First Commute, and Tronbike Alltrax Viewer 0.1

I rode Tronbike 1.0.2 to work Dec 26th. I took the backroads I use when riding by bicycle, and am learning motorcycles in general have all the disadvantages of a car plus the vunerability of a bicycle - all the blocked streets in Berkeley are seeing to that.

• Acceleration was good, and I didn't have any of the heat issues I had earlier. The ride is around 2 miles, maybe it didn't have a chance to heat up. It was also chilly outside.
  
• I have a stock 55W H4 bulb installed, which worked okay on the way home minus dimming when turnsignal and brakes were on.
  
• The bulb is wired so the light is ON only when/if the high-beam switch is activated (to save power/reduce load).
• I still await the H4 HID conversion kit. Should save 20 watts.
  
• I have LEDs and a LED flasher on order. I am going with some slightly newer tower like 1157 bulbs for front and brake lights. I aleady put in a set of 24 LED 1156 bulbs in my turn signals.
  
• I have heard nothing from the LED flashlight manufacturer (www.spider-fire.com) regarding spare parts. Boo.
• Stuck home without babysitter has reduced progress to SOFTWARE.
  
• I redid my existing gauge code to use the Python "pickle" serializer to create a datafile to link a reader and viewer process.
• I figured out the UI layout I am going to start with. The process of deciding what to show and doing the ergonomics to start/stop the process has been educational.
  
• I need to confirm working protocol between laptop and AllTrax.
• I need to confirm serial hardware connectivity between iPAQ and AllTrax.