Mac vs HP

HP has been the leading PC laptop on the market for some time now. The leading Mac is actually the MacBook Pro, however the differences between the MacBook

Pro and the MacBook are not that drastic.

-look at build quality

-HP uses a lot more plastic in their models although this makes them cheaper it also sacrifices durability

- Mac uses a unibody structure to minimize the number of attachments needed to hold the body together, this provides for a more compact and sturdy body

-if you are looking at a aluminum build Mac there is the downside of the body getting dented (of course I will take a dent over a crack)

-look at the hardware

-HP looks for the hardware that fits the price

-Mac look for the hardware known for its quality

-It does take less hardware to run the Apple OS

-However because the hardware is built for quality, the price is still greater

-Every piece of hardware that goes into a Mac is built specifically for the platform, so you are guaranteed compatibility

-both Mac a HP have made it relatively easy to access expandable hardware ex. RAM

-look at the OS

-HP

-will most likely be running win7

-a rerelease of Windows Vista

-win7 is built around the same priceable as Windows ME

-aside from Vista ME was Microsoft's most unstable OS

-When testing I have found that the same problems exist from Vista, they are just covered up better

- Mac has not changed the architecture of their OS for years

-this has allowed them to perfect the platform

-Mac uses UNIX code (the same code that all Linux releases use)

-this is a essayer code to process then what any of the Microsoft OS's run on (making the system more responsive and reliable)

-the bottom line

-HP

-cheaper

-may look 'cooler'

-hardware sound more powerful

-will not last as long

-lots a plastic used

-running an OS that is bulky and has a history of errors

-Mac

-more expensive

-looks plain

-you have to learn

-hardware is built specifically

-metal components

-durability

-built to last

-running a simple/stable OS

-user-friendly

My Break

Yesterday wile at work the unexpected landed on top of me. I was working with another guy moving materials from one story of the building to ground level. We were moving OSB chipboard at the time of the accident. I was guiding the 900 pounds of panels while the other guy ran the hydraulics lowering the panels. Then suddenly the panels slipped past the threshold of the support brace. This put the full weight of the panels on me. For a few seconds I was able to braces the load and kept it from going off center. Unfortunately the concrete slab that I was standing on was slippery, the weight of the panels pushed me backwards. There was no way of stopping this, I knew that those panels were coming down on me. The next thing I know the hydraulics guy is yelling at me to lookout; but there was nowhere for me to go. The panels came down, hit me in the head and sent me to the ground; my arm got pinned between a support brace and the panels. How I was able to get myself out from under the panels after I was pinned I will never know. I remember feeling my arm break and I remember pulling it from between the support brace and the panels, its amazing what your body will do when it is pumped full of adrenaline. By the grace of God I got myself out of there!

I looked at my arm seeing that it did indeed look like a rubber hose with a kink in it. The guy running the hydraulics came over looked at my arm and said “we are going to the doctor for that one” to which I responded simply “yep!” We got in my truck and headed to the emergency room. Once I was admitted to a room I was visited by several ER techs that began hooking me up to equipment. Now my future career may include some of the work, so I volunteered to help these guys hook me up. So here I am hooking myself up to the diagnostic equipment as the doctor walks in. Impressed of how alert I was for having a broken limb and jacked up on drugs; he allowed me to help him remove a blood clot that had formed below the break…. Yes I got to use a needle on myself in the ER!

Needless to say this was a pretty cool experience, not one that I would want everyday but in a sick way enjoyable to be able to work on myself. Now I must face the reality of life as it is now. Just typing this post has taken twice as long then it normally would. But I will learn how to live one limb short for awhile and live life as it comes!

Rough Thoughts

Seeing the one you love being taken away from you as if it was meant to happen is never a easy reality to swallow. This is how I have felt over the past few days, and needless to say its quite depressing. Every time I think of the person I can't help but wish. Wish for what that person has and what the person is experiencing. From my view the situation seems heartless; I know that none of what I have witnessed has been directed at me, but to see it happening is just as damaging. Of course I don't have all the facts and I am jumping to conclusions, at least I hope I am. The thoughts that are going through my mind right now are hard to portray however I feel that I need to get them out some how.

My reality is full of 'the goods and the bads' and it is easy for me to focus on what is bad or unfair. On the other hand its hard for me to focus on what is good, for that seems out of my control.

I put my decisions in the hands of others, I put my heart in the hands of others, others make themselves vulnerable to me and I break them. This has certainly been a walkup call for me, and I am now uncertain how to proceed.

Taking Advantage

I understand what it’s like to have people treating you like your something to use. I know what its like when you take time away from your own life only to have people take advantage of it. I have put my heart into something to make it the best it can be only to feel that no one has noticed. I have burned myself out over all these things.

I have learned that you must learn to say no every now and then. Otherwise people will take advantage of you. This is easier in my position as the leader of the crew. But people need to know that you are there because you want to be, not because to have to be.

It may seem like you are barely keeping up with the speed of life, but it impossible to keep up with life if you don’t take the time to live. Don’t stress over the deadlines, don’t stress over the appearance, don’t stress over relationships. Take time to live, take time to pray, take time to talk.

Curtains

It may take a lifetime to find the truth and light; but it should not have to take a lifetime to show our loved ones how much we care about them. Our lives have become consumed by the worldly definition of personal that we no longer know our true emotions. It has become too easy to hide behind the curtain of Facebook or Twitter. Don’t get me wrong I use social networks all the time. I have met friends that I would have never had the pleasure of meeting. It is sad to say however that our true friendships have become less personal because of this ability. Yes you can meet people on a social network and call them your friend, but do you really know them? We even hide from the people that we hang around with in the real world. Instead of talking to the person to find out more about them and allow your relationship to grow, we go online to that person’s info to find out how you can change to make that person like you. Love does not exist online, it is only in the real world that you can get to know a person and allow your relationship to evolve.

In the Moonlight

Last night I could not help myself. I had to go out and take a few shots of the moon.

After a month of cloud cover, December arrived with clear cold skies and a full moon. I headed out to the flatlands to set up my tripod. I was hard to believe it was night.

After taking a few shots around the fields, I decided to head for the hills. My first stop was under the Deming bridge. Here the moon was shining on the powerful Nooksack River. It produced a eerie sight as the, water lit with moonlight, churned past the bank I was standing on.

After leaving Deming I continued up to Nooksack falls. Unfortu

nately there was not enough available light down in the hole where the fall make their appearance. So I left for the Mt. Baker Ski Area for my final stop.

Arriving at Picture Lake I was met with a view that many dream of. Mt. Shuksan towered above the lake fully light by the moon. It was easy to read text on a page using the moonlight.

I spent some time just to stand in the still silent paradise. Taking in the brilliance of it all; Gods creation.