Bike and Build Reunion!
This last weekend Sara, Quinnen, and I went to Providence, RI to hang out at Brown University. We had an amazing time! It happened that it was Mark, Austin, and my birthday all the same weekend. So we had a Birthday party for all. It was great seeing everyone and laughing about old times. We started the night at a very interesting not for profit bar that is member only. It's $20 a year for a membership and because it's not for profit the drinks are cheap. Because Nate's girlfriend, Lisa, is a graduate student, she was able to get us in for free as guests. Cool place! The next morning we went to an awesome classic diner! That night the birthday party went off with out a hitch and pretty much anyone in the Providence area from bike and build P2S 2005 stopped by to say hi, it was really nice to see everyone.
In other news, Sara and I have found an apartment that we really, really love. It's a little more per month then we were hoping for but it's an actual house. A two bedroom victorian in down town Round Lake. Small little town that actually used to be a religious camp way way back when. It's in awesome shape and even has a wrap around porch on the ground and 2nd floors. I'm finding out exacts about rent tomorrow and will finalize the deal. We offered to the landlord that maybe in exchange for a lower rent we could do work around the house, paint, sheetrock, etc. He seemed like he would consider it but we'll see what happens. The inside is beautiful and we are both excited to move in. March 1st was when he said it should be ready for rental. I'll let you know what happens tomorrow.
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Why I Love Sara
After sending Sara an E-mail about a writing group in the area I get this back:
three things:
1. writing is spelled with one t
2. i love you and your spelling
3. i wrote this person back and said i was interested.
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Apple/Life/Bike and Build
I am going to say what I'm sure I'll have to repeat to any, still existing, anti mac people in the coming months. The reason Apple switched to Intel chips? They wanted to keep up with the market and have faster computers. Awhile back it was Motorola producing the chips, then IBM, in which similar debate in-sued. Recently IBM hasn't been able to give Apple the processor speeds or temperatures they needed for there computers. Especially laptops, the Apple laptops have been at a very long standstill with processor speeds, while the G5 was advancing. IBM couldn't get there chips cool enough or fast enough for the laptop. Naturally, in what I find to be a good business move, they looked to the best computer chip maker in the industry. Intel. There are all kinds of crazy rumors circulating and dumb claims, that I won't address. Mac's have intel chips now and yes Windows can probably run on a mac. Can the average user run Windows, no. Why would anyone want to? I don't know. But apple doesn't care: "That’s fine with us. We don’t mind,” Schiller said. “If there are people who love our hardware but are forced to put up with a Windows world, then that’s OK.” Will Apple create a Mac OSX version for a windows machine? Most likely not. It's a new step and I see it as a positive one, we'll get faster macs and better machines. Apple is still in control of the entire package, they still design and build the machine around there operating system and software. Thats the whole beauty of a mac. The only difference is now we will have better processors.
Here is a pretty clever ad for the new MacsIn other news I'm living life and so is Sara. We both have our 9-5 jobs and are coming to the realization that our co workers are going to see more of us then each other. It's a hard fact to face, but it's true. Because of that we make sure we maximize on the time we do spend together and try to enjoy it as much as possible. We spent last weekend at a spa in Saratoga, getting massages, mineral baths, and such, very wonderful. All courtesy of Christmas gift certificates. I sure wish I could afford that once a week.
For those of you who don't check my never changing away message, this months Ladies Home Journal did a fairly good article on Bike and Build. If you get a chance pick up a copy or just read it in the store, it's only two pages. Let me know what you think.
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