Archive for December, 2006
Monday, December 11th, 2006
At first I thought this was a working cell phone and a stun gun, but it's actually just a stun gun designed to look like a cell phone. The product description swears the unique design gives you a tactical advantage. What do you think? I ...
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Wireless is definitely the thing today in home security surveillance cameras. And it makes sense, since they’re much easier to install than their wired counterparts. They're fairly cheap these days, too, at least compared to what wireless technology used to cost. Software that comes with the cameras makes it ...
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
As I've mentioned before, it's always a good idea to change your locks when you move into a new home. You just don't know how many people have lived there before and how many copies of the front door key there might be out there. There have been ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Unless you live in some miraculous town where the power has never been knocked out, you know it’s important to have flashlights (or at least candles) tucked away in case there’s a power outage from a storm or other emergency. These things happen infrequently to most of us though, and ...
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Here's a gadget for all you new mothers and fathers out there. For years, parents have been using those walkie-talkie style baby monitors to listen to what's going on in the baby's room. Now there's a monitor that lets you go beyond that; the BabySense Infant Movement Baby ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Do you hate coming home to a dark house? Always wondering who or what might be lurking in the shadows? Or maybe you’re just tired of tripping over furniture on the way to a light switch that some idiot placed on the far side of the room. Well, a motion-sensing ...
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Monday, December 4th, 2006
Did you know that a home should have a smoke detector on every floor? And that those smoke detectors should have the batteries checked every month? If you did know those things, do you actually put them into practice? Well, with the new year coming up, it's ...
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Dome security cameras have been popular in stores for quite some time. They inobtrusively watch for shoplifters and other problem customers from their hiding spots on the ceilings. If you prefer that look to the traditional wall-mounted cameras, you can get residential versions now that you can install ...
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