Christmas Lights

[jgrafton]

I'm contemplating buying two sets of these lights soon with the intent of hacking them (and having a backup in case I screw up). Shipping sucks, but it seems I can save money with multiple orders - so does anybody else (in the Pittsburgh area) want to buy any Christmas lights (they have more standard ones, too... check out their store)?

Let me know by tomorrow or so, since I plan to place an order soon.

Later there will have to be a feasibility study to see whether the lights actually are hackable, but I have high hopes... might need some ECE types to help me a bit, though.

Comments

[alanv]

Order from Amazon. Over $25 gets free shipping.

[jgrafton]

Not an option, really. All I've seen from Amazon is one badly-rated set sold through Target, and it won't ship until late November.

[chrisamaphone]

I might be interested... don't have time to look right now, but poke me before you buy them and I'll let you know...

[x77303066.livejournal.com]

Our precious mother needs beautiful strings of light strung back and forth across her to emphasize the glory that is BLOCK OF CONCRETE.

Do you know what happened to the lights tech put up there? If not, we should order some for more different hacking :)

[jgrafton]

Uh, I knew of no previous lights being put up there, so...

[qedragon.livejournal.com]

I certainly am not slacking off from OS to read LiveJournal....

That aside, I and my phase-locked duplicate might be up for getting a fairly sizable batch of these. A certain building would enjoy them, I'm sure, and the thought of a spectrum analyzer on the Fence is too good to pass up.

--nwf;

[jgrafton]

One of the eventual goals of the light-hacking (if we can ever get it working) is a "rave the fence" day. I'm thinking that 2 strands should be enough (each is 50ft long or so, apparently), but maybe I should get more? (I'm not even sure these will work, of course).

For decorating our Mother, I'm thinking that standard lights might be a cheaper/more viable option - what would you be looking towards, and how many? (Need to know by tomorrow if at all possible...)

[jgrafton]

Something like this might suit your job, right?

Do you want me to buy a set or two of these for you?

[brpxqzme.livejournal.com]

Slightly off topic, but Jeff:

a) Have you seen the blue lights on the SV1?

and

b) If you have, do you share my opinion that if we're going to keep them, they're gonna need to be diffused a bit to look any good?

[jgrafton]

The last time I visited the systems lab was a while ago, and so I don't believe I've seen these new blue lights of which you speak.

[brpxqzme.livejournal.com]

Okay. Moffingston put them in, but we've kept 'em. They're installed inside the doors, which is why they aren't diffused at all. Yeah, kind of tacky.