X10 Hallowe'en Display 151
Spic writes "I'm sure alot of us remember the Christmas light display using X10 that was up for last Christmas, well, the same guy has a Hallowe'en display up. Pretty neat idea. You can even vote for your favorite politcal candidate: Bush, Kerry, or The Incredible Hulk. Looks like he also anticpated our arrival."
Re:awww (Score:5, Informative)
RTFA
Re:What's X10? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What's X10? (Score:1, Informative)
From right above the portion you read.
RTFA
Christmas linky (Score:5, Informative)
Christmas lights [216.239.57.104]
*sigh* Mirrordot... (Score:2, Informative)
Slashdotted - Mirrors Here (Score:5, Informative)
Re:What's X10? (Score:5, Informative)
-S
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:4, Informative)
P.S. Some bizzarre perl/apache errors popping up occasionally in the errors_logs - YIKES!
PPS. Good points moosesocks - I'd mod you up if I had any points.
Re:Wikipedia answers all but the question asked (Score:3, Informative)
Hallowe'en derives from Hallow's E'en.
Hallow's E'en derives from Hallow's Even.
Hallow's Even derives from Hallow's Eve.
Hallow's Eve is the day before All Hallow's Day (or All Saint's Day) - the day that celebrates the saints that have no day of their own (eg, Saint Patrick, Saint George, Saint Valentine).
Useless fact #37 for the day. Enjoy.
OT- Modding, Karma, and funny (Score:5, Informative)
so the new thing is to mod up things that are really funny with something other than funny; underrated is typically the best option (it maintains the previous "funny" tag but ups the score and ups the karma) but not everyone got the memo.
That being said, it'd be pretty fresh if my halloween display next year could indeed run Xwindows... or at least Xbiff and Xeyes.
Re:OH CRAP!!!! (Score:3, Informative)
The OS/2 stuff is still cool though
don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:3, Informative)
- the guy has a big public display of lights at his house, twice a year
- he encourages zillions of people see his house & publishes it on the web
- he publishes detailed pictures [komar.org], the address, and lan/lon coordinates [komar.org] of his house.
You would think he'd want people to come see his house, right?
I saw he lived pretty close to where I was so I decided to visit [slashdot.org] - I thought it would be neat to post a video of what the house looked like as people voted.
so I drive there only to find, IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY!!
I got to the head of Blue Heron, and there's a gate that closes at 7 pm. I could call and ask to be let in, but it was 9:15pm on a Sunday night and I know this guy has two little kids [komar.org], so I don't bother calling - it would be rude. As a faithful slashdotter, I would have tried the "911" entry code, but I saw there was a special key for emergency personnel, so I didn't try (plus, they put they keypad in a hard-to-reach place)
<RANT>What is it with gated communities?! I don't see how crime is much of a problem in this place because it's pretty much alone in the countryside. It's not like there is a crackhouse next door. And, since most burglaries occur before 7pm [crimereduction.gov.uk], the gate won't help much. And, if you want to commit some crime at night, just get there before 7pm, wait, and then make your getaway whenever you want -- the gates will always let you out.</RANT>
I'm sure he's a nice guy, but I think he should reconsider where he lives, or push the homeowner's association to remove the gate.
So, anyway, don't try to go there. You're not welcome... unless you come before 7pm, and then sit on their lawn until dark.
Re:don't try to visit ... it's a gated community (Score:4, Informative)
There's a bit of controvery over my lights since in 2002, the Boulder Camera wrote about them and a lot of people drove by (the gates are opened for about two weeks then) and the homeowner's association was not too happy about that. You are welcome to Send HULK an Email (from the webcam page) if you want more info.
And on the "gate issue", while I'm a technical guy, I don't do layer 8 of the networking stack - i.e. except for "Vote for Hulk", I stay outa politics.
P.S. BTW, "Beware of Dog" (really!) - see D-6 in the webcam FAQ [komar.org]
Re:What's X10? (Score:3, Informative)