Good Light

bulbboy is often queried by customers:

"does this give out a good light?"

which got me thinking, what is a good light?
a light that doesn't misbehave?
does exactly what it says on the tin?

most of those people that ask really mean:

"is this bright?"

now if i was to respond in the affirmative and say yes, it gives out 1300 lumens of light, they would probably
look at me as though i had two heads.
the equivalent in auto terms would be to ask if a car
could go fast, then be given the answer that it could reach
96 miles per hour, and not understand the answer.

instead of brightness levels, it might be more appropriate to
think in terms of how useful a light is.
what is its purpose: ambient lighting, or for working under?
spot lights, or flood lights?

it might surprise you to find out that bulbboy doesn't always
think that brighter is better. sometimes a softer light is needed.
why use more energy than you need?

so what is a good light? or even a perfect light?
i don't believe there is such a thing (yet), but coming
pretty close is the Surefire U2.



what's so good about it? well first up its
light output has 6 variable levels from 2 lumens to 80 lumens.
you adjust the brightness by using the ring selector changed by
a flick of your thumb.

its pretty rugged and shock proof, drop it and it will keep on working. obviously at the higher setting the batteries will be drained faster, so it's great to have the option of using only as much light as you need, rather than blinding yourself while working up close. at the lower setting
the battery runtime can be as much as 40+ hours.

i would say that's pretty good.

The future is HERE!

reminiscent of Minority Report or The Matrix?

Enlightenment

there is a boy called Bamjan who was meditating.
he is a teenager from nepal who had been sitting under a
peepal tree (that's peepal not paypal).

his full name is Ram Bahadur Banjan and he had been
meditating for months apparently without food, water,
sleep or toilet breaks. The story was even on the bbc
site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4479240.stm

he was to carry on meditating for another six years, until he
reached enlightenment, where he would transcend desire
and suffering and attain Nirvana.

the plot thickens...

he has disappeared! where did he go?
from the breitbart.com site:

"It was still unclear when he went missing, but initial reports said he was last seen on Friday.

Subedi said police were investigating if the boy just wandered into the jungle or he was
abducted by robbers."

did he trancsend earlier than expected?
maybe he disappeared in a flash of blinding light, or smuggled away under cover of darkness?
with the great influx of visitors to the site in Nepal, one would have thought that at least one of these people would have had a torch to cut through the night, and find the source of any rustling after dark.

Perfect Footwear

you know when you have a great pair of boots
and you can't bear to be parted from them?
bulbboy had such a pair.

my usual pair weren't available so i used an older pair.
being careful to put a spare corrective insole in this pair,
i then set upon my merry way...it wasn't merry for very long.
the voodoo on my spine that i spoke of in an earlier post returned,
with reinforcements.

unfortunately, i hadn't checked out the soles of my former favourite
footwear. these were worn in my pre osteopath/podiatrist days.
the right sole had worn down a little, and this small amount of difference
was enough to cause pain.

i won't be wearing those boots again, unless of course they can be properly resoled, waste not want not! possibly time for new boots.

bulbboy has seen kids walking around with very cool boots and trainers that flash little LEDs when they walk. bulbboy is thinking of developing a set of flashlight boots. just imagine: night time jogging, see those puddles before you land in them! just click your heels together, and before you can say "there's no place like home" bright beams of light fly forth from your tootsies. a little like the boots in the bond 007 movie from Russia with love, worn by the little assassin (except with flashlight beams).
*sigh, i can but dream*

from bulbboy with love xx