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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