{"id":2015,"date":"2013-08-27T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T09:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2013-08-27T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T11:19:17","slug":"its-just-a-doorbell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/08\/27\/its-just-a-doorbell\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s just a doorbell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=epredator\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>We had a new door fitted here at the family home\/offices of Feeding Edge Ltd. With it we needed a new doorbell. It used to be we had a choice of a few mechanical rings and buzzes but the digital age brought MIDI like ringtones. I had always wanted to build a &#8220;record your own&#8221; doorbell but never got around to it. So I was very happy to wander into Homebase and see the Byron Wirefree portable MP3 door bell unit.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/epredator\/9596320553\/\" title=\"G33k doorbell by epredator, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3736\/9596320553_a9749283ef.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"G33k doorbell\"><\/a><br \/>\nIt is a normal doorbell, but with a USB port and the ability to play a 10 second mp3. Of course having this choice is actually tricky. What do we do now, what can we put on there. Music is not a great choice as it may be confused with the radio. I did try the hook for Geekin&#8217; by Will.i.am &#8220;get your geek on get your get your geek on&#8221;. However I then went for a rich set of sounds from Star Trek and used Audacity to edit up a mash up of messages from star fleet and red alerts. It is very effective though I am not sure the entire family share my enthusiasm.<br \/>\nThere may be an embarrassment factor to opening the door when the bell has been rung and the red alert is still going off, followed by a self destruct message \ud83d\ude42 we will see how it goes. I can of course always change it.<br \/>\nA managed to capture a bit of it in a Vine \ud83d\ude42 You need to click the unmute top left for the full effect otehrwise its just a flashing light \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vine-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/v\/hi79H6UvedL\/embed\/postcard\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script async src=\"\/\/platform.vine.co\/static\/scripts\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nI guess next would be a playlist of sounds and door tones? Any suggestions? I might get the Predlets to record a chorus of &#8220;Door! DOOOOR! Dad!!!! 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