Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 8:50 P.M.  FoxNews.com - Monster Winter Storm Takes Aim at One-Third of U.S.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 8:25 P.M.  Now for any Big Buck rich people in the Greenwich, Connecticut area, you still could go out to Westchester Country airport Westchester County - AirportMonitor - by Megadata - powered by PASSUR which is probably still clear, and they might still have a few drops of fuel, and one could go to the NetJets: Fractional Aircraft Ownership - Private Jet Sales terminal , and if their jets had a long enough range, one could fly down to Tobago and stay at the Welcome to Mt Irvine golf club which is on the ocean.  However, I read on the internet last summer that there are now serial killers murdering foreigners in Tobago, and the government does not do anything about it.  Possibly if one looked up the colonial Bishop family who lived in the old sugar mill, they might be able to look up some protection like Captain Black the snorkeling dive instructor or the life guard on the beach who would be a little bit older than me http://mikelouisscott.com/mike-tobago-1971.jpg .  The lifeguards name was Mike too, and I happen to be wearing Hawaiian jams in that picture.  My lime and yellow jams from Hawaii were ripped off me when I was held hostage in Key West in February 1982, but I still had my red, yellow, and blue bathing suit on underneath that fit me, when I weighed 135 pounds.  I was photographed my the Key West Oceanographic Institute wearing that bathing suit on the Clarence Higgs pier opposite the Casa Marina Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Key West when I was last down there in February 1982 Live Duval Street Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar :: .  I still have Tony Pigato's family's telephone number in Sao Paulo, Brazil http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-and-friend-new-york-1987.jpg , and the last I heard he works for Trans Brazilian Airlines.  This is a picture of me the last time I was tanned after being out in  Nantucket back in October 1983 in Kennebunkport, Maine; before I returned to live in Greenwich, Connecticut in December 1983 http://mikelouisscott.com/mike-scott-kennebunkport-maine-august-1983.jpg .  I have been told that if I get any more sun exposure, I might get skin cancer.

They are calling for ice starting at midnight tonight and then with 5 to 9 inches of snow and more ice until Wednesday evening at 7 P.M..  If one has a car outside, one will have to remove the two layers of ice along with the snow.  The ice on top of the snow comes off easily, but the ice underneath the snow is harder to get off.  Thus one should not clean off one's car until the second ice storm is over.  The www.foxnews.com reported that the National Weather Service Computer model this year is flawed, so they do not know exactly how much snow we will be getting or how frequently.  Thus we could have more or less snow and even more frequently or less frequently until winter is over.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 7:15 P.M.  Now if somebody is looking for http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm , he use to spend quite a bit of time around the Colony Club Colony Club and New York Architecture Images- Colony Club with Helen Williams, but they are so exclusive, they do not have a web site.  I think it is a women's only club, and as a teenager it was the first club I visited in Manhattan, when the Barclay's Dancing Class from Greenwich, Connecticut was invited into the city to meet the New York City youth.

I know that Tony Clark when he dropped out the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut The Taft School left a forwarding address in the Canary Islands at the Knickerbocker Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 5:55 P.M.  Well, the day seems to be going by fast. 

Snow and ice until 7 P.M. on Wednesday evening National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary starting early this morning.

Greenwich, China's ambassador to the Court of St. James Greenwich Gossip is probably still trying to network with more people at the Harvard Club of New York .  As Richard Bissell wrote, "You Can Always Tell a Harvard Man, but You Can Not Tell Him Anything."

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 5:10 P.M.  I called up www.newegg.com at 1-800-390-1119 , and I had them change the RMA on the PNY memory from refund to replace, so I will now be getting more memory for the Dell 4600i computer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 4:25 P.M.  I got the free coupon from http://www.mcdonaldsnytristate.com/ , but it is only good through February 2, 2011, so with the snow coming, I might not be able to make it over there by this Wednesday.  You also have to buy something else to use it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 3:55 P.M.  The Circus Welcome to Ringling Bros. Circus! does not come to the New York City area until March 2011.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 3:35 P.M.  I picked up the mail, and I chatted with neighbors.

Basically what is going on around here which is not much is that while the local movers and shakers at www.chase.com , www.ge.com , www.citibank.com , http://www.ubs.com/   and www.ibm.com think they run the world, across Long Island Sound the local movers and shakers there at www.bbh.com , http://www.northropgrumman.com/ , www.up.com , http://www.westinghouse.com/  and http://www.bnymellon.com/ are trying to out maneuver them.  As far as I can tell, only the energy companies are making money while they try to out maneuver each other wasting energy.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 2:20 P.M.  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for this item Logitech Cordless Desktop® Wave™ - Dented Box is available for $38.99 with free shipping with coupon code "logi_cdw_12711" during checkout and $2.34 tax for $41.33 total.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 1:20 P.M.  I mixed the remaining half of the flavored rice that I made last night with a 16 ounce can of Campbell's Chunky chicken noodle soup, and I reheated it in a covered microwave proof container in the GE microwave oven on one vegetable cycle, and I ate it with a glass of watered down punch.

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 12:20 P.M.  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Newegg.com - EVGA 512-A8-N403-LR GeForce 6200 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card for $44.95 with free shipping, and it has a $25 rebate here http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/EVGA14-130-452Jan7Jan3111ls41-1.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $19.99.  I will put it in the Abit computer, and also have it available for a backup video card for my primary work computer.

Note: <888> 01/31/11 Monday 11:30 A.M.  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 11:40 P.M.  The Annenberg Space for Photography | Events | IRIS Nights Lecture Series

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 11:15 P.M.  I ate two 7 ounce salmon cakes with my regular flavored rice and steam lengthwise sliced baby carrot mixture with Smart Balance spread and oil and a glass of watered down punch a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 9:10 P.M.   I chatted with a relative.  I went ahead and ordered Newegg.com - EVGA 512-A8-N403-LR GeForce 6200 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X Video Card for $44.95 with free shipping, and it has a $25 rebate here http://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/EVGA14-130-452Jan7Jan3111ls41-1.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $19.99.  I will put it in the Abit computer, and also have it available for a backup video card for my primary work computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 8:40 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  The relative told me it is suppose to snow more this Tuesday and Wednesday. 

I took from the Abit computer the Amazon.com: eVGA GeForce 6200 256MB AGP 256-A8-N341-L2: Electronics  and EVGA | GeForce 6 Series Family that I bought for $60 October 2006, and I put it in the Dell Dimension 4600i computer, and I installed its drivers.  I then did a Windows XP Professional ASR backup of the C: drive to the Seagate external hard drive.  I am now doing a Paragon backup of the C: drive the Seagate external hard drive.  I adjusted the Eizo 19 inch monitor, so it is sharper and clearer.  It seems to be working just fine.

I put the Mad Dog AGP 64 meg. video card in the Abit computer, and it works just fine for a temporary card.

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 6:25 P.M.  I woke up at 2 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/30/11:

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 5:10 A.M.  I ate the other half of the rice with some soy sauce and watered down punch.  The best bargain this past summer in Greenwich, China was ten pound bags of Stop and Shop enriched rice for $7.

I will now send out my weekly notes.

I will then shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Morning clouds and afternoon sun and 34 to 14 degrees Fahrenheit today.  When I lived in Manhattan, rich New Yorker would frequently eat in China Town to save money.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 4:30 A.M.  My medical bills are paid for by the State of Connecticut Medicaid.  I also spend quite a bit of money on vitamins and supplements.  Thus I have worked out a lot of simple routines over the last 27 years of disability that help me make ends meet based on my experience.  Unfortunately although it is healthy, about the only thing I can afford to in my very little spare time is take a walk on Greenwich Avenue which is suppose to be Rodeo Drive East.  From my viewpoint, a lot of trophy wives are making and spending all of the money in this town, and I am not sure they have the same financial intelligence as their husbands and would even know how to down size if need be.  Also besides the computer activity in my apartment, I own the 13 year old Audi, so I have to worry about maintaining it and the cost of gasoline, which is why I do not drive very much.  I also have the ordinary maintenance routines that everyone else has such as bathroom toiletries and cleaning supplies and other routine maintenance activities and supplies.  It seems interesting that the U.S. Government pays their employees over $100,000 a year, but they expect the disabled poor general public to be taxed and lived on around $10,000 a year.  Obviously there is a disparity between their way of thinking and the general public.  There are about 2000 hours in a work year based on 50 weeks at 40 hours a week, and I think the minimum wage is around $8.75 an hour, so most low paid working people make about $17,500 a year before taxes.  Thus I from my viewpoint, because I manage my life, and I work at home based on my experience, I am getting along about just as well without having to spend all of my time standing at a fast food joint or big box store.  Since I use the internet for computer activity and reading and researching, it makes sense to me as a home activity which beats reading the www.nytimes.com and the www.wsj.com and the www.greenwichtime.com every morning in the Greenwich Library, when they are rarely available because so few library patrons feel like paying for them.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 3:55 A.M.  I have also thrown out a lot of computer keyboards and mice.  Also in getting ready for the windows replacement last spring, I threw out a lot of furniture which probably has some value.  A year and a half ago I threw out the 500 books in my library.  I also threw out a lot of my small kitchen appliances.  I also got rid of a lot of my clothes from when I was smaller.  Thus from my viewpoint, I have downsized and upgraded my apartment.  Since it still a working home computer laboratory, it makes sense to me having worked with computers for over two decades.  I guess because I am legally disabled, and I am on low income, but I have done my best to maintain appearances and keep busy.  Of course the electricity for climate control and other electrical uses in the apartment runs about $2400 a year of which I get about a $800 in energy assistance.  My automobile insurance runs about $1,000 a year.  I still smoke cigarettes which cost me about 8 cents a cigarette for homemade cigarettes from pipe tobacco.  At a little over a carton a week that would be about $1,000 a year.  I get $200 a month in Food Stamps, and I get $674 in SSI Disability payments.  My rent is subsidized by Section 8 payments.  I pay $170 a month to Cablevision for Digital Cable Television, Optimum Boost Online Internet Access, and Optimum Voice Long Distance.  I occasionally get small gifts from family members whom help me out as best they can afford.  Thus if my simple but complex routines do not make sense to the more affluent community around me, it is based on my experience, and not the experience of the community around me.  For the New Poor in the current economic recession, I have been in a recession since 1972, when I graduated from www.lfc.edu , and nobody would give me a job based on my educational and work experience. 

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 3:20 A.M.  The faster computer equipment that I have replaced it with at my expense can be seen at http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm , which is probably why I am always low on money.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 3:15 A.M.  The computer equipment that the Greenwich Housing Authority officials encouraged me to get rid of last February 2010 were there items which cost me $1811.70:

Primary Dell Latitude CS laptop computer with 40 gigabytes hard drive and 320 megs of memory, free with docking station from the Greenwich Train station parking area dumpster area.  Given to building custodian February 22, 2010

Targus APA10US Mobile 70W Universal AC Adapter Targus APA10US for $19.99 and $9 FedEx ground shipping for $28.99 total.  The #9 adapter works with the Dell Latitude CS, December 25, 2008

Netgear FA511 CardBus 10/100 Ethernet Notebook Adapter: FA511R JustDeals.com Inc. for .99 each and $5.50 shipping for $6.49 total

NEW DELL CS BATTERY 04915U SEALED IN BAG - eBay (item 200298385423 end time Jan-17-09 19:53:37 PST) for $45 and $4.80 shipping for $49.80 total, January 17, 2009

for $33 with free shipping NEW Dell Latitude CS/CSx Keyboard V411/1121P - eBay (item 200289091834 end time Feb-14-09 03:39:44 PST) , January 26, 2009

DC Power Jack Dell LATITUDE CPx CPxH CPxJ CS CSR CSX - eBay (item 300268251805 end time Feb-19-09 20:06:42 PST) for $4.99 with free shipping, January 30, 2009

http://www.targus.com/us/tipconfigurator/default.aspx?region=1&cat=Notebook# , I ordered a Targus Tip #9 - 70W APT9 for $9.99 less 20% off with promo code "WIU0808" for $7.99 and $2 standard shipping for $9.99 total, February 6, 2009

Seagate 40 gigabyte hard drive from Dell D410, $20

Netgear WN511B Rangemax Next Wireless Notebook Adapter - eBay (item 310116513664 end time Jan-20-09 19:26:32 PST) for $10.58 and $3.95 shipping for $14.53 total, January 20, 2009

Total Primary Dell Latitude CS $167.79, March 13, 2010

Second Dell Latitude CS laptop with 256 megs of memory and 4.8 gigabyte hard drive, and external CD drive and external floppy drive with cable and with AC power supply and no battery.  Give to neighbor February 22, 2010

$11 and $10 shipping for $21 total to have the extra parts that I can use and the second Dell Latitude CS laptop computer Dell Pentium II Latitude CS - eBay (item 120362799026 end time Jan-19-09 15:35:55 PST) , January 19, 2009

Netgear FA511 CardBus 10/100 Ethernet Notebook Adapter: FA511R JustDeals.com Inc. for .99 each and $5.50 shipping for $6.49 total

eBay Store - THIS THAT THE OTHER IN COMPUTERS: LAPTOP PARTS, LAPTOPS, DESKTOPS , I bought DELL LATITUDE CS STANDER BATTERY 11.1V 3100MaH - eBay (item 360122992661 end time Feb-09-09 12:01:09 PST) for $26 and $12 shipping for $38 total and

DELL LATITUDE DOCKING STATON C PORT ll - eBay (item 360080143544 end time Feb-12-09 15:37:28 PST) for $10 and $8 shipping for $18 total for $56 all together, January 28, 2009

NETGEAR - 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card Model WG511T bought from http://www.ubid.com Netgear WG511T SuperG 108 Mbps Wireless 802.11g PC Card for $26 refurbished with free shipping for $26 with free shipping, February 2006.

Total Second Dell Latitude CS: January 2, 2010,   $110.40

Dell Latitude CS Laptop Motherboard Used For Parts - eBay (item 370156230208 end time Feb-08-09 08:55:19 PST) for $19.62 with free shipping, February 8, 2009

USB 1.0 Asound 4 Port USB Hub - Blue - SALE PRICE: $2.98 and $2.18 shipping for $5.16 total, February 13, 2009

Logitech Cordless Click Optical USB Wheel Mouse - eBay (item 170306083663 end time Mar-26-09 15:11:21 PDT) for $6.99 with free shipping for $6.99 total, February 27, 2009

Amazon.com: Belkin USB 2.0 4-Port Ultra Mini Hub F5U407: Computers & PC Hardware for $8.23, May 27, 2009

Total Both Latitude CS laptop computers with accessories, not including operating systems or mice or USB devices or lights:  April 3, 2009,  $371.70

Northgate Syntax backup computer, thrown away February 22, 2010

Obtained from http://www.northgate.com/ for $297.00, but it does have its original $90 processor but not its its original $80 memory, but just its case, and Syntax SV266M motherboard, so its original value is about $207 March 2003

$30 shipping return fee

AMD http://www.amd.com/ Athlon XP 2000 CPU obtained in barebones computer around December 2003 from http://www.northgate.com/  with value of about $80 at the time.  Original barebone Computer was bought March 2003 for $297, and processor was replaced under warranty for in December 2003 with identical one.

Super-Flower 520W Triple-Fan Silent ATX P4 Power Supply TT-520SS, Color: Blue, Retail Box-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com for $35 and $15 shipping for $50 total, March 2006 used since purchase removed March 2007, primary computer does not start up and shut down properly with it, but stays one in power up mode.   It is the same in the Northgate, but it does work quite fine.

58 X CD drive from http://www.compusa.com/ about $20 after $20 rebate about three years ago

Generic LAN card $5

Generic floppy drive about three years old from www.compusa.com  $10

1 Round IDE cable from www.jab-tech.com about $10

Flower Case Badge (labels, stickers, tags), #F08-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com free April 2006

Maxtor 20 gigabye hard drive http://www.compusa.com/ $105 after $50 rebate about four years ago

Maxtor 20 gigabyte hard drive from http://www.compusa.com/ $24 after $40 rebate about three years ago

CPU Security Lock, works like a case screw but requires a key to open, -cg-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com for $2.99 each September 2007

Norcent DR166 DVD/R 16X and CD/R 48Xfor $16 from http://www.outletpc.com/  July 2004 plus

$5 shipping for $21 total

Newegg.com - pqi POWER Series 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory for $31.99 and $5.99 shipping for $37.98 total May 4, 2008

Creative Labs: Products - X-Fi, Sound Blaster, MP3 Players, Speaker Systems, Web Cameras Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 for $4.99  June 10, 2008

FRYS.com | CRUCIAL 1 gigabyte PC2700 memory for $29.99 with free shipping plus $16 mail rebate for final cost of $13.99, August 4, 2008.

Viewcon VE091 USB to 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Adapter, USB Ethernet Adapter with coupon code of "HW19225OFF" for $5.49 with free shipping, August 16, 2008

Surplus Computers Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner Capture Card  for $16 with free shipping, October 2006

Newegg.com - Crucial Gizmo! 2GB Flash Drive (USB2.0 Portable) Model JDOD2GB-730 - USB Flash Drives for $6.49 with free shipping, September 25, 2008

Newegg.com - PNY VCGFX522PPB GeForce FX 5200 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Video Card - Retail for $59.99 plus $5.84 UPS 1 day delivery less 1.1% discount of .66 plus $2.99 Rush Order Fee, less $2.99 Preferred Account fee for $65.17 total July 2007

Total for Northgate Syntax backup computer $762 November 2008

Gigabyte Backup Bedroom Computer:  As Finished: 03/26/09, thrown away February 22, 2010

Ultra Beige Defender ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB Ports and 350-Watt V-Series Power Supply ULT33070 at CompUSA.com for $19.99 and $3.99 shipping for $23.98 total, May 10, 2008

Gigabyte GA-7VT600P-RZ Socket A (Socket 462) Via KT600 ATX AMD motherboard GIGABYTE GA-7VT600P-RZ ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail at Newegg.com and GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Products 7VT600P-RZ for $48 and $1 shipping for $49 total from http://www.newegg.com/ June , 2005, removed from primary Vista computer, November 2006. 

eBay Express: Amd Athlon XP 2000+ CPU AXDA2000DUT3C - Description for $13.88 and $9 shipping standard flat rate service for $22.88 total, May 10, 2008

AMD 3200+ Socket A 3 Heat Pipes CPU Fan, 70 x 15, Model: CFHPK7-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com and Modware CPU Fan for AMD K7 3400+ 3 Heat Pipes cpu cooling fan cpu fan  for $5 and $2 shipping for $7 total March 2007

PC2100 266Mhz 512 meg. memory from Northgate Syntax computer, March 2003, $80

20 Gigabyte Maxtor Hard Drive for $133 at http://www.compusa.com/  about 5 years ago.

15 Gigabyte Seagate hard drive from the Dell Dimension L1000R computer $5

Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R for $8 both refurbished December 2005

SoHo Lan Card from Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop about 2005 $3

PCI Creative Live Sound Card came with Dell L1000R computer $5

CD/RW 24X  10X 40X $50 after $35 rebate March 2003 from http://www.compusa.com/

2 OKGEAR 18" Dual IDE Rounded Cable - UV GREEN for $3.49 each for $7 August 2007

1 PC Toys 18" Single Device Round Floppy Cable (SILVER) - $0.65 $1 April 2006

Dell L1000R floppy drive, $2

1 Powmax 80mm Case Fan w/ Intelligent Temperature Sensor and Aluminum Construction (ALUMINUM) - $2.98 for $3 April 2006

NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A from NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM at Newegg.com August 2005 for $42

Generic SoundBlaster Audio card from old computer free

Surplus Computers Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner Capture Card  for $16 with free shipping, September 2006

PNY 512MB PC3200 DDR Memory Staples.com®. that was easy™. PNY 512MB PC3200 DDR Memory for $59.94 less $10 discount coupon and $3 tax for $53, December 2005

FRYS.com | EVGA 6200 Video Card 256 MB, PCI for $59.99 and $6.32 shipping for $66.31 total, and it also has this $40 mail in rebate http://images.frys.com/art/rebates_pdf/5516940_060308.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $26.31, May 2008

PNY 2100 256 Meg. memory chip from http://www.compusa.com/ for $17 after $30 rebate, March 2004

Maxtor 10 gigabyte hard drive from from dumpster, August 2006

Total: Gigabyte Backup Bedroom Computer: $598, as finished March 17, 2009

One Dell 20 inch CRT Monitor $40 from the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop about three years ago.

Two Dell 19 inch CRT Monitors $40 from the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop about four years ago

$80 total.

!!!!!! Total Cost of Computer Equipment Given Away and Thrown Away Last February 2010 was about $1811.70.  Thus I would say it was not junk.  Plus all of the computer equipment was configured which took lots of my time.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 2:50 A.M.  On the Dell 4600i desktop computer, the current hardware configuration is:

Dell Dimension 4600i Micro Tower with 40 gigabyte hard drive and 1 gigabyte of memory and XP Pro COA scott28

$30.99 and $3.06 tax and $19.99 shipping for $54.04 original cost.

Creative SoundBlaster Live MP3 audio card included with system

Mad Dog MX 440-SE AGP 4X 64 Meg. video card Mad Dog Multimedia :: Prowler MX 440-SE AGP $45 after $30 rebate and $20 discount at http://www.compusa.com/ March 2003

JustDeals.us F5D5000: Belkin 10/100 Ethernet Desktop LAN Network PCI Card -- F5D5000 for $7 new May 2006

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE CD/DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners $13.49 with coupon code "EMCZYNW77" good today only with free shipping, November 3, 2010

Total January 30, 2011 $119.53

Since it is running Windows XP Professional which is NOT graphics intensive, I really do not need a faster video card or really even more memory.

When I threw away the Northgate Syntax and the bedroom Gigabyte computers last February 2010, I also threw away with them two Nvidia PCI 256 meg graphics cards, which were worth about $50 apiece.  Thus when one is told that their computer equipment is out of date by the uniformed, one has to realize that I know what my computer equipment is worth, and their current state of hardware upgrades.  Thus I do not feel like being bothered by snoops in my apartment hoping to convince me to get rid of perfectly good equipment, so they can try to salvage it for profit or some other purposes.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 1:10 A.M.  I went out after the last note.  I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed the two envelopes in the lobby mail box.  One is permitted to mail stamped material up to 13 ounces, and my envelopes were only 10 and 4 ounces.  I then drove downtown, and I drove down Greenwich Avenue.  The Barcelona cafe has a few young people.  Greenwich Avenue is completely plowed, however the area between the street and the sidewalk where the snow is piled up the whole length of Greenwich Avenue has not had the snow removed, so if there is more snow, there will be less room to move it away from the sidewalk and the street.  It also makes it difficult to navigate walking from a parking spot to the sidewalk.  I noticed that some of the sidewalk cross walk areas are not shoveled making it difficult to cross a street.  The southeast corner of West Putnam Avenue across from the Greenwich Library entrance has about 2.5 of snow blocking the sidewalk access to the street to cross at that point.  I drove about six miles altogether, so that was basically a quick $2 in gasoline trip downtown.  However, it is very quiet, and I did not have to deal with any of the daytime traffic.  It is hard to see crossing traffic at some intersections, because the snow is piled up so high, thus if there is a traffic light, one should wait for the traffic light.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/30/11 Sunday 12:05 A.M.  I have the two return packages ready to mail first class.  The heavier envelope to Cromwell, Connecticut has seven forever stamps on it, and the envelope to Whittier, California has four forever stamps on it.  I will try to mail them at the post office tomorrow, if I make it downtown.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 11:05 P.M.  2011 GSA Rocky Mountain Section Meeting

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 10:45 P.M.  I ate a 8 ounce sautéed eye round of beef cheeseburger on a Kaiser roll with ketchup and my usual vegetable and flavored rice mixture with Smart Balance spread and olive oil and with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 9:25 P.M.  I put away the laundry.  I chatted with neighbors while down in the laundry room.  I sewed up two small cigarette burns on my grey flannel pajama tops.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 8:00 P.M.  I watered the plants.  On the PNY memory that I received, one of the gold prongs is missing off the memory strip which is probably why it is defective.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 7:30 P.M.  I have 35 minutes to go on three dryer loads.   I have to do an extra dryer load, because wearing a clean white turtleneck everyday in the winter adds up to more weekly laundry, but it is warmer.  I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a visitor, and the visitor was just downtown on Greenwich Avenue, and told me that the snow removal downtown is not very good.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 7:05 P.M.  I woke up at noon today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a friend and two relatives twice.

The order with tracking of USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for ATI Radeon 9550XL 256MB DDR AGP 8x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card, P/N: 100-437105 - Video Cards at PCLoft.com and Radeon 9550XL 256MB AGP VGA DVI TV OUT Video Card - eBay (item 200569425487 end time Feb-24-11 18:18:18 PST) for $17.57 with free shipping arrived.  I tried it in the Dell 4600i, the Abit and the Epox desktop computers, and it is definitely defective.  I applied to the sell on Ebay for a refund.  Once I hear from the seller, I will mail it back.  It has a 7 day warranty from date of receipt.  It came from Cromwell, Connecticut.

The order with tracking of Newegg.com - Tracking! on the order for Newegg.com - PNY Optima 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model MD1024SD1-400 for $29.99 less 15% off desktop memory with coupon code "DM15A0111US" for $4.50 discount for $25.49 with free shipping from www.newegg.com and Newegg.com - Memory, DDR Memory, SDRAM Memory, Computer Memory, Computer RAM, DDR RAM, Memory Stick, Memory Upgrades with the 15% discount for the next 72 hours with coupon code "DM15A0111US" arrived , one can go to www.crucial.com and use their memory program to figure out what type of memory, one might be able to use in their desktop computer.

It did not work in the Dell 4600i with and without the other memory.  I tried also in the Epox computer, and it would not work.  Neither computer would boot with it installed.  It is the right memory for both computers.  I did noticed on the memory strip it had "DDR Q" instead of "DDR".  Either they sent me the wrong memory or it is defective.  I received and RMA for it from Newegg, so I will ship it back to Whittier, California for a refund.

I put clean linens on the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I am doing three loads of laundry, and I have five minutes to go in the wash cycle.  I picked up the mail.  My rent statement for February 2011 arrived from the Greenwich Housing Authority.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 3:35 A.M.  I ate a 15 ounce can of Chef Boyardee Beefaroni with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance Spread and a glass of watered down punch.

