Author Topic: Flashable doorbell (Read 5570 times)

ChadTower · « **on:** December 16, 2005, 10:41:25 am »

So, the doorbell on my house has been nonworking the entire time we've owned it. I'd like to change that.

But, as a BYOAC member, I can't have just any old DING DONG doorbell. I want one that is cool.

Has anyone ever seen one with flashable memory? Kind of like ringtones but for your doorbell? I was thinknig I could change the sound every few months so I don't get sick of it.

I want a doorbell that screams like Tom from Tom + Jerry.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #1 on:** December 16, 2005, 10:46:00 am »

duct-tape a mobile phone to the wall. or a midget choir boy...

Stingray · « **Reply #2 on:** December 16, 2005, 10:47:39 am »

Quote from: danny_galaga on December 16, 2005, 10:46:00 am

duct-tape a mobile phone to the wall. or a midget choir boy...

Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you. Sicko.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #3 on:** December 16, 2005, 10:48:39 am »

I'm also pondering a small trap door in the porch that opens with a boot on a stick and kicks the person in the ass.

c64rulez · « **Reply #4 on:** December 16, 2005, 10:49:40 am »

Get a recording tape and wait for him
or is it jerry ?

Stingray · « **Reply #5 on:** December 16, 2005, 10:50:16 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 16, 2005, 10:48:39 am

I'm also pondering a small trap door in the porch that opens with a boot on a stick and kicks the person in the ass.

I don't need a doorbell, but I'll be the first in line to buy one of those.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** December 16, 2005, 10:52:53 am »

Jerry is the mouse. Jerry doesn't scream because Jerry wins.

That is the "new" Tom + Jerry which is a bad ripoff of Itchy and Scratchy which is itself a bad ripoff of the original Tom + Jerry.

I watch it on the Cartoon Network with my kids. The network actually censors Tom + Jerry. Some audio is clearly rerecorded. Any of the racial jokes they made are cut and the black woman's voice is completely redubbed. It's sad.

c64rulez · « **Reply #7 on:** December 16, 2005, 10:58:09 am »

Just pretend its tom
A screaming is promised, no ?

Stingray · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:03:44 am »

Thanks Chad. I have the theme music from the origianal T&J cartoon going through my head now.

-S

c64rulez · « **Reply #9 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:05:24 am »

What do I need this thread for anyway ?

My door bell is broken for four years by now

When someone's coming, I simply jump out the window and run away

Stingray · « **Reply #10 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:06:55 am »

My house doesn't even have a doorbell. I'm a redneck, I use dogs.

-S

SirPoonga · « **Reply #11 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:08:42 am »

http://www.google.com/search?q=musical+doorbell&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

ChadTower · « **Reply #12 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:09:00 am »

My wife is allergic to dogs.

brophog · « **Reply #13 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:09:44 am »

Quote from: Stingray on December 16, 2005, 11:06:55 am

My house doesn't even have a doorbell. I'm a redneck, I use dogs.

-S

I'm a lazy redneck......I use the neighbors dogs.

c64rulez · « **Reply #14 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:10:03 am »

REDNECK is allowed ?

Weeehheee

ChadTower · « **Reply #15 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:20:28 am »

Stingray · « **Reply #16 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:23:56 am »

Looks like what you're looking for to me.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #17 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:24:27 am »

This IS the droid I'm looking for.

c64rulez · « **Reply #18 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:25:32 am »

Whats that on your throat man ? allergy ?
or are you a REDNECK ?

redneckredneckredneckredneckredneckredneckredneck

redneck

redneckredneck

Stingray · « **Reply #19 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:26:18 am »

My only question would be does it have a crappy little built-in mic or does it have audio in?

