Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 11:45 P.M.:   I made up Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with franks , and I used in it a 10 ounce can of Campbell's pork and beans, two Nathan's all beef franks, and a medium size onion.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will now go through my email.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 11:00 P.M.:   Earlier, I put $5 on my MacGray laundry card, so I now have $16.25 left on it.   The cable modem worked with the generator power, so I would think the router and network switch would work, so more than likely the Toshiba laptop would work.   For some reason the Sony television also worked, although I think it would draw a lot of power.   However, I am not sure if their are building electronics in the cable system that might keep the internet from working in a power failure, but the Optimum Voice telephone worked.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 10:45 P.M.:   I woke up at 3 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted  English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   The was a wasp in my apartment, and I opened the door, and it flew out into the hallway.  About 4:15 P.M., the electricity went off.   I turned off my electronics when it came back on briefly.   With the building generator the low wattage lights work, but not the more powerful items.   I dressed, and I went out.   The fire department was also paying us a call.   I picked up my mail.   I went downtown, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and I used their ATM machine.   I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought four 9.75 ounce lightly salted CVS whole cashew nuts for $2.50 each, a Hawaiian Breeze Glade Plug-in refill for $2.50, two 150 capsule count bottles of CVS Spectravite Senior USP Multivitamin/Mulitminerals for $9.79 both, 2 CVS Niacin Flush Free 500 mg 100 capsule bottles for $6.99 both, two bottles of CVS Balanced B-150 50 capsules for $9.99 both, two CVS MSM 1000 mg. 60 capsules bottles for $6.79 both, two CVS B-12 2000 mcg 60 capsules$7.19 both, 2 CVS garlic oil 100 capsules for $4.59 both, two CVS 1000 mg. vitamins C 100 capsule for $6.39 both, and two 96 count Tums Fancy Fruit extra strength for $2.99 each bottle less a $2.50 off CVS coupon for $67.71.   I then drove down a bit further on Greenwich Avenue, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I stopped by Zyn stationary, and I bought a ACES High $1 scratch card, and I won $2.   I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.   I stopped by CVS again, and I picked up a prescription.   I bought a 10 pack of CVS disposable twin blade razors for $3.29, a 7 ounce can of CVS sensitive skin shaving gel for $1.99, a CVS 3.5 ounce Clorox drop in toilet tablet for $1.99, and two buy one get one free Right Guard Xtreme cool peak deodorant 2.7 ounce solid stick for $3.69 both plus .66 tax for $11.62 total.   I then completed my walk.   I sat our some more for a while.   I drove down by the waterfront.   I went by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $20 of self service premium unleaded gasoline $3.599 a gallon for 88.6 miles driving the past 12 days at 16.1 miles per gallon at an average of 12 miles per hour.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a dozen large eggs for $1.69, whole boneless breasts of chicken at $2.99 a pound for $3.41, a 2 pound bag of onions for $2.19, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, fresh broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.09, and a bulb of fresh garlic at $2.99 a pound for .36 for $11.73 total.   I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.   I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I watered the plants, and I put out white vinegar in the scent bowl.   I threw out some garbage and periodical literature.   The elevator is not working.  I started up the server.   I left messages with two relatives.    CIO    

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 6:50 A.M.:   I just paid my bills for www.geico.com automobile insurance, www.cablevision.com for Digital Cablevision, Optimum Voice, and Optimum Online, and www.verizon.com for my local telephone service.   I also ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com 7 cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $12.49 a carton for $87.43 plus $12.96 postage for $100.39 total.  On my www.cl-p.com electricity account, I have a surplus in the account, and depending on how much electricity I use, I do not have any payments for the next 3 to 4 months.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I do not think I will bother with house cleaning today when I wake up.   A little while ago, I ate another 1/6th of  a piece of apple pie with two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.  CIO

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 5:00 A.M.:   I can not order anything anyway, except my smokes, since I am leaving next Friday for Maine.   I called the Microsoft U.K. press center, and all of their lines were busy.   I will wait for another hour to see if funds are available to pay my bills, and if not I will go to bed.   It is my local perception that many people are on Holiday with the Fourth of July Holiday on this Tuesday and Canada Day as usual is July 1, so I would imagine a lot of people in the states took off early on Thursday for their extended holidays.  Probably nothing will get done in the nature of work until around July 10, since when there is a holiday in midweek, people tend to take the whole week off and both weekends, so they can do extended traveling such as seeing what is happening in the eastern hemisphere.   I have seen a few Europeans here, but they do not pay much attention to me in my shabby appearance, but while our local wealthy people are away I still try to keep an out about what is happening around town.    From what I can tell the town pretty much remains the same for this time of year.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 3:50 A.M.:  Inexpensive build your own barebones bargain Biostar M7NCD Socket A Barebones System w/400W PS (Red) Biostar BBNCDNU $64.50 with $2.95 shipping with "SHIP295" promo code on checkout.   Alas I have two spare motherboards, so I do not need it, and although I have a spare processor, I would need a hard drive and memory, and I do not need another computer.   The $2.95 shipping promo code in on orders over $50.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 3:35 A.M.:   I went through my email.   I called up Microsoft U.K., but their press department Contacts - Press Centre - Microsoft UK is not opened until 4 A.M. our time.   I chatted with a couple of their staff, and I emailed their press department at mailto:ukprteam@microsoft.com .   I will try to call them when they open for work.   So far, I think it has cost me about 35 cents U.S..   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 2:10 A.M.:   I called up Microsoft Security at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington - Yellow Pages - Switchboard at 1-425-882-8080, and I got their security, and I chatted briefly with them.   I told them about the news story.   I told them I would call their Reading, England campus at Microsoft Campus United Kingdom Contact Us: How to Contact Us at 3 A.M. our time, when they open to advise them about the B.B.C. news story.   I also used this form NewsWatch | Contact us | BBC News website feedback to advice the B.B.C. about their mistake.   You have to realize with the B.B.C. covering the entire world, they might be aware of Washington D.C., but a less experienced reporter might not realize their is a separate state named Washington.   Well could you tell me the name of a county seat in England or a Province in France?  There was a mistake in the www.lukoil.com web site last night.  They said they had 20 trillion barrels of proven reserves, but this report - OAO «LUKOIL» - FSA Disclosure says they only have 20.3 billion barrels of proven reserves which is 1/1000th as much as 20 trillion or 1/4th as much as Venezuela.   Thus there is not that much extra oil considering how much Russia uses in a colder climate.   Thus one should economize on their fuel consumption.   CIO        

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 12:45 A.M.:   BBC makes a mistake, see if you can figure it out BBC NEWS | Business | Microsoft reduces US sales force .   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/30/06  Friday 12:25 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Asia tsunami warning system ready .  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Lighting the key to energy saving . BBC NEWS | UK | England | Cornwall | Superfast internet cafe launches .  digg / Technology .CIO    

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 11:30 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I printed out five sheets of 10 or 50 calling cards total, and they are the same, but I added my home server web address.   I used Microsoft Picture It 10 Premium software which opened the Microsoft Home Publisher saved calling card off my computer.  I put 10 of the new calling cards in my wallet held together with a green rubber band, and I use a rubber band to hold together the other 40 which I placed on the top of my file rack on the dining table.  I will now do some regular internet work.   According to a relative, the Greenwich Hedge Fund article is in a more recent Vanity Fair, which the Greenwich Library did not have on display.  It is the one with a picture of some actress on the cover.  I read this article, but when I do it on my computer, it times out PCWorld.com - Internet Tips: Find the Name Behind a Malicious IP Address or one can use a tool like this GRSites.com DNS and Reverse DNS Lookup .  I was asked tonight in the library if one can use a program to undelete a lost file on a pen drive, and all I could think of, is that Norton Utilities 7.0 use to have a file undelete program, providing the file had not been overwritten, and I assume it would work on a pen drive.  CIO 

