Maybe check out the Christmas lights forums:

http://forums.auschristmaslighting.com/index.php
http://www.doityourselfchristmas.com/

These guys do large scale animated lighting for Christmas, Halloween, etc.
David...

>>> On Sep 25, 2010, at 11:52 AM, J. Bakshi wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> I have seen lots of LED projects where we can see even 100 LEDs. I am
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>> searching something different. I like to decorate my home as well as gar=
den
>> with LEDs :-) I guess I need not lees than 4000 LEDs to do this. I can b=
uy
>> LED chains from local market, but this does not give any animation or
>> blinking effect. I wonder if there is any such project which can drive t=
hese
>> large no. of LEDs and also provide a mechanism to design lighting effect=
s
>> favorably through a linux box. any such thing in this planet ?
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