Hot off the presses, it's a new episode of Lighting Nerds. We did this one right in the middle of being way distracted by houses, touring, and honey-do lists, and it shows a bit in the show. So uh, bear with us.

• News items
  • The Olympic opening ceremonies are a thing that happened, and we acknowledge this.
  • Strike 1 from Chauvet
  • The Fuze Wash Z350
  • Pointman chain hoists can now work with the Kinesys Drive system directly
    • http://plsn.com/main-news/20440-total-structures-announces-kinesys-ready-pointman-hoists-for-the-north-american-market.html

  • A permanent railing collapsed at a Snoop Dogg concert

    • http://plsn.com/main-news/20464-crowd-tumbles-after-rail-collapses-during-snoop-dogg-concert-near-philadelphia,-42-injured.html

  • Blacktrax v2.0
    • http://livedesignonline.com/briefing-room/blacktrax-releases-version-20
  • Source 4WRD issues
• Design / programming / tech
  • What do you do when you don't know the console?
• Lighting term of the day
  • Pulse width modulation
• Lighting quiz
  • Craig loses