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 2:30 A.M.  I finished the systems maintenance on all of the computers.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/29/11 Saturday 12:30 A.M.  Free Stuff On The Internet, Online - Get Free Software, Audio Books, Sample Freebies & Find Free Money Online - AARP

Note: <888> 01/28/11 Friday 10:15 P.M.  I woke up at 2 P.M. this afternoon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I picked up the mail.  I chatted with a friend.  I went out at 5:30 P.M..  I went downtown to CVS.  I picked up a prescription.  I bought three Johnson and John mint floss dental floss for .99 each and .18 tax for $3.15 total.  I then bought a Nature's Bounty odorless fish oil 1000 mg. 100 softgels for $11.79 and at buy one get one free, I got a Nature's Bounty 1000 mg. fish oil 100 softgels worth $11.49 for free for $11.79 total.  16 to 18 ounce cans of Campbells soup are $1.50 at CVS.  I then went further downtown.  I chatted with two cigar smokers downtown.  They told me that there is a Dollar store in downtown Harrison, New York.  I walked through about 2.5 feet of snow, and I cleaned off the snow on the north side of the veterans monument from the bench there.  I cleaned off the snow from the green bus bench opposite Starbucks.  I cleaned off the snow from the four benches at the Post Office plaza.  I clean off the snow from one bench in front of the senior and the arts center.  The other two benches were covered up with plowed up snow.  There are signs downtown that they are going to remove the snow from Greenwich Avenue from midnight to 7 A.M. this morning.  I then went by the Chase Bank ATM at 14 West Putnam Avenue.  I then went by the Greenwich Library.  I cleaned off the snow from four benches at the Greenwich Library, but they have about two feet of snow in front of them.  I chatted with two regulars.  I checked out George W. Bush's book "Decision Points".  I do not know if I will have time to read it.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of day old Kaiser rolls for $1.35, a 59 ounce container of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $3, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .79 a pound for $1.98 for $6.33 total.  I then went by the Courtesy Mobil gasoline station at 623 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $6 of self service premium gasoline for $3.799 a gallon for 1.580 gallons at odometer of 68254 miles for 13.4 miles driving since January 15, 2011 for 8.48 miles per gallon in mostly local traffic.  I then returned home.  I chatted with neighbors.  I put away my purchases.  I chatted with two friends and a relative.  I will now cook and eat a 16 ounce Marie Callender chicken pot pie and a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance Spread, which I will eat with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/28/11 Friday 7:55 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go back to bed.  Stay warm.  It is suppose to be a high in the  mid 20s degrees Fahrenheit all next week, so get use to it.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/28/11 Friday 7:05 A.M.  I woke up at 4 A.M..  I ate the other half of the chili rice mixture and a www.honeybell.com .  I watched some television.  I downloaded and install and ran this program Advanced SystemCare Free - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com .  It seems to be speed up the system a little bit.  CIO

I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Late afternoon snow showers tomorrow and 32 to 22 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will try to make it downtown briefly tomorrow after I wake up, weather permitting.  CIO

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Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 10:10 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I watched some television.  www.foxnews.com said that we might get 4 inches of snow this weekend.  They also said we might get another storm like yesterday and this morning next week at the same time of the week.  Apparently there is a lot of moisture building up in the Gulf of Mexico and pushing up the Atlantic Coast and causing Northeastern blizzards.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 8:45 P.M.  I ate three scrambled eggs and five strips of fried bacon and a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.

I finished the Paragon backup of the Dell 4600i desktop computer.  I created two Paragon restore CDs.  I do not have enough external hard drive space to do Paragon backups of the three laptop computers.  However, all three laptop computers XP Professional partitions are backed up with the Windows 7 Demo Complete PC backup program to external hard drives.  CIO    

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 7:05 P.M.  I chatted with a friend.  I am doing a Paragon backup of the Dell 4600i computer to the Seagate external hard drive.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 5:30 P.M.  Mystery solved of piano on Biscayne Bay sandbar » TCPalm.com  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 5:20 P.M.  I chatted with a neighbor downstairs.  The snow piled up outside is getting to be pretty high.  I would say it is over 5 feet high in some places where it is plowed up.  I picked up the mail.  I got a coupon booklet from www.mcdonalds.com that might be useful, and the coupons are good until February 19, 2011.  Also if one registers at NYMetro McDonald's , one gets a free quarter pounder or Bic Mac or 10 piece McNuggets coupon.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 4:55 P.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage, and I cleaned the snow off the Audi.  From what I can tell, we had from a foot to 19 inches of snow.  I was able to drive the Audi of its parking place, since the road behind it was plowed.  I parked it in a plowed parking spot.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a relative.  I went back outside, since the snow plow was clearing the parking area, and I moved my Audi out of the parking area to a cleared spot further up the road.  Once the parking area was mostly cleared out, and I moved the Audi back to its usual place.  I chatted with neighbors while the plow was doing its thing.  I chatted with a relative.  I made 197 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com  on television.  CIO       

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 1:35 A.M.  www.news12.com for traffic cams http://www.news12.com/wide_frame.jsp?filename=/traffic/traffic_frame.jsp%3Fsection=cameras .  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

It is suppose to be sunny today after the snow and be 32 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 12:55 A.M.  I am making up my Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe , and I also added to the two tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and two tablespoons of Kikkoman soy sauce and the teaspoon of hot chili sesame oil and Italian spices, I added teaspoon and a half of Frank's hot sauce and paprika seasoning, and once it is ready I will mix in a 16 ounce container of Campbell's Homestead chunky chili with beans, and I will mix it all together, and I will reheat it again one vegetable cycle on the GE microwave oven.  I will refrigerate half, and I will eat the other half with a glass of watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/27/11 Thursday 12:15 A.M.  I went downstairs and outside by the sidewalk at the front entrance.  It is snowing heavily, and we currently have 5 to 6 inches of new fresh snow that has fallen, not counting the snow earlier yesterday.  I measured the snow on the sidewalk with a ruler.  I feel like I am in Byram, Siberia.  I do not know whether I should stay up this morning keeping a snow watch or go to bed now, so I will be ready to clean off and move my car, whenever they plow the driveway in the morning.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/26/11 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.  I labeled all of the computers with yellow post it notes and Scotch tape telling the names of each computer, so I know their names, in case I have to restore a backup.

The primary work computer for the Vista partition is scott1 and for the Windows 7 partition is scott21

The FIC server is scott2

The Epox computer is scott23

The bedroom Abit computer is scott24

The primary dining table IBM ThinkCentre computer is scott25

The second IBM ThinkCenter on the blue night stand is scott26

The Dell 4600i desktop computer is scott28

The primary Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer on the dining table is scott11

The secondary Dell Latitude D410 laptop computer to the left of the primary work computer is scott12

The Panasonic Toughbook CF29 laptop computer is scott15

I took off the Logitech wireless mouse from the Dell 4600i desktop computer, and I plugged in a generic USB optical mouse.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/26/11 Wednesday 9:10 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/26/11 Wednesday 7:50 P.M.  Tracking is USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for ATI Radeon 9550XL 256MB DDR AGP 8x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card, P/N: 100-437105 - Video Cards at PCLoft.com and Radeon 9550XL 256MB AGP VGA DVI TV OUT Video Card - eBay (item 200569425487 end time Feb-24-11 18:18:18 PST) for $17.57 with free shipping.

Note: <888> 01/26/11 Wednesday 7:05 P.M.  I ate a 21 ounce Marie Callender meat and tomato sauce lasagna with grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/26/11 Wednesday 6:10 P.M.  I showered, and I cleaned up after the last note.  I threw out the garbage.  I picked up the mail.

The order for AMD Sempron 3300+ SDA3300DKV4E EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!! - eBay (item 260618856248 end time Feb-07-11 09:33:51 PST) for $18.88 with free shipping arrived.

I opened up the primary work computer, and I removed the four year old Modware CPU cooler and the AMD Sempron 3000 processor.  I put in the new AMD Sempron 3300+ processor and a new spare Modware CPU cooler.  I also switched around the lower two hard drives in the case, so there is less tension on the primary hard drive IDE 0 cable.  I cleaned the CPU front air filter.  I rebooted the computer in both partitions, and the new processor was installed plug and play.  I installed the updates in both partition.  I put the spare Sempron 3000 processor in the new one's packaging, and I labeled it, and I placed it by the King James bible on the mahogany bureau bookcase shelf in the bedroom.  The new processor will only work at the default 266 MHz and not 400 MHz and the same for the memory.  Thus the new CPU in the primary work computer is only slightly faster.  However, I now have the spare Sempron 3000 processor to have available in the future.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/26/11 Wednesday 1:35 P.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M., when a local walker called to say it was snowing. 

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Newegg.com - LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE CD/DVD Burner LightScribe Support - CD / DVD Burners for $17.99 with free shipping arrived.  I put it to the left side of the Sony Trinitron television in the bedroom.

I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a friend.

Note: <888> 01/26/11 Wednesday 2:50 A.M.  I ate the other half of the chicken soup and rice mixture.

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.  I have the video feed on the ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series video card on the FIC server running Vista Ultimate connected to the Sony television in the living room.  I have used its software, so it is clone mode, so the left monitor and the video feed to the Sony monitor are the same.  One can select the Sony monitor Video 1 with the Sony remote control by press AV button.  I also set the screen saver to a long enough period, so it would not become active during a video feed.  I also did the same think with the Video Power on the Power Savings option.  Windows 7 does not support clone mode with the ATI video cards that I have on my systems. 

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 8:25 P.M.  I watched a TMC movie channel movie with Rex Harrison about a wealthy individual going bankrupt in style in Venice, Italy.

I figure, since I have 17 pounds of uncooked rice in my apartment, I should eat more rice. 

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 5:40 P.M.  I chatted with a relative after the last note.  I woke up from my nap at 4:30 P.M..  I ate a three day old muffin.  I threw out the garbage.  I cleaned the remaining snow off the Audi.  I picked up the mail.  I rebooted the FIC server.  I made my bed.

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 1:55 P.M.  I chatted with a neighboring handing out the local building news.  I will now take my regular afternoon nap.  I will shut down the primary work computer.  In France and most southern European countries, they take afternoon naps.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.  Since poor people in Greenwich, Connecticut without any relatives can not afford household staff like the wealthy people, we have to do everything ourselves which takes more time than most people realize.  By the time, one sleeps, eats, cleans up, and does routine apartment maintenance, one frequently does not have the time to go downtown to be ignored my the leisure class, whom seems to have a lot of free time to spend on Greenwich Avenue watching the world go by weather permitting.  Since I spend most of my free time on my home computers, I can manage to keep busy at home, when the weather is not too hospitable.  I guess a lot of New Yorker like to be seen and to be seen, but so few of them around here seem to know or really care about what goes on around here, we do not pay much attentions to the hoards of visitors we constantly get here, since we are close to New York City.  www.ibm.com has its world headquarters nearby in Armonk, New York, so possibly we get a few curious computer people out here, but from what I can tell, nobody is really too interested in computers, and they are mostly interested in money which is why there are so many financial people around here waiting to help people out with their money.  Since I do not have much money, I do not have many dealings the myriad of financial people in this area or other vendors hoping to sell such items as houses, cars, women's clothing and financial services.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 1:35 P.M.  I ate a 15 ounce can of Chef Boyardee Beefaroni with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance Spread and a glass of watered down punch.

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 12:45 P.M.  For the Dell 4600i desktop computer, I bought Newegg.com - PNY Optima 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model MD1024SD1-400 for $29.99 less 15% off desktop memory with coupon code "DM15A0111US" for $4.50 discount for $25.49 with free shipping.

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 11:50 A.M.  It has quit snowing.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 11:05 A.M.  It is still snowing.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 10:35 A.M.  Snow picking up faster than expected; several schools delayed - GreenwichTime

Note: <888> 01/25/11 Tuesday 10:30 A.M.  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I checked outside, and there is about one to two inches of new snow, and it is 28 degrees Fahrenheit and the road looks icy.  I do not feel it is safe to drive to my 11 A.M. appointment, so I called up, and I cancelled it.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 9:55 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I watched some television.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Snow showers tomorrow and 38 to 26 degrees Fahrenheit.  I have a 11 A.M. appointment tomorrow.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 8:25 P.M.  It can be cool in Lanzarote this time of year UK AWAY FM local english radio station for Lanzarote & Fuerteventura good musac.

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 7:55 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.

I ate a 18.5 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder with a Kaiser roll and Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 7:05 P.M.  Nanyang Geoscience Roundtable  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 6:45 P.M.  I chatted with neighbors.  I was told that one neighbor is stealing toilet paper out of the hallway bathrooms downstairs, which I do not think should happen.  I picked up the mail.

The order with tracking of FedEx Tracking on the order for 6 Feet High Speed HDMI Cable Male to Male Digital A/V Cable, 30 AWG Cable, Gold Plated Connectors, Category 2 Certified, Support 1080P True HD Resolution - Meritline.com $3.59 and Belkin HDTV Cable Bundle Kit - Model F5Z0081b (Bulk Pack) - Meritline.com for $16.95 less $5 off with coupon code "MLC218377011720N" for $15.54 total with free shipping arrived.  I put the order behind the Sony television in the living room on the left stereo system bookcase shelf.

The order for two 25 FT RJ45 CAT (6E) 550MHZ MOLDED NETWORK CABLE - WHITE for $9 each less 40% with coupon code "CAT640OFF" for $7.20 discount for $10.80 total with free shipping arrived.  I put them underneath the living room desk with the other cables.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 6:05 P.M.  I woke up at 4:30 P.M..  I made my bed.  I checked the mail, but it is not here yet.  I chatted with a friend.  I ate a several day old muffin and a www.honeybell.com .  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 1:25 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I have had a major attack all morning of intestinal gas, and I can barely stand to be by myself in the apartment.  If it is too cold to go out to get some Beano at CVS.  I can not figure out what caused it, but my relative said it was probably caused by the herbs and spices that I put on my pizza last night.  I could wipe out the entire Greenwich Library in about 2 minutes, and it is bad as it ever gets.  I am told that it is a common Scott family trait, so maybe it is hereditary.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will take a nap for a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 12:10 P.M.  I threw out the garbage.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/24/11 Monday 11:15 A.M.  I woke up during the night.  I watched some channel 13 PBS programs about Appalachian area of the United States of America.  I ate the rest of the opened tin of Danish cookies.  I finally woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  At 10 A.M., I went downstairs.  I signed my new lease in the Community Room with the Greenwich Housing Authority representative.  It was 7 degrees Fahrenheit outside my window, when I woke up this morning.  I will now make up a fresh batch of punch.  I do not feel like going out side in the frigid Siberian weather we are currently enjoying in Greenwich, Russia.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 10:10 P.M.  I went ahead, and I ate the whole pizza.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 9:30 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.

I am cooking a 28.2 ounce Stop and Shop four cheese self rising pizza.  Before cooking it, I seasoned it with oregano, garlic powder, ground black pepper, and I put a generous amount of grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it, and I put a decent amount of extra virgin olive oil on it, so it should be a little bit more flavorful than the out of the package taste.  I will eat half of it with a glass of watered down punch.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 8:45 P.M.  If one looks at dealnews.com: Best Deals & Coupons on Laptops, Desktop Computers, HDTV, Dell, HP, Sony, Apple , there is a 50% off coupon for off lease Dell Optiplex 745 computers from Dell Financial Services.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 7:20 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 6:05 P.M.  I woke up at 2 P.M. this afternoon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a friend.  I threw out the garbage in the garbage chute next to my apartment.  I went downstairs, and I chatted with neighbors.  Two neighbors went outside in the cold weather to throw out their garbage.  I am suppose to sign my new lease with the Greenwich Housing Authority tomorrow morning January 24, 2011 in the Community Room here between 10 A.M. and 1 P.M., so I have to be up at 7 A.M. to be ready for it.  Thus I should probably go to bed earlier this morning.  CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/23/11:

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 6:45 A.M.  It is 10.9 degrees Fahrenheit outside my window. The weather service says it is 13 degrees outside right now.  I went outside my apartment, and I checked the hallways and downstairs, and everything seems normal.  The signs in the community room says the fire marshal says the community room is limited to 53 people with tables and chairs set up and 114 people for meetings, I guess standing and sitting.  It would be a bit crowded.

The weather forecast for today is mostly sunny 24 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will now send out my weekly notes.

I will then shut down the primary work computer, and I will eat a several day old muffin.

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 5:40 A.M.  It is currently 55 degrees Fahrenheit in Key West, Florida Key West, Florida (33040) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground, but when I was last down there in February 1983, it was down to around 39 degrees Fahrenheit, but the fire place in Captain Tony's bar was popular, and people got a chance to model their ski sweaters.  However, at the same time, it was minus 26 degrees Fahrenheit in Manhattan.  However, in south Florida, a lot of people camp out in the winter, so when it gets cold down there, they are cold outside, where as at my age up north, I am comfortable inside in a small 70 degree apartment. 

Since it is about six degrees Fahrenheit around here right now, I was wandering in terms of Six Degrees of Separation if Kevin Bacon is still around.  I think he use to be one of the regulars at the old www.cbs.com hangout in Greenwich Village.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 5:30 A.M.  In the period I was in Key West, Florida, there were a lot of transient homeless people down there.  I hitchhiked the Florida Keys between Key West and Fort Lauderdale about six to eight times.  It was relatively peaceful along the Florida Keys, but I did noticed a few individuals driving the same route regularly one or two whom picked me up, and I quickly ditched them and left the cars thinking that they might be possibly serial killers.  In the Florida Keys, since it is 140 miles of road and bridges, it is hard for somebody to get away unless they have a boat which there are plenty of down there.  Law enforcement in both communities knew me, but the traveling public was a different case.  Once somebody my age from Chicago, Illinois picked me up around Islamorada, and he was driving straight through from Chicago to Whitehead Street in Key West, and he was driving over 90 miles an hour on the old Florida Keys road and bridges in I recall a new black Buick sedan, and as we came off the Marathon Bridge, he did a 360 in the car, but we came to a safe stop, and when the local Highway Patrol saw it, they just told him to slow down, and let him go.  There were a couple of 24 hour Howard Johnson restaurants along the Florida Keys road, when one could get a bowl of oatmeal and warm up on a cold night.   CIO 

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 5:05 A.M.  When I lived in Key West in the winter of 1978 with John Bolton, he had $1,500 cash that he carried on him.  He leant $400 to a friend named Stormy to buy a pound of marijuana, and he never saw Stormy again.  I do not know what Stormy looked like.  I never smoked marijuana in Key West, except once when John had me try some, and I passed out.  Also the last time, I was there sleeping on the beach in February 1983, a local youth offer me a cigarette that had marijuana in it which changed my focus, and I was asked to leave the island.  Since in my work, I have to stay somewhat alert, I do not use recreational drugs or alcohol, but I do keep alcohol around the apartment in case any guests or family drop by and need a drink.  However, with all of the computer equipment and the office environment, I do not have the apartment set up for casual entertaining, and it would be easier to entertain at a local restaurant or coffee shop. 

Back in the winter of 1978, John and I would split a loaf of Cuban bread from the local bakery which cost about 60 cents and a quart of orange juice which cost about 60 cents for breakfast.  For lunch we would get a sandwich from the Bodega which cost about $2 apiece.  For dinner, we would eat beans and rice at a local Cuban restaurant and that would cost about $2 apiece.  There was also a small restaurant in downtown Key West that served pancakes for $2 apiece.  Occasionally we would eat breakfast at the diner downtown, and bowl of oatmeal and coffee cost about a $1 or for $2 one could get bacon, eggs, toast, orange juice and coffee.  Late at night, John would send me downtown to get him a cold Miller beer for about a dollar.  Jimmy Eldert worked at the local yogurt stand, and he would occasionally give us a free yogurt.  We once bought a big red snapper from a local fisherman for about $3 and we cooked it at Jimmy Eldert's apartment kitchen across the street from the Catholic church, and Jimmy complained that his apartment smelled like fish which did not make any sense to me, since he lived in Nantucket and Key West back then.  Jimmy once also invited us over to dinner at a red haired friend of his who had a Japanese house near the Casa Marina.  However, when we got there, Jimmy and John had a joint, and we never got dinner.  Back in the winter of 1977, when I only knew Jimmy Eldert and Rob Glore down there.  Nobody ever saw Rob Glore, but Jimmy knew the people whom ran the Herb Garden health food store, so they let people charge food there, and pay at the beginning of the month, when they got their food stamps.  I ran up about a $50 bill there, which I paid off when I got my unemployment checks, and left the island shortly there after to return up north with Jimmy.  They were not too friendly since Key West is mostly democrats, and Jimmy was suppose to be a republican.  John might have been a democrat since his mother worked for Cyrus Vance and his father worked for Jimmy Carter's state department back then.  His 16 year old brother thought he was a DEA agent, which I tended to doubt by the amount of beer he seemed to consume.  He did go to a bar called "Publicans" in Manhasset, Long Island, which I though might be short for republicans.  I heard his brother became a chef, and he now weighs over 300 pounds, which is odd, since John only weighed about 130 pounds, once he grew up.  However, John being part German liked living on a diet of two ham and cheese sandwiches on grinder rolls a day, and a twelve pack of Miller beer and two packs of Marlboros regulars.  I think he like the Swiss cereal "Familia?" with milk for breakfast.  The two winters I lived in Key West, I did not have a car, because the first winter, the car was towed for parking tickets at the Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  The second winter, I hitchhiked down to Florida from Nantucket, so I did not have a car, when I met John Bolton.  About 20 years ago in Manhattan, I met somebody named John Rogg? whose family had the house in Key West next to the Casa Marina, and he looked enough like John Bolton to be his twin brother.  John Rogg? worked at Clarence House in Manhattan, so he was modestly successful.  I think he lived at 15th street and Fifth Avenue.  John Bolton use to get his marijuana in Key West from the local youth whom lived in the basement apartment of the Doctor Mallory House next to the Bull bar in Key West.  There were also over 20 lawyers handling drug dealing cases with offices on Whitehead Street opposite the Truman Annex Navy Base.  The local motel bar La De Da was owned my a relative of the district attorney whom I knew.  The local officials in Key West would show up there at parties where drugs were openly used, and they turned a blind eye to it all, since it seemed to part of the local culture in the area.  The older brother of the contractor of the Casa Marina project in Key West was arrested back then for trying to drive three semi trailers of marijuana out of the Florida Keys, and they were only stopped by the local Highway patrol, because so much lose marijuana was blowing off the rear tail section of the trucks into the view of the Florida Highway patrol.  Of course there are still chain gangs down south for people whom run up against the law, so what might be common in one area is not necessarily common in the other area.  They use to call Vero Beach, Florida, Zero Beach since there were no drug patrols.  The nephew of the district attorney in Vero Beach, Florida use to openly smoke marijuana in Nantucket.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 4:00 A.M.  Well, it does not seem too busy down in Key West, Florida Live Duval Street Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar :: .

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 3:00 A.M.  I cleaned the Ionic Pro air purifier.

My weather station says, it is 6.8 degrees Fahrenheit outside of my window.  My weather program says, it is 8 degrees Fahrenheit outside right now.  If one were cold, you could hang out at the diner across the street from the Y.M.C.A. or hang out at CVS or Walgreen's in Riverside Old Greenwich, Connecticut on East Putnam Avenue, they are suppose to be opened 24 hours.  That is providing you had a working car.   The Mobil gasoline station across the street from me on West Putnam Avenue is suppose to be opened 24 hours as is the Shell Station and Cumberland Farms and possibly  the Sunoco station on the border.  The bars in Port Chester, New York usually stay open until 4 A.M..  I would be rather curious to know whom is hanging out at Clancy's by laundry over in Port Chester.  I think the Laundromat is also opened 24 hours in Cos Cob.  The Darien rest areas on I-95 east and west are opened 24 hours, but they might be a little bit dangerous with cold disorientated travelers.  Possibly the laundromat by St. Catherine's in Riverside is also opened 24 hours.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 12:50 A.M.  The rooms at Taft were relatively warm.  A few of the wealthy students did not use the school ordinary dark grey blankets, but they had expensive red or white stripped blankets from the Hbc and the Bay collection , but it is my viewpoint, if one can afford a blanket for close to $500, one could afford to go to public school in England which is actually a private school and learn the King's English for what it is worth in later life.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/23/11 Sunday 12:20 A.M.  I also ate a clementine from Spain.  I only have two clementines from Spain left.  However, the good news is that I have 20 www.honeybell.com left from West Palm Beach, Florida.  The last I looked Jim Eldert had a telephone number in West Palm Beach, Florida, so maybe http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm is still alive in Palm Beach, Florida.  I know he knew Sylvester Stallone whom lived there, and he also knew the Krupp heir that lived in Palm Beach, Florida, so if he is not in Germany, they could be in Palm Beach, Florida.  The last time I was able to chat with Myles McGough, I suggested that he meet Jim Eldert, and then Myles changed his telephone number to a non published telephone number.  Myles took Beezer Manning's Spanish course, because he is Black Irish.  I think the only real person at Taft from Florida in my class of 1968 was Mike Tomasello from Bartow, Florida, and his father was the head attorney for the Florida Citrus Growers Association.  Also Joe Logan the head of the physics department at Taft while I was there was murdered in a cheap motel room in Key West, Florida during his retirement around 1973.  Joe Logan looked a bit like Lyndon Johnson.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 11:30 P.M.  Legally only the Governor of a State can activate the State's National Guard, and only the Governor of a State can request Emergency Assistance from the Federal Government and its U.S. Military.  I have noticed a lot of big people around recently, but there is nothing in the news about any such action.  The only news I have heard out the State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut is that the roads are not being plowed in Hartford, and they have exhausted the Hartford snow budget.  The new Governor also requested that the liquor stores in Connecticut to be allowed to sell liquor in Connecticut on Sundays.  The internet version of the www.greenwichtime.com does not cover too much news.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 11:15 P.M.  Technically there is a United States Government expression frequently used in the U.S. Military called "commandeer" Commandeer - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary which a designated U.S. Government military person can do, but after the emergency is over, the government has to be able to pay for the action and its costs to the real owner of the property.  In other words a U.S. Army general could take a jeep from across the street, but he would have to have the government pay for it some time in the near future or other similar actions.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 11:05 P.M.  I called up the Greenwich Police non emergency number at 1-203-622-8000 wait for the recording to end and then press 0 for the desk.  I told them that the Community Room in the building where I live administered by the Greenwich Housing Authority Connecticut Public Housing building at 71 Vinci Drive is currently warm at 75 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit.  There is a sign in the Community Room saying that in the event of an emergency it is available for 147 people which has never happened in the 22 years that I have lived here.  However with zero degree weather and upcoming blizzard, I thought that someone might be interested that a warm place paid for by the Greenwich Housing Authority and probably government funds is available.  However, we are in a locked building, so someone would have to let in disaster victims, and they would also need a key for the two hallway public bathrooms, and one should make sure there is toilet paper in them.  There also is a small kitchen with refrigerator and stove in the Community room and a television and wireless internet.  Well in the event of an emergency, it is warm, and I would not want anyone freezing to death just because they are not aware of Greenwich, Connecticut Social Register etiquette.  It is currently 10 degrees Fahrenheit outside with a wind chill of 5 degrees Fahrenheit.  There is not any wind at the moment.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 10:25 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 9:50 P.M.  New Reader's Digest Magazine subscription for 10 issues for $5 Reader's Digest  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 9:35 P.M.  I chatted briefly with a relative.

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 7:45 P.M.  I took the remaining portion of flavored rice that I made last night that was in a Rubbermaid container, and I mixed in a 16 ounce can of Campbell's Homestead chili with beans and I flavored it with Italian seasoning, garlic powder, Montreal steak seasoning, chicken and meat seasoning, Old Bay Seasoning, a couple of teaspoons of soy sauce and a couple of teaspoons of Frank's hot sauce, and I am microwaving it on two vegetable cycles in the GE microwave oven.  I will put half of it in a very large Cobalt Blue soup bowl that I bought many years ago from the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift Shop which is now closed and eat it along with a glass of watered down punch.  Beans and Rice are a staple of the Cuban diet.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 7:30 P.M.  I put away the laundry.  The ice skating parking lot in the back yard is filled up with four wheel drive vehicles, so obviously the wealthier people can afford to spend money to be cold.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 6:40 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 6:10 P.M.  I have 45 minutes to go on three drier machines.  I could go out after I do my laundry and eat dinner, but I do not really think there is much point in wasting energy to drive downtown in the cold weather currently 18 degrees Fahrenheit just to take a freezing cold walk, when the same energy would keep me warm and comfortable at home.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/22/11 Saturday 5:40 P.M.  After the last note, I watched a British travel log documentary about Tibet on the Channel 13 educational channel.  I went to bed at 3 A.M..  I woke up at 11 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I surfed the internet.  I went back to bed until 3 P.M..  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  The friend told me that we might get a foot to a foot and a half of snow this Tuesday evening and Wednesday.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 15 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I picked up the mail.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/21/11 Friday 11:10 P.M.  I ate some Danish butter cookies.  I watched some television.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Partly cloudy tomorrow and 21 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit.  It is currently 18 degrees Fahrenheit and fair outside.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/21/11 Friday 9:30 P.M.  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Newegg.com - LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE CD/DVD Burner LightScribe Support - CD / DVD Burners for $17.99 with free shipping.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/21/11 Friday 8:45 P.M.  I ate a 8 ounce sautéed eye round of beef cheeseburger on a Kaiser roll with ketchup and my usual vegetable and flavored rice mixture with Smart Balance spread and olive oil and with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  I chatted with one relative and another relative twice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/21/11 Friday 5:40 P.M.  I woke up at noon today.  A neighbor knocked on my door, and told me I should move my car, because they were going to plow the parking area again.  I went outside, and I cleaned about four inches of snow off the Audi.  I then moved it to the family area parking area which was plowed.  I then came back inside.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I trimmed back the extra growth on the two golden pathos plants, so they are not crawling over the far living room wall and floor.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature and pathos plant trimmings.  The parking area was cleared, so I moved the Audi back to its usual place.  I picked up the mail, and I chatted with neighbors.  I watered the plants.  I made 215 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com  on television.  They said it is suppose to be 4 degrees Fahrenheit this Sunday night with a cold spell coming into the area.  Also we might get anther major snow storm this Tuesday when several weather fronts converge on this area.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/21/11 Friday 2:30 A.M.  Everyone probably thinks I have lost my marbles for maintaining 10 older computers http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm in my apartment currently, but that is basically how my computer activity has evolved over these last 19 years.

