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Christmas lighting is still in fashion, at least until the New Year, right?  We always took ours down sometime after the first of January, so take that as a hint, all of you “leave them up until April” people!I saw an interesting post on CNN’s iReport site about a famil...y in Perth (Australia) that has a massive Christmas lighting display – they also made a bunch of bread on it that...

Yeah, oh my indeed.  I think one of the hardest things to do is to buy gifts for people working in the lighting industry.  I mean, it’s like anything technical, really – if it isn’t related to gaming, clothing, or nerdiness, then it’s something like a $16,000 spectroscope or a $3,000 dollar oscilloscope.What?...

Ginny from Cree just posted a video that she made with John Edmond, co-founder of Cree – they’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of the commercialization of the blue LED!  Ginny made a video about how things got started, and had an interview with John about the beginni...ngs of Cree.  Very cool, check it out!  Also, check out the Cree blog – it’s an LED revolution!by Jim On Light | Licensed under...

I have something that I hope will start your Friday out on a high note.If you’ve never heard of a Blendtec blender, it’s a possibility that you’ve not seen the Cadillac of blenders before.  You know your little Sunbeam blender or other midstream name brand blender?  Yea...h, I don’t think it can take a handful of marbles and turn it into marble dust....

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 display.  The designer’s name is Ric, and he was gracious enough to an...swer some questions I had about his work and his background.  I hope everyone enjoys the little interview I was able to...

I ran across this video where someone was making some amazing christmas lighting sequencing, and I was sitting here thinking to myself – I know that yard! Turns out that I wrote about this display a few weeks ago – and they uploaded another video.  Check out this Guitar... Hero spectacular!The funny thing is that they had another pretty awesome video that I wrote about – I want to know that...

I have a special place in my heart for Vari*Lite fixtures.  My first experiences with automated lighting was with the Vari*Lite Artisan and Mini-Artisan consoles, and the very awesome Vari*Lite VL2C and VL6 spots, and the VL5 wash.  I love the VL2C – it’s like a big ol’ square truck that has great optics and color....

Part Four: Christmas Lights Power and SafetySo now that you have learned about the history of christmas lights, learned about different christmas lamp types and different form factors, there’s two things that we’ve not considered: power (electricity) and control of the ...christmas light display.These two things are usually taken for granted, which is understandable to a point – you plug them into an outlet, and they either turn on or blink, right?...

FINALLY – another episode of The JimOnLight.com Podcast!  It’s only been, what – like 6 months?This episode covers LDI 2009 – I had a nice chat with Justin from iSquint.net about the conference (as we were glued to the hip most of the conference), and we had a rambling ...conversation about different products, the LDI 2009 vibe, and other stuff related to the show.Grab a cup of coffee, get comfy, and...

It’s obviously not the whole history of the way we deal with light, but it was fun to try to pick moments out as they flew by in 36 seconds!  Check out this fun little video from Aurora Lighting.  Just a warning, but turn your audio down a crank, because it’s backed wit...h techno and it’s very above-average in volume…by Jim On Light | Licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA LicenseThe...

Remember the Vu1 lamp?  The lamp that uses ESL, or electron-stimulated luminescence technology to create light?  There’s been some news about it lately that is noteworthy – and they posted a video about the product.Vu1, which changed over its name from the Telegen Corpo...ration in May 2008, has been working pretty hard on this product from what I understand.  I’ve been watching their stock as of late, looking for information on...

You have to check this out – some technology students at the University of Wrocław in Poland programmed a pretty neat little presentation and made a video of their efforts.  Their display media?  Their dormitory building.I love nerds.  Check it out:Awesome.  Knight Ride...r!Thanks, Alex!by Jim On Light | Licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA LicenseDorm Lights Become A Light ShowRelated posts:I Live in A Dorm.555 Kubik – A Facade Projection THIS...