They like it! And they quoted Foucault.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Facelifted Audi S8
The suspension is amazing. It's also cool that the car's body will rise 2.5" when the door opens for easy ingress/egress.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Central California Coast trip
I had to make a quick work trip down to San Luis Obispo this week. On the way back, I decided to take the scenic route-- Pacific Coast Highway. It was quite eventful.
I took Highway 101 down. It's semi-scenic, mixed in with farm land. When I got to my hotel, there were three '32 Roadsters parked in front of the lobby.
The next morning, while I was checking out, I bumped into the owners of the three roadsters. I asked them what they thought of Plymouth Prowlers. They said that people are free to like whatever car they like, but a Prowler would not be invited to a '32 Roadster show.
This red example does not have a single part from the original 1932 model car. It has 700+ horsepower. 75 fellow Roadster are expected at the hotel that day for a meetup.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Two car chases in two weeks
The Bay Area is wild with crazy drivers. In the past two weeks, I was a "part" of two chases.
1. Two weeks go, this carjacked Porsche 911 Turbo was going over 100 mph and crashed and hit four cars. I was stuck right behind it just as over a dozen officers ran up to it.
1/2: Suspect in armed carjacking of Porsche 911 Turbo busted after he goes 100+mph on San Leandro streets, crashes - losing a tire in process - and tries to run away while being watched by @ACSOSheriffs plane pic.twitter.com/XTZVm6aoZM
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) April 29, 2022
2. Yesterday, I was at a red light when I saw a red minivan taxi about to rear end my car at a high speed, followed by five police cars. I decided to floor it and enter the interaction to avoid the hit. The chase continued and this was the result.
This is the aftermath of a police chase that ended at Front St and Moranda in Soledad, officers on scene say this was the car they were chasing but wouldn’t give more information. We saw another car hit off the side of 101 @KION546 pic.twitter.com/IMLcBcjmhL
— Lisa Principi (@Lisa_KION) May 13, 2022
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Another way to capture rockets
There's more than one way to skin a cat. This company shoots smaller (than SpaceX) rockets into space and lets a helicopter catch it on the way down. It semi-successfully did this recently. The helicopter caught the rocket but had to let it fall into the ocean because it was making the helicopter too unstable.
Monday, May 09, 2022
Eating the Globe update
I've got three countries lined up.
1. Moldova: I ordered Moldovan honey online months ago but have yet to receive it.
2. Vanuatu: A Berkeley kava place serves kava from there. I'm going to try it out with Chris.
3. Eswatini: A friend is going to share some Eswatini strain marijuana with me. Thanks, friend!
If you Bay Area people know of any ultra exotic new restaurants, please let me know. I've eaten food from the following countries:
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen