Deb's Blog

I'm not much of a new year resolution kind of person. I do what is needed, when it's needed, to get to where I need to be. But of late, I've found myself in an incredibly privileged position of having time, energy AND resources to do not only what I need to do, but also the things that I want to. I can play the video games I like, buy the things I like, travel the places I like - all these things I want to and more - without negatively affecting any of the things that I need to do (responsibilities of various forms). It hit me with a massive realization, that not many people - not only the ones alive in modern era, but even the ones that are now part of history - regardless of their power, riches or fame - have had this much amount of degrees of freedom & learning/growth opportunity in their lifetime. For that, I find myself to be incredibly fortunate, and that also makes me restless. Cause if I don't turn this opportunity into something useful, something worthy, wi...

I recently bought this "car camera" as a cheesy way to get a decent sized display at a cheaper price. Most searches for displays for IoT/making end up in touch enabled puny screens, which are 3-10x the price of this entire unit. I don't care for touch, so I was happy to just "salvage" the display from this combo & the camera just becomes a bonus. However, giving it a try, I found out that it's a rather nice unit that works beautifully with minimal configuration as a closed circuit camera system, and it's pretty cheap for that purpose. I'm actually considering getting a few of them, and set up a full monitoring system. I'm just day dreaming about it in peace & quiet, meanwhile dad saw it & passed a comment: "Oh, is it a CCTV? does it record?" *Thanks dad, thanks a lot!* I thought... but "yeah, you can just use a DVR (and 'repurpose' the monitor muhaha)" is what I s...