

Working in an electrical store in sunny Croydon, I get the opportunity to play with lots of expensive gadgets without actually having to pay for them. =)
To help break the monotony one quiet day, I fixed a £400 digital camera onto a £10 remote control car using electrical tape and set off to harrass pigeons. The results are below.
Pigeon Cam 1
Pigeon Cam 2
Final syonpsis: Pigeons are lazy gits!
EDIT: Due to astonishing response, PigeonCam II in in production. I've hashed together a ropey site with the original clips, and will post on the board when there's something new.

1) WOO
2) Yay
3) Houpla
4) send the links to rob
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2) Yay
3) Houpla
4) send the links to rob

Becuse thats just fucking amazing.
LeeterThanJesus.com
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:13,
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LeeterThanJesus.com

giggled like a little girl to the KnightRider one...
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:16,
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also another big woo to Kallus for sharing with you the hidden depths of my current username
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:19,
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Danger (High Voltage) by Electric Six. You can get it from The Electric Six Site
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:24,
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So much fun could be had roaming the floor, looking for unsuspected ladies who do lunch.
I'll get me coat.
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:15,
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I'll get me coat.

just who the fuck did the commentary on the first one?
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:16,
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first heard it used in a webpage wearing yo gotta look at a picture of a car.
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:17,
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oh, how much that rocks. send it to rob for the next newsletter.
and then go out and do more!
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:17,
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and then go out and do more!

i dn't know which one I love more. Damn ood work
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:17,
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i giggled like a small child. It is true, you have the best job in the world.
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:26,
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The best thing I've seen in a while... bravo! Perhaps you could come up to Edinburgh and do it to the schemies... pleaasseee....
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:29,
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We need more PigeonCam - That could so easily go viral - feel the bandwidth burn!
As it's a £400 digicam, can it do longer videoclips - for really big flocks of pigeons... just an idea.
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:37,
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As it's a £400 digicam, can it do longer videoclips - for really big flocks of pigeons... just an idea.

you are
a) a loon
b) a fucking genius.
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:38,
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a) a loon
b) a fucking genius.

i tried that with me wireless cam on one of those dink remote controlled cars, but it didnt have the power..
maybe I'll strap it to Aibo. ;)
used the cam to this: www.bitporn.com/b3ta/flyborg.htm
spycam challenge anyone? :)
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:46,
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maybe I'll strap it to Aibo. ;)
used the cam to this: www.bitporn.com/b3ta/flyborg.htm
spycam challenge anyone? :)

to sort this bloody computer to play them, but well worth it!
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 16:56,
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Windows Media Player on Mac OS X just gives me the sound.
no fair!
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Sun 23 Feb 2003, 17:09,
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no fair!

Those fucknuts up in the "Campus" really ought to try sodding harder....
Any chance of a QuickTime? or dare I say it Real? (Buffering) version cos I'm dying to see it?
I fucking hate pigeons. Useless diseased mutant grey cuntymints that they are....
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Any chance of a QuickTime? or dare I say it Real? (Buffering) version cos I'm dying to see it?
I fucking hate pigeons. Useless diseased mutant grey cuntymints that they are....

weeeee weee e brbrbrbrbrbraaaaaaam
/carried away
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 13:48,
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/carried away

Brinnngdingding.
All you've got to do now is a Pop Video version.
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 13:48,
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All you've got to do now is a Pop Video version.

I can only get audio for this. Did you find a cure? If so what? Thanks, Antcave.
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 20:53,
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I know the guy that recorded the sound for pigeon cam 1, go give him praise @ irc://irc.quakenet.org/subspace
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 14:27,
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That, I must say is stunning!!!! What would make it better is a cattle prod wuhahahahah very good 100%
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 15:43,
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I'll never be able to walk down Church Street and not smile. Far too cool.
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 15:57,
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Oh man, that has to be the natural evoultion of PigeonCam - PigeonCam with a cattle prod, that would be the funniest thing possible, surely. Plus you could zap the populace of Croydon in the ankles :p
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cool as ...... the knight rider theme made it tops, up for an oscar i say
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 19:31,
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pissed myself with the car noises and it was capped off nicely with the touch of class only Mr Hasselhoff could bring..........sevs
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 20:02,
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re-make the vids so they work in Media Player 6.4, cause that's the one I use and I don't want to get a newer version, thanks.
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Fri 28 Feb 2003, 21:04,
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Dont abuse a newb
I cannot play this video in anything :(
HEELPP
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Sat 1 Mar 2003, 14:11,
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I cannot play this video in anything :(
HEELPP

you need to download the updated codecs for windows media player
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Sat 1 Mar 2003, 16:37,
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...you realise it's worth the wait!
This is spanking marvellous Mr JKF. Wooyayhoupla.
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Sat 1 Mar 2003, 19:09,
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This is spanking marvellous Mr JKF. Wooyayhoupla.

That's one of the funniest things I've seen lately!
A friend of mine attempted something similar a while ago, except we just drove it around a local sportsground's racing track with the cam on its side (only way it would fit!) It was fixed on using some garden wire stuff (similar to those wire tags you can get.) The cam kept falling off.
There's a lake near here with lots of pigeons and seagulls, and it'd be interesting to see how a whole load react!
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Sat 1 Mar 2003, 19:35,
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A friend of mine attempted something similar a while ago, except we just drove it around a local sportsground's racing track with the cam on its side (only way it would fit!) It was fixed on using some garden wire stuff (similar to those wire tags you can get.) The cam kept falling off.
There's a lake near here with lots of pigeons and seagulls, and it'd be interesting to see how a whole load react!

I have a few Bit Char-Gs (www.tomy.co.jp/bit_charg/) a while ago, bored of them now, so I have ordered a digital camera, should be arriving in 2 weeks for the ultimate in covert animal fear. Sweet, thanks for the inspiration :)
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Those pigeons aren't lazy gits, they're just unflappable! ;-)
I want one, to chase defecating dogs off my lawn. Perhaps it could deliver an electric shock? ;-O
Or mark them with dye for their owners to deal with?
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Sat 1 Mar 2003, 19:39,
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I want one, to chase defecating dogs off my lawn. Perhaps it could deliver an electric shock? ;-O
Or mark them with dye for their owners to deal with?

that is so great.
if only i had a video cam and a remote control car oi would try to replicate such antics
much hummus
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Sat 1 Mar 2003, 22:10,
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if only i had a video cam and a remote control car oi would try to replicate such antics
much hummus

I heard the SFx for the first one on a website to do with vw Golfs, where someone had made an animation with the golf racing something else!! oh well! its still ace!!!!!
i have to say thats one of the funniest things i have seen in a long time!!
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Sat 1 Mar 2003, 23:22,
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i have to say thats one of the funniest things i have seen in a long time!!

how come it took both pigeons 28 seconds before they flew away? is that like pigeon reaction time? maybe you should do some research into this.....
then again, maybe that was just your last 28 seconds of film in both cases. I am a bit dim after all.
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Sun 2 Mar 2003, 13:11,
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then again, maybe that was just your last 28 seconds of film in both cases. I am a bit dim after all.