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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[I really needed this when I was five... A friend came over to my house and dumped an entire can of fish food into my tank.  All my fish died.  Sad, sad day.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[who?]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 4:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[First hand experience: Splashing from filter makes food wet (I know how small the opening is- water molecules are smaller). The wet food grows mold. The mold clogs the hole. Fish get no food and die. You spend the next 16 years of your life feeling guilty.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Rodricks]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 8:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[Neat idea.  I wish I had thought of this before my goldfish died a few years back.  It really didn't have anything to do with not feeding him.  Goldfish just don't last forever.<br><br>I'd like to see video of this.  What's to keep all the food from dumping out when the pill bottle spends 6 hours upside down over the hole?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 4:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[Someway, somehow, i have managed to kepp one of my gold fish alive for 7 years. It's not a small fish anymore either. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GadgetTamer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 5:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think someone needs to come up with a Doc Brown-esque robot arm fish feeder as a follow up to this "exceptionally cheap, easy and almost life-changing creation".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 4:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[That three second rule is a myth buddies, watch Mythbusters]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anamorphy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 5:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah fish have memories!  I had three goldfish for years.  They knew my (x)wife and I, but when friends came over to visit they would hide.<br><br>Completely unrelated - if we stuck our hands in the tank, they would snuggle next to them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stiv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 8:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[lol, when you said 3 second rule, I was thinking you had 3 seconds after you dropped it to quickly pick it up and eat it, or it would get germs on it]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[El Taco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 23rd 2008 1:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[research has actually shown the fish can have a memory span of up to 6 months..the 3 seconds is just a myth..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tawakol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 6:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is very true, which makes keeping goldfish in a small bowl even more cruel. BTW Rome (Italy) banned goldfish bowls but  I would like to see every country do the same.<br><br>Here is a very thoughtful and easy to read article on the topic.<br><a href="http://www.bihartimes.com/Maneka/crueltytogoldfish.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bihartimes.com/Maneka/crueltytogoldfish.html</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[FishAreFriendsNotFood]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 7:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[@FishAreFriendsNotFood-<br>That article is ridiculous.  The author has either not been active in aquaria for 20+ years or simply misstates things to make her point.  Either way, it presents incorrect information and should not be used as a fish-keeping reference for anyone, whether or not they think a goldfish bowl is cruel.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[acabtp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 8:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[The 3-second theory...<br><br>Perhaps a Finding Nemo reference:)?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iHoppipolla]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 7:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[If we are talking about his sexual performance, than maybe. "One dip Nemo".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samboini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 8:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[Next, someone just needs to make a machine which will automatically keep the automatic feeder filled.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Spence]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 8:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[But then you'll need a feeder machine to keep that filled, etc. etc.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samboini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 8:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wish I could do this, but unfortunatly my cats like to sit on top of the fish tank, so I really cant have any holes on top, just the one on the back which they still like to put their paws in.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[slarity]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 9:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[If only there was a mod that changes the water too, I'd be fixed]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Kirby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 9:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[alright! takes the 'care' right out of petcare]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[whowhatme]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 11:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can buy an auto feeder that looks better and holds more food for less than that light timer costs.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 1:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[You lie!  Why oh why do you lie so?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mile]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 21st 2008 1:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[thats just lazy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Soapy911]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 22nd 2008 7:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY Automatic Fish Feeder is outstandingly simple, rewarding]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/21/diy-automatic-fish-feeder-is-outstandingly-simple-rewarding/</guid><description><![CDATA[next invention: automatic baby feeder. Baby cries, machine feeds it another cookie. Baby keeps crying, machine keeps feeding cookies. Eventually this will lead to the baby giving up.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[El Taco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 23rd 2008 1:31AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
