So here is a nice picture for you. I wonder how you can use these handsfree when the models can not even use them handsfree. Interesting. 
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Thursday, February 07, 2008
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Looks like, with some help, I now have my posting problem licked. You are now reading my posts. I will be back to update my blog soon.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
I have been around. I bet you have noticed not much posting on the blog recently. I am having trouble with Marsedit , my blog posting software, and Blogger. The two are not getting along at the moment. I have not had time to dedicate to fixing this. It has been really busy at work and home. I hope to get back to regular posting soon.
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Thursday, December 21, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Our power was restored to our house yesterday afternoon. It was quite a humbling time dealing with no power. You just can not realize how much electricity we have become accustom to until you are without it for five days. It was quite an event. It was amazingly nice to take a hot shower this morning.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Well once again Amber and I find ourselves without power. A large winter storm with ice and snow came through the St. Louis area on Thursday 30 November 2006. We lost power at about 11:00 PM and have not had any since. Luckily Amber's Uncle had lent us a generator last summer when the power was out. We still had that at our house so we wired up the furnace and the refrigerator. We have been using a small electric burner to cook on and have been doing ok. We at least have heat and that is the major thing. The only item of connivence that we are sorely missing is hot water. It is just inconvenient to not be abel to take a shower when you want. Hopefully we will have power restored shortly.
Friday, September 29, 2006
This weekend is the Open House at the BarnBerry Cupboard. Tell everyone you know to come out and stop by. Friday and Saturday 10am to 6pm. Visit the BarnBerry Cupboard site for directions or to order something.
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Renovated Columbus School gets high marks at open house. I spent five years of grade school in this school. I can tell you first hand that it was in dire need of renovations. For as long as I can remember the third floor of this building was condemned. It is the oldest school in the district and I am very glad that they have given it some attention.
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Well it has been four years now on this blog. Wow! that is a long time. I never thought I would make it one. Well here is to many more.
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Monday, March 20, 2006
Well I spent the day at home today. I had to be on the couch. On Saturday I stubbed my toe pretty bad and have not been walking well. I told Amber to pick up that binder she had on the floor but I stepped right into it. My toe still hurts and I have been icing it and keeping off it as much as possible. It will feel better soon.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Last night Amber and I went to Sears to pick out our new Lawn Tractor. It is a Poulan Pro 18 hp Briggs & Stratton with a 42 in. Deck Lawn Tractor. It seems to be the best we could find, and at only $1199 it was a pretty good deal. We should get it delivered next Monday. I hope it shows up on time. Thanks Mom and Dad Cole for a great graduation present.
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Monday, May 12, 2003
Whew! Well the weekend is over. It was long and short at the same time. I GRADUATED! It was a nice ceremony and did not take too terribly long. Amber, Sara, Brandi, Joel, Brad, Chazz, and my mom and grandparents were there. Then after that we all headed out to Amber's parents' house. We had everyone over and it was great fun. We would have had the party at our house but, go figure, it only takes Amber and me to plan an event and then we are surrounded by tornadoes. It only rained a little on the party itself, so all had a good time. We had about 30 people out. One of my favorite gifts, though I asked for none, was from David Kapp. He bought me a Lexar 128 Mb USB JumpDrive. It is really cool. Well thanks all who came and hope you had fun. We sure did.
PS. My Internet was down at my house ALL weekend do to power outages in Palmyra, IL from the severe storms in the area.
PS. My Internet was down at my house ALL weekend do to power outages in Palmyra, IL from the severe storms in the area.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2003
We are home from the dentist now. Amber is still numb but all went well. The snow is melting fast around here and we should not have any left by the weekend.
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Monday, February 17, 2003
All is well at the Cole household. Amber has had to visit the dentist lately. We have to go tomorrow. She will get all fixed up and then that will be good. I changed my break pads over the weekend. It was not too tough. All is going well. Keep in touch.
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Thursday, February 06, 2003
I had to go to the dentist today. Not much fun. I received two fillings and lots of numb mouth. I still can not talk well. Oh well, better than having my teeth rot out. It is snowing a little outside and we expect to get about 3 inches.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Snow again here in Dorsey, IL. It is very cold tonight. Another night with the doggie inside. Stay warm all.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Saturday, January 11, 2003
It has been a busy week. I went back to work on Monday and have been trying to get everything together for my last semester. I have been having all my requirements checked and re-checked to make sure I do not need to take any more classes. It has taken a little while to check with all the different departments. I am just now trying to make sure my minor requirements are met. If all checks out I am perfectly on schedule.
