Note:<888>2/07/99 Sunday 10:25 P.M. EST: I went to bed at 2 A.M. this morning. I was up at 8 A.M. and had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I went back to bed until noon. I got up and had a bowl of Ramen noodles and started cleaning my apartment slowly and doing a little computer work. I emailed a neighbor this message about Cable Modems:
http://support.intel.com/support/etherexpress/pro100/software.htm
I upgraded the Intel EtherExpress 100 Pro adaptor, they put in my computer with the latest drivers. One problem the first time I did this a month ago is that after Win98 recognized the adaptor, it disabled the @home setup, and I had to install the first part of the @home setup from the @home CDrom, which then enabled it, without going thru the second part of installing the Web Browser software. When installing the first part of the @home software, you need to enter your @home Identification for the computer name beginning with "CV", and the work group in Networking is "@home". Also if Win95 recognizes your Intel card with the Intel drivers, make sure you don't have any IRQ conflicts. Also if you get the modem going, go to :
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/philip1/cable.htm
Registry Edit: HKey_Local_Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\Class\\NetTrans\\000n\
First tweak MaxMTU to "1500"
Second Tweak in registry
HKey_Local_Machine\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\VxD\\MSTCP\
MaxMSS "1460"
Third Tweak same location:
DefaultRcvWindow="186880"
Also I disabled the Proxy setting in MS Internet Explorer from:
"Tools","Internet Options","Connections","Lan Settings", do not check "Use Automatic Configuration Script"
If also using Netscape do the same in Netscape's setup for proxy settings.
If all works you should get over 200 Kbytes/sec at @home test download page at:
downloading Communicator Version 4.08 a 15 meg. file for test download.
Remember after reinstalling the Intel EtherExpress 100 Pro Adaptor card in Win 98 a month ago,
I had to reinstall the first part of the @home network software from their Cdrom.
In a Win95 setup, the driver should be at the same location:
http://support.intel.com/support/etherexpress/pro100/software.htm
and would probably work the same way.
Note: I downloaded the new driver "100pw9x.exe" from
http://support.intel.com/support/etherexpress/pro100/100PW9x.HTM
for my Intel EtherExpress 100+ Pro Adaptor, and installed it in Windows 98 by selecting in "My Computer", "Properties", "Device Manager", "Network Adaptor", "Intel Pro/100+ PCI adaptor", "Driver", "Update Driver", and selecting the driver "Net82557.inf" and installing it from the driver location I had downloaded it to. It also installed an Intel Card monitoring program that runs all the time on the system with a little icon in the lower right of the screen next to the sound speaker.
After installing the Intel card driver update, I finished cleaning my apartment and watering the plants. I had dinner about 5 P.M. of Stauffers frozen lasagna and chatted with family members for a while. I finally got a chance to go out about 8 P.M. There was about an inch of snow on the car, and we are suppose to get three to six inches of snow this morning. I walked the lower area of Greenwich Avenue stopping at the lower Avenue news store and buying a buy two get one free of Basic lites for $6. I noticed one single glove and one pair that people had lost. I returned home and filed this report after chatting with someone else. Well have a good evening, I will do a little computer work to while the time away. All is quiet as far as I can tell. CIO
Note:<888>2/06/99 Saturday 10:15 P.M. EST: I had dinner of baked garlic wine herb boneless chicken breast club sandwich with Mozerella cheese and bacon on toast with horse radish, dijon mustard, and mayonaisse. I downloaded CDH Productions Product Downloads CDX Media Wizard and while watching the movie "Volcano" on Channel 50 the Max channel, I encoded at 256 kbyte/sec some Frank Sinatra music from his Duets CD Frank Sinatra Index of /music6 . On my machine, it takes about eight times the length of the song, to encode the music in MP3. I am very tired and will go to bed now. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>2/06/99 Saturday 5:00 P.M. EST: I worked on my email until 3 A.M. this morning. I was up at 7 A.M. and had breakfast of GU Old Fashioned Oat Meal, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I surfed the net until 10 A.M. when I called a family member. I did some more computer work, and went out at noon. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop and bought an old HP DeskJet 500 for $15, and I stopped by Stables and priced the Xerox HP LaserJet Series II cartridge, it was $59.35 with tax. I went by Old Greenwich Putnam Trust and withdrew funds and went back to Stables and bought it. I stopped by McDonalds in Greenwich and bought two Big Macs for $2.35. I returned home and ate the Big Macs. One of my neighbors was having a Cable Modem installed. I installed the Xerox HP LaserJet II cartridge in the HP LaserJet II printer, and it works like new, but not as fast as the new Lasers. I am very pleased with its performance. I tried to get the HP DeskJet 500 going but the ink cartridge it came with and the spare it came with were both dried up, so I would have to buy a new one for $21.45 to use it, for now I can get by without it. Well I am a bit bushed and think I should rest. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>2/05/99 Friday 12:00 P.M. EST: I saw YourGrocer.com 's delivery truck on Putnam Avenue this evening. CIO
Note:<888>2/05/99 Friday 11:30 P.M. EST: I went out at 7:30 P.M. and read PC Week at the Greenwich Library along with the local paper. It was not too busy. I also recieved my $50 Maxtor drive rebate in the mail, so if you bought one of the Maxtor drives around the first of December and mailed in the rebate then, you are do to recieve it. I walked the lower area of Greenwich Avenue and smoked a White Owl panatella at the Post Office plaza. It was quite busy downtown with all parking places filled. I returned home, and downloaded a 14 day usage version of Webtrends and ran it against my local and Florida logs. Well I am sifting through about a 100 automatic email messages, so I guess it is pretty much normal routine. CIO
Note:<888>2/05/99 Friday 6:30 P.M. EST: I slept from 11 A.M. to 4 P.M.. I had a meal of baked garlic wine chicken breast club sandwich with cheese and bacon flavored with Tabasco, horse radish, dijon mustard , and mayonaise on toast along with ice tea and coffee. I updated Scott's Broadcast sound.htm along with Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well time for the ABC evening news. Have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>2/05/99 Friday 10:55 A.M. EST: After breakfast of Post HoneyNut Oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins, I updated the Greenwich part of my Favorites directory to mirror the page Index of /favorites/Destinations/Greenwich, Connecticut . I had a call from a family member. Well time to possibly take a nap, I am still a bit tired. CIO
Note:<888>2/05/99 Friday 8:05 A.M. EST: I was up at 7 A.M.. This is the line of code I placed in my Apache for Windows' "httpd.conf" file to display Scott's Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites in the present format, for FancyIndexing, I put in this line of code:
___code line follows make one line in "httpd.conf"
IndexOptions IconsAreLinks NameWidth=* SuppressLastModified SuppressSize SuppressDescription FancyIndexing
___code line ends
Well time for breakfast, should I email mailto:billg@microsoft.com about what I figured out. Well have a good morning. CIO
Note:<888>2/05/99 Friday 1:30 A.M. EST: I made my 3 P.M. appointment today. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I drove down by the water. I went to the Greenwich library and read the computer press and the local paper. I returned home about 5 P.M. and started working on the computer. I had dinner of baked garlic and wine boneless breast of chicken, potatoe, ice tea, and coffee. I worked on trying to get the Apache server set up, so it returned my Scott's Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites, in a presentable format. I chatted with a family member. I took time off to watch the last half of the ABC internet terrorism movie. I just now figured out by reading the Apache manual how to configure the server properly to present my Scott's Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites in proper format. I hope all you Microsoft Internet Explorer users enjoy it. I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm which was down quite a bit today. Well I am bushed, so time for some sleep. Have a good morning. CIO
Note:<888>2/04/99 Thursday 1:50 P.M. EST: I was up at 5 A.M. and had breakfast of Post HoneyNut oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I worked on the internet and rested from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M.. I had a thought about posting my Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites from my home server, so I figured it out. This is the link Scott's Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites alas, they only work with Microsoft Internet Explorer. I also configured the Apache server to show the full file names of the files. Well I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I have to eat and clean up. Have a good afternoon. CIO
Note:<888>2/03/99 Wednesday 9:00 P.M. EST: I started a tape backup this morning at 7:30 A.M. that just finished about 7 P.M.. I use an older model HP Colorado 1000e backup device which takes a little time. After starting the first tape, I decided to disgard my old HP 500 + printer which I hauled outside and left by the dumpster. It needed a new cleaning cartridge and toner cartridge, which would cost far more than the ten year or more old laser printer was worth, but I will admit in Postscript fashion it was fast, about two pages a minute. Somebody retrieved it during the day. I showered and started the second tape about 10 A.M. and then went out. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop and toured the merchandise and said hello to the regular staff. It was not busy in the morning. I drove down by the Harbor. I drove by ELDC thrift shop. I stopped by the library and read the local paper and checked out "The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization". I stopped by McDonalds and had two Big Macs and a large French Fries for $4.04 total. Big Macs are a $1.22 recently. I returned home at noon and chatted with one of my neighbors about the internet. I put the third tape in the tape drive. I went back out. I stopped by Entree Computer and toured the showroom. I mentioned that in order to sell in Europe today, one needs to meet the specifications for recycling the items after they have reached the end of their useful lives, so items like Phillips Televisions are designed to be recycled, and I assume PC systems also. Well I then drove up the old Connecticut Turnpike to Royaton and cut back and went to the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles for my annual emmission check. Since my car is pre 1980, it was a $10 charge. I was lucky only two people were in front of me, so it did not take long. The staff there are very curtious and friendly. They are starting construction on a new facility, so I suppose next time I go there it should be completed. I then went up the Post Road thru Darien and went to CompUSA in Norwalk. I toured the several clearence item areas in the store, but there was nothing I needed. I did buy a Belkin USB motherboard dual port cable for $10.59. I then returned to Old Greenwich and sat out at the Southwest corner of Tod's Point and smoked a CVS java cigar. There were quite a lot of people out walking in the spring like weather. I then returned to central Greenwich and stopped by Putnam Trust and headed down a busy Greenwich Avenue and viewed the Harbor. I bought $12.50 of premium from Exxon. I returned home and started the fourth tape. I had a bowl of my home made soup for dinner and goldfish crackers. I watched the ABC evening news. The computer tape backup was finished at 7 P.M after a small part of a fifth tape, it took five tapes for about 2 gigabytes of information. I then turned off the computer and installed the USB Port putting it at the top at the rear of the computer, so it is easily accessed. I selected USB in the CMOS, and when I started the computer Windows 98 Plug and Play recognized it and prompted me for my CD and installed the drivers. I now have USB capability with two ports, which is handy since I have no IRQs left. I put the case back together. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well have a good evening, I will start to slow down. CIO
Note:<888>2/03/99 Wednesday 7:30 A.M. EST: I did a C: drive to D: drive backup last night and had some Ramen noodles and went to bed at 8 P.M.. I was up at 5 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Post HoneyNut oats, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. The milk was spoiled, so I threw out the rest of the gallon and will use the new gallon. I sifted through some regular internet work this morning. I will start a tape backup, and go out when I insert the second tape in about 1 1/2 hours. Well have a good day. CIO
Note:<888>2/02/99 Tuesday 5:15 P.M. EST: I posted a bolero.htm MP3 file. I sifted through my email and did my scotwork.htm . Someone emailed me this site http://members.tripod.com/~andybauch/magic.html . I also suggest looking at FAST MP3 Search - The World's Largest MP3 Search Engine . I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well I have been up since 2:30 A.M., so it is time to begin winding down, have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>2/02/99 Tuesday 1:45 P.M. EST: This morning I finished adding the unique numbers to the ValueLink code in about the top 80 pages that get over a 100 hits a month. I had a Tony's 4 cheese pizza at 9:30 A.M. along with ice tea and coffee. A friend called worrying about a matter. I told him to check with the expert. I rested a bit in the morning and channel surfed a bit. I finally showered. It is raining today, so I don't plan on going out at the moment. I have about five issues of Interactive Week to go over. Well have a good afternoon. CIO
