stefanlasiewski's Journal: The surreal Baghdad webcam with microphone

Holy shit, I can hear the birds chirping, the few cars honking, and the explosions of the bombs. At this point, I've heard several dozen explosions, so we're beyond the "target of convenience" now.

Tires screeching. Planes zooming overhead. The honking will stop during the more intense bombing. The birds keep chirping...

Posting here in the journal for interested people, to avoid the ./ effect:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0cv=CA01 and click on Baghdad Camera.

I'm using Windows media. Not sure if there is a Linux tool that would work, however.

Different camera now...

[stefanlasiewski]

Well, they took the previous camera offline, and replaced it with a fuzzy, greenish (night-vision?) camera pointing at the side a building. Whee.

Not nearly as interesting. Nothing moving, no microphone. I can't tell what's going on.

I had earlier mentioned noises sounding like explosions... and there were many of them. Those noises stopped quite a while ago, and then someone unplugged the camera.