Well that’s what my friends seem to think, the mocking has been relentless. I could have done myself a favor by not asking people to bring and appetizer. But hey, I would rather get mocked a little bit than pay for all those freaking ingrates! The great thing is I get the fully baked version of the new Windows 7 Ultimate two weeks before anyone else does. So that’s going to be cool because for a little while I’m going to be the popular kid.

I’m particularly interested in a few specific things Windows 7 should be able to do. The recording TV shows should be awesome, I don’t watch much TV but it’ll be worth going out and buying the accessories just so I can mess with that for awhile. Searching and accessing documents on Windows OS has always been somewhat cumbersome, so the new search features they boast should be really refreshing. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to spend time searching for something I had just saved, and a few times even needing to completely recreate the document because the original went into the abyss.

Of little interest to me is Microsoft’s attempt to boost up its Live division through Live Mail, Live Photo Gallery and Live Family Safety. I hope I’m wrong, but the Live group seems to be floundering for an identity and this appears to be more of the same. But I’m all for being proven wrong and finding out that this is the greatest thing ever.

I plan on coming back the Hi Tech Gadgets blog prior to the full release and giving my opinions as an average user. I intend on loading it up and running it on the 8th, wish me luck!

The SVAT GX5204 is a wireless handheld color pinhole camera, it’s not ultra small like other ones that look like writing pens, and however the clarity, picture quality and distance from camera to handset are pretty amazing.  The camera is tiny and is as powerful as many full size cameras and boasts a great 360 lines of revolution.  The great thing is it can be hidden anywhere without easily being detected.  It’s not as easy as carrying it wherever you go and walking out with it in pocket, but for planed infiltration it’s the better option!  The monitor comes with a 2.5” screen for viewing, but you can also connect it to a TV, VCR (do people still have these?) or DVRs.  For ultimate spying you can actually hook up a total of three cameras and toggle back and forth for the ultimate in spying!  This comes with everything ready to go, now you just need to know what to spy on.

Video Camera Watch

Let me get this off of my chest right now, this has to the single coolest spy tool ever.  This isn’t just any camera watch; it’s a classy, fully functional watch too.  This surveillance watch has both audio and video recording camera built in, camera is tucked in between the 1 and 2 of the watch face and not noticeable.  It includes an impressive 8 GB of flash memory that should give you hours of recording pleasure.  Personally, I can think of plenty of candid camera type entertainment I could get by having a watch like this.

Night Vision Goggles

First, this is not a toy! Well, it is a toy, but not a toy like many you will find in the market.  The NZT 22 by Newcon Optik is the highest quality, clearest optics and is probably the best overall performance in its class.  This is one used by law enforcement agencies, but can easily be used for recreational, personal or spy use.  Two image intensifier tubes provide real stereo vision.  It’s completely hands free, water resistant and has up to 50 hours of viewing when the infrared is in use.

As you can imagine there are many other spy gadget tools available, these just happen to be a few of my favorite ones.