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 10:05 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I ate one sixth of the apple pie with 3 three quarter scoops of butter pecan ice cream.   I will now print out some more calling cards, but I will print them out slightly differently with my web information on the reverse side.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 9:20 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I used the bathroom at the senior center and the arts center, and I drank some spring water from the cooler.  I chatted with the store clerk from Borders, and they told me a lot of people were looking for the book mentioned in the Vanity Fair article about Hedge Funds in Greenwich, Connecticut being a risky business.   I stopped by CVS to see if they have the vitamins I might buy tomorrow.   It looks like they do, so I will not have to drive all the way over to the CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Vanity Fair article about the Environment, and how the oceans might rise three feet in the near future.  I did not see the Greenwich Hedge fund article.   I also read P.C. Magazine and P.C. World magazine.   I chatted with the library systems engineer and the reference librarian and a patron.   I then returned home, and I said hello to a neighbor.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 5:10 P.M.:   After I cleaned up, I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go out downtown for a walk weather permitting.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 4:10 P.M.:   Michael Louis Scott's Egg McMuffins , and I used an extra slice of cheese on each one of them.   I am making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .   I will now shower, and I will clean up.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 3:05 P.M.:  I boiled 16 ounces of water.  I put .44 ounce packages of Stop and Shop raspberry sugar free gelatin and one of cranberry in a two quart Pyrex bowl, and I mixed the boiling water in the gelatin mixture until dissolved.  I opened a 30 ounce can of Stop and Shop fruit cocktail in pear juice, and I used a wire strainer to drain the pear juice into a metal bowl, and I left the fruit cocktail in the strainer.   I put the pear juice from the fruit cocktail in a 16 ounce measuring cup, and I filled it up to 1.75 cups with orange juice.  I pour the 1.75 cups of orange juice and pear juice into the Pyrex bowl with gelatin mixture and boiling water, and I mixed to together.  I then carefully and slowly added the fruit cocktail, and I mixed it together.   I then put the Pyrex lid on the Pyrex bowl with the fruit cocktail and gelatin mixture, and I put it in the refrigerator to chill and set.   In about four to six hours, I should have a gelatin and fruit cocktail mixture, which should be good on a warm evening.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 2:30 P.M.:   GOP.com | Republican National Committee :: Happy Birthday, President Bush .  Biltmore Estate Newsletter .  AT&T enters TV market | Tech News on ZDNet .  » Is Microsoft about to release a Windows "kill switch"? | Ed Bott's Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com .   I finished going through my email.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 1:20 P.M.:   I hope Elvis does not mind http://mikelouisscott.com/music8/ .   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/29/06  Thursday 1:10 P.M.:   I woke up at 8 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted  English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I watched the Rose garden reception of President Bush and the Prime Minister Koizumi of Japan President Bush Welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi in an Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn .   I went back to bed.   I woke up at noon, and I watched their press conference, and they are going to visit Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee tomorrow President and Mrs. Bush to Accompany Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan in Visit to Memphis, Tennessee .   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I picked up my mail.  I received a letter that I still own the domain name www.mikelscott.com , it is the domain name I registered with the Microsoft Office Live free demo, and www.listingcorp.com wants $50 to renew it from August 7, 2006 to August 2, 2007, which I probably will not do, since I do not use the web domain.   I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I will now go through my email.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/28/06  Wednesday 11:30 P.M.:   I am a bit tired.   I will skip going through my email.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/28/06  Wednesday 11:05 P.M.:  My RMA on the Welcome to Epox Store EP-8RDA3+ Socket A Motherboard (Refurb)     was returned to me via UPS while I was out.   I might try to install the Epox motherboard tomorrow.   With Vista beta 2 the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value works with the Epox motherboard.   However, I had to install other video drivers with it for my video card.   However, I might wait until I get back from Maine to test it out, since there is no rush to test it and use it.   Also the RMA warranty on it is suppose to be good for a year.  I will now go through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/28/06  Wednesday 10:25 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a 26 ounce Entenmann's apple pie for $2, a loaf of Arnold whole wheat dark German bread for $1.59, and a 12 pack of Thomas' English muffins for $2.05 less 10% senior discount of .56 for $5.08 total.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with one of the regular fishermen who is an automobile mechanic, and he told me not to worry about my "Check Engine" light, and possibly if I drove the car on the highway it would fix the problem.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center, and I drank some spring water.    I stopped by CVS, and I chatted with one of the regular night people.   I finished my walk, and I sat out for a while.   I then chatted with another regular walker until about 8 P.M..   I then returned home.  I opened a 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it underneath cold water pressing the lid a few times.  I then flaked it in a bowl with a fork, and I added two large tablespoons of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together.   I took four pieces of bread, and I put the tuna mixture on two pieces of the bread, and I put the top sides on the tuna sandwiches, and I cut them in half cross wise.  I also quartered one large dill pickle lengthwise, and  I ate it all  with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with two relatives.   I was told that - OAO «LUKOIL» and Lukoil Americas have taken over most of the gasoline stations in Pennsylvania, and they are now a big distributor in this country.   I have not seen one yet in this area.   CIO       

Note:<888> 06/28/06  Wednesday 4:05 P.M.:   I went out, and I threw out the garbage, and I picked up my mail, which was mostly computer magazines.   I did a Nero 6.6 backup of my C: partition of the Server computer which also had a copy of the Server folder from the D: drive.  I then did a Nero 6.6 backup of just the server folder.   I secured the three backup DVDs with two rubber bands, and I put them in a zip lock bag, and I put them in the Fire Sentry case.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   Even though it is a nice day, it does not hurt to get a little bit of work done.   With all of the people from down south vacationing in this area, one would think they would be interested in Michael Louis Scott Tropical Weather .   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/28/06  Wednesday 1:55 P.M.:   I was awake at 11 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted  English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a local computer security individual.  I worked with http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .  I made a backup of the entire system from the first hard drive to the second hard drive with Vista beta 2 build 5456.   I will now wash the breakfast dishes, and I will make my bed, and I will check the mail.  CIO     

