October Caption Contest

"Biv. Roy G. Biv."

Robert Cowan doesn't sleep, he waits... for New Product Friday.

Robert seen at bar using new pickup line: "Baby... you must be a pot of gold because you are at the end of my rainbow".

Roses are red,
 Violets are blue,
But with this LED strip
  I can make green too.

Alright photo buffs: Lets see you fix the white balance on this one.

draw me like one of your french girls

I'm not wearing any pants.

On sale now: The Engineer's Romantic LED-Light Dinner Kit (dinner companion not included)

I'm gonna make him an LED strip he can't diffuse...

"...I want you to be totally honest with me on how the machine makes you feel. This being our first try, I'll use the lowest setting."

Neo, choose the blue pill, the story ends and you will wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. If you take the red one, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Or take the purple one, or the yellow one, or the green one, or the ecru one, or the "mountain blue" one, or the "forest green" one, or the slightly-pink-but-not-too-pink-one, or the bluish-but-not-too-green-one, or, wait, Neo....where are you going?

Sparkfun's commitment to quality has led Robert to verify that the RGB LED strips truly have a 10,000 hour lifespan.

Ssssssparkfunnnn over the rainbow......

No, the LEDs are the same color, the desk is just spinning clockwise very fast.

My names Robert.....Robert G.B. or RGB for short. Think of your favorite color and I'll guess it in 3 tries.

From this day forward, everyone realized that Rob is color-blind.

Real hackers have rainbow tables!

Sparkfun 2014 calendar committee, meet your cover

Flip Flops toggle in his presence ......... His projects aren't created, they are born ......... He has never made a syntax mistake .........

He is...... the most interesting Sparkfun employee in the world.........

I dont always buy LED's, But when I do, I prefer RGB addressable.

Stay blinky my friends.

Introducing: Sparkfun's new Ambilight clone for beards!

Say... My... Name.

Here's my second plan. Back in the 60's, I had a weather changing machine that was, in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a "laser." Using these "lasers," we punch a hole in the protective layer around the Earth, which we scientists call the "Ozone Layer." Slowly but surely, ultraviolet rays would pour in, increasing the risk of skin cancer. That is unless the world pays us a hefty ransom.

My new masterpiece, I call it ARDUINBOW!!

Sparkfun: Always look on the beard side of light.

I eat LEDs for breakfast.

Welcome to another awesome episode of Schematic Reading Rainbow!

"Avatar 2: Screentest of bearded Na'vi "

All your LED are belong to us! Bwa ha ha ha! Bwa ha ha ha!

Listen here, Padawan. I'm not sure what you did to my light-saber, but your going to fix it now or I'm taking you to the sith house.

Swivels around in chair and says: "I've been expecting you, before I introduce myself I must warn you my mind is rather bright and colorful"

"Strip," like this LED strip. What did you think I meant? And why do you have that camera?

If you put on the 3D glasses you can see the rabbit.

I don't always use this many RGB LED's...but when I do I address them individually.

Crypt keeper voice hello boys and ghouls heeheheehhheeehhee

Robert Cowan, long lost 8th member of the village people, prepares for an interview about his new album, L.E.D.R.G.B. a modern take on Y.M.C.A. with Daft Punk.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how to make your geek shine.

Robert ponders a full spectrum of possibilities...

to RGB, or not to RGB, that is the question

Lost in the warehouse full of Sparkfun boxes ready to ship, Robert records his last will and testament.

Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the Spark Side.

This is what you see when you are late for work at Sparkfun. Not one person has ever been late twice.

Welcome to the Rainbow Lair!

I'm going to turn out the lights and pose like this just so I can be in the caption contest this month...

Here at Spark fun, we don't taste the rainbow, we make the rainbow.

The Bearded Wonder

So, uh, this is what the LED strips look like lit up. As you can see, it's a really neat product and, uh, you can get all the colors of the rainbow out of it. So check out the product page to order your programmable LED strip today.

Let Your Geek Shine (results may vary)

Some men just like to watch LEDs burn.

Somewhere over the LED rainbow, way up in Boulder There's a man that I've seen once in a demo video. Somewhere over the LED rainbow, dreams come true And the inventions that you dare to build, Range from red to green to blue.

Robert warms himself by the LED's on a cold winter night.

It's time to play a game

Robert Cowan: The Meaning of Light.

It's pretty, but doesn't seem to be helping with Robert's Seasonal Affective Disorder.

