Selem after effekts....

[allthatwhichis]

Of course I am at work and can't post too much...

This year was awesome as usual; we are still a bit disorginaized but overall we had less problems than we normally do even though it took longer than it should to get set up.

As always THANK YOU Adam for leading this event; need more delagation. with us having more attendees than the upcoming ILDA convention we might want to start looking at how they arrange that event.

I won't go into a whole thank you list; too many to thank, but thank you to everyone who showed up and participated in the lil event... Especially those that drove long distances.

Ok, a few specifics...


Spec for blessing us with your attendence... the cocaine energy drink, and the Saki.

DZ... for drinking the Saki.

To the cooks, Mophead and Mystrys for cooking... and breakfast company. Hakzaw for chow duty also.

rgb-gas for the luxury lounge.

Platinum for the exotic beer in the lounge...

flecom for building my dream projector; I guess I don't have to now.

daedal for driving this year; most relaxing drive I have had to/from SELEM.



and lastly... cause I was supposed to keep it short... mixedgas and dsli_jon for the Laserium demo.

[flecom]

mixedgas and dsli_jon for the Laserium demo.

I agree, that was really cool... watching those dual head adat tapes and jon on the beam tables, really awesome... I would love to digitize those ADATs

[buffo]

Hi folks;

Really glad that everyone had such a great time. It was a lot of work, but it sure was worth it to see those awesome beams in the auditorium. Too many people to thank, but I gotta try anyway:

Jeff, the scaffold and power arrangements are perfect. You're in charge of those from now on! Really great job buddy.

Chris, the name tags were perfect! Like Jeff, you're stuck with that job now!

DZ, I could not have done this without you. The shirts were the best yet, and you did so many other things during the event that I don't know even where to start to thank you. You're the best...

Casey, your presentation was awesome, and the informal chats you had with members at the hotel were priceless. You are no doubt one of the best things to happen at SELEM in a long time. Sure hope you can make it again next year.

Bill Benner, once again an incredible demo of up-coming Pangolin products. Can't wait to see Quickshow running *simultaneously* on both FB3's and QM-2000's on the same system. (Yeah, for those of you that missed it, this is a confirmed fact! It will happen!)

Dan and Adam from X-laser, really enjoyed talking tech with you guys, and wished we had more time together. Dan, remind me to never play poker with you for money! You've got real skills with cards, and the impromptu magic demo at the hotel was enjoyable as hell.

DSLI-Jon, thanks for bringing the Lasarium shows! Many of us had never seen them, so that was a real treat! Wish we had time for more stuff. (Next year!)

Doug, Mystrys, and Len, you all put on one hell of a good feed! The BBQ was perfect, and the potato salad and baked beans were fantastic. We're going to need to get you folks some more help if this gets any bigger though. Also, a big thanks to Randy's wife Sharon for the 20-dozen (!) cookies she baked for the event.

Thanks to Aaron, Newlin, Frank, and the 5 or 6 other folks who worked very hard to solve our networking issues. Next year I think we'll have a plan set up ahead of time that should help.

A big round of thanks to everyone who donated door prizes this year. Initially it was looking a little thin, but several PL members stepped up to the plate to help out, so in the end we had more door prizes this year than ever before.

Speaking of "more than ever before", the official attendee count for SELEM 2010 is in excess of 70 people. That's a large number, people. It's more people that they will have at the ILDA conference this year. (Not bad for a bunch of hobbyists, eh?)

So in honor of that record attendance, let me thank each and every one of you who attended. *YOU* are the one's that make SELEM happen. All I do is book the venue. But if I'm the only one that shows up, SELEM would be a bust! It takes a bunch of other people who are willing to pack up their gear and schlepp it all across the country to set it up in a little auditorium in Newton to really make SELEM an event worth attending. So thanks to everyone that made the trip. SELEM would not have been the same without your participation.

Finally, here is a list of the people who won the door prizes and the special SELEM 2010 medals. Note that the person (or company) that donated the prize is listed in parentheses AFTER the name of the person who won the prize. (Winner's names are in bold.) Also note that all the SELEM 2010 medals were dontated by Pat Bishoff (Laserman532) at Microlaserlabs.com.

