{"id":1349,"date":"2013-11-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2014-07-31T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T18:03:31","slug":"a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1349","title":{"rendered":"A picture is worth a thousand words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/go_to_jail1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"go_to_jail1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/go_to_jail1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/go_to_jail1.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/go_to_jail1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/go_to_jail1.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>With the depressed economy; crime is up.\u00a0 From a homeowner&#8217;s point of view &#8211; that sucks!\u00a0 ADT and those other alarm system companies know that crime is up; so they are pushing camera systems pretty hard.\u00a0 You can watch your property as it get&#8217;s stolen now!\u00a0 They can put cameras on the exterior of your house to cover all entrances to your property, and even some cameras inside &#8211; for a cost, roughly $40 a month.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Bosslady was all over this.\u00a0 She instructed me to look into it, and so, I did. My cat tried to talk me out of it, so I knew he was up to something.\u00a0 The requirements as stated TO me by the Bosslady were:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Needed to be able to recognize the person in daytime or nighttime.<\/li>\n<li>Needed to store image for 7 days, just in case we&#8217;re on vacation.<\/li>\n<li>Must have motion detection capability.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I found a really nice 4 camera system from Swann.\u00a0 The price was ok; but I figured there had to be a better way.\u00a0 Then a co-worker of mine and I were chit chatting (over coffee of course!) and discussing the various cloud based cameras.\u00a0 I decided I would try this route instead, I&#8217;m happy to report that this was the right approach for me.<\/p>\n<p>I picked up several of the cameras for under $200.00, similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/D-Link-Wireless-Surveillance-mydlink-Enabled-DCS-932L\/dp\/B004P8K24W\" target=\"_blank\">DCS-932L<\/a>.\u00a0 For under $200; I have a covert and effective surveillance system.\u00a0 This is how I set them up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I placed them inside the house to cover all possible entrances.\u00a0 They are located inside the house; this has three advantages: 1) There are no cameras on the outside of the house to advertise to the bad guys. I think if they see cameras and think &#8220;Hey, they have something good!&#8221;\u00a0 2) I can use indoor cameras, saving some coin there.\u00a0 3) The cameras are located in such a way that they are not easily accessed.\u00a0 Sure, the bad guy may get the camera; but <em>I have his\/her picture!<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The cameras are linked into my network via wireless and wired connections; making for a robust system.<\/li>\n<li>I set up an email account specifically for my cameras.\u00a0 I think this is better &#8211; no DVR to break or to get stolen.\u00a0 No matter what they take &#8211;\u00a0 <em>I have their picture!<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I set the cameras on motion detection, and then set the trigger zones.\u00a0 When something triggers the camera, it takes a series of pictures and emails them to my offsite email account quicker than you can say &#8211; Gotchya!<\/li>\n<li>The email account is set to automatically delete email older than 10 days.\u00a0 This keeps the account to a manageable size, plus, if I haven&#8217;t figured out that I have been broken into before the 10 day mark, I deserved it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This set up cost less than $200.\u00a0 It has roughly a 5 month payback period.\u00a0 I already have a regular alarm, so this is double the insurance.\u00a0 Someone breaks in and is gone before Mr. Policeman gets there, no problem, I still have your picture, and a picture is worth a thousand words.\u00a0 I hope you find this useful and as fun as I have.\u00a0 I have already busted my faithful reader (my cat) eating some plants and doings some things he really shouldn&#8217;t be doing; he&#8217;s grounded!<\/p>\n<p><strong>A picture really is worth a thousand words<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the depressed economy; crime is up.\u00a0 From a homeowner&#8217;s point of view &#8211; that sucks!\u00a0 ADT and those other alarm system companies know that crime is up; so they are pushing camera systems pretty hard.\u00a0 You can watch your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/1349\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[58,59,70],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-household","tag-home","tag-security","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15061,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/15061","url_meta":{"origin":1349,"position":0},"title":"In-Decision 2024 \u2013 Presidential Election 2024","author":"DR D","date":"October 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, my cat was telling me to start writing again.\u00a0 So, to shut him up; I\u2019m stealing the name of a segment from the \u201cDaily Show,\u201d as I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware, it sums up this year\u2019s election cycle quite nicely. 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