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 # door-thing
 
-Your roommate startes you by appearing out of nowhere when you're wearing headphones ?
+Your roommate startles you by appearing out of nowhere when you're wearing headphones?
 Not a problem, you'll be startled by a "Door opened" notification instead!
 
-Arduino Nano 33 BLE, connected to a Adafruit door sensor and an electron app to show you a notification
+Arduino Nano 33 BLE, connected to an Adafruit door sensor and an electron app to show you a notification
+