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Archive for November, 2007

LDI Report::Part 3::Midrange Lighting Control Consoles

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Lighting | No Comments »

My real mission at LDI was to review lighting consoles--management is considering replacing our Hog 1000 in the next year or so.  The Hog is serving our needs well, but we've already used up both DMX outputs, and Hog programming ...

LDI Report::Part 2::Cool Products

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in Lighting | No Comments »

These are a few interesting products that I saw at LDI.  I spent most of my time at the show looking at and trying out various lighting control consoles.  I didn't have time to prowl around the smaller booths where ...

LDI Report::Part 1::Eye Candy

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 Posted in Lighting | No Comments »

LDI is where lighting designers go to dream. Companies spend big bucks to bring their products and show them off in the most spectacular fashion. Ironically, some of the less-reputable names have some of the largest booths. ...

Lighting design review: Mutemath in Orlando, FL

Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in Lighting | No Comments »

I don't go to many concerts.  I don't want to spend the money to hear a band play a poor version of their CD.  But I heard from several people that Mutemath was a great live act, and it turns ...

My current Gentoo Linux setup

Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in Software development | No Comments »

This post is a reminder to myself more than it is intended for anyone else.  Well, that's most of this blog.  Gentoo is a great distribution of Linux, but you have to install everything yourself. This is a good ...