Alek's Christmas Lights: Humbug

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Christmas pardons? Bah humbug, says
Cyprus lawmaker (Reuters)

Christmas pardons? Bah humbug, says
Cyprus lawmaker (Reuters) 12/29/2003 11:39 PM
Reuters - Cyprus's straight-laced attorney-general runs the risk of being labelled a modern-day Scrooge after refusing to rubber-stamp traditional Christmas pardons given to minor offenders.

Too many Christmas lights?

Too many Christmas lights? 12/10/2003 07:56 PM
Is there such a thing as too many Christmas lights? I love seeing lavish displays of lights at Christmas time. Some folks like a few old-fashioned Christmas lights and some like to deck the halls in a blaze of glory (this one boasts 700,000 lights). And how much does it cost to run a fabulous display?

"Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!"

"Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!" 12/26/2003 09:03 AM

Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com!

Welcome to Ugly Christmas Lights.com! 12/25/2003 08:07 AM
UGLY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. COM .. and then you have these

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Designer: Christmas Lights on Web a Hoax
(AP)

Designer: Christmas Lights on Web a Hoax
(AP) 12/28/2004 01:11 PM
AP - A man who boasted to reporters around the world that his Web site allowed strangers to turn his outdoor Christmas lights off and on admitted Monday it was an elaborate hoax designed, he said, to spread holiday cheer.

Man admits Christmas lights Web site
scam

Man admits Christmas lights Web site
scam 12/29/2004 11:38 AM

"Alex Komarnitsky claimed that his
17,000 Christmas lights

"Alex Komarnitsky claimed that his
17,000 Christmas lights 12/28/2004 03:30 AM
it was all a hoax

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""Alex Komarnitsky claimed that his
17,000 Christmas lights "

""Alex Komarnitsky claimed that his
17,000 Christmas lights " 12/29/2004 11:34 AM

Christmas lights indicate a strong
economy? (Also dubious)

Christmas lights indicate a strong
economy? (Also dubious) 12/20/2003 06:23 AM
this article by Virginia Postrel .. more» .. WRITES

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Those Internet-controlled Christmas
Lights? A hoax

Those Internet-controlled Christmas
Lights? A hoax 12/28/2004 02:59 AM
Engadget Dec 28 2004 6:15AM GMT

Colorado man admits Christmas lights
website was a scam Online casino strikes
again, buying naughty

Colorado man admits Christmas lights
website was a scam Online casino strikes
again, buying naughty 12/28/2004 07:39 AM
Cnews.canoe.ca - Tue Dec 28, 11:21 am GMT

Prevention – Bah! Humbug!

Prevention – Bah! Humbug! 12/19/2004 03:17 PM
Prevention gets short-changed when a health care system is under strain according to members of The Science Advisory Board. In a recent Instant Poll sponsored by the Board, 50% of the 1,100+ respondents believe that when medical care is constrained by limited resources, disease prevention and health promotion efforts suffer. An additional 25% of those polled think that adequate treatments and therapies are in jeopardy if funding is at risk. In contrast, participants believe that follow-up services and diagnosis receive the most attention regardless of resource limitations. [PRWEB Dec 2, 2004]

passing up an opportunity to go home for
Christmas, so that his colleague could
spend Christmas with his wife and child

passing up an opportunity to go home for
Christmas, so that his colleague could
spend Christmas with his wife and child 12/21/2003 08:35 AM
offers to stay there .. Home News Tribune .. feel good story

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Lights? Not quite

Lights? Not quite 12/28/2004 09:09 AM
USA Today Dec 28 2004 1:19PM GMT

Bryght lights

Bryght lights 09/01/2004 12:02 PM

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Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights...

Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights... 06/11/2004 04:05 PM

Gateway to consolidate Midwestern facilities: With this, Gateway is leaving Sioux Falls completely. This is too bad, as Gateway is a child of South Dakota.

Gateway will close its Sioux Falls, S.D., facility this month, as part of its plan to return to profitability.

Here's a statistic for you: in the last four years, Gateway has reduced their workforce by 91%, from 24,000 workers worldwide in 2000 to just 2,000 workers after this latest round of layoffs.

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and those bright lights

and those bright lights 04/01/2005 02:42 PM
Just after 9 Wednesday morning, we said goodbye to Felix The Bear. He left us peacefully and quietly, surrounded by...

Where Was FERC When the Lights Went Out?

Where Was FERC When the Lights Went Out? 08/06/2004 09:40 AM

SF Chronicle: Death Star' trader admits manipulating California market. The Enron Corp. energy trader who devised the notorious "Death Star'' scheme to bill California for fictitious electricity pleaded guilty in a San Francisco court to a federal fraud charge and admitted plotting to manipulate the market during the state's energy crisis.

Who else should be indicted? An e-mail correspondent this morning points to one of the worst offenders in this scandal: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where inaction in the face of utter sleaze is a way of life. Instead of helping California and the other states that got screwed by the bandits at Enron and other energy companies, FERC has consistently stiffed the victims, offering a tidbit here and there but essentially doing nothing serious. FERC keeps insisting that it's on the case. We'll need some actual evidence one of these days.

Think Blinky Lights

Think Blinky Lights 12/08/2003 03:38 PM
It's that time of year I usually fire up xsnow on my sparc console and stare at the swirling...

NYC Lights Design Competition

NYC Lights Design Competition 01/07/2004 02:02 PM
New York City Lights Design Competition (via Gothamist). What are the existing examples of urban illumination that impress? Are there unused designs or interesting ideas from art and movies floating around?

Texting lights up Glasto

Texting lights up Glasto 06/26/2004 02:20 PM
Techzonez Jun 26 2004 5:12PM GMT

Turn off the lights when you leave.

