Xmas Lights + X10 + Webcam = Fun 178
Clark Griswold writes "My brother has outdone himself this year, installing 22,000 Christmas Lights on the outside of his house alone. The real beauty is the X10-Webcam Combo that allows you to turn the lights ON and OFF and see the results of your handiwork. It only works between 6pm and 10pm MST, but it's pretty fun to turn the zones on and off (though I'm not so sure the neighbors like it!)."
Whoa. (Score:1)
live spousal beatings (Score:4, Funny)
Re:live spousal beatings (Score:1)
Re:Whoa. (Score:2)
But they look so normal... (Score:2)
OK, this is really cool, and makes me want to wire my house this way.
And they looked like such a *normal* family.
How are you supposed to know that your neighbors won't do something equally disruptive, if you can't spot the wackos?
Even just 1kW of lights must make it daylight in the living room of the house across the street. Never mind arbitrary blinking, multiple colors, TV crews and tourists driving by...
Useful (Score:2)
Re:Useful (Score:3, Funny)
Slashdotted Christmas Lights (Score:4, Funny)
Message for <withheld>: The lights are being switched ON and OFF off too fast - try again in a few minutes ...
Abused... (Score:5, Insightful)
So naturally, we posted it on Slashdot. Maybe a limit of switching the lights 3 times withing 5 minutes TOTAL FROM ALL USERS would have been better. Very cool though.
PS: Have we ever slashdotted a X10 system before?
Re:Abused... (Score:5, Funny)
- PS: Have we ever slashdotted a X10 system before?
Not sure, I'd like to slash-burn X10.com . . .Re:Abused... (Score:1)
or maybe the electric cut him off
Re:Abused... (Score:5, Funny)
I suppose we all have the right to
Re:Abused... (Score:2)
More to Abuse (Score:3, Informative)
Well, we can make that two. This guy [drivemeinsane.com] has a similar setup in his house, but it's all indoor action. Lights on, Lights off etc. It shouldn't be too hard to kill this guy's server either.
OOPS (Score:1)
oh great (Score:1, Redundant)
Re:oh great (Score:1)
Ah slashdot... (Score:5, Funny)
Oh my.... (Score:1, Redundant)
It's Fooked (Score:1)
Slashdot is the Grinch (Score:5, Funny)
Tim
Re:Slashdot is the Grinch (Score:2, Insightful)
a merry christmas to you sir, and everyone else while I'm at it.
Jeff
Re:Slashdot is the Grinch (Score:2)
Well... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Slashdot is the Grinch (Score:1)
Re:..What would Jesus Christ do? (Score:2)
Sounds a lot more fun than "seeking communion with fellow people to honor Jesus through prayer, praise, and joyful feasting"
Tim
New Math (Score:5, Funny)
Re:.What would Jesus Christ do? (Score:1)
You say that like it's a bad thing...
The Gaunlet.... (Score:1, Offtopic)
Time to go wire up an 50 or so 7 segment display's
so I can scroll the latest slashdot headlines across my front front yard.
I'm dreaammming of geek christmas.
Gotta love the holidays.
Re:The Gaunlet.... (Score:1)
Re:The Gaunlet.... (Score:1)
Re:The Gaunlet.... (Score:1)
5x7 matrix displays, or 17(?)-segment displays would do the job.
His front porch has been slashdotted. (Score:1)
Re:His front porch has been slashdotted. (Score:1)
Google cache (Score:1)
Re:Google cache (Score:3, Informative)
And his neighbors say.... (Score:5, Funny)
Not only did the server that runs them crash, it took all 22,000 lights with it.
WOOHOO!!!!
Re:And his neighbors say.... (Score:2)
"NOTE: There was a HUGE increase in the amount of "light flickering" starting Xmas Eve shortly before 7:00PM (maybe Santa's GPS failed, so he was using my house as a navigation aid?!?
Heh... heh.... bwahahaa....... mwahahahaha...... rotfl.....
That's classic....
Re:...What would Jesus Christ do? (Score:1)
X-10 (Score:1)
You Bastards! (Score:2)
You Slashdotted the good, old-fashioned Griswold family Christmas!
Re:You Bastards! (Score:1)
Brother? Uh huh (Score:1)
Now that it's down (Score:2)
Lol. This guy's brother sold him out for the 5 karma points he got for getting his story posted...
