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Remembering Chernobyl, 25 Radiation-FIlled Years Later
As many of you know, today is the 25th anniversary of the nightmare scenario that occurred on April 26, 1986 in Pripyat, Ukraine. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant performed an experiment that day...
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Vaseline Glass Chandeliers: A Response to Fukushima Daiichi
Some people call it Uranium Glass, insiders call it Vaseline Glass because its color and internal sheen resembles Vasoline as it was made around the 1930′s. The long and short of it is that it’s glass...
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Fukushima, the Continued Nightmare — Get Ready to Freak the F*ck Out
Some readers wonder why I find these kinds of stories important. I normally don’t answer those kinds of emails because I cannot ever think of something to say that doesn’t typically start with what...
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A New DARK SKY PARK in Utah!
Too cool… One of the best organizations I support, the International Dark Sky Association, just opened a new Dark Sky Park in Utah. Check it out! Why not join? It’s pennies a month for an awesome...
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Dennis Quaid Going All “Dopey the Dick” On the Crew is Fake
For all of you out there who have been on set with a serious sack of douches, like we’ve all been at one point or another… as much as I like the guy, I’m glad to hear that Dennis Quaid going full-speed...
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Chauvet Celebrates 25 Years
I thought this was a pretty cool homage to my bosses for 25 years in the business… one thing is certain, they’re very talented business folk with an acumen for innovation. Check out a nice article on...
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I’m Going Home, Ten Years Later, WOODSTOCK
Are you familiar with the band Ten Years Later? Funny enough, it’s been about eleventy years since Woodstock, and this English blues band is still kicking your ass. Since I’m wide the fuck awake and...
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From Chicago Blackhawks to Chicago Bulls in 3 Minutes
I found this incredible video of the transformation that happens between a Chicago Blackhawks ice hockey game and a Chicago Bulls basketball game — all on the same court. Now we think we’re pretty...
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Face Melting ROCK and F*CKING ROLL – Rival Sons
It’s Afternoon Pick-Me-Up time!!! Are you ready to get your face melted off by some incredible power and vocals?! I know I am. I’ve been in a rock-and-fucking-roll-throw-the-TV-out-the-hotel-window...
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ALL ART HAS BEEN CONTEMPORARY
The work of excellent light artist (and general crazy madman of light) Maurizio Nannucci… letting us know that ALL ART HAS BEEN CONTEMPORARY. Think about it. Even the medium is perfect. Hat tip,...
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Chilean Volcano Video – Holy Volcanoballs
This might be the most beautiful footage I’ve seen this year — this is the Chilean volcano that just erupted. Its name is Volcano Calbuco, which in this video is spanish for “Amazing Video of a...
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The Challenge of Lighting America’s Ballroom Challenge
A great article from Lighting and Sound America on the show America’s Ballroom Challenge, written by LD Chas Norton. Most definitely read this great article — PDF link below. PDF link:...
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Sensationalizing Death – WSJ’s Article on Sasoun’s Fatal KÁ Accident
Our industry is entertaining enough; that’s why we’re called Entertainment. But, we are human, and we do make mistakes. Those mistakes are at the heart of the Wall Street Journal’s latest article on...
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A Stage Collapse, Full of Students, at An Indiana High School
What’s most important here? No dead students. One critical injury was reported, but we don’t know what that is yet or if that was downgraded. For their families and loved ones, this is tremendous...
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April 2015’s TOP TEN JimOnLight Posts
Ah, we love seeing what you love to read, what irks you, what you love, what you hate, and everything in between! Like, for example, whenever I post segments of video that appeared somewhere else in...
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JOL Sunday Flickr #28
Do you Flickr? Are you still adding lots of your photos to the social photo sharing site of record? We would hope that you would feel welcome to join the JimOnLight Flickr Group and share your awesome...
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What Happened at Cirque’s KA, from A Thoughtful Tone
After reading the piece this last week from Alexandra Berzon on Sarah Guillot-Guyard‘s passing in the accident at Cirque du Soleil’s KA, there needed to be less frustration in my head towards why we...
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Think Globally, Pee Locally: Urine-Powered Disaster Zone Lighting
An invention that I see becoming pretty popular in places where human overpopulation creates a torrid scenario for both waste management and lighting, let alone just having any lighting itself… solving...
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A Video Introduction to Nanophotonics
Have you ever heard of Nanophotonics? It’s also called nano-optics — things like laser communication, optimizing solar cells and how much they can generate, near-field microscopy, surface-plasmon...
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CHROMA-Q is Looking for A Brand Manager
Jobs, jobs, jobs — awesome company CHROMA-Q is looking for a Brand Manager. Do you know what that is? It’s a pretty freaking awesome gig! Think you have the chops to drive industry progress? Job...
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