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Do You Use Webcams to Keep in Touch With Family?
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Do You Use Webcams to Keep in Touch With Family?

I used to be a little shy about using webcams, but my mac has built-in iSight so I eventually let go of my insecurities and tested it out.
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I used to be a little shy about using webcams, but my mac has built-in iSight so I eventually let go of my insecurities and tested it out. Now my webcam helps me keep in touch with friends and family across the country, chat with other tech bloggers, and even check in on my BFF's adorable newborn. Sure, it sometimes feels silly and I wonder if my hair looks clean, but it's so nice to see my aunt's face when I talk to her online.

Even if you don't have a built-in camera, many people have become dependent on webcams like this one from Conof for keeping in contact with their family — particularly during the holidays. Where do you stand on the webcam divide?

Website of the Day: Cameroid
Website of the Day

Website of the Day: Cameroid

I love playing around with PhotoBooth on my Mac, so when I discovered this cool site, I couldn't help but have some experimental photo fun.
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I love playing around with PhotoBooth on my Mac, so when I discovered this cool site, I couldn't help but have some experimental photo fun. Cameroid is similar to flick a day because it allows you to take pictures with your webcam and then decide what you want to do with them from a selection of fun features. Featured on Lifehacker, once you take a picture on this site you can either print it, save it on your desktop or on their server as well as add fun special effects like I did below. Cameroid will also provide you with a link to your image so you can use it later for your IM avatar or on sites like TeamSugar and myspace. To learn how to post your favorite sites to the Website of the Day group, just read more

Download Of The Day: Dream Recorder
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Download Of The Day: Dream Recorder

Ever wonder if you're getting enough rest, or if you're waking up during prime deep sleep?
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Ever wonder if you're getting enough rest, or if you're waking up during prime deep sleep? Dream Recorder, which is being marketed as the "first software dream catcher," monitors your sleep states by detecting your motions with an enhanced night vision mode for iSight cameras.

Dream Recorder wakes you up at the best moment of your morning sleep cycle, and provides dream feed-back and voice recording capabilities. Apparently, body motions are related to the sleep phases. They occur before and after dreams and are almost absent during deep sleep phases. You awaken for very short instants during the night, without even noticing. Dream recorder uses this motion profile to reconstruct the sleep cycles.

For more about it, just read more