I mentioned Gizmo a few days ago. I’m going to be looking at more VoIP systems in the coming weeks, but I’m really enjoying Skype. I like the quality, I like the convenience, and I like the price. The folks at LifeHacker have found a new reason to like Skype; it can be part of your home security system. This article talks about the basics of setting up a system to check on your home while you’re away and, I must say, it looks slick. When I worked with Steve Ciarcia at Circuit Cellar INK back in the day, he built a system to do about what this setup does. The only difference is that his system cost thousands of dollars to design, hundreds of dollars to build, and required several chunks of seriously customized hardware. This, friends, is the march of progress.

Categories: Security, General computing, Consumer