Hiya, everybody! I'm back in the land of the horse-riding 5-0, at the hotel for one more week. I have an apartment that is available April 1, and I'll be moving in April 2. I never thought I would be so happy to see a king-sized bed and my little fan blowing air on me [...]
Read More Frankfurt, Germany, Jim's Travels, lighting, ProLight+Sound 2012, tradeshowsHave you ever seen the trademark amber glow of the Nixie Tube? Nixie tubes have made a bit of a comeback by Makers and tinkerers of today's tech — an old-school look with old-school innards using pretty simple technology to create some pretty spectacular results. Nixie tube clocks, signs, and even Nixie tube wrist watches, [...]
Read More anion, anode, Aston Dark Space, axiotron, cathode, cation, Faraday's Space, NIX1, Nixie tube, Nixie tube watch, Positive Column, Steve WozniakWhile not a 1970s scifi horror flick, Sunday Paper's spectacular short film Light is certainly haunting. For a fascinating and beautiful minute and a half short film, it certainly carries an elegiac note. Just watch it! Light from Sunday Paper on Vimeo.
Read More art, eco, eco-friendly, efficiency, energy, environment, film, green, public, reminder, short film, VideoUpdate 11:53am: audio of the news conference releasing the IOSHA report that happened Wednesday, February 8, 2012. heads up, it's a direct link to the .WMA file the State released. I'm a bit at odds with how to write this article because it is news, after all. Governor Daniels and his people from the State departments [...]
Read More Indiana OSHA, Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, IOSHA, penalties, politics, safetyI found this infographic about General Electric today that I found pretty interesting – Do YOU know how big GE is and how big it has become? I didn't know that it was one of the original 12 companies from the original Dow Jones. Check out the infographic from PartSelect – I've resized it here, [...]
Read More GE, General Electric, infographicYeah, it's not any easier to see. Did you know that by law in the State of Indiana, the State cannot pay out more than five million dollars for one single tragedy, and it can pay no single victim more than $700,000?! Ah, legislation. If you can't solve a problem, screw the constituents and remove the State [...]
Read More collapse, disaster, IATSE, Indiana State Fair, Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, Kenneth J. Allen, SugarlandTo quote the dance performance students in my 8am Stage Lighting class, this is "jank." (I'm pretty sure that means that it's f%$#ed up.) Well, that it is. This whole thing is certainly jank. The "this" that I'm referring to is the fact that a Chinese government-linked company named Baotou Steel has been halting production of [...]
Read More Baotou Steel, china, lamps, light bulbs, light sources, Neodymium, Neodymium Oxide, rare earthYou all know me, I'm not really a "press release" kind of guy when it comes to JimOnLight.com content. When I find a press release worthy of a nod, I try to get some of the commentary in there that made me want to talk about the release in the first place. This press release [...]
Read More analysis, Cree, LED, scientific, TEMPO, testingSorry folks, this video is the harsh reality of what happened in Indiana on Saturday at the Sugarland concert. Just be forewarned, it shows the rig collapsing onto people, and it's pretty real. What cannot, cannot, cannot be overlooked at the end of the video is the bunch of hands that came running to lift [...]
Read More accidents, disaster, IATSE local 30, Indiana State Fair, Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, Nathan Byrd, stage collapse, Sugarland, truss collapse, weatherThis is what happens when you live on a planet that is currently in flames with summer heat, you forget the birthdays of famous dead lighting guys. A local pro performer here in town, Alissa Millar, who just rocked the living sh*t out of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Civic Center Music [...]
Read More A Streetcar named Desire, actors, Alissa Millar, dead famous lighting guys, happy birthday, JimOnLight.com, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson