Note:<888>1/21/99 Thursday 4:15 A.M. EST: I worked on installing Real G2 audio server and encoder on my machine, but my computer is not powerful to support them. I also tried the MS Netmedia server programs, but they need Windows NT server. I went out at 8 P.M. this past evening and read the tech press in the library. I went for a short walk. I showed one of the regular evening walkers, my internet setup for a couple of hours, and explained what has been happening on the net for the last couple of weeks. I went for a walk again at 11 P.M., and there was a lot of traffic since the turnpike was backed up headed East, and a number of automobiles and semi trucks were exiting into downtown Greenwich to avoid the backup. I returned home at midnight and had a Tony's frozen pizza and ice tea and coffee. I worked on the audio server programs until just about now to no avail. I will now do some of my regular internet work. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Check out Bill Gates Net Worth Page to see how much Mr. Bill is worth. Well back to simpler activity. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/20/99 Wednesday 4:35 P.M. EST: I downloaded Lotus Notes R5 beta 2 and Domino server betas from www.lotus.com . I installed them. I noticed that the Domino Server setup with @home, and one can use one's @home connection to have one's own server on one'e own personal computer. I then downloaded the most common server from www.apache.com and cofigured it, and it also works with the @home connection. Basically my @home server address is the "@home Computer name.stmfd1.ct.home.com", where @home Computer name is the name Cablevision gave to your computer in the Network setup and the rest if my local @home network server. I don't know if one can make this name freely availble, or one is suppose to keep it secret. However, after configuring the Apache setup file, my server works fine with the @home network. However, for security reasons, I don't know if I am going to make it available just, yet since I don't know abour Firewalls Etc. Trust me a server works with @home. Well I went to bed at 10:30 A.M. and was up at 4 P.M. Time for breakfast. CIO

Note:<888>1/20/99 Wednesday 2:35 A.M. EST: I updated Scott's Broadcast sound.htm . I put links on the homepage to IBM and Microsoft quarterly reports. I believe IBM's 4th quarter report is due out after the stockexchange close today. I am listening to the IBM Lotus Lotusphere http://www.lotus.com broadcast on the upcoming release of Lotus Notes 5.0 due in February. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/20/99 Wednesday 12:25 A.M. EST: I was up at about 1 P.M. today. I had breakfast of Kelloggs Corn Flakes, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I headed out at 2:30 P.M. and stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I saw the head of Greenwich's Millenium Event next New Years Eve entering the bank. I also chatted with a neighbor who had just returned from Jamaica. I drove over to the Stamford YMCA and gave a friend a ride to Greenwich. I noticed a lookalike of a famous singer there. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I drove down to Steamboat Road and viewed Long Island Sound and listened to the NOAA weather report which was talking about ice on the Deleware River melting and causing flooding. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and read the Greenwich Times. The usual group of students and citizens were there. There was an article in the Greenwich Times, that the Greenwich Library is missing 17,000 volumnes. I suggested to them that the University of Illinois between the Urbana and Chicago campuses has 60 million volumnes, and they might have surplus older volumnes in storage that could be used to replace the missing older volumnes from the Greenwich Library. While downtown I said hello to one of the senior Anglophile members of the community, whom seem to have a sense of humor about it all. There were some very tall teenagers in the library, so I guess not everyone is short in Greenwich. I returned home and was tired, so I slept until 10:30 P.M., and then got up and listened to some BBC internet news. I made a dinner of ham, potatoe, brocolli, ice tea, and coffee. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm which has IBM and Microsoft up quite a bit today. Well I will be up all night again. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/19/99 Tuesday 8:15 A.M. EST: I did my usual internet work until about 2 A.M. this morning. Then I got bogged down. I downloaded the latest driver for my Intel Network card, and I could not get the card to install properly after numerous attempts and various trials. I finally called @home tech support as soon as they opened at 7 A.M., and they said to install the driver from the @home CD. I started the @home CD installation, after having deleted the Network card from the driver setup, and when it prompted me to reboot, it asked me for the new network card drive disk I had downloaded from Intel, and it all installed properly. Well back to square one. I am bushed and time for bed. I have a 4 P.M. appointment this afternoon, so I have to be up at 2 P.M.. