Tag: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Apparently, even domestic Christmas lights are controlled by computers nowadays, and hopefully, as you all know, that means they're hackable. Andrej Kyselica, a Microsoft employee, took some GE-35 Christmas lights, hooked them into a .NET Micro Framework embedded controller, took another developer's work, developed a driver -- and voila! PC-controlled Christmas lights (video after the break). ...

In December 1990 there was a single web site on the Internet, and by the end of 1991 that figured had jumped to ten. Today there are millions of sites and billions of pages, and the web is a universe unto itself. It's impossible for any one person to keep track of even one percent of the interesting stuff happening on the web, but still we try until our favorites folders are overflowing, our ...

I know I'm at least a day late on this one, but in case you're still in the mood to see some pretty lights, SantaStars is a decent Google Maps app that shows you locations and pictures of impressive holiday light displays. I think they may have gotten a late start since there's only 85 stars on the map, but more than likely you'll be able to find something in your area. And, of course, if you have ...