Note:<888> 06/28/06  Wednesday 3:35 A.M.:   I installed a new install of Vista Beta 2 build 5456 in the secondary partition of my first hard drive on the primary computer.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/28/06  Wednesday 12:25 A.M.:   I finished the Microsoft Vista Beta 2 build 5456 X86 download, and I burned it to DVD.   I will now reboot, and I will try to install it as an upgrade from Vista beta 2.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/27/06  Tuesday 11:25 P.M.:   Surplus Computers CES10618  - American Flag (3x5)(Polyester)  .   I am downloading Windows Vista Build 5456 X86.   One is suppose to be able to install it as an upgrade.  If not, I will probably not install it.   I went through my email.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/27/06  Tuesday 9:10 P.M.:   I was awake at 9 A.M. this morning.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted  English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I picked up my mail.   I chatted with a relative.   I called up the comments line at the www.whitehouse.gov 1-202-456-1111 to let them know they are doing a good job.  I chatted with a friend.   I took a nap on the sofa until about 1 P.M..   I  made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with franks which I used a 16 ounce can of Bush's baked beans with maple flavor and two Nathan's famous franks sliced in half inch thick slices on a diagonal, and I also used some soy sauce.   I showered and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   They have some vintage furniture there.   I then drove down the Greenwich Avenue shopping street.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then drove to Tod's Point.   Along the Mianus River, they have some new buildings with one called the "Greenwich Water Club".   At Tod's Point, I walked out to the southwest picnic area.  I sat out for a while at the southwest parking lot picnic area.  I then drove over to the southeast concession area.   I sat out for  a while at their picnic area.  I then walked the entire length of the beach along the shore line tide line from south to north, and I returned along the access road.   I then drove back to central Greenwich, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by CVS, and I checked out their circular.   I might get something there on Friday.   I stopped by the Senior and the Arts center, and I used the bathroom, and I had a cup of spring water.   I then started to return home, and the Engine light came on my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon.   I pulled over in the post office parking lot, and I checked the oil and underneath the hood, and it looked all right.   I looked at the manual, and it said that its means it needs to have its emissions diagnostics done, but it does not effect the driving.  Possibly it is because I have not driven on the highway in about two months.   I drove from exit 3 to exit 2 on I-95 to go a little faster about 40 miles an hour.   I then returned home, and I ate the last three scoops of Edy's slow churn low fast caramel ice cream.   I chatted with a relative whom has an air conditioner cold.   CIO      

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 10:15 P.M.:   I emailed Microsoft Security mailto:secenter@microsoft.com about the hacker problems I have been having.   Since it is another one of those tedious emails that nobody ever pays attention to, I will not bother posting it.   I ate my last bag of gum drops.   I really should not eat so much sugar, since it is not good for my system, since I have hyperglycemia Hyperglycemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia which after being here in Greenwich, Connecticut under constant medical supervision 22 years, nobody seems to be willing to discuss, or even tell me what I should do about it.   I try to control it through diet normally by not eating any sugar.   However, occasionally I get cravings for sugar.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.    CIO  

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 6:55 P.M.:   I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors and the housing authority representative.   I made a few telephone calls regarding the technical difficulty, I have been having on the internet.   I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat caramel delight ice cream.   I basically called the local police, the police at National Center for Supercomputing Applications , and the www.cablevision.com Optimum Online tech support, and I left a message with a friend.   I also chatted with the office at the Bank of New York on Mason Street.   From what I can tell a lot of these internet people whom supposedly have money, only have something like Monopoly money or Play money, and whether they actually have real money or not is opened to question.   I found two Lincoln pennies on Greenwich Avenue yesterday.   Basically the internet is inexpensive communications for those of us whom know how to use it.   However, in terms of communications, there are other forms of communications, some of which might be more advanced.  From what I recall, I think the internet is part of DoD HPCMP - Defense Research and Engineering Network , and this is a map of it http://www.hpcmo.hpc.mil/Htdocs/DREN/dren2.gif and Defense Test and Evaluation and JOINT INTEROPERABILITY AND SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY TEST AND TRAINING, and this shows how it fits into the overall picture, which does not even have a working link for DREN.   I guess it is some sort of old project that with the larger Iraq war on, it was probably cut back and forgot about.  However, their primary web link still seems to work Joint Chiefs of Staff - JCS Link .  CIO    

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 3:35 P.M.:   I think they have been drinking too much www.coors.com out in Colorado.   My server was hacked again, and I got the IP address, and I did a reverse IP address lookup, and the hacker comes from www.level3.com .   If one looks at their board of directors Level 3 Communications, Inc. - Board of Directors , there is a Walter Scott Jr. The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans: Walter Scott, Jr., whom I think is Warren Buffet's original partner.   Since there is also James Ellis former head of Offutt Air Force Base, it would seem to me that this is more than a random chance that they would be hacking me.   Thus it would seem that my insurance guy is hacking my web server.  If I had not paid them over $10,000 over the last 12 years or so, I would think of switching from www.geico.com to some other insurance company that would not cause me such problems.   I chatted with two relatives and a local security office.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 1:25 P.M.:  I emailed Vanity Fair about the Fred thing.   I went outside, and I threw away some garbage.   Crystal Rock Bottled Water was making their delivery to a neighbor.   Last time I looked www.perrier.com was still across the street, but that was over 10 years ago.   I picked up my mail, and I chatted with the building custodian.   I opened up a 7 ounce box of frozen Armour lite sausages, which I put in a 10 inch skillet with three tablespoons of water on medium heat with lid, and I cooked them for 7 minutes stirring occasionally.   While doing that I mixed in a large metal bowl with whisk three extra large eggs in a mixing bowl with a teaspoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of oregano, a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese, and a couple of tablespoons of milk.  Once the sausages had cooked for seven minutes, I removed the lid, and I let the rest of the water evaporate, and then I added a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, and I mixed in the egg mixture, which I scrambled around the sausages.   Once the scrambled eggs were cooked to about medium soft, I put the frying pan on a dinner plate to warm the dinner plate, and also while cooking the eggs, I toasted two English muffin halves which I put a small bit of olive oil on.   I put it all on the dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I will now go through my email.   Judging by what I have been told by our local visitor from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida who went to www.mit.edu the enemy took over Palm Beach about eight years ago, and he has been surviving up north with his fellow students.  CIO           

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 12:05 P.M.:   I chatted with Conde Nast Condé Nast Publications at 1-212-286-2860 which supposedly owns Vanity Fair VANITY FAIR which published the article about Fred Von Mierers on March 1990, but they told me their staff does not come into work until after 2 P.M., so they must be early risers.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 11:30 A.M.:  The U.S. Military CNN.com - Pentagon developing supersonic shape-shifting assassin - Jun 23, 2006 is always trying to figure out cheap ways to do in their enemies.   Of course some other countries do not bother with advanced technology, and they rely on proven forms of defense http://mikelouisscott.com/rad.jpg which seem to work for now.   Of course if you want to fund my propaganda measures, you can always click on the "donate" link on my web site, since volunteers also need funding.   It would seem that Gates and Buffet and company are taking more than share of the pie out of the internet.   Perhaps the United States Government should look into regulating so called tax free foundations.  CIO    