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>1/18/99 Monday 11:55 P.M. EST: I was up at 2 P.M. this afternoon. I worked on the internet, and it started raining and thudering about 5 P.M.. I unplugged the computer, and disconnected the ethernet cable from the cable modem to the computer, to protect against lightning, although I do have a surge suppressor in my control panel, I thought it would be safer. There was quite a bit of rain. I rested until 8 P.M. when I chatted with a friend. I went out and walked the lower area of Greenwich Avenue twice. It was not too busy out, and most of the restaurants were empty. I bought two packs of Wave Lights 100s for $3.80 and two five packs of White Owl panatellas for $5.60 and a snow brush ice scraper for $1.60. I smoked one of the White Owl panatellas at the post office plaza. I drove down Steamboat Road and observed Long Island Sound. I notice quite a bit of aviation traffic with the clearing skies. I stopped by the Grand Union and bought a gallon of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers for $5.29, a bag of tacco chips for $1.99, and McCormick Peppercorns for $5.29 for a total of $10.98. I returned home and put away the groceries. I ate some of my soup mixture as a cold dip with the tacco chips with ice tea. I watched a rerun of "Violent Planet? " about volcanoes on the Discovery channel. I made coffee, and I recieved a phone call from a family member. I filed this report. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>1/18/99 Monday 4:00 A.M. EST: I did my internet work and finally finished my email. I finished doing my laundry. I had Florida Fresh Fruit and goldfish crackers for a snack just now. I posted my recipie for Scott's Cajun Onion Chicken Ham Soup . Well have a good morning, time for me to start slowing down. CIO

Note:<888>1/17/99 Sunday 8:40 P.M. EST: I was up at 2 P.M. today. I cleaned the apartment and watered the plants until 6:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of Kelloggs Corn Flakes, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I had dinner of the soup I made a couple of days ago along with Ramen noodles, ice tea, and coffee. I am doing routine internet work. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>1/16/99 Saturday 11:40 P.M. EST: I worked on the computer for a while. I went out for a walk about 8 P.M. and walked around downtown for an hour and a half. The local citizens were out for evening strolls, dining, and movie going. It was busy downtown. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue twice. I noticed that quite a few people seem to lose gloves in exiting their automobiles, and I even saw one pair of gloves on the ground. I guess people put gloves in their laps and when they exit the automobiles, they fall on the ground. I actually don't wear gloves much myself unless it is below 20 degreees since I just put my hands in my jacket pockets. However on very cold nights, I do wear the gloves. I noticed quite a few youngsters were out on the weekend evening. After my stroll, I stopped by the Grand Union and purchased a jar of Hellmann's Real Mayonaise for $2.79, a gallon of GU whole milk for $3.09, and a half gallon of Tropicana Ruby Red Orange juice for $2 for a total of $7.88. I returned home and put away the groceries. I ate a bowl of Fresh Florida Fruit. I watched part of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gallaxy, but I lost interest, so I filed this report. It is warm and comfortable in my apartment, and since there are younger more able bodied adults in the town with qualified vehicles in town, I will let them maintain the cold watch night patrol, and relax at home on the computer myself. I have a number of automatic email messages to sift through. Well tommorrow when I awake, it will be another Sunday house cleaning day. Have a good nights rest. I will probably be up until about 4 A.M., give or take. CIO

Note:<888>1/16/99 Saturday 6:15 P.M. EST: I went out at about 1:30 P.M.. I was up at about noon. I had Kellogg's Corn Flakes for breakfast, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and regulary Chock Full of Nuts coffee. I was awaken by a neighbor who had found a pair of Maine Hunting Boots size 11 1/2 disgarded, asking me if I wanted them. I retrieved them, and I only wear size 9 1/2, but I have a friend that they will probably fit. I drove by the Arnold Bread Factory Outlet bakery store and bought three loaves of Healthnut bread for $3.87. I went by the Greenwich Library and there were lots of teens using the library. I noticed they have four copies of the Heart Association Cook Book just coming in. I drove by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and retrieved funds at the ATM. They have their ATM slips up side down, so they come out printed upside down. I drove down by Indian Harbor on Steamboat Road and viewed the waterfront listening to NOAA Weather Radio from Brookhaven, Long Island. They mention Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard a lot in their weather forecasts. I noticed somebody in red pants sailing a Cat Boat in the harbor to the east of the pier. I chatted with a Chinese Gentleman who was driving a new grey Cadillac about Cadillacs and General Motors. I told him I thought they might be quitting making the large Cadillac Fleetwood and Broughm. He said he thought the Cadillac should have rear wheel drive. I went back uptown, and noticed a brand new, I believe large