Automated Script Leads To Apple Repair Center Photos

for the record, the guy pictured above WAS questioned about the pictures... i was setting across from him at the time i was kinda like >.> WTF lol he wasn't fired for it though, but was warned... as if he could have known it was being done. i'm rather surprised my pic wasn't in there somewhere... although i did hear of some possible legal action towards the guy who's macbook was being repaired.. though its only rumors :)

Check out what this inspired me to do. How-to for photo-a-day:

http://www.underachievers.com/mt/archives/008217.html

Too late! The site's been screen shot!

you should really consider censoring that picture. The author even censored it on flickr.

video's: Posessive or contraction.

1. The video's hamburger was stolen.

2. The video's of a hamburglar.

videos: Plural

...of all those "take a picture every day for 5 years" videos that have been so popular on...

It's a great little idea but the problem I have is that not being a terminal user I can't figure out this SleepWatcher program. And it's pretty hard to find any help online. Still cool idea.

Christian:
Yeah, I was wondering that, too. Some of the folks on flickr are being kind of childish about the blocking out, but really there's nothing wrong with it. If anything they (the employees) might get in trouble if these photos float back to Apple HQ, or Toby might have some problems crop up since he didn't ask permission and this was a private work facility.

This is a neat idea, a remote window into the life of an ailing MacBook. I guess the good thing is it didn't start sending photos of a package delivery room back, instead.

One question: internet connection?

Did the Mac being repaired connect to a wireless network connection? Was it plugged in by the guy fixing it? Or did the photos upload once he got the machine back?

to use this kind of technology to get a stolen Apple back, see http://www.orbicule.com/

I've now got this software installed on my new Macbook - after my Powerbook got stolen last June (yeah, yeah ... I know ... too late ... :-(

I think this was smart. If I had an iSight and automator on my old mac then I would run something like this (every couple of min's or motion activated) whenever the apartment people came in to do repairs or steal stuff or whatever it is they've been doing in my apartment when I'm not there.... (paranoid much?)