Monthly Archives: February 2008

Spring in February

Posted on by January 22, 2013
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Electric Skies

Laura and I awoke this morning to the sights and sounds of Spring.  We were experiencing our first  thunderstorm of the year, during the first week of February!  After I had dressed for my morning trek to the barn, I glanced at the weather station and was surprised to see that the temperature was nearly 70 degrees.  No need for the heavy parka this morning.

As I walked to the barn the warm and humid air reminded me of a late April morning instead of early February.  Unfortunately, our short excursion into Spring is only a tease.  The temperaure is supposed to drop into the upper 30’s tonight and the weather forecast includes a chance of snow for  Wednesday.  At least the brief respite into Spring is bringing much needed rain to fill our pond.  Unfortunately the thaw and rain will also expand the boot sucking mud flats around our barn.

Fred

Llamacam “One” replacement operational

Posted on by January 22, 2013

latest17.jpgWell I finally managed to install the replacement for our original llamacam “one” which failed a couple of weeks back. I had been testing the new camera and software for a few days and expected the installation to be easy. Of course I guessed wrong. I carefully mounted the new camera to the ceiling of barn porch which we call the “beach” because the llamas are always lounging there soaking up the mid-day sunshine. I carefully routed the wires and connected the power. The camera powered up and the network link light lit up as I plugged in the network cable. Success, I thought as I headed into the house expecting to see a sharp image of the “beach”.

I fired up my MacBook, typed the camera IP address into my web browser and hit return. No response! After an hour of trouble shooting I finally discovered a bad network connection on the back of the camera. I did a little cleaning and adjustment of the cable and the camera sprang to life. I was pleased to see the image was much sharper than the original camera.

I hope all of the frequent visitors to llamacam enjoy the new camera. Be sure and let us know what you think.

Fred