A lighting link-farm -- many of these are themselves nests of more pointers.
*Note:
a lot of this is out of date and probably has several dead links.
I haven't had a chance to go back through and recheck everything, but
there's always your nearest search engine once you have an idea of
what you're looking for.
http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/lighting/lighting-linkfarm.html
That's THIS file -- for easy single-point access
http://theatre.harvard.edu/jobs/ld/quick.html
More from the Harvard folks
http://www.mts.net/~william5/sld/sld-toc.htm
An extensive "Lighting Design 101" set of documents
http://www.d.umn.edu/~mharvey/th1501a-z.html
Nice description of the design process. Also look at "classindex.html"
http://www.d.umn.edu/~mharvey/websitelighting.html
Many good pointers in general
http://www.northern.edu/wild/th241/ldw02.htm
http://www.northern.edu/wild/th241/th241.htm
http://www.northern.edu/wild/th241/ldw03.htm
Larry Wild's theatre courses and other info. There's a *ton* of stuff here
http://www.northern.edu/wild/jressay.htm
Larry Wild's recreation of Jean Rosenthal's "photo essay" on directionality
http://www.vincentlighting.com/glossary.shtml
One of many glossaries out there. Google some of the terms for many more
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rlk3p/classes/usem171/Glossary/Terms.html
Rock-n-roll terminology
http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/flipcoil/howto.html
How to properly over/under coil up cables
http://www.dmx512-online.com
Good rundown on DMX by Ujjal Kar
http://www.prosoundweb.com/lighting/articles01/dalelee/dmx.shtml
DMX protocol description
http://www.hollywoodlights.com/production/techtips.htm
General theater tips and info
http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/lighting/arisia11/pony/
How to adapt artwork and hand-cut a gobo from pie-plate aluminum --
somewhat tedious but quite effective
http://lightnetwork.com/
The Light Network forum -- very active, very professional. Site wants
cookies enabled to work right.
http://techno-fandom.org/mailing.html
Instructions for joining the techno-fandom list. This is a loose collection
of volunteers, mostly from the northeast corridor but with a few members
scattered around other areas of the country, who periodically gather at SF
conventions, folk festivals, and other events to do production tech for
fun and useful experience
http://www.leprecon.com/
Leprecon
http://www.etcconnect.com/
Electronic Theater Controls
http://www.altmanltg.com/
Altman
http://www.nsicorp.com/
NSI / Colortran
http://www.flyingpig.com/
Flying Pig Systems, now part of High End
http://www.wybron.com
Wybron
http://martinpro.com
Martin [wants cookies at top level]
http://www.le-us.com
Lighting & Electronics
http://www.leprecon.com/console_lp1500.htm
Leprecon LP-15xx series of boards
http://www.etcconnect.com/docs_downloads/manuals/Express_125_250_v3.1_User_Manual.pdf
[watch linewrap]
ETC Express 125/250 consoles
http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/lighting/etc-ion.html
Hands-on review of a fairly brief experience with an ETC ION console
http://www.etcconnect.com/literature/literature.asp
ETC gear in general
http://www.flyingpig.com/support/hog2/downloads/
http://www.flyingpig.com/support/hog2/downloads/hogpc_177.zip
HogPC and general Hog2 downloads and info
http://www.wybron.com/Entertainment/CXI/index.html
http://www.wybron.com/Service/manuals/cxi_manual_b14_2_17_03.pdf
Wybron CXI color-mixing scrollers
http://www.wybron.com/Entertainment/Coloram/PSspecs.html
http://www.wybron.com/Service/manuals/Coloram_Power_Supply_Manual_4_14_03.pdf
[watch linewrap]
and the Coloram power supplies to go with them
http://martinpro.com/product/product.asp?product=mac600
http://martinpro.com/service/downloadfile.asp?name=UM_MAC600_EN_H.PDF&cat=65
[watch linewrap]
Martin: MAC 600 moving-head CMY washlight ...
http://martinpro.com/product/product.asp?product=roboscanpro918
http://martinpro.com/service/downloadfile.asp?name=UM_RoboScanPro918_EN_C.PDF&
cat=65
[watch linewrap]
and the Roboscan 918 scanner
http://www.le-us.com/
http://www.le-us.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/LE_CYCS.pdf
Lighting & Electronics: broad cyc [badly scanned bitmap, but readable]
http://www.altmanltg.com/prod_followspots/voyager-lt.pdf
Altman Lighting: Voyager 400HTI long-throw followspot
_H* 110123 (minor updates, no in-depth recheck)