Holidays Aren’t Happy for Everybody

December 24, 2015, 6:45 am

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Brothers and Sisters of Light — Lighting Designers, Lighting Directors, AV Teams, Touring Techs, Shop Techs, Students, Teachers, Projection Designers, Production Designers, Lighting Industry Sales Force personnel, Product Managers and Product Leads, Electricians, Engineers, Physicists, Photonics Scientists, Lighting Industry Writers, Lighting Marketers, and anyone else I’ve left out accidentally: We know a lot of people this […]

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Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead has Died

December 29, 2015, 7:44 am

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I'm sorry to Lemmy's family and friends and fans across the world. Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead has lost his fight with cancer.

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Bridge Over Troubled Water, Live, Tear-Jerking Pleasure

December 30, 2015, 2:00 pm

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I used to post a lot of excellent species of YouTube videos on JimOnLight — things that I found amazing, outstanding, or shitty, terrifying.  Here’s one that is pure “I fucking DARE you to watch this at work, and not cry.”  Seriously, I dare you, tough guy!  Come on, bad ass woman!  You got the […]

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David Bowie Has Now Become StarMan. RIP

January 11, 2016, 4:03 pm

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There’s a starman waiting in the sky; He’d like to come and meet us, But he thinks he’d blow our minds. There’s a starman waiting in the sky; He’s told us not to blow it ‘Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile. He told me: Let the children lose it; Let the children use it. Let […]

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Portraits of Photographers With/Without Cameras

January 12, 2016, 5:30 am

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This is such a cool article!  Fubiz posted this a few weeks ago, I’m still catching up from getting ready for this upcoming training season! So generally, Rich Johnson (the photog behind the photos) wanted to catch the expressions behind the cameras for these photographers.  Some of these are absolutely great!!! THIS guy below!  AWESOME […]

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RDM2GO – A Badass Handheld RDM & DMX Magic Box

January 12, 2016, 9:45 am

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Ok, this is pretty awesome.  Nobody paid me shit to post this, CHAUVET Professional makes good gear that kicks most of the mid-range stuff’s ass.  I guess truth is hard to read.   So, below, Ford Sellers, the Senior Product Manager for the PRO line fixtures and equipment, is gonna tell you about the RDM2GO unit. […]

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CAST Software Wins Another Emmy for WYSIWYG

January 13, 2016, 10:35 am

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CAST Software, makers of WYSIWYG, Vivien Designer, and the becoming-popular BlackTrax software have been awarded a second Technical Emmy for their WYSIWYG work. From the blog post at CAST Software’s blog: CAST Software’s wysiwyg was selected as a winner in the Pre-Production Visualization System category of the 2015 Technical / Engineering Achievement Awards for the […]

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Are You Teaching Relevant Lighting?

January 14, 2016, 9:09 am

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Teaching is not just fundamental, it’s imperative to our industry. If you get pissed off reading this, it’s meant for you. What your anger means is that you’re guilty. This can be fixed though, you CAN be an efficient modern lighting teaching instrument.  You just have to want it. I spend a lot of time on […]

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El Capitan Problems with iCloud? Here’s A Fix.

January 18, 2016, 8:54 am

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Everything you do from this post is on you, and has nothing to do with me — this is just a collection of information and my personal anecdote on fixing my Mac.  If you brick your sh*t, don’t look at me, this is just how I did it, and it worked for me.  I didn’t […]

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Andre Huff Breaks Boards with His Face, Offers $2500 Trade Ins on Classic Avo Desks Towards the Arena

January 18, 2016, 12:55 pm

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Ok, so this is only partly true, because I get to see Andre in a few days and I am going to hit him in the face with a 1X4 to see if he can truly withstand the poplar POWER!!! What is truly important here is that Andre Huff of Limelight Design Services, an Avolites Dealer […]

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Shuttle Challenger Exploded Thirty Years Ago Today

January 28, 2016, 1:44 pm

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the failed STS-51-L mission of the Challenger.  It was her tenth mission.  All seven crew members were killed in the failure — this wasn’t quite our finest hour, as America and the world discovered during the Rogers Commission report, a huge part in thanks to the hard-ass stylings of Dr. Richard […]

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JOL Sunday Flickr #31

January 31, 2016, 3:49 pm

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As many times as I write this post, I always see something new in the material.  I love sharing these works with the world.  Do you ever check out the JimOnLight Flickr Group? I hope one of these motivates you somehow creatively.  Have an amazing remainder of your Sunday.

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GoPro Just Released the HD Footage of Felix Baumgartner’s Space Jump

February 5, 2016, 9:01 am

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I don’t know about you, but I was f*cking GLUED to the Space Jump when it happened back on October 14, 2012 — Actually, Igor Fernando de Oliveira Da Silva and I from CAST (I love his long ass name) were in town doing LDI 2012!  That was the big Blacktrax demo room year. This guy was […]

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JOL Sunday Flickr, #32

February 6, 2016, 9:15 pm

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In the movie Basquiat, there is this little story that Jeffrey Wright says as a voice over as Jean-Michel Basquiat that just absolutely murders me every time I hear it: “There was this little prince with a magic crown.  An evil warlock kidnapped him, locked him in a cell in a huge tower and took […]

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I Want the SNL Closing Theme at My Funeral

February 8, 2016, 6:15 am

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So, you know that little ditty that the SNL band plays every closing of every show?  The amazing one, the blues-y/jazzy/epic, in-your-face, the-world-is-happy-and-no-matter-what-we’re-all-gonna-die closer that Lenny Pickett usually belts out on his tenor sax?  I want that song at my funeral.  I don’t want any other music, just that song, and the amazing live version […]

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LAMB OF GOD’s Gear Truck Took A Tumble

February 9, 2016, 8:36 am

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GAH!  Metal band Lamb of God experienced some crap on February 7, 2016 when their gear truck flipped over on I-37 in Texas.  Apparently the highway was closed for several hours while the gear was collected and taken off the roadway.  No one knows the reason, but their gear took a hit, which sucks.  Lamb of […]

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VIDEO: Massive Stage Fire at Mumbai Political Rally

February 15, 2016, 8:12 am

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This weekend, a huge stage fire absolutely destroyed equipment, structure, and pretty much everything that it could consume, in Mumbai during a political rally.  These videos are unreal – pay particular attention to the rigging of the gear as it is on fire. Fortunately, the news is saying no one was reported hurt.  Bollywood rockstars Amitabh […]

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Are You Renting Avolites? Get On the Rental Partners Site!

February 16, 2016, 12:10 pm

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Happy Tuesday, everybody!  It’s been a crazy week so far and it’s only Tuesday — Grammy Awards last night, huge stage fire in Mumbai this past weekend, and the 2016 is just getting rolling.  Here’s to a safe and happy rest of the year! This is a huge worldwide shout-out to all people across the […]

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STOP Aiming Lasers at Pilots, Stupid Bastards!

February 15, 2016, 12:45 pm

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PEOPLE!  People.  We have to talk. Over the weekend, there was an incident that caused a flight out of London to turn around because the pilot had experienced a laser beam in the eye from the ground somewhere.  Here’s the recording from the cockpit with the control tower with the crosstalk about the First Officer […]

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Anonymously, For Whom is Lighting Voting?

February 24, 2016, 11:38 am

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If you’ve been paying attention, you’d notice how polarizing this 2016 Presidential Race has been among our community.  We’ve got IATSE saying they’re supporting Clinton, but a really large majority of the membership is saying “absolutely not are we voting for Hillary, we’re feeling the Bern.” Then there’s Trump.  And Ben Carson.  And still, for […]

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