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Happy Hollidays!

This my first post so bear with me. I would like to give a tremendous thanks to epanorama.net for the info they have posted. Allowed us to put old computers back to work (without MS). My most recent project, we will use the parallel port to control eight light strings with freebasic/linux box on the xmas tree. It will not be fancy, but it will be interesting. Already written twenty different routines that can be easily shuffled with a batch file. Plan to do twenty more for variety. Whole show will last about ten minutes. May also use the home automation web code to make things more interesting. Anyway a big thanx.

This is great!! Because of the economic climate I fear we won't be seeing this kind of disply this year. Fear not! If you invest in quality low voltage lights you can probably pull off a great display without hurting your electric bill. Info at: [url]http://www.lowvoltagechristmaslights.com[/url]

Here are some links to nice and otherwise interesting Christmas Lights displays:

Images:

Spectacular Christmas Lights from Around the World [25 photos]
http://onzin.yarnostevens.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=717&Itemid=46

[img]http://onzin.yarnostevens.nl/images/stories/200812/ChristmasLights004.jpg[/img]


Videos:

Frisco Christmas Lights - Wizards in Winter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szLmAPW39uE&feature=related

Crazy Christmas Lights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD4g0gmQSLk

Christmas Lights Synchronized to TSO Nutcracker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJISYEbPF4E&feature=related

Christmas Light Dance
http://www.leenks.com/video2040.html

Christmas House
http://www.planetvids.com/cool-videos/9695/Christmas-House/

Christmas Light Show - Amazing Grace Techno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTbpuQzMnxA

More videos
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Christmas+Lights&search_type=&aq=f

Technology:

PlanetChristmas! THE place to learn from others how to create incredible Christmas displays.
http://www.planetchristmas.com/
How Do I Do That???
http://www.planetchristmas.com/HowDoI.htm

Computer Christmas: Site for Controlling Christmas Lights, Displays, and Shows with a Computer
http://computerchristmas.com/

How to Make Your Christmas Lights Flash to Music
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Christmas-Lights-Flash-to-Music

How to: Make Computer-Controlled Christmas Lights
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/how-to-make-computer-controlled-christmas-lights
Zedomax DIY119 - Make Christmas Light controller in 5 minutes!
http://zedomax.com/blog/zedomax-diy119-make-christmas-light-controller-in-5-minutes/

Controlling Your Festive Lights with the .NET Micro Framework
http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2008/11/27/9149635.aspx

Christmas Lights controlled with the .NET Micro Framework
http://hackedgadgets.com/2008/12/01/christmas-lights-controlled-with-the-net-micro-framework/

Alek's Controllable Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease (Turn the Lights ON & OFF on-line)
http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/christmas_webcam