There has been a lot of hubbub about the airport scanning technology after a wannabe terrorist tried to light his own underpants on fire to blow up a jet on Christmas Day of all days. The argument basically goes like this:"It's an invasion of my privacy and my safety for you to see me naked so you can pretend that I'm a risk." "No it isn't, we need to see you naked to see if you have dangerous things you're trying to bring on planes."Image by ImYourWorstEnemy on FlickrHmm. I really don't have the desire to "shake everything I brought" in ... Read More»
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
Posts Tagged ‘traveling’
A JimOnLight Community Question: How Do You Stay in Shape On The Road?
This might be a silly question for some, but for many people who work across the industries of light, being away from home, family, friends can be along the same vein as being away from the treadmill/elliptical machine and a healthy diet. All of the ways that we live when away from home can be positive to our experiences of the world and of our current away gig - but sometimes we party like it's 1976 - er, I mean 1999 - and forget that we're actually working and not just having a vacation.One of my goals while here in ... Read More»
Jim On Sweden – Been Here A Week, All Is Good
I've been here in Haninge about a week, and I am getting a little more acclimated to the way that living here might go. The city of Stockholm is beautiful - more beautiful than it has ever appeared in pictures I've seen - and the town of Haninge (where I am living) is less than beautiful. I've found places here to shop for groceries (Coop and ICA), and I found a store that is a lot like a Big Lots (Oob) - comparatively, everything is a little more expensive than back home, especially red meat and chicken. I was surprised ... Read More»
JimOnLight.com, DALLAS Edition
I'm now coming to you from DALLAS, TX - the place I call home after living in several places across the United States. My wife and I moved back here yesterday, and we're waiting to get into our apartment tomorrow morning. I keep cracking my wife up when I say "we're loading in tomorrow morning." Either that or she's laughing at my stupidity.Sorry for the late posting, we drove in a caravan yesterday for 16 hours through the I-70 and I-35 corridors. As you can imagine, it was exhausting.
How to Fold A Drawing
I seem to have this argument with architects mostly, but as far as I'm concerned, if you have less than 10 pages of drawings, you can fold them as opposed to rolling them. It's wonderful to pay a few bucks to throw a drawing or two (or five) into a manilla envelope and ship them away. It's also considerably easier to travel them through an airport when they're folded - TSA certainly can't mistake a folded drawing for a bazooka or some other ridiculous excuse to go through all of your stuff because you have a rolled drawing in a ... Read More»
Finally Back Home… For A Few Days, At Least
June 6th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Alive Lighting, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Design, Lighting Life, on the road
Posted in Alive Lighting, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Design, Lighting Life, on the road
Wow, May was one hell of a month - Texas House Bill 2649 was introduced, I opened a show in Columbus, and I spent about a month away from my wife. I'm home for a few days after driving 980 miles yesterday, and I just dropped my wife off at the airport so she can look for a place for us to live in Dallas. Oh yeah, we're moving back to Dallas. I fly out on Wednesday for another 10 day stretch away from home, then we load a truck and go - all of this before July 1.Some months ... Read More»
On The Road: Save Your Hard Earned Money!
Traveling in the lighting industries for many people is a daily, weekly, or monthly necessity - I am away from my wife, beagle, and cat for the next month, only to come home, do laundry, and hop on a plane for another ten-day week away from my family. You have to pay rent, right? You have to work. Now I am saving up to go to Sweden for a year's study. Things are tight. Time to starting working even harder.I found myself thinking about all of the things that you can do to maximize your journey and travel's cost effectiveness. ... Read More»
Tags: budget, designer, finance, Lighting Life, on the road, personal finance, road, saving, traveling
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