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 11:00 A.M.:   Washington Washout.  CNN.com - D.C.-area floods scramble traffic, shut down buildings - Jun 26, 2006 .   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/26/06  Monday 10:50 A.M.:   I was awake at 6 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted  English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I chatted with the www.whitehouse.gov telephone comments line at 1-202-456-1111.   I chatted with a friend.   I mentioned that most of the interest on the waterfront on Steamboat Road over the years besides fishing was that people were interested in seeing Victor Borge's former home, and not many people seemed to be interested in the Watson house www.ibm.com .   However, the Indian Harbor Yacht Club http://www.indianharboryc.com/ might have Danish members, who knows.  I then chatted with Contact - Consulate General of Denmark New York to see if they knew anything about http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm , but they just listened politely.   From what I can tell, the largest population group I know here in Greenwich, Connecticut seem to be Danish, but one usually only sees them in the winter, so maybe they go back home to Denmark in the summer.   Since I do not know Danish, Dutch, or German or the other northern European language besides having studied four years of French, it is hard to tell what is going on with northern European community.   However, I do have the native language of English, so at least in terms of English I can make sense of what is going on in this area.   Even Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Phillip is Danish, so perhaps he could translate between English and Danish, but I am not sure if he ever learned English in his world travels.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/25/06  Sunday 6:20 P.M.:   I watched some television.   "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" is on television again.  It is about a New York family that moves to the suburbs.   I ate two scoops of Butter Pecan ice cream.    Fat Frogs BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | 'Aged 11, I was too big for Paris' .  FORTUNE Magazine: Warren Buffett gives away his fortune - Jun. 25, 2006 .  FORTUNE Magazine: A conversation with Warren Buffett - Jun. 25, 2006 .  BBC NEWS | UK | Queen throws party for children .  Of course there is always the "The Wind in the Willows" and "Advice to My God Children".   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Perhaps I will channel surf the television.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/25/06  Sunday 4:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I stopped CVS, and I returned the two Southwestern Bell rechargeable telephone batteries for $6.36 cash refund.   I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.   I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I chatted with the pizza delivery person from Planet Pizza whom is from Brazil.   I chatted with a customer at the Greenwich Hardware store from Belgium.  I chatted with a family from Providence, Rhode Island.   I chatted with someone that looked familiar, but I could not place the individual.   About the time it started to rain, so I stopped by CVS briefly again.   I then sat underneath the glass canopy to stay dry for a while at the Pickwick Plaza by the Chase Bank.   I then completed my walk in the pouring rain.   I did not bring my umbrella, and I left it in the car, and as usual it rained.   I did have on my yellow DuPont Gortex rain slicker with hood, so it kept me from getting totally soaked.   I stood out for a while underneath the Greenwich Post Office colonnade which offers shelter from the rain.   I then stopped by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with the reference librarian.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 1.75 quart container of Edy's Slow Churn coffee ice cream for $1.99 and fresh green bananas at .79 a pound for $2.57 for $4.56 total.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I then microwaved a 21 ounce frozen Maria Callendar meat lasagna which I sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on along with a few dashes of parsley, garlic powder, and oregano, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.    I chatted with a relative.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/25/06  Sunday 10:10 A.M.:   I chatted with a relative after the last message.   I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn caramel ice cream.   I went to bed, and I woke up at 6 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted  English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I used Microsoft Vista beta 2 to backup my entire primary computer system from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.    I then did a Microsoft Windows XP Professional Automatic System Recovery backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.   I watched the last half hour of the www.hourofpower.org on television channel 45 digital from 8 A.M. to 9 A.M..   We have Dutch families in Greenwich, Connecticut, but as far as I know we do not have a Dutch Reform church, but last I heard there is still a Dutch Reform Church in nearby Rye, New York, and there is another one in Tarrytown, New York.   The Rockefeller farm in North Tarrytown, New York used to be a Dutch Farm, and I once met a man would lived in Dorothy Bush's neighborhood whom claimed his family had owned it before the Rockefellers.   He even had a familiar Dutch look of my youngest uncle.   Also in Manhattan, there are still quite a few Dutch Reform churches including Marble Collegiate Church.   Thus the Dutch still have a presence in this area, so just because they do not walk around in wooden shoes, they have managed to keep a foot hold in the area.   On my primary computer system, the HP Photosmart P1000 printer turns on with the power strip switch.   I chatted with a Dutch friend whose family has continually lived in this area for 400 years.   His name is Richard Van Marter at Country Living Associates Real Estate in Wilton, Connecticut, and he knows this area better than anyone I have met in this area in the 45 years that I have lived here.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   I have to return the Southwestern Bell cordless telephone batteries to CVS on Greenwich Avenue, so I have a little bit of mugging money.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 9:05 P.M.:   I watched a bit of television.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/24/06:

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 7:40 P.M.:   I opened a 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it underneath cold water pressing the lid a few times.  I then flaked it in a bowl with a fork, and I added two large tablespoons of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together.   I took four pieces of bread, and I put the tuna mixture on two pieces of the bread, and I put the top sides on the tuna sandwiches, and I cut them in half cross wise.  I also quartered two medium dill pickles lengthwise, and  I ate it all  with a glass of iced tea.    I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 7:00 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend.   I washed off the two green wrought iron patio or porch tables with Fantastic orange cleaner, and then I rinsed them with a hot damp cloth, and I dried them.   I put them in the far end of the living room by stereo system stacked on the chair and the floor in front of the chair, so they are out of the way of the primary living room sitting area, and I will take them up to Maine in two weeks.   One of them was missing the plastic cap on the bottom of its leg, so it would sit slightly unleveled, so I took the similar cap from a gallon jug of America's Choice white vinegar, and I trimmed it, and I inserted in the opening of the bottom of the leg, so although it is not quite as thick as the other legs' caps, it is more level and about a quarter inch less thick, but it also keeps the metal part of the leg from sitting on a damp outside deck.   They look quite nice, and they should look nice on the deck in Maine, and they are big enough to hold a potted flowering plant along with a drink glass or whatever one would set down on it from an adjacent chair.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 5:50 P.M.:   I put away my laundry.   I ate a few handfuls of dry roasted peanuts with some iced tea.   Basically over here on the more affluent side of town with the same zip code as the poorer area of Belle Haven, we have learned to watch our budget in terms of computers.   I have heard there is even a wealthy European banking family living nearby, so if any of these so called rich Americans have barrowed money from them over the centuries, it would not look good for them being living high on the hog with barrowed money with your banker watching your every step.   I remember back in the more frugal days of Greenwich, Connecticut when John Reed was the President of Citicorp Welcome to Citibank , he use to drive a Volkswagen to commute to the Greenwich railroad station.   I use to see the former chairman of the Federal Reserve bank evening walking home from the Greenwich train station.  In the May 24, 2004 issue of www.forbes.com magazine, Steve Forbes said that Hedge Funds are the sleaziest game in town.   Since although they might be profitable, since they are also unregulated, one could also easily lose one's investment capital.  My personal viewpoint particularly if one has a large amount of investment capital, one tends to drive up the markets, when one buys into the markets, and when one sells one drives down the markets.   Thus it would seem prudent to me for large capital investors to invest in long term United States Government Dept U.S. Treasury - Daily Treasury Yield Curve , where at least one would not risk losing one's principal.   Even tax free municipal bonds can lose their principal I think if they are bid down.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 4:50 P.M.:   IBM Certified Used Equipment - United States .  I went through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 4:40 P.M.:  I took down the brass sign in three different languages that says, "Will Members of the Crew Kindly Refrain from Urinating from the Poop Deck," when I rearranged the items on the inside of the entry way door.   I scotch taped it to the lower left hand side of the mirror behind the toilet.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 4:25 P.M.:  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Dodo skeleton find in Mauritius .   I guess this could happen to internet gurus.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 4:15 P.M.:   I have 45 minutes to go on the dry cycle.   My neighbor's laundry card worked on the dryer, so she paid me a dollar for the washing machine.  I gave her back a Canadian dime with Queen Elizabeth II on it, since that was the only dime that I had.    I checked outside, the building, and it has quit raining.  CIO  

