A half-day drive up Blewett pass with the NWI crew on a cool, dry, overcast day that made for nice pictures and excellent turbo response. :)

Gallery slideshow here.

An afternoon basking in the Issaquah sun, feasting on mammoth Triple-X burgers and root beer floats, and comparing cars and mods with the local Nissan community would have made for a nice day on its own. Throw in the inevitable smattering of beautiful classics and pristine hot rods that frequent the eastside burger haven on all but the most adverse-weather weekend days, and this is a photo gallery with some great looking cars and a ton of variety. Plus, I came away with a sweet best-in-class trophy. :)

Gallery slideshow here.

• -My Google Voice credit just plinked up to 0.10 after I made a call. Do you earn intl calling credit for free just by using it? #
• -Setting up my new Google Voice account. Neato! #
• Ah, not Farrah Fawcett, too! RIP, Charlie’s blonde angel. http://tinyurl.com/l3usb9 #
• RIP Michael Jackson, you crazy musical phenomenon. Join @rstevens in listening to Thriller at 9PM Eastern. #
• -Catch my buddy Chad Korb at the Giggles Laff Off this Friday and Saturday. He’s freakin hilarious! http://tinyurl.com/4kckuj #
• -Reply-all is a privilege afforded to entirely too many. #
• -Weather, stop teasing us with all this wind and clouds and just rain already! #
• -Watching Top Gear Australia - they sure love their Holdens! #
• -They confiscated my old phone today, and took my headset with it. I’m either going to have neck problems, or become speakerphone guy. #
• -The other shoe is dropping; my office-mate Matt has moving boxes. #
• -Whoa, the Stig took his helmet off in the first episode of season 13! #
• -New season of Top Gear has started, and it looks awesome! #
• -All my heros have now become ghosts; sold their sorrows to the ones that paid the most. #
• -Adding food to your Amazon Fresh shopping list is a cruel way to make yourself hungry. #
• -In downtown Bellevue for work today… if anyone cares to find me. #
• -Great beachside bbq with Dave & Lindsey plus a lucky paths-crossing with Sean & Julia. Yay summer! #
• -Struggling to find a meal in my fridge and it’s still a week till payday… :( #
• .Patio chair in the shade and old-school Telepopmusik. #
• -Wiring Matt’s injectors and otherwise just hangin in the driveway. #
• -Playing golf and smoking cigars with the boys - a perfect saturday morning. #
• -Following a beautiful silver Stingray to the golf course. I see i’m not the only one who drives top off, heat on. #
• -Another dateless Friday night in the garage with the only girl that doesn’t let me down - and she weighs 4000 pounds. #
• .Rain in Seattle today, back to normal. Guess I woke up from my California dream. #

Where was this when I was packing a bag to London? Unfortunately it’s just a concept right now, but this slick idea folds the bulky UK power adapter into a slim three-prong wonder that packs better, and - with a modified power strip - could potentially reduce under-the-desk clutter. This is the kind of simple invention that you hope will get adopted by every electronics manufacturer post-haste, but which sadly will probably end up an obscure adapter in a few hundred British geeks’ toolboxes.

Courtesy of Engadget, who has a video of it in action: UK Folding Plug concept could flatten that bulky British adapter.

• -I’m way over my coffee budget this month and it’s because of mornings like this one. #
• -Shared a delicious Indian meal with Audrey. Thanks for the gift cert, Timmy! #
• -Followed Dave around the north end on his sweet new bike. Now I’m home shopping for exhausts that sound like his for mine… #
• -Working From Patio #
• -Listening to my new (circa 1991) Heavy D disc in the office with Matt. #
• - Rode to Alki for some fresh air, and fish & chips on the beach. #
• -If my life were a movie, I would have fired the writers already. #
• I need a way to moonlight that doesn’t eat up my weekends. Any suggestions? #
• -BBQ tonight at my house, peeps. Beer fridge is stacked.Get there right after work and you can hit the pool before dinner. #
• Back at work, but I really needed one more day of wakeboarding. #
• -Escaping the city for the weekend, headed to the lake. I love summer in Seattle! :) #
• -Downtown early, meeting Alex for a street-walking photoshoot. (Not that kind of street-walking). #