Things to do in Cambridge when you're dead

[j4]

Anybody have any suggestions for interesting things to do in Cambridge on one's own at a weekend? Preferably things which are cheap, and absorbing enough to take my mind off other things.

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[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Well, I cycled to Chatteris and back. Frankly parts of that are as 'on your own' as I've been in a long time, probably a mile from the nearest person, but I'm not sure it takes your mind of anything at all, I tend to brood when cycling, what I really need is a dynamo attached to a radio.

[juggzy.livejournal.com]

That shouldn't be hard to figure out. Now you've got me thinking, damn. Easiest thing would be to cannibalize one of those wind up jobbies, probably.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

What I really want is one that's wired to AC anywhere, so it can be used for radio but also mobile phone charging. I fear I may have misoverestimated the potential power output of such a device, though...

[juggzy.livejournal.com]

Crystal earphone on the radio bit; that's the ticket. Takes hardly any power at all.

I'm fairly certain that I have read of a hand charged mobile phone charger. You basically want a Fuck Off spring and a few gears and small motor. And then the current regulation stuff surrounding it. I still think the best bet is to cannabilize a wind up radio, though, to get the dynamo bit out of it.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Ah, but I don't want earphones on this radio, I don't mind competing sounds, but I don't want something that actually blocks out traffic noise, if I'm cycling.

[juggzy.livejournal.com]

The wind up radio would do that anyway; as it is designed to support speakers. The trick would be to hook the pedals up to the handle so that it recharged while cycling. The extra problem is now to produce a regulated current of adequate size for the phone charger.

This is worth an LJ entry on its own.

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