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Thursday, January 02, 2003
Another snowstorm has hit us today. I hope that I can get my vacation day back. They closed the University and I took the day off. Oh well. Amber and I are just lounging around today and hope to go sledding. Have fun and enjoy this start to 2003.
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Wednesday, January 01, 2003
Happy New Year! Amber and I spent a quiet evening at home. Hope everyone had a safe and happy celebration. Welcome to 2003.
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Sunday, December 29, 2002
I enjoyed giving and receiving many gifts this Christmas. Some of my favorites are my The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition) DVD set and Rudolph ornaments. I received many other gifts that would take too long to list. All are appreciated and will be used. Thanks J. Amber and I have been taking it easy so far and just messing around the house with my time off. We have no big plans for anything yet.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2002
Christmas Eve. Well it is a WHITE Christmas for us this year. It started to snow about 10:00 AM and continued well into the night. All in all it looks like we will wake up to about 8 inches of the white stuff tomorrow. Amber and I enjoyed our traditional dinner with my parents and then trekked out into the weather to make it to Christmas Eve church services. All was well tonight. I wish all a merry Christmas and a great evening.
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Sunday, December 22, 2002
Tonight was the celebration of Christmas with Amber’s extended family in Springfield, IL. It was a good time for all. We all exchanged presents. I received a $30 gift card to BestBuy. Amber received some cute Boyds Bears. We also received a wonderful bag of homemade goodies from Grandma Bolin.
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Last night was Amber’s five-year high school reunion. It was a lot of fun. Amber’s friend Brandy and her boyfriend Joel came down to accompany us. We all enjoyed the evening.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2002
Well another night another power outage. I awake to a clock blinking 7:30. I figure, “well with the battery in the clock and the power outage, it must be about that time or a little later.” Well I go about my morning routine and pick up my pager and notice … IT IS 9:00 AM!!!! I am now officially very late for work. So I called my boss and told him I was running late. Oh well. C’est la vie.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2002
Just got my grades for this semester. An A and a B. I am happy. Six more hours down and that much closer to my graduation. I also received my graduation report today and need to just take two more classes. Exactly as I expected. That is great news. Now I am signed up for the last two classes I need. Happy graduation to me.
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I awaken this morning, still without heat, to find the house in utter darkness. The power is out. Great! And I have not even requested it yet. The plan is to install a new electrical service in the house now before the new furnace is installed. Oh well, Amber tells me the power was back on shortly after I left the house this morning. Another day another adventure.
Monday, December 16, 2002
Yesterday we took our holiday photo. Now we hope that we can get the cards out this week. Look for yours soon. We also took some time to set up some trees and decorations. It is a real hamper to not have a heater and time to spend decorating. We did get some shopping done this weekend and hopefully we will be close to done now.
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Thursday, December 12, 2002
I moved the last service off my old novell server at work today. Now in the near future I will be able to take it down for good. One less thing to keep me awake at night. Yeah!
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Wednesday, December 11, 2002
My math final sucked. I hope to do well in the class though. Our furnace went out this weekend. Brrrr... cold. Well it has to be replaced now. At least the landlord is picking up the tab. Thanks Amber's parents. Only really bad news is that the installer is booked till after Christmas. Well we will be toasty with the borrowed kerosene heater for now. Amber and I are staying on the main floor. We are getting a new Comfortmaker gas furnace. It will be really nice since our old furnace was oil burning and was not efficient and smelled bad.
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Monday, December 09, 2002
Good news! My robotics group did well on our final project and do not have to take our final now! Yeah! I only have one final this semester in my Math class. That one is tonight at 4:30 pm. Wish me luck.
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Tuesday, December 03, 2002
This is the last week of classes for this semester. I have a final next week and a big robotics project due next week. I will be very busy.
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Monday, November 18, 2002
The closet is built. The trim is being finished and the checkout counter is constructed. All is looking well and on schedule for our preview weekend. This weekend will be a blast. I will have more pictures up soon to share and also some from after the opening.
