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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[I could think of one industry that could make this practical... remote interactive porn.<br><br>Oh yah baby, you like the way I flash this light... you like that.. strobe it.. oh yeah strobe it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sentax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[windows xp i see. good choice]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tbone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[lol @ rock99rock<br><br>Wait. I lied. Xp is a good choice, because its stable. Ubuntu would have been another good choice, in my opinion.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jinto]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your laughing at someone using xp because its seven years old? Then do tell what is so great about the latest one compared to xp? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Graham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 5:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[And vista isn't?  Vista is a lot more stable than Xp.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 12:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Vista == XP+DRM+Graphics to fool the naive+hidden/moved-around menus to hide the truth-user access to their own computer+more DRM to prevent them from getting access to it.<br>It's a bundle of joy.<br>You must be the target group they aim for when they add 'NEW!' on the package of old products everywhere.<br>My XP only crashes if I knowingly install crap that is so badly designed it crashes it, like the latest ATI drivers for instance, but that crap crashes vista too I'm told,<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wwhat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 10:35AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Wwhat<br><br>...DRM? You don't know how to dodge DRM?<br><br>Maybe you should just use Linpus.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AVG]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 5:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[DRM? You have to know how to avoid DRM?<br><br>Maybe YOU should use Linux. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arkenklo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 2nd 2009 4:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why do I find myself reminded of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AMiSH PiRATE]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Speaking of Captains,<br><br>Captain Planet was a badass.<br><br>But Captain Morgan is my favorite. <br><br>Captain America was pretty cool.<br><br>But Team America? Fuck Yeah.<br><br>This was random and had nothing to do with the article. I apologize. Just when people talk about Captains I can't resist. <br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BlurMagic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[I was born in the 1990. That's what. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BlurMagic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 5:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Captain Underpants ftw! :p]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriks7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 5:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Captain Falcon is extremely disappointed in you all.  Expect to receive a flaming punch within 3-5 business days.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DeoWulf]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 6:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nifty, tough easyer and cheaper to hook the motors to serial and control it that way. This is more a phun thing than something useful.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Arkenklo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your Boss: "What are you doing pointing that flashlight at a webcam?"<br>You: "Feeding my dog"<br><br>That's bound to go over handsomely.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[az1324]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[@ Modder- "sorry, it's hard to aim the light, look at the screen and hold the camera at the same time." Could not have said it better myself- Can't this be done via instant messaging with even more ease?<br><br>@Rock99Rock-  I smell a leopard :)<br> <br>@Az1324- LOL!... Only to have your boss point one back at you..."Now what are YOU doing?"  "Firing you." Doh ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 4:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[@ rock99rock -- I would advise otherwise, I have tried Win7 Beta, and it is great, boots to desktop in like 30 seconds on an old computer, but I had a lot of problems with software installing.  I'd wait until more people tweak their software to run/install on it before committing to is as a primary OS.  Just my 2 cents..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sentax]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 5:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could I aim the camera at the clouds and have it detect a batman signal? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua Walters]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 5:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Who said Fleshlight was a lost art? Oh wait...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[phanbouy fan fan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 5:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[rock99rock, if you didnt notice, XP is the most stable, most common (and thus has the most support), and best performing Windows OS there is. Any maybe 7 performs nearly the same, but it most certainly does not have the first two qualities as well]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gahahha]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 9:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ahh, yes the old flashlight control. I agree on how impractical it is, but who can argue with the fact its a sure fire way to impress your friends with useless gadgets.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Takahashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 9:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love making things more complicated with technology!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 30th 2008 11:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Better idea; connect the stuff to the serial or parallel port of home PC, write small application to send control signal to desired ports, connect to home PC via RDC and voila.<br><br>- Thank you and come again!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sometime]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 12:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[-No Cory no.. XP aren't more stable.<br>-IT companies still use XP and they don't have black and while screens.<br>-Linux is not as easy to use as windows no matter... example.. try to setup wifi or dial up in Linux.. not that easy right ?<br>-Vista stll fancy but not as good as XP.. Just better graphics(DX10) and SideBar all other are worst.<br>By the way... the windows 7 reminds me very much the Mac OS.. the even have this Stay in Doc thing now.<br>Still I think that Microsoft is just Using Other People's Ideas for their OS.<br><br>PS: I have windows Vista Ultimate.. :-P]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blastar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 4:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's useful for when you have fallen and can't get up.. I guess.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wwhat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 10:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[okay rockr, d-bag<br><br>your'e saying my brother's 500MHz P3 with 128MB (max) machine will run 7, Vista, and Home Server as well as it does XP? (which isn't even that good, but it runs)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GBeatzRecrds]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 12:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have thrown away computers newer than that.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ordeith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 2:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nice. The rube goldberg machine of home automation. Last I checked a Zigbee module was under $30.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spinoza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Dec 31st 2008 6:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on DIY home automation system brings back the lost art of flashlight control]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/diy-home-automation-system-brings-back-the-lost-art-of-flashligh/</guid><description><![CDATA[Someone should introduce these guys to a new invention called "scissors".]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Casey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 1st 2009 1:59AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
