--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | LEARN (9) description: LEARN | Home to ideas, tips, interviews, news, views and all kinds of other stuff related to ETC, its products, customers, and the industry in general. 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How do we find that information and make good use of it? [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/02/secrets-of-product-listing-tools-and-tips-for-specifiers-and-users) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Sammy-explorer-2-700x500-3.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/exploring-the-network-the-postman) [Network](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/network) ### [Exploring the Network: The Postman](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/exploring-the-network-the-postman) By [Sam Smallman](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/sam-smallman) 24-Jan-2018 To TCP, or not TCP, that is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer, suffer you shall not. In this recurring series, Sam Smallman will attempt to explain the transport layer and join the dots from forming an [OSC packe](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/exploring-the-network-osc-part-i)t, to understanding [addresses and subnets](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/exploring-the-network-the-address), to finally sending a... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/exploring-the-network-the-postman) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/OOC-ControlTabs-750x433.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/control-magic-sheets-display-control) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [Out of Control: Magic Sheets – To display or to control?](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/control-magic-sheets-display-control) By [Nick Gonsman](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/nick-gonsman) 11-Jan-2018 In this [recurring series](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/out-of-control), Nick Gonsman of ETC NYC sheds light on aspects of the theory and practice of entertainment lighting control. Today’s topic: Display Focus, Control Tabs and Magic Sheets. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/control-magic-sheets-display-control) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ETL-Listing-Desire-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/decoding-the-secrets-of-product-listing-how-to-be-electrically-informed) [Listing](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/listing) ### [Secrets of Product Listing Part 1: How to be electrically-informed](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/decoding-the-secrets-of-product-listing-how-to-be-electrically-informed) By [Steve Terry](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/steve-terry) 9-Jan-2018 In the US, Product Listing by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory provides a wealth of information about the correct and safe use of a product. But what is Listing, and what does it tell us? [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2018/01/decoding-the-secrets-of-product-listing-how-to-be-electrically-informed) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/lighthack_box1_partial-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/lighthack-community-supported-eos-project-kit) [FEATURED](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/featured) ### [Introducing #lighthack: the community-supported Eos project kit](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/lighthack-community-supported-eos-project-kit) By [Luke Delwiche](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/luke-delwiche) 27-Dec-2017  Today, we’re trying something new…and you can, too. Theatre-makers are truly MAKERS. We are people who find a problem and solve it. Budgets are never high enough, and so we experiment, learn, share — and then experiment more. ETC embraces this maker culture. We get it. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/lighthack-community-supported-eos-project-kit) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/artsycovershot-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/think-know-color-grab-leds-gel-try-chocolatey-experiment) [LEDs](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/leds) ### [Think you know color? Grab some LEDs or gel, and try this chocolatey experiment.](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/think-know-color-grab-leds-gel-try-chocolatey-experiment) By [Wendy Luedtke](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/wendy-luedtke) 12-Dec-2017 Looking for a fun (and tasty) way to explore color? For several years now, I’ve used candy to help teach color rendering. It’s a trick I learned from Terena Wilkens of Gustavus Adolphus College, who presented it at a USITT lecture on teaching color without a light lab. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/12/think-know-color-grab-leds-gel-try-chocolatey-experiment) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Sammy-explorer-2-700x500-4.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/exploring-the-network-the-address) [Network](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/network) ### [Exploring the Network: The Address](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/exploring-the-network-the-address) By [Sam Smallman](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/sam-smallman) 8-Nov-2017 In this latest installment of the *Exploring the Network* series, Sam Smallman explains the fundamentals of IP addresses and subnetting. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/11/exploring-the-network-the-address) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Fireside1-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/09/video-live-programming-pros-talk-eos-at-the-cue-fireside-chat) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [Video: Live-programming pros talk Eos at the CUE Fireside Chat](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/09/video-live-programming-pros-talk-eos-at-the-cue-fireside-chat) By [Kate Foster](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/kate-foster) 19-Sep-2017 A panel of top Eos programmers convened at ETC’s CUE conference for an evening of live-programming war stories, show file strategies and cat memes. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/09/video-live-programming-pros-talk-eos-at-the-cue-fireside-chat) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Sammy-explorer-2-700x500-3.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/exploring-the-network-osc-part-i) [Eos](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/eos) ### [Exploring the Network: The Postcard (OSC)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2017/08/exploring-the-network-osc-part-i) By [Sam Smallman](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/sam-smallman) 1-Aug-2017 This is the first post in a series of articles on Open Sound Control (OSC) written by field service engineer and programmer Sam Smallman. 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