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Sunday, November 10, 2002
Lots accomplished this weekend. We now have lights and a ceiling! We are getting very close now. We have just to build the closet and finish putting up some trim around the windows and we are complete. Then Amber can start moving in all the furniture and sale items. Looking at having some grand opening celebrations the weekend before Thanksgiving. Look for invitations soon.
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Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Today the school was visited by some folks from RedHat. It was a fun and exciting time for all. Here are some pictures for you. Sara came and attended the event with me. WE both had fun and got a free key chain. I asked some questions and got some answers. They were nice to stop by the school on the request of the Computer Association Of SIUE, or CAOS.
Also we were able, with the help of my brother, to get started on the ceiling. YEAH. We made a good start and should be able to get done this weekend. Post some pictures soon.
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Well election day and we voted. Lots of people running uncontested. Voted mostly democratic. Wondering now if that makes me a democrat. Oh well. Only went there to vote for the school. Proposition E, which failed as usual, would have increased taxes and made better schools. Sorry mom could not pass it by myself but I tried.
Monday, November 04, 2002
More work done this weekend. We are getting close now. We put the final coat of mud on the drywall and will be trying to do some painting on it this week. Also we hope to hang the drop ceiling this weekend. We also installed Amber's decorative beams and finished up some wiring. We are making one more trip to Lowes tonight and hopeful can get everything we need to put the finishing touches on the shop. We are still hoping to be opening in the next couple weeks. I will keep you posted and get some more pictures up soon.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Lots of work completed this weekend. We were able to get all the ceiling supports in place. Amber completed insulating the front walls while I finished wiring in them. WE now need to put up the drywall covering the front and it will start looking really finished. I hope to finish wiring up the overhead lights this week or weekend. Then we can work out there longer. I must get them done soon as we will lose some daylight this weekend. Will keep you updated. Still promising to be open by this Thanksgiving.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2002
This weekend was very busy. We went with our friends to the orchard to pick out pumpkins. It was their girls first time there. She was tired but had fun. Then we had four birthdays, both moms, Kort and Kaleb. We went to Kort and Sandy’s new house and watched Kaleb open gifts. It was nice. Then we worked a little on the shop this weekend and put the windows in the front and hung some rafters in the ceiling. We are heading tonight to pick out our ceiling tiles for the drop ceiling.
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Thursday, October 03, 2002
A little more work on the shop today. We hope to get the ceiling supports in this weekend. I will be very busy this weekend. I have to write a paper and complete a take home exam for my classes. This is part of the reason I have not posted in a while. We sort of missed the auroras earlier this week. We were planning on trying to see them. We had a very good visit with Brandi and her new bo this last weekend.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Another day, another trip to Lowes. Well last night Amber and I made another trip to Lowes and we now believe we have almost all we need to get this project finished. We just have to come up with some free time. HA. That is not going to happen soon. Amber’s friend Brandi is coming into town this weekend so I do not know what we will get done but we will try. We did manage to get a few pieces of paneling up this weekend so it is starting to get some closure. Updates to follow soon.
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Monday, September 23, 2002
Sunday, September 22, 2002
Amber has been VERY upset lately as there has been very little progress on her shop. Well we worked some today and were able to get some of the paneling installed. Progress has really slowed down. I am still hopeful that we will be open soon. Well now we see that we need some more stuff from Lowes. Go figure. Oh well one more trip to the store.
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It has been a busy weekend so far. This morning I went to the Grand Opening of the Apple Store West County in the newly renovated West County Westfield Mall. It was quite exciting. Phil and Sara, my sister-in-law, accompanied me. We had a blast seeing all the new Apple products. I am still in LOVE with the iPod and will get one someday. Also the next Mac that Amber and I purchase will be the new 17” flat panel iMac. It is really sweet. We also were able to see the 23” Apple Cinema High Definition flat panel display. It is HUGE. You can see two FULL pages of a document on screen at one time and READ them. I must have one at work. Someday :).
Next I came home and had to go to school to finish programming my robot. My partner and I were able to get it finished today. That is great since we present it on Monday. It should work well. We will see.
Next I came home and had to go to school to finish programming my robot. My partner and I were able to get it finished today. That is great since we present it on Monday. It should work well. We will see.
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Oh and one more thing. The Apple Store is opening this week in St. Louis. We plan on attending the opening and I will try and get some pictures. All are invited if you are in town.
More work completed this weekend. We now have another wall in front. We will begin working on the inside this week. I will prepare the supports for the ceiling we are going to put in and finish some more wiring we need to get completed.
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Friday, September 13, 2002
All is moving along. Seems I can only talk about the shop. Well that is about all we are up to at this time. We spent this morning putting up the front wall. Tomorrow we should finish up the wall and put the siding on. Then we can really get started on the inside. We have put up the main wall inside but we need to start on the ceiling supports and finishing the walls inside with drywall and paneling.
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Monday, September 09, 2002
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
On another hand, we have ordered and received our setup to connect to a local high-speed wireless internet service provider. We ordered service from DTNspeed.net. We have to assemble and hook up the connection and we will be surfing at blazing speeds. The service uses 802.11b wireless networking. We are sure to be very happy campers at home now.
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Always smoother the second time, well all went well and we now have two thirds of the concrete poured for our garage. We can now get started finishing the framing and starting with the interior finishing of ambers shop. We still have a lot to do but we are seeing the end is approaching now. New pictures will soon follow.
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Monday, September 02, 2002
Well we have had a busy weekend. Amber and I attended our friends’ daughter's first birthday. It was lots of fun. The birthday girl was sooo tired after the party was over. Then we spent the rest of the weekend preparing for the next pour of concrete in the shop for Amber. We will pour at 8:00 AM tomorrow. I will keep you updated.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2002
I have run across some great encodings of old Dr. Who episodes on the Internet. Now I can really upset Amber and watch Dr. Who anytime I want.
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Well I have now decided to drop my one math class and replace it with the other. I will now be taking Math 320 - INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES. This class contains more real math and seems to appeal to me much more.
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I have now decided that my History of Math class sucks! I am going to try and transfer into a class about Algebraic Structures. It will be more math oriented and should be better for me. They expected you to write TWO papers about the history of math. I said no way. Not fun. I will see later tonight when I attend the new class if I want to take it.
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Monday, August 26, 2002
Well the shop is progressing well. Amber has been working hard. I have been too. We are preparing for the second pour of concrete. We hope to pour the second stall in a week’s time. We have mounted the front door and both front windows.
On a different note, I have started classes again. I am taking the history of mathematics and Advanced Robotics. So far both are looking interesting.
On a different note, I have started classes again. I am taking the history of mathematics and Advanced Robotics. So far both are looking interesting.
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Friday, August 09, 2002
Monday, August 05, 2002
I just looked up my grade and I got an A! I knew I would but just had to share with everyone.
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Friday, August 02, 2002
Monday, July 29, 2002
Finished my final this morning in my Stats class. I think I did really well. I will let you know what grade I get in the class.
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Sunday, July 28, 2002
Spent the afternoon at my parents. We celebrated my dad's birthday. Kort, Sandy and Kaleb were there along with my grandparents. I played Pikmin a lot. It is fast becoming my favorite game on the GameCube. Now I just have to get my own (I was playing on Kaleb's.) I am still waiting to get my hands on Warcraft III. This is the latest in one of my most favorite game series.
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Friday, July 26, 2002
Well I was very late for my last day of class. Go figure! I was working on a VB program for work. I have been stuck trying to figure out how to change someone's password on a Windows server with VB. Oh well. Eventually I will figure it out. So that made me 30 minutes late for my last day of class and I had a quiz to take! I finished the quiz and think I did well. So after I got home amber and I went up to Shipman, IL to see a demo of DTNSpeedNet wireless Internet. When we arrived at the demo there was no power in the whole town! Can you believe it? So we went over to our friends Daryl and Leah's. Then we went up to Jerseyville, IL to go to State Street Antiques, Amber's idea. Amber bought some stuff and I was bored.
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Thursday, July 25, 2002
I have one last day in my statistics class. This is the only class I have this summer. I am getting very close now to finishing my bachelor’s degree in computer science. I only have three more classes to take now. Yeah! I hope to graduate in June of 2003. My friend Wally and I now have our Allmacs website back up.
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Monday, July 22, 2002
Friday, July 19, 2002
Today I picked up some Claritin D. This is my alergy medicine. Mold is high. It makes my nose run. Saw scott mowing while I was at walgreens. Sara was working also.
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