Comments on: Keep Tab On Home Security With A Webcam And Twitter

By: David

David — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:15:19 +0000

I made a little Curl script to publish images to TwitPic too – it uses on_picture_save which is a little clumsy, since it uploads 100s of images to Twitter – oops!!!

If someone can think of a way of posting one image from a series of a few in one motion event please let me know..

#!/bin/bash
IMG=$1
USERNAME=
PASSWORD=
curl -F”username=$USERNAME” -F”password=$PASSWORD” -F”message=Motion Detected!” -Fmedia=@”$IMG” http://twitpic.com/api/uploadAndPost

You then need to call this from on_picture_save with %f as the argument.

By: Motion to the Rescue

Motion to the Rescue — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:16:06 +0000

[...] It also provides triggers for when motion is captured (for example, if you’d like to update Twitter you can do this with [...]

By: ken

ken — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:10:55 +0000

Hi,
Wonder if you can advise, have added ‘curl’ command ‘on motion detect’ in config file, but it seems to only work once. Files still get saved on subsequent motion detect but the curl command is not execute after the first motion detect.
Your advice will be appreciated.
Cheers,
Ken

By: pinnacle

pinnacle — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:44:30 +0000

home security is an important issue to protect your home and its assets.The best home security can be as little as a simple alarm system or it can be as intricate as highly advanced infrared motion detectors. Regardless of housing cost, reliability is the most important aspect of the best home security system.

By: Monitore seu PC pelo Twitter « Zona livre - INFO Online

Monitore seu PC pelo Twitter « Zona livre - INFO Online — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:02:21 +0000

[...] você pode baixar do Download INFO , o script em Perl criado pelo programador Shantanu Goel. O script identifica que o motion capturou uma imagem e envia uma mensagem personalizada para o [...]

By: kuraci

kuraci — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:28:42 +0000

Can Twitter really Be Saved?

By: David Slade’s engineering blog » Blog Archive » Twitter: Messaging service apps for home automation - Send a tweet to flip the switch by remote control

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:41:42 +0000

[...] Linux hacker Shantanu Goel set up a video camera and some motion-sensing software on a PC connected to the internet. If anyone breaks into his house or goes snooping through his room, the software detects the movement and sends out a tweet. [...]

By: caleb

caleb — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:32:26 +0000

set up a secondary twitter account just for this purpose, then follow it.

By: Twitter – not just for self indulgence and celeb stalking « Tangelos

Twitter – not just for self indulgence and celeb stalking « Tangelos — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:55:13 +0000

[...] need is your computer, a webcam and a twitter account to get real time tweets from your home. Click here for the simple set up. Comments [...]

By: somed

somed — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:30:33 +0000

Here is a list of applications that do similar motion capture on PC, you should add your application there. http://www.ugolog.com/pages/25-applications-to-turn-your-webcam-into-home-security-system