Hell: 222 OSRAM OSTAR® LE UW E3B LEDs united in one piece of art. Each of these latest generation LEDs has a brightness of up to 1120 Lumen, which equals the light emitted by a powerful video projector. 222 of these LEDs produce 240.000 Lumen, a brightness usually sufficient to illuminate a football field. In our case, the light is concentrated on a panel none bigger than 240×140 cm. The 222 LEDs are arranged in such a way that they read the word “HELL” , which in German also means “bright”, playing with this ambiguity in many different ways. Extensive electronics such as transformators, cooling and emergency switches are built into the panel that must be fed with 30.000 Watts of power supply. In an active, turned on state, the piece is too bright to be looked at, so that one is oblidged to wear welding shades when contemplating the artwork. At exhibitions, special care and safety measures must be taken in order to avoid damage to the eyes of spectators.

And there we have it, the final answer to the mystery of 222. ;)

And the view they had when they hit this magical mileage:

Pretty awesome. I’m jealous of this 222 view and mileage, perhaps I’ll need to modify my odometer… I’m patiently awaiting the van’s arrival to our parts if everything goes as planned. Thanks Andy, you guys rock! Make sure to check out their blog to see what they’re up to. They plan to traverse the entire continent of Canada in the name of indie games. Canada, the 8th continent. Buckle up!

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Browsing the Newgrounds forums.

Noticing, without anticipation, I just made the 222nd post here.

Apparently tinyurl is just as much of a headcase as I am…

But why 222? I see that number everywhere. It’s been my address, friend’s addresses, when I look at the clock it reads 2:22. I see coupons for 2 burgers for $2.22… o_O Some might say this kind of synchronicity is a sign, or perhaps some other force trying to guide me through life. Maybe they’re right, I certainly don’t rule that out. But I think, more likely that it’s a reminder that we tend to recognize what we want to recognize. If I’m looking for 222 all the time, I’m going to see it and remember it. I see a digital clock probably hundreds of times a day but I only truly remember looking at it when it reads 2:22 because it means something more to me since I’ve allowed that number to be more than just a number to me.

I use 222 whenever I can. 222 pixels of Gaussian blur. 222 frames of flash animation inside a movie clip. I also like 42, well, because of geeky Hitchhiker’s Guide reasons. It’s more of a personal joke to myself to use those numbers when they are called for, and somehow that imbues that piece of work with something beyond a simple alpha value… Instead, it is the Omega answer to the great universal question of: “What should I set this alpha to?” as opposed to just some number. I used to be obsessed with using the Fibionacci sequence wherever I could, in animation, design and etc. I still use it occasionally because that type of “sacred geometry” is useful as a designer/artist.

Sacred geometry is very much the same thing as my 222 synchronicity complex but on a much broader scale. By perpetuating those ideas of sacred geometry over the centuries it becomes much more basic than just an idea. It’s intrinsic. And with some cases, it becomes Common Knowledge. I guess if you reward the broken-record for long enough people start seeing meaning in things that are logically meaningless. And it doesn’t end. With enough years, an entire people can create complete, air-tight paradigms around once meaningless figures, shapes and symbols. But really, I think it’s a pretty cool thing, and certainly a testament to the vibrant imagination of the human mind.

So, yea. That’s where this site gets its name. I plan on posting pictures of 222 stuff more often, I don’t make a habit of doing that nowadays, but I’ll try to do more of that to break up the “tl;dr” posts that seem to be coming out of my brain more and more these days.