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 3:45 P.M.:   I threw out some garbage.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I picked up my mail.   I cut the last four 1/4 inch thick slices of the cold eye round, and I put Gold's horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them.   I put about a cup of broccoli crowns in a plastic microwave proof pot with an inch of water, and I ran it on one vegetable cycle, and then I put the Rubbermaid container with the remaining rice from last night, and I ran it on two more vegetable cycles, and then I removed the vegetables, and I drained them, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil, and I ran the rice on one reheat cycle, and I put it on the dinner plate with the meat.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with a relative.   I am doing two loads of laundry, and I have five minutes to go on the wash cycle.   I put clean linens on the bed.    I am lending a neighbor a $1.80 off my laundry card, since the neighbor's laundry card does not work.    CIO      

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 1:00 P.M.:   I woke up at 8 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted  English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I went over to Port Chester, New York.   I stopped by the Bank of New ATM machine over on Midland Avenue in Port Chester, New York.   There is a large www.bmw.com car facility behind the Bank of New York at that location.   I then went over to Home Depot www.homedepot.com , and they have 5000 BTU Goldstar Air conditioners for $90, 6500 BTU Goldstar air conditioners for $120, they also have 10,000 BTU air conditioner for around $190, and I liked the 15,000 BTU LTH air conditioner for $320.   They also had a 18,000 BTU air conditioner, but I am not sure what electrical socket it takes.    I bought five 6 foot 16 gauge 13 amp extension cords for $1.24 each and two 12 foot 16 gauge 13 amp extension cords for $2.33 each plus .80 tax for $11.66.   I then returned home.   I chatted with a neighbor.  I disconnected the 20 inch Dell monitor from the primary computer, and I moved it out of the way.   I installed the other older Belkin Power Control Center beneath the other three power control centers.  I connected it to the surge protector power strip.    I used one six foot extension cord, and I connected the powered USB LAN device to the second control panel left switch.   I connected Minolta 1250W laser printer to the bottom control panel right switch.   I connected with a 6 foot extension cord the Logitech cordless headset for the primary computer to the second switch from the right on the bottom control panel.   I connected a  with a 6 foot extension cord the Logitech cordless headset for the server computer to the second switch from the left on the lower control panel.  I connected with another six foot extension cord and three prong adapter, the Lexmark X85 to the left switch on the bottom control panel. 

They thus are setup as:

Computer, Left Monitor, Right Monitor, Cable Modem

Powered USB port and LAN device, Speakers, Network Switch, Router

Power Strip for the Logitech cordless headset, powered USB port and printers; Scanner; Lexmark E238; Lamp

Lexmark X85, Headset #2, Headset #1, Minolta laser printer

Each of the four control panels has a master switch.

I labeled the new switches on the fourth control panel with small labels covered with scotch tape.

I reinstalled the Dell 20 inch monitor.   Thus the top the Dell 20 inch monitor on the right is about 3.5 inches higher than the top of the Dell 19 inch monitor on the left.   I also took out the two floppy disk boxes from beneath printer stand beneath the control panels, and I put them on the floor the right of the woofer.  I move the old telephone cards by the AT&T telephone by the French reproduction chair in case any of them have time left on them.   I put the spare 15 foot, two 12 foot, and one 6 foot extension cords in a bag on top of the cable box beneath the living room desk.   Picture http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/primary-computer-with-four-power-control-centers-062406.JPG .   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 1:25 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Warm' species invading Antarctic .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/24/06  Saturday 1:05 A.M.:   Introducing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ . Welcome to JCET - The Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology .  I went through my email.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/23/06  Friday 11:55 P.M.:   I went out after the last message, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I returned back to my apartment, and when I turned on the Minolta laser printer, it blew the fuse on the UPS device.   I looked more closely at the small UPS instructions, and it said one is only suppose to connect the computer to it.  I moved the monitor again, and I removed the UPS device, and I checked its fuse which was blown.   I went out to the new www.radioshack.com in Cos Cob, and I bought two packages of four Radio Shack #270-1056 5 amp 125 volt fast acting fuses 5X20 mm GMA type.   I then drove down Greenwich Avenue by the waterfront, and I returned home.   I chatted with some neighbors.  I then installed one of the new fuses in the UPS device, and it works fine again.   I hooked up the surge protector power strip with all of the devices attached to it to the surge protector wall outlet.  I connected the UPS device to the computer switch for the Belkin surge protector power control switch.   I place the UPS device on the subwoofer beneath the keyboard, so it gets plenty of ventilation.   I plugged in the CPU cable to the UPS device.   I then had to put a new monitor cable on the 20 inch Dell monitor, since I broke one of the screws on the old cable.   To turn on the primary computer, one has to turn on the control panel switch and then the UPS device, and that turns on the computer which comes on with power.   To turn it off, one shuts down the computer, turns off the UPS device and then turns off the control panel switch.  The "power strip" switch also turn on the Minolta laser printer power, and the Lexmark X85, and the powered USB port box and the Logitech wireless headset.   On the server, I connected its UPS device to the Belkin surge protector power control strip and only the server CPU cable is now connected to the UPS device, and one turns on the server by turning on the UPS device and the CPU power switch.   I positioned the UPS device underneath the desk, so it gets plenty of ventilation.   For some reason, it looks like the server was hacked because it the Microsoft IIS server would not go online.  Instead of trying to troubleshoot it, I restored the C: drive ASR backup, and I did some minor configuration and updates, and it is now running again.  I then did a Microsoft Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup of the C: drive.   I chatted with a relative whom thinks I am nuts for working on the computer all of the time.  Earlier today, I ate about 40% of 16 ounce jar of Planter's dry roasted peanuts with some ice tea.   I will now eat two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.  I put the spare fuses in a plastic zip lock bag in the left top desk drawer.   I could have used the fourth Belkin power control device that I removed, but that would have set the monitor two high.  I might put it with the backup systems in the bedroom.  However, it would not take too long if I decided to install it on the primary computer.   I will now go through my email.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/23/06  Friday 3:40 P.M.:   The order from www.geeks.com for one AP500W, 500w Power Supply, Pwr-ap500w, 500w Atx Power Supply Aluminum for $14 and two 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC UPS for $23.95 each plus with over $49 order with coupon "SHIP295", there is $2.95 ground shipping for $64.85 total arrived after the last note FedEx | Track .   I installed the new parts as I described in the note below.   The three Belkin surge control panels underneath the right center monitor of the primary computer have the following switch setup.

Computer, Left Monitor, Right Monitor, Cable Modem

Blank, Speakers, Network Switch, Router

Power Strip for the Logitech cordless headset, powered USB port and printers; Scanner; Lexmark E238; Lamp

Each of the three control panels has a master switch.

