20 Really Awesome Facts about Solar Power

Posted by Jim - April 16, 2013 - Alternative Energy, Solar

I love discovering new facts about pretty much anything. Any day I can learn something is an awesome day. Any day I can learn something new about light, it's an even better day! Here's 20 Really Awesome Facts about Solar Power! The first working, practical, usable solar cell was created by Bell Laboratories in 1954. [...]

A Light-Up Tony Stark Shirt Arc Reactor Shirt?!

Posted by Jim - March 4, 2013 - Jewelry and Personal Lighting, Just Plain AWESOME.

I hate to admit this, but I thought those crazy Iron Man movies… WERE AWESOME!!!! Ok, maybe the second more than the first, but seriously — mindless explosions, glowing stuff, and a plot line that's looser than most of my high school girlfriends? How could you POSSIBLY go wrong?! I saw this over at ThinkGeek [...]

Two Kittens, One Laser

Posted by Jim - March 1, 2013 - Hilarity!, Just Plain AWESOME.

I think that it's about time to take a second and laugh your butt off. Yeah, it's been a hard week, things haven't gone how you wanted, and now Claudia Schiffer is too uninterested in you for anyone to care. What to do? Kittens and a laser. Works every time.

Rrrrrrrroll, with Eight "R's"

Posted by Jim - July 25, 2012 - artists, Just Plain AWESOME., Light and Photography, Lighting and the Human Element, photographers

Call me crazy, but I adore art like this below. Tumblr users Rrrrrrrroll have created a series of GIFs that feature a woman spinning around in a series of environments. There's really not much to say about this work, you have to just see it. Even the creators were quoted as saying "We don't really [...]

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Lamps That You Shoot On and Off

Posted by Jim - March 3, 2012 - Fixtures, Interior Design and Lighting, Lighting for Enjoyment!, Luminaire Design

My dad would love this. HEY DAD! CHECK THIS OUT! Also, this: This is from a company called bitplay, INC from Japan. About the lamp: BANG! is a desk lamp with a gun-shaped remote controller. User can fire the “gun” to turn the light off. The light goes out and the lampshade knocks to the side, [...]

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The History of Light, Boiled Down to 36 Seconds

Posted by Jim - December 10, 2009 - History, Video

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 with techno and [...]

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ATTENTION! JimOnLight.com and iSquint.net TWEETUP TIME CHANGE

Posted by Jim - November 5, 2009 - Contests and Giveaways, Conventions, JimOnLight Readers ROCK, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME.

I hope that everyone is having as interesting of a day as I am – taking a 1975 Mercury Comet to an oil change place is a TRIP! Okay: Due to some circumstances that arose, iSquint.net and I have to change the day of the TweetUp to Saturday night, November 21, 2009 at 8pm. Same [...]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Posted by Jim - October 31, 2009 - JimOnLight.com

Happy Halloween, everyone! I hope that you have a fun night of tricking, treating, trick-or-treating, and overindulgence of sugar. I'm going to a party dressed like a grease monkey, and my wife is going as me. Oh, we're a crazy pair. Have fun!

Lighting Up The Pool

Posted by Jim - March 30, 2009 - Hilarity!, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting for Enjoyment!, Lighting Toys

Only twice in my career have I had the opportunity to throw a whole bunch of light into a swimming pool. Once for a corporate party at an olympic sized swimming pool, and once for a rave that took place at a pool park. Those were two of the coolest design gigs I ever had [...]

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