-S

c64rulez · « **Reply #20 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:26:50 am »

REDNECK

ChadTower · « **Reply #21 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:29:11 am »

I think we found somd weird Israeli slang.

c64rulez · « **Reply #22 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:31:46 am »

Now I'm supposed to say REDNECK

but

REDNECK

ChadTower · « **Reply #23 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:37:20 am »

Quote from: Stingray on December 16, 2005, 11:26:18 am

My only question would be does it have a

Jabba · « **Reply #24 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:38:18 am »

Quote from: c64rulez on December 16, 2005, 11:31:46 am

Now I'm supposed to say REDNECK

but

REDNECK

I think this dude is a Troll. Dude, you're even weider than Floyd10!

Stingray · « **Reply #25 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:39:35 am »

Quote from: Jabba on December 16, 2005, 11:38:18 am

Dude, you're even weider than Floyd10!

He's heading in that direction.

-S

SirPoonga · « **Reply #26 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:40:44 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 16, 2005, 11:09:00 am

SirPoonga... hrm... that one is close, but it looks like you can't PUT sounds in it, just program it to play a sequence of stored sounds...

Funny response considering I linked to a google search, not a particular product

If you have an extra computer or laptop you could just make one. Hack the doorbell button to a gamepad or keyboard, hook up speakers to the computer...

Or since I know billy the bass has been hacked...

SirPoonga · « **Reply #27 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:41:09 am »

Quote from: Stingray on December 16, 2005, 11:39:35 am

He's heading in that direction.

I can head him into a different direction

c64rulez · « **Reply #28 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:42:35 am »

I want purple stars

Here's a picture of me, last summer, great trip to morrocco

ChadTower · « **Reply #29 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:51:30 am »

Quote from: SirPoonga on December 16, 2005, 11:40:44 am

Funny response considering I linked to a google search, not a particular product

Every match that came up was to the same product, though.

I don't really want to hack up a solution for this one... not THAT motivated and there are enough rogue PCs running in my house already.

Though I could see a laptop hacked into an LCD wall display that also doubles as a doorbell. Damn you.

Stingray · « **Reply #30 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:58:03 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 16, 2005, 11:51:30 am

Quote from: SirPoonga on December 16, 2005, 11:40:44 am
Funny response considering I linked to a google search, not a particular product

Every match that came up was to the same product, though.

I don't really want to hack up a solution for this one... not THAT motivated and there are enough rogue PCs running in my house already.

Though I could see a laptop hacked into an LCD wall display that also doubles as a doorbell. Damn you.

Add a cheapie webcam and you can see who's at the door.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #31 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:58:37 am »

I call that the window.

Stingray · « **Reply #32 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:59:15 am »

That's no fun.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #33 on:** December 16, 2005, 11:59:44 am »

It's cheap and preinstalled.

Stingray · « **Reply #34 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:01:04 pm »

Pretty nice resolution come to think of it.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #35 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:03:30 pm »

My 100" high def flatscreen.

Stingray · « **Reply #36 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:04:48 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 16, 2005, 12:03:30 pm

My 100" high def flatscreen.

Of course, if you want to see what else is on, you have to rotate the house. Anyone know of a BYO house spinner site?

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #37 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:09:25 pm »

No, I just make something happen outside.

The cops love to pull people over right in front of my house. I get to watch tickets, sobriety tests, arrests, cars being towed... I just need a police scanner for full audio.

Stingray · « **Reply #38 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:11:16 pm »

Wow, your own private version of Cops. Be sure to hook your scanner up to the home theater.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #39 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:12:45 pm »

I will if I can get one from Freecycle.

Last fall I watched them give this teenager a sobriety test, tear everything out of his car, find a bag of pills, chase him into the woods when he ran, and then have trouble getting him into the car when he wouldn't stand up.

I've rarely laughed that hard in my whole life.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #40 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:16:09 pm »

I thought I remembered seeing something on digg.
http://iain.cx/articles/doorbell/

http://www.compuphase.com/mp3player_en.htm
Probably a little over kill but you'd just need to add a short song.

