Webcam-Equipped Remote-Controllable Halloween Haunt 24
Xmas2003 writes "Timothy asked yesterday what /.'ers are doing for Halloween and said "Maybe one year Alek Komarnitsky will switch to Hallowe'en instead of Christmas, and offer a webcam-equipped remote-controllable haunt." Turns out he actually has been doing that since 2005 ... and his Controllable Halloween Decorations allow you to turn 10,000 lights ON & OFF plus inflate/deflate the giant Frankenstein, Pumpkins, Grim Reaper, Skull, Headless Horseman, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Homer Simpson."
please have too much fun (Score:1)
internet pipe ? (Score:2)
Hoax? (Score:5, Interesting)
Wasn't this the guy who said he had internet controllable lights but in fact it was just randomly flashing lights?
[John]
Re:Hoax? (Score:5, Informative)
Wasn't this the guy who said he had internet controllable lights but in fact it was just randomly flashing lights?
[John]
Yes. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/03/controllable-christmas-lights/ [neatorama.com]
Re: (Score:1)
on top of that, this isn't unique. Many of us do this sort of thing for real. I do christmas rather than halloween and I'm only one of at least 20 people I know of that do it in my area, considering I haven't actively looked for people doing it, just stumbled across them, I suspect there are many many many more. Of course, I live just outside RTP, NC, so we have a rather large collection of geeks ... this is common here, mine is disappointing compared to others I've seen in the area.
I would totally buy this animatronic spider... (Score:3)
if it weren't $5,100 [lawrenceperson.com].
Seriously? (Score:1)
"WOW - an Opera Web Surfer
Please Sing for the Internet!"
pointless javascript is pointless.
Re: (Score:2)
"WOW - an Opera Web Surfer
Please Sing for the Internet!"
pointless javascript is pointless.
Whereas an Opera user latching onto any excuse to mention to the world that he uses Opera is... also pointless, but kind of amusing for the rest of us.
What's to remotely control? (Score:2)
I grew the pumpkins over the summer in my own garden. They aren't very big, but we carved them into decent scares and put candles inside each.
I struggle to understand, what can possibly be remotely controlled about them...
Re: (Score:2)
Agreed!
It is like GeoCities threw up onto a custom Myspace page, with extra javascript!. I feel like my PC need to run a virus scan now.
Oh, Timothy (Score:3)
Timothy asked yesterday what /.'ers are doing for Halloween and said "Maybe one year Alek Komarnitsky will switch to Hallowe'en instead of Christmas, and offer a webcam-equipped remote-controllable haunt." Turns out he actually has been doing that since 2005
That's our Timothy - never knowingly up-to-date.
off-topic (Score:2, Funny)
So my friend's employer has a Halloween party where the employees can bring their kids to work for the last hour of the day and go trick or treating around the office. When a 3 y.o. and 6 y.o. pair of siblings come up to her desk, they hold out their bags.
She said to them, "What do you say?"
And the little one said, "Please."
And then my friend responded, "What about 'trick or treat'?"
The little one who was in costume and asking for candy, replied sincerely, "We're Christian. We don't celebrate Halloween."
To
Where's the video of it running?! (Score:1)