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Motorboat – A La Matthew Styles
Come with me down the old memory lane. Imaging, if you will a dark dimly lit street in late 1990s. The roads are still red dirt. The sun has long gone down for it nightly rest. Life on the main … Continue reading
Proud Dad or What?
This is a rambling Rant. Recently my eldest daughter moved to south west Queensland to take on the position of Station Cook for a cattle station. She was a 100% city slicker girl. We had 6 weeks over Christmas to … Continue reading
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More Lantens
Those that have seen my display will know i like Lanterns. I have about 30 of them. Whilst at Bunnings recently I picked up 6 more. These are larger that most and are galvanised. Now to work out how to … Continue reading
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Dual Pixel DMX Bridge
One of the great technology waves to hit Christmas Lighting is Pixels. For me probably the most historic display was my MrPacjkethead in NZ several years ago. I purchased a number of pixel strings add to our display. 4 years … Continue reading
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DMX splitters
In a distributed network, you need to be able to connect multiple controllers together on the same universe. However, the display layout doesn’t always enable a simple daisy chain connection. This is where DMX splitters come in handy. They split … Continue reading
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Candy Canes mk2
I bought some more candy canes from Hot Dollar shop again this year. They are translucent red with a white strip. This year I want them on the nature strip so they need to be self supporting and self contained. … Continue reading
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Mini Coro Trees
This is a first for me – Using Coro or Flute board to construct display items. If you want check out what can really be done with Coro board, check out http://www.holidaycoro.com/. These guys do heaps of display items. I … Continue reading
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It is up an going
This year is a low key display. I have remove all the pixels. There will be no Beth Star. The Mega tree made it up with only 2 string failures The spinners made it back the Wreath made it out The … Continue reading
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8 ch dc dmx
Finally got time on these 8 Channel DC DMX controllers Capable of 2 Amps per channel, they Rock. The input voltage is rated at 30v but at a pinch they will operate on 36Vdc. if this is a problem, I … Continue reading
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Where did it all go?
Despite the best intention and planning,life got in the way of Christmas lights again. This week has been momentous. My youngest son married his bride. One of our home schooled daughter had her year 10 completion interview. Add to that … Continue reading
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