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…