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25 November 2007

Watching. Using Google to see feeds from surveillance cameras around the world. Refresh an image and it will update. Everything seems so quiet.→[More:] There is a (Mac only) screensaver that will cycle through these feeds. (That's where I got the Google link.)

post by: BoringPostcards at: 19:20 | 11 comments

Everything seems so quiet.

A little too quiet.

posted by box 25 November | 20:32

Where are the ones that show aliens and ghosts like on YouTube?

posted by Brandon1600 25 November | 21:09

Damn. That's pretty crazy stuff. I'll have to be more careful when I'm picking my nose from now on.

posted by eekacat 25 November | 21:50

I'm just casing the joint

posted by eekacat 25 November | 21:59

I want one for my windows machine! These are so cool.

posted by CitrusFreak12 25 November | 22:25

Where are the ones that show aliens and ghosts like on YouTube?

Right here is clear evidence of alien activity. There is simply no other explanation for such an unexplained light in the sky:
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by cmonkey 25 November | 23:27

I'm not exactly sure why, but this is so damn cool. I love this kind of stuff! Thanks for wasting an hour of my night with nothing to show for it. Seriously, thanks.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 25 November | 23:37

I must click them all and make sure I don't see myself watching myself, watching myself, watching myself, watching myself, watching myself, watching myself,.

posted by chillmost 26 November | 09:12

Looks like crappy weather all over the world today.

posted by chillmost 26 November | 09:14

True, chillmost, but some of it's very pretty:

≡ Click to see image ≡

Slack- only an hour? I was late getting to bed last night because of this damn thing. :)

posted by BoringPostcards 26 November | 09:49

Coolness. I just lost an hour.

posted by chewatadistance 26 November | 09:55

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