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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Google should hook one of these up at their headquarters.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[darren]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[They can't do that, it's a public place.   The bell would fly apart injuring hundreds.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 6:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[James, they can't do it because it's a public place _AND then the riaa would sue them as playing the bell sound in public breaks the licsence for the copyright holder of the bell sound.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dj-kenpo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 5:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[I had one of these made a while back, with just a plain AVR and software written in C.<br><br>Even on a small, relatively low traffic site, it got annoying as hell, really quick.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RedBull Runner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Another interesting thing is over at <a href="http://drivemeinsane.com" rel="nofollow">http://drivemeinsane.com</a><br><br>People have set up webcams, and some home automation stuff, and you can control lights, cameras, and they used to have remote control cars and tanks that you could drive around the houses, but apparently either they broke, or got way too annoying.<br><br>still fun though ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RedBull Runner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a regular DMI'er on drivemeinsane.com, I have had my lights, etc hooked up. After a while you don't notice the lights going on and off. :) ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wellard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 10:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a regular DMI'er on drivemeinsane.com, I have had my lights, etc hooked up. After a while you don't notice the lights going on and off. :) ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wellard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 10:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a regular DMI'er on drivemeinsane.com, I have had my lights, etc hooked up. After a while you don't notice the lights going on and off. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wellard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a regular DMI'er on drivemeinsane.com, I have had my lights, etc hooked up. After a while you don't notice the lights going on and off. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wellard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a regular DMI'er on drivemeinsane.com, I have had my lights, etc hooked up. After a while you don't notice the lights going on and off. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wellard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[As a regular DMI'er on drivemeinsane.com, I have had my lights, etc hooked up. After a while you don't notice the lights going on and off. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wellard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow, I don't think I've ever seen someone actually post 6 identical comments on accident. You should get an award...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reader]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 5:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your six posts are bound to drive someone here insane.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Devin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 25th 2008 9:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks modern. Let me incorporate that into my 19th century style apartement.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maximiliam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 6:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think I'd feel worse for someone whom the bell doesn't toll at all!<br><br>(Just don't ask WHO it tolls for. You won't like the answer.)  :( ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 9:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[I promise I'm not a grammar Nazi, but... you left out a "for."<br><br>It should have been:  "I think I'd feel worse for someone FOR whom the bell doesn't toll at all!"<br><br>The way you have it, the bell is "tolling" someone.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Slick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 10:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's super.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 2:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[You totally fit the definition of a grammar Nazi, sorry. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reader]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 5:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why can't you guys come out and say "Christmas Season" instead of continuing to use the lame phrase Holiday Season which could refer to almost any day of the year. By the by, Merry Christmas everybody!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 12:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[well, seeing as it's /Ch|H)ann?ukk?ah?/ the term 'holiday season' is fairly accurate... and is only used to term late november-december.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 2:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Holiday season just has a better ring (no pun intended) to it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stupidiot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 2:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[If one is okay they're all okay.<br><br>Jebus, fighting over what is supposed to be a cheery holiday greeting is the highest form of jackassery.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 2:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well if you are confused and think it's Thanksgiving or Valentine's Day, I feel sorry for you. <br><br>I really am not one to care about being sensitive to every other religion, I'm fine with people saying Christmas Season, but Holiday Season is just as adequate. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reader]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 6:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA["Every time a bell rings..."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam K]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 3:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[everytime a useless comment is posted a kitten dies.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dj-kenpo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 5:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Agreed re: jackassery, but I tend to find the people who get pissed off at someone who uses the all-inclusive phrase "holiday season" a LOT more annoying than the people who get pissed off for one saying "Christmas season."  There's just something a lot more annoying about people who assume their religion is the only one around, or that their holiday is the only one that matters.  Chappy Channukah everyone!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[phrank]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[It needs more cowbell.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spaceb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 4:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[Salvation Amry people are bad enough as it is.  I wish somebody would convince them to ring their bell with less frequency, say one ding every five seconds instead of five every one second.  They are annoying as hell.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[randy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 5:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY hit counter rings bell to welcome each visitor]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/09/diy-hit-counter-rings-bell-to-welcome-each-visitor/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's what she said. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reader]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 9th 2007 6:03PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>