Admin - 02/01/16 16:46: Well that's it, the end has come; can I say a massive thank you to everyone who has been part of Grotto Tree over the years. Grotto Tree has flown it's wings and is now an archive of the good times. Admin - 02/01/16 12:51: Well the take-down begins, The X10 Controls have now been disabled. You can view the take-down live stream here. Paul C. - 01/01/16 02:44: Happy New Year! The snowman is too depressed to stand up on his last night :( alan - 31/12/15 16:29: sorry to see you go so soon after aleks xmas lights stopped thankyou Paul C - 31/12/15 00:04: Thank you for doing this over the years. It will be missed! Antilogical - 30/12/15 20:51: I'll miss this site. It puts me in the holiday mood. Best wishes to you. Admin - 30/12/15 04:22: I hate to break it to you guys, but after 5 wonderful years, Grotto Tree is retiring. That's right, 2015 is the last year for Grotto Tree. Cam and X10 Controls will be shut down on the 2nd January 2016, website will remain up though as an archive. Eddie from Ohio USA - 30/12/15 03:46: Merry Christmas to you!! Thomas - 27/12/15 11:50: Merry Chrismas from Black Forest Germany Admin - 26/12/15 16:57: Sorry everyone, I have been at my Grandparents over the last two days for Christmas and have been away. Light in grotto was turned off accidentally by another member of my family, Light and snowman now fixed. At least the X10 did not break down. :) Root - 26/12/15 14:10: Snownan been on the sauce again, still can't stand up ,,, have a good one all ... 26/12/15 03:38: No Cam :( Oliver - 25/12/15 00:45: Snowman must have had a few too many eggnogs. He cant stand up. :P Jack SMith - 24/12/15 16:35: Webcams Broken Matt - 24/12/15 15:05: Very Cool, Thank you, Merry Christmas, I will Share with friends XSAPLING - 24/12/15 04:44: MERRY XMAS FROM ME :C @Enjin Jenny - 22/12/15 20:52: Happy Christmas Admin - 22/12/15 19:08: Webcam Fixed. Webcam XP froze for the first time this month. Shawn - 21/12/15 19:14: Looks like the cam is offline Radu - 21/12/15 17:47: Merry Christmas from Romania! Govind - 21/12/15 03:46: happy christmas Paul - 19/12/15 18:37: Loving the lights! Thanks for the Christmas cheer, from NJ USA! 19/12/15 06:58: Merry Christmas!! Admin - 18/12/15 15:18: IR has been Fixed and has been turned off. Some how, the IR went into automatic mode. Shawn - 18/12/15 12:34: I thought I would try to turn all the lights on to see if that helps, but it didn't! :( Santa's Little Helpe - 17/12/15 22:10: Camera is in IR mode and is not it correct PTZ position! Meghann - 17/12/15 20:49: Controlling your Grotto from Atlanta, GA USA! Merry Christmas! Niamh - 17/12/15 19:30: please share with all your family and friends around the world, its really a lovely interactive live grotto. thank you for programming and setting this up each year. A Joy josh - 17/12/15 19:04: i come to this site evry year, thank you for setting it up because it brings joy to allot of people including me! Merry Christmas 17/12/15 18:56: Surrey, England, United Kingdom Lewis. - 17/12/15 18:22: Thanks for letting me turn your lights on. I'm 3 and this site is awesome (my dad typed this for me) Bob - 17/12/15 00:03: My new favorite site!!! Thanks! Football Butt - 15/12/15 17:56: YO YO 15/12/15 15:04: Hello! Admin - 15/12/15 14:40: Re Brad: The camera has to be optimised for people with slow internet connections, so the resolution and frame rate are kept to a minimum. Sorry, :/ Chris - 15/12/15 01:29: Hi Brad - 14/12/15 22:01: Anyway you could make the camera a little better? Jean Paul - 14/12/15 21:44: Christmas greetings from France mum - 13/12/15 18:51: well done Santa - 13/12/15 17:28: Surrey, England, United Kingdom Willem van der decke - 13/12/15 13:15: Vrolijk kerstfeest vanuit Nederland! (Merry Christmas from the Netherlands) Mylo - 13/12/15 10:52: Happy Xmas Admin - Unwelcome comments removed & IP's Banned! kwanzaa snow - 