2009 is nearly done. 2010 is about to make its debut performance. What are you doing tonight? One thing is certain – I'm glad to be starting a new year, fresh and with the potential for great things. I have many things on my plate right now, and I hope to turn every one of [...]
Read More 2009, 2010, happy new year, JimOnLight.com readers ROCKYAY PRESENTS PIE CANDY STEAKS MY WIFE AND DOG AND CAT! I was unable to get home to see my parents this year for Christmas, so I hope you are all having a great Christmas Day with your families and significant others. Take this day to just… breathe. To all my new friends from my [...]
Read More brad peterson, JimOnLight.com, JimOnLight.com readers ROCK, merry christmasHey, is that James Prescott Joule?! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUDE! You guys probably know Jimmy here – he's responsible for the SI unit of energy (the Joule, duh), and for Joule's Laws, which deal with the transfer of energy from one form or another. What else was the guy to do?! I mean, his birthday was [...]
Read More happy birthday, james prescott joule, joule, Lord Kelvin, SI unitChristmas 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 family in Perth (Australia) that [...]
Read More Australia, Christmas Lights, LED, Messages On Hold, Perth, xmasTo every person I know, to every person I've met because of blogging about light, and to anyone out there on the road over the Holiday season or struck in a desert dealing with that crap – Merry Christmas from JimOnLight.com! I hope everyone is having a great Christmas season!
Read More christmahanukwanzakah, happy holidays, i love egg nog, merry christmasWhen you live in a place that sees a lot of snow per year – let's just say somewhere like Chicago or other places in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio – you would think that dealing with snow is something that is just accepted. Sometimes it snows sideways in the Midwest. I remember being a kid [...]
Read More death, LED, municipal, public works, signals, snow, traffic lightingI posted a while ago about a lighting designer to watch – a guy named Jeff Waful. Jeff is the lighting designer for the band Umphrey's McGee, a great improv rock band that falls into the Jam Band category in my head. You know me and the jambands, I love it. Jeff's work with Umphreys [...]
Read More concert lighting, Designers, Jeff Waful, Umphrey's McGeeOkay, 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 Under people of their Australian Tesla Christmas Tree. WAY COOL! Check them out! You also have to [...]
Read More Christmas, Light Art, photography, tesla coil, Tesla Down UnderMike Zinman just sent me an email saying that his new venture, Genielux, has hit the ground running – and he needs people with equipment for sale or rent to sign up, for free for a limited time, over at the Genielux website. This thing is gonna be pretty darned snazzy, methinks – we've been [...]
Read More Equipment, Genielux, inventory, iphone, iPhone Software, mike zinman, rental, ZinmanCoYeah, 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? Who [...]
Read More christmas gifts, holy crap I forgot a present, last minute gifts, last minute shopping, oh no, uh oh