I kept slacking on picking one of these up in the couple of years they’ve been out, but I finally managed to find one in stock. There is no great technological leap here, just a rigid, screw top BPA-free plastic bottle and some glow-in-the-dark paint. The Nalgene 1-liter bottle is pretty much the de facto worldwide standard for rigid water bottles. There are a lot of pouches and accessories for them, so if you’re going to get one anyway, might as well get the glowing one. The glow is muted compared to some other GITD items, but it is enough to spot the bottle in total darkness. This makes both finding the bottle for a late-night sip of water and avoiding tripping over the bottle on the tent floor a lot easier. The glow material is a sprayed-on coating, so it can be scratched or worn off. I am guessing they used a coating instead of mixing whatever it is that supports the glow into the plastic itself to prevent the material from coming into contact with the water. It’s probably safe to say that in general, you don’t want to ingest stuff that glows. Continue reading ‘Nalgene 1-liter Glow-in-the-Dark Tritan Bottle’
Monthly Archive for October, 2012
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Funny how the current Acura MDX ad says that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, trying to intimate that theirs was the first non-box, non-truck-based crossover SUV. The Toyota Harrier/Lexus RX beat them to the egg-shaped game by three years. The only thing that Honda has an exclusive over is developing SUV’s and a “pickup truck” from a minivan platform. This is like Audi’s “cookie cutter” ad when their Q7 is a badge engineered VW Touareg/Porsche Cayenne. Don’t these kinds of deceptive campaigns belong in the political arena?
(0)I just recently stumbled across KORL at 97.1 on FM radio. Radio? What’s that? In this age of MP3, digital streaming, there still does exist old school radio. I remember the KORL call letters from decades ago, but can’t quite remember what the format was. It’s gone through a number of changes. It is now featuring J-Pop. They claim to be the only FM J-Pop station in the nation, 24-7. They’ve actually been on air for a number of months already. Continue reading ‘KORL’
It’s been a few weeks so I guess it was due time for another visit by the HFD fly boys. This time a sunrise job thus the difficult lighting for the pics.
The weather was bad on Saturday so I didn’t bother taking pictures, but I got a few interesting vapor images on Sunday. Lighting wasn’t particularly good: I need the “mother of all fill-in flashes.” Continue reading ‘Blue Angels – Sunday, 30 September 2012’
Okay, I know it’s October already, but I picked these up from Mojo Tactical last Friday, so it was still September. The kitty pirate flag is available in subdued tan, and black with red bow versions. They’re both pretty cool, but I figured I would actually use the subdued one and the black one would end up a permanent patch book resident, so I passed on that colorway. The “parental advisory” patch has a bad word, so you’ll have to click “more” below to go to the full post view to see the image. Continue reading ‘September Patches 2’
For the second time this year, the albizia trees have their branches set heavy with pollen-laden white puffball flowers of death. This second crop of allergens coincides with the blooming of the rose apple trees for added effect.
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