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  1. J Sigmo

    Bike Drop

    You guys all beat me to it, but I was gonna ask: "Where's your secret service detail when you need them?"
  2. J Sigmo

    VIDEO: Off-duty Alabama officer hit by car in his front yard

    That boy is in a heap o trouble! And they scared that poor rabbit out of its hiding place, too. One wonders what events lead up to this. The perpetrator surely knew the cop, and knew that he was a cop. There has to be an interesting story behind all of this.
  3. J Sigmo

    Really Bad Car Accident Caught On Camera

    I don't think she would have thought she could "thread the needle". Too many cars bumper-to-bumper in that intersection. As sad as it is, it appears that she may have done this on purpose, but her plans to kill herself were thwarted by the amazing safety systems and design of the Mercedes...
  4. J Sigmo

    Did this prowler see my camera?

    Something that is always a problem with any auto-exposure system is bright highlights being "preserved" by the system. In this case, the reflection from the reflector on the car is fooling the auto exposure into making the entire image too dark as it tries to "preserve the highlights". If...
  5. J Sigmo

    Coyote With A Capture

    I agree that the rabbit looks black, and therefore not what I'd see wild around here. We have tons of cottontails and quite a few jackrabbits. The jacks are pretty darned fast, and they're far more wary than the cottontails. Domesticated rabbits, however, are often amazingly trusting. We had...
  6. J Sigmo

    No Bathroom, No Problem

    That's totally legal in California, now, isn't it? Maybe a ticket for obstructing traffic, but otherwise A-OK. In Wyoming, it's legal to take a roadside whizz on the highways (for the most part) because there really aren't many rest areas. In town? Not so much! Indecent exposure charge with...
  7. J Sigmo

    Thief steals bicycle from neighbor's garage

    Those look excellent. 4K resolution is about 8 megapixels which is pretty spectacular, especially if they do good at night. I've got to give them a try. My only reservation is that they're bullet style, and we have endless spiderweb issues with bullets. If I use them, I'd probably have to...
  8. J Sigmo

    Thief steals bicycle from neighbor's garage

    We discussed a camera system, and of course I'd set her up with a properly-secured Blue Iris system and some good cameras from you! :) She also needs an alarm system with motion detection in the garage, which she insists on leaving open a lot of the time. She was home when this happened, and...
  9. J Sigmo

    Thief steals bicycle from neighbor's garage

    I dare not say. Those three cameras are some old ones that I bought before I knew any better. They're from the brand who must not be named. They do quite well in good light, but are fairly bad in low light. They are 4 megapixels, however, so in bright light the resolution is appreciated...
  10. J Sigmo

    2nd vadalism in 3 months. Tire slashing

    Many tire pressure gauges have a valve core tool built in, and I've even had fancy steel valve caps that have one built in. Schrader valves are actually pretty clever. And the way the cores (which can wear out, get dirt in them, or be damaged) are so easily replaced is really a nice feature...
  11. J Sigmo

    Thief steals bicycle from neighbor's garage

    What you can't see is the other Exploder parked behind the house! :)
  12. J Sigmo

    More of Moms Bats

    Bats are great. But I've always thought it would be an interesting experiment to set up a good microphone that can capture their high-frequency echo-location "chirps", and then have a digital recording/playback system that you can set to replay the chirps but with a random time-delay and see if...
  13. J Sigmo

    The Nerve Of Some People

    Or look through what's in the bag they left. But I agree, some LPR might be very satisfying! Many years ago, some people were constantly dumping bags of their trash behind a friend's house, on said friend's property. We just looked through it and found numerous pieces of mail addressed to the...
  14. J Sigmo

    I hate it when that happens

    Nahh. Cats whizz out the back. If she'd peed, you'd have seen it shooting out behind her. That was likely water running down around her sides and off of her belly as mom petted her, squeezing out some of the water that was in her back fur. Cats are hilarious when they make a graceful move...
  15. J Sigmo

