Few things annoy me more than answering the door to my home only to find out the person standing on the other side is trying to sell me something I don't want so that he or she can finally take their dream trip to Disney World. Or that unless I sign a petition right now, the city is going to build a Wal-Mart next door to me.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not against door-to-door sales. I can never have
My mistake was in washing my hands before I pulled my pants up.
Really, I'm washing them at my bathroom sink, pants and panties around my ankles. Our phone rings.
The only person who calls our home phone regularly is Chris. I didn't think he'd care if I answered the phone with a bare bottom, so (wet hands and all) I threw myself across the bed to answer the phone.
For a second I thought about
The Wireless Doorbell is yet another extension of modern society’s focus on function and electronics. Find out why the Wireless Doorbell’s ability to be applied without any installation and its increasing signal strength make it a valuable for purchase for many consumers.
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We have our iPod to help us ignore our surroundings by deafening our senses with rock and (sometimes Rick) Roll, but what about a way for us to be alerted to someone entering our surroundings with the power of music?
The iChime is a customizable doorbell which can hold up to 50 of your favorite songs that can be selected as your doorbell chime of the day. The iChime also comes with 6 custom chime
My APAD #16 & SkyWatch Friday*ding.dong* Me: At the door, "Whose there?"2 kids: "Is Janelle & Javier in?"Me : *yells for my 2*Janelle & Javier: "Can we go down to the playpen with our friends?"Me : *wide-eyed.with.skeptical.thoughts* "ok, but only for a while"The 4 kids went off.Leaving me bewildered!! It finally hit me 5 minutes later that doorbells will no longer mean there's guest for us(the adults) at home. But also guests of my 2 kids!!Not to mention that no longer will both my kids need me or anyone else to chaperon them to the playpen. They're capable of heading there themselves and coming home after that. With strict instructions to stay away from the roads and anywhere near the swim pool. Oh did I mention? They came home 3 hours later....It wouldn't be long soon, they're be headin
We can only hope that, should the world ever explode, the only thing left floating in the cold vacuum of space to serve as testimony to our being and all that we have achieved is not the likes of this insanely tacky electronic parrot doorbell that greets visitors with either bird song or up to a six seconds of a recorded user definable message or sample.
Coming complete with up to 20 meters of ‘strong anti-interference’ wireless range and its own integral two watt speaker the Wireless Electronic Parrot Doorbell is battery operated so can be fixed with ease outside your front door or – a somewhat better idea – outside your grumpy neighbours front door in the dead of night.
And if you are desperate to have a tacky, plastic bird hark the appearance of visitors to your humble abode but have a parrot phobia (and, let’s face it, after seeing this who wouldn’t have?) you’ll no doubt be thrilled to know that you can also buy a ‘bird shaped’ (translate as ‘not a parrot&
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“This is my self-assembled doorbell. I wanted a doorbell that can play a audiosample of my own choice and not that boring ugly noise. Well, of course the doorbell must be able to record/play some audio for at least some few seconds. Because I like the TV-Show STARGATE a lot I wanted that special alarm sound when somebody is pushing the button outside.
When someone now is pushing that button outside I hear the STARGATE-Alarmsound with that voice saying “Unplanmäßige Aktivierung von Außen!” (german). I took the sample from one of the episodes I have on videotape. I already prepared some active PC-Speakers for giving external power supply and receiving the audio-signal. They are not connected at th
What will they think of next? A company called Waleli has developed the GSM-doorbell which allows you to remotely open your door/gate/etc. using your mobile phone.The system is build up of 4 parts:An intercomThe GSM-doorbellAn electronic lockA simcard for the GSM-doorbellRing the doorbell (intercom); the intercom signals the GSM-doorbell. The GSM-doorbell rings the number that is displayed. The occupant answers the call and is able to speak to the visitor. By entering a pincode on their mobile phone the occupant is able to open the door. What will they think of next?
Current Mood: I just had some fun.
You know those annoying-ass, door-knocking, proselytizing, holier-than-thou assholes that go around trying to “save your soul from eternal damnation and the depths of hell”, well, I just scared the hell (no pun intended) out of a few of them.
It’s my day off so I’ve just been puttering around the apartment trying to recharge myself. I was considering taking a nap (I stayed out until almost 6am this morning and only slept a couple hours) when lo and behold my doorbell rang.
I hate surprise visits so at first I was annoyed by the interruption. I was quite busy (lying on the couch listening to HIM and smoking a cigarette) and didn’t have time for a social visit. Besides that, I had no idea who it could’ve been and I’m too short to look out the peep-hole. Grudgingly, I got up and answered the door.
To my surprise it was a woman and a child I didn’t know from Adam. I thought they had knocked on the wrong door or something when th