12/12/15 19:36: ho ho ho Coolman - 12/12/15 19:35: Hey whats goin on in here guys? Speedycat - 12/12/15 19:35: hlo hlo hlo Shawn - 12/12/15 13:28: Hey! This is supposed to be family friendly! Cathy - 12/12/15 10:17: Merry Christmas from Boston, MA, USA! evelyne - 11/12/15 12:43: thank you! we love this scene! happy christmas eikeujhoi - 11/12/15 11:58: Please turn of the stpuid music!!!! Shawn - 11/12/15 02:52: Webcam appears to he offline since 02:49:56 - 11/12/2015 Angie - 10/12/15 11:28: Fab show well done :-) 10/12/15 03:00: hello Shawn - 09/12/15 16:27: Never mind! Fixed! Shawn - 09/12/15 16:22: Guess thr inflatable Santa likes to hold on to the tree! (might be stuck) Gabrielle - 09/12/15 03:54: Very nice setup :) Noel - 08/12/15 13:41: Wow carl - 07/12/15 18:13: happy christmas every one Shawn - 07/12/15 12:33: Love this webcam!:) Admin - 07/12/15 11:03: The music is just a low bit-rate MP3 file. Some browsers require a plugin like quicktime as they do not have native support for embedded MP3 files. The JavaScript code for the music has also just been updated, so please try refreshing the page to see if the music now works. 06/12/15 22:58: My computer doesn't support the embeded music. What form do you use? Matt - 06/12/15 22:54: I'm here to wate energy 06/12/15 22:37: X10 is a home automation protocol for controling devices from wirless remotes, computers and other gizmos. Jo - 06/12/15 19:39: My child adored this. Thank you and happy Christmas Guest - 06/12/15 17:40: Hi Guest - 06/12/15 17:11: Hope you enjoyed the show Guest - 06/12/15 17:03: Guys off the site im doing a show watch but dont touch controls Jack Smith - 06/12/15 16:57: Awesome do people walk thorugh Anthony - 06/12/15 16:53: Lovely Debbie - 06/12/15 11:45: Looking good as always 06/12/15 02:52: Merry Christmas gemma lee - 05/12/15 17:09: merry christmas to you ffrom us all Oliver - 05/12/15 00:53: This is really great, what a prodigious talent. I'd love to see what is next and where this takes you. Best wishes, Oli Oliver - 05/12/15 00:41: This is fantastic! Welldone. Admin - 04/12/15 13:16: Cam & X10 Controls back on-line! :) Admin - 04/12/15 11:38: Cam & X10 Controls are down - Power outage has occurred. Sorry Guys. Keith - 04/12/15 10:14: Nice job Paul C. - 04/12/15 01:25: Merry Christmas from Canada! Thanks for doing this again. Admin - 03/12/15 21:40: I updated the code for the view counter and so it is now working again. Now fully in-house based. alan - 03/12/15 20:30: merry christmas Sofia - 03/12/15 19:26: Genius!!!! Got us in to the Christmas spiritπŸŽ„ Shawn - 03/12/15 18:29: Too bad Alek stopped doing his display! So, now I will go on here from now on as a replacement! Pobre ana - 03/12/15 15:01: I cant afford a christmas tree so this really comforts me Euan - 02/12/15 19:29: Servers IP address is: 212.227.84.239 Euan - 02/12/15 19:26: Recent chnages - A Foscam PTZ IP cam is now used for the Christmas Grotto. Mike - 02/12/15 08:30: Working perfectly - Good Job S Trout - 02/12/15 02:27: Merry Christmas from Central Pa. USA Mick - 01/12/15 19:04: Sweeeet,happy Christmas Lee - 01/12/15 18:14: and inflated Santa - merry Xmas πŸ˜€ Lee Clarkson - 01/12/15 18:11: fab . Just turned lights on πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ Jonathan - 01/12/15 12:14: That is so cool, my children love it. Happy Christmas The Upstaters - 01/12/15 00:16: Thanks for the good time! :) Merry Christmas, soon. Admin - 30/11/15 23:20: Sorry for the cam's down time - Was upgrading my home network. (New VDSL Modem) Me - 30/11/15 22:03: What is email logan - 30/11/15 17:33: this is super cool Ryan - 30/11/15 13:50: Very good fun made me smile Thank You 30/11/15 10:56: Genius, Merry Christmas! Simog - 30/11/15 00:10: *from Simog - 30/11/15 00:06: I'm the first! :) contratulation for your project! Marry xmas fronte italy Admin - 30/11/15 00:03: Site is now live everyone!