So Mr. Bond, you really think you can deduce how many jelly beans there are in the red boxes before the nerve gas is released??

After repeatedly seeing Robert loose power by mid-day, the Sparkfun team replaced his LiPo's, swapped out the charging curcit, and added this oversized charge strength indicator.

None of the miniature airplanes would land that day, expressing their concerns over the giant lurking just off the runway.

That was easy.. Give me a product i can't demonstrate. Go on.. .Ill wait right here...

Enough of this SparkFun. Now it's time to get down to SparkBusiness

All hail the Hypno-Rob!

"Do I look amused that you're using this for the caption contest?"

Here you see testing on the effectiveness of different colors in the interrogation room.

Sparkfun rainbow! What does it mean??

The modern day Leprechaun.

"Girl, you light up my life - much like this one meter fully addressable RGB LED strip. And if, later, you want to put the 'motion in the ocean', I have an accelerometer breakout board that will tell you exactly what you're doing."

In an open source environment, there is nothing going on behind the scenes. All the functionality is in the open and available to anyone. It is the human aspect that is... unexplained.

A devoted man of science, Mr. Robert is driven to find an electronic breakthrough that can solve some of mankind’s most challenging medical dilemmas. Rebuffed by the powers that be, he decides to make himself the subject of his own experimental treatments, accidentally unleashing his inner demons along with the man the world would come to know as DJ. SparkFunkster-Flex.

" LED talks: Lights worth spreading"

Try as he might, Robert could not make his light saber monochromatic.

They all told him that he needed to shave his beard to do a decent Lou Reed impression, but he never wanted to listen

Supervillain Tip #9 When sending edicts from your hidden lair use mood lighting to instill a greater sense of impending doom in your victims.

What can I possibly say about LEDs that I haven't said before?

6 years of broadcasting school, and all they have me doing is this boring new product gig.

I get it, you've given me everything from orange to blue. Is it too much to ask to get some "Sparkfun Red"? I'm waaaiting!

So now that we've got it lit like this, how long until the pot of gold appears?

In this light you can clearly see that left is my good side. I will continue to give you this evil look until you move that camera further left.

Disclaimer: Sparkfun's LEDsaber does not include sound effects, batteries and Jedi beard.

In the yearrrr 2000...

Robert briefly considers whether he is actually on the set of Portal or Battlestar Galactica.

The first step in taking over the "Laser Floyd" show at the local planetarium...

Relax ... focus on the lights ... when you awake you will know everything concerning the use of intelligent lighting to rule the world.

Rainbow man Rob!

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.”

First Light-Saber Experiment: Rainbow Unhappiness.

Protip: Ghost stories are usually scarier when you illuminate your face with a flashlight, but if you use rainbow LEDs instead, then you'll just end up looking silly.

I did it... I made the lights change color... Happy now?

So nice of you to join me...

Now. Let's discuss that timeshare. Pay no attention to the mind-altering psychadelic lights.

Awaiting the first caller on the Blackberry App helpline show.

Hmmm, Big Mac or Quarter Pounder?

My Caption:

Dr. Robert Cowan, Incredibly Handsome Master of All Electronics and Ceramic Capacitors

So THIS is what they mean by, " LET YOUR GEEK SHINE ".

The people impressed with his redshift costume were always walking away.

Observe the defensive mechanism of the rare bearded pygmy chameleon specimen.

Come to the fabulous side; we have rainbow lightsabres.

"Welcome to New Product Friday. Today we will be featuring our new Broadband Keyboard. It's designed for musicians who want to play more than just the Blues..."

It's only weird if it doesn't work? This (and my beard) will make the Red Sox win the World Series. We'll see. Even if it works, it's still weird.

Red vs Blue? "SparkFun" your robot costume this year.

Welcome to my holodesk.

Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to wire this up is insignificant next to the power of the RGB Force.

I don't know about yall but I think we are all 7 years to late.

Robert thought this would scare the children for Halloween

Don't touch the LEDs and he won't hurt you....

Okay, take your best shot, then it's mine!

"If you ever accidentally drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone."

We will be back after this short commercial break to break down the specifications of this rainbow light.

... must not forget to record The Walking Dead.... but this guys occupy brain each fridays... awaiting what is new @ SparkFun..... Jason!? is it you!?

Happy Halloween friends!

Robert's least favorite task is cleaning Nyan Cat's litter box.

Robert is in his alternate universe, where October only has 29 days. (Seriously, Wednesday, November 1st? Does this contest end in 2017?)