SELEM 2010 Door Prize Winners:

DT-40 Wide scanners - Dream Beamz (CTLasers.com)
DMX Relay Board - JohnYayas (Lasershowparts.com)
Servo Driver Board - Mario Master (Lasershowparts.com)
Servo Driver Board - Displaser (Lasershowparts.com)
Dual Beam PBS Combiner - Hackzaw1 (Microlaserlabs.com)
Green Star Pointer - Polished Ball (DJMatt)
Blu-Ray Pointer - LazerJock (Buffo)
MFE actuator - Dan Barlow (Flecom)
MFE Actuator - Ireedz (Flecom)
Mirror Kit - Flecom (Beamann)
Mirror Kit - Imagelight (Beamann)
Green Pointer - Doc John (Beamann)
Green Lab Laser - Spec (Aixiz.com)
Green Lab Laser - Daedal (Aixiz.com)
Lumia Effect Kit - Mophead (Displaser)
Interlock Key kit - Mecheng3 (Displaser)
Interlock key Kit - Laserock (Displaser)
Lumia Kit with motor - DCHammonds (DSLI-Jon)
Turret FX kit - DJj DoubleBass (DSLI-Jon)
FS mirror Kit - Blowfly (DSLI-Jon)
Geared motors - Lulighttech (DSLI-Jon)
4 laser bugs - massive sound (300Evil)
4 laser bugs - laserman121 (300Evil)
aom - dr lava (MixedGas)
rotator - 300evil (MixedGas)

Special award for the youngest official SELEM registered attendee:
Blu-ray pointer - Laserman121 (Buffo)

SELEM 2010 Medal Winners (All donated by Laserman532 @ Microlaserlabs.com)
Most Powerful Projector: Flecom
Best Projector: DZ
Best Laser Show: Allthatwhichis
Furthest Distance Traveled to Attend: Blowfly
Most Ghetto-Fabulous Projector: Tommylee333
Weakest Laser: DJ Matt
Largest / Heaviest Projector: DJ Matt
Most Illegal Pointer: DocJohn
Smallest Projector: 300Evil

Adam

[tommylee333]

We had a ball at the event it was definitely worth the drive.
now that i have met all of you at the show if i didn't give you one of our cards some of you asked where our band videos are well here is the address.
www.tntbandrocks.com
www.youtube.com/tommyandtammy1
looking foward to getting to talk to all of you on here. really glad i found this site.
but my scanners went out right after the show so if anyone knows where i might get a good set cheap (i know there is no such thing) but if you do let me know thanks again and God bless everyone of you.

[ImageLight]

Wow, TNT rocks....Just watched the YouTube vids...

[Bradfo69]

For me, this whirlwind began only a few short months ago and within that time, I've aquired three RGB systems, a 250 mW green, two software packages (LD2000 AND Moncha 2.1) BOTH with laptops, joined an online forum of people who are still speaking a lot of Greek, and took a leap of faith to drive 1,000 roundtrip miles, explaining to work and family that I was going to attend some event in the sticks of N.C. that people can't even agree how to pronounce. (There's a 12-Step program for this in the end, right??)

I arrived late Saturday night after a long day at work, an even longer drive and, after checking into the hotel, with a certain amount of trepidation, made my way to Newton to find this theater. After some assistance in direction from the local police, I arrived and the first thing I encountered on the front steps was moderately intoxicated revelers who were just barely able to slur out that Adam was the person I needed to find and get checked in. I was directed into a room filled with fog, wires, laptops and monitors scattered everywhere and in the back of my mind thinking, "What the heck have I gotten myself into?" I'm not the type of person who easily walks up to people and begin conversation to begin with (although public speaking to large groups and "running the show" comes very naturally) and immediately knew I was far, far out of my element. "These are REAL laser people." (Hell, I didn't even know what's inside the case.) Retreating to the safety of the dark theater, what struck me next was that after a month of online counseling about the dangers of laser light, I (along with everybody else) was being hit with beams. (Must be an enthusiast thing, I thought.)

After getting back to the hotel, I tried valiently to stay awake and engaged in the conference room but it was a losing battle. THIS was the place I was finally gonna get some questions answered and, although I'm a night owl, I just couldn't do it.

The next day brought about a little more of the same. I figured if I got there early, I could start trying to actually meet people. 9:15 a.m. found me sitting in the parking lot and the front door was locked. Nearly an hour later, is when I discovered the fact that everyone was actually already inside, having come through the stage door. Duh. (God... I'm such a newbie to this.) As the morning slowly dragged into afternoon with everyone seemingly absorbed in getting these shows running, I finally went out for lunch and upon coming back, decided that, "Your only going to get out of it what you put in it." Finally I approached Marc from CT Lasers about some goggles I was going to buy and within a few short minutes, the magic began to happen. We got to working on an alignment I needed taken care of and gradually began meeting more people and was dissappointed at how quickly 5 p.m. rolled around. The rest of the event was a blur and by the time I HAD to leave on Monday night, Casey was still going strong and I could have easily stayed a few more hours. The idea of arriving home at 5 in the morning and heading right to work was the only thing that moved me out of my chair.

