Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

2/22/2003

Night Vision Cereal Toy

Filed under: Fun — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Snake which is just before lunchtime or 11:14 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is Waning Gibbous

For just one box top….

Actually, I don’t know how many proof-of-purchase things are required, but Post cereals are having a night vision give away. I couldn’t believe it, really. I was just watching cartoons this morning and there was an ad showing kids using a simple night vision scope that fit in the palm of their hand. The ad ran something about “Now, available, details on these POST cereals….” It was amazing, when it sunk in.
I remember when night vision was terribly expensive and absolutely enormous! Monoculars were the size of video cameras and had no battery life. But, now, you can get night vision as a cereal give away!! How insane is that? Of course, it’s probably a starlight scope of some kind that magnifies ambient light, but still, the damn thing is small enough to fit in a pocket. In fact, it looked like it was hardly bigger than a Zippo lighter!

Excuse me, I have to go buy some Alpha-bits, now.


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