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Old Halogen Torchiere Conversion to Compact Fluorescents
It's not like these things have disappeared, but do you have any of those halogen torchieres hanging out in your house? For some reason when I was single, I always had three or four of these things...
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A Big Post About Compact Fluorescents
I've been collecting information about CFLs for a few months now, and I've kept from writing this post for some reason until now. There is so much back and forth out there about compact fluorescents...
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CFL Insect Lights?!
I just got my first mosquito bite. Mother%^$#% monkey sweat *&%^ crap. Some time between the weeks of weather here in Denver with one day at 70°, the next at 40°, and the next at 70°, those...
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An Interesting CFL Project – More Like CFLED
Make Mag had an article about a Make-er that created an LED lamp from a used "CFL ballast case." There are several reasons why I('m probably not going to recommend that you try this project – it's not...
View ArticleCan't Please Everyone All The Time, I Guess – Municipal Lighting Edition
I have been getting a kick out of a few news articles posted lately about municipal whining regarding LEDs and "energy efficient" lighting applications. Lots of places across the country are...
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Ariel Rojo's Cerdo Ahorrador – The Cutest Pig Light Ever
Ariel Rojo's design studio has produced Cerdo Ahorrador – or translated for people who slaughter the Spanish language, "really adorable little pig bank/light." The fixture contains two things that...
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The Nernst Lamp – An Early Ceramic Glower
In my research on light sources for a project here at KTH, I wandered across an interesting historical light source called the "Nernst Lamp." This source is very interesting; it was marketed by The...
View ArticleGinny from Cree Gets Her CFL Spielberg On
I just got ahold of this video from my favorite LED Social Media Guru, Ginny from Cree. You have to take a few minutes and learn what happens when Grandma drops and breaks a CFL! Check out the...
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The Daily Lamp – Hulger's Pharaoh Pendant Series for Lightyears
Today's Daily Lamp is a very elegant design by Hulger for the Danish lighting company Lightyears — from the Lightyears website: Pharaoh is a unique pendant light created for the beautifully designed...
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Not Your Grandma's CFL – The Brain Compact Fluorescent Lamp
From Belarusian design team Solovyov Design comes an awesome bit of compact fluorescent goodness that breaks the mold of the typical corkscrew-shaped glass envelope. Meet the Insight CFL from Solovyov...
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Vintage Power and Light: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Tungsten Since Edison!
If you’ve been to an architectural lighting, entertainment lighting, or decorative lighting trade show lately, you should notice an interesting trend: the lack of attention to incandescent light...
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HAPPY 2015, WORLD!!!
YEAH! GOOD-BYE, 2014 — and HELLO, 2015! I hope that if you’re out there partying that you have a blast with the rest of your night/morning, and if you’re out there working a show tonight, please have a...
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A Global Collection of New Years 2015 Fireworks
Happy New Year, everyone! I’m not one to do “resolutions,” per se — I haven’t quite figured out yet how not to disappoint myself on day two of the year, so I skirt the activity altogether! Since I...
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Do Carrots Improve Eyesight? No, No They Don’t.
Well, that old tale that we’re all told as kids that if we eat our carrots we’ll have better eyesight has been busted. Mom and dad, you guys are LIARS! It’s a good thing I like carrots as a general...
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X-Rays of Lamps are BAD ASS!
Check this out — an x-ray of some regular ol’ incandescent lamps, some color added in post by the artist, but seriously check this out: TOO COOL! I had to find more. This particular photo above comes...
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Lighting Insights January – Jim Talks FOCUS PALETTES
FOCUS PALETTES! Let’s start out another year of educational lighting and lighting design videos at CHAUVET Professional… This month’s video is a basic primer on Focus Palettes — the why, who, when,...
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Happy Birthday, James Watt (and JimOnLight)!
WHOA! No way. It’s January 19 again, and that means that it is the birthday time celebration for good ol’ James Jim-Jim-Jimmy-Jarooni Watt, the man we have to thank for several different and awesome...
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Prism Power – the ROGUE RH1 Hybrid Product Video
I love programming these videos. I get to work with a real video badass in this market, Todd Murray, who is just one talented mopho, and that is a fact. Better yet, he’s not a douche about it. What...
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Confusion Through Sand – An Experimental Video on Recycled Paper
Something that not many people know about me: Until I was in my late teens, I considered joined the military, as was my initial plan in life. I was going to join up, become an officer with combat...
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Focus Palettes Part 2 – Lighting Insights with Jim Hutchison
Another month, another video, hopefully another bunch of more-informed people making good light! Check it out, Part Two of 2015’s Focus Palettes, in Lighting Insights from CHAUVET Professional. In case...
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