You pretty much nailed it. I lived down the street from this lightbulb as a kid and never heard of it until it became a phenomenon on the web. It should be sa

You pretty much nailed it. I lived down the street from this lightbulb as a kid and never heard of it until it became a phenomenon on the web. It should be said that they intentionally run it dim in order to prevent burnout. Didn't read the full article, but I'm guessing they mentioned the lightbulb also has its own UPS to deal with power outages/surges. Unless I'm forgetting my P-Chem (possible, it wasn't a favorite subject), the 10 kelvin/halving lifetime loosely holds true for most chemical reactions that occur out of extremes -- e.g. that relationship holds true for most reactions that naturally occur on our planet. I still find that to be one of nature's neat factoids.