Cleaning Off the Desktop
A new year means, among other things, cleaning out the old and starting fresh. And so it is with my desktop. I have scads of links scattered about that I intended to post but never got “a round tuit.” So before I drag them all to the trash and into virtual oblivion, I thought I might post a couple I thought were worthy but somehow slipped through the cracks:
Holiday Mixer
My mother-in-law, Pat, sent me this AP photo of the S.T. Griswold & Co. “Holiday Mixer.” Seems Griswold decorates one of its cement mixers every year and drives it around the town of Montpelier, Vermont, through New Year’s Eve churning up a unique mix of holiday cheer for local residents. It takes a crew of six a week to decorate the truck with more than 30,000 lights and, yes, the cement drum still turns! More info
Airstream Holiday Light Show
I don’t know how I missed this, but Denny Wilson didn’t. I know you’ve all seen the original video of the house that was decorated with lights and synched to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Wizards In Winter. There have been a few copies - other houses with lights synched to other TSO songs - but nothing as unique as this one:
There. My desktop is clean. I think I’ll take the rest of the day off.
Doug
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We saw th truck in Richmond at our tree lighting ceremony. It is way more awesome in person! It has become an annual tradition in these parts. Everyone looks forward to it.
Aluminating! Riveting! We are Airstreamers too, and LOVED the lightshow! Gotta have Aluminitis to completely appreciate this one.
I created this light show for an Airtream club rally last summer, just for fun and to see if I could do it. I did it without a computer or commercial controller, almost entirely from junk and surplus parts.
I gotta ask: How do they have the drum turning without twisting off the wiring?
The rotating bulbs don't need to plug directly into the power source. A generator on board allows just one small connection to feed the entire system. You can follow the above link to the news channel web site for more information.
Two examples of what folks can do with holiday spirit and a little time on their hands. And the rest of us get to enjoy it all.
I saw the cement truck in the newspaper last week I think. Positively amazing! I also remember the first house video with the synched lights to the TSO song. That was great because it was a new idea. Got a zillion hits on youtube. Nice to see a fresh approach.
Always such neat things on this blog, I love it!!!!
Well, uh, thank ya' ma'am, thank ya' very much...
Doug