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Sparky the Stun Gun
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Date: April 6th, 2009
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I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the past year. While the talking heads on the boob tube like to play up negativity, we really feel things are not as bad as it sounds, and many people are doing well and prospering.
Just remember that when one door closes, another opens. I have lost my job many times in my 49 years, and I always pulled up my bootstraps and made a go of it. Cycles come & go. I don’t want a handout from the Government; I want to be left to making it on my own. Sink or swim, because I will never give up.
If you made a ton of money in the last few years, that’s great, though always be ready for things to change & doing something different. The whole reason I started this company is because I knew I had to go back to working for myself. My day job went from $150,000 a year to $85,000, down to $40,000; poverty for Southern California.
Now I run two online stores (DefendThyself.com, and our sister store for all your spy and surveillance needs, EyeSpyPro.com), and love what I do; you can do the same thing. Find your love in life and build a business around it. Start at night, turn off the TV, and build your empire.
Many people are out of work, and they are turing to crime for their new job. We carry all the tools you need to protect yourself from theft, robbery, burgulary, shoplifting, and home invasions. TASER® devices & pepper sprays, and stun guns to protect you, motion detection alarms, personal alarms, video security cameras, hidden camera detectors, and telephone security devices to protect your home & business.
All of us at Defend Thyself wish you and your loved ones a very blessed and safe Holiday season. No matter if you celebrate Christmas, Hanukka, Kwanzaa, Festivus, or if you don’t celebrate the holidays at all, we wish you peace, joy, the company of good friends and family, and a very blessed 2009.
Christopher Winkler
DefendThyself.com
Date: December 25th, 2008
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Most of the voice changers on the market work because they shift the pitch-sensitive sound waves of the user’s voice through a microprocessor controller and offer various pitch shift adjustments. Low priced models offer fewer pitch options and use a less effective and lower cost microprocessor than higher end models.
Because the pitch is only one part of a human, you are limited as to how much you can change a voice without it sounding electronic or processed. Higher end professional models use additional electronic circuits to change or buffer the unnatural sounds as well as contain better quality pitch shifting microprocessors. Lower end models are generally for use as a novelty item for practical jokes or for kids. If you are serious about changing your voice and protecting your privacy, you need to consider a professional grade voice changer.
Can I Really Change A Woman’s Voice To A Man’s, Or Vice A Vice Versa?
The answer is yes and no. Since everyone has a different voice, everyone will have a different result when using the same voice changer. Normally, a voice changer can increase or decrease the pitch of your voice by one or two octaves while maintaining a realistic sounding result. A professional voice changer does a great job of disguising your voice even to friends and family.
There are usually two or three settings on the voice changer that, with a little experimentation, can produce very convincing results. The more options the voice changer has, the better you can fine tune the results, and the more “voices” you can effectively create. Though for a man to sound like a woman or vice versa, you must change the voice by several octaves. On lower end models, this results in you sounding like Mickey Mouse or Darth Vader. In order not to sound like that, you need a voice changer that has more than 2 or 3 adjustments. This also applies to making a child sound like an adult, and an adult sound like a child.
Which Voice Changer Should I Buy?
It really depends on your needs, what type of phone you will be using, and how much you want to spend. There are mobile phone voice changers that only work with mobile phones, there are intermediate level voice changers that do a decent job and are quite convincing, and there are professional voice changers that can be fine tuned to make you sound different even to your Mother.
Visit our website if you want more information on the range of Voice Changers that are available.
Christopher Winkler
Defend Thyself
Provider of Self Defense Products http://DefendThyself.com/VoiceChangers
Date: February 15th, 2008
Category: Home Protection, Personal Protection, Telephone Security
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If you need to monitor your home or business from burglars or fire, you can install an expensive alarm system, though there would be monthly fees of about $35, and they don’t offer automatic fire detection. A great product that is designed to protect your home from intruders and fire, and has no monthly fees, is the CyberEye ECO.
The CyberEye ECO is a tiny white device about 3 x 2 inches that monitors your property. It is small and discrete and can be set in an out of the way place to watch over your house when you go to work, or your office or business when you go home. It is an autodialer that monitors your property 24/7/365. An autodialer is something that dials a pre-programmed number when something happens.
The CyberEye ECO works in three ways:
The motion detector will detect any movement up to about 15 feet or 5 meters from the front of the device. It has a 90 degree field of view, and can be adjusted up or down to point at what you want it to “see.”
There is a thermal detector that will detect heat from a fire. The CyberEye ECO is smart enough to know to call a different number if it is a fire or an intruder.
When motion or heat is detected, the CyberEye ECO has an internal auto dialer that will call up to five pre-programmed phone numbers, and let you know with one of two pre-recorded messages that there is an intruder in your home or office, or there is a fire and give you time to call the police or fire department, possibly saving your property or house.
You can program the first two numbers to call your and your spouses cell phone, call three can be sent to call a different number depending on the emergency. If it detects heat, it calls the fire department, the police if an intruder, and you can hook up sensors that can even call the gas company if it smells gas.
The CyberEye ECO also has a microphone and speaker, allowing you to monitor the room and person who is there, as well as the ability for two-way communication. It will allow you to listen to what is going on, and actually talk to who is there! You can tell them you called 911, and police are on their way.
It hooks up easy to your phone line, and runs off of two AA batteries that last up to six months. It connects directly to the phone line, and has an extra jack to hook up an external phone.
If you want a low cost system that constantly scans your property for intruders or fire, you can find out more information on the CyberEye ECO on our website.
Christopher Winkler
Provider of Self Defense Products
http://www.DefendThyself.comCyberEyeECO
Date: December 11th, 2007
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Do you have people calling you all the time that you really don’t want to talk to? Do you need a reason to hang up the phone? Are you looking for an easy way to end a boring call from the relatives? The Pretender Telephone Voice Changer is your way out of any telephone situation. The Pretender Telephone Voice Changer has four different sounds that you can activate to get you off the hook fast.
When a marketing company calls, press a button, and a baby cries out in the background. Oops, gotta go! If a stranger is on the other end, make a dog bark, or the doorbell ring, so it does not seem like you are home alone.
When you are too busy to talk you can even press a button for a fake call waiting sound. These effects can be used individually, or in any combination, to make sure that you are not kept on the phone longer than you want.
In addition to these sounds, the Pretender Telephone Voice Changer is equipped with six different settings to distort your voice, which helps to make it unrecognizable. Only you will know it’s not real. A Telephone Voice Changer is a great item to have if you are a single women, or a child home alone. The person on the other line won’t be able to tell who you are, thus protecting you from any harm.
The Pretender is a high quality telephone instrument. It will provide years of service if cared for properly and will make your life easier by allowing you to not only disguise your voice over the telephone, it also allows you to end unpleasant phone calls by playing one of four realistic sound effects give you a great excuse to get off the phone. Pretend that the doorbell is ringing, your baby is crying, your dog is barking, or just trigger that familiar “call waiting” click at any time. A great excuse to terminate those annoying telemarketing calls.
The Pretender has a built-in voice changer that can disguise your voice on the telephone. Use the sound effect in combination with the voice changer to take on a whole new identity! The portable nature of this unit allows easy transport. The unit also features an amplifier which will increase the volume in the telephone receiver. Start disguising your voice now, pick up The Pretender Telephone Voice Changer today!
Christopher Winkler
Supplier of Self Defense Products
DefendThyself.com/Voice-Changers
Date: September 25th, 2007
Category: Home Protection, Personal Protection, Telephone Security