The Y-Cam Bullet IP Camera

Y-Cam Bullet

I got sent the Y-Cam Bullet last year and then when I moved home it found itself into a box, only to be re-discovered last week. Cables, adapters, wall/ceiling mount, power lead, optional sun visor etc, all  come in the box. I had already purchased a Y-cam S in black over 2 years ago (the older [...]

Irony

The Perfect Prison

There is a quiet, dark revolution underway in Britain. It was happening yesterday, it’s happening now – this minute. It will continue to happen tomorrow. Without anyone really noticing it we are becoming a police state. We’re not quite there yet – it’s a long way down to the real depths of secret police, social [...]

Happy Birthday George Orwell

Once again it’s June the 25th. I spent most of the day doing the same thing I did this time last year and this time the year before last..  I had a picnic at the Grave of Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell. Today is his birthday and for the last couple of years I’ve [...]

Do I look like a terrorist?

On more than one occasion, while out and about taking photographs, (mainly in London) I’ve been stopped for having a camera round my neck and looking like I might be about to take a picture. Yup, that’s all it seems to take now-a-days to raise the suspicions of some underpaid private security guard. Just be [...]

Social Media Picnic

[Please join us every year on the 25th of June at Orwell's grave. Ping @Documentally] This year (2011) it’s a Saturday!! Let’s discuss civil liberties, CCTV, privacy and surveillance in the company of Orwell! [written 2008] Whilst on Twitter I mentioned in passing that I was thinking about holding a social media picnic at the site [...]