    Cows Wander Behind Our House

    Move 'em on, head 'em up Head 'em up, move 'em on Move 'em on, head 'em up, rawhide Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Ride 'em in, cut 'em out Cut 'em out, ride 'em in, rawhide
  16. J Sigmo

    Neighbor takes out mailboxes

    When I was 15, I had a Honda Mini-Trail 50. (A tiny 50cc mini-bike, but street legal). I put a set of air-horns from good old JC-Whitney on it because you'd be surprised how many people would come to a stop sign at an intersecting street, stop, look both ways (including looking directly at...
  17. J Sigmo

    Possible Hit & Run and Another Burnout

    It's always better when daddy is buying your tires! ;)
  18. J Sigmo

    Phoenix homeowner fires gun at robbery suspects breaking into home

    My son was a paid firefighter for several years, and lost a substantial amount of hearing from operating, among other things, large gasoline powered circular saws. He said the blades they used in them allowed them to cut openings in structures pretty much no matter what the exterior material...
  19. J Sigmo

    Phoenix homeowner fires gun at robbery suspects breaking into home

    Enhanced sentencing for using the wrong pronouns, too, I'd guess.
  20. J Sigmo

    Rat Pulls a Fast One on an Owl!

    We sometimes get big bull snakes where I work, and it's amazing how far they can stretch themselves out over a big gap to reach something that you would never imagine they could get to, and from a very precarious perch, like the trim around and above a doorjamb. They do love bird eggs and babies.
  21. J Sigmo

    How do you not see the approaching train?

    Yeah, it did seem like the crossing arms and signal were "crying wolf" for a long long time. But you'd think folks would look for the train itself, and that might give you a clue.
  22. J Sigmo

    Pizza guy stalked by bandits

    That is pretty cute. But it does look like the raccoons got stiffed. I'll bet they'd like some pizza! A few nights ago I went out back of the plant where I work to put some empty chemical bags in the dumpster. It's dark out there, and I couldn't see inside of the dumpster. As I was taking...
  23. J Sigmo

    intruder in the driveway and carport

    As others have said: You should share the video with the police. They may well recognize him, and he probably had some stolen items in his packs, so maybe someone else will benefit by getting their stuff back. Plus, everyone will benefit if he's no longer on the streets stealing stuff.
  24. J Sigmo

    Thief steals bicycle from neighbor's garage

    Thief abandons one bicycle, and then enters neighbor's garage, and steals one of their bicycles. I gave the videos and a bunch of still captures to the neighbor, and she gave it all to the cops. As I had hoped, they immediately recognized the guy (apparently, they deal with him at least once...
  25. J Sigmo

    Time lapse of recent snowstorm here.

    This is just a time lapse I made using Blue Iris from one of our cams. This is 24 hours shown at 1000X speed. We got 26 inches of heavy wet snow in this one storm. It brought the nearest Snotel station, up on the nearby mountain, up from extremely low with respect to average snow water...
  26. J Sigmo

    1AM Car Does 7 Donuts

    Daddy's tires! ;)
  27. J Sigmo

    Excuse me, no excuse me..er this is awkward

    I wonder if that's the same guy who used to always be on Periscope feeding the neighborhood raccoons. He has to be a photo enthusiast because inside his house he had a number of very large format photo-grade printers. Nope. I just checked, and it's a different guy.
  28. J Sigmo

    Get Off My Lawn 2

    I want a security squirrel! I wonder if he or she has a nest with some babies somewhere nearby. Yeah, that kid is gonna catch or get that squirrel. Right. If a dog or cat has trouble catching a squirrel, a human kid has zero chance. Definitely a grudge match at this point, though! That's...
  29. J Sigmo

    Catalytic Converter Theft on Nextdoor

    I have used what I believe are some of the best image enhancement programs available commercially. They're in the Topaz AI line. And while they're amazing, what we always see in these shows where they "enhance" a crappy image is usually nothing short of miraculous to the point of being absurd...
  30. J Sigmo

    Bicycle Crash & Burn

    I definitely see a pattern here! ;)
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