Good Design: Lupine Piko 3

Got a new headlight. Lupine Piko 3. Excellent, simple mounting mechanism: Velcro; swivel (about horizontal axis) head with friction washers so that it can be adjusted by hand.

The light and battery strap onto the helmet; short flattened--for easier bending--cables connect them without dangling or putting too much pressure on the well-sealed connector. The weight of the system is low enough that I can leave it on and not mind it. The whole system weighs around 180g.

The light puts out 550 lumens. How bright is that? It's bright enough that every reflective surface within 300 yards is clearly visible to me. The center spot is bright enough to be pointed at a drivers face when executing an illegal left (oncoming) ensuring that I won't be missed. At the very least I'll be able to clearly see the driver either looking or not looking at me.

This light is marketed as night time mountain biking lights. I find it to be an amazing commuting light.

Drivers = stupid ∴ I need bright lights to get home alive.

Thank you Lupine for making an excellent product. Full beard rating.

School Of Thought

If the Tea Party wins, gains power, what have you, we'll have to leave this country.

Not without a fight, I say.

I'm going to start a new school.

The School of Thought.

What is the School of Thought? It's a concept which will be new to American education: thinking--at all levels.

It's like a charter school, but for thinking. The charter will read: "I think, therefore I am." The antithesis of this is "I don't [need to] think, therefore I'm not." In Tea Party terms: "Glen Beck, therefore I'm not.

Brainplaint

Listening to This American Life is good for the soul. And for the brain. It's an excellent way to fill silence and to let me work on all sorts of various tasks.

I can't do my homework without being distracted. Not, I can't do my homework because I get distracted. I mean that my brain needs to be distracted from the (f)act of doing homework.

The brain needs improvements. I need to be able to listen to This American Life and read about Z and T scores at the same time.

Suggestions welcome.