Welcome to the Toid Cam FAQ page...here I will answer some of the most common questions people have asked me about my camera.
Why do you have a web cam?
Because I am a dork and got hooked on the video-conferencing bandwagon and haven't gotten off since, and instead of trying to use different programs such as netmeeting and cuseeme to connect to people I figure why not just set this up so that everybody sees me all the time.
How come we have to wait 15 seconds for a refresh? I want it to stream every second.
We all want something don't we! Haha, well 15 seconds is actually pretty often for a web cam -- especially for one that you don't have to pay for...I mean, I am sure I am providing somebody with some sort of entertainment here...it used to be 2 minutes...but that lost peoples attention span...
Will you wave to me?
Well, I might, you have to msg me first, and of course I will have to be at my computer if I am going to even be able to wave in the first place...if it's your birthday, I might even make you a card and put it up on there. How bout THAT!?
Toid, aren't you worried about somebody seeing something you don't want them to see?
Heh, it's not like I do anything bad in the first place, let alone in front of my computer...I shouldn't ever been seen naked as my bathroom is not in view of the camera and so I'm not too worried. Besides, it isn't like I have the Paparazzi after me...or at least not that I know of...
How do I set up a web cam like yours?
EMAIL ME.
Do you feel any different now that you know people could be watching you?
Yeah, sorta, the web cam makes me look fat...I promise you, it adds 10 pounds.
Alright I visited your site and went to go look at your webcam, but alas it wasn't working properly, or you weren't there, what' up with that?
Many things actually. I may be restarting my computer, the camera software might not being doing it's job, my ftp site might be bogged down, Toid.net may be down, who knows, in any keep checking back and eventually I promise you it will be back up and operational.
I went into your chat room, but you werne't in there, in fact, nobody was.
I'm sorry, just because I have my camera turned on doesn't mean I'm in the chat room and vice versa...email me when you want to meet in the room and I'll be there, and so should you.
So I was checking out your remote right and it froze.
Please hit F5 or the "refresh" button and it should get things going again, if not, then well, you're out of luck and my webcam isn't working.
Where did you get the name Toid?
It's a shortened version of Mattoid. Greg Zornes is the first to actually refer to me as Toid. He did so my freshman year in college during a game of risk.
Does it stand for anything?
No, it doesn't stand for anything, although some pretty creative acronyms have been made up for it.
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