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    Name:Aaron
    Location:West Allis, Wisconsin, United States
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    Friday, December 16, 2005

    See, I'm NOT a Scrooge!

    I had to post an image of our Christmas tree, so that I could talk about what a geek I am.

    Check it out: Fiber optic and LED lighting! We even bought LED lights to string around the windows. The really strange part is that the LED lights strobe at 60Hz. If you swing them around in a circle really fast you can see it. I wanted to hang circuit boards on the tree, but that idea got a thumbs-down from the other half of the decorating committee.

    4 Amendments:

    gbradley said...

    Nice work!
    I think you should explain to the crowd why the LED lights strobe.
    Are all of the lamps set up with the same polarity, or are they randomly strung?
    I gotta get me some of them there Light Emitting Diode Christmas lights.
    Is that what is reflecting off of the wall?

    12/16/2005 08:57:14 PM  
    Addy said...

    "Is that what is reflecting off of the wall?"

    No, thats just Aaron's cosmic personality!

    12/16/2005 11:22:30 PM  
    Aaron said...

    Is that what is reflecting off of the wall?
    Yes. They're BRIGHT!

    And the strobe can drive you batty when you walk past, because they're all on the same polarity. I wonder if I could flip a few around. Or, maybe I should get a 125VDC power supply. :)

    12/16/2005 11:24:56 PM  
    Lisa said...

    You think your display is cool. Check this out. http://media.putfile.com/Wizards-in-Winter40

    12/17/2005 07:36:47 AM  

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