void shiftOut(uint16_t val)
{
      uint16_t i;

      for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)  {
            if (!!(val & (1 << i)) PORTB |=  (1 << SHIFT_DATA_PIN); //only pull the data pin high for.. 0's?  1's?  whatever.

            PORTB |=  (1 << SHIFT_CLK_PIN);  // pulse the clock pin on
            PORTB &= ~(1 << SHIFT_CLK_PIN);  // ... and off again
            PORTB &= ~(1 << SHIFT_DATA_PIN); // then set data pin back to low
      }
}

uint16_t convertforshiftout(uint8_t val)
{
    uint16_t output = 0;  // set output to all 000's
    output = ~output; // invert to all 111's
    uint8_t convertedvalue = val / 16;  // turn our input into a value 0-15

      for (i = 0; i <= convertedvalue; i++)  {
          output <<= 1; // shift to the left by one, adds a zero on the end
      }
    output = ~output; // invert output again, so we get 1111111111111111 for a very high value and 0000000011111111 for a halfway value and etc
    return output;
}