Thursday, August 10, 2006

Silence, shins, bikes.

Why so quiet, you may ask? Emotional turmoil? Harried schedule.

How about: detonating laptop.

Stupid MacBook Pro. First the inverter is messed up, so I have to send it back. Then, the battery is recalled, but since this is a refurb, Apple messed up sending me the replacement. The, the logic board started to fail, randomly restarting and shutting down the machine.

I stopped using it, but not before it corrupted my data.

I had blown my Apple Developer discount on a Mac Pro, but I've cancelled that. I'm going to wait it out... see if the big machines have problems like the laptops. Economically, it REALLY makes sense, too, since I just got me one of these:


Is this thing badass or WHAT? Oh my god.

I haven't gotten a new bike in... twelve years, since about 30 friends of mine pitched in to replace a bike that got stolen, as part of the surprise 25th birthday party put on by my then girlfriend, Maggie.

Things have changed on the bike front. Materials, shifters, styles... But after an hour of getting a "fit test" done with a SUPER knowledgable guy, I went for the Giant OCR 2 Composite.

Now I have to take swim lessons, and I can think Triathlon.

Love to all. Even you, the guy who may or may not be deaf.

5 comments:

Peter said...

Definitely Bad Ass.

Christi said...

That's Hot!

Anonymous said...

When we moved out to LI almost three years ago I started biking and it changed my life. I am in the best shape I've been in since high school.

One warning: Start slow. If you start too hard you can really do some damage to your hips and then you wouldn't be able to run or bike and that would suck. I'm just saying...

Rich | Championable said...

JGS: Absolutely.

Same goes for when I take my first run after being off for three weeks.

Excellent advice, amigo.

shqipo said...

oohhh... can I borrow it for a ride?