In addition to being the month of liminal states, charlatanry, and thinning boundaries between worlds, October is also a month for making. I'll record here some of the things I've made for Halloween.
In October 2007, I made a robot jack-o-lantern with LED eyes.
Lego Mindstorms provided the robot smarts. Sound sensors drove a lazy susan bearing the jack-o-lantern. In effect, the random noises of traffic etc. caused the jack-o-lantern to turn back and forth. I put the robot pumpkin on the ledge of our 2nd floor terrace.
Not many people noticed from the street.
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