tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42250428789320897522012-02-16T18:55:25.953-08:00John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-21383651172782064532008-05-27T08:08:00.003-07:002008-05-27T08:10:10.972-07:00<div id="ta_travelmap" style="width:430px;"> <br /><img src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/CommunityMapImage?id=20241138&type=TRIPADVISOR&size=LARGE"> <br /><ol id="ta_favoritelist"> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60763-New_York_City_New_York-Vacations.html">New York City, NY, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60864-New_Orleans_Louisiana-Vacations.html">New Orleans, LA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://chicago-hotels.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g35805-Chicago_Illinois-Vacations.html">Chicago, IL, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g186338-London_England-Vacations.html">London, England</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155033-Quebec_City_Quebec-Vacations.html">Quebec City, Quebec, Canada</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60890-Cambridge_Massachusetts-Vacations.html">Cambridge, MA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155019-Toronto_Ontario-Vacations.html">Toronto, Ontario, Canada</a></li> <br /></ol> <br /><ul id="ta_links"> <br /><li>Create your own <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MemberProfile-cpt" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel map</a> or <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel blog</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/">Visit TripAdvisor.com</a></li> <br /></ul> <br /></div> <br /><script src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MapEmbed?mid=20241138&nop<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-2138365117278206453?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-18720243620860444252008-05-27T08:08:00.002-07:002008-05-27T08:10:08.895-07:00<div id="ta_travelmap" style="width:430px;"> <br /><img src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/CommunityMapImage?id=20241138&type=TRIPADVISOR&size=LARGE"> <br /><ol id="ta_favoritelist"> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60763-New_York_City_New_York-Vacations.html">New York City, NY, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60864-New_Orleans_Louisiana-Vacations.html">New Orleans, LA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://chicago-hotels.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g35805-Chicago_Illinois-Vacations.html">Chicago, IL, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g186338-London_England-Vacations.html">London, England</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155033-Quebec_City_Quebec-Vacations.html">Quebec City, Quebec, Canada</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60890-Cambridge_Massachusetts-Vacations.html">Cambridge, MA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155019-Toronto_Ontario-Vacations.html">Toronto, Ontario, Canada</a></li> <br /></ol> <br /><ul id="ta_links"> <br /><li>Create your own <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MemberProfile-cpt" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel map</a> or <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel blog</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/">Visit TripAdvisor.com</a></li> <br /></ul> <br /></div> <br /><script src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MapEmbed?mid=20241138&nop<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-1872024362086044425?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-91617717585941304332008-05-27T08:08:00.001-07:002008-05-27T08:10:07.783-07:00<div id="ta_travelmap" style="width:430px;"> <br /><img src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/CommunityMapImage?id=20241138&type=TRIPADVISOR&size=LARGE"> <br /><ol id="ta_favoritelist"> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60763-New_York_City_New_York-Vacations.html">New York City, NY, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60864-New_Orleans_Louisiana-Vacations.html">New Orleans, LA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://chicago-hotels.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g35805-Chicago_Illinois-Vacations.html">Chicago, IL, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g186338-London_England-Vacations.html">London, England</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155033-Quebec_City_Quebec-Vacations.html">Quebec City, Quebec, Canada</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60890-Cambridge_Massachusetts-Vacations.html">Cambridge, MA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155019-Toronto_Ontario-Vacations.html">Toronto, Ontario, Canada</a></li> <br /></ol> <br /><ul id="ta_links"> <br /><li>Create your own <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MemberProfile-cpt" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel map</a> or <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel blog</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/">Visit TripAdvisor.com</a></li> <br /></ul> <br /></div> <br /><script src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MapEmbed?mid=20241138&nop<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-9161771758594130433?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-36902394688962340942008-05-27T08:08:00.000-07:002008-05-27T08:10:06.643-07:00<div id="ta_travelmap" style="width:430px;"> <br /><img src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/CommunityMapImage?id=20241138&type=TRIPADVISOR&size=LARGE"> <br /><ol id="ta_favoritelist"> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60763-New_York_City_New_York-Vacations.html">New York City, NY, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60864-New_Orleans_Louisiana-Vacations.html">New Orleans, LA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://chicago-hotels.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g35805-Chicago_Illinois-Vacations.html">Chicago, IL, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g186338-London_England-Vacations.html">London, England</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155033-Quebec_City_Quebec-Vacations.html">Quebec City, Quebec, Canada</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g60890-Cambridge_Massachusetts-Vacations.html">Cambridge, MA, USA</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g155019-Toronto_Ontario-Vacations.html">Toronto, Ontario, Canada</a></li> <br /></ol> <br /><ul id="ta_links"> <br /><li>Create your own <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MemberProfile-cpt" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel map</a> or <a href="http://www.travelpod.com/" style="font-size:10px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#3860B0; text-decoration:none;">travel blog</a></li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/">Visit TripAdvisor.com</a></li> <br /></ul> <br /></div> <br /><script src="http://www.tripadvisor.com/MapEmbed?mid=20241138&nop<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-3690239468896234094?