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My Other Blog

Posted on November 15, 2010

I’m now blogging on less light-oriented topics over at http://ludditefallacy.blogspot.com

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Meshed Network Light Suit Technical Details (part 3)

Posted on November 2, 2010

OK, so my last post (part 2) was basically a whole bunch of history of the evolution of my EverSequence light sequencing software. This year, I figured I would put together some hardware (getting to that in the next post) … Continue reading →

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Meshed Network Light Suit Technical Details (part 2)

Posted on October 29, 2010

This is part two of a series of blog entries for the massive percentage of the myriad ALG fans who are fascinated by the technical intricacies of all the AustinLightGuy Light Suits. If you’re in the small majority of people … Continue reading →

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Meshed Network Light Suit Technical Details (part 1)

Posted on October 20, 2010

I’ve been putting off posting more details on the meshed-network-controlled light suits, as promised in my last blog entry, until I made enough progress on the whole project to be confident that it’s all going to work.  Although it has … Continue reading →

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Kicking It Up a Notch for XMas 2010

Posted on October 6, 2010

ALG groupies will know that every year, I try to kick the light costume up a notch. The first light suit was a meager two or three strings of normal, incandescent mini-lights pinned to some black sweats. I pulled the … Continue reading →

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Great Pumpkin Progress

Posted on September 26, 2010

My Great Pumpkin is coming along nicely… I got 5mm EL Wire for the body ridges and they really look nice and thick now that they’re on the frame.  I started out taping them with transparent tape, but that really … Continue reading →

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Halloween 2010

Posted on September 21, 2010

Well, we’re out of the aughts and it’s almost holiday season, 2010! To celebrate, I’ve decided to go ahead and do a light-oriented costume (actually, two – Cherie wants one too now) for Halloween this year.  My friend Sean got me thinking … Continue reading →

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Trail of Lights Officially Dead

Posted on September 20, 2010

In case you missed it, the Austin City Council officially killed the Trail of Lights this past week, in favor of channeling the three hundred and seventy some odd thousand dollars it would have cost to park maintenance. While I … Continue reading →

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Welcome!

Posted on September 19, 2010

Welcome, AustinLightGuy fans! In addition to a number of enhancements to wearable light costumes (which I’ll blog about shortly), I’ve decided to enhance the web experience this year by adding this blog. I hope to describe what I’m up to … Continue reading →

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