Xmas2003 writes "Over at Linux.com, Zonker writes about Alek's Controllable saint nicholas Lights for Celiac Disease.

This annual the net* tradition uses a hi/low-tech combo of LAMP'ed Redhat Web Servers, a 7+ year old Thinkpad running Ubuntu for the X10 control, and an old-school webpage design that could be politely described as Web 0.0 — wait until you see the brisk cursor — D'OH! The site is free (and totally fun) as it also raises perception and philanthropy for Celiac Disease — over $70,000 to the health center of Maryland.
Nifty cine of the crazy kriss kringle display can be seen on the kriss kringle Blog (notice Clifford Stoll's The Cuckoo's Egg in post #220) plus watch videos of it in action with comedic history.
Nothing quite says kriss kringle like a giant, inflatable HULK wearing a Santa Hat... along with three wise men of Elmo, SpongeBob, and Homer Simpson. The Slashdot Effect of turning 21,000 santa lights ON & OFF this evening should provide quite a saint nick Eve show to Alek's neighbors... and also the International Space Station."

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