using eeprom

let's revisit this x=x+1 thing...

This whole section:

Compound Operators
++ (increment) 
-- (decrement) 
+= (compound addition) 
-= (compound subtraction) 
*= (compound multiplication) 
/= (compound division) 

&= (compound bitwise and) 
|= (compound bitwise or)

just ain't gonna get used!