Nice introduction :-) I hope to read lots of interesting blogs.

I guess you know thats from a Monty Python film, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' ?

I've struggled with tree stands many times.

Last year I bought a new one and I am actualy happy with it.

"A lot" is important, a lot of weight. It is essintially a big steel bucket welded onto a big steel plate.
I bought the tree into the house and stuck it in the bucket and it didn't fall over. Getting it to stand up straight came later.
The big steel bucket also serves as the water reservoir and holds enough water for a couple of weeks.

Attaching one of these to a Segway might help you with you first prototype.


http://www.rona.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?nodeId=ALLDEPT&catalogId=10051&storeId=10001&langId=-1&selectItemId=35961&parent_category_rn=0&categoryId=13074&catentryList=&productId=37016

Related to Andrews idea... it’s a shame that most homes do not have a faucet near the tree... it would be perfect... plug in your base to the power outlet... and to the faucet and turn it on... let the CPU watch the water level in base and fill only when necessary.

I would think that in a house where they heat is kept high and the humidity low (most homes north of the Mason-Dixon Line for instance), that there would be a serious level of evaporation from the base... such a computer controlled release may offer a savings in water if such evaporation could be limited by limiting the amount of exposed moisture.

Although I’m sure that the cost savings would be trivial compared to the cost of such a base... still...

What the hell...

You want a christmas tree stand to be controlled by a cpu? This is the epitomy of the american public. Put something there and then forget about it. Laziness at its worst. Is it such a bother to take that 3 minutes out of your day to check to see if the tree has enough water? To see if it's balanced correctly? Can you do anything yourself without litte gyros and processors dictating everything for you? I came on this board to see if anyone could tell me how to make my own stand, and this is the smut I read instead. Sad sad days.

Loved that "What the hell..." comment!

Yes.. If what I've said truly represents "the epitomy of the american public", then so be it!

I imagine your ancestors were standing in the back of the cave shouting, "What's so hot about fire? Cold meat and freezing to death not good enough for you?! Sad sad days..."

Seriously - it was just a humorous, wistful wish on my part. I don't seriously expect to see the self-righting Christmas Tree stand in my lifetime. (I'll leave that one for one of my kids to solve.)

Kevin

Indeed, winsupersite.com has more articles like that...there're articles about how win2k3 was developed, more interviews and thigns like that.

Dang. I guess there's nothing not already invented. <heh>
Thanks for sharing your link and those solutions!

I need one to troubleshoot my software inventory and pc's.

SharePoint based blog has been invented too :-)
http://dev.collutions.com/blogs/sample

Yep. Thanks Jim.