3D Printed DIY Night Vision Wins the Internet Today
I’m a huge fan of the DIY laser ablation scene, I have been wanting to put together my own X-Y laser CNC cutter for a long time. Something else that has really come a long way in the last 2-3 years is...
View ArticleSteve Shelley Released SoftSymbols for Vectorworks 2017
I’m not a Vectorworks user, but I have used it in the past. But Steve Shelley is awesome, he makes Soft Symbols, and he’s the guy you need to stop and talk to at trade shows, he’s the guy in the...
View ArticleCaveat Emptor: Have You Been Following the #FyreFestival?!
Right now there is a huuuuuuge controversy over a big festival planned by Ja Rule and some guy named Billy McFarlane over the disaster situation called Fyre Festival. There are tons of links on this,...
View ArticleTerrorists Bomb Ariana Grande Concert, 22 Dead
UPDATE, 15:08, 24 May 2017. I’m sorry folks, I just couldn’t look at this yesterday. Too much going on. There has been so much sent out about this terrorist coward attack; I have gotten several...
View ArticleDo YOU Know Rick Hutton? He’s A PERSON WORTH KNOWING!
Ok, so do you? Do you know Rick Hutton? Rick is one of the fathers of our current generation of lighting equipment, fixtures, and color systems — Rick is one of the fathers from the Vari*Lite days,...
View ArticleLight Artist Jay Shinn is up for a CODAWORX Award!
Our industry’s own bad ass gobo maker InLight Gobos supplied gobos for light artist Jay Shinn, whose work is up for a CODAWORX award for the install in Terminal D at Houston’s George W. Bush...
View ArticleHappy 15th Birthday, InLight Gobos! 15% OFF ALL MONTH!
Today is an awesome day, because it’s the birthday of my favorite gobo maker. Happy 15th Birthday, InLight Gobos!!! As far as my dollars and my production budgets go, InLight Gobos is the only gobo...
View ArticleSniper Kills 50+, Wounds 400+ in Vegas Concert Shooting
“He opened fire on a crowd of more than 22,000 concert goers.” Guess what, America? This guy is a terrorist. UPDATES, at the bottom of the post… Quick editorial note right up front: I spent this...
View ArticleJim On Open Heart Surgery
On October 23, 2017, I’m going to be having open heart surgery. I’m 39 years old. There are a lot of things in the world that are pretty surreal to have said to you — that first “I love you,” getting...
View Article$200 OFF for Avolites LDI 2017 Offsite Training!
If you’re on the JimOnLight networks, you’ve probably seen this already, but here’s a last chance offer for my fellow Avolites console and media server users… we’ve got just a few spots left, and...
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