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Oh No They Didn’t: Christmas Lighting Controller
Oh no. Now every person who wants to make an extravagant, overblown, lighting design killing Christmas Lighting display like all of the ones you see on YouTube. Remember the Trans-Siberian Orchestra...
View ArticleFirst Ever OLED Christmas Tree!
Wait, shouldn’t this be a “Holiday Tree?” Ha, just kidding. It’s OLED! From the press release at GE: We haven’t quite achieved Rockefeller or National Christmas tree lighting status yet, but we’re...
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Christmas Lighting WIN
For no other reason than to give you a giggle on this Tuesday… Thanks, Failblog!
View ArticleChristmas Lights – With A Mind of Their Own
I just found a video of a really kitchy and pretty funny xmas lighting display – I just wonder what the control systems for these crazy installs are! Do you think this is DIY, arduino controlled?...
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JimOnLight.com’s Guide to Christmas Lights, Part 4: Christmas Light Power and...
Part Four: Christmas Lights Power and Safety So now that you have learned about the history of christmas lights, learned about different christmas lamp types and different form factors, there’s two...
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Guitar Hero Christmas Lights Creator Speaks with JimOnLight.com!
After posting the article about Guitar Hero christmas lighting this morning, I was able to get ahold of the display’s designer to ask him some questions about how and what he did to have such a great...
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Technicolor Tesla Tannenbaum
Okay, I like Tesla coils just as much as the next lighting geek, but this is just too cool for school. Aron Altmark on Twitter (@aronaltmark) sent me a link to these amazing shots by the Tesla Down...
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JimOnLight.com’s Guide to Christmas Lights is BACK!
Oh yes, it is THAT TIME AGAIN, my friends! It’s time for the JimOnLight.com Guide to Christmas Lights! This is the time of year when people dig out the crazy plastic Santas with sled and reindeer, the...
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Happy Christmahanakwanzika from JimOnLight!
It’s Christmas Day obviously, and I’m here in Toronto with my lady and our furbaby Roxy. Yeah, you know the one: We had plans to get home this year to introduce Laura and Roxy to the Hutchison...
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A Menage-A-Trois of Pigment, Oil, and Video – Pacific Light
Clear your head, think of nothing but what you’re going to see. It’s a beautiful arrangement of color, motion, music, and just plain art. The piece is called Pacific Light; music by Boris Blank –...
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WTF – Wang Rong Rollin’s Video Might Smack You in the Hepatitis
Ready for something completely absolutely rock-and-roll insane? WTF This might be the most ridiculous thing I have seen this year so far — and I have seen some fucked up shit this year! This is the...
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Do YOU Behave Like A Professional Lighting Designer?
Back for another month of Lighting Insights, the video series with teeth! It’s really taken off, and it’s nice to see that our industry cares enough to learn more to make itself better. I’m so glad...
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Electron Porn – The Sex Life of an Electron
It’s actually a long-time running joke in the Electronics industry, Richard Hart’s joke that has become slightly less than not-quite-famous, here in its entirety, for all of you dirty-minded fucks out...
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Joe Spira, Inventor of the Household Dimmer, Dies
Unfortunately, Joe Spira has passed. Joe was the man behind Lutron, otherwise known as having a household dimmer in about every place you could imagine of their brand name. We’re really sorry to hear...
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More Electron Joke Porn – Mini and Micro
I’ll just leave this here. I bet you need it. More electron joke porn for your weekend. Are you a nerd? Good, you’ll love this. Ready? Micro was a real-time operator and dedicated multi-user. His...
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A New DARK SKY PARK in Utah!
Too cool… One of the best organizations I support, the International Dark Sky Association, just opened a new Dark Sky Park in Utah. Check it out! Why not join? It’s pennies a month for an awesome...
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Dennis Quaid Going All “Dopey the Dick” On the Crew is Fake
For all of you out there who have been on set with a serious sack of douches, like we’ve all been at one point or another… as much as I like the guy, I’m glad to hear that Dennis Quaid going full-speed...
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Chauvet Celebrates 25 Years
I thought this was a pretty cool homage to my bosses for 25 years in the business… one thing is certain, they’re very talented business folk with an acumen for innovation. Check out a nice article on...
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I’m Going Home, Ten Years Later, WOODSTOCK
Are you familiar with the band Ten Years Later? Funny enough, it’s been about eleventy years since Woodstock, and this English blues band is still kicking your ass. Since I’m wide the fuck awake and...
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From Chicago Blackhawks to Chicago Bulls in 3 Minutes
I found this incredible video of the transformation that happens between a Chicago Blackhawks ice hockey game and a Chicago Bulls basketball game — all on the same court. Now we think we’re pretty...
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