Saturday 22 December 2007

Amazing Perth Christmas Lights



The blurb with the video clip says:

26,500 light bulbs, 128 lighting channels, 5 kilometres of electrical cable, 220 man hours to set up and $3.40/night in power to run - the end result is thousands of excited children and adults viewing this amazing Christmas lights show.

Every light is synched to music which is heard by motorists on a FM92.5 as they drive past this home in Bishop Riley Way, Churchlands Western Australia.

We aim to raise $10k for children's charities - as at 21/12 we've raised $6,071 - drive by til December 28


If you're in Perth, check it out.

Update


We drove past the house tonight. The traffic was very heavy, and there were lots of people there. It's much better in real life than on You Tube, so check it out.


While you're there, make sure you make a donation, towards children's charities.

Sunday 9 December 2007

Mark Cullen

I was talking with a friend today, who goes to Riverview Church, and she loaned me a live CD of their worship. While I was looking for lyrics for the songs, I came across Mark Cullen's blog. Mark is involved with Riverview, and his blog looks interesting.

Check it out!

Wednesday 5 December 2007

The Night Before ...

I read this years ago, and found it on the urban legends website:

'Twas the night before implementation and all through the house,
Not a program was working not even a browse.
The programmers hung by their tubes in despair,
with hopes that a miracle would soon be there.
The users were nestled all sung in their beds,
while visions of inquiries danced in their heads.
When out in the machine room there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my desk to see what was the matter.
And what to my wondering eyes should appear,
but a super programmer (with a six-pack of beer).

His resume glowed with experience so rare,
he turned out great code with a bit-pusher's flair.
More rapid than eagles, his programs they came,
and he cursed and muttered and called them by name:
On update! on add! on inquiry! on delete!
on batch jobs! on closing! on functions complete!
His eyes were glazed-over, fingers nimble and lean,
from weekends and nights in front of a screen.
A wink of his eye, and a twitch of his head,
soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
turning specs into code; then turned with a jerk;
And laying his finger upon the "ENTER" key,
the systems came up and worked perfectly.
The updates updated; the deletes, they deleted;
the inquiries inquired, and closings completed.
He tested each whistle, and tested each bell,
with nary an abend, and all had gone well.
The system was finished, the tests were concluded.
The users' last changes were even included.
And the user exclaimed with a snarl and a taunt,
"It's just what I asked for, but not what I want!"



I guess you have to be a programmer to appreciate it ...

Tuesday 4 December 2007

Street Art 3D

While browsing through blogs, I came across this site.  Among the art I came across the following picture.

It's a chalk drawing, on the road.  Isn't it amazing?