What are you doing with that big box of dog shit?

My wife ordered a gift card from Costco.com.  It was delivered yesterday but then promptly stolen from our front porch.

This is not the first time I've had something taken from my front door.  A $600 paintball gun went missing a year ago, thankfully, that package was insured.

It's time for Operation Honeypot

Step 1: Fill a box with dog shit.
Pretty self explanatory.  The only tough part was finding a shipping label to stick on there without it being TOO real looking so that the mail lady didn't carry it off.  Even if she is a bitch.

Step 2: Set up a security camera.  This was slightly more complicated.  I had a spare PC and webcam sitting around but didn't know what software to use that would record and upload videos to my FTP.  After a bit of research, I found a pretty awesome windows (and OSX) app called Vitamin D.  This software is, simply put, awesome.  While your webcam is constantly running, it only records clips when it detects motion.  Also, you can configure it to only record clips of what it recognizes as people!  And it's FREE.  The attached picture here doesn't do it justice, but I have crystal clear video at 1280x1024.

Step 3: Lay the bait and wait.  I realize that the camera is visible in the window there.  I've since moved it so it's more or less blocked from view.

Now, if only I could see the expression on the face of this worthless dick nose when he/she opens a box of dried up dog turds.