Internet-Controlled Christmas Light Spectacle to Be Retired; Is an Open Source .NET Up to the Job?

To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Featured Video Internet-Controlled Christmas Light Spectacle to Be Retired Alek Komarnitsky, Colorado's (and the Internet's) own Clark Griswold, has decided to retire as his own props master, programmer, best boy, and effects specialist. After 10 years of increasingly elaborate set-ups, Alek has decided to go out with a bang, with his largest-yet rooftop display of open source powered, remotely controllable, Internet-connected Christmas lights. He talks to Timothy Lord about his jest-made-real hobby as "That Guy With the Lights," and offers some advice for anyone who'd like to take on a similar project. ==================================================================== Successfully Consolidate Your Apps in 5 Steps This eBook explores five critical steps that will help organizations to streamline their application infrastructure, reduce infrastructure costs, and transform enterprise data into a trusted, high-value resource by successfully consolidating and retiring their applications. ===================================================================== Additional Features Is an Open Source .NET Up to the Job? Dealing with Electronics-Induced Inattentiveness Resources for Kids Who Want to Make Games? ==================================================================== Does Big Data Spell Big Trouble for Integration? While the term "Big Data" has only recently come into vogue, IBM has designed solutions capable of handling very large quantities of data for decades. IBM InfoSphere Information Server is designed to help organizations understand, cleanse, monitor, transform and deliver data. ===================================================================== Follow Slashdot on Twitter and on Facebook.     You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as samuel.goulder@gmail.com   To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-47675@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.