Big Brother
12/16/07 Filed in: Poppycock
I don't use the Dashboard function on my Mac for
much. I keep a few widgets open, though: weather,
dictionary, calculator, and Slothcam, a webcam
checker. One of the cameras is outside TGI Fridays in
New York, just around the corner from the Actors
Equity offices. Tonight, while I was crunching a few
pitiful numbers, the webcam showed a young couple
clearly aware that an active camera exists.
I grabbed this shot at 7:07 pm. They were still there at 7:15.
A while later around 8:55, I checked the weather widget. The webcam now showed another couple
on the phone, no doubt to somebody who could see them on cam.
The conversation (s) continued for about 10 minutes, with the kids passing the phone back and forth.
About an hour later, at 10:06, a group of 4 -also on the phone:
About 5 minutes later, another guy appeared (the red hat)...and he, too, placed a call and waved.
This bunch stayed around for another few minutes.
I'm not surprised that people are aware of the camera, but I am surprised that these folks a) know somebody who has a webcam viewer up and running, and b) that they were able to get them on the phone.
Also, that I was fascinated enough to check in at three different times on a random Sunday night and see this speaks volumes about me. Loudest: I need to get out more.
I grabbed this shot at 7:07 pm. They were still there at 7:15.
A while later around 8:55, I checked the weather widget. The webcam now showed another couple
on the phone, no doubt to somebody who could see them on cam.
The conversation (s) continued for about 10 minutes, with the kids passing the phone back and forth.
About an hour later, at 10:06, a group of 4 -also on the phone:
About 5 minutes later, another guy appeared (the red hat)...and he, too, placed a call and waved.
This bunch stayed around for another few minutes.
I'm not surprised that people are aware of the camera, but I am surprised that these folks a) know somebody who has a webcam viewer up and running, and b) that they were able to get them on the phone.
Also, that I was fascinated enough to check in at three different times on a random Sunday night and see this speaks volumes about me. Loudest: I need to get out more.
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