<p>I thought it would be fun if son got a computer webcam so we could see each other when we talked, once he went away to school. Not sure how he'd feel...didn't seem to mind when I suggested it...but that's now...</p>
<p>S1 has a MacBook Pro with a built in camera. We do video chats from time to time and really enjoy it. Since the campus is wireless, they can occur from almost anywhere.</p>
<p>I'm glad I wasn't too out-of-the-norm when I had that idea, myself! :-)</p>
<p>The one and only time S connected his laptop to mine by Skype from his campus he started from his dorm and made a mini tour of the campus carrying his opened laptop face out. I saw the grounds, a bunch of buildings inside and out, and hundreds of students, -and the students who looked saw me. A few even waved or said hi! Sort of a personal virtual tour. S never put his face to the camera, and there has never been another Skype call.</p>
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Cornell has webcam all over the campus. They do have one that's "Hi Mom" bench webcam. I check on it daily to see what the weather is like.
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Same with my parents. The Engineering quad cam actually lets you freely pan and zoom without using presets.</p>
<p>Wow, UW looks pretty. Had no idea.</p>
@BunsenBurner , the UW cam is now streaming live!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qybVO7A9jQ
(Sorry for bumping a very old thread.)
Cool. 
Thanks for posting that!
It would never have occurred to me to ask my daughter to go there and wave. Just no. Not our style.
7 year old thread. Start a new thread if so inclined. Closing.