I've been burgled!
Yesterday I received a call from my landlord at roughly 4:34pm informing me my room had been broken into and that the door had been 'done in'. Thankfully nothing was taken, despite my macbook being sat on the bed and my desktop fully setup. Semi-conscious that a return visit could be due I've taken basic security into my own hands by installing a do-it-yourself security kit. A blog post will be due in the next few days once I've finished tweeking the system but currently I have a few precautions in place.
When movement is detected around the door the camera begins to take burst shots. These shots are then sent straight up to Apollo, my VM for safe keeping online. I can access the photos from work too. The shots are also kept on a USB pen which has been bolted firmly under the desk in case the Internet connection fails. I've got a few other tricks planned as further fall backs should the two mentioned fail.
The pictures aren't too bad, no worse than the quality of CCTV you see on Crimewatch, here's a couple of snaps it took while I was testing it all:
