1 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/09/28 09:28:00 It's become a bit of a tradition to open up the Halloween Blog for comments on on September 28th ... so let do it again this year. Here's a few pictures of the Halloween Display from last year.
4 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.150.161.248 (unresolveable) wrote at 2014/09/28 11:48:19 Wooooo... But no snow please! Alek? We are counting on you....
6 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Laurence" from 090.196.203.036 (5ac4cb24.bb.sky.com) wrote at 2014/09/28 13:37:49 YAAAAAAAAAAYYY my favourite time of year is back, Alek is starting the decorating again which means soon it will be Christmas, I am so excited (sad I know!!)
7 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Laurence" from 090.196.203.036 (5ac4cb24.bb.sky.com) wrote at 2014/09/28 13:39:10 Forgot to say, I hope you had a good year Alek.
8 - Hungary - City N/A 47.0000°N 20.0000°E"Peter" from 079.121.082.098 (host-79-121-82-98.net-tv.hu) wrote at 2014/09/28 13:56:23 I glad to see this blog again! Thank You, Alek!
11 - United States - Buffalo New York 42.9864°N 78.7279°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/09/28 19:59:00 Awsome! Can't wait to control the lights again, This and the Christmas one are my favorite webcams!
12 - United States - Beaumont California 33.9494°N 116.9775°W"Anonymous" from 173.058.033.197 (pool-173-58-33-197.lsanca.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/09/28 20:59:31 Hello Alec from Beaumont CA, again. Can't wait for this time of year to get started. So lets GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
13 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Ryan" from 216.232.007.106 (d216-232-7-106.bchsia.telus.net) wrote at 2014/09/28 22:58:52 When will the webcams be up and running Alek? Oh, and how was your year?
14 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Tony" from 085.255.233.098 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/09/29 03:05:22 Huzzah! Hallowe'en blog is up again. Been looking forward to this. I've recently been getting in some spooky surprises for my own celebrations. Hope you and yours are well, Alek. :)
16 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/09/29 07:35:26 Thanks for all the nice comments and yea, last year was good - hopefully the same for others. I hope to everything deployed and operational in a week or two. No snow in the forecast - here's a few pictures from mid-October last year.
20 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"alan eason" from 109.151.192.203 (host109-151-192-203.range109-151.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/09/29 14:31:04 glad to see the blogs open again cant wait for the halloween lights to go up
21 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Gill Luke's mum" from 081.096.176.065 (cpc23-derb12-2-0-cust64.8-3.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/09/29 15:16:56 Here we go! I'm looking forward to this years amazing display of lights, and other goodies :)
22 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.151.069.230 (S01060026f304d4af.ed.shawcable.net) wrote at 2014/09/29 20:38:54 Gonna make history this year!
23 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"0101" from 082.014.015.188 (cpc1-hava2-2-0-cust443.6-1.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/09/30 00:27:28 Your websites are very hard to use Alek.
24 - United Kingdom - Leamington Spa Warwickshire 52.3000°N 1.5333°W"Centauress" from 086.185.254.087 (host86-185-254-87.range86-185.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/09/30 01:44:03 Hi Aelk, No Snow in the Forecast... Heard That One Before.... LOL Hope all is Well with You and Yours X
25 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"alan eason" from 081.156.093.152 (host81-156-93-152.range81-156.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/09/30 09:12:14 hi alek wonder if you will be getting any help with the lights and things ?
Alek replies at 07:59 - My kids aren't as much into it, but they may help a little bit ... plus there's some younger kids in the neighborhood who love to assist, especially with the inflatables.
27 - Canada - Edmonton Alberta 53.4839°N 113.5227°W"Anonymous" from 142.229.090.232 (goa90-232.ext.gov.ab.ca) wrote at 2014/09/30 13:08:08 Just think, Halloween would be just another day without Alek
30 - United States - Las Vegas Nevada 36.3059°N 115.2471°W"Anonymous" from 068.108.041.082 (ip68-108-41-82.lv.lv.cox.net) wrote at 2014/10/01 16:36:38 Vegas checking again this year! The Halloween countdown begins!
32 - United States - Orange Park Florida 30.1294°N 81.7775°W"daniel" from 024.129.032.032 (c-24-129-32-32.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/02 19:26:38 hey alek can you do a real time Halloween set up this year
Alek replies at 21:25 - Probably similar webcam setup as last Halloween, but higher quality feed from the Haunted Office.
35 - United States - Magnolia Delaware 39.0783°N 75.4610°W"Anonymous" from 050.190.128.244 (c-50-190-128-244.hsd1.de.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/04 06:58:38 Is today the day Alek?
Alek replies at 08:07 - You probably won't see much on the front yard until next weekened ... hope the weather is as nice then as it is now! ;-)
36 - United States - Morrisville Pennsylvania 40.1957°N 74.8127°W"Anonymous" from 108.036.138.067 (pool-108-36-138-67.phlapa.east.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/04 17:47:53 Saw the silliest inflatable in Home Despot today. Witches' legs that looked like she fell in the cauldron. They were thrashing around. LOL!
37 - China - Beijing 39.9289°N 116.3883°E"Anonymous" from 118.244.239.002 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/04 22:00:41 Youtube live streaming is super easy, use their servers! It's not 1990 anymore...
38 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.150.161.248 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/04 22:21:46 If you don't like it, then don't b**ch..
39 - United States - Magnolia Delaware 39.0783°N 75.4610°W"Anonymous" from 050.190.128.244 (c-50-190-128-244.hsd1.de.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/05 10:12:26 YouTube live streaming would take away the fun of playing with the inflatable controls...
42 - United States - Redford Michigan 42.3758°N 83.2808°W"Anonymous" from 075.114.001.137 (75-114-1-137.res.bhn.net) wrote at 2014/10/05 17:28:20 When will be the first day of Halloween lights this year Alek?
43 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/05 18:33:32 So once again, my neighbors across the street have their Halloween Decorations up before me - D'OH! ;-)
Here's a closeup picture I just took of their pumpkins by the front door - the next two images are from last year. I'm still about a week away from putting stuff out. But I'll probably be pulling THE INCREDIBLE HULK's out of storage the next couple of days and pumping them up to check/repair any leaks.
44 - United States - Buffalo New York 42.9864°N 78.7279°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/05 19:47:45 Maybe you should put yours up earlier next year to try to beat them. LOL
46 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.151.069.230 (S01060026f304d4af.ed.shawcable.net) wrote at 2014/10/06 21:50:14 Halloween is so great
47 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Laurence" from 090.196.203.036 (5ac4cb24.bb.sky.com) wrote at 2014/10/07 14:32:08 I love the way you guys in the States put your decorations up for nearly the whole of October, if you did that over here they would be stolen after about a week! by the way Alek, I bought an inflatable Frankenstein yesterday in honour of yours, he's not quite as big (only 1.2m tall) but my two kids love him!!
48 - Canada - East Coulee Alberta 51.3333°N 112.4833°W"Anonymous" from 142.229.111.160 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/07 16:16:38 Halloween in Canada is pretty big but you have to live in neighborhoods with lots of young kids.
50 - China - Beijing 39.9289°N 116.3883°E"Anonymous" from 118.244.239.002 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/07 20:31:27 If the front yard camera is a normal video cable type then it would be easy to tap into that and send the feed to a capture card or USB transfer device and get it to youtube streaming, your server load would NOT be affected and you can pick a low res for lower bandwidth at your ISP. Maybe straight Ethernet would also work since it would be low bandwidth at the house anyway even at 100 bps. Or if you have a extra old camera use that?
51 - Canada - Edmonton Alberta 53.4839°N 113.5227°W"Anonymous" from 142.229.115.128 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/08 14:38:10 I don't know why you care so much? it's been great the way it has been for all these years.
52 - China - Beijing 39.9289°N 116.3883°E"Anonymous" from 118.244.239.002 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/08 20:52:50 Streaming cam would give the site more exposure, lots of Youtube watchers out there, it may make it up on the ratings and then show up on one of their main lists on Youtube for halloween. Also seeing the trick-or-treaters live would be fun. UStream would be good too. I can't believe I had to explain that to you, Mr. Canada. Another feed would be great! Nothing wrong with something new and it's easy enough to do.
53 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.151.069.230 (S01060026f304d4af.ed.shawcable.net) wrote at 2014/10/08 22:04:17 I don't know... I'd rather have what works well
54 - United States - Brandon Florida 27.9003°N 82.3024°W"Anonymous" from 071.180.125.177 (pool-71-180-125-177.tampfl.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/08 23:27:37 Where did you get the set of inflatable pumpkins you put on the roof?
55 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Anonymous" from 082.014.015.188 (cpc1-hava2-2-0-cust443.6-1.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/10/09 04:24:29 Alek, Do you listen to the MIDI music on loop in your office? I hope you listen to the MIDI music on loop in your office.
56 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/09 09:17:29 In response to various questions:
The MIDI plays on my computer too! ;-)
Don't remember where I got the inflatable pumpkins ... but probably post-Halloween for 50% off!
I'll probably pull the "Dead Guy" out of the crawl space today and put 'em on the front lawn.
The webcams are IP-based ... and everything is setup to upload/display jpegs, so doubt that will change this year. Also, I like the way it currently embeds in the webcam/webcontrol page ... plus no advertisements!
58 - United States - Brandon Florida 27.9003°N 82.3024°W"Anonymous" from 071.180.125.177 (pool-71-180-125-177.tampfl.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/09 17:49:44 Just wanted to let you know that you are an inspiration to my family and just wanted to thank you for what you do
Alek replies at 16:07 - Thanks for the very nice comment!
59 - China - Beijing 39.9289°N 116.3883°E"Anonymous" from 118.244.239.002 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/09 19:06:00 Not suggesting REPLACING the cams or the web page showing pics the way they are, you can simply announce and put a link to the streaming feed. You are already doing a URL request to the cam for the pics, these cams can handle more than one user and request at a time. You could at least try it being a programmer it's not that hard to do. See if you can stream (locally) and also send a pic request maybe from a different computer/IP. Try it on the different models you have. What about a spare extra cam? USB webcam and a laptop? You can turn off any ads on youtube, at least that is what it says, if not then it's a small price to pay for the free bandwidth. I haven't seen an ad on ustream feeds but I do use a blocker.
Alek replies at 16:08 - I appreciate the suggestions, but probably not going to happen this year. There are some other technical (and sociological) reasons why not to stream that I don't want to go into.
60 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"nuwan" from 096.050.012.095 (S0106bcf685bf66a1.gv.shawcable.net) wrote at 2014/10/09 21:02:49 spooky Halloween weather suycks
63 - Uruguay - Montevideo 34.8581°S 56.1708°W"Anonymous" from 190.134.196.186 (r190-134-196-186.dialup.adsl.anteldata.net.uy) wrote at 2014/10/10 16:02:22 really enjoying it, can't wait for the decorations.
66 - United States - Brandon Florida 27.9003°N 82.3024°W"Anonymous" from 071.180.125.177 (pool-71-180-125-177.tampfl.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/11 07:40:31 Ok, two questions. How did you form your love for Homer Simpson and The Hulk?
67 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.150.161.248 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/11 12:02:52 That's 1 question. What's #2?
69 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"alan eason" from 081.129.216.083 (host81-129-216-83.range81-129.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/10/11 14:30:55 we are all waiting for the show to begin
71 - United States - Bridgeton New Jersey 39.4238°N 75.2577°W"Joseph Filler" from 068.044.231.163 (c-68-44-231-163.hsd1.pa.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/11 15:38:31 Hey Alek, I love your displays and have a few questions for you: 1. When are you setting up your webcam? 2. How long does it take to set up your displays? 3.Could you make a display for another holiday? Thanks,Joseph
72 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Anonymous" from 089.242.194.053 (host-89-242-194-53.as13285.net) wrote at 2014/10/11 18:21:47 Hi Alek. I came across your site about 5 years ago (I think) while researching Mod_Perl, finding your site on a link to Mod_Perl sites. With this came a new Halloween and Christmas tradition in our house....
73 - United States - Buffalo New York 42.9864°N 78.7279°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/11 20:34:38 "This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Hallowen! Halloween! Halloween!"
74 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.150.161.248 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/11 20:48:55 If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who ya gonna Call?
75 - United States - Brandon Florida 27.9003°N 82.3024°W"Anonymous" from 071.180.125.177 (pool-71-180-125-177.tampfl.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/11 21:18:37 Love your display!!!!!!!! I am sure your kids LOVE it, don't they? I come to your website everyday to check the black g to see WHEN THE WEBCAMS WILL FINALY AFTER ALL THIS TIME turn on. ____________
76 - Bangladesh - Dhaka 23.7231°N 90.4086°E"Anonymous" from 203.076.100.154 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/11 22:26:06 Live video to be done? Watch on holloween the kids up car park be nice to see.
77 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/12 22:30:28 Sorry everyone, but I got real busy this weekend with some family stuff and baseball for my son. Good news is starting Tuesday, I have some free time and the weather forecast is very good ... so you should see me cranking some spooky Halloween stuff out there this week and get things online soon!
79 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.150.161.248 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/13 14:55:11 Yea lets not rush. There are only 79 days left in 2014 let time go slowly! Enjoy this nice weather.
80 - Hungary - Sopron Gyor-Moson-Sopron 47.6833°N 16.6000°E"Roland" from 089.134.164.099 (catv-89-134-164-99.catv.broadband.hu) wrote at 2014/10/13 15:03:20 when i see every year the snowy halloween or christmas decoration my day will be nicer :) i love this feeling every year thanks alek!
81 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/13 21:28:28 I appreciate the nice words and patience. Before I put stuff out on the front lawn, I need to cut the grass. I'll turn on at least one webcam so you can surf by at at Noon MDT on Tuesday to see me fire up the mower! ;-)
85 - United States - City N/A 38.0000°N 97.0000°W"Anonymous" from 107.144.199.055 (107-144-199-55.biz.bhn.net) wrote at 2014/10/14 11:48:41 When will you start set up in the front yard????
87 - United States - City N/A 38.0000°N 97.0000°W"Anonymous" from 107.144.199.055 (107-144-199-55.biz.bhn.net) wrote at 2014/10/14 12:32:35 Even though it is sometimes very hard
88 - United States - Westland Michigan 42.3318°N 83.3710°W"ErrantEgo" from 068.040.236.133 (c-68-40-236-133.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/14 12:44:51 Cam 1 was on, I was looking at the back of a door - WOO HOO! LOL ___-)
91 - United States - Brandon Florida 27.9003°N 82.3024°W"Ster muenster" from 071.180.125.177 (pool-71-180-125-177.tampfl.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/14 13:45:54 What are you doing right now and when will you put the inflatables out?
92 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/14 13:57:51 For those that missed the action, here's the time-lapse videos from the "overhead" cam plus a unique view from the "ground level" cam. Inflatables should go out tomorrow.
96 - United States - Brandon Florida 27.9003°N 82.3024°W"Anonymous" from 071.180.125.177 (pool-71-180-125-177.tampfl.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/14 20:53:54 Holy @&___? Man, you do good every friggin year and I expect you to do frighin good this year. SO JUST GET OFF YOUR LAZY @______ AND GET THE h**** OUT THERE AND WORK. JESUS CHRIST!
97 - Canada - City N/A 60.0000°N 95.0000°W"Anonymous" from 068.151.069.230 (S01060026f304d4af.ed.shawcable.net) wrote at 2014/10/14 20:59:23 Wow, someone just earned a banning
103 - United Kingdom - Redruth Cornwall 50.2303°N 5.2272°W"Laurence" from 090.196.203.036 (5ac4cb24.bb.sky.com) wrote at 2014/10/15 12:29:42 YES!! and so begins the exciting countdown to Christmas courtesy of Alek!!
104 - United States - Tulare California 36.1815°N 119.3623°W"Anonymous" from 098.239.067.077 (c-98-239-67-77.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/15 12:32:51 This isn't on topic but I loved the finch nest pics from your front door. So neat!! :)
105 - United Kingdom - Willenhall Walsall 52.6122°N 2.0397°W"alan eason" from 081.129.216.083 (host81-129-216-83.range81-129.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/10/15 12:52:52 it looks a nice day to put up the Halloween decorations thankyou alek
106 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/15 15:12:49 Didn't have as much time as I would have hoped, but was able to get most of stuff out in the front yard as seen in the video below. Hope to do the Haunted Office tonight.
107 - United Kingdom - Derby 52.9344°N 1.4530°W"Gill Luke's mum" from 081.096.176.065 (cpc23-derb12-2-0-cust64.8-3.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/10/15 15:48:21 Starting to look spooktacular already Alek :)
108 - United States - Westland Michigan 42.3318°N 83.3710°W"ErrantEgo" from 068.040.236.133 (c-68-40-236-133.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/15 15:51:01 Patience is a virtue. The fun will be coming, no need to rush. :-)
109 - United Kingdom - Hayling Hampshire 50.7833°N 0.9667°W"Anonymous" from 082.014.015.188 (cpc1-hava2-2-0-cust443.6-1.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/10/15 16:05:19 Alek, do you listen to the infinitely looping MIDI music on headphones while setting up?
111 - Canada - Spruce Grove Alberta 53.5490°N 113.8995°W"Anonymous" from 068.151.069.230 (S01060026f304d4af.ed.shawcable.net) wrote at 2014/10/15 21:52:49 He's setting up the office
Alek replies at 23:18 - Yea, the Haunted Office is mostly setup ... and isn't looking too shabby - below is a picture of me adjusting the position of things. Still have almost a dozen things to add ... include the Brain Dude and Heads-up Harry. And yes, I know the clocks are set wrong - that will get fixed.
112 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/15 23:21:06 One issue was I could not get the browser interface to work with the older Vivotek FD8161 webcam under Windoow7. So in order to get the 32-bit Active-X control to work, I fired up an old laptop running Windows Vista! ;-) I also have an issue with the wireless extender that connects webcam1 to my LAN. Unfortunately, these problems are time-consuming to troubleshoot ... and while the end-user doesn't see any of these "directly", these are just a few of the myrid of things behind the scenes that are critical for things to operate smoothly - sorry it's taking longer than expected.
114 - Singapore - Singapore 1.2931°N 103.8558°E"Ark" from 202.156.180.075 (cm75.gamma180.maxonline.com.sg) wrote at 2014/10/16 07:10:35 must be really cool to be your neighbor!
115 - Germany - City N/A 51.0000°N 9.0000°E"Anonymous" from 080.241.220.123 (ip-123-220-241-80.static.contabo.net) wrote at 2014/10/16 08:14:31 REQUEST: Someone living near there please do a walking up to the door video on Halloween night so we can all see what*** like and post on YouTube. Pan all around so we can get the feel of it all from a kid's point of view. Thanks in advance!
116 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/16 08:56:29 #115: That's a good idea - remind me to do that! ;-) Ark: Yea, the kids do like the house! ;-) Centuress: There's a Halloween Tree on the front yard - I just didn't have the stakes yesterday.
118 - United States - Tulare California 36.1815°N 119.3623°W"Anonymous" from 098.239.067.077 (c-98-239-67-77.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/16 09:54:18 No one does halloween here. If it weren't for your site, I'd forget there was a halloween! :)
120 - Canada - Edmonton Alberta 53.5500°N 113.5000°W"Anonymous" from 142.229.115.128 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/16 13:17:29 what made you set up the office twice?
(Alek replies watch closely! ;-)
121 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/16 14:40:48 As long at the pumpkins works this time, I will be happy! LOL! I hope you have better luck this time! I am a HUGE fan of this, as I keep saying! LOL
129 - Canada - Sherwood Park Alberta 53.5190°N 113.3216°W"Anonymous" from 142.229.088.238 (goa88-238.ext.gov.ab.ca) wrote at 2014/10/17 11:25:13 Alek, I notice that your messages page needs to be updated, some information from 2013 missing at the bottom and it's not complete.
Alek replies at 12:37 - Great spot - I fixed that (and also on the Christmas messages) plus clarified the note I had on my checklist about this - thanks!
131 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/17 13:44:57 Website text error found! Did you mean the Hunted office and cam 1 (front of the house)? You basically said cam 1 twice! LOL
133 - Seychelles - City N/A 4.5833°S 55.6667°E"Anonymous" from 196.001.123.176 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/17 15:26:30 Ready ! .... Set !..... LETS PLAY !!!
135 - United Kingdom - Derby 52.9344°N 1.4530°W"Gill Luke's mum" from 081.096.176.065 (cpc23-derb12-2-0-cust64.8-3.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/10/17 18:00:51 Go Alek! Go! Only 3minutes left until lift off, for Aleks Halloween lights 2014. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 lift off!!!!
137 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/17 20:20:51 I, the person that said BRB, cannot chat, switched to 3DS!
138 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/17 20:32:35 I went to bed, but with the help of my 3DS, I can continue to have fun with this. I just can't IM unless there was a submit button
139 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/17 20:43:39 No, it's ok, I will just have fun controlling things
141 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/17 21:02:08 I, Shawn (BRB guy) is going to bed, be back tomorrow or Sunday. Good night!
142 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/18 09:41:02 One big project today is to get the roof icicles working. These are also used at Christmas, so want to have them in tip-top shape to minimize the chance of burnt out sections on the house - much harder to troubeshoot/replace on the roof. About 10% of these burn out every year, so I've been cannibalizing other strongs and the "Magic Gun" is critical to relight strands - see closeup in 2nd picture.
143 - Canada - Spruce Grove Alberta 53.5490°N 113.8995°W"Anonymous" from 068.151.069.230 (S01060026f304d4af.ed.shawcable.net) wrote at 2014/10/18 10:32:30 Alek you should go buy those new ones that actually shoot down the wire, very cool. only problem is they are not cheap.
144 - United States - Henderson Nevada 36.0397°N 114.9819°W"Anonymous" from 068.108.041.082 (ip68-108-41-82.lv.lv.cox.net) wrote at 2014/10/18 14:19:05 Up go the Icicles! I can't see you directly but I do see your shadow (and you're oldest son I presume??... two shadows on the roof) cast onto your driveway this afternoon! Just checking in from Vegas.
Alek replies at 15:45 - My son Kyle was helping me setup the roof pumpkins ... so yea, you can see our shadows pretty good in the video below. And the picture below that shows the pretty nice view up there ... although Mom wasn't too happy when we text'ed here the image! ;-)
145 - United Kingdom - Canvey Slough 51.5167°N 0.6000°W"Anonymous" from 086.171.253.093 (host86-171-253-93.range86-171.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/10/18 15:32:46 Stupid time difference! Alarm set for 2am! SEE YALL SOON
146 - United States - Westland Michigan 42.3318°N 83.3710°W"ErrantEgo" from 068.040.236.133 (c-68-40-236-133.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/18 15:35:53 Alek, what do you have in the driveway @ 15:30? Almost looks like the left skeleton head has arms! LOL
Alek replies at 15:46 - That's the Halloween Arch I put down by the mailbox ... but yea, it does make it look like the skeleton head has arms - LOL! ;-)
147 - United Kingdom - Willenhall Walsall 52.6122°N 2.0397°W"alan eason" from 081.129.216.083 (host81-129-216-83.range81-129.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/10/18 16:19:18 love the picture of kyle on the roof look at the lovely colours of the trees
150 - United Kingdom - Hayling Hampshire 50.7833°N 0.9667°W"Anonymous" from 082.014.015.188 (cpc1-hava2-2-0-cust443.6-1.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/10/18 17:52:56 Will you be placing the camera in the light fixing across the road again?
151 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Elliott" from 212.159.114.107 (jacqveares.plus.com) wrote at 2014/10/19 16:10:26 Ever thought about enabling PTZ control for cam 2 (watching grass grow) when not being used for the Halloween and Christmas setup? Also love the site, just shame that I have to stay up to 1am in the UK.
152 - United States - Saint Paul Minnesota 45.0141°N 93.0305°W"Nathan" from 071.193.092.128 (c-71-193-92-128.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/19 18:02:30 what happen to the inflatable Headless Horseman
Alek replies at 18:31 - He's having some "inflation" issues ... can't get it up! ;-)
153 - United States - Saint Paul Minnesota 45.0141°N 93.0305°W"Nathan" from 071.193.092.128 (c-71-193-92-128.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/19 18:51:44 why the blue skeleton is not light up and the little tree in the front yard
154 - United Kingdom - Wix Essex 51.9000°N 1.1500°E"Harry Elliston" from 095.146.247.096 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/20 09:22:38 happy halloween to alek and family and Halloween is coming soon
156 - United States - Saint Paul Minnesota 45.0141°N 93.0305°W"Nathan" from 071.193.092.128 (c-71-193-92-128.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/20 17:49:38 want happen to the tree at the front yard is out light up and the skeleton
159 - United Kingdom - Willenhall Walsall 52.6122°N 2.0397°W"alan eason" from 081.129.216.083 (host81-129-216-83.range81-129.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/10/21 11:52:59 hi alek will your mum be giving you a help putting your xmas lights up this year like she did last time
Alek replies at 21:55 - Actually, Mom is flying in for Thanksgiving week and has graciously offered to help out again - she ROCKED last year as seen in the animated GIF below.
162 - United States - Saint Paul Minnesota 45.0141°N 93.0305°W"Nathan" from 071.193.092.128 (c-71-193-92-128.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/21 20:46:57 alien is down
Alek replies at 21:57 - Yep - very windy tonight - put him back up. FYI that probably better to post these type of issues on the Instant Messages rather than on the Blog ... unless something really goes amiss! ;-)
164 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/22 12:55:54 A pretty good thunderstorm rolled in late last night and momentarily knocked out the power to the house. Besides the blinking clocks, all seemed OK ... except (ironically) Frankenstein blew a fuse - I guess the electricity was too much for the monster. The first animated GIF shows how a lightning bolt really lights up the webcam - the second image is what Frankie's fuse looked like. Fortunately, that lower one in the plug is a spare, so it's simply a matter of popping out the blown one, replacing with the good one and ... "IT'S ALIVE!!!"
166 - United States - Decatur Georgia 33.7748°N 84.2963°W"Dean" from 192.234.069.175 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/23 08:11:08 Hi Alek! I am checking in for the first time this year. I have been following your site for several years now and enjoy it immensely. Happy Upcoming Halloween from McDonough, Georgia!
167 - United States - Dayton Ohio 39.7589°N 84.1916°W"Scott G." from 174.103.153.102 (cpe-174-103-153-102.cinci.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/23 12:46:43 Hi Alek and entire family!Just got the annual email...great to see everyone having a great time and in good health. Take care and happy halloween!
168 - United States - Saint Paul Minnesota 45.0573°N 92.9534°W"nathan" from 206.131.049.254 (s254-49.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us) wrote at 2014/10/23 13:09:07 you fix the headless horseman
Alek replies at 13:51 - Yea, I turned on webcam1 so you could see me at work. There's still some inflation issues, so you need to say "Giddy'yup" to the Headless Horseman, but he'll be controllable tonight. There was few other minor adjustments, but the view from webcam1 is pretty much done now.
170 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/23 18:51:44 In case you don't see the IM message, Cam 1 is having some difficulty keeping up to date. It is lagging a little!
Closeup of the slightly deflated HULK looking mighty angry! ;-)
A wide-angle animated GIF taken 9 minutes apart - car drove by the earlier shot
174 - China - Beijing 39.9289°N 116.3883°E"Anonymous" from 118.244.239.002 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/24 16:58:20 The rocks in the driveway straight down directly under sponge bob were not there in 2012 (seen in blog pics), why did you cut into your driveway and what is the purpose for the rocks?
Alek replies at 18:30 - They've always been there - they are just hard to see if the camera is down low.
177 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/24 21:14:48 Poor pumpkins on roof not working! (unable to use IM, using mobile device)
178 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/24 21:20:04 Never mind, just started working again
Alek replies at 21:35 - Dang - you guys don't miss anything! I was re-arranging some extension cords on the balcony and adding a light to illuminate the Skull Brothers on webcam via zone #5.
180 - United States - Cantonment Florida 30.6158°N 87.3162°W"Derek Mogambo" from 068.207.092.020 (20-92.207-68.panhandle.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/25 20:04:04 I have been coming here for over 4 years each Halloween- I love this place!! Happy Halloween!
182 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/25 22:04:01 As you can imagine, going up and down a bazillion times takes its toll on the inflatables. The first composite image is the "back side" of Homer Simpson (click on the image to see his big butt!) showing the tape job. The second picture is the large pumpkin by the sidewalk - you can see the fan inside. I taped this up as good as I could, but this whole section may tear out. Finally, while I was snapping pictures, the third image shows a bug crawling on Frankenstein - D'OH! ;-)
183 - United States - Voorhees New Jersey 39.8413°N 74.9375°W"Anonymous" from 068.045.070.038 (c-68-45-70-38.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/26 06:56:35 64 degrees and snow in the front yard - WTF?
Alek replies at 13:30 - It really is that warm (we have had an incredibly warm Fall - no snow forecast before Halloween) and what you are seeing is the Infrared mode of the webcam - it really does look like snow. Below is an animated GIF showing the camera switching back to "regular" mode as the sun comes up ... and the papers are delivered. Look closely and you'll see a bunny! ;-)
184 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/26 07:33:17 Are you going to change the fps to all your webcam sites?
Alek replies at 07:40 - Just doing as test over the holidays.
185 - China - Beijing 39.9289°N 116.3883°E"Anonymous" from 118.244.239.002 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/26 14:36:40 Not working well on slow computer / connection 1fps should be an option, maybe make a page as 1fps.komar.org page is a easy way to do it or cookie based setting (harder to do). Yes not everyone is rich and high speed with new computer every 6 months.
186 - United States - Orange Park Florida 30.1294°N 81.7775°W"daniel" from 024.129.032.032 (c-24-129-32-32.hsd1.fl.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/26 17:57:12 hey alek where is the grim reaper?
Alek replies at 18:15 - The Grim Reaper always had difficulty standing up as he's fairly heavy and the fan was under-powered ... so I retired him! ;-)
189 - Poland - City N/A 52.0000°N 20.0000°E"Anonymous" from 109.241.109.073 (109241109073.gdansk.vectranet.pl) wrote at 2014/10/26 20:39:10 Bunny is cute!
190 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/27 13:31:19 Wow, 60 people looking at this and there's still 4 hours and 30 minutes until thing are ALIVE!
194 - United Kingdom - Derby 52.9344°N 1.4530°W"Luke's mum" from 081.096.176.065 (cpc23-derb12-2-0-cust64.8-3.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/10/27 20:40:05 Good evening Alek, give us all a wave please :)
195 - United States - City N/A 38.0000°N 97.0000°W"Anonymous" from 107.072.162.021 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/28 06:19:47 Every year at this I get an email from Alek, and it reminds me about that time a long time ago when I found this website and signed up for the emailing list. Can't believe this is still going on! But it always reminds me that we are getting into that awesome time of year! Have a great winter holiday everyone!
Alek replies at 08:28 - Thanks for the nice note ... and yea, sometimes even I'm surprised it's still going strong! Coincidentally, I had fired up the display this morning to take some pictures ... and the school bus (they have yellow ones too) stopped by this morning to check out the display.
196 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/28 10:43:40 Here's the picture I took this morning ... was actually two shots that I have combined into an animated GIF. I almost deleted the second one because of the motion blur as I was pulling the camera back ... but it looks pretty cool! ;-)
197 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"GrottoTree" from 212.159.114.107 (jacqveares.plus.com) wrote at 2014/10/28 12:01:55 Nice to see 1fps, mind you I do have a 50Mbps connection.
198 - United States - Depew New York 42.8955°N 78.7071°W"Shawn" from 072.228.146.045 (cpe-72-228-146-45.buffalo.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/28 17:43:29 That's cool. Didn't know there was a mailing list. I would like to be on the list. I will include mine on the blog!
199 - United Kingdom - Derby 52.9344°N 1.4530°W"Gill Luke's mum" from 081.096.176.065 (cpc23-derb12-2-0-cust64.8-3.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/10/28 18:57:09 Not long now everyone, just three more sleeps until the bit spooktacular night
200 - United States - Kutztown Pennsylvania 40.5378°N 75.7812°W"Anonymous" from 108.036.140.238 (pool-108-36-140-238.phlapa.east.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/28 20:22:33 That blurred shot is cool! So glad your bunnies are still hanging out!
202 - United Kingdom - Maidstone Kent 51.2667°N 0.5167°E"Anonymous" from 086.130.223.014 (host86-130-223-14.range86-130.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/10/29 14:07:16 Can't wait for Halloween now! Will be here 5pm on the dot!
205 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/30 08:38:44 There have been some pretty nice sunrises the last couple of days - here's a recent picture with Frankenstein and SpongeBob. The second picture is a truly spectacular sunrise from 2010 when the Christmas stuff was out.
206 - United Kingdom - Coventry 52.4097°N 1.5220°W"Anonymous" from 002.217.224.205 (02d9e0cd.bb.sky.com) wrote at 2014/10/30 11:07:03 d*** it I have been tapping into the wrong cam. I missed you putting all the Halloween lights up
207 - United Kingdom - Musselburgh East Lothian 55.9385°N 3.0337°W"Shona Campbell" from 002.025.018.069 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/30 15:41:44 Hi Alek, I found both this site and your Christmas one a while back and think they're absolutely wonderful and so fun :) Because of time difference (I'm in Scotland, UK). I often miss when your lights go interactive, but I'll try and come back tonight, it'll be about 11.35pm here then but if I can I'll be back. Just wanted to say hi and that I support you 100 percent and love what you're doing. A wonderful, inventive, fun way to help Celiac sufferers. Much Respect, Love and Hugs from Stonehaven, Scotland :) x
208 - United Kingdom - Coventry 52.4097°N 1.5220°W"Anonymous" from 002.217.224.205 (02d9e0cd.bb.sky.com) wrote at 2014/10/30 20:00:39 have you bought anything new this year for the Christmas lights?
210 - United States - City N/A 38.0000°N 97.0000°W"Ted and Heidi Shubeck" from 104.138.092.042 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/10/30 20:07:46 We are leaving Myrtle Beach right now for some of thebig kid treats
211 - United States - Reading Pennsylvania 40.3325°N 75.8559°W"Anonymous" from 108.036.136.174 (pool-108-36-136-174.phlapa.east.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/31 07:36:26 It's GOOD to be a trick or treater in your neighborhood! Happy Halloween, Mr. K!!!
214 - United Kingdom - Lincoln Lincolnshire 53.0908°N 0.4081°W"alan eason" from 086.160.115.139 (host86-160-115-139.range86-160.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/10/31 12:09:56 think I might pop over from the uk for a tot of that chocolate egg nog looks tasty happy Halloween to everyone
219 - Austria - City N/A 47.3333°N 13.3333°E"Anonymous" from 212.197.166.012 (212-197-166-12.adsl.highway.telekom.at) wrote at 2014/10/31 15:47:04 I want a big Chocolate Bar!
220 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Anonymous" from 178.079.149.253 (li269-253.members.linode.com) wrote at 2014/10/31 15:48:51 Harry Potter and the Carved Pumpkin...
223 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/31 16:35:06 I've turned the webcams on early and the X10 controls go live an hour early at 5:00 ... although it won't start getting dark until after 6:00. Here's two pictures from this morning of my son Kyle who is going as a clown ... complete with size-17 shoes! ;-)
224 - Spain - Urroz Navarra 42.7214°N 1.4857°W"Anonymous" from 083.054.251.168 (168.Red-83-54-251.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net) wrote at 2014/10/31 16:48:48 dgbgbdv dxv dbdggdfddf
225 - Spain - Urroz Navarra 42.7214°N 1.4857°W"Anonymous" from 083.054.251.168 (168.Red-83-54-251.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net) wrote at 2014/10/31 17:04:25 Hola puta. jIjIjI
226 - United States - Emerson New Jersey 40.9748°N 74.0247°W"Anonymous" from 173.070.080.015 (pool-173-70-80-15.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/10/31 17:59:29 Thank You Again for your Wonderful Halloween display and your work for sick kids! It's 8:00pm here on east coast and trick or treaters are still coming. Great to see all having fun. HAPPY HALLOWEEN
228 - United States - Dallas Texas 32.8574°N 96.8706°W"Justin" from 076.187.034.083 (cpe-76-187-34-83.tx.res.rr.com) wrote at 2014/10/31 18:28:20 Alek- why don't you get a 4th cam so we can see the kids that come by at the front door? It would be nice.
