Our favorite Christmas light display!

December 21, 2008

Power bill you ask? It was only $120 in 2007 – because the lights turn on and off. Richard spends 8 hours to program just one minute of music!


Music Box Dancer 2008 – Holdman Christmas Display from Richard Holdman


Winter Wonderland – Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

Want to know what it took to make this happen?

Way to go Richard!!!!!!!!!! For larger video image of Richard’s hard work, HD video and more songs see www.holdman.com

or… for those Trans-Siberian Orchestra fans…

Here’s the original Miller Lite made famous Christmas Lights gone wild.

or

TSO Nutcracker

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Beijing Kicks off Games amidst Celebrated Light

August 8, 2008

 

A light fueled celebration makes front page on the Wall Street Journal online edtion courtesy of the Beijing Olympic Games and Reuters photographers.

This photo slide show leads with four powerful images that demonstrate the power of lighting to celebrate, entertain, express and enhance emotion. This powerful lighting presentation combines theatrical and architectural lighting to add visible energy to the supercharged emotional start of the Olympic games.

What an exciting and outstanding start to the games!

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Don’t worry, it’s still burning!

May 9, 2008

On April 26th we posted on the longest burning light bulb, The Centennial Bulb at the Livermore Fire Deparment.

Just this past weekend it was featured on NBC nightly news which became one of MSN’s most popular videos of the week.  On May 5th the Los Angeles times did an article on the bulb.  

Currently, the Centennial Bulb Site is recovering from a tremendous amount of hits bringing their “..server to it’s knees” per webmaster Steve.   Which means the live feeds of the Video Cam posted on the internet and this blog are not linking.    We’re hoping they decide to upgrade their server soon.

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Longest Burning Bulb

April 26, 2008

 

Surprise ! The longest burning bulb is an Incandescent.
It was originally used as a nightlight over the fire trucks in a Livermore, CA fire station.

Installed in 1901, it’s life is so celebrated by it’s local fan club that it has acually been transported via police and fire truck escort.

It’s connected load is suprisingly only 4 watts! Not bad for an incandescent.

The attached video is a live web cam updated every 10 seconds.

for more info you can go to: www.centennialbulb.org

for the 2nd and 3rd runner up….  http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/lightbulbs.html

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Inspiration

April 8, 2008

“Inspiration is the feeling of beginning at the threshold where Silence and Light meet.”  Louis I. Kahn

Lobell, John  1985  Between Slience and Light: Spirit in the Architecture of Louis I. Kahn.

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