>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Stutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> if/when you find out how to do this, can you please post
Michael> the info or links to the list?
will do. it's not looking hopeful so far.
Michael> so -- anyone got a source for an original color quickcam
Michael> or any other parallel-port color camera that works with
Michael> gnu/linux?
you might try sane (http://www.mostang.com/sane/); it has drivers for
a large number of devices now, including quickcams
(http://www.mostang.com/sane/man/sane-qcam.5.html). don't know if
this allows for video capture or just stills, though.
coincidentally, i was thinking about something along these lines
yesterday. i've been having leg problems (hmmmm... could have
something to do with the fact that i spend all my time either sitting
at a computer, sitting teaching guitar lessons, sitting in the car, or
sitting zazen...), so i'm making myself get out and walk for a half
hour or so each day, and i'm starting to see much more of my
neighborhood. the inner city is such an odd place. there are
stretches that are like a ghost town -- giant old buildings built over
a hundred years ago that used to house factories and department stores
and now sit empty or have the upstairs closed and the ground floor
converted to a liquor store or laundromat. there's a boarded-up
building around the corner advertises "carriages" in faded paint on
its side. it's creepy sometimes to look at what used to be here and
what's here now. this used to be a shopping district, and now it
looks like a war zone. people talk in the abstract about the decay of
the inner city, but it becomes a tangible reality that you can feel
when you walk around here.
anyway, as i was walking yesterday, i was thinking how good it would
be to take a digital camera with me on my walks, and document some of
this each day on a webpage. no real plan for what to do or say, just
snapping things as i see them and making whatever comments come into
my head. i've got no idea what the answers are to all these problems,
but maybe i could make the questions a little more concrete.
wish digital cameras weren't so expensive. maybe once i've worked out
my taxes, i'll get an idea of whether i can afford one.
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