Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Rockin Rocks



Went for a hike down in Palos Verdes. There's a path down the side of a cliff to get down to the water. So I was chillin and watching the waves coming in and I heard this sound. I was like.... uh, what's that? Well, basically, as the waves come in, they move all the rocks around, and then when the waves retreat, well, the rocks move around again banging each other along the way. So it makes an interesting, somewhat thunderous noise.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Electrics are coming!

Last week, I saw an electric Mini at the grocery store and drove next to a Tesla! Granted, I live in LA, so I see electric RAV4s once in a while, and also Honda fuel cell vehicles. I'd rock the Tesla for sure.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Fancy callbox


So up on ACH, I decided to open up the callbox; never looked at one before. Well, this sucker was pretty darn nice. English/Spanish, nice LCD display, and a freakin keyboard?

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Angeles Crest Highway just got better



The sign use to say 36 miles, but now it's 55 :) A few years back, there was a land slide that closed down the highway. They finally got around to clearing it and opening it back up. It's really really nice up there! The weather is cooler up there too because the elevation is around 7000ft. Smooth roads are great too.

Friday afternoon


Some volleyball on the beach after work. Not too bad of a way to finish off the week.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Perfect pedals


The S2000 has them. The position of the brake relative to the gas makes it super easy to perform heel-and-toe downshift. Ball of foot on brake, heel on the gas to blip the throttle to make the nice and smooth, rev-matched downshifts. Most cars today have the brake pedal really far from the gas to prevent 'accidental accelerations'. Proper driving cars still have the pedals in the right places.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Bug splatter of another color




So I went for a ride up Angeles Crest Highway last weekend and encountered a few bugs. These suckers splatter a nasty yellow. Back in Florida, the 'love bugs' splatter more like plaster. So, not quite as bright.