In an effort to increase sales, Robert proposes to the Head of Homeland Security that they increase the number of security alert levels from five to forty.

"Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second." Mattie Stepanek

Although he was not a bright fellow, he always knew how to shine on camera.

Although he was not a bright fellow, he always knew how to shine on camera.

Really, I have to promote ElectriCute on video? Ok, but I'm NOT wearing the fairy dress.

Behind the scenes for the 2013 remake of the Wizard of Oz, we have Dorothy about to sing "Somewhere over the Rainbow"

Although he was not a bright fellow, he always knew how to shine on camera.

Rob's new product E-Cosmetics needs some work.

Realizing he was hypnotized, we could only tell how long he’d been there by the length of his beard.

At a recent Monday morning staff meeting -

Really....."it seemed like a good idea at the time" is the best you can come up with to explain this?

I think we need to have a little chat.....

Securely locked in a SparkFun-box-padded cell, his every move monitored on camera, Robert planned his escape.

I want My TOY back....:(

What color does Robert's body prefer? It's having a fight being half red, half blue; half hot, half cold; half fire, half ice; half summer, half winter. What's the best-looking?... No matter the choice, the beard will keep looking like a boss. Or is Robert migrating SparkFun's official color from Red to Blue?.... Please don't do it or I'll cry.

Robert's daily prayer at his altar to the electronics gods ... 'Please, don't let Murphy get me again!!!'

Why is my lightsaber so floppy? And rainbow coloured? I guess I'll never be a real Jedi...

'Any customer can have an LED lit any colour that he wants so long as it is rainbow.' -Robert Cowan

A deep sense of foreboding overcame Robert as he contemplated the meaning of light.

Roberts hacked mood lamp needs rewiring

Hey ladies, yes i do look L.E.DELICIOUS

Welcome to another addition of the Red Green Show!

Everyone come see how pink and blue I look!

Are we on? Are we on? I don't believe you...I'm going to sit here and imagine punching you in the mouth...

Stay classy, geeks!

I know it looks stupid, I know it's been two-and-a-half days, and I know you can smell my flesh burning. Lookit: if you want to be a really great "half-black-half-white-guy-from-Star-Trek" for Halloween, you have to be willing to make some sacrifices.

But... I don't feel colorful....

In Soviet Chernobyl, Rob glows LEDs!

Wait?? What is a Current Limiting Resistor for again?

His thoughts can be communicated via the visible light spectrum. He is...the most interesting man in the world.

Well he does have a degree in psychology...

"Is it me you are looking for"

It was only after 43 minutes left alone, holding the same pose that Robert decided the long exposure photoshoot was probably a ruse.

Roberts new product Friday post on the day before his vacation: "RGB LED strip, any questions?."

Like a rainbows in the darrrrk!

Low Watt Mood Lighting Master

I swear, if Nate tells me to wire up one more LED...

Tell me...how many lights you see. (For the Next Generation fans.)

Come to the dark side, we make our own rainbows.

If you stare at the LED long enough, the LED stares into you.

They say that there is not a chin behind that beard just more new products.

(whispered): "Mindcrime"

What no owls?

Good evening everyone and welcome to the night we dive deep into your subconscious and bring out all your inner demons. Don't mind the lights, they will prevent your demons from escaping this room and ravaging the earth.

If you think I look good now, you should see me under UV

Look Ma! i found a way to wear both of my this year costumes at the same time, looking like William Wallace from braveheart on one side and Darth Maul in the other, and i even have a rainbow light saber. Now im just thinking about how to remove this table out of my costume.

Look Ma! i found a way to wear both of my this year costumes at the same time, looking like William Wallace from braveheart on one side and Darth Maul in the other, and i even have a rainbow light saber. Now im just thinking about how to remove this table out of my costume.

May the lite be with you

Nooooo! He doesn't have an evil thought in his head. Ever!!!!!!!!

if your watching this image then it is already too late...I was experimenting with entanglement and somehow this led strip controlled by some mangled Arduino FFT code sent a random photons into the time/space continuum and created a some weird alternate universe where days just seemed to vanish from existence....now Halloween no longer exists, weeks have shortened, and if this continues Arduino's will reproduce at alarming rates leaving the hacker-space devoid of any diversity...

An ENLIGHTENING table...! (I'm here all week, folks!) Seriously, he was LED to the table by the colorful lights.

I'm tired of playing games. Now, I'm gonna give you one chance to come clean here. Have you ever seen this light bar?

With extreme concentration, Robert was able to light the strip with his mind. It was considered a breakthrough until management compared his salary to the power bill.

Once Robert enters a trance-like state, the mood light indicator is unable to determine his mood.

Wow! Awesome Holographic Projector!

Do-over.

[The methane gas meter just lit up like crazy] Hmmm... what do I tel my loyal viewers now?

Hmmm... the methane gas meter display just lit up like crazy ?!

Next time on Epic Meal Time we eat LED arrays! Baconstrips!

If only Harvey Dent had watched the new products video about the new addressable RGU(ltra violet) LED strips...

"At the disco no one can hear you scream!"

"Chelsea, I know that you didn't want the RGB strip to move around during this demonstration, but gluing my elbows to the table as well was a bit much."

"50 shades of... LED"

Robert, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!

Grounded by the triangle pose.

Somewhere over the rainbow a bearded troll sits...

...and this is part of our prototype for the upcoming Knight Rider 2013 movie...

Don't you dare cross this "Thin Red Line" um orange line, um green, um blue thin line. Blast it, Don't you dare cross my "Rainbow Thin Line"

Speaking as a bar tender.... So, let me get this straight? You're a princess....the guy that saved you, you liked, but turns out to be your brother, and the guy you fall in love with has a wookie as a "partner"??? 8-b

Just gonna sit here. Sitting here waiting. Waiting for somebody to GET THIS FREAKING RAINBOW OFF OF MY DESK!

New Product..... What is next my pal!

Your idea is great Gregg, but just an led strip wont transform here to a dj cabin!

I m a Pink Blue new product Robert!!

Robert ponders how much energy he's saving using LEDs, and from removing October 31 from the calendar.

With towers of red boxes surrounding him, Robert stirs in his calamity . . . To choose the Light side or the Dark side.

))):-8(()

Long after the work day ended, everyone else gone home, with only a strip of LEDs to see by, Robert still can't figure out just how he agreed to work on Nov 2 and Nov 3. And how he'll tell his wife...

Red and Blue; Red and Blue.... Robert's mood changes with the LED strip as he contemplates the First of November... Wednesday or Friday; Wednesday or Friday....

HE CAN SINCE..... FEAR(NEW PRODUCT FRIDAY)

It's not a rainbow.... it's new product friday!

I am a dog, and I don't get i-OOOOO GLOWY STICK

We have a whole SPECTRUM of deals for you.

What's the deal? It can't possibly take this long to go to the bathroom. I just want to go home. I swear, if he isn't back in like, 2 minutes, I'm outta here. I mean, it got dark in here and everything. Not even a rainbow of LEDs can make this better.

Here at sparkfun, the dark side's got nothin.

This was Sparkfun's idea for a new 3D technology but something went horribly wrong.

As seen here Mr Roberts waits for the New Sparkfun's light therapy to kick in. Good News!!! The wrinkles on his head are not permanent, but the shading might be.

Come to the Rainbow Side. We have LEDS.

One saber to rule them all, one saber to find them, one saber to defeat Luke and Darth Vader!

One saber to rule them all, one saber to find them, one saber to defeat Luke and Darth Vader!

Go ahead. Tell me about your fancy new RGB LED.

The force is strong in this one.

You mess with one LED... well I suppose the rest just remain the same. They are addressable.

Spectrum? I don't even know them.

'Friday is coming..' Say it like a Stark, otherwise it doesn't work.

No, that wavelength will not make your creepy beard go away.

Robert Cowan is preparing to win any staring contest this New Product Friday.

"There's no earthly way of knowing, Which direction they are going. There's no knowing where they're rowing, or which way the river's flowing. Is it raining, is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing? Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be growing. Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? Is the grisly Reaper mowing? Yes! The danger must be growing 'Cause the rowers keep on rowing. And they're certainly not showing any sign that they are slowing"

While waiting for the others to gather around for scary Halloween stories, Robert was trying to figure out how they where going to roast the marshmallows over the safe insurance approved indoor camp fire.

"This isn't what I meant when I said I needed you to light up my life...."

You are getting veeeery sleeeeepy...

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BREAKING NEWS! Inventors from Sparkfun have created a real-life lightsaber! Albeit, they got a little carried away when deciding the colors...

"Someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do me a (DIY) service in return." -- The Robfather

I believe I have now covered the entire spectrum of this subject.

I made it glow. This is Sparkfun!

Red or blue? Rob can't decide where he lies on the political spectrum.

"The perfect number for marriage is 3."

