.  While maybe not personal friends, they are people I've run across on the web.
Old Notes

NOTE TO THE CRIMINALLY INCLINED: our house has an alarm (door and window sensors and motion detectors) and we live in a small town whose cops actually show up in five minutes. So, save us both a lot of trouble, and don't even bother.

YM: MisterBlue

Pointers to some camera technology:

Friends links -- people I've met on the web.

If you are a Webcam-aholic, here are other Cam pages (list updated March 5, 2000) :


MisterBlue / MisterBlue@MisterBlue.com / YM: MisterBlue
Copyright 2002, Adams Software / December 17, 2002