GearBits

My First Baby Purchase

Craig's blog on pointing a webcam out the window got me thinking about one of my best technology purchases ever. As soon as we knew our new baby was a reality, we began to plan how best to prepare her room. Being a techie, I bypassed the traditional wallpaper and cribsets and went straight for an Axis 2100 Network Camera. Since it has its own web server, all you do is give it power and an ethernet line. This little marvel has let me keep an eye on our little marvel throughout her first two years from anywhere in the world I happen to be (providing I have web access). It's also a wonderful babysitting tool as we can put her image up on any of the house computers including the HTPC attached to the bigscreen TV in the living room.