2 December, 2006

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Stealth Cameras and You.

I was signing up earlier today to do some mystery shopping in my area, and on these applications, I noticed a couple of the companies were asking if I had any sort of hidden camera equipment. I’ve never looked for any, so I wasn’t entirely sure where to look. The last time I had thought about hidden cameras was back earlier this decade, when everyone was blocking those X-10 spy camera ads. :D

Coincidentally, my sponsors at Brick House Security happen to have an array of spy camera equipment, including a camera that looks like an old-school pager. This pager is compact, and easy to get away with — it makes you look important, like a doctor who is on-call, without blowing your cover, which is very important for mystery shopping.

Business owners would appreciate a camera that looks like a smoke detector. Trying to catch your employees goofing off, and know they won’t in front of a camera they see? This is the ultimate in ‘gotcha’ for them.

They also have a really cute Portable Video Recorder that doubles as a Media Player, making it great for shops that require you to take pictures of things in the store, or for travel-based mystery shops. Just dump a couple of episodes of Eureka Seven to a few SD cards, carry a spare SD card for taking your own video, and go-go-go. :)

(Also, you all now know what I want for Christmas. Get me that media player. :))

Brainfart.

Ever want to tell someone about something, but as soon as your mouth opens, you can hear your brain pass the worst case of gas you’ve ever heard?

That happened to me a few hours ago.

I’d also like to share a somewhat amusing story about my day, from work today.
Because I can’t post it cleanly into an entry, I offer a link to it.

Some customers are just creepy like that. :)