"Use switches to select tracks and settings: either one track per switch or have switches to move forward and backward through the tracks; a switch press can start playing a track, or the device may keep playing as long as a switch is being held down. You may also choose to play a random track, so that the audio effect is different each time that a user pushes the buttons."

So you could have it play a random song. Setup a timing circuit and you can have it only play like 5 seconds at a time.

"The digital I/O pins of the H0420 can drive LEDs or opto-couplers. There is intrinsic support for displaying output to an LCD."

Stingray · « **Reply #41 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:17:00 pm »

Quote

I've rarely laughed that hard in my whole life.

<homer>Heh heh heh. It's funny 'cause I don't know him</homer>

-S

SirPoonga · « **Reply #42 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:18:33 pm »

Quote from: c64rulez on December 16, 2005, 11:42:35 am

I want purple stars

Here's a picture of me, last summer, great trip to morrocco

This is not a dating service.

ChadTower · « **Reply #43 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:18:56 pm »

Hrm... to go further... the doorbell would play any sound file I choose, and a webcam could display a feed of the area by the doorbell on the LCD...

...it's doorbell ID.

Stingray · « **Reply #44 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:21:21 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 16, 2005, 12:18:56 pm

Hrm... to go further... the doorbell would play any sound file I choose, and a webcam could display a feed of the area by the doorbell on the LCD...

...it's doorbell ID. I like it.

Yeh, that's pretty much what I had in mind. Sounds so cool that I'd do it myself but I live so far out in the middle of nowhere that I rarely have unexpected visitors. All unexpected visitors are greeted with the business end of a pistol, so I don't really need to know who's out there.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #45 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:23:10 pm »

Ah keeps ma pistol in ma underpants.

Stingray · « **Reply #46 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:25:02 pm »

You wear underpants even when you're at home? Man, life sure is fancy up north.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #47 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:26:04 pm »

It keeps the furniture clean.

Stingray · « **Reply #48 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:29:36 pm »

You have furniture?

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #49 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:32:49 pm »

The wife likes to sit when she's tired.

Stingray · « **Reply #50 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:33:52 pm »

And a rolled up newspaper isn't good enough for her? Snob.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #51 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:34:49 pm »

I lost that argument about a door too.

Gotta admit, though, it's a lot cheaper to heat the place now that we have a door.

Stingray · « **Reply #52 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:37:05 pm »

You have heat?

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #53 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:38:00 pm »

Had to have it so she could try out that book thing someone gave her:

How To Cook Humans

Stingray · « **Reply #54 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:47:15 pm »

The full title is "How to Cook Forty Humans" I think.

-S

ChadTower · « **Reply #55 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:48:06 pm »

Dammit I was hoping you'd give the intermediate joke.

Stingray · « **Reply #56 on:** December 16, 2005, 12:49:37 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 16, 2005, 12:48:06 pm

Dammit I was hoping you'd give the intermediate joke.

Sorry, I guess I didn't read today's script very well.

-S

c64rulez · « **Reply #57 on:** December 16, 2005, 01:04:28 pm »

ok, I've never been so bored in my entire life

I think I'll post a few new ones just for the heck of it

Havok · « **Reply #58 on:** December 16, 2005, 01:11:41 pm »

Man - I read this whole thread and was waiting to see pics of a chick that flashes you at the front door...

RetroJames · « **Reply #59 on:** December 16, 2005, 01:12:16 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on December 16, 2005, 10:41:25 am

So, the doorbell on my house has been nonworking the entire time we've owned it. I'd like to change that.

But, as a BYOAC member, I can't have just any old DING DONG doorbell. I want one that is cool.

Has anyone ever seen one with flashable memory? Kind of like ringtones but for your doorbell? I was thinknig I could change the sound every few months so I don't get sick of it.

I want a doorbell that screams like Tom from Tom + Jerry.

Here ya go boss

http://www.retroblast.com/newsitem.php?cid=159


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