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-44374837650996131592008-05-15T11:34:00.000-07:002008-05-15T18:20:30.484-07:00Will I continue to Blog after the Web 2.0 challenge? I can't wait to find out. I can see why people get addicted to blogging but it is also a big time waster. I guess we all have our priorities. To answer the posted questions: <strong>What was your favorite thing you learned about?</strong> I already knew most of the tools but <a href="http://del.icio.us/">delicious</a> was new to me, not the name but what the site really did. <strong>Conversely, what did you like least about Web 2.0?</strong> I thought there was too much blogging and finding of obscure instructions. <strong>What areas of Web 2.0 do you think the library should get more involved in?</strong> I think we should start to use <a href="http://del.icio.us/">delicious </a>more. <strong>What Web 2.0 services have you shared with your friends and family?</strong> We use <a href="http://picasa.google.com/">Picasa</a> a lot as my wife is an avid digital photographer.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-4437483765099613159?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-36859797130456797222008-05-15T11:20:00.000-07:002008-05-15T11:32:59.486-07:00I set up a ListenNJ account about a year ago. I thought my wife would like to use it as she listens to audio books in her car when she commutes to New Brunswick every day. I bought a cheap little MP3 player from <a href="http://www.woot.com/">Woot.com </a>for about twenty bucks. She used it once. I'm glad I didn't buy expensive hardware but maybe if I had she would have found the experience more enjoyable.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-3685979713045679722?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-6702884785597745392008-05-15T11:11:00.000-07:002008-05-15T11:19:18.097-07:00I originally found this podcast on <a href="http://podcast.com/">podcast.com </a>but when I returned later in the day it was no longer indexed. I had to Google it to find the url which is: <a href="http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/podcast/2008/03/10/national-noodle-month/">http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/podcast/2008/03/10/national-noodle-month/</a><a href="http://wholefoodsmarket.com/socialmedia/podcast/2008/03/10/national-noodle-month/"></a>. Whole Foods is my current favorite grocery store. I feel I am back in the 1960's when I shop there; everyone looks like they just came from a Grateful Dead concert.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-670288478559774539?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-6973184915886501842008-05-15T09:21:00.000-07:002008-05-15T09:48:06.106-07:00I found one of my favorite web sites on YouTube: RocketBoom. RocketBoom was one of the first Vlogs and I think they have actually figured out how to make money with their site. Check it out at : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui_U5FmGEjI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui_U5FmGEjI</a>. You can of course also view the site at at: <a href="http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/">http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-697318491588650184?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-32792215799333261922008-05-15T08:32:00.000-07:002008-05-15T09:21:46.242-07:00I have had a personal iGoogle page ever since the service started up. My favorite widget is a link to Calvin and Hobbes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-3279221579933326192?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-3016992132048099182008-05-15T08:21:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:32:42.066-07:00Google Docs is a wonderful free tool. So why buy Microsoft Word? Speed, availability and security are three reasons I would consider before putting critical information on a remote server. Businesses are rightly concerned about all of the above. For some the bottom line rules and they cross their fingers and hope Google will deliver. I think I would consider OpenOffice as an alternative. Check it out at <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/product/">http://www.openoffice.org/product/</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-301699213204809918?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-63900047609745066032008-05-15T07:39:00.000-07:002008-05-15T11:49:10.195-07:00I love encyclopedias. The World Book helped me graduate from the Joyce Kilmer Elementary School in Milltown, New Jersey. I own a copy of the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I also love Wikipedia.<br /><br />Many traditional librarians sneer at Wikipedia but I think they are wrong to do so. A recent study showed that Wikipedia is only slightly less accurate than the Encyclopedia Britannica. When researching technology topics I think they are more accurate.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-6390004760974506603?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-86239759564836450372008-05-14T12:55:00.000-07:002008-05-15T07:16:43.691-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_myYLZivC5tY/SCtEm0n-dTI/AAAAAAAAABA/V89GqhGua6w/s1600-h/The+Green+Man.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200325628481402162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_myYLZivC5tY/SCtEm0n-dTI/AAAAAAAAABA/V89GqhGua6w/s200/The+Green+Man.jpg" border="0" /></a> I want to find a copy of The Green Man by Kingsley Amis but I don't want the book, I want a DVD of the BBC movie that was made of this very funny and scary novel. I searched for it on WorldCat but unfortunately no one seems to own a copy. Perhaps it never made it to DVD; I know it did come out on VHS. I will check the BBC website and see if I can find it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-8623975956483645037?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-87698524370988832272008-05-14T12:34:00.000-07:002008-05-14T12:41:34.605-07:00I am not worried about the Internet making Public Libraries obsolete. Business such as bookstores and travel agents who have been profoundly made less viable charged for their services. The Public Library gives things away for free. Public Libraries are probably unique in being 19th century institutions that fit naturally into the Web Paradigm of free services and information.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-8769852437098883227?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-72251921120921914042008-05-14T10:51:00.000-07:002008-05-14T11:01:04.672-07:00I joined Technorati <a href="http://technorati.com/">http://technorati.com/</a> when it first started but I only used it a few times and then I forgot my registration name and password because I used it so infrequently. I tend to look at the same blogs over and over so I am pretty conservative in my use of blogs. I'm glad I just looked at Technorati again though because I found <a href="http://technorati.com/"></a><a href="http://indexed.blogspot.com/">indexed</a> by Jessica Hagy.