A little script to delight the kids - increase the font size in your terminal !

name_in_lights.rb

def color(index, text)
  normal = "\e[#{index}m#{text}\e[0m"
  bold = "\e[#{index}m\e[1m#{text}\e[0m"
  "#{normal}  #{bold}  " 
end

if ARGV.empty?
  puts "Usage: ruby #{__FILE__} NAME"
  exit
end
name = ARGV.join(" ")

while true do
  8.times do|index| 
    line = color(index + 1, name)
    line += color(index + 30, name)
    line += color(index + 90, name)
    puts line
    sleep 1
  end

  sleep 3
  system "clear"
end