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X10 Xmas Light Control with Pan and Zoom

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the chevy-chase dept.

zzxc writes "Last year, slashdot mentioned Alek Komarnitsky's 2002 Christmas Light display with the ability to turn ON and OFF each zone of lights. This year, he has added the ability to pan and zoom the camera in the web control, which works from 5-12 MST. You can select zoom from 1-5x, pan horizontally and vertically by selecting the angle, as well as turn each zone of lights ON or OFF. He also has sensors that tell you the current temperature, humidity, if it detects stars (vs clouds), and more. However after last year's 22,000 web controlled lights, he's "burnt out", putting up less than 4,000 lights. Last year, his lights pulled 78.6 amps of current. This year, he is only pulling about 14.7 amps. Also, last year his home T1 line was completely saturated by all the press attention. This year, he's ready. (Note that this is not referring to X10 wireless video cameras, but to power control devices using the x10 protocol.)"

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  1. OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just saw his wife walk by the side of the webcam naked, and she is hot!

  2. OT: "Slashdot Personals" ad by Violet+Null · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, this has nothing to do with the story.

    So, I'm used for the ads for Thinkgeek. Even the ads for Microsoft don't faze me. But I bring up this story, and the ad is "Slashdot Personals, powered by Match.com".

    And I said to myself, "Wow. Now _there's_ some targeted advertising. That's the sort of marketer that would sell icecubes on the Titanic."

  3. THIS WAS MODDED FUNNY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why modded Flamebait now???

    Plus has low UID and good karma... are mods on crack?

    1. Re:THIS WAS MODDED FUNNY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      poster is a known troll with foul leanings.

      See evidence of being an asshole

      A low UID and good karma don't always add up to a reasonable, well-mannered person. In this case, the poster is clearly not.

  4. He's ready? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's slashdotted already.

    Christmas-nerds do NOT have to tempt the slashdot crowd.

  5. Re:questions i gotta ask by swaic · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Hahahaha.

  6. Re:Actually.. by wackybrit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I forgot you were a Slashdotter. It all floods back. Thanks for dropping a line. I was just checking out the news on your site, and am looking forward to seeing it back in its former glory :-)

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