May 2015

Bru => Doha => Hanoi => ??? => Ho Chi Minh City => Doha => Bru.

See you in two weeks.

(Source).

Proximus Innovation team handed me a D-Link DCS-2132L (ver. B1) to play with. I have some experience with, what is considered, a professional (~€120 + tax) PoE surveillance camera: the Unifi Video Camera (basic version).

Amazon retails this D-Link for around €120 (including tax). So it’s worth noting it’s almost the same price as a metal, semi outdoor, cloud based camera.

The first things I noticed unpacking:

• Plastic. And it feels very plastic.
• Indoor only.
• The base is a bit light if you just want to set it on a table without screwing it or using glue. The utp and power cable can make it trip easily.
• No PoE (power-over-ethernet).
• Infrared (you can clearly hear the filter 'clicking' when booting up the camera)

This thing comes with ethernet, and, surprisingly, with WiFi. That’ll make it easier to use in small shops. There’s also an option to add a micro SD card as local storage.

Toy of the day. Data since the beginning of time (4-5 years ago), with Latitude. Some places (like Venice, Shanghai) seem to be missing.

Belgium:

Flanders (small point radius):

Antwerp:

Antwerp with smaller point radius:

Brussels (small radius):

World (medium sized radius):

It seems to have some points of when I didn’t have internet (ie Macau, but also China & HK) – but notably less. My transits in India (New Delhi & Mombai) and Russia are vaguely noticeable. Didn’t have internet there either.