Archive for the ‘Equipment’ Category
2011 LSH Academy Presentations
Here are the two presentations I gave at the 2011 Lone Star Holidays Christmas Light Academy. The first is a presentation on how to put together your own Christmas Light website using WordPress, just like this site uses. The second is called Junk to Masterpiece and is about ideas for different types of elements you can make for your Christmas light display using common materials you might have in your garage or get from a hardware store. Shoot me a message on the site through the contact form if you have any questions. Enjoy.
Soldering Presentation
I was lucky enough to be asked to teach a class on Soldering at the 2010 Lone Star Holidays Academy. Attached is a copy of the presentation for those who are interested. Please feel free to comment or contact me if you need additional information.
Planning for 2010
Yes, planning for next year has already started and I don’t even have all the lights down yet. One partial tree left to take down and the roof lights to retrieve are all that I have left though. Now the garage is a different story, that may take another week to get back in order.
The first Lynx Express controller coop for 2010 has already come and gone. I’ve ordered an additional 4 controllers, though some of these may go to a friend.
Come on Christmas!
Vixen Sequences
I animate my Christmas lights using a program called Vixen. It runs on a PC and you create sequences for each song that tell each set of lights when to turn off and on, ramp up and down and such. I’ve had a couple of folks ask me for my sequences from last year so I figured I’d post them on the website and make them available for anyone to download. I’m also including my profile from 2008 so that you can load that in Vixen too and see how I did my channel grouping.
New for 2009
I am working on some new stuff for 2009. One of the items I am working on is making my controllers wireless so I will not as many wires running all over my yard. Ok, maybe just fewer wires because there will still be power cords everywhere, but maybe not so many controller cables.
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