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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[but if I pony up and get 8 of these bad boys, my buttons WILL blend and I'll be able to record video with a hella high vertical resolution!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AMiSH PiRATE]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 4:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Good thinking!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B3astofthe3ast]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Then you can do those nifty matrix effects too!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[deus_ed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now *that* is lateral thinking! Well, vertical thinking...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TimmyRaa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Drug dealers like wearing those big stupid dark glasses. Put a camera in those.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Quantumphysics]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 9:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[LOL. That was probably the funniest mini product review I have read in a long time. Laughed out loud.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[john]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 11:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[[quantumphysics]<br><a href="http://lorexstore.lorextechnology.com/product.aspx?id=2074&gclid=CKas_oXPt5sCFSIuagodsSNiBA" rel="nofollow">http://lorexstore.lorextechnology.com/product.aspx?id=2074&gclid=CKas_oXPt5sCFSIuagodsSNiBA</a><br><br>Been there done that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[recharged95]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 2:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[i respect you]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Su]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2009 12:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now if they only made button up shoes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (BarCODE)]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2009 6:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now see, that buttons all wrong.<br>Its the second button that makes the shirt.<br>that one is to close the the first button]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[eSocrates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 4:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Props for the Seinfeld shout-out ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Florin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 6:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Couldn't I just replace that button with another? Nothing a little glue gun action couldn't handle. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fade2blac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 4:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[If your button has camera holes in it sure. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 10:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[what's with the underlying nerd rage in this blog post]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dyranios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's that he's failed so many times he has fail to give for free.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[giuliop]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sounds like Thomas Ricker may have been caught cheating with such a device.  Cheating on his dork exam, that is.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[smak]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 12:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[If some decent hardware company would spend some time then this thing can be easily shrunk inside a button, this device is huge...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Geert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Most likely it´s already done though not at this pricetag, size comes at a price as ussually.<br><br>Further a smal design flaw imo is that they should have used one of the 4 holes to make it less obvious. Though kinda disturbing that some peeping tom would walk around with this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JZ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 6:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could probably rig something up to just use the buttonhole itself (not the button's hole).<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Freakin Ijit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 6:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hey Honey, you don't mind if I leave my shirt on, do you?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aaron]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[And my socks? My feet smell a bit.<br>...<br>...<br>Hey, where are you going?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TimmyRaa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 5:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ummm... Did they ever think to give you a matching set of buttons? If you're willing to sacrifice a shirt to be your spy shirt, this could blend right in if additional similar looking buttons were included.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ShyGuy91284]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 6:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Exactly. It won't cost them much but will definitely give their product better appeal.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Musouka]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 7:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you follow the "Read" link, they appear to offer several additional buttons for your matching pleasure.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 8:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[That is nifty. I wonder if it'd hold up in the wash as well as most USB drives....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BobSpaceTech]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 7:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's pretty funny! Think of all the covert things you could do with this button on your shirt, a real James Bond 007 invention. But then again, it could be a bit useless if you need to not be near whatever/whoever you're spying on. So possibly not the best spy tool, but a funny idea anyway. If I can find it on DubLi.com, I'll be sure to buy it! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 8:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[We needed to drop these en masse in Iran a couple weeks ago.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[wickedpheonix]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 8:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's the point of this? Perving?! It's not exactly Spy-Spec...<br><br>Just put your camera phone in a breast pocket, make a little hole in the fabric and do this for nothing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[timothymichaelrobinson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 8:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes, but - the camera lens on most point and shoots extends itself while on, so having a little camera lens... umm... pokage.... isn't obvious in the least.<br><br>;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dcnoren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 9:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA["hey, that button is magically floating on with invisible thread"]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 10:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maybe not this particular device, but why do you think this has use only for perving?  Get your minds out of the gutter.  :)<br><br>Admittedly, all my examples are comic, but it does suggest activities beyond perving:<br><br>I'm sure a drug dealer can find many uses for it.<br><br>An argument with your spouse can be ... uh.. interesting:<br>"No honey, that's not what you said... let's go to the video tape...."<br><br>A girl can record her dinner date, and then discuss it with her posse later.<br><br>I certainly wish I had one when I got pulled over by an "impolite" cop.  (I won the court case.)<br><br>You might want to have one before you get stupid drunk.  That way, you can re-live the embarrassing moments your friends told you about when you couldn't remember.<br><br>A robber might want to use it to scout the layout of a bank, or casino.  <br><br>Spying on a neighbor or relative's family when there's evidence of child/animal abuse, and being able to backup your statement when you report it to officials.   Sure bruises are good evidence, but they can be explained away.<br><br>Anyways, but the most fun you can have with it is perving. :)<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Toy Yoda]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 11:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[For recording cops, definitely.  Anybody organizing a protest these days should buy a gross of these.<br><br>For recording your spouse—no.  It won't help.  Really.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stracke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 3:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Except most wedding rings are made of gold which isn't magnetic.  Of course most rings are made of gold alloy, I doubt the magnetic field would be strong enough to set this camera off.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 11:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[is it bad that I want this?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor Stuber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 1:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I purchased one of these as part of a whole package of "spy" stuff. It actually came with 4 other buttons that look like the fake button, so you can make a custom "Spy Shirt" where the buttons match. <br><br>No instructions mentioned what the magnetic wedding ring it came with was for - glad to know what it's for now!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[uclafalcon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 2nd 2009 1:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[good for movie theater or filming at conventions]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[William Su]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2009 12:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Thanko's Spy Button video camera, because you've already failed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/thankos-spy-button-video-camera-because-youve-already-failed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Shirts with buttons?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Garst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 3rd 2009 2:17AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
