Dec 31 2008The All New New Years Eve Ball: Now With More Lights, Efficiency And, Uh, Triforces
What you're looking at is the new New Years Eve ball to be dropped (they literally should drop it one year -- after setting it on fire. Fireball Island FTW!) in Times Square tonight.
Last year, the Times Square Ball got an LED makeover for its 100th anniversary. This year that tradition continues, all 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs of it (and don't forget the 2,668 Waterford crystals). The 12-foot-wide, 11,875-pound ball is capable of displaying "16 million vibrant colors and billions of patterns"
The ball is 20% more efficient than last year as well, which means it will only consume enough power to run a handful of towns in the midwest. Oooooh, and what's with the Philips Rebel LEDs? I like the sound of those. "F*** you, we'll light when we want!"
Next year, Rogue LEDs.
The 'New' New Year's Eve Ball: 32,256 LEDs, 11,875 pounds, 20% more efficient [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. Timbo - December 31, 2008 11:27 AM
Very....rainbowy....
Ugly
2. Ollie Williams - December 31, 2008 11:30 AM
"F*** you, we'll light when we feel like it!"
That made me laugh at work. My co-workers think I'm crazy.
3. Sharla - December 31, 2008 11:32 AM
All that for 60 seconds? Sounds like some dates I have had...
http://internetmiscellanea.blogspot.com
4. Steve Paylor - December 31, 2008 11:34 AM
Did you mean rogue?
5. Thumperchica - December 31, 2008 11:36 AM
@2 - Aren't you? If so, no worries, my employees figured out I was psycho months ago...
@3 - You should've seen my date the other nite, he ogled the waitress (she was fairly stacked, in his defence), then asked if we were going for coffee OR back to my place... CLASSY. Coffee was good though! And lasted longer than 60seconds...
I like the upgrade!
6. BOOSH! - December 31, 2008 11:38 AM
They should drop eggs off of the top of those buildings instead of "the ball". What a waste of a good opportunity to hit people with eggs.
7. Ollie Williams - December 31, 2008 11:42 AM
@3
So you have a shitty website you post in every comment AND have a shitty sex life? Awesome. Seriously though, you suck.
8. BOOSH! - December 31, 2008 12:16 PM
@7 DANG!
Cold Blooded!
9. Ollie Williams - December 31, 2008 12:28 PM
@8
Just doing my part man, just doing my part. I've given up on Daisy ages ago.
10. Gail - December 31, 2008 12:36 PM
Very Gay-friendly!
11. known - December 31, 2008 12:40 PM
Hrm, so an upgrade like this makes it kinda colorful now? I never watched the ball drop on tv on new years eve because I'm always out at some party & usually on designer drugs listening to loud music when it happens.
#7 That's a true geeko reader for ya right there. Don't feel any better about yourself though Ollie because here you are too
12. boredom - December 31, 2008 1:32 PM
anyone else read the 900 tags on this one? GW you are the master of tagging articles I must say.
13. Red Spaceman - December 31, 2008 1:51 PM
I had a lot of lego men that died trying to make the climb to the top of fireball island. You think the kid in the commercial really ended up as 'dog meat.?'
14. Spam Artist - December 31, 2008 2:08 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete phosphorous job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene from the movie Tender Dracula where Dracula's resurrected man servant is lost behind enemy lines. Dracula, his wife, the two drunken overdubbed make up artists and the two drunk french actresses all rush the beach, most of them dying very quickly with limbs flying off.
Eventually the remaining few rescue the resurrected man servant proving that one life is worth the lives of many, even though the many lives consist of more than one life.
Even though the one life had already been resurrected once by Dracula in an early experiment.
15. I'm a Computer - December 31, 2008 3:40 PM
12-ft wide? really?? it hardly looks like its 6-ft let alone 12. shenanigans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/nyregion/04ball.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
16. Daisy - December 31, 2008 5:28 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like the scene in the movie Never BAck Down where Max's parents were going away, but the guy from the liquor store delivered the kegs early, before they left. This tipped off the parents that Max was planning a party, and they changed their plans. All night people came to the door.
It turned out ok though because the location of the party was changed to the woods, and it was a much better party than Max and Baja ever envisioned it would be.
17. Douchie McBagman - January 1, 2009 12:17 PM
The times square new years eve celebration is a colossal waste of power. We could save more energy by taking away Ryan Seacrest's blow dryer, and shutting off the Dick Clark anamatron during commercials.
How many of you heard Kellie Pickler proudly proclaim right after the ball dropped - I love Dick!!
18. E - January 1, 2009 10:09 PM
LAST!
19. van - January 2, 2009 1:01 AM
@5: slut
20. formerly SPELLINGNAZI - January 2, 2009 7:29 AM
Looks like Vector Sigma from Transformers.
No, not the movie, the original.
21. Thumperchica - January 2, 2009 8:42 AM
@19 - I prefer the term... ok, I got nothing. But you are a jackass.
22. known - January 2, 2009 2:34 PM
#17 haha that's great, did she really say that on live tv?? I didn't see it broadcasted but hopefully it'll make onto youtube
23. DestreasLust - January 2, 2009 8:25 PM
it looked NOTHING like that
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