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Month: October 2008

NiteRider TriNewt Wireless

Published October 3, 2008

NiteRider TriNewt mounted on my helmet. It's a bit heavy, but should work well.

Today I received my new bike light, a NiteRider TriNewt Wireless. I’ve been needing a head light of my own if I want to do any riding after work and this one should work pretty well. It’s a lithium ion battery powered helmet or bar mount 486 lumen LED-driven bike light, and based on my initial tests it’ll work very, very well. The on/off switch is on the battery itself, which would normally be a hassle, except that this version comes with a keyfob-like remote control switch and hardware for mounting it on the bike.

I plan on posting beam shots comparing it with some other lights I have around the house later on, but for now if you’d like to see photos of the bundle as I received it, please feel free to take a look at my NiteRider TriNewt Wireless photo album. Here’s one photo I find particularly interesting, a macro shot of the LEDs themselves in the lamp assembly. I don’t dare look at these while they are illuminated.

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Dead Owl

Published October 2, 2008

A truck with a dead owl hanging from the front bumper.

This morning I was told about a truck which supposedly had a dead owl hanging off of the bumper. Yep, that’s definitely a dead owl.

This must be a rare occurrence. Not only is it rare to see an owl, I imagine it’s even more unlikely that one would hit one, have it stick in the bumper, and have it end up in such a photogenic pose.

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Server Issues and Rainbows

Published October 1, 2008

A rainbow above Stony Creek High School before a wednesday night MMBA group ride.

As some of you may have noticed before, all sites hosted on my new server was inaccessible for a brief while this morning. It turns out that there was a slight issue which led to the switch port being turned off for a while. Everything had remained up, but the server was unavailable until it was turned back on. So, it’s still fine. This is a huge relief.

Tonight was also the normal Wednesday night group ride. I was a bit cold at first wearing just a long sleeved Target running shirt and shorts, but after we got going I was fine. This (intentionally saturated) photo was taken from the parking lot where we meet right after the rain before the ride stopped.

Thankfully some friends loaned me a head-mounted HID light so I could ride in the dark. This was definitely needed in the latter half of the ride, and particularly after the rain moved in. The ride back to the car was a quick 1.5 miles, but a bit unpleasant being in 50°F weather and down a muddy dirt road with rain coming down. At least it stopped once we got to the parking lot, making loading my bike into the car easier.

Now I’m home, relaxing, doing some laundry (yay, clean socks!), debating turning on the furnace, and generally thinking about bed.

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