Saturday, January 24th, 2009
After reading multiple articles, on how people had managed to catch crooks who had stolen their laptops, and reading xkcd. I thought i might as well try creating my own solution.
Before I go any further, this solution is a Mac OSX solution, and requires, that you have some webspace, with FTP access.
I will explain what I wanted the software to do, and how it accomplishes these aims.
- Firstly I wanted the software to recognise if the laptop has been stolen.
- If the laptop is stolen, take photos of the user, and upload them to my webspace,
- As well as uploadinging photos of the user, record their ip, and upload a copy to my webspace.
The above 3 points were the basics of the app. However after reading xkcd, i thought it would be cool to get the application to announce to the world (via its speakers) that it is stolen property, at full volume.
Now i have told you what i wanted the app to be able to do I will explain, how it actually does it. (more…)
Tags: bash, catch, crook, software, speech, stolen, terminal, thief, tutorial, web development, webcam
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The wonderful guys over at Carsonified are throwing a contest, which will allow one lucky ‘golden ticket’ holder to a free ticket to ALL Carsonified 2009 events. Which includes Future of Web Design, Future of Web Apps, Future of Mobile, Fuel and all Carson Workshops. Theyre calling it “The Carsonified Golden Ticket”.
As well as giving you a free ticket to all the carsonified 2009 events, they are also offering to fly you out to one of their events, and put you up in a hotel for the event!
If that wasnt enough already, you will get an all-access backstage pass at all the 2009 Carsonified events, and an invite to the VIP speaker dinner at one Carsonified event of your choice!
I’ve been to FOWA 2007 and FOM 2007. I have also bought my tickets for FOWA 2008 and FOM 2008. All I can say is they’re excellent events. I very much encourage you to attend these events if you want to keep up to date with what’s happening, in their respective fields. These events give you a key insight of trends and developments currently on the web, and currently emerging on the web.
The line-ups have always been great, and are always action packed. Not to mention a live diggnation at the end of last years FOWA 2007, and again this year at FOWA 2008.
As well as a great entertainment and atmosphere, the Carsonified events are truly at the forefront of what’s happening on the web & the other fields their conferences cover. For example FOM 07 was the first place that Google’s Android was demonstrated.
To be eligible to enter the competition, you must do the following: (more…)
Tags: Carson Workshops, Carsonified, Competition, Competitions, Conference, Conferences, Events & Conferences, FOM, FOWA, FOWD, Fuel, Golden Ticket
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