I like light Sean M Puckett 10/9 '14

I like light. Lots of light. Especially when it's dark outside.

And what do you know, it's October. And winter is coming. The fucker.

So this is the new lighting for my messy workspace. I put 25 of these 6 Watt LED candelabra bulbs in an old C7 Christmas light string, stapled right over my desk. The spectrum on these is pretty good, about par with high end CFLs.

Math says it's 9000 lumens in about a 6x6 foot space. It's a far cry from sunlight. You can see actual sunlight hitting the brown roof of the house next door out the  window, yeah the brown roof that's as bright as the bulbs are. But still about 10x average room illumination. You can kind of tell how bright it really is because my monitors, which are displaying white backgrounds, look pretty dim, except for the MacBook which cranks its backlight way up.

Anyway, my eyes say it's really, really nice.

I am only using it in the mornings so I don't get light-induced sleep disruption. 

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10/9 '14 9 Comments
Yup. Plus side: soon it will stop being 90+ degrees here (we've having a... hot snap? is that a thing?) but I'm already showing signs of winter drag, perhaps because the sun is setting earlier. Of course in a month we get the end of DST and then it really hits the fan.
R. Francis Smith
You just reminded me that I have to get my lightbox out. *sigh*
Karen Kuhl
I've been using the lights 2-3 hours a day when I first set down to my desk on the work-week. I really like them!
Sean M Puckett
That turned out awesome! I hope they work well to bring up your winter light levels!
Jenny Hill
I like the warmth they give off visually.
Matt Lichtenwalner
What kind of lights are those? They look like white Christmas lights, but much bigger. Are they LEDs or incandescents or..? That's a really wonderful workstation nook right there.
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
You'll be an old pro when they put you under the lights for your photo centerfold in retro social network designer monthly.
Thomas Boutell
Hey thanks yeah, they're LED candelabra bulbs in an old Christmas light string. My work area is the east corner of the whole-house attic where Dawn and I sleep and companionably stare at our glowing rectangles.
Sean M Puckett
Your house looks really interesting. I love this photo.
Lindsay Harris Friel