Look what I found: Blinkenlights all started in 2001. The year marked the 20th anniversary of the Chaos Computer Club which was started in 1981. Wau Holland, founder of the CCC had just surprised everyone by dieing and the motivation to do something really special to mark the 20 year anniversary was high. A five-day retrospective exhibition about the history of the CCC was set to take place in the Congress building in Berlin and a nearby landmark, the teacher's building, was being remodeled and empty. Tim had the keys to the building and his initial idea was to create a giant CCC design in lights on the side of the building but when Tim quietly mentioned this idea to a few select friends, their instant reaction was that they _had to play Tetris on the side of a building_. Within hours a crackerjack team of 8 people were huddled around a table planning the first building-sized display screen. Was it possible? Would it work? http://brepettis.com/blog/2008/09/29/blinkenlights/ kick ass! Kenny -- ================================================================== Kenny Billiau Web Developer Tel:+32 (0)9 331 36 95 fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent University Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM kenny.billiau@psb.ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be ==================================================================