Archive for May, 2007Page 2

Panoramas Aplenty

A brief review We recently purchased a one-shot panorama apparatus for our camera that would, in theory, allow us to quickly create 360-degree panoramas of locations around campus. In practice, the set up has proven itself remarkably capable of capturing high-quality images with a modicum of effort. Although it’s hard to eliminate the somewhat tedious […]

Thursday Updates on Perry the Gustavus Corpse Flower

One of the good indications that Perry is getting really close to blooming is that on Wednesday at 1:00pm the bracts fell off. By looking at other Titan Arums it seems like the bracts fall about 2 or 3 days before it blooms. If you are interested, we happened to catch the event with our […]

Perry, now with sound

Earlier today we turned on the microphones on all of the cameras in the greenhouse. So if you are on campus and tune in to channel 7, you can hear what is being said in the greenhouse. Also for those of you lucky enough to be on our wired computer network, you can view live […]

For all you Perry addicts

Since it appears that Perry is now an addiction for some, I thought I would give those addicts a little something extra to look at. I am working on a new page that displays a variety of recent photos of Perry the Titan. The page is filled with thumbnails from all three cameras taken from […]

May 5th, Corpse Flower Time Lapse Updates

More Time Lapse Video Camera 1 March 28th – May 5th or on youtube Camera 1 May 3rd – May 5th or on youtube Camera 2 May 3rd – May 5th or on youtube Camera 3 May 3rd – May 5th or on youtube If you pay close attention to the video between 1:00am on […]

I LOST my 12 page paper!

It is that time of year when final papers are being written, stress is upon students, and late nights are common. Gustavus Technology Services would like to remind everybody that backing up data and saving frequently is more important than ever – especially near the end of the semester – when large/important papers or powerpoints […]

More Time Lapse Video of Perry the Titan (Corpse Flower)

Camera 1 April 26th – May 3rd or on youtube Camera 2 April 27th – May 3rd or on youtube Camera 3 May 1st – May 3rd or on youtube So, when is this plant going to bloom you may ask? Good question. I too have been trying to figure that out and the best […]

Photos of Perry the Titan

Congratulations Perry! Looks like you just got a nick name. Like many of us here at GAC I too have gotten caught up in the corpse flower craze. Today I took a few photos of the recently named Perry. A couple of my favorites are posted here including the photo that makes me think the […]

Corpse Flower Time Lapse from May 1st

The time lapse videos created from the images taken between midnight May 1st and early morning of May 2nd are now in. Time Lapse Video of Camera 1, May 1st Time Lapse Video of Camera 2, May 1st Time Lapse Video of Camera 3, May 1st You can also find links to them on the […]

Corpse Flower (Titan Arum) Webcam Vista Sidebar Gadgets

If you have been following the Corpse Flower webcam and are currently running Windows Vista, we have some exciting news for you. We have created a sidebar gadget for each of the three angles featured on our webcam page. Webcam A Webcam B Webcam C Note: to use these gadgets you must be running Windows […]