I hate being colorblind.

My mom said I could be anything... so I became a rainbow.

Where are my 3D glasses when I need them....

You have entered a new dimension. A dimension not of imagination, but a dimension of color. You have entered the Friday New Product Post.

Like the noble cuttlefish, the engineer uses dazzling displays of color and movement to distract its prey.

Playing "red light, green light"... Sparkfun style.

Sparkfun prepares their new "RGB Lightsaber" kit for the holiday season. Lawyers working feverishly on Caveat Emptor lingo...

Mwah, ha, ha... my digital lightsaber prototype is almost ready!

"Welcome, to my evil layer of rainbows and red boxes."

you merely adopted leds; I was born in them... molded by them

"I am not a leprechaun!" *holds his hands up to block green light from his face*

All you need to do is come up with a clever saying to win the pot of gold at the end of this LED rainbow. Comw On! I'm Waiting!

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here.

Robert Cowan, director of Sparkfun's top secret Extraterrestrial Mecha-Nervous System Research Division at the dissection table...

music video... "rainbow in the dark" DIO ft R.C.

And now let´s see what the NSA deciphers as message sent in this RGB demo ...

It's Friday new Putin post.

Your weapons will never penetrate my light force fields! Muhahaha!

Some people follow, some people LED...

We don't need no stinking prisms!

Welcome to the Matrix, you can take the Red Rob or you can take the Blue Rob.

Welcome to the club, the club of darkness and rainbow!

Half Hell-boy and half Smurf Rob's true sides shine through.

Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

'Darn it I need to fart'

I wonder if I could be a part of Duck Dynasty if I made LED duck callers.

This Halloween, Robert decided to give out assorted color "gumdrops" to all the children that came to SparkFun. Let's just say that it didn't go very well.

Yes. Androids do dream of electronic sheep. I program them.

the rainbow often brings out robert's softer side

LEDs, they light up your face

I love the ghoulish look, but how do I fit it in my Halloween costume?

" WHAT? Im not flirting with you... Im just using the BLINK sketch... Ok, Im flirting with you..."

Thanks to the overwhelming response to last week's news item describing Stephanie Segall's LED Robot Hallowe'en costume, we invited her back again to show off her latest design: the LED Centipede!

Yes, I know it's "Red - Right - Return" but red goes on the port side, not the starboard side.

Come closer... i'll tell you the story of our people, pick a color, any color... don't be shy

I wonder what an RGB tan would look like?

Hmm... Beard... Rainbow... Pot of New Products... Robert's a leprechaun!

Star Wars Episode 7 Behind the Scenes: The creation of the mythical Multisaber

It may be red and cyan, but it's not 3D. Robert Cowan the movie. See it this Friday.

Rob met his evil twin after climbing through the RGB portal in his desk to the dark side of Sparkfun.

LEDs, they light up your f****n face

"Taste the rainbow? I built the rainbow. I AM THE RAINBOW!...... let us pray"

Lights, Check. Camera, Check. Where's the action.?.. Maybe I forgot to tell people about the party.

Hello, my name is Robert and welcome to Secrets of the Universe. Today we are going to learn how to make plutonium from common household items.

LEDs, they light up your face

"Now that I've set the mood lighting, I'd like you to answer this one question: Who's your favorite Superhero?"

In this picture, you see a timid, cave dwelling rainbow geek gnome. He may look cute and furry, he will attack if provoked.

Halloween at SparkFun consists of all the lights being turned off and Robert sitting with new products ready to pass out SparkFun products to the trick or treating children.

Robert's been watching Men who stare at Goats again.

Yes...let the DC flow through you!

You should see Gregg's face!

... RedSparkBlue, may the LIGHT be on your side ...

"Soon, the entire world will submit to me and my Light - emitting Skittles!"

Robert got tired of getting thrown out of the Rainbow Room, so he built his own. Its not a candlelight dinner but if you make the Led's flicker its close enough.

Rob moves fast enough to the right to demonstrate the Doppler shift.

Hey! There's not enough light in here to read a calendar!

(Note that the stated date for the end of the calendar implies the contest ends in 2018 -- the next time Nov. 1 will fall on a Wednesday. This year. Wednesday is Oct. 30, and Nov. 1 is Friday.)

Just in time, Mr. Anderson..

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high SparkFun is a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby :)

I'm all for diversifying our product line, but unicorn farts is taking it too far.

Honey, I shrunk the geek.

