Update New Year's Eve (12-31-08)

Update New Year's Eve (12-31-08)
This will very likely be the last update I make to this weblog until at least mid-January 2009; I'll publish another update as soon as I'm able to after I arrive at my temporary home in western Washington (or "Warshington" if you prefer) state to let everybody know that I arrived safely if for no other reason.
I'll be "moving out" this evening.

Update New Year's Eve eve (12-30-08)

Update New Year's Eve eve (12-30-08)
The moving plans are being tweaked just slightly...instead of leaving on the morning of 12-30-08 as had been previously planned, we'll be leaving on the evening of New Year's Eve (12-31-08), with an ETA at our temporary new residence expected on 01-06-09.

Update 12-22-08

Update 12-22-08
The moving plans are beginning to come together now...we'll be leaving here on 12-30-08 as previously indicated; we'll then spend several days in a motel in Sacramento, and then leave for the Seattle area on 01-03-09.

Update 12-12-08

Update 12-12-08
My stepmother flew up to western Washington (or "Warshington" if you prefer) yesterday in order to scope out some houses that are potential candidates for us to move into later this month. She is expected to be there until 12-15-08.


A "big old jet airliner" {Steve Miller Band reference here} like my stepmother got on yesterday.

I went through more boxes of my belongings selecting what to keep and what to dispose of; the "Big Fat Meanie" (from SpongeBob SquarePants) {garbage truck} is going to get a lot of my lights and other belongings - out of approximately nine medium U-Haul boxes, I'm keeping only a single medium box (slightly smaller than a U-Haul medium) - so you can see a lot of stuff will end up at the dump real soon...possibly as soon as later today.

Update 12-11-08

Update 12-11-08
The move date has now been "set in stone" if you will, to 12-30-08.

Update 12-09-08

Update 12-09-08
There is a possibility now that we'll be moving to Kent WA. USA - this is only approximately six miles NNE of Federal Way however, and really isn't a major issue here.

Update 12-07-08

Update 12-07-08
Many of my lights and other products are to be put out for a multi-family garage/yard sale today; those that do not sell will be donated to charity. The dreadful "" icon won't begin to appear en masse on my website until ***AFTER*** the move though, when I can inventory (in detail) the remaining products.

Update 12-06-08

Update 12-06-08
The move date has tentatively been set to a narrow range from the morning of 12-27-08 extending through the morning of 01-03-09.

Update 12-01-08

Update The Day my Website Died :-( (12-01-08)
Today is "Beezelmon's Big Day" {obscure Digimon reference here} - my LED website is now officially mainly archival-only; however I will still be testing LEDs (providing beam photographs, Vf and If measurements, intensity measurements, performing spectroscopy and {when possible} beam cross-sectional analyses) -- and evaluating small lasers much as I always have.

Evaluations of flashlights and other products (other than small lasers) are now only being performed if the sender pays for return shipping. "The Smack Test" and "The Immersion Test" will only be performed with explicit written consent (not just implied oral consent) and the sender agrees to the product's return even if one or both tests result in damage to the unit that would prohibit its resale.

The decision to scale back like this *** IS NOT *** mine; my parents (whom I live with primarily for financial reasons) are absolutely, positively, 100% adamant that I dispose of much of my existing test stock and limit new evaluations to only those products for which return shipping is paid.

Update 11-30-08

Update 11-30-08
The move date has been bumped back slightly again; plans are now to be out of this house sometime *BY OR BEFORE* December 31, 2008!!!

I've been asked to start packing right now (as in TODAY!), so I'll be losing the use of my beam cross-sectional analyser (a rather large piece of test equipment I use for characterising the beams of LEDs & flashlights) right away.

Update 11-26-08

Update 11-26-08
Although some packing has begun to take place in the garage already, *SERIOUS* packing is to commence in 10 to 14 days. It is not yet known when I'll lose the use of this computer, or how long it will be before I have internet access at the new location in Washington.

Update 11-20-08

Update 11-20-08
The move date has been bumped back to very early-January 2009.

Update 11-16-08

Update 11-16-08

THE END OF THE LED
MUSEUM IS *VERY* NEAR!!!
My website is to go mainly archival-only in approximately two more weeks.
Although no new flashlights or other products can be submitted for analysis & evaluation (other than those which are "loaners" and the sender pays postage to have them returned), loose 3mm and 5mm LEDs plus small lasers can be tested for my website.

Update 11-14-08

Update 11-14-08
I have been allowed to keep several flashlights and all of my R/C aircraft; the R/C aircraft I'm disposing of is being disposed of voluntarily as it has never flown well - at all actually.

Update 11-12-08

Update 11-12-08
As you may have already read here, I'll be moving yet again (this will be the fifth place I've had since putting my LED Museum website up) sometime in late-February 2009; I don't yet have the new address.

Once again, it isn't because of a tragedy or a missed HUD appointment; it's because my stepmother (whom I currently live with primarily due to financial reasons) wants to move to the Federal Way / Tukwila WA. USA area (~40 miles SE of Seattle) to be close to her sister, who is dying.

The duration of our stay is expected to be ~1 year, then it's probably back to Sacramento CA. USA.
My previous "Moving News" web page is right here; another page was created because the last one was simply getting too big for its britches.

I also used a Global Search and Destro...er...uh...REPLACE to change the address on the 1,954 web pages that make up my website; I changed them to a link that points to a single web page because if I didn't, I'd have to go through all of this rigamarole again in early-2010.

I will have to leave behind *MANY MORE* lights than was previously expected as well.

However, I will be keeping at least several; among them, the Arc LS prototype, the royal blue Arc LS, and a fair percentage of SureFire products. I also intend to keep at least some of my lasers: all Blu-ray (violet-emitting) lasers, at least one blue DPSS laser (probably this one), at least several green DPSS lasers, both yellow DPSS lasers, and several red lasers.


IS THE END OF THE LED
MUSEUM NEAR (again?)
No, this is not a joke.
My website may be forced to go mainly archival in several months; new evaluations will be much fewer and farther apart. However, I *WILL* continue testing new LEDs, and intend to keep the Museum itself active.

Update 11-10-08

Update 11-10-08
The ETA for my move to somewhere in the Federal Way / Tukwila area (near Seattle WA. USA) is sometime during January or February 2009 - probably late-February.
I will have to leave behind *MANY MORE* lights than was previously expected too.

Update 11-09-08

Update 11-09-08
I *MAY* be moving back to Seattle WA. USA for approximately one year in the very near future; it is not yet known exactly *WHEN* this move will take place.
This is so that my stepmother (whom I live with primarily for financial reasons) can be near her ill sister who may not live all that much longer.

Update Election Day ( 11-04-08)

Update 11-04-08
Several days ago, I had to put my much beloved Sonar Blu-ray Laser up for sale to raise some emergency $$$; but nobody has taken the bate as of yet. I placed an advertisement on Craigslist, and also advertised it for sale on a couple of flashlight fora (the correct pluralisation of "forum").

Update 10-23-08

Update 10-23-08
Looks like I'll end up losing approximately (at least) 70% of my flashlights and other products designed to emit light come January 2009.
I'll be keeping a few of the AA and AAA cell lights (like my beloved Arc LS prototype, my Arc LS with royal blue LED (the two lights share the same web page), and a number of variants of the Arc AAA flashlights.

Update 10-19-08

Update 10-19-08
The "" icon on my website is to designate products which I was forced to dispose of beginning on 10-18-08. This means I will no longer have the product available for future analyses and comparisons. At this point, virtually all lights that use "D", "C", "AA", and "AAA" cells would become disposed of.