Recent content by J Sigmo

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    Deer Collapses in the Street

    It's hard to say why the deer was in distress. Hopefully they were able to get it the help it needed or euthanize it humanely. You have to be careful approaching, let alone picking up and handling, a deer or pronghorn (antelope). I heard a funny story about some guys near here many years ago...
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    Close Call

    Thanks, Tony. I sometimes get busy and don't check in here for long spells, but it's great to see so many familiar people when I do get a chance to check in!
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    Moving to new house. What are your latest recommendations for cameras, POE switches, etc?

    All of the cameras came yesterday. Andy shipped everything very quickly! Man, is that PTZ unit a beast! I'm thinking of ways to mount it that will be sturdy enough to handle its mass and the high winds we get around here. Since this is a corner lot at an intersection where one street...
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    KP7 Aurora June 1, 2025

    We had thunderstorms and clouds last night here in Wyoming. It may well be the same story tonight for us.
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    Close Call

    I, too, hate vertical videos. But I do see the point if the only people watching will be watching on a phone, and they will be holding it vertically. I also hate the way people tend to crop things when filming and photographing. I've been a photographer since I was about 6 years old and my...
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    Moving to new house. What are your latest recommendations for cameras, POE switches, etc?

    looney2ns and all: I checked back, and Andy had both of the cameras that looney recommended back in stock, so I ordered 8 of the turret cams and one of the PTZ units. That should give me plenty to play with. Now it's like waiting for Christmas morning. I'm especially looking forward to...
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    Moving to new house. What are your latest recommendations for cameras, POE switches, etc?

    Thank you, The Automation Guy! I need to study all of this, but it seems like one of the Netgate appliances with pfSense might be an easy solution. Right now, I'm running an Asus router and using its ability to run a VPN that allows me to use OpenVPN on our phones and remote PCs to tunnel in...
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    Moving to new house. What are your latest recommendations for cameras, POE switches, etc?

    Thanks, you guys. I got most of the cameras I have now from Andy and Empire. Good to hear he's still going strong!
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    Moving to new house. What are your latest recommendations for cameras, POE switches, etc?

    We bought the house across the street from our current residence. I've enjoyed our current system, made primarily from cameras, switches, PCs, Blue Iris, etc., that I've learned about from the experts on here. I have a PC I'll use, and I'll put Blue Iris on it. But I'm sure cameras have...
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    Delivery Driver with pulsing IR

    This is very interesting. I haven't noticed any of this on my cameras, but then I haven't looked for it. Thanks to everyone for posting these videos and thoughts.
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    The Typical picture of a Perp on Nextdoor-type Apps with Consumer Grade Cameras like Ring, Nest, Arlo, Canary, Wyze, etc.

    Now dare you! And now I need to root around in my mom's house basement to see if I can find my old Lite Brite! :)
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    My daily tree and bush trimming crew right on time

    It looks like the business end of the shaver they're advertising. Maybe a big image of one comes into the picture or goes out of the picture as part of the commercial. Either that, or the UFOs are spying on the filming!
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    Amazon attempts to open my front door to deliver package

    Now that you bring that up. If the driver didn't find a keypad, I wonder how much time he would have spent looking for one. We put in a new storm door and a new main front door a few years ago. The storm door is almost all glass (with a screen insert you can swap for the glass one). We...
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    Video shows suspect fire shots at person in Chicago

    I don't know why they're bothering to ID the suspect. They'll just let him out without bail immediately.