Yeah, not xmas...

I found this funny and needed to put it somewhere.

This is a screenshot from world of warcraft, a game i play with Amy and Mike.

Webcam

This is absolutely a work in progress, but I have 2 webcam's setup for viewing the cars viewing the display.

I have one pointed out from Zach's room that has pan/tilt/zoom, and clicking the following link should take you there:

Cam1

Second, I have one in the master bedroom pointed out, but this one is VERY bandwidth intense, is being run from Mepis Linux, and using an old crappy cam:

Cam2

Christmas Playlist

12/3 - Here is the playlist of songs for this year

Quick update

12/2 - I haven't done much with the lights the past 2 days because it's been cold as a witch's ... freezer. Geez people, get your mind out of the gutter. Not much to report or any new pictures to post for now.

I had to pick up and fix a couple of things from the winds we've had the past couple days tonight, and I also expanded my music up to the full 22 Christmas Songs. (I'll export the playlist at some point and post it here)

I also worked in the background today on trying to get a webcam going again around my usual work schedule, and didn't get very far with it. I didn't write anything down that I did last year, so it will take me a couple days to get that going, I'm sure.

I made a video with very poor sound tonight, and will try to get another one tomorrow that will hopefully be better. We're supposed to get some snow tonight/tomorrow, too. If we do, I will get some snow covered pics and post them, along with a video.

Day 8...

What a miserable day.

11/29 - Cold. Wet. Freezing Drizzle. What a great day to work on Christmas Lights.










Here's a run down of what I got done today:

Replaced dead net light for bushes with red one, and also got a blue one so there are different colors on bushes now.

















Ran blue LED icicle lights on back half of roofline.














Fixed all channels I had left to realign.














Fixed 1/8 cord going across the garage floor.

Powered the FM transmitter with A/C.

Put all lights on timers.

Day 7...

11/28 - Worked on stuff for about 4 hours today, but mostly cosmetic stuff. I got a lot accomplished, but I still have a couple more hours to go to be happy with it being "finished." Most of what's left is wiring things right, and I need to make a run to get cords for what's outstanding, but I wasn't even going close to a store on Black Friday!

Here's a list of items I tackled today:

Put out Frosty the snowman. Frosty is our oldest decoration and is about 6-7 years old now.

















I trimmed the gargantuan shrub in the front of the house to make it about the same size as the others.













I also put up the net lights on the 3 bushes in the front, but it appears one is not working, so we'll add that to the list for the store. I also put up the multi-colored rope lights on the porch.











I decided to put up lights on the roofline of the south side of the house, and climbed up there and ran red rope lights for the entire surface, and blue icicle lights for about half, as I ran out of working strings. These are on the list for the store run tomorrow.

I also ran as many cords to the right channel as I can with my current ridiculous amount of extension cords, and did some clean up/cord management.

I have all three Light Controllers enabled now, and in their homes in the garage.

I hooked up the iPod and FM transmitter, and wired it all. On the list for tomorrow is also an extension for the 1/8" jack to run to the auxilary port in the second controller on the opposite side of the garage.







The one I have now reaches, but just barely and is exposed to cars running over it, which will not do.












I also put out the sign from last year telling people to tune to 88.7 for the music. I will most likely do a new sign this year and post hours for the lights once I get them on a timer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

11/27 - Worked a little on the lights this morning, with Dylan's help.

Cleaned up the snow globe a little more, and put it in the side yard. Seems to be working OK, and it's relatively windy today and it appears the spot will work OK.











Put the trees out in the front yard, and started wiring them. I had placed the trees out in the yard the other day, and the wind knocked them over this morning, so I figured I would get them done.











Fixed some more yard decorations, and think I have them pretty close to situated where I want them.


















Put the projector out, this year it will be ornaments on the side of the house. I didn't use this last year either, since we didn't do the side of the house. We're just pulling lots of stuff out of retirement, it seems.