Nice photos, Finklestein.

True. I also recall your post on B&D's Power Monitor, which hails from the same Energy lineup as their Thermal Leak Detector I mention. http://gearpatrol.com/blog/2008/11/25/black-decke... Great stuff these guys make.

No personal experience with LED's but I've heard the color emitted can sometimes be unnerving. As for cost, yes they're still expensive but I am sure the extra bones are outweighed as these bulbs last 10-30 years.

Thanks, guys , happy to be part of the crew

Great information, Eben. You're absolutely right. To further solidify your point, the calabash's anatomy was designed to produce a mellowing effect which is counterintuitive to the objective of Holmes' hard-hitting sessions (running 50-minutes or longer): to self-induce a problem-solving trance, such that his study would be "so filled with the smoke that the light of the lamp upon the table was blurred by it “ (The Hound of Baskervilles).

Bringing the savage beauty of the book to the big screen will no doubt be difficult but I have faith in director John Hillcoat. His film The Proposition (a Western set in your Australia - also w. Guy Pearce) was well made, especially the cinematography...The Road should be no different in setting the right tone with footage shot only on overcast days in run down mill towns, dunes, and areas ravaged by natural disasters like Katrina.