Extreme Surveillance joins in support of the many animal rescue organizations in the Make Mine Chocolate program. If you are thinking about bringing a pet bunny home for Easter, please make it a Chocolate one or a stuffed bunny instead. Contrary to Easter time hype, rabbits and small children are not a good match. The natural exuberance and rambunctiousness of even the gentlest toddler are stressful for the sensitive rabbit. Children like a companion they can hold, carry, and cuddle. That's why stuffed animals are so popular. Rabbits are not passive and cuddly. They are ground-loving creatures who feel frightened and insecure when held and restrained. The result: the child loses interest, and the rabbit ends up neglected or abandoned. Many rabbits end up being dumped in a park where the end result is certain death. Domesticated rabbits cannot survive in the wild. Rabbits are not "low-maintenance" pets. They have a lifespan of 10 years and require as much work as a dog or cat. Your home must be bunny-proofed, or Thumper will chew electrical cords and furniture. Rabbits must be spayed or neutered or they will mark your house with feces and urine. They should live indoors, as members of the family. To consign these sensitive, intelligent, social animals to life in a hutch is to miss the joy of sharing your life with a rabbit.

So if little Pat is pleading for a bunny for Easter, do a rabbit a favor, and buy her a toy rabbit that she can snuggle to her heart's content. Let's make Easter a joyful time for our long-eared friends too.

With the recent surge in popularity of video iPods a few of our customers have asked if the iPod can be modified for use as a mini DVR and used in conjunction with our cameras. While the iPod itself does not have built-in video recording capabilities, Advanced Technology Office, LLC (ATO) has recently developed the first device that enables video recording for the iPod: the iSee. The iSee, which won the "Best of Show" award at MacWorld 2006, allows you to record video from TV, cable, satellite, DVR or any analog video source directly to your iPod.




The iSee has not been officially released as of yet (it is expected to be available during the first quarter of 2006), and thus we have have not tested it with our cameras and cannot vouch for the iSee's quality or reliability. However, if the iSee lives up to the buzz it has generated, it will soon be possible to use our cameras and other video input sources with the iPod. In the meantime, the Cobra and Cobra II mini-digital recorders are the best portable mini digital video recording solutions available.

Extreme Surveillance is pleased to announce participation in the upcoming Extreme Motor Sports Expo in Orange County, California. Show dates are May 19-21. Extreme Surveillance will be showcasing the new Extreme Adventure Camera with 580 lines of resolution and Ex-View low light capabilities. The Extreme Adventure Camera 580X is the highest quality adventure camera on the market.