Christmas is Coming

Couple of Christmas bits to get ya in the spirit: We have a link to Planet Christmas as well as the tech details and even some danger. This thing features 96,790 miniature Christmas lights, 7.2 miles of wire to connect everything, 110 strobe lights, the 8' inflatable snowmen, handled by 425 computer controlled circuits. A slightly less ambitious project was submitted by apago. This project lets winamp control christmas lights, complete with schematics for the serial interface and source code for the plugin.

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Re:Happy Hannakah

[adamy]

Actually, please forget about Hannukah. It is a nothing holday, that is only mentioned 'cause it falls out near X-Mas. If you want to show how truely open minded and all embracing you are, tell someone Chag Sameach on Simchas Torah.

While the story of Hannukah itself is interesting, its long reaching affects are more so. After the revloution which pushed the Syrian-Greeks out of Israel, the Macabees assumed the leadership of the country, They were so bad at it, they invited, yes, invited, the Romans in. Once the Romans had a foothold, they assumed control of the country...which lead to the Diaspora (and Christmas...and Easter).