235 - Australia - Lidcombe New South Wales 33.8667°S 151.0333°E"Anonymous" from 121.212.129.154 (CPE-121-212-129-154.lns10.ken.bigpond.net.au) wrote at 2014/10/31 21:17:46 Wish we had Halloween over here - thank you komar.org for the great show
236 - United States - Westland Michigan 42.3318°N 83.3710°W"ErrantEgo" from 068.040.236.133 (c-68-40-236-133.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) wrote at 2014/10/31 21:23:24 OK, guessing game: What was the final count of kids who Trick or Treated at Alek's house tonight? First one to get it right gets a prize! ;-)
237 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/10/31 22:10:59 Halloween 2014 is OVER ... ton of fun tonight as I'd estimate 150 trick-or-treaters came by - will post some video of the craziness in a day or so. The webcams will be turned on this weekend when I take everything down ... and the blog will stay open for another week. Then it's time to get ready for Christmas! ;-)
238 - Canada - Gatineau Quebec 45.4979°N 75.7043°W"Anonymous" from 184.144.136.094 (bas5-hull20-3096479838.dsl.bell.ca) wrote at 2014/11/01 08:33:02 Great show Alek - ready to watch the cleanup
239 - United Kingdom - Lincoln Lincolnshire 53.0908°N 0.4081°W"alan eason" from 086.160.115.139 (host86-160-115-139.range86-160.btcentralplus.com) wrote at 2014/11/01 10:17:06 great show alek now lets get ready for Christmas thankyou for your efforts in putting on the shows
240 - Poland - City N/A 52.0000°N 20.0000°E"Anonymous" from 109.241.109.073 (109241109073.gdansk.vectranet.pl) wrote at 2014/11/01 11:17:59 webcams are live - where is Alek?
241 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/11/01 13:36:39 I was out there taking everything down - here's the videos (at 30x) via webcam1 and webcam2 - be sure to watch the second one past the halfway point! ;-)
242 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/11/01 16:27:15 Here's one VERY LAST picture of me in front of the Controllable Halloween Decorations! Those pants are my official "holiday decorating" pants - wife says don't tear up another pair so use those ONLY! While she's not a big fan of the craziness, she actually helped out by taking this picture.
243 - United States - Hulkville in the Republic of Boulder, ColoradoAlek says at 2014/11/01 20:21:10 And here's the videos from Halloween night showing the lights/inflatables going on and off as trick-or-treaters come by. First is webcam #1 looking at the house, then webcam #2 looking at the front yard, and then finally, webcam #3 in the Haunted Office. I did some slo-mo at a few "interesting" parts ... the funniest one is on webcam1 at 19:02 when a family is posing for a pictures by Frankenstein and some Internet user deflates it on top of them - D'OH! ;-)
244 - United States - Fort Worth Texas 32.6586°N 97.3842°W"Anonymous" from 068.189.222.163 (68-189-222-163.dhcp.ftwo.tx.charter.com) wrote at 2014/11/01 22:25:44 "Very Last" picture? Does that mean 2014 is the lastyear for Halloween decorations?
246 - United Kingdom - Derby 52.9370°N 1.4867°W"Anonymous" from 213.107.107.126 (cpc5-derb13-2-0-cust893.8-3.cable.virginm.net) wrote at 2014/11/02 00:52:19 Vids look great alek - as if I were there - Happy Halloween!
247 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Dan" from 087.112.016.223 (unresolvable) wrote at 2014/11/02 06:06:34 Thanks for the videos Alek. Not always possible to play around with the lights due to the time difference. Now on to Christmas!
248 - United Kingdom - City N/A 51.5000°N 0.1300°W"Anonymous" from 212.159.114.107 (jacqveares.plus.com) wrote at 2014/11/02 13:49:01 What exact X10 addresses do you use Alek? (A1-A6, B1-B6, C1-C6 etc...)
Alek replies at 15:48 - A for Alek! ;-)
249 - United States - Pottstown Pennsylvania 40.2454°N 75.6496°W"Anonymous" from 072.092.061.022 (pool-72-92-61-22.phlapa.east.verizon.net) wrote at 2014/11/02 16:47:31 Thanks Alek for ALWAYS putting on a great show! Your efforts are so appreciated! Take a nice little break before Christmas and enjoy your Thanksgiving, please!
250 - Russian Federation - City N/A 60.0000°N 100.0000°E"Anonymous" from 178.166.239.155 (dnm.155.239.166.178.krasnet.ru) wrote at 2014/11/02 18:33:02 the grass must look boring without the halloween decorations
Alek replies at 10:18 - It can be pretty "exciting" when I'm mowing the lawn! ;-)