Titus's Halloween 2011

[Titus]

Last year's effort is HERE. I upgraded a little this year:

[Sharpie]

That is awesome Todd. What's the deal with the singing pumpkins?

[Titus]

That is awesome Todd. What's the deal with the singing pumpkins?

Thanks Chris... The Singing Pumpkins use an animation movie file projected through a viewsonic video projector (found on craigslist) onto real pumpkins. The video doesn't do them justice because you can't see the pumpkins but live you see the pumpkins. The animation file has them singing 8 different songs, including Grim Grinning Ghosts (Disneyland haunted mansion), the theme from A Nightmare Before Christmas, Thriller, The Monster Mash, Ghostbusters, and others.

[Sharpie]

Ahhh, makes sense now. That's just plain, damn, cool.

I cut one similar to the middle pumpkin and put a strobe light in it. Woopee.

[VFR750]

wow....great job

[cArAzzIE]

awesome! i've always decorated in the past, but just wasn't up for it this year. really hard when my granddaughters bday is the 30th and all the planning and work that goes in to that!love last years too - i bet the neighborhood kids (and the adults) loved it as well!!!

[black roadster]

Spooky!

[Titus]

Thanks guys... I put a lot of effort in to new things this year and have a whole list of things I was going to work on for next year. In past years we have gotten 60-70 ToTs, but this year there were only 25. I don't know if it was an anomaly, or If this is a new trend. It makes me weary about putting in the effort again.

[Titus]

For those interested in the LED spotlights I was collecting parts for a while back, here is a picture of how they turned out, and the blue glow that lights up each headstone in the video is them in action. Total cost if you bought EVERY part would be about $70 for 20 lights. If anyone wants a parts list and instructions, let me know.

[HudsonHawk]

Very cool use of technology.

[Titus]

Very cool use of technology.

Thanks... After I completed it, I realized that these powered USB hubs where effectively 5v power strips. It really has me thinking what other 5v creations I can come up with that utilize them.