Note:<888>2/02/99 Tuesday 5:35 A.M. EST: I added a new file "scott006.zip" at the home site download download.htm , which is the same as "scott005.zip", but without the ValueClick Advertising Click Through Links, for users in more remote locations, they won't have to wait for the ValueClick links to appear. I finished my laundry. CIO
Note:<888>2/02/99 Tuesday 4:20 A.M. EST: I was up at 2:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of Post Honey Nut Oats, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I am on the drying cycle on my laundry. I updated stats.htm for the www.mikescott.net site. I will do a bit of routine work, before I work on adding numbering to the ValueClick links in the code of the pages. Well Happy Ground Hogs day. CIO
Note:<888>2/01/99 Monday 6:45 P.M. EST: I went out and paid my Bell Atlantic telephone bill via money order at the Post Office. It was busy downtown. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and read the Greenwich Times. I returned home and made a ham and cheese sandwich and I also had a bowl of my homemade soup soupcajn.htm along with ice tea. I also had some of the soup earlier this morning. With all the garlic in it, I hope it helps with the arthritis. I recieved these email links about George Bush the governor of Texas The Bush Watch and Jennifer's Bush Family Gossip which the local Greenwich Bush group might find interesting for following his career. I have to add some numbers to my link through images, so they are counted more. Well I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm , which showed that GM was up a bit today for a change. Well have a good evening. CIO
Note:<888>2/01/99 Monday 2:10 P.M. EST: Well I finally awoke at 4 A.M. this morning. I guess I slept so much because I had some sort of mild cold. I am feeling a little bit better, but I seem to be a bit exhausted and run down. I finished cleaning my apartment while listening to the www.ttalk.com weekend report. I also finished watering the plants, and I made a batch of icetea.htm . I went out at 8:30 A.M. and stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I stopped by the Post Office and got money orders to pay my cablevision and optimum online, along with the last Cable And Wireless bill, and my MCI telephone bill. I also bought a book of H series new stamps for $6.60. I stopped by Zyns and bought buy two get one free of Parliament lights for $7.10. I smoke a few cigarettes occassionally along with the Tampa Lite little cigars. I paid my rent. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop and browsed the merchandise. I chatted with a local donator from Kennebunkport about how cold the water is up there in the summer. I drove down to the end of Steamboat Road being followed by one of my former neighbors down there. I did not have a chance to speak. I went by Fresh Fields and bought a bottle of the ArthriRescue for $17.99. I stopped by Putnam Trust again. I went over to Oil Star in Cos Cob and had my oil and oil filter changed for $34.90. I drove by Old Greenwich and visited the Old Greenwich thrift shop. I stopped by CVS there, and bought two bags of 100 CVS cough drops for $1.29 each and a jar of Basil for .99 for $3.57 total. I drove around Tod's Point. I stopped by Stables and viewed the Clearence Aisle merchandise. I went to McDonalds in Old Greenwich and bought two Big Macs for $2.37 for both. I went by the Greenwich Library but the local paper was not available. I went by the Grand Union and bought two Tropicana Ruby Red Orange juice half gallons for $2 each, a gallon of GU whole milk $3.29, Post oat cerial with almonds for $2.50, three cans of Campbells New England Clam chowder for .99 each, a 12 pack of diet Sprite for $1.99 plus .60 can deposit, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" lite $1.29, GU old fashioned oatmeal for .99, a gallon of Goldfish crackers for $5.29, Purdue Bonless breast of chicken for $2.99 a pound for $2.75 expires 2/04/99, 15 bags of various Ramen noodles for $3 for a total of $28.79. I then returned home and put away the groceries and had a diet Pepsi and tylenol, Arthricure, and aspirin. I updated this report. Well have a good afternoon. CIO
Note:<888>2/01/99 Monday 2:30 A.M. EST: Well I have been sleeping a lot since the last message. I did get up and start cleaning my apartment on Sunday morning about 3 A.M., but I fell back asleep about 7 A.M. until now. I guess I might have a mild cold or am just tired. I will have breakfast of oatmeal, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee now. I will try to stay awake unless I get another tired spell. Well I missed the Blue Moon. Have a good morning. I have to change the code on my banner ads, so that each ad has a different number, which will take quite a while. CIO