I labeled all of the switches with small labels covered in scotch tape.  I put the UPS devices as described earlier with the primary computer one plugged into wall outlet surge protector, with the surge protector strip plugged into it, and everything is connected to the surge protector strip.   I installed the server UPS device the same way, but I placed it underneath the desk, and from the second plug, I have an extension cord plugged into it connected to the low wattage elephant light and low wattage tube light by the television chair, so if one turned off the server in a power failure, there might be enough battery power for the low wattage lights for a short spell.   I will keep the boxes that the Belkin power control panels and the UPC devices came in.   I will throw out the shipping boxes   Thus I have ample surge protection on the primary and server computers.   I hooked up the old APC UPS device to the Northgate Syntax backup computer and Toshiba laptop power strip.   The APC UPS device has a worn out battery, but it still might provide surge protection.   I will now throw out the shipping boxes.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/23/06  Friday 12:50 P.M.:  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  The order for two eBay: BELKIN F9M520-08 SURGE PROTECTOR 5 PORT (item 9736316217 end time Jul-03-06 13:23:07 PDT) for $9.95 each and $22.90 Standard Flat Rate Shipping for both or $12.95 for one and $9.95 for the second for $42.80 total is DHL: Track (By number) "16626209154" arrived.   I cut three 3/8th inch thick slices of the cold eye round, and I put them on a dinner plate, and I put Gold's horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them.   I put about a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a plastic microwave pot with lid with an inch of water, and I cooked them on three microwave vegetable cycles, and then I removed the vegetables, and I drained them, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil, and I also made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe with two chicken bullion cubes, and I put half of it on the dinner plate with the meat, and the other half of it in the refrigerator in a Rubbermaid container.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the primary and the server computers, and I will hook up the new Belkin surge protector power control panels.   I will leave the primary computer off until the FedEx order UPS devices arrives.   I probably will use three control panels stacked up underneath the 20 inch Dell right center monitor, and use the four spare for some other purpose.   CIO       

Note:<888> 06/23/06  Friday 11:15 A.M.:   I woke up at 6:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I watered the plants, and I put more white vinegar in the scent bowl on the window shelf.   I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature including the old computer magazines.   I saw on the news yesterday that President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush get up at 5:30 A.M. in the morning, which I think is early by New York City standards, but I guess that is what time one has to get up to get the chores down on the ranch.   I had a problem with my computer system freezing, so I restored my Microsoft Vista Beta 2 backup of the entire system after making copies of the changed files to the second hard drive.   I still had the same problem.   I chatted with a local technical security group to no avail.   I think I finally fixed the problem.  The Logitech wireless headset was interfering with my Microsoft wireless laser mouse, so once I turned off the Logitech wireless headset the problem seems to have gone away.   I restored the changed files, so the system is back to the way it was, except I lost the last week's saved email which is no big deal.   The order from www.geeks.com for one AP500W, 500w Power Supply, Pwr-ap500w, 500w Atx Power Supply Aluminum for $14 and two 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC UPS for $23.95 each plus with over $49 order with coupon "SHIP295", there is $2.95 ground shipping for $64.85 total is out for delivery FedEx | Track .  Also the order for two eBay: BELKIN F9M520-08 SURGE PROTECTOR 5 PORT (item 9736316217 end time Jul-03-06 13:23:07 PDT) for $9.95 each and $22.90 Standard Flat Rate Shipping for both or $12.95 for one and $9.95 for the second for $42.80 total is DHL: Track (By number) "16626209154" is also out for delivery.   I will install both sets of items once both orders arrives, since I will have to move the 20 inch primary computer monitor to install the Belkin surge protectors, and I will put one of the UPS power supply devices on the left hand side of the coffee table between both monitors connected to the wall outlet surge protector, and I will plug in the primary system devices from their power control strip at that location.   The other UPS power supply device I will put on the floor connected to the server computer power strip.   I will use the two Belkin power control centers that I remove for some of my other devices for the primary computer system.   The installation once both shipments arrive will take a while.   CIO      

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 7:45 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I ate two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 6:30 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.  I worked with http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .   I rearranged some items in the apartment entrance area.   I took down the picture off the apartment door of Prince Charles and Prince William and Prince Harry, and I hung it above the kitchen sink.   I took down the picture above the kitchen entrance of Presidents Reagan, Bush, and their wives, and I hung it above the kitchen counter.   I moved the picture of Queen Juliana to the left above the kitchen entrance.   In moving the items off the door around, I broke the Putnam Lodge 1854 to 1954 Masonic dinner plate, and I glued its pieces together with CVS quick set gel glue, and I rehung it to the left of the bedroom door entrance.   I moved the plate of St. Paul's Church in Manhattan to the top center of the apartment entrance door.   I put the two small bird pictures on either side of it.  On the left side a little lower, I put the old mirror.  I put the Jensen weather station on the right side of the door and beneath that the White House www.whitehouse.gov letter from President Bush, and I put the framed Reader's Digest www.rd.com Map of Magellan beneath those.   I move the horse calendar to the right side panel of the right closet door in the living room.   I move the family picture frame to the wall on the lower part of the right kitchen entrance.   I moved the framed picture of Prince Charles and Camilla with their families to the window shelf by the dolphin light.   Thus the apartment is a little bit neater and better organized. 

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-apartment-entrance-062206.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-apartment-entrance-2-062206.JPG

CIO 

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 3:30 P.M.:   I think I will boot into Vista beta 2, and see if I can use the Office 2007 word beta program to publish web content, then I would be able to work from Vista beta 2 more often.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 3:10 P.M.:   Gates Stepping Out Of Microsoft - Forbes.com .  TechBuilder | Recipe: Build an In-Car PC .  Microsoft To Re-Patch June Patch - Security Technology News by TechWeb .  Download details: Windows® Defender (Beta 2) .   I went through my email.    I chatted with a relative visiting California.   I told them about this place Carmel Normandy Inn , but they have to leave tomorrow.   I recall staying at the Normandy Inn around August 1980, and it was an enjoyable stay.   I recall a very good steak house across the street that served tornadoes, which is the Spanish for Filet Mignon.   Of course that was back in the good old days, when a dollar went further.  CIO  

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 2:05 P.M.:   I got this email from the Katonah free library 1-914-232-3508 as to what the John Jay connection was with the Scott family.   In the book that I read in the old book section of the Greenwich Library, it said John Jay's mother was from the Scott family.  I received this reply from the Katonah free library.   Email follows. 

1774 – John Jay married Sarah (Sally) Van Brugh* Livingston (1756-1802), who was the daughter of William Livingston (1723-1790) and Susannah French (1723-1789).

End of Email.   Of course the book that I read in Greenwich, Connecticut library about the first families of Manhattan published around 1800, listed the first 2000 families in Manhattan, and two of them were from the Scott family, and it mentioned one of their daughters had married into the Jay family, so it must be a different Jay relative.   Whether the Scotts in Manhattan were related to the Scotts in Virginia, I do not know.  CIO   

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 1:30 P.M.:   I picked up my mail.   I will do a little bit of regular computer work now.   I do not have my 3 P.M. appointment on Thursday for the next three weeks.  CIO 

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 12:55 P.M.:  I cut three 1/4 inch thick slices of the cold eye round, and I put Gold's horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them.   I put about a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a plastic microwave proof pot with an inch of water, and I ran it on one vegetable cycle, and then I put the Rubbermaid container with the remaining rice from last night, and I ran it on two more vegetable cycles, and then I removed the vegetables, and I drained them, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil, and I ran the rice on one reheat cycle, and I put it on the dinner plate with the meat.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will now go outside, and I will check my mail.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/22/06  Thursday 11:50 A.M.:   I woke up at 3:30 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.    I went back to bed until 6 A.M..   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.    I chatted with the www.mit.edu observer.   I chatted with the attorney for the Greenwich Housing Authority.   I stopped by CVS, and I bought four 16 ounce jars of Planter's dry roasted peanuts for buy one get one free for $3.39 both.  From the clearance rack, I bought a Linx 6 foot USB 2.0 cable A-B for $1.99, and a Southwestern cordless telephone battery S60508 for $4 and a Southwestern cordless telephone battery S60506 for $2 and .48 tax for $15.25 total.   I then went completed my walk.   I drove down by the waterfront.   I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and most everything is half price.   I bought a maple framed mirror about 19 inches by 29 inches for $10 and two medium green modern wrought iron with scalloped glass outside tables about 18.5 inches by 24.5 inches by 18 inches high for $15 each for $40 total.   I put them all in my car.   I said hello to another morning walker.   I then returned home.   I hung the maple frame mirror on the right side of the kitchen entrance.   I move the mirror from that location to the lower back side of the apartment entrance door.   I moved the horse calendar from the back of the door to the right hand side of the right living room closet door.   I stored the two green patio or porch tables at the near end of the down sofa.   I chatted with a relative.   I will return the two cordless telephone batteries, since they are the smaller ones, and they do not fit any of my cordless telephones.   I will take the two wrought iron outside porch or patio tables to my relative in Maine, when I visit in July.   Pictures

