Lighting ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — shelving, lighting, tools, tripod

Aug

2009

* Fold out shelving system. Wow this is just awesome looking. * Kurt’s key list of propbuilding tools. * Rich and Bob’s Tripod reco — Gitzo1541T and the Really Right Stuff BH-40LR. I actually need this. * Hangman light. Awesome tho I think the rest of the family might object.

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — Leg Lamp edition

Aug

2009

Remember the Leg Lamp from A Christmas Story? * USB Aroma Diffuser/Hub/Moodlight — good to see that the tech industry inventive spirit remains alive, with products like this the US economy will remain a juggernaut for years to come. * Paperclip Lamp. I bet it breaks if you adjust it too many times. * GSelect. ...

Stuff I Want But Don't Need — Themeless

Jul

2009

* Solar Camping Lantern — I remember the old coleman lanterns using white gas, the pumping, the mantles. What a pain in the a$%. This looks way simpler. * King Cobra wristwatch — awesome looking. Tho I have completely given up on wristwatches. * Carabiners make everything better. So true. * Denture ice cubes. Seriously ...

DIY links — plywood,glass etching,nightlight

Jun

2009

* Single sheet plywood design contest. I’ve made a lot of single-sheet coffins for halloween, here are some other cool ideas * Etched glass storage jars — I have old chemist bottles I bought from various sorts, here is how to fill out your mad scientist lab. * Cosmic nightlight. Just looks cool.

My fascination with strange lighting

May

2009

* Lamp with Pigtails | Design Milk. Seems vaguely creepy, a bunch of these with dimmers in the living room for a halloween party would be eerie. * Love these egg lights too. Fully lit they are kind of cheery. Put a dim pulsing bulb in there and it feels like the lower deck of ...

The flashlight jumps the shark

Sep

2008

Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Preview: Stanley 3-in-1 Tripod Flashlight. For the person who already has 37 flashlights and wants more.

Hot glue for expressive LED diffusion

Sep

2008

MAKE: Blog: Hot glue for expressive LED diffusion — nice looking effects. Has to be some Halloween potential

Halloween ideas — green fire, rope lights, DMX, floor plan software

Jul

2008

* How To Make bright green fire | Wonder How To — cool looking, i wonder how toxic this is * Cheap ambient lighting with rope lights. Cool idea, my mausoleum could use this * simple DMX controller. I went away from DMX as most of my effects are outside, and water doesn’t mix with ...

‘Image Fulgurator’ prank

Jun

2008

CrunchGear » Archive » ‘Image Fulgurator’ ruins photos with hilarious results — this is awesome.

Serious Biker Gear

May

2008

Some of my partners claim to be bicyclists but until they have one of these setups, I’m not buying it

Lemnis Pharox LED Bulb

Mar

2008

Cool Tool: Lemnis Pharox LED Bulb — seems like a good bulb. ordered.

Mathmos lights

Nov

2007

Mathmos Lights – USA and Canada Shop only – Mathmos Lights USA and Canada Shop only — I’m a sucker for these

Tesla Tuesday

Aug

2007

Dark Roasted Blend: Tesla Power in Your Backyard — some awesome Tesla coil displays

Lighting ideas

Jun

2007

* Welcome to tapemonster.com — some glow in the dark tape up here, might be useful * Lunabrite rope light. probably not that useful for halloween projects but still cool.

Early early halloween planning

Mar

2007

One thing I have plenty of is fog. Between my whole yard fog system and my 4-5 point fog systems, i have fog galore. This year I’d like to do a little more with fog and lighting. Fog Machine Vortex is one idea i may try. Another I am working on is to project a ...

All things Tesla

Feb

2007

Dave found an awesome site on tesla coils — Tesla_Downunder — the laser stuff on this sight is awesome as well

Plasma bulbs

Feb

2007

Plasma Light: Way Cool Tesla Device for a Lamp — these could be useful in a halloween mad scientist setup

Glowing orb

Jan

2007

From Make, plans for a glowing orb — lots of ways to use this idea for halloween.

Great LED products

Oct

2006

Super Bright LEDs — lots of great LED products up here, I am getting some UV LEDs to replace some lamps in some Malibu lights.

New Halloween finds

Aug

2006

* i-Zombie.com • Welcome! — high power color organs — 1200 watts!!! this is tremendous. * Unit 70 — great skeletons thanks to kurt for the tips.