Catfood Software Blog Archive

Gadgetpalooza

I've created gadgets inspired by several Catfood Software products. All of these gadgets can be added to iGoogle or Google Desktop, World Webcams is also compatible with the Vista Sidebar. If you can't see the gadgets in the post see the Google listing for World Webcams, Desktate and Life.

World Webcams

World Webcams rotates between 200 of the streaming webcams in the WebCamSaver directory. You can click the description for any webcam to jump to the page that allows you to control the camera.

| Add to Vista Sidebar

Desktate

The gadget version of Catfood Desktate. Shows the current extent of day and night together with local sunrise/sunset times for any longitude and latitude.

Life

Life is a JavaScript implementation of Conway's Game of Life. It starts with a random population which you can then alter by clicking on the gadget to flip individual cells between being dead and alive. You can also download a screensaver version of Life.

Labels: Tools

Posted by Rob on 1/31/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

Catfood Tracker 1.10

Tracker creates Google Earth KML format track logs for GPS equipped Windows Mobile devices. 1.00 failed to create the KML file for at least one SmartPhone user. 1.10 fixes this problem, and also lets you control when Tracker starts and ends a track. Read more and download on the original Tracker post.

Posted by Rob on 1/26/2009, 3 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Aiea, Hawaii, USA
Las Palmas, Canarias, Spain

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 1/18/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Japan
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 1/11/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

Want to be a virtual cop?

I've read about crimefighting via webcam, but this is the first time I've seen it organized in practice:

The Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition (TBSC) has joined BlueServo^SM in a public-private partnership to deploy the Virtual Community Watch, an innovative real-time surveillance program designed to empower the public to proactively participate in fighting border crime.

If you catch someone do you get to go on Homeland Security USA?

Unfortunately you need to sign up to access the site, so not coming soon to WebCamSaver.

(via BoingBoing)

Posted by Rob on 1/06/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)

Webcam Updates

Catfood WebCamSaver added the following new locations today:

Bethel, Maine, USA
Graz, Steiermark, Austria
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Sun City, California, USA

If you use Catfood WebCamSaver these webcams will be added in your next automatic update. They'll also go into rotation in our Google and Vista webcam gadgets. Enjoy!

Posted by Rob on 1/04/2009, 0 comments. (Bookmark & Share)