Cool use for a digital camera!

[giza]

I just discovered a cool use for a digital camera.

I had to get the serial number off of my UPS, which I installed a few months ago. Normally this would involve me crawling around on the floor, memorizing a few parts of the number at a time, then going back to my computer to type it in. If I get lucky, I can even bang my head on the underside of my desk a few times!

This time around, an idea occurred to me. So I whipped out my digital camera, set it to macro mode, held it about 6 inches from the serial number, and snapped a picture. Then I sat back down at my desk, zoomed in on the picture on my camera, and just copied down the serial number from there.

I love technology!

Comments

[khakiwolf.livejournal.com]

Awesome, dude!

Once I get a memory card for this baby I can go around taking stupid useless pictures, like in that commercial for a digital camera that was played on TV a few years ago.

The guys were talking pictures of cars, buildings, closeups of bugs, popsicle sticks, etc.

[balinares.livejournal.com]

And next time, you can even afford to be lazy. :D

Low-tech approach.

[cjthomas.livejournal.com]

If you need a long serial number in the future and forget your camera, consider bringing a pen and a post-it note down with you to limit the amount of spelunking needed to get the whole serial number };>.