Linux, Apache, Perl, X10, Webcams... and Christmas Lights 30
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from the blinkenlights dept.
from the blinkenlights dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Clement Moore writes
'Twas the night before Christmas,
and while not a creature was stirring (not even an optical mouse),
/.'ers were posting & moderating with squeals of delight.
When out on the Internet there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my keyboard to see what was the matter.
I knew in a moment it must be Alek's Controllable Christmas Lights Webcam.
But remembered in previous years it was a hoax - /. said damn.
And then, in a twinkling, I realize Alek has done it for real — W'OH!
With 20,000 lights plus giant inflatable Elmo, Frosty, Santa, SpongeBob, and Homer Simpson — D'OH!
The X10 controls and 3 live webcams provide such clarity,
that it has raised over $70,000 for Celiac charity.
'Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!'"
'Twas the night before Christmas,
and while not a creature was stirring (not even an optical mouse),
/.'ers were posting & moderating with squeals of delight.
When out on the Internet there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my keyboard to see what was the matter.
I knew in a moment it must be Alek's Controllable Christmas Lights Webcam.
But remembered in previous years it was a hoax - /. said damn.
And then, in a twinkling, I realize Alek has done it for real — W'OH!
With 20,000 lights plus giant inflatable Elmo, Frosty, Santa, SpongeBob, and Homer Simpson — D'OH!
The X10 controls and 3 live webcams provide such clarity,
that it has raised over $70,000 for Celiac charity.
'Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!'"
X10? (Score:4, Funny)
Was X10 even active when Linux was developed?
Oops (Score:2)
Oh, that X10:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard [wikipedia.org]
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Was X10 even active when Linux was developed?
Yes, if you ran SCO Unixware or Openserver.
Who am I kidding, that is way too cutting edge to compile without some serious work.
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To clarify my previous acknowledgement, I thought it meant X10 as in precursor to X11.
Again, my bad.
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that was my thought on reading it too.
My version (Score:5, Funny)
Nothing was stirring, except for the mouse
Of one solitary user, as surfed 'til the morn,
Trawling the web, for deviant porn.
I Didn't Get Invited for Reindeer Games (Score:3)
My annual self-promotional post (Score:1, Offtopic)
My string of networked RGB Christmas lights: http://www.youtube.com/treegeergb [youtube.com]
The first attempt was in 2006 (ATTiny2323s, each controlling 4 RGB LEDs, wired together with an unholy amount of wire-wrap wire, with the controller chips soldered "dead-bug style" and wrapped in heatshrink.
The first decent-looking prototype was 2007. The first music-choreographed video was from 2008, with another one from 2009. I haven't made any new music videos since then, but the lights still work fine. My goal for next year i
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What poem are you referring to? I didn't see anything that'd qualify as a poem...
on Opera (Score:2)
What does this mean?
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popup: "WOW an Opera Web Surfer \nPlease Sing for the Internet!"
What does this mean?
It means slashdot uids have reached 7 figures. It went downhill at 6, but 7 is disastrous
Open Source Xmas (Score:2)
Which I would like to take a moment to say what a wonderful idea in celebration of this year.
To all my Slashdot's which I have written for over the years, mostly in a negative tone, but thanks for the Excellent Karma anyway.
Merry Christmas everyone, may peace be with you, and keep you.
-Hackus
Huh (Score:1)