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/maple-mirror-at-kitchen-entrance-062206.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/green-wrought-iron-and-scallop-glass-end-tables-stacked-062206.JPG

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.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 8:25 P.M.:   I ate two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go back to bed or watch television.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 7:50 P.M.:   I rested on the sofa until just now.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 2:10 P.M.:   I put the remaining half of the 2 pound defrosted eye round roast on a baking rack in a baking pan, and I seasoned it on all sides with garlic powder, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning and Italian seasoning, and Texas Best barbeque sauce.   I baked it in the Farberware convection oven for 41 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.  I let it stand for a few minutes before carving off three 3/8th inch thick slices, which I put on a dinner plate with the juices.   I refrigerated the rest in a Rubbermaid container.   I also ate half of Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe which I added two chicken bullion cubes to the rice recipe, and I refrigerated the other half in a Rubbermaid container.   I also steamed for 15 minutes on medium electric burner heat with an inch of water in a steamer tray about 2 cups of broccoli crowns and baby carrots which I put a little bit of olive oil on.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I then washed the dishes.   I will now put the primary computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  FOXNews.com - Revelers Welcome Summer at Stonehenge - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News .  CIO

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 12:25 P.M.:   There is nothing I need at Costco, so I will save my money for now.   I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors, and I picked up the mail.   I will now prepare my noon day meal like old Southern families do down south.  I still have the other half of the eye round defrosted.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 11:35 A.M.:   I chatted with a friend and a relative.   There is this tire deal at the moment Costco $60 Off a Set of 4 Michelin or Select BF Goodrich Tires Valid 06/05/06 - 6/25/06 ,  and I could get this set of tires Costco.com BFGoodrich® Traction T/A® V 205/55R16  for about $420 with the $60 discount plus tax, and I would still need to get the 4 wheel allignment.   My Costco card is good through June 2006.   However, they will probably have the same sale in the fall, and I could renew my Costco card at that time for $50.   Since I think my current tires are good for a round trip to Maine, I will probably wait until the fall.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 10:40 A.M.:   I checked with www.mavistire.com in nearby Cos Cob 1-203-698-9599, and they could install a set of V rated all season tires with mounting, stems, balancing, and four wheel alignment for about $550.  They would install a B.F. Goodrich traction V rating,  a ContiExtreme Contact V rating, or a Pirelli P6 Four Seasons H rating in size "205/55R16" , and their are other alternatives.   I chatted with www.samsclub.com up in Scarborough, Maine, and they could fit me out with a better set of Goodrich or Goodyear tires for my car for about $460 to $500, but they do not do alignments, and I would have to go to Sears nearby to get the tires aligned.   I still have over a quarter inch of tread on all four of my tires on the 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo wagon, so I technically could make the round trip to Maine during the first part of July 2006, and have the tires replaced locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut in the fall before the winter season.    In other words, there is no rush on replacing the tires.   I chatted with a relative.   I like the Dunlop Graspic DS-2 or the Dunlop SP Winter Sport M3 or the Pirelli Winter 210 Snowsport or Sottozero winter tire at www.mavistire.com .   The installation of the snow tires would be about $50 more than the V rating tires, and I think around here it would be better to have snow tires.   I had a nobody fax call.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 9:15 A.M.:   I went through my email.   I renewed about 4 computer magazines.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/21/06  Wednesday 7:50 A.M.:   After the last message, I picked up my mail.  I chatted with some neighbors.   I relaxed a bit.   I went to bed on the sofa until about 9 P.M..  I microwaved and ate a 7 ounce Banquet frozen chicken pot pie.   I also have taken the eye round of beef out of the freezer, so it should be thawed enough for cooking later on today.   I went back to bed until 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with an out of town English security agency.   Last Saturday night Sunday morning, the person I chatted with coming out of the wine bar beneath the Greenwich Financial center looked a lot like Gordon Getty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia whom I have seen here before.   I think he might be the person that contributed all of the opera CDs to the Greenwich Library since he is an opera fan The Metropolitan Opera , and I have seen him using the Greenwich Library before.  Helen Williams of http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm fame use to be in charge of the Opera guild in Manhattan.    Gordon is in the wine business, and I mentioned that the Rothschild family had moved out of France to Byram Shore road about 15 years ago.   The Getty gasoline station in Cos Cob is also a Starbucks coffee shop now, so maybe they branched out into the coffee business.   There is still a Getty gasoline station at Exit 5 off I-95 here in Greenwich near the Hyatt Hotel.  The Getty family are security conscious as I recall when I was in Italy in 1972, one of their heirs had been kidnapped in Rome, and they cut his ear off to prove they had him captive.    Thus wealthy people whom travel through this area and wealthy people whom live in this area are not only interested in their investments, but they are also interested in their family security, and that is probably why we have so many private security agencies in this area.   I simply volunteer as an experienced volunteer.  However, if push comes to shoves, I just call "911", and I let the local security people handle the matters.   They are quite experienced in such matters in this area, and generally since I live around a lot of Italian neighbors it is like living around the Mafia, so we really do not have many security problems if you get my drift.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/20/06  Tuesday 10:55 A.M.:   I chatted with a friend.   I left a message with two other friends.   I chatted with  a relative.   I ate a couple of handfuls of cocktail peanuts.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   Not much happening on the quiet side of town, so I will see what the rainy weather leaves lying around downtown Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground . 

Note:<888> 06/20/06  Tuesday 10:30 A.M.:  Iceland's Ring Road: The Ultimate Road Trip - New York Times .   I went through my email.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/20/06  Tuesday 10:15 A.M.:   I chatted with www.townfair.com up on route 7 in Norwalk  just south of Wilton, and the could install a similar set of Dunlap or Pirelli tires with valves, balancing, four wheel alignment for about $460.   I checked with Sears in White Plains, and I told me the tire on sale is not "V rated", and I would have to get the V rated Michelin tire that is about $155 a tire plus the extra costs.   Town Fair told me I could use the sale tire at Sears, and the Pirelli and the Dunlap are not V rated, and to get a set of V rated tires would be about $150 more for a set.   I will thus wait to see what they say when I am up in Maine in July.   I will now go back to my email.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/20/06  Tuesday 9:25 A.M.:   2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2: Get the Beta .  Bill Gates' Legacy: Microsoft's Top 10 Flops  .  I will probably wait until I go up to Maine to get new tires for my 1995 Volvo 850 turbo station wagon, but currently Sears has this sale for a tire for my car Michelin 79305 Agility Touring - P205/55SR16 at Sears.com at a significant savings, but Sears charges for valves and balancing and wheel alignment, but locally Town Fair includes valves, balancing, and alignment with a new set of tires, but if one bought at www.sears.com and one were traveling, there is pretty much a Sears tire place everywhere one goes in America if one needed warranty replacement.   However, I do not travel that much.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/20/06  Tuesday 8:45 A.M.:   NASA's Destination Tomorrow™ - Program 21 .  Tracking on the order from www.geeks.com one AP500W, 500w Power Supply, Pwr-ap500w, 500w Atx Power Supply Aluminum for $14 and two 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC UPS for $23.95 each plus with over $49 order with coupon "SHIP295", there is $2.95 ground shipping for $64.85 total is FedEx | Track .   I am going through my email.  CIO   

