Crazy Christmas light display

[Dravyk]

Astounding!

I wonder if he modified fireworks software or wrote his own.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Astounding!

I wonder if he modified fireworks software or wrote his own.

Animated lighting is a big market, most malls use some form of lighting controller:

http://stores.yahoo.com/animatedlighting/

[Sysprod]

Originally Posted by Trev

Animated lighting is a big market, most malls use some form of lighting controller:

http://stores.yahoo.com/animatedlighting/

Why did you post that link? That site has my credit card written all over it

Some of their customer displays http://www.animatedlighting.com/show...omershows.asp#

[MorganGrayson]

We have several neighborhoods around here where we used to take the kids when they were little. These weren't "outdoing the neighbors" displays, either. They were those amazing "let's all get together and make Santa and his crew stretch across five rooftops" kind of neighborhoods. One used to have a fully dressed Santa complete with bag of goodies. He'd stand in the middle of the cul de sac and hand out candy canes to the people in every car that went through.

My husband, being my husband, used to day "damn, the light bill on this must be incredible" every frigging year.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Trev

Animated lighting is a big market, most malls use some form of lighting controller:

http://stores.yahoo.com/animatedlighting/

Sweeet! Thanks for the link, buddy!

Damn that stuff is impressive. (Now to ponder whether or not I want to bother my neighbors ... Lord knows many of them do things that annoy me. LOL. Pay back time? Naw!)

[Sysprod]

After seeing the link Trev posted, I started looking into other ways.

Found software for sequencing the lights http://store.lightorama.com/software.html

a handfull of X10 controllers... I might be thinking too much about this. The wife might not be too happy with me this year

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Sysprod

After seeing the link Trev posted, I started looking into other ways.

Found software for sequencing the lights http://store.lightorama.com/software.html

a handfull of X10 controllers... I might be thinking too much about this. The wife might not be too happy with me this year

Sysprod, you are hooked. Totally. I can see it in your eyes. You're never going back now.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Sysprod

After seeing the link Trev posted, I started looking into other ways.

Found software for sequencing the lights http://store.lightorama.com/software.html

a handfull of X10 controllers... I might be thinking too much about this. The wife might not be too happy with me this year

You'd just be doing your "spousal duty." Certain holidays find the spouses split: one wants to overdue, the other's job is to say "you're out of your frigging mind."

There was this Halloween once where it was my job to indicate that my beloved had taken leave of his senses. He had discovered "Halloween sound effect" CDs, you see...and...over did, to put it mildly. Of course, my children appreciated the "your Dad is SOOOO cool!!!"

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Sysprod

After seeing the link Trev posted, I started looking into other ways.

Found software for sequencing the lights http://store.lightorama.com/software.html

a handfull of X10 controllers... I might be thinking too much about this. The wife might not be too happy with me this year

Hahahahahahaha


I'm thinking of going all USA this year and decking the whole house out with lights, it's not really a big thing here in the UK so I know I'm going to piss off all my neighbours... if I can manage to piss Toni off at the same time then it's a bonus