Let’s talk about MegaTrees. If you’re like I was a year ago, you’ve seen videos of these massive, glowing pillars of awesome in other people’s shows and thought “I want that… but how do I build one?” Here’s the thing: MegaTrees look intimidating, but once you break them down into a series of simple decisions,…

Every “getting started with Christmas lights” guide will tell you about controllers, pixels, power supplies, and software. That’s all critical stuff, obviously. But here’s what they won’t tell you: some of the most essential tools in my workshop this year weren’t the big-ticket items. They were the random discoveries and “why didn’t I buy this…

It was December, and our neighbors asked if we’d like to cruise around and look at holiday lights. Not really knowing what to expect, we went along for the ride. At the first house, we tuned our radio to the listed station and watched the lights. My brain was racing, trying to piece together how…