Fixing Pixels
The display is up! But the work is never finished. With rain, wind, and cold, various problems arise throughout the light season. The main issues is pixels that either lose a colorRead More…
The display is up! But the work is never finished. With rain, wind, and cold, various problems arise throughout the light season. The main issues is pixels that either lose a colorRead More…
Last year, I bought a DIY CNC machine by makermade.com. This year, I upgraded to their newer model which has allowed me to cut coroplast. Often, I get asked “where do youRead More…
I am working on a little (well kinda big) something for this year. It’s a train for my dad! The train consists of an engine (with 2 P6’s in the cab), aRead More…
This year, I am working on an 8′ pixel tree. As it is in a relatively open space on the church property, I am opting to go for 225° or 20 strandsRead More…
This year I will be adding several snowflakes. So far, I have ordered two sets from Boscoyo Studio (ChromaFlakes 24″ (set) and ChromaFlakes 16″ (set)). Although the pages for these indicate thatRead More…
This year, I will have 5 mini trees (Medium ABS Derek’s Dalek MiniTree from Boscoyo Studio). As they will be almost against my house, I am opting to use 7 strings of 10Read More…
There are always presales going on in January at various online retailers. The ones I will be looking at this year are Crockett Fantasy of Lights, DIY Led Express and HolidayCoro. The mainRead More…
The first video is my full length show (15 minutes). I had this playing on weekends during December with 15 minutes between shows (a 5 minute animation sequence with no sound repeated 3Read More…
I wanted to provide of the various forums that I am part of. Each has its strengths and specialty which I find very useful when trying to figure out everything from RGBRead More…
I currently use two RGB controllers: the Falcon F16v2 and AlphaPix 4 v3. Both of these controllers have performed great. The AlphaPix initially gave me some problems with random flashing, but aRead More…