December 18, 2015
On a list that includes goats, elephants, a speedway and churches, the town of Purmerend has made EarthCam’s list of 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2015.
This summer, the Archie software company had set up a webcam on a roundabout to test its software. For the fans, the stream has moved here after having been watched elsewhere 1,463,240 times.
At night the roundabout has seen mediocre graffiti artists and witches, and who knows what else, watch the video.
(Links: www.rtvnh.nl, www.earthcam.com)
June 5, 2015
The first webcam I ever watched back in the mid nineties was that of a litterbox were viewers waited to spot the cat using it. Over the litterbox there would be different messages everyday like ‘send tuna’. If you caught the cat going to the box you were asked to take a screenshot of it (nobody had digital cameras or mobile phones with digital cameras back then), you could send it to the owner and he would send you something cool, I don’t remember.
The Archie software company in Purmerend has set up a webcam on a roundabout to test its software. Funny thing is some 250,000 Dutch people have checked it out and it’s getting traction. A journalist on Twitter who wrote about it said he witnessed a car that wouldn’t yield to a scooter, which they should do, making his viewing ‘eventful’. For anyone who wants to see how a typical Dutch town deals with bike paths and cars, this is for you. The stream is in 1080HD and looks good.
It makes me want to go and skate around it for a while. For all we know a happening is being planned. A marching band going around in circles, could be fun. Stay tuned.
(Link: nieuws.nl)
Tags: Cat, Purmerend, roundabout, webcam, webcams
April 2, 2015
‘Volg de Das’ (‘Follow the badger’) is a webcam that was set up by forest rangers Aaldrik and Pauline who are logging their adventures in Dutch watching a family of badgers. The badgers can be seen in the evenings and at night, and if you spot them you can send in your film clips.
In other badger news, our reality badger family is branching out and getting a second webcam soon, so more people can watch them. Who knows, maybe Dutch artist Bart Jansen who makes gadgets out of dead animals will have a eye on them too if they happen to die for his badger submarine.
(Link: www.volgdedas.nl, Photo of Badger by Tatterdemalion, some rights reserved)
January 11, 2008
Caesar the pig didn’t want to go quietly into the abbatoir and was bought by pig farmer Dafne Westerhof who now has him on display through a webcam. The 315-kilo pig, raised by a bio farmer, simply refused to walk into the abbatoir. They both tried to transport him in a trailer, Caesar just wouldn’t go. He rammed so hard against the side of the trailer that he knocked out the side panel. Westerhof then decided to buy the pig for 2,000 euro. Caesar now lives on Westerhof’s farm Het Beloofde Varkensland (The Promised Pigland) in Amstelveen.
Check out Caesar’s Palace, the webcam. He is cute.
(Link: vleesmagazine.nl, Photo: varkensgeluk)
