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Roads, where we are going we don’t need roads

In the movie Back to the Future, Marty’s thinking was stuck in the past when he said, ‘Doc we better back up. We don’t have enough road to get up to 88.’ Doctor Emmett Brown had been to the future and shows Marty a new way. Sonos is not a car like the DeLorean. It is a system to deliver music wireless in your home or office. Sonos is a back to the future smart speaker system that streams all your favorite music to any room in your home or office. You control your music with one simple app and fill your home with pure immersive sound. You can play a different song in the living room, family room even the patio or play the same play list in every room. All of us at R&S have been enjoying Sonos for several years in our office and homes. Check out Sonos at www.sonos.com

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iHappy ... posted by Amy Mensch of R&S Design

In June of 2007, my dad handed me a wrapped box. Inside was a brand new iPhone. He was so excited for me to have it. I was not. Why in the world would I want this giant thing when I had a perfectly good flip phone and I had an iPod with all my music. My husband used it more than I did until he got his own a week or two later.

It’s been 8 and a half years since my first iPhone. I’ve had 7 different versions (iPhone, 3G, 3GS, 4, 5, 5S and I currently have the 6) over that time period. I cannot imagine my life without it now.

My phone is so many things. It’s a book when I get to a client too early. It’s my radio in the car, on a walk or at the curling club. It’s the timer for both dinner and when the shared toy goes to the other brother. It’s the file folder for my 8 million spreadsheets and the spreadsheet that organizes my spreadsheets. It’s a distraction for the kids when the car ride gets too long. It’s the answer when I can’t remember who that actress was or why Pluto isn’t a planet anymore. It’s a connection to see my kids when I’m out of town and the flashlight I use to avoid legos when I check on them before I go to bed. It’s my wallet, my map, my bank, my photo album, my rolodex, my email, my recipe book, my tv and so much more.
But one of my favorite things is that it makes me happy. I try to send a few text messages every week to people I haven’t seen in a while or who might be having a hard time. I let them know I’m thinking about them or that they are awesome or that I saw a picture of a dinosaur farting and I thought of them. Taking the time to tell someone else that I appreciate them or want good things for them does more to change my own perspective than anything else I’ve found.

So enjoy your phones. And if you find yourself with a free minute, send someone a funny picture or tell them that you care. The world gets a little brighter when you do.

So Bob, how did you get started with computers? While my field of study in college was electrical engineering, that was not my start. The personal computer came years after I graduated from college. Fast forward to 1985. My family became the owners of an IBM 8086 computer, a CGA monitor and a daisy wheel printer, also not my start. My wife began working with DOS 1.1 and SSI’s (Satellite Software International) Word Perfect 2.2. I had no interest in the machine. As my wife taught herself word processing she began to encounter computer problems. She handed me the manuals and requested my help. This was the start, I soon found myself investigating the PC out of personal curiosity. For the next three weeks I spent every free moment teaching myself how to type. Over the next few months one computer turned into two. Surely there had to be a way to enable the machines to talk with each other. Soon there was a computer network at our house. A lot has changed in the past thirty years. Computer technology has exploded. After thirty years my curiosity is still alive and active.