I love my geek.

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He's building a light system for his bike. This has involved countless trips to hardware stores, online purchase of battery and light bulbs, dissection of storebought electrical cables, purchase of a Dremmel and a soldering iron (useful things to have around the house, no?)... He's in the home stretch of wiring before he can attach the thing to his bike. He searched everywhere for a box of the right size and shape to house the battery and aim the rear blinky light. He sacrificed a wooden ruler because it's just the right shape for mounting the two headlights. I'm impressed with his perseverence. All this so he can continue to make the 20-mile roundtrip to work even as the year gets colder (and darker).

Comments

[moechus.livejournal.com]

That all sounded like lovable geekiness until the last sentence. Then it turned to masochism.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

He must have incredible legs.

[eiblyn.livejournal.com]

That sounds like xuth.

[provscout79.livejournal.com]

um....

fun I think.

Ype

[zvalium.livejournal.com]

oy.
and brrr...!
but definintely impressive! He really wants to get in shape for ski season eh? ;-)

[marknic.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! Sounds awesome. I want to see PICTURES of the contraption! (hmmm... does something need to have moving parts to be a contraption?)

[xuth.livejournal.com]

Hey... I'd like to see it. I'm still in the contemplative stages for lights for my bike.

I'm wondering how much pain it would be to build appropriate housings for a small compact fluorescent bulb and an inverter to give myself 120v to power the thing.

The other option that I think would be really neat if I can pull it off would be a carbide lamp. I just think it would be cool (well, burning acetylene is a bit warm but you know what I mean).

I'm only doing about 9 miles each day but I'm going to be moving soon (haven't figured out where yet) and that's probably going to add another 2-5 miles each way for me.