This guy has done better (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:This guy has done better (Score:1)
Re:This guy has done better (Score:1)
Re:This guy has done better (Score:1)
Re:This guy has done better (Score:1)
In related news.... (Score:5, Funny)
There's always uglychristmaslights.com (Score:1, Informative)
On the first day of Christmas... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:On the first day of Christmas... (Score:1)
I feel sorry for... (Score:5, Funny)
X10 and their marketing.. (Score:2)
Re:X10 and their marketing.. (Score:1)
Re:X10 and their marketing.. (Score:1)
Now if you can disprove this by URLs, go right ahead..
Re:X10 and their marketing.. (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.smarthome.com/about_x10.html [smarthome.com]
http://www.x10.org/ [x10.org]
To quote from the x10.org website: "X-10 is a powerline carrier protocol that allows compatible devices throughout the home to communicate with each other via the existing 110V wiring in the house."
Incidently, notice that the x10.org's product search link points to smarthome.com as opposed to x10.com, and none of the products on the smarthome site link to x10.com yes, x10.com does sell home automation gear, but in the context of the article they were talking about the protocol, not x10.com gear specefically.
Re:X10 and their marketing.. (Score:1)
I would like to recommend to everyone that uses SmartHome gear to make it clear that you are using the product, instead of the generic name in which will cause plenty of folks needless grief.
/. light haiku (Score:5, Funny)
Brother was envious and
slashdoted my lights
Where's that Janie Porche Chick? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Where's that Janie Porche Chick? (Score:1)
Guess that did not save Christmas from getting slashdotted....
zm
Wake Me When The Shuttle Calls (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wake Me When The Shuttle Calls (Score:1)
Re:Wake Me When The Shuttle Calls (Score:1)
Re:Wake Me When The Shuttle Calls (Score:2)
Why? (Score:1)
What a way to wish your brother a happy holiday... (Score:1)
Right Technology, Wrong Vision (Score:2, Funny)
I thought X10 gear was only for spying on pretty young women in tight clothes.
I guess those popups were misleading me...
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
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Any Chance... (Score:1)
this post + slashdot = (Score:3, Funny)
poor neighboors, if they didn't like it before, I wonder how they like the crazy flashes of thousands of slashdotters playing around with the lights
In Soveit Russia... (Score:2)
A lousy T-Shirt (Score:1)
All i want for christmas.... (Score:2)
Perl cgi not up to the task (Score:1, Flamebait)
Re:Perl cgi not up to the task (Score:1)
Re:Perl cgi not up to the task (Score:2)
I had a friend who had an X-10 controlled... (Score:4, Funny)
The greatest gift of all... (Score:1)
Yeah, that's great and all... (Score:2)
- A.P.
Your loss (Score:2)
karma whoring for the lazy (Score:1)
http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:sVe6bz6mGQo
http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:MnEhsQDlHFI
just wait a few mins for the pix to load
Re:karma whoring for the lazy (Score:1)
Poor Neighbors.... (Score:1)
electric bill did it? (Score:1)
Merry Christmas, Bro! (Score:1)
Worse than D.O.S. (Score:1)
Damn! Mr. Goatse just sent his Ascii art. SouthWest passengers are in for a real "treat".
For shame!@# (Score:1)
On the first day of xmas, my brother gave to me... (Score:1)
This has already been done (Score:2)
If you like Christmas lights... (Score:2)
Merry Christmas to those that celebrate it.
You are silly. (Score:2)
Tim
Re:Not to be a grinch... (Score:1)
Re:Not to be a grinch... (Score:1)
Snow sculptures! You can't connect those to computers. Or can you . . .
Re:Not to be a grinch... (Score:1)
Re:X10 Must Die! (Score:3, Informative)
Re:jesus crust on a popsicle stick (Score:2)
You get what you get, and if you don't like it, you go someplace else. If a person's interactive christmas-light-display can't handle thousands of people accessing it at the same time, then most of those people won't get to see it. If slashdot doesn't post the article, then none (or very very very few) of these people will get to see it.
So to answer the question you thought was rhetorical, the point of posting the story was to show as many people as possible what this project was, then to open the topic up for discussion. Enough with this slashdot-owes-me-fast-links crap. Grow up.
Re:jesus crust on a popsicle stick (Score:2)