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Tue Jul 15,2008,
18:43 GMT
Stunt Week Day Two: Net Detective
Posted by Hal
Hey out there, it’s your resident snoop hal here. I just wasted several hours of my day signing up for Net Detective, which lets me do searches on people and generates reports about their whereabouts, income, marital status, criminal record, and so on. It cost me $39.99 for 3 years (I’m thinking I’m gonna get what I pay for….) A lot of people don’t come up on the database, but those that do (like my dad, for instance) are pretty well documented down to whether or not they are “auto buffs” and receive any exercise magazines. It’s addictive though not particularly surprising or useful information. Peep culture baby! I also dropped another $40 ordering a background search on yours truly from detective.com. It hasn’t come in yet, but I’m looking forward to sharing the results with you as soon as it does. Detective.com offers a wide variety of services, including video surveillance starting at $579. I sooo wish I had the money to get myself surveilled! Maybe I should start a fund or something: help Hal get stalked.
Other stunt week news: GPS Snitch is operational, but W. worked from home today. No point tracking her whereabouts when I’m upstairs and she’s downstairs. Tomorrow, though, I’ll keep a keen digital eye on her. Also spent three hours yesterday installing my back alley surveillance camera. My buddy Adam came over and we drank beer and drilled holes in my garage (W. didn’t seem to care that much, much to my surprise). We finally managed to get the thing in at a decent angle but the glitch is that for whatever reason the way it’s installed is not good for its broadcast range – I can pretty much only get an image from the wireless camera when I’m in the garage with my laptop. Not much point to that. I’m looking at figuring out how to boost the reception or possibly putting a desktop in the garage that will capture video which I can then watch after the fact. So it maybe be a few days yet before operation back alley becomes a reality.
Speaking of days, we’re only 2 days away from the Hal Needs New Friends Event at the Rhino in Toronto. If you read my blog and want to meet me in person, Thursday night is your chance.
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Hey, I’m Hal Niedzviecki. I’m a writer/thinker who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with my wife and daughter. Up till now I’ve always considered myself a private person. But at the same time I’m fascinated by people who effortlessly open themselves up to the whole world. So I’ve… more...
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