Headtorch

Last year we took a day trip to the snow with friends, and because it was a long day we wound up coming down the mountain when it was well and truly dark, which meant that when we got to the bottom of the snow fields and had to take the chains off the tyres we were working almost blind.

Our friend opened up the glovebox of his car, pulled out his headtorch and got straight to work. We looked over and Supernerd said "Man, that's a good idea. Why don't I have one of those?"

So for his recent birthday we gave him a headtorch, and although he seemed pleased I don't think he saw an immediate application for it.

Within a fortnight of his birthday one of the loungeroom light globes blew, and it just so happened to be the light that shines on the television and the cabinet underneath it that contains all the tech gear. What it somewhat fails to illuminate is the area behind the cabinet, where lies what I can only describe as a snake pit of cables from each device to the television and seemingly every other device.

On the weekend Supernerd did some testing which resulted in the PVR being unplugged, so the next time he sat down to watch a recording he had to then get up again to dive into the snake pit and reconnect the PVR. Of course it was good and dark back there so he reached into a nearby box, turned briefly to me and said "I love my headtorch", put it on his head, turned on the light and headed on in to the pit.

I should've known he'd find a tech problem for which the solution was his new headtorch.