Note:<888> 06/20/06  Tuesday 8:10 A.M.:    I woke at 5 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I chatted with Microsoft 1-425-882-8080, and I chatted with their security team, since although I have seen a lot of people from Microsoft including a guy that looks like mailto:billg@microsoft.com whom also smoked cigarettes when I chatted with him.   It is the nature of tech people that they are focused on so many tech details, it is hard for them to get the point.   I explained to them they should hire our new resident from www.mit.edu , and since he worked on the Commodore computer, more than likely he might come up with a way to make something like a small Commodore computer web browsing machine that would sell for something in the neighborhood of $40 and be very user friendly to the general public.   Having worked around MIT when I was at Polaroid's research lab on Osborne Street, one never knows what they are working on.  The only thing that the MIT people ever talked to me about while I was at Polaroid's research laboratory was better paper chemistry for making better stereo speakers for KLH which was also a local Cambridge, Massachusetts company.   Our friend from www.mit.edu looks a bit like John Bolton, who may or may not have been Dr. West's of Polaroid, MIT, and Harvard fame whom started Polaroid with Dr. Land, and Dr. West was the head of the Optics department at Harvard and MIT while also consulting for Polaroid.    It they look similar and come from the same neck of the woods along the Charles River, perhaps they are related.  Since he is currently not in his laboratory environment, he is like a fish out of water.   Welcome to NASA.gov has a Space Shuttle launch soon NASA - Space Shuttle , so one should probably study the related links to the Shuttle Launch to know what areas to look at during launch day and during the flight.   Since basically www.nasa.gov is the U.S. government's largest science project, one should really pay more attention to what they do, since with their budget and expertise, as www.forbes.com said about rich people they just have more expensive toys, so obviously NASA is a very expensive research project with a lot of expertise, and they even keep close enough track of me that when I was down there in February 2006, they made sure I got a new sound card, although I had to pay for it myself.   I still feel like one of the old Heath Kit kids from down south in the old days, and since we have warmer weather around here, more than likely we have some of the NASA types visiting us in this area.  Like in everything it is what goes on behind the scenes NASA - Space Shuttle Behind the Scenes that makes a difference as opposed to what the up front public relations is all about.   To watch the NASA public channel NASA - NASA TV Landing Page .   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/19/06  Monday 7:15 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   There was a UPS delivery message the outside door of the building when I went out, so I guess I did not hear them when I was here.   I went out for my 4 P.M. appointment, and I saw the UPS truck, so I turned around, and I intercepted the UPS truck at Wendy's Do What Tastes Right - Wendys.com on  West Putnam Avenue, and I waited for the UPS driver to eat lunch, and he gave me the replacement power supply from www.directron.com .  I use to have a friend that worked at that Wendy's, but he got transferred to the Groton, Connecticut area as far as I know, if he is not hunting bull moose up in Canada.   I guess the UPS driver would know a reasonable place to eat in this area, and if one were in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut, it is an enjoyable 3/4 mile walk west from the top of Greenwich Avenue with all of the exotic car dealerships including a Welcome to McDonald's and a Dunkin' Donuts Coffee | Buy Coffee Beans Online, and I think the Old Panda Pavilion restaurant is now just west of Wendy's since the Chase Bank gobbled up the Panda Pavilion location at the Stop and Shop plaza.    In my research on Frederick Von Mierers http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm , there was a reference to someone with a similar name owning the Welcome to Target stores, so possibly since Helen Kress Williams' Kress family owned the Kress department stores, their financial advisors might have started up the Target stores.   With the Germans, it is hard to know, since they just do things, and never tell people what they are doing until after it happens.   I made it to my 4 P.M. appointment, and I saw someone that looks like my second cousin twice removed and his family, but he is at least 20 years younger.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I chatted with a relative.   I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed.   There is a Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .   Since I have visions of the President of the United States traveling homeless around the country with no funds but a debit card, I donated $1.28 to www.georgebush.com , so he could buy a cup of coffee some place he might happen to show up at where ever he happens to travel to.  Since he is a pilot, like all pilots, one never knows when they will drop in next.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I will eat two scoops of butter pecan ice cream before I go to bed.  CIO         

Note:<888> 06/19/06  Monday 2:55 P.M.:   I just put in a call to Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site (National Park Service) at Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site - Contact Us , and I worked the grape vine.   They do not know how they move those big potted palms in the front of the house from the green house to in front of the house in the summer.   I will have to keep an eye on my miniature palm to see how well it does inside during the summer.   I think the Roosevelt family are still in the coal mining business and the steamboat business and the Bank of New York business, but being in politics for so long, they might have forgot what their businesses were.  Of course John Jay's John Jay Homestead mother was from the Scott family of Manhattan, so probably they knew each other, and maybe the Scott family from Manhattan was related to the Scott family from Virginia, but after losing so many wars, we are left researching history as to why they think we don't exist anymore.   I tried calling the Jay homestead, but it was just an answering machine.   I checked with the BEDFORD, New York FREE LIBRARY , and they gave me the telephone number for the Katonah free library 1-914-232-3508 and the Bedford Historical Society 1-914-234-9751.   I chatted with the Katonah free library, and I asked them if there were any way to find out if John Jay's mother's Scott family were related to the Winfield Scott family in Virginia, since both families as original settlers might have had land grants from the same Scott family in England, but Scott is a very common name in the United Kingdom and Ireland, so they might not be related, but if they were both from the same town in England, they might be related.   The reason I am looking into it is that I have a bit of free time, and with the internet and free long distance telephone calling, it is easier to find out.   However, frequently records from the earliest days of European settlement in America are not available, but possibly they are still available in Europe.   I will now have to shut down the primary computer, and I will get ready and go out for my 4 P.M. appointment.   However, I am waiting for a UPS Package Tracking delivery, but usually on Mondays they arrive after 6 P.M..   I will now shut down the primary computer, and go out for my 4 P.M. appointment shortly before 4 P.M..   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/19/06  Monday 1:35 P.M.:   I went outside, and I checked the weather, and it looks like it might be up to 95 degrees today.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I picked up my mail.   The neighbor who is retired from the electronics business, thinks they should put in duct work from the Community Room which has ample air conditioning to air condition the hallways in the building, which I think would be a good idea.   I chatted with a relative, and I sent a fax to a relative, so we know the relative's fax machine works.   On the matriarchal side of the family, we have at least one successful relative Boven, Douglas G. , while the rest seem to be content to plant tulips in Holland, Michigan Holland Convention & Visitors Bureau , which is also where some of the wealthiest families in Chicago, Illinois also happen to vacation, when they can not afford vacations on the Ocean Coasts.  In Holland, Michigan which I last recall visiting around 1961 or maybe around 1969, as I recall it as cold as Maine, and Lake Michigan can be as rough as the ocean, but since Holland, Michigan is on the Eastern shore of Lake Michigan, if you love the sunsets in Key West, Florida, you also will enjoy the sunsets over