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  It’s the holiday season! In this episode of Lighting Nerds:   Happy birthday Columbus McKinnon, visit their blog at: http://blog.cmworks.com/   Incandescent is dyyyyyying. Yes, it’s true, thank science, and you can watch its death throes in art form: http://livedesignonline.com/architainment/rage-against-dying-light And then we talk about it. E-mail us your thoughts!   We discuss visualizers.…

  In this episode:   History and terminology: Fresnel lenses Here’s a diagram for your enjoyment: http://www.uq.edu.au/_School_Science_Lessons/27.5.1.4.GIF   Industry news: The New York Times re-instates designer credits   Tech talk: plots Examples: 1 Decent 2 Pretty close 3 Pretty good 4 Not the worst 5 Boring day 6 REALLY BAD 120k example   Note: you…

In this episode: History and terminology: Limelight Tech: LDI products: The PRG Ground Control remote followspot, the Martin Atomic 3000 LED Designing, specifying, and setting up a ground package Tour reviews: Mrs. Carter tour designed by LeRoy Bennet Links: http://livedesignonline.com/lighting/ldi-new-product-prg-groundcontrol-followspot-system http://www.martin.com/en-us/product-details/atomic-3000-led http://livedesignonline.com/projects/beyonce-mrs-carter-show-world-tour Note: we recorded the majority of this episode a few days before the…

Our first real episode! In this episode: History and terminology: “Leko” lights Tech: Lua scripting Lime and mint LEDs The Clay Paky Mythos Links: TimeLord’s Lua scripting: https://www.timelord-mtc.com/index.php?cID=150 Ma-Share: www.ma-share.net CIE Color space   Short aside folks: in this episode I say, in reference to the ETC PARNel that it “is a Fresnel optic in…

Today, we launch the Lighting Nerds podcast, a podcast of live entertainment and event lighting, technology, and design. Stay tuned for updates!