I can’t compete: Barney, the White House dog, drew millions of viewers to the White House website for his Holiday Webcam show (warning: direct link), according to CNN (Warning: terrible puns).

Lileks can compete with gnat-cam; but if people turned into Trooper-cam (my dog), all they’d see is either close-ups of spots where other dogs have done their business (lots and lots of tree trunks) while he’s on a walk; the view out our front picture window as he keeps vigil; and the view of his tail while he’s curled up under our bed or on the couch while he’s sleeping.