I'm a geek. So I spent the morning googling through YouTube to see what was new over at CES 2007. Along the way, I came across this video for the Quik Pod, which is a gadget that allows you to hold your digital camera at arms length and then trigger a snapshot. It's an almost 4-minute video that takes forever because it's all marketing hype that comes down to one thing: are you willing to hand your camera to a stranger so you can be in the shot or do you want to spend $25 or $30 for a gadget so you don't have to? Personally, I'm pathologically adverse to stepping in front of the lens. But for those few times that the family insists on group shots, it doesn't particularly bother me to chat a stranger up. Most people are delighted to help out and I've met many lovely people that way. What do you think? Would you pay for one of these gadgets?