Pictures of recent changes and additions in the apartment.

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http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/mls-apt-012111/ CIO 

Note: <888> 01/21/11 Friday 12:40 A.M.  I ordered two 25 FT RJ45 CAT (6E) 550MHZ MOLDED NETWORK CABLE - WHITE for $9 each less 40% with coupon code "CAT640OFF" for $7.20 discount for $10.80 total with free shipping.

CVS 25% off in store coupon except sale items good through this Sunday, January 23, 2011 CVS 25% off in store coupon, good until 01-23-11 . CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/11 Thursday 10:25 P.M.  10th Anniversary of President Bush’s Inauguration

Note: <888> 01/20/11 Thursday 9:40 P.M.  My appointment to sign my lease with the Greenwich Housing Authority in the Community Room has been cancelled tomorrow because of snow.  It is now scheduled for this Monday January 24, 2011 between 10 A.M. and 1 P.M..  We are suppose to have 3 to 6 inches of snow between midnight and 8 A.M. on Friday with a temperature on Friday from 31 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit.  I chatted with a relative.  I reset the file defaults in Windows XP Professional on the Dell 4600i computer, but I still will not back it up, since I prefer to have the new install backup without Nero 7.  Since Nero comes from Germany, it might have some sort of European back door written into the code that people do not know about, but they say the same thing about Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Windows 7.  Also having can goods around the house in the winter is handy in case one looses electricity.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/20/11 Thursday 9:10 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I put CVS Super Glue gel on my regular pair of sun glasses to repair them in two different places.  I am holding the frame in place until it sets with a large rubber band.  I got out another similar pair of sun glasses to wear that I had in reserve.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/20/11 Thursday 8:00 P.M.  I ate 15 ounce can of Chef Boyardee Beefaroni and a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.

I put the Nero 7 Upgrade on the Dell D4600i computer.  However, I did not back it up to the Seagate external hard drive, since Nero 7 seems to change some of the file defaults, which I do not like.  I was able to restore the Windows Media file defaults though.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/20/11 Thursday 5:20 P.M.  Before going to bed, I removed one of the book shelves from the left stereo bookcase in the living room, and I put it on the folding table holding the Eizo monitor, generic speakers and Microsoft Internet Keyboard, Citicorp mouse pad and Logitech wireless mouse attached to the Dell 4600i computer.  Thus I have a little bit more work area around it.  There is still room in the living room to put out the twin size Aerobed, if I ever need to use it.  I woke yesterday morning and this morning, I ate Kaiser rolls with Smart Balance spread.  This morning, I also threw out two 1 pound tins of Danish butter cookies that were over a year and a half expired.  I opened another fresh tin, an I ate some.  I finally woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.

Since the Dell 4600i computer only had a DVD/R drive in it, I put in my new spare Samsung DVD/RW drive as a second hard drive.  I still have to put Nero 7 on it, since XP does not have DVD utilities.  I also adjusted all of the Eizo LCD monitors earlier this morning, so they have better color.  The second Eizo monitor on the FIC server is not active, since it is currently setup in clone mode with Sony 27 inch television in the living room.

I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went to my 1:30 P.M. appointment.  I then went downtown, I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought an Aces High scratch card for a dollar, and I won $2 for a net dollar profit.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought five 15 ounce cans of Chef Boyardee Beefaroni for $1 each, two 15 ounce cans of CVS spaghetti and meatballs for 50 cents each and a 8 ounce bottle of CVS Imitation Vanilla Flavor for .99 for $6.99 total.  I finished my walk.  During my walk, I chatted with some locals about the price of tea in Greenwich, China.  I next drove by the Greenwich Library parking lot, but it was filled to capacity.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a four pack of day old muffins for $2, a 16 ounce package of Smart Balance spread for $3.29, a six pack of Kaiser rolls for $2.49, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $3.49, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.23 for $12.50 total.  I then returned home.  I picked up the mail.  I put away my groceries.  CIO    

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.  Mostly cloudy and 26 to 21 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow.

I will now shut down the primary work computer.

I will eat a chocolate and honey yogurt.

I will then go to bed.

I have a 1:30 P.M. appointment tomorrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.  I finished defragmenting the C: drive on the Dell 4600i computer.  I have about 25 gigabytes of files on the 40 gigabyte hard drive.  About 10 gigabytes of those are a copy of my server folder. 

I put a power strip on top of the CPU case, and it controls the power for the Eizo monitor, Dell 4600i CPU, and the generic speakers.  Thus one has to turn on the power control strip switch to use the setup.  The CPU is on the floor to the left of the small folding table with the monitor on it.  The Eizo monitor and generic speakers switches are turned on, but one has to press the power control put on the front of the Dell CPU to turn on the computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.  Biltmore Email Newsletter

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 10:05 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a 18.5 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder with a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.

I finished the XP Pro ASR backup of the Dell 4600i computer.  I am now defragmenting the C: drive.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.  I finished configuring the Dell 4600i computer, and I am not doing a Windows XP Professional ASR backup to the Seagate external hard drive.  It will take about an hour and a half to back up 30 gigabytes of files.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 5:10 P.M.  I am configuring the Dell Dimension 4600i Micro Tower.  It is running just fine.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage and the large shipping box and packaging material.  I picked up the mail.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 2:05 P.M.  This morning after the last note, I removed the AMD Athlon XP 2600 processor from the bedroom Abit computer, and I put in the AMD Sempron XP 2800 processor.  It works just fine, and it is a little bit faster.  I stored the spare 2600 processor in the little plastic container next the King James bible on the bookcase on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.

I went to bed about 3 A.M..  I woke up at 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.

Note: <888> 01/19/11 Wednesday 12:25 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary work computer.

I will eat a homemade chocolate honey yogurt.

I will go to bed soon.

Rain and snow showers and 39 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/11 Tuesday 10:25 P.M.  To have another spare processor for four of my desktop computer systems, I ordered AMD Sempron 3300+ SDA3300DKV4E EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!! - eBay (item 260618856248 end time Feb-07-11 09:33:51 PST) for $18.88 with free shipping.  I could upgrade my primary work computer with it, but I might bring up product activation in Windows, so I will hold off for now, and keep it for a spare.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/18/11 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.  I posted this page from information I received today.

Note: <888> 01/18/11 Tuesday 8:35 P.M.  I ate a 14 ounce Marie Callender meat loaf dinner with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables with Smart Balance Spread and olive oil on the vegetables and the remaining reheated flavored rice from last night along with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/18/11 Tuesday 7:35 P.M.   I woke up at 6 P.M..  I picked up the mail downstairs.  I made my bed.  I watched a half hour documentary on the late actor Cary Grant.   Nothing ever happens in Greenwich, Connecticut.  It is just where Manhattan people come out to the country to rest from the Big City.  About the only time, one can see the Big City people is when they first arrive in town, they usually stop by a grocery store and pick up a rotisserie chicken, so they do not starve while they are out here.  The Stop and Shop has a small Boston Market with the rotisserie chickens all set to go.  Fred http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm when he went out to Oyster Bay and Locust Valley with Helen Williams use to stop by the 24 hour A&P in Glen Cove, New York and buy a whole uncooked Purdue chicken, and then he would put it in a roasting pan with white wine and butter and cook it basting it frequently.  Thus even Fred knew how to cook.  Since Fred could speak a number of foreign languages, he knew how to communicate in other languages around the www.un.org while the English speaking only people would sit in his small apartment at 420 East 49th street on the ground floor emptying the ash trays and cleaning the wine glasses.  Fred use to also mist his plants every day, but for that you need a mist spray bottle.  I do not know if I happen to have one around or not, but I think I have one underneath the kitchen sink.  Nobody ever knew what Fred did in Nantucket besides go to the beach and eat at the Opera House.  I do not ever recall seeing him at the beach, so he must have gone to the beach elsewhere on the island, perhaps up in Sconset where the ocean is more dangerous.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/18/11 Tuesday 2:10 P.M.  EFIDIR (Extraction et Fusion d'Information pour la mesure de Déplacements par Imagerie Radar) - Projet ANR Masses de Données

Note: <888> 01/18/11 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a 16 ounce container of Campbell's Homestead chili with beans and a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.  Well, in the blink tundra of Greenwich, Connecticut it is best to stay inside on days like today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/18/11 Tuesday 10:50 A.M.  I woke up during the night, and I ate the rest of the opened box of triscuit, a honebell orange, and a homemade honey and chocolate yogurt.  I finally woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I cancelled my 11 A.M. appointment because of the icy conditions outside.  CIO    

Note: <888> 01/17/11 Monday 8:40 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.

I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

I have an 11 A.M. appointment tomorrow weather permitting.

Wintry mix tomorrow and 35 to 30 degrees.  However, tomorrow morning it is suppose to be 14 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/17/11 Monday 7:45 P.M.  I made and ate two 7 ounce salmon patties with my usual steamed vegetable mixture with flavored rice with Smart Balance spread and olive oil and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  I watched some television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/17/11 Monday 4:40 P.M.  Homemade Super Computer | eHow.com

Note: <888> 01/17/11 Monday 3:20 P.M.  I chatted with a friend.  I opened up the box of 26 Fruit Baskets & Fresh Citrus Fruit Gifts, Honeybell Oranges | Cushmans honeybells, and I ate one of them.  They are a bit tart but quite tasty.  The box comes with a plastic juice sucker that one can stick into the honeybell.

Note: <888> 01/17/11 Monday 2:35 P.M.  I woke up during the morning, and I ate 15 triscuit crackers with 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by 1/16th inch thick slices of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I finally woke up at 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I chatted with a friend.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage. 

Note: <888> 01/17/11 Monday 12:25 A.M.  BBC News - Climate secrets of Marianas Trench probed

I will now shut down the primary work computer.

I will eat a blueberry muffin and a homemade chocolate and honey yogurt.

I will then go to bed soon after that.

Mostly sunny and 22 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit today, but this morning it is suppose to go down to 11 degrees Fahrenheit, so away from the ocean, it might be colder.  Today is the Martin Luther King holiday, which always seems to be one of the coldest days of the year.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 11:30 P.M.  I have my lease renewal information ready for the appointment with the Greenwich Housing Authority representative this Friday January 21, 2011 in the Community Room between 10 A.M. and 1 P.M..  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 10:35 P.M.  For anyone still using DOS, the old George H.W. Bush screen saver from July 1998 is available here http://archives.scovetta.com/pub/fehq/DOSUtils/bushsave.zip , but I can not tell whether it works or not on my Windows systems.  The Readme.doc file corrupted my Microsoft Word word processor, which I was able to fix by reopening the word processor again without a file, but the file does open in the Text Pad viewer.  It is only information about the developer.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 9:45 P.M.  I mailed the three copies of the Bush family photo in an envelope in the mail room downstairs.  I used one 44 cent U.S.A. flag stamp.  I threw out the garbage.  I said hello to a neighbor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 9:15 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I printed out three color copies on the Samsung color laser printer of the recent picture of the Bush family http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/Bush family photo.jpg to mail to an interested relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 7:40 P.M.  I ate a 18.5 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder with a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 6:45 P.M.  This is the service manual for the Dell Dimension 4600i Micro Tower http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4600/en/4600i/sm/index.htm .  It is a pretty generic older setup.  I have the Mad Dog AGP 64 megabyte video card, the SoundBlaster PCI audio card, a generic LAN card.  I also have a Logitech wireless mouse for it along with the new web cam from China and a Microsoft USB Internet keyboard and the generic speakers and an older Plantronics headset.  Thus I should be able to set it up properly.  With Windows XP Professional, it does not need more than one gigabyte of memory.  The power supply and fans are suppose to be generic.  It will keep me busy for a while in the coming days this cold winter.  Thus my computer laboratory is going backwards in time, but I know how to maintain and configure the older hardware.  I also have a new 14 foot LAN cable.  I still have room for the IBM Netvista with Ubuntu, if I do not want to discard it.  Of course, I have to wait until receive the Dell Dimension 4600i Micro Tower to make sure, it all works properly.  Why am I doing this, I do not know why, but at the moment, it makes more sense than walking the cold frigid sidewalks of Greenwich Avenue.  I can put Open Office on it, when I configure it.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 6:15 P.M.  I moved the magazine rack to the left side of the Ethan Allen recliner.  I put a folding oak TV table on the right side of the Ethan Allen recliner.  I moved the 19 inch Eizo LCD monitor from the right side of the second Dell Latitude D410 laptop to the folding oak table.  I then got out all of the other parts to go with Dell Dimension 4600i Micro Tower.  Thus once I receive it, I am all setup to configure it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 4:20 P.M.  Not that I really need it, but I won DELL Dimension 4600i Micro Tower (used) - eBay (item 260717334360 end time Jan-16-11 13:00:25 PST) for $30.99 and $19.99 UPS Ground Shipping and $3.06 tax for $54.04 total.  I have the equipment to go with it.  I also have the Dell Windows XP Pro Installation CD to install the operating system with its XP Professional COA.  I guess I will get rid of the old IBM Netvista computer running Ubuntu. 

I chatted with two friends.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 3:55 P.M.  $125 and $13.62 shipping Dell Latitude D410 Laptop - eBay (item 250756803988 end time Jan-20-11 08:55:17 PST) does not say whether it comes with a power supply.  I have two of them, and they are small enough to be like Netbooks.  A battery for it would cost about $40.  external DVD drive or docking station is more money.  If one looks really hard, you can occasionally find a new Windows 7 laptop for $300 at some web sites.  Staples currently has an HP Windows 7 laptop for $380 plus tax.  Basically in computers, you get what you pay for.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 3:25 P.M.  I woke up during the morning, and I ate 9 triscuit crackers with 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by 1/16th inch thick slices of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I finally woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I chatted with two friends.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.

If one needs to surf www.ebay.com for used computer equipment, there is a local company in Stamford, Connecticut that sells used computers here Deal Train Mania items - Get great deals on Auctions, Notebooks items on eBay Stores! , but on some cheap desktops, their shipping can still be $30.  Also on used computer equipment there can be other problems that are not mentioned, so let the buyer beware, and if they do not know how to fix used computer equipment, there is not point bidding on the used items.  I have found that upgrading used computer equipment can be just as expensive as buying new cheap computer equipment on sale from such places as www.staples.com , so you should know what you are doing before you bid on a bargain.  CIO   

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/16/11:

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 12:55 A.M.  BBC News - JFK library to put all its records online

Recent picture of the Bush family http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/dcblog/Bush family photo.jpg

Of course there are much larger families in the United States of America whom chose to remain private and stay out of the public eye.

I will now send out my weekly notes.

I will then shut down the primary work computer, and I will eat a blueberry muffin and a homemade chocolate honey yogurt.

I will then either watch some television, or I will go to bed soon.

Sunny today and 29 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/16/11 Sunday 12:20 A.M.  I ate a 18 ounce can of Campbell's chunky chicken noodle soup with a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 11:20 P.M.  I went out after the last note.  I threw out the garbage.  I went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought two 12 packs of Thomas' English muffins for $1.99 each 12 pack, a 16 ounce package of Smart Balance spread for $3.29, a 21.8 ounce box of Nestle Nesquik chocolate flavor $4.99, a 2 ounce bottle of Stop and Shop Vanilla extract for $6.39, buy get one free of 16 ounce Oscar Meyer Angus beef franks for $4.49 both, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.99 for $25.13 total.  I chatted with two Greenwich Library regulars whom I had not seen in a while.  I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought four 16 ounce containers of Campbell's Homestead chili with beans for $1.50 each for $6 total.  I then drove further downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I stopped by CVS again, and I bought four 16 ounce containers of Campbell's Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup for $1.50 each for $6 total.  I then finished my walk.  I sat out for a while.  I chatted with a relative twice on my new Nokia AT&T wireless Go Phone.  It is the first time that I have used it.  I then drove way down south to the pier on Steamboat Road.  There was one lonely vehicle down there enjoying the view.  I then drove back to Byram.  I stopped by the Courtesy Mobil gasoline station at 623 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $5 of self service premium $3.699 a gallon for 1.351 gallons for 14.2 miles driving since last Tuesday January 11, 2011 at odometer reading of 68240 miles for 10.51 miles per gallon in mostly local traffic.  I then cleaned the outside windows.  I went inside the store, and I toured their selection of items.  They have ready made sandwiches for $5 and a small Dunkin Donuts coffee shop.  I bought a package of two Royal Pine air freshener Christmas tree cards for $1.99 both and .12 tax for $2.11 total.  I hung one on the driver's side rear seat coat hook of the Audi.  I put the other one in the glove box.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I charge up my AT&T Go Phone with $25 more time for $26.50 charge, and I now have $72.62 on it good until I have to recharge and carry it over on or before April 15, 2011.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 6:30 P.M.  They no longer have the television show "Flipper" on Cable TV up north, so the younger generation does not know what the Florida Keys used to be like.

I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will dress warmly, and I will go out, and I will face the frigid Siberian tundra of Greenwich Avenue.  It is currently cloudy and 34 degrees Fahrenheit locally.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 5:55 P.M.  I am cooking a 16 ounce Marie Callender chicken pot pie, which I will eat shortly with a glass of watered down punch.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 5:35 P.M.  For those of you whom can not afford Key West, Florida Florida Keys Luxury Resort – Cheeca Lodge & Spa – Islamorada Florida Hotel Resort .

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 5:30 P.M.  I put away the laundry.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 4:25 P.M.  I have 45 minutes to go on three dryer loads.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 4:05 P.M.  I woke up at noon, when a relative called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I went back to bed until 2 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on the bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 5 minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up my mail.  The order for 26 www.honeybell.com honeybells arrived in the mail.  They are a gift from a relative.  I chatted with the relative.  I have to get the paper work ready to sign my lease in the Community Room this coming Friday January 21, 2011.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/15/11 Saturday 12:30 A.M.  It is suppose to go down to 9 degrees Fahrenheit this morning.

Afternoon snow showers today and 32 to 24 degrees Fahrenheit.

I ate nine triscuits with 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by 1/16th inch thick slices of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them.

I chatted with two friends.

I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/14/11 Friday 10:45 P.M.  Connecticut is the 9th worst state to retire to Retirement Planning - Where to Retire - Worst, Toughest States

Note: <888> 01/14/11 Friday 10:05 P.M.  I heard on the news earlier this evening that this coming Tuesday January 18, 2011, it is suppose to be down to zero degrees Fahrenheit in the Northeast with the possibility of an ice storm.  If you have not thought about it, ice storms mean that you can lose your electricity when the ice brings down power lines.  There is suppose to be snow further west of us around Lake Erie.

Note: <888> 01/14/11 Friday 9:50 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a 18.5 can of Campbell's New England clam chowder and a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance Spread and a glass of watered down punch.  I installed the updates, and I rebooted the FIC server.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/14/11 Friday 8:50 P.M.  I made 191 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com  on television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/14/11 Friday 5:50 P.M.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I picked up the mail.  I watered the plants.  I will now make some more cigarettes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/14/11 Friday 4:50 P.M.  I ate a 10.25 ounce Marie Callender sesame chicken dinner with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.

The Optimum telephone rang with a fax sound, so I turned off the Panasonic two line telephone answering machine in the living room, and I turned on the Brother MFC-8840D all purpose machine, and a few minutes later, the fax was resent, and I received my first fax in my entire life.  I now know my fax setup works.

Note: <888> 01/14/11 Friday 3:35 P.M.  I went to bed after the last note.  I woke up, and I ate an untoasted English muffin and ten .25 inch by 1.25 inch by 1.25 slices of Cracker Barrel Vermont extra sharp cheese.  I finally work up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I chatted with a relative.  I went back to bed until 2 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.

Note: <888> 01/13/11 Thursday 9:50 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Cloudy tomorrow and 26 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/11 Thursday 9:45 P.M.

Michael Scott Computer Income and spending by total 1991 - 2010

01/1/1991 through 12/31/2010


Subcategory Total

Income Categories
Internet Advertising 604.44
Other Income
Computer rebates 1,895.19
Computer Items Sold 1,161.80
Total Other Income 3,056.99
Income - Unassigned 334.76
Total Income Categories 3,996.19

Expense Categories
Computer Items
Software 2,157.39
Online 6,763.53
Internic Registration 70.00
Hardware 21,274.71
Computer Items - Unassigned 253.95
Total Computer Items 30,519.58
Total Expense Categories 30,519.58

Grand Total (26,523.39)

It works out to divided by 19 years to $1395.97 per year divided by 12 months $116.33 a month for the last 19 years.  Of course there have been some other expenses like electricity, telephone bills for internet activity before cable modems, etc.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/13/11 Thursday 8:50 P.M.  I ate a blueberry muffin and a homemade honey and chocolate yogurt.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/13/11 Thursday 8:10 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.

Note: <888> 01/13/11 Thursday 7:35 P.M.  If one should need an under the monitor surge protector and power control panel, these items are the best available.

Note: <888> 01/13/11 Thursday 5:30 P.M.  Since Saudi Arabia is a desert without water, they do not use toilet paper.  Arabs wipe with their right hands and shake hands with their left hands.  Possibly somebody could interest the King of Saudi Arabia in toilet paper, but then he would have to invest in desalination plants for more water for his country.

I also saw on a British movie on television today about Russians moving into a cheap apartment in London, England, they were using cut up pieces of newspapers and magazines for toilet paper, so thus there is probably a market for cheap toilet paper in England.

In southern Europe when I lived there in 1972, their toilet paper was like a light waxed paper.  Of course depending on the type of sewage facilities one has, determines the type of toilet paper one might want to used in a certain area.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/13/11 Thursday 4:00 P.M.  I woke up, and I ate the rest of the old box of Cheez-its.  I finally woke up at 9 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I surfed the internet.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I drove through the center of downtown Greenwich.  West Putnam Avenue is cleared.  Greenwich Avenue is mostly only one lane of traffic, but they posted signs today for no parking tonight, for when they clear all of the snow off Greenwich Avenue.  I went to my 1:30 P.M.. appointment.  I then went downtown, and I cleared off the snow of the 28 benches in the central downtown area of Greenwich Avenue including the Greenwich Common.  There are some people whom like sitting out in the cold weather, but there is about a foot of snow to walk through to get to most of the benches in the park and in front of the senior and the arts center.  I then returned home, and I parked in my usual parking place.  I picked up the mail.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 11:00 P.M.  I read the most recent issue of Maximum PC magazine. 

I have a 1:30 P.M. appointment tomorrow.

I will now shut down the primary work computer.

I will eat a chocolate honey yogurt.

Sunny tomorrow and 28 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit.

I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 9:20 P.M.  I watched some television.  I ate a blueberry muffin.  I tested all of the desktop computers, and they all work just fine.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 7:20 P.M.  I ate a 21 ounce Marie Callender meat and tomato sauce lasagna with grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.

According to http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830 , there is a 30% chance of more snow this Saturday and Sunday.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 6:25 P.M.  La Nina NOAA La Niña Page and La Niña - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is suppose to be responsible for the unusual weather we have been having this year, if you did not know it.

I took off the little telephone ear piece off the primary computer setup, since it was not working, and I threw it away.  I saved its 9 volt transformer.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 5:50 P.M.  Univeristy of Padova, Italy Earth Sciences

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 5:30 P.M.  I went downstairs, and I chatted with neighbors.  There does not appear to have been any mail delivery today.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 5:10 P.M.  I ordered three 3.5mm Audio Jack Splitter for .99 each and less a 15% discount with coupon code "MSC15" for $2.52 total with free shipping.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 4:40 P.M.  I chatted with a friend in East Fairfield Beach, Connecticut, and they got 20 inches of snow. 

Note: <888> 01/12/11 Wednesday 3:55 P.M.  I have a .765 liter bottle of www.perrier.com freeze in the refrigerator last night.  I cleaned it up before going to bed.  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning, when a friend called.  I put the yogurt in the refrigerator.  I went back to bed until noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  The building custodian buzzed me to remove my car to a cleared place.  I went outside, and I cleaned off about 10 inches of snow off the Audi.  I was able to drive it out of its snow covered parking place into the cleared driveway.  I moved it to a plowed parking area.   They are going to plow the east side of the parking area tomorrow morning, so nobody is suppose to park there this evening.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.  I ate a blueberry muffin.  I watched some rerun television.  I will now shut down the primary work computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Heavy snow today and 30 to 17 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 10:10 P.M.  BBC News - Sloan data yields biggest colour night-sky image ever

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.  Greenwich Snow Alert:

Hello this is First Selectman Peter Tesei calling to provide you an update on anticipated Winter Storm Conditions.

A snow emergency has been declared for the Town of Greenwich effective 6 PM this evening. Residents and visitors should act now to remove their vehicles from designated Snow Route Streets. Cars parked along designated Snow Route Streets are subject to fines and towing. Travel should be restricted to only that which is absolutely necessary. The snow emergency will remain in effect until further notice.

Snow is forecast to become heavy at times by 1:00 AM with snowfall rates of 2 – 3 inches per hour accompanied by 20 – 30 MPH North winds resulting in drifting. Temperatures throughout the storm are expected to remain in the low 20’s. Travel may become extremely hazardous by daybreak and impact the morning rush hour with snow covered roads and very low visibility. Accumulations between 10 – 18 inches is expected.

Monitor all local media outlets to remain current with Storm updates. Thank you and be safe.

End of Alert 

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 9:40 P.M.  I ate two hotdogs on buns with Dijon mustard and ketchup and 1/4th a 5.3 ounce tube of CVS Pringles style barbecue potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of watered down punch.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.  I happened to know of a Chicago, Illinois garbage man named of Wayne Huizenga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  One of his companies is called Waste Management – Trash Removal, Garbage Collection, Recycling and Dumpster Rentals , so more than likely his company might be able to help remove some snow in this area.   They use to have an office in Norwalk, Connecticut.  His family has a beach house three houses south of my mother's relative's beach cottage in Holland, Michigan, so we have known them for a long time.  I believe Huizenga is a Swedish family.

The Norwegian military use to keep an all weather north sea oil platform helicopter that can fly through blizzards out at McArthur airport in Long Island.

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 7:25 P.M.  There use to be somebody that looked like Prince Phillip who drove the horse drawn cabs at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan in the old days.  I suppose if one had money, it would be a nice ride through the snow in Central Park or around midtown Manhattan.  The New York City Police Department use to have their horse stables over around West 48th street in Manhattan.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 7:05 P.M.  I ate a blue berry muffin before going to bed this morning.  When I used the Mouse Palace at 420 East 49th street where http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm lived, I stayed their occasionally from October 1973 to April 1975.  There was not much going on in Manhattan with the Arab oil embargo.  So even though Fred's boss who was Billy Baldwin was a well known interior decorator, there was not much money.  Mostly Fred and his guests ate a lot of Dannon yogurt.  The last broadcast I had off of the BBC when it came though on Christmas Day was an hour broadcast about yogurt saying that people should eat more yogurt. 

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 4:40 P.M.  I chatted with a friend whom is getting horse shoes put on his horse.  I threw out the garbage.  I picked up the mail.  I said hello to the building custodian.  The Community Room in our building is very warm this winter, but few people seem to use it.  I think there is wireless internet in it also. 

I received the order for Arctic Silver 5 High Density CPU Thermal Compound 3.5g - eBay (item 250752050060 end time Feb-02-11 23:22:22 PST) for $5.69 with free shipping.  I put it in my little computer tool case on the white bookcase at the kitchen entrance.  I used some CVS Super Glue gel that I had to repair my sun glasses which separated on the rim.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 2:50 P.M.  I woke up at 12:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I did a Complete PC backup of both partitions on the primary work computer to the Bytecc external hard drive.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now wash the breakfast dishes.  I will make up a fresh batch of punch.  I will then make my bed.  I will then shower and clean up.  It just so happens in Dutch Households house keeping happens to be a major factor of every day living.

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 5:05 A.M.  BBC News - Rocky exoplanet milestone in hunt for Earth-like worlds

I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Note: <888> 01/11/11 Tuesday 4:30 A.M.  I did a Complete PC backup of the primary computer from the first hard drive of both partitions to the backup internal hard drive.

I ate three scrambled eggs and five strips of fried thick bacon and a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/10/11 Monday 1:05 A.M.  I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Sunny and windy and 32 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/09/11 Sunday 7:50 A.M.  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I went back to bed until 2 P.M.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I ate a three day old muffin.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown to CVS on Greenwich Avenue.  I bought two for $3 six 18.8 ounce cans of Campbell's New England clam chowder, four 18.8 Campbell's Harvest Request low fat clam chowder, and four 16 ounce Campbell's Chili with beans less a $4 off $20 CVS internet coupon for $17 total.  I then drove further downtown.  I cleaned the snow off the benches at the veterans monument across the street from the senior and the arts center, at the post office plaza, and at the senior and the arts center.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by Starbucks to use the bathroom.  I toured CVS again to warm up.  I used Starbuck's bathroom again after my walk.  I went by Zen stationary, and I played an Ace's High scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I sat out for a while.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  I then drove through Bruce Park, and I drove along the waterfront, and I went to the Shop Rite just across the Greenwich border in Stamford.  I bought two 10 quart packs of Shop Rite Powered milk for $7.99 for each ten pack, a three pound bag of yellow onions for $2.49, a 16 ounce package of Smart Balance spread for $2.79, a 59 ounce container of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2.50, and a six pack of medium size blueberry muffins for $2.99 for $26.75 total.  I then went to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I bought a three pack of clamp binders now called "poly report cover" for $8.29 and .50 tax for $8.79 total.  They have remodeled the Staples store, so it is now laid out differently.  I then drove back to Byram, and I went to the Courtesy Mobil gasoline station at 623 West Putnam Avenue, and I bought $11 of self service premium gasoline for $3.639 a gallon for 3.023 gallons 37.5 miles driving since New Years Eve at odometer 68206 miles for 12.405 miles per gallon driving in mostly local traffic.  I took the longer drive today to get the powdered milk and to make sure the car battery was fully charged in the colder weather.  I then returned home.  I put away my groceries.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/09/11:

Note: <888> 01/09/11 Sunday 12:25 A.M.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  I will then shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Partly cloudy today and 32 to 19 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/11 Saturday 9:45 P.M. Ten Most Affordable Towns

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Note: <888> 01/08/11 Saturday 8:40 P.M.  It is suppose to be 11 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow morning at 7 A.M. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=06830 CIO 

Note: <888> 01/08/11 Saturday 8:35 P.M.  I made and a linguine and tomato meat sauce dinner with grated parmesan and Romano cheese which I ate with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  I refrigerated the other half of the linguine and tomato meat sauce to eat tomorrow.  I watched www.foxnews.com about the shootings in Arizona.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/11 Saturday 6:30 P.M.  I chatted with a neighbor earlier and another neighbor downstairs in the laundry room.  I put away the laundry.  I watered the plants.  I cleaned the Ionic Pro air purifier.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/08/11 Saturday 5:05 P.M.  I woke up after the last note at 8 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a two day old muffin.  I watched part of the movie "Patton" on television.  I chatted with a friend.  I went to bed at midnight.  I woke up at 10 A.M..  I chatted with a friend.  Apparently in Wilton and Bridgeport, they had eight to ten inches of snow.  We only had two to three inches of snow here.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I went back to bed until 2 P.M.  The kitchen stove fan was running slowly, so I took off its filter, and I oiled it where I was able to oil it, and it now runs just fine.  I ate a day old muffin.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put clean linens on my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I did three wash loads of laundry, and I am now doing two dryer loads.  I have 30 minutes to go in the dry cycles.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I cleaned the light snow off the Audi. 

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 6:35 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go back to bed soon. 

Tomorrow afternoon snow showers and 29 to 21 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 6:00 P.M.  I ate three half scoops of Edy's French silk ice cream.

It is cold enough that Carr Valley Cheese Co. - Wisconsin Cheddar, American Originals, Artisanal and Award Winning Cheeses can probably ship cheese now.

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 5:20 P.M.  I chatted with a relative down south.  Apparently they give away free samples in the grocery stores down south, which they do not do around here. 

I ate a 10 ounce Maria Callendar Chicken teriyaki meal with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch and two clementines.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 4:15 P.M.  Bush administration artifacts on exhibit until February 6, 2011

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 3:55 P.M.  I picked up the mail.  The Christmas gift of an order from www.honeybell.com is suppose to arrive January 21, 2011.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 3:35 P.M.  I woke up at 8 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I went back to bed until 11 A.M..

The order with tracking of UPS: Tracking Information on the order for 15 Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $3.70 a carton and three Cigarette Case - Mitchell Thomas 100mm Flip Top Case for $4.25 each for $68.18 and $8.95 shipping for $77.13 total arrived.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage and the shipping box.  I ate a day old muffin.  I made 206 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com  on television.  CIO            

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 1:20 A.M.  Motorola unveils 4G Android tablet for Verizon - GreenwichTime

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 12:45 A.M.  I have an old tube of CPU thermal compound which might not be good, if I need it, so I ordered Arctic Silver 5 High Density CPU Thermal Compound 3.5g - eBay (item 250752050060 end time Feb-02-11 23:22:22 PST) for $5.69 with free shipping.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/07/11 Friday 12:20 A.M.  Microsoft at 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Of course, there is one thing wrong with Microsoft's corporate philosophy like a lot of other ventures around here is that they believe in advertising their products and services, but they do not believe in paying people for the work that they have done.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/06/11 Thursday 11:00 P.M.  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for 15 Premier LIGHT 100MM Tubes (200ct) for $3.70 a carton and three Cigarette Case - Mitchell Thomas 100mm Flip Top Case for $4.25 each for $68.18 and $8.95 shipping for $77.13 total.

Norwegian Pipe tobacco is back in stock Peter Stokkebye Bulk Tobacco , but the order link does not work yet, but I suppose one could call them up.

Note: <888> 01/06/11 Thursday 10:25 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a 8 ounce sautéed eye round of beef cheeseburger on a Kaiser roll with ketchup and my usual vegetable and flavored rice mixture with Smart Balance spread and olive oil and with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/06/11 Thursday 7:40 P.M.  I woke up at 5 P.M..  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown to the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue just west of Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by CVS.  I picked up two prescriptions.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I then went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought a six pack of Kaiser rolls for $2.49, a four pack of day old muffins for $2, four 21 ounce Maria Callendar tomato meat lasagna for $2 each, two 16 ounce Maria Callendar chicken pot pies for $2 each, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.60 for $15.09 total.  I then returned home.  I picked up my mail.  I put away the groceries.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/06/11 Thursday 2:10 P.M.  I ate a Maria Callendar 14 ounce sweet and sour chicken dinner with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.

I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/06/11 Thursday 12:35 P.M.  I made my bed.  I took down all of the Christmas decorations.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I put the diagnostics tool and its packaging and the air pressure gauge packaging in the passenger side rear compartment of the Audi trunk.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/06/11 Thursday 11:00 A.M.  New and improved Greenwich animal shelter opens - GreenwichTime

Winter Storm watch set for Friday with snow developing late tonight

Note: <888> 01/06/11 Thursday 9:45 A.M.  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.

Cloudy tomorrow and 33 to 27 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/11 Wednesday 8:50 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I was told a long time family friend in Leicester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , England passed away after a lengthy illness, and his wife broke her leg recently.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/11 Wednesday 8:00 P.M.  In the real world, people do things based on their lifetime experiences, so everyone has different experiences, so most everyone has different routines.  In Greenwich, Connecticut, we are a more northern Nordic international community, so I suppose the Nordic people have different routines compared to me, since I have spent about nine years of my 60 years of life living down south, which is a different experience compared to the northern people whom have never been south of the Mason Dixon line, except on television.  Since I once worked as a dishwasher for three months at the best French restaurant in Florida which was La Vielle Maison in Boca Raton, Florida, I have seen some very good meals prepared.  Also way out in the ocean way out in Nantucket Island, where I worked as a dish washer pot scrubber on and off mostly summers and fall from 1977 to 1983, I learned a little bit about cooking and food preparation compared to people whom have little kitchen experience.  Since my budget is limited here in Greenwich, Connecticut, I tend to eat simple meals by myself.  Also since we have so many very good expensive restaurants downtown and in the Greenwich, Connecticut area, I am sure the wealthy people are still eating well despite the current recession.  Since I can not afford to eat in the local restaurants, I do not know what it costs to dine out anymore, but I do not know I can not afford to eat at www.mcdonalds.com let along the more expensive restaurants in town.  If you do not know how to cook, the local Stop and Shop has a small Boston Market area, where one can buy a rotisserie chicken or some other simpler prepared meals.  The A&P Fresh has a very large section of prepared foods, and it is not too expensive compared to restaurants.  The best simple meal that one could prepare would probably be a 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish which on sale would be about a dollar, and one could drain the water out, and rinse it with the lid on underneath cold water, and then flake it with a fork in a bowl, and then add a small amount of Italian seasoning which is not expensive at CVS about a dollar a jar, and then a few of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil which costs about $23 for a three liter can at the Stop and Shop, and then one mixes it all together, and put it a plate with a roll or slices of French bread with a little olive oil on the bread.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/05/11 Wednesday 7:40 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  I cooked a breaded boneless breast of chicken which I ate with a half portion of my flavored rice mixture with steamed baby carrot lengthwise quarter slices and small broccoli crowns with Smart Balance spread and olive oil and a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  I watched a little bit of television.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/05/11 Wednesday 4:20 P.M.  Infrasound Laboratory

Note: <888> 01/05/11 Wednesday 3:15 P.M.  I chatted with a friend.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage. 

The order for a spare CPU processor for my AMD Socket 7 462 computer systems, I ordered AMD Sempron 2800+ SDA2800DUT3D SOCKET 462 100% WORK! - eBay (item 230486932094 end time Jan-08-11 09:33:39 PST) for $8.99 with free shipping arrived.  I put it in its small rubber container next to the Holy Bible on the bookcase shelf on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.

The order for Amazon.com: Autel MaxiScan MS300 CAN OBD-II Scan Tool: Automotive for $22.35 and Amazon.com: Accutire MS-4021B Standard Digital Tire Gauge: Automotive for $8 with free shipping on a $25 order for $30.35 total arrived.

I put the tire gauge in the driver's side door pocket on the Audi.  It uses special batteries, when the batteries need to be replaced.

I tested the 1998 Audi with the MaxiScan, and it shows NO ERROR CODES.  The connector on the Audi is underneath the left side of the dashboard to the far left.  I looked in the 1998 Audi A6 manual, and on pages 81 and 82, it shows how to reset the "INSP" light, which I did.  Thus the trip odometer now displays when the Audi is turned on instead of the "INSP" light.  I picked up the mail.  I left the Maxiscan with its information on the Epox computer keyboard on the dining room table for now.  I guess I will eventually put it in the Audi trunk storage compartment.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/05/11 Wednesday 12:35 P.M.  I woke up at 6 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I went back to until 11 A.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a Maria Callendar 10 ounce tortellini Romano meal with a Kaiser roll with Smart Balance spread and a glass of watered down punch.  I washed the dishes.

At www.cl-p.com , my electricity bill for December 2010 was $260.52 for 33 days for 1493 kWh with an average of 45.24 kWh a day with an average temperature of 30.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

For December 2009 for 33 days, it was $251.11 for 1352 kWh and 40.97 kWh per day with an average temperature 30.3 degrees Fahrenheit.

Thus with the new double pane windows that were installed in May 2009, my electricity bill is basically the same.  I have the thermostat set at the same setting as last year.  The living room is set at 78 degrees Fahrenheit which makes the living room 71 degrees Fahrenheit, and the bedroom is set at 64 degrees Fahrenheit which makes the bedroom about 66 degrees Fahrenheit.  I do not use the bathroom electric heater.  The actual apartment temperature is the same as last year.  Thus it would seem the new double pane windows are not saving any on energy.  However, I no longer have the double layer of curtains hanging on the windows.  The apartment is a bit less drafty.  I am currently on the Rate 7 night rate, where from 8 P.M. to noon, I pay a cheaper rate, and it is slightly higher from noon to 8 P.M..  CIO     

Note: <888> 01/04/11 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Sunny tomorrow and 35 to 27 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/04/11 Tuesday 8:30 P.M.  I ate a 10 ounce Maria Callendar chicken teriyaki meal and a bulkie roll with Smart Balance spread and a three day old muffin and watered down punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/04/11 Tuesday 7:45 P.M.  In the primary Windows 7 Gigabyte computer, I installed the PCI SATA device with a SATA hard drive.  However, the computer would not boot with it installed.  Also the keystroke combination of CTRL-S or F4 would not bring up its RAID Bios Menu.  I also had another problem, and I had to install a new Modware 3 foot IDE cable on the IDE0 connector that connects to the primary IDE0 master hard drive and the IDE0 slave DVD/RW drive.  This all took some time.  I took out the SATA hard drive and the PCI SATA device, and I stored it on the left side of the bedroom bookcase on top of the mahogany bureau.  I still have the two identical Gigabyte motherboards with SATA connectors, if I ever need to install SATA hard drives, I could switch them out, which would be tedious. 

I chatted with a friend.  I threw out the shipping box for the toner cartridge.  I picked up the mail.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/04/11 Tuesday 2:25 P.M.  The order with tracking number of "RB339002853HK" at Hongkong Post - Mail Tracking for the order for  PCI SATA 4 PORT CONTROLLER NON RAID CARD WORK WINDOWS 7 - eBay (item 110619273956 end time Jan-01-11 01:42:53 PST) for $25 with free shipping arrived.  I will now install it in the primary Windows 7 computer with a spare SATA hard drive that I have.  CIO  

Note: <888> 01/04/11 Tuesday 1:50 P.M.  I went to bed after the last note.  I woke up at 9 A.M., and I chatted with a friend.  I went back to bed until 6 A.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went downtown, and I went by the Chase Bank on West Putnam Avenue just west of Greenwich Avenue, and I put my $25 survery check in the bank.  I used the Greenwich Library.  I reread www.pcworld.com magazine.  I chatted with a staff member about the price of tea in China.  I guess the Greenwich Library can no longer afford to subscribe to www.pcmag.com , since it is not longer available.  My web site works from the Greenwich Library.  I then went to my 11 A.M. appointment.  I then returned home.  The order tracking of UPS: Tracking Information  on the order for my Brother MFC-8840D all purpose machine, I ordered Newegg.com - Rosewill RTCA-TN580 Replacement for Brother TN580, TN530, TN540, TN550, TN560, TN570 Black Toner Cartridge for $19.99 with free shipping which according to Toner for Brother MFC-8840D should work as a spare replacement cartridge arrived.  Not much seems to be happening in downtown Greenwich, but the regular village business, whatever that might be.  I was thinking that it might be four packages of Fleischman's yeast instead of two packages for 10 gallons of home made beer, but I can not recall at the moment.

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 6:05 P.M.  I watched some television.  I ate a two day old muffin.  There is not really much going on around here, since we can not afford to drive around to see if anything is going on around here.  I suppose about the only thing that happens downtown on Greenwich Avenue is that people sit in Starbucks and drink coffee and watch the world go by.  For all we know we are in Greenwich, Sweden; and New York City is light years away.  I guess New York City people have no interest in people who have no interest in going to New York City.  From what I remember about New York City, it is just a lot of traffic and a lot of people walking around.   They come up with all sorts of ideas as to what they actually do there, but the general population there is mostly older residents in Manhattan, so they are always trying to attract younger people to work the low paying less attractive jobs that are part of keeping the general established population living the way they are accustomed to living.  Basically space is at a premium in Manhattan, where out here in the country we have more space and less distractions. 

I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Tomorrow partly cloudy and 38 to 27 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 4:30 P.M.  Cops: Former Bush Official Killed, Found in Landfill - FoxNews.com

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 4:10 P.M.  I threw out the garbage and the shipping material.  I moved the Audi to its usual place.  I picked up the mail.  There was a letter for me that was placed on the bulletin board next to the mail room for the last few days that a neighbor told me about, however it is no longer there.  I saw the envelope for several days, but I did not know it was for me, since I did not have my glasses on, when I walked by it.  Possibly it was put back in the mail room mail slot, and I will get it again in a day or two.  I got a $25 survey check.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 3:25 P.M.  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report |

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 2:50 P.M.  The order for Scotland National Geographic 2011 Wall Calendar | CALENDARS.COM for $6.99 and Wonders of the World 2011 Wall Calendar | CALENDARS.COM for $6.99 and France 2011 Wall Calendar | CALENDARS.COM for $6.99 and Cathedrals of the World 2011 Wall Calendar | CALENDARS.COM for $6.99 less 10% off with coupon code "MYEDU" for a $2.80 discount and with free shipping on a $25 order for $25.16 total arrived.   I put the Scotland calendar on the refrigerator, and I put the others on the living room closet doors.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 2:25 P.M.  The standoff ended without incident.  I chatted with a relative.  I watched www.news12.com , but they did not cover it.  I guess Greenwich is not too important to them, since nobody really lives here.  I ate a 8 ounce sautéed eye round of beef cheeseburger on a Kaiser roll with ketchup and my usual vegetable mixture with Smart Balance spread and olive oil and with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.

I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 12:20 P.M.  Standoff on Quarry Knoll - Greenwich Real Time - Greenwich Time  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 11:50 A.M.  If one looks at Answers.com - Where can you buy blue ribbon malt syrup , it says that Answers.com - Is blue ribbon malt sold any where , it says here home brewing supplies | beer making kits | barley malt extract | hops that Blue Ribbon Malt syrup PREMIER MALT (2.2 LBS.) is now available for $13.75 for a 35 ounce can which would be enough to make 5 gallons of home made beer. Bottle caps are here for $6.25 for 144 caps PLAIN BOTTLE CAPS (144) . Bottle cappers are here http://www.eckraus.com/index.php?deptid=280&parentid=266 and hydrometers are here SUGAR SCALE HYDROMETER .  One could probably use old beer bottles, if one did not have old ginger ale bottles.

This is my note on beer making last week:

I got a ten gallon stone crock from my Grandmother Boven's house in Holland, Michigan the last time I visited there around 1961.  I then was able to buy quart cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon Malt syrup for about $3 locally at the Greenwich Hardware store.  In the 10 gallon crock, I would add about 10 gallons of well water from Round Hill Road area where we lived, and ten pounds of sugar, and as I recall two packages of Fleishman's yeast, and mix it all together.  I would keep it in the basement where it was warmer near the furnace with its force air heating, so the house tended to smell like beer.  www.sears.com sold a hydrometer for beer making to measure the alcohol or possibly a comic book   vendor or Popular Mechanics magazine advertisement, and once it sank to the right level in the beer mixture, after about three days, One would use a round wooden float with a hole in it for a long rubber tube, and one would siphon the beer off into 12 ounce Canada Dry Ginger ale bottles, and one could buy a bottle cap machine and bottle caps from the Sears catalog for about $20 for the bottle cap machine and $2 for a hundred bottle caps.  Once the beer sat bottled at room temperature for about two weeks, the beer would be carbonated, and about a quarter inch of yeast would settle at the bottom of the beer bottles.  Once it was refrigerated, it was a very good beer, but one had to be careful not to let the yeast at the bottom of the beer bottle go into the glass, when one poured it.  I think legally one is allow to make one's own beer in the United States of America.  There might be some limit like 200 gallons per year per individual.

updated with prices above:

today three packages of Fleishman's yeast cost about $1.59 cents, but as I recall, one used a package for every five gallons, so that would be $1.10 cents.

10 pounds of sugar cost about $6

two quarts of Malt syrup cost about $28

and the bottle caps were about 5 cents a piece.

Thus for 10 gallons of beer it cost about $21.10.

1280 ounces divided by 12 ounces is about 107 twelve ounce bottles.

works out to about 0.33 cents a bottle plus the 5 cents for a bottle cap or about 5 cents a bottle for 38 cents a bottle, which means that the cost of home brewed beer has gone up 15 times in price in the last 35 years.  Of course, one would have to buy the beer making equipment too.  Although the temperance people in America object to drinking beer, beer has been the life blood substitute for bread in Europe for thousands of years.   Also the hot water to clean out the old bottles would also cost money.  I think beer in the store costs about a dollar a bottle, so one would only have marginal savings in making one's own beer for 40 cents a bottle.  CIO        

Note: <888> 01/03/11 Monday 10:50 A.M.  I woke up at 6:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I threw out the garbage.  I went out, and I went by the A&P Fresh, and I bought a 33 ounce bag of Eight O'clock Columbian coffee beans for $15.49.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 16 ounce package of Smart Balance spread for $2.89, six 10 ounce Maria Callendar frozen meals for $2 each, two 12 ounce Generic honey for $2.49 each, a 45 count Hefty odor control kitchen garbage bags for $4.99, three 64 ounce Ocean Spray cranraspberry juice for $2.50 each, three 64 ounce Ocean Spray crangrape lite juice for $2.50 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $4.99, a 10 ounce Kikkoman soy sauce for $2.29, a 2 pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, fresh broccoli crowns for $1.99 a pound for $1.27, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for .46 for $53.45 total.  I then put my groceries in the Audi.  I then used the bathroom at the Stop and Shop.  I then returned home.  I used my folding wire cart that I brought with me to bring up the groceries.  I put away the groceries.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/02/11 Sunday 10:30 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer.  I have dealt with Arabs before, and they are as cheap as their Jewish neighbors.  Most female investors ignore Arab businesses, since females have no rights in Arab lands.

Note: <888> 01/02/11 Sunday 9:50 P.M.  On New Year's Eve, I picked up two new New Haven Line train schedules at the Greenwich train station, and I gave one of them to the sales person at Val's Liquors.  Today I picked up three Greenwich Metro North train schedules effective from October 17, 2010 until April 2, 2011.

There is not much going on Greenwich, Connecticut, since not many people live here anymore.  We get a lot of visitors, but the town got so expensive, mostly law firms seem to own the McMansions in back country.  I guess the lawyers have all of the money.  They probably represent drunken Arabs who do not know what they are doing.

Note: <888> 01/02/11 Sunday 8:45 P.M.  I ate two 7 ounce sautéed salmon patties and the rest of the remaining reheated rice along with a glass of watered down punch.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/02/11 Sunday 8:40 P.M.  I noticed also this past evening on Greenwich Avenue that the local pet pooper patrol has not been doing their job recently in that there was a lot of dog poop around.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/02/11 Sunday 7:35 P.M.  I went out, and I threw out the garbage.  I then went downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS.  I bought two 14.75 ounce cans of Bumble Bee Wild Alaska Pink Salmon for $1.50 each, a 2.62 ounce jar of ground black pepper for .99, a 1.09 ounce jar of Italian seasoning for .50, a 2.5 ounce jar of garlic powder for .99, a 45 ounce jug of Xtra 2X Concentrated Tropical Passion detergent for $1.99 and .12 tax for $7.58 total.  I then bought four more 14.75 ounce cans of Alaskan salmon for $1.50 each for $6 total less a $5.50 CVS bonus bucks coupon I got on the previous purchase for 50 cents total.  I then finished my walk.  I sat out for a while.  I then used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I have noticed over the last two months that the same individual has asked me three times for $2, and the individual works Greenwich Avenue with another individual pan handling.  It is my understanding that one is not suppose to panhandle.  I noticed it usually happens at nights on weekends.  I next returned home, and I put away my purchases.

I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/02/11 Sunday 3:50 P.M.   I ate three scrambled eggs and four strips of fried thick bacon and a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread and a glass of 50%punch and 50% cold filtered water with vitamins and supplements and a cup of coffee with spenda and milk.

I will now shut down the Windows 7 computer, and I will go out for a walk.  CIO   

Note: <888> 01/02/11 Sunday 2:50 P.M.  I watched television after the last note.  I went to bed about 6 P.M..  I chatted with a friend at 9 P.M..  I woke up at 6 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I went back to bed until 9 A.M..  I ate a two day old muffin.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I chatted with a friend.  I made 165 Premier Lights 100 MM filter Peter Stokkebye Amsterdam pipe tobacco cigarettes while watching www.foxnews.com  on television.  CIO     

Note: <888> 01/01/11 Saturday 2:55 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Windows 7 computer, and I will go to bed soon.

Cloudy tomorrow and 44 to 22 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/01/11:

Note: <888> 01/01/11 Saturday 2:20 P.M.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/01/11 Saturday 1:00 P.M.  I chatted with two relatives.  I ate a 8 ounce sautéed eye round of beef cheeseburger on a Kaiser roll with ketchup and my usual vegetable mixture with Smart Balance spread and olive oil and a half portion of my flavored rice with a glass of watered down punch and a cup of green tea with splenda and lemon juice.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/01/11 Saturday 10:25 A.M.  I printed out my last four months of notes.  They are 258 page long, and I put them in two clamp binders which I placed on the chair at the hallway entrance.

They are available at:

Scott's Notes from January 2010 through August 2010, 1.21 Mbytes http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote3.zip contains "mlsnote18.doc" pages 7653 -7892 January 2010 to April 2010, "mlsnote19.doc" pages 7893 - 8142 May 2010 to August 2010, "mlsnote20.doc" pages 8143 - 8401 September 2010 to December 2010

Scott's Notes from January 2010 through April 2010, 1.2` Mbytes http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/mlsnote3.zip contains "mlsnote18.doc" pages 7653 -7892 January 2010 to April 2010, "mlsnote19.doc" pages 7893 -8142 May 2010 to August 2010, "mlsnote20.doc" pages 8143 - 8401 September 2010 to December 2010

They are also in *.PDF format at:

September 2010 thorugh December 2010, pages 8143 - 8401

http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote20.pdf

September 2010 through December 2010, pages 8143 - 8401

http://mikelouisscottcom.cv.siteprotect.net/mlsnote20.pdf

CIO 

Note: <888> 01/01/11 Saturday 8:25 A.M.  I printed out two copies on the Microsoft Money 2007 End of the Year reports.  I have one set of copies ready to mail to an interested relative.  I used to five 44 cents stamps on the large envelope.  CIO

Note: <888> 01/01/11 Saturday 7:40 A.M.  I chatted with a friend.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  CIO 

Note: <888> 01/01/11 Saturday 6:50 A.M.  Happy New Years.  I chatted with a relative after the last note.  I woke up at 4 A.M..  I put clean linens on my bed.  I did three loads of wash and drying.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana and milk, a toasted English muffin with Smart Balance spread, a 50% to 50% glass of punch and cold filtered water, a cup of coffee with splenda sweetener and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put away the laundry.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  Yesterday, when I was out, I cleaned the snow off the benches around the veterans monument downtown and also off the benches in front of the senior and the arts center, so anyone can sit out and enjoy the winter wonderland.  CIO