Thank you to all who followed Santa through the best medium of the 20th century through his journey on Christmas Eve. It's always a joy to facilitate.
Find attached an image of my meagre setup this year complete with the tens of feet or more of tracking updates. I had scant time for the setup, and while I have a dedicated space for my machines these days, it's not quite ready for human habitation especially in the cold months, so I dragged this beast inside. My boys excitedly ran to the machine whenever they heard it start clacking away again to follow the updates and see how much closer to our town Santa had gotten on the globe. Whether you had little ones around or you were your own sole entertainer, I hope this broadcast brings a spark of joy to whomever receives it each year.
Merry (belated) Christmas and a happy new year to all Greenkeys friends and to those you hold dear; may your oil never congeal and your mainshaft ever spin.
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Jordan Spencer Cunningham
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021, at 2:50 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
I hope all who can will tune in and enjoy. Merry Christmas!
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Jordan Spencer Cunningham
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, at 2:17 AM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
The time quickly approaches for the third annual Santa Tracker!
- When:
- Test messages including Christmas songs and poems begin at 3:00 PM MST on this Thursday, December 23 and will be sent every hour on the hour. The first will be Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas".
- Tracking is expected to begin approximately 3:00 AM MST on Christmas Eve morning (Friday), per Santa's usual liftoff schedule. On average, we expect to release reports every 10 - 15 minutes dependent upon many watchful eyes around the globe.
- Tracking is expected to finish approximately 4:00 AM MST on Christmas morning (Saturday).
- Tune in as early as you can to print as many tracking updates as you can from around the world even while you sleep-- the 12-hour test message window is there in an attempt to allow as many people from all timezones to tune in ahead of liftoff and catch up on reports after they wake up.
- How:
- As you would with the regular ITTY service, use an audio streamer like VLC or most modern browsers to stream http://tty.nerdology.org:8000/santatrack (this URL will result in a 404 error until a few hours before the broadcast) and pipe the audio to your TU for printing on heavy metal or even on glass (using software like flgidi) for all to enjoy.
- I keep promising an USOS-friendly broadcast (unshift-on-space), but I can never find the time to work out the timing bug to address that. Sorry. Next year? If you have USOS, it's recommended to either disable the functionality or use a non-USOS machine, though having it enabled will not greatly impact the broadcast.
- This is best suited for those equipped with autostart/motor control, but as we expect to send reports on average every 10 - 15 minutes, those without autostart could still catch some of the updates easily without having their machines running for ~24 hours straight.
- For extra fun, have a good, old fashioned globe or world map nearby for those who wish to follow along geographically.
Merry Christmas!
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Jordan Spencer Cunningham
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