But, an event even more newsworthy than the DUAL-VISION viewing of NCAA basketball games I demonstrated in the previous post is upon us. In our search for a new apartment to move to this summer, motivated by saving a little on rent and living in a more residential neighborhood (i.e. Not Downtown DC), we have looked at 15 places over the last few weeks. We have seen a lot of cramped, dark english basements and a handful of apartments that looked decent to pretty good but had a too-early move-in date (i.e. immediately).
Yesterday, however, we finally found our winner, a place that we're actually looking forward to moving to and living in. Pending a favorable review of our rental application, we hope to lock it in over the next few weeks. Of course, you want pictures, and my camera phone delivers (click for larger images):
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There are a lot of nice things about this apartment, and a few of them can be seen in the top right picture.
Notice the large section of the wall that is recessed a bit--perfect size for a 42 inch flat panel HDTV. I know, because I measured it.
The much smaller recessed section to the left is an iPort--perfect size for an iPod. If the size isn't enough to convince you of its purpose, then simply consider the name. There is a universal law that "i-Anything" products can only be associated with Apple's ubiquitous iPod music-listening device.
In this case, the product is quite awesome. Jacking an iPod into the iPort will allow us to play our tunes and NPR podcasts of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me throughout the apartment using speakers that have been installed in the living room and bedroom ceilings. Though I admit to overusing the term in middle school, I think my usage of "awesome" is justified in this situation.
UPDATE: My video uploads to youtube worked, so click on each of the links to see the footage. If you crank the volume up you may even hear my mumbling commentary!
