Linux, Apache, Perl, X10, Webcams... and Christmas Lights

An anonymous reader writes "Clement Moore writes

'Twas the night before Christmas,
and while not a creature was stirring (not even an optical mouse),
/.'ers were posting & moderating with squeals of delight.
When out on the Internet there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my keyboard to see what was the matter.
I knew in a moment it must be Alek's Controllable Christmas Lights Webcam.
But remembered in previous years it was a hoax - /. said damn.
And then, in a twinkling, I realize Alek has done it for real — W'OH!
With 20,000 lights plus giant inflatable Elmo, Frosty, Santa, SpongeBob, and Homer Simpson — D'OH!
The X10 controls and 3 live webcams provide such clarity,
that it has raised over $70,000 for Celiac charity.
'Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!'"

Comments

X10?

[colinrichardday]

Was X10 even active when Linux was developed?

Re:X10?

[colinrichardday]

To clarify my previous acknowledgement, I thought it meant X10 as in precursor to X11.

Again, my bad.

My version

[Anonymous Coward]

'Twat the night before Christmas and all through the house,
Nothing was stirring, except for the mouse
Of one solitary user, as surfed 'til the morn,
Trawling the web, for deviant porn.

I Didn't Get Invited for Reindeer Games

[Greyfox]

Maybe next year...

on Opera

[RedHackTea]

popup: "WOW an Opera Web Surfer \nPlease Sing for the Internet!"
What does this mean?

Re:Imagery 0

[93 Escort Wagon]

What poem are you referring to? I didn't see anything that'd qualify as a poem...