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Step 4The Conception
Since I would be using FaceTime to do video chat (technically a one-way video chat; I am not providing video to the person at my front door), I first needed to get some hardware and set it up on my front door.
I needed a USB Camera that was USB CLASS (driverless) compatible with the Macintosh O/S (Snow Leopard) and FaceTime.
I needed a microphone and speaker that was waterproof and vandal proof, something that was also unobtrusive and did not stick out like a sore thumb advertising itself. I did not want the person at the door to realize that I am in a remote location which would defeat the whole purpose of my endeavor. I want them to think I am otherwise occupied inside the house and just unavailable ... and lazy. :)
I also wanted a camera that would mount in the peephole of the door and not look out of place. You hardware hackers out there can just take apart a regular peephole and mount a camera inside. I would have done this myself but my skillset is just not up to par, so I cheated and just bought a camera.
I needed a USB Camera that was USB CLASS (driverless) compatible with the Macintosh O/S (Snow Leopard) and FaceTime.
I needed a microphone and speaker that was waterproof and vandal proof, something that was also unobtrusive and did not stick out like a sore thumb advertising itself. I did not want the person at the door to realize that I am in a remote location which would defeat the whole purpose of my endeavor. I want them to think I am otherwise occupied inside the house and just unavailable ... and lazy. :)
I also wanted a camera that would mount in the peephole of the door and not look out of place. You hardware hackers out there can just take apart a regular peephole and mount a camera inside. I would have done this myself but my skillset is just not up to par, so I cheated and just bought a camera.
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