white Cadillac Broughm with temporary license plates on it from Victor Potamkim, so I guess they are still selling the large Caddilac Sedan. I went by the lower Avenue stationary store, and bought three packs of Wave Ultra lites for $5.55. I sat in the Town Green on bench in front of a very slippery brick walkway. When they put in the brick walkways on the town green, they should have allowed for proper drainage, so in the winter it does not ice up. I guess they could have slightly elevated it, so it would not be covered with ice. I smoked a Old Greenwich CVS Factory Made fifteen cent cigar. I chatted briefly with a Polish fellow who wanted to know about the Greenwich Police traffic directing hours. I returned towards Byram and stopped by McDonalds and had a McRib Sandwich meal with large fries and diet coke for $4.44. I returned home and made a cup of Chock Full of Nuts coffee and filed this report. Well have a good evening. I still have to go back out and buy milk and mayonaise. CIO

Note:<888>1/16/99 Saturday 3:10 A.M. EST: I recieved a call from a friend and chatted for a while. I stopped by over in Stamford at the YMCA to pick him up and we took a night cruise up U.S. 1 to Darien chatting and drove north to New Canaan which was quiet downtown. I noticed one lone pedestrian sitting outside at the patio at Starbucks by the train station. I noticed the lights were on at the old Gates restaurant which a junior school classemate of mine runs. My passanger said he could smell the Italian cooking, and I explained to him that was the smell of me from my onion soup. I returned to the YMCA in Stamford and we chatted until about 1:30 P.M. in the car in front of the building. I returned via U.S. 1 to Greenwich. I drove down Greenwich Avenue and I noticed an elderly gentleman walking up the Avenue in a orange parka in front of the Dome Restaurant. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and turned around drove up Milbank and headed west on East Putnam Avenue. I noticed the same elderly gentleman had stumbled in the sidewalk at Layfayette Place in front of the Presbyterian Church, so I stopped to assist. I flaged down a passing taxi and asked them to call the police. The gentleman explained he was trying to walk to the hospital, so I put him in my car and drove him over to the emergency room at the hospital. The inner door was locked, so I left him there and went to park the car and get security to open the door, at which time time three police cars showed up. I explained the situation to the police and they went to assit the gentleman, and I departed. I returned home and had a glass of ice tea. It is pretty cold out, so I hope everyone is all right. I will file this report and go to bed, since I am tired. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/15/99 Friday 9:40 P.M. EST: I went out after the last message and drove down Steamboat Road and surveyed the waterfront. I noticed two small ducks male and female that I had not seen before. They had a white and black head respectively, with greenish black body, about half the size of regular ducks. I chatted with the Italian chef at the Indian Harbor Yacht club about food in general in various places I had lived and worked. He seemed to have the same perspective that I did. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and read P.C. Week. I chatted with the Burns Security Guard about encyclopedias. I returned home and decided to start making onion soup. All during this period and while cooking I was broadcasting broadway melodies. I first pealed three pounds of onions. I pureed half in the GE food processor, and sliced the other half in the same machine. I put about eight tablespoons of olive oil in the bottom of a gallon revere soup pot. I then put in half the pureed onions. I put in half the sliced onions. I put in about six ounces of chopped garlic from the prepared chopped garlic from the Grand Union. I put in the rest of the sliced onions. To the other half of the pureed onion in the food processor, I added three tablespoons Italian seasoning, one tablespoon oregano, a teaspoon thyme, a half teaspoon garlic powder, a half teaspoon of Pepperica, along with dashes of currey powder and Chinese five spice, a quarter teaspoon of cellery powder, a cup of white wine, four ounces of Jack Daniels, two ounces of soy sauce, four teaspoons of Lea and Perins, two teaspoons of Tabasco sause, two teapoons of Angostora bitters, a teaspoon of chicken and meat seasoning, ten beef bullion cubes, four ounces of horse radish. I then pureed the whole mixture in the GE food processor and put it in the soup pot. I stirred up the ingredients in the soup pot and added another cup of white wine. I added a pads of a stick of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. I turned on the soup pot to medium high to let it heat up. I then removed about two pounds of Purdue chicken from the chicken I had cooked earlier in the week, about two thirds dark meat and one third white meat. I pureed one pound and diced one pound and added that to the soup mixture. I then took two pounds of the Cumberland Hickory smoked ham and pureed one pound and diced one pound and added it to the soup mixture and stirred with about a cup of milk, and ten strips of lightly cooked bacon. The whole mixture was two full for the