How do I use this on a Halloween themed New Product Friday??? HMMM, this would make a cool light saber to go with my Jedi custom... Bingo!!!

"Thank you for joining me. Time to take over the world!"

Robert said, "Let there be light!"

"I specifically asked for a light saber!!!..."

Why do we record this show on Mondays?

I hunger !

My name is Robert Cowan, known as Heisenberg, cook of the famous "rainbow" meth. This is my story.

The brilliant Robert Cowan is having a little bit too much Spark fun.

"Now I have the colors to prove I'm a NeRd"

And I thought I was going to be a pro football player...

Wait, wait -- which one is the robot?

Wednesday, November 1st. Sorry, Just sayin'

Started with red, ended in blue. You won't see no grin nor green beard ...

Your ray gun is no match for my...rainbow forcefield!

Yes, the danger must be growing...for the row it keeps on glowing...and it's certainly not showing any signs that it is slowing!!!!!!!

Herr Doktor Blinkenlicht vill see you now.

We've been watching you, Mr. "Smith"

"My Glo Worm is getting an upgrade"

Which one of you minions is hiding my cat? I can't do the new products video without him.

Even Robert fell victim to the deviously pretty mind control device the Sparkfun engineers created...

Only after suppressing the battle between his 700nm side and his 400nm side will Bob "Hot and Cold" Roberts be able to see the spectrum of opportunity before him.

Bob eye's were locked into a staring contest with the T-500 Terminator 'bot. His attempt to use an array of blinking colored LED's to distract it, did not seem to be working .....

Ok, you have the evil genius pose and stare down. Now we just need to work on your evil devices.

...no, rainbow LED strips don't count!

I want all the colors!

Be Afraid! Be Very Afraid!!!

"I don't always sit here and stare at pretty lights, but when I do, I prefer Sparkfun LED RGB strips."

"Stay geeky my friends."

I got nothin' man, I mean they look cool, but what can we actually do with them.

I may be trying to hide it; but really I'm fascinated by these pretty lights like any other electronic boff. Why does no one else think this is the coolest thing ever!?!

Roberts choice of techniques to remember "Red on right, returning" left something to be desired.

While strikingly beautiful, Roberts new GBLT pride KITT desk was also pretty darn Fabulousss!

Now that he's well lit, we just need him to look into the right camera.

No Mr. Bond. I expect you to build a robot! HAHAHAHA!!!!

Radioactive Skittles: OCD Edition

Next week on Epic Meal Time - we're eating Rainbow Laser Bacon.

" Robert Cowan moves faster than LED-lighting flash"/ The Old Sparkfun sayings

In the year 2000, in the year 2000. "It will take another 13 years, but LEDs will be sold in meter long strips"

And you Light up my life. You give me hope To carry on

Even with a mere 5V of potential, Robert managed to join the Sparkfun Illuminati.

Sparkfun's new 3D beard photography booth!

Welcome to the Darkside......now in Technicolor.

Do we really have to wait until 2017 (the next Nov. 1st that is a Wednesday) to find out the answers? Or is that the magic of the colored timeline?

You see before you, our "Rainbow Connection"! And as soon as Kermit shows up, we will begin.

LED's ?? What LED's...

The two sides to engineering.

"what is E=MC2? and what should I have for lunch?"

Robert Cowan a.k.a RGB Guru meditating

Crystal balls are sooooo 19th century. Welcome to the future of fortune telling!

Luke, I am your Father. This light saber is now yours.

Robert C., founding member of the "Rainbow LightSaber Coalition"

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The name is is TwoFace and looks you landed on the colorful side of the coin!

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Look, minion, this is a lair. In a volcano. Do I look like someone who wants to "lighten the ambience"?

Desperately seeking for the pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow by the the Leprechauns...

I told you there was a leprechaun at the end of the rainbow!

Sooo. what's a led again?

Am I invisible now?

Can I tell you something...Rainbow Bright scares the magic blue smoke out of me. True story!

Don't worry mom. I've fixed it so you won't have to sit in the dark anymore!

" LED- sticks, LED- sticks, Do you wanna buy LED-sticks? You don't wanna sell me LED-sticks... You wanna go home and rethink your project..."

Look into my eyes... look deep into my eyes... repeat after me... "I want more LEDs." I need more LEDs."

Robert, may the spark be with you

I see the Tron light cycles are back in stock.

Can't decide what color to be.

Ok Luke you've pondered the thing long enough now pick it up already.

Sulking in the the Sparkfun Furlough room!