All in all, it was a fantastic event and for uninitiated people reading this, you only have to attend SELEM once to fully understand why this has become the premier enthusiest meeting in the country and why attendence surpasses something as big as the ILDA cruise. This is a great bunch of people who seem patient enough to help the new people and knowledgable enough to affect the future of the hobby as a whole. Many thanks to Marc, Dan and Adam from X-Laser, Bill Benner from Pangolin, Casey Stack, Mixed Gas, Blowfly, and the ones who don't even realize how much I learned from them like Flecom, Allthatwhichis, Mark from my stomping grounds of Delaware (who I expect to see throughout the year); those whose screen names I'm forgetting and of course, Adam Buffo. I am looking to be much more involved in my "sophmore year" (including perhaps bringing the sound system) and if you told me it was next week, I'd be packing the car already. As soon as we know a date let me know!! I'll need to likely jump through some hoops with work but, have learned the big advantage of getting there early and being rested.


~Brad

PS - I've read this thread a number of times throughout its creation. Quite frankly, as I read Beamann's comments, it really drives home an even more important aspect of last weekend. My son's mother is legally blind as well and I can't fathom the thought of what that must be like. And, if a bunch of self admitted geeks can get together and in the process of sharing their love of light, food, and uh, hops, can give the gift of an amazing colored memory to a visually impaired person, that's a pretty special thing too.

[tommylee333]

Wow, TNT rocks....Just watched the YouTube vids...

thanks so much we really appreciate it.
God bless.

[dsli_jon]

Hey Kats -

Had a great time, even though I had to fit-in still shoveling shoo-shoo for werk... sometimes this 'biz' is so... 'Ugh'.. but the meet really reminded me of the 'hidden message' inside the LASER acronym: FUN!... Really awesome meeting all of ya's...

Special shout of Thanks to Buffo and DZ for all the logistics / set-up-werk, and everyone else that was on the 'tech-team'... LaserJock Chris - really great to meet ya, and... killer-labels, Man! - Allthat, besides your *totally* rocking' shows, Dude, you did one helluva job on making all those show multi-head... really nice werk, Bro...

Sir Doug and Myst for the REALLY amazing 'puerco' and all who helped keep us all standing-upright.... (those peanut-butter cookies were rocking!

Casey, for all the extra, extra time you took to answer questions, so clearly and patiently, and Bill B for sharing the latest and greatest from Pango... looking forward to rocking QuickShow on a QM2K....

Dan and Adam, from X-Laser, great to meet ya's and let's 'KIT'... mini-beam table, baby!

...Dr Lava, for being such a great 'dj-ADAT', and Sir Mixedgas for running-back and forth, tirelessly taking the place of all the 'missing' Laserium-projector turret and scan-thru fx... you did a helluva job, Sir! ...Maybe next-year, if I can make it, I'll see about trying to lug a FULL-fledged Laserium-projector, and we'll *really* get to enjoy those Artists-shows, as they were intended...

...to Sir Fle, for allowing us to bang on your MLs, dude... nice werk with the bounce-matrix... ....And, your projector is really sterling, man.... excellent werk...

Really, everyone - what an awesome, inspiring bunch of kool, krazy, kats ya'll are!!... ...Eek, I just said 'ya'll'...

...Finally, thanks to 'WrankidLazurz', for providing the inspiration for the 'NotALightSaber™' Spydur TEM73 and the 'safety-glasses'...

..and, Ultimately, Thanks to the Great Wizard behind the curtain, Sir Spec, without-whom, none of this would have happened... (it's ALL YOUR fault!!!)

...till the next Case-of-Sake-killing Time...
j

[JohnYayas]

I was able to experience what 1W of 445nm feels like on skin. It isn't pleasant. Now I know.

[Lazerjock]

explaining to work and family that I was going to attend some event in the sticks of N.C. that people can't even agree how to pronounce.

LOL!!!

PS - I've read this thread a number of times throughout its creation. Quite frankly, as I read Beamann's comments, it really drives home an even more important aspect of last weekend. My son's mother is legally blind as well and I can't fathom the thought of what that must be like. And, if a bunch of self admitted geeks can get together and in the process of sharing their love of light, food, and uh, hops, can give the gift of an amazing colored memory to a visually impaired person, that's a pretty special thing too.

You nailed it!