The All-Seeing Eye

Don't have the scratch to pay for a flight to the Big Apple this New Year's Eve to ring in 2007 as the ball drops? Fear not, the Orwellian hand of technology has you covered. The NYC Dept. Of Traffic has a page called the [Advanced Traveler Information System] that allows you to view dozens of New York City intersections live over the Internet via a network of 45 cameras strategically placed around the city. Although we haven't caught up to [the British](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=avL4PSqZrcj4&refer=home), it's only a matter of time. Smile for the camera!