Turn off the lights when you leave. 07/24/2004 06:16 PM
The end of the light bulb? E. Fred Schubert, a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "claims to have invented a 99-percent efficient reflector that promises to speed the replacement of light bulbs with LEDs." According to researchers, this could happen within the next five years. The current prototype is bankrolled by the ARPA and The National Science Foundation "recently award Schubert's team a $210,000 grant to create in three years a commercial version of his patented omnidirectional reflector."

"Schubert claimed that lighting accounts for 25 percent of U.S. electrical energy consumption. Since white LEDs emit more light per dollar and generate less unwanted heat, they are potentially a major energy saver." (see EE Times link)

Meanwhile, some of the oldtimers seem to be pretty refractory.

Bright Lights Seen in Sky Over 5 States

Bright Lights Seen in Sky Over 5 States 07/10/2004 06:15 AM
Free Internet Press Jul 10 2004 10:12AM GMT

The Truth of Neon Lights

The Truth of Neon Lights 12/02/2003 02:01 AM
She's turning 30. And I mean, turning. Walking, one street fades like a dawn fog and without a signpost or a lamplight she strides into Next, and 24 hours - towards a café she isn't sure is really as open...

Lights in Plague Park

Lights in Plague Park 12/02/2003 01:26 AM
Plague Park has a rather unusual collection of lights hanging from a tree. In the darkness they look like...

PPC FAQ: iPAQ Notification Lights

PPC FAQ: iPAQ Notification Lights 01/04/2004 01:39 AM

Sun Lights Up U.K. Servers, Desktops

Sun Lights Up U.K. Servers, Desktops 12/08/2003 10:33 AM
Systems vendor's low-cost office software line makes more headway against rivals as the company signs Britain's Office of Government Commerce to a five-year deal.

Control TiVo, Lights With Your PSP

Control TiVo, Lights With Your PSP 04/19/2005 08:47 AM

Myriad hacks are emerging for the PSP as eager tweakers have their way with the black box. Add to the list the ability to control your home automation system (and TiVo) wirelessly. Liquidice explains:

I now have the ability to turn my lights on and off. [I] have full control (Play, Stop, Pause, Menu) of my DVD player, TIVO, and High Def TV, all wirelessly from my PSP. ... I put an image map on [some] graphics and created some HTML pages which are hosted on my WACI NX server. The links are crafted so that when the PSP highlights and clicks on a spot on the image map, it instructs the WACI NX server to send an IR signal to my A/V equipment or triggers it's relays to cut power on the lights.

While he doesn't have step-by-step instructions, he explains his methodologies pretty clearly, and mentions that an official Sony web browser for the PSP will make things much simpler.

(#gizmodo frequenter AMIB points out (with some sass, it's noted) that the PSP isn't so spectacular in this feat because all the heavy lifting is handled by the home automation web server. A valid point, by way of saying any device or code that can make a GET request to a web server can accomplish the same thing.)

P SP Home Control 1.0 [psphacks via PVRblog ]

EV-DO lights up mobile data

EV-DO lights up mobile data 08/02/2004 08:00 AM
The light at the end of the tunnel to 3G mobile data services in the U.S. is getting brighter as technology that builds on Code Division Multiple Access networks comes into view.

Red traffic lights in Naples

Red traffic lights in Naples 06/05/2004 03:58 AM

I heard from one of our hosts last night that when driving in Naples, "there are three kinds of red lights. Some you must stop at or you will die. Some provide advice to be careful. Others are merely decoration." Seriously though, I have never seen so many drivers completely ignore traffic lights in my life.

Campaigns rev up as soon as lights go
down (USATODAY.com)

Campaigns rev up as soon as lights go
down (USATODAY.com) 09/03/2004 06:49 AM
USATODAY.com - The general election campaign roared to life Thursday night less than an hour after President Bush's acceptance speech here at the Republican convention. Bush was to head for the crucial state of Pennsylvania shortly after the balloons dropped in Madison Square Garden, and Democrat John Kerry held a midnight rally in Ohio.

More Northern Lights photos

More Northern Lights photos 12/30/2003 12:09 AM
OK, I thought my pictures were pretty cool albeit a little dark and grainy, but check out these photos over at Yahoo....

Lights, camera, technology

Lights, camera, technology 04/19/2004 07:07 PM
CNET Apr 19 2004 11:15PM GMT

Show lights up Paralympics

Show lights up Paralympics 09/17/2004 06:21 PM
The XII Paralympics begins in Athens, after a spectacular opening ceremony.

Traffic lights that stop you from
speeding

Traffic lights that stop you from
speeding 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
Imagine your late for work and you are driving well above the speed limit and much to your frustration every...

Meteor Lights Up Sky in Washington State

Meteor Lights Up Sky in Washington State 06/04/2004 01:08 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Thu Jun 3, 06:31 pm GMT

Northern Lights in Charlottetown last
night

Northern Lights in Charlottetown last
night 12/30/2003 12:09 AM
Did you see the Northern Lights last night between 8:00 and 8:30pm? Amazing. We could clearly see red and green lights throughout the sky, and we were standing under the glow of a nearby streetlight. At one point the eastern sky was so red it looked like there was a huge forest fire off in the distance. I even managed to snag a few pics. They're not perfect but I was pleasantly surprised that they came out at all. Apparently the increased activity is related to the recent solar flares. While trickin' and treatin' tonight, keep an eye on the...

Texting lights up Glasto's tents

Texting lights up Glasto's tents 06/26/2004 01:18 AM
BBC Jun 26 2004 5:01AM GMT

Bono lights up despite smoking ban
(Reuters)

Bono lights up despite smoking ban
(Reuters) 06/18/2004 06:43 AM
Reuters - Rock and roll ain't what it used to be. U2 frontman Bono has apologised -- for having a cigarette.
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