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Weekly Updates for 2008-11-09

Darren — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:59:59 +0000

Wondering how so many people end up grumpy at Christmas time… #
Integrating twitter into my Vaderville blog has been an interesting experiment. #

A Christmas Light Enthusiasts Prayer

Darren — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:37:41 +0000

As I untangle strings of Christmas lights, Lord help me to remember that I do this first to honor You. Never let me get so prideful of my display that I fail to see the wonders in the eyes of a child or the joy on the faces of those who are still children at heart. Never let me forget that my total effort is to make Christmas memories, bring cheer and to slow down the pace of a hectic season if only for a moment. And Lord, someday when I meet you face to face, may I hear you say:

“When you made My people smile, you made Me smile.”

Vital Statistics: A Christmas Light Display on Steroids

Darren — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:36:33 +0000

3 houses
80,000 lights
80 channels of animation
FM radio transmission at 107.3fm
virtual snow
virtual Santa
live Santa
synchronized video
LED DMX scanners
40 strobes
mega tree with 10,000 lights
unique tree lighting affects
760 chocolate chip cookies
93 glasses of milk
and oh so much more!

Vaderville Video Passes 227,000 Views!

Darren — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:40:15 +0000

As I reported on December 14 – one of my videos from last years display (Transiberian Orchestra Mad Russian) had about 17,000 views as of November 27. By December 14 it surpassed the 100,000 mark and as of about 5 minutes ago stands at 227,731 views. That’s over 10,000 viewers per day; more each day than I had in all of the first 11 months of 2007 combined!

Gotta love viral marketing!

Take a look for yourself here: http://vaderfamily.info/christmas-2006/20/Â