Yes, but what's the
Cowcam?
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The
Cowcam
A long, long time ago, back in the early
days of the commercial internet, webcams were the latest thing.
The CamCam
(slow, but thanks to Web
Archive
for the piece of history) was one of my contributions, and I briefly
had the Amstercam when I first moved to the edge of the red light
district in Amsterdam.
At some point, I registered cowcam.com, with the idea of equipping
three or four cows in a herd of Fresians with shoulder-mounted cameras,
setting up a website with video feeds, and allowing the rest of the
Internet world to share the experience.
Unfortunately the project never came to be. Cows were "too
rambunctious" - according to the then-webmaster of Gateway PCs, whom I
approached for sponsorship - and the cameras would "never survive more
than a few hours". Too few farms had high-speed internet links,
and cameras were still large and battery-intensive.
These days, most of the technical concerns are gone. One day it will
happen, and maybe I'll even get an arts council subsidy. Until then, I
just use it as a personal domain name.
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