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-7225192112092191404?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-61446040141576868222008-05-14T09:38:00.000-07:002008-05-14T09:40:46.440-07:00I really like <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/del.icio.us" rel="tag">del.icio.us</a>! I can see it as a tool we can use at the library for a variety of tasks. No more bookmarks for me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-6144604014157686822?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-74615200895368343512008-05-01T12:47:00.000-07:002008-05-01T12:58:58.045-07:00I have never used NetLibrary personally, I registered just so I could instruct customers on it's use. When there is a useable portable electronic reading device I will download books. I think that will be in about two or three years maybe five years at most.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-7461520089536834351?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-29367900409843834132008-05-01T11:33:00.000-07:002008-05-01T11:42:49.507-07:00I joined Library Thing. The only reason I would join Library Thing is because it is part of the web challange. I am not the sort of librarian who goes home and catalogs his books. My house has many bookcases and most of the books are shelved in catagories. For example my 1000 cookbooks are on three bookcases in the TV room off the kitchen. There are also piles of unorganized books mostly in the bedroom on my side of the bed.<br />I did not want to actually type in ISBN numbers so I uploaded my purchased titles from Amazon. Library Thing tells me it might take up to an hour to upload these titles hence the title of this post.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-2936790040984383413?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-82488447570774419662008-05-01T09:06:00.000-07:002008-05-01T09:49:05.828-07:00I gutted my kitchen last summer and purchased all new appliances. In a previous refurbishment of my kitchen I had installed a designer cook top by Thermador. I found it looked great but once it broke it was hard to find technicians who would work on it. I did not want this problem again so I bought a stove, dishwasher and refrigerator by GE. <br /><br />My choice of GE for the above reason has been vindicated. I have had to get a repairman twice since installation, once for the refrigerator and just recently for the dishwasher. All you have to do to get a GE reparman is to log into the GE repair page at <a href="http://www.geappliances.com/service_and_support/service/">http://www.geappliances.com/service_and_support/service/</a>. You can schedule an afternoon or a morning appointment for one or two days in the future. The repairman calls you at home before he comes or he can contact you on your cell phone. You can even modify or cancel your appointment totally online. I don't know if this qualifies as Web 1.0 or Web 2.0 but it sure is easy.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-8248844757077441966?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-2359873216207394552008-05-01T07:34:00.000-07:002008-05-01T08:08:30.878-07:00I came across the following article at :<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20569/page1/">http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20569/page1/</a> while looking at different news feeds. This is an article in <em>Technology Review by</em> Nick Bostrom<em> </em>which discusses the possibility of life on other planets entitled "Where Are They? Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing." The author speculates that since life on other planets seems to be rare, there must be a filter that prevents life either in a developmental stage we have passed or in a stage in our future.<br /><br />The author concludes; "If--as I hope is the case--we are the only intelligent species that has ever evolved in our galaxy, and perhaps in the entire observable universe, it does not follow that our survival is not in danger. Nothing in the preceding reasoning precludes there being steps in the Great Filter both behind us and ahead of us. It might be extremely improbable both that intelligent life should arise on any given planet and that intelligent life, once evolved, should succeed in becoming advanced enough to colonize space.<br />But we would have some grounds for hope that all or most of the Great Filter is in our past if Mars is found to be barren. In that case, we may have a significant chance of one day growing into something greater than we are now."<br /><br /><br />.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-235987321620739455?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-33629425808981955902008-04-30T13:52:00.000-07:002008-04-30T13:55:29.832-07:00I just signed up at Bloglines for at least 16 RSS feeeds. I set up a Bloglines account about 5 years ago but I never used it. I only use a technology tool if it helps me and/or entertains me and RSS feeds did neither at the time. Let's give it another shot!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-3362942580898195590?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-36825781974966877952008-04-30T12:32:00.001-07:002008-04-30T12:32:40.984-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elevencupcakes/155280856/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/155280856_94e5cef7bc_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elevencupcakes/155280856/">hardware, the way it used to be</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/elevencupcakes/">elevencupcakes</a></span><br clear="all" /><p>I have shopped at this store for twenty years. The store has changed owners three times since I moved to town but it has survived the attack of the big box stores. I always try to buy here even if the item I want is cheaper elsewhere.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-3682578197496687795?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4225042878932089752.post-36551675933993179802008-03-22T09:48:00.000-07:002008-03-22T10:14:49.696-07:00From left to right: C<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_myYLZivC5tY/R-U4YaC_NrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xa92jnGEvrk/s1600-h/DSC02256.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_myYLZivC5tY/R-U4YaC_NrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/xa92jnGEvrk/s160/DSC02256.JPG" border="0" /></a>hole, Cocoa, and Blackie. <div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4225042878932089752-3655167593399317980?l=icecreaminfrench.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03282934284346940437noreply@blogger.com2