Latvian developers set record with Christmas tree-lighting Rube Goldberg machine

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So you think untangling your Christmas tree lights is tedious?

A group of programmers from an ecommerce development company called Scandiweb spent two months building and testing a 412-step Rube Goldberg machine – a World Guinness Record — that when finished with its 15 minutes of wackiness electrified the capital city of Riga’s Christmas tree.

Fear not, you don’t have to watch all 15 minutes, as this slick video boils it all down to about three:

The most complicated way to light Christmas tree from Scandiweb on Vimeo.

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Network World Paul McNamara