One of the best things to happen to the local TV news media over the past couple years has been the explosion of affordable residential home security camera systems on the market. As a result, news broadcasts are packed each night with cheap, easy stories showing sharp and clear video footage of attempted break-ins, package thefts, accidents and good old-fashioned teenage vandalism.
Since I'm a sucker for trends, and would like to see my footage make the nightly news some day, I recently had a state-of-the-art system installed at Ogle Manor by our friends at Security Options. It's pretty cool. They hooked me up with a fancy four-camera system and Skybell doorbell camera that's all connected via wifi and accessible via my smartphone. It gives the me the power and ability to monitor and creep on window salesmen at my front door from anywhere!