gallon pot, so I seperated it into equal amounts in a second pot and added about two cups of milk or more to desired consistency to each pot along with a teapoon of parsley to each pot and six bay leaves to each pot. While each pot was simmering on medium low for a half hour with stirring, I sectioned four grapefruit, five oranges, and ten clementines, and added angostora bitters to the mixture with orange juice along with the pureed remains of my old fruit salad a shot of Mount Gay Rum. I put the fruit salad in the refrigerator. I then turned back to the soup and lower both pots down to simmering for another hour. I cleaned up while I was working which is good advice while cooking. I went out and smoked a White Owl Panatella and observed the melt off today and turned to solid ice, so it is very slippery outside. I threw away all the garbage left over from the food preparation. About 8 P.M. after one and half hours total cooking the soup was ready. I put two Rubbermaid containers in the freezer and one Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I had a big bowl of the soup which is spicey and delicious along with Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers, and diet Pepsi. I them made a regular cup of Chock Full of Nuts coffee with Nutrataste a half teaspoon of sugar and milk which I am drinking now with two Danish cookies. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm which was up a bit today, just reaching the level of the Index a year ago mid March. I will finish my coffee and go out for a short stroll downtown after I finish it. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>1/15/99 Friday 2:00 P.M. EST: I was up until about 2 A.M. last night. I was doing routine internet work, when I stumbbled across a slight problem which looks like a local version of Industrial Espionage. I noticed the reason that my @home Favorites don't load in with the @home interface for Internet Explorer is not from using the IE4 Tweakin' Tool , but that my all the files in my @home folder had been eliminated. I reinstalled @home's interface to correct the problem, and the Favorites now load with or without the tweak. I ran the @home Network Diagnostics and it indicated that the "Name Server" was not working. I checked my Network settings, and I discovered in the "TCP/IP -> Intel EtherExpress Pro100+ PCI Adapter" setting for some odd reason under "Properties" , "DNS Configuration", "Enable DNS" had been checked, and the IP number of "209.4.160.164" had been entered. This was not the setting put in by Cablevision, since I had checked it when they installed. It is suppose to be disabled. I checked with Optimum Online Support at 203-750-8790 and they confirmed that it is suppose to be disabled. I confirmed with them that the deletion of the @home folder files and the "DNS Configuration" setting would not have been caused by any software installation or virus, but would have to have been done deliberately by someone accessing the computer, which was not done by me. This means that persons or persons unknown have access to my computer to perpetrate this change of setup. I thus changed my Computer "Password" that only the senior personnel know. Moreover, since it is obvious that people are accessing my computer and changing system setups, why would they do it? I don't know that much about networking, but entering that "DNS Configuration" setting I believe would have set up my computer with the Intel EtherExpress Pro100+ PCI Adapter" so that the infiltrator could have downloaded the contents of my 2 gigabytes on my 5 gigabyte harddrive to a laptop computer very quickly through connecting with an ethernet cable to an ethernet port on a laptop. Thus we have established proof that certain individuals with Network Experience are accessing my computer for cladstine purposes only known to themselves. I thought about this in the early morning hours, and figured it out. I then went to bed and secure the apartment to prevent intrusion. When I woke up this morning, I confired with a senior advisor, and then confired with IBM security in Armonk about the event. To them it seems somewhat curious too, why someone would try to take free internet content, unless they were after my personal setup of my PC that has taken many thousands of hours to set up. I then confired with a family member and gave them the password. I next went outside, and check the light ice condition. It was beginning to rain, so I scraped a thin layer of ice off my car and chatted with my neighbors who were doing the same. I scraped a thin layer of ice off of one of my neighbors car, so she should get out also. I then returned home and filed this report. Well whatever the case, the primary directive is to reduce stress, and therefore I am not letting the aforementioned matter bother me, since I prefer to keep my stress level down. Well have a good day, and I will go out as soon as I clean up. The telephone answering machine is working fine too. I also called the White House Secret Service intelligence office this morning and advised them they should go down to Tabago and play some golf at the Mount Irvine Club to get away from all the negative propaganda on the Marconni Wireless Picture device I have installed in my apartment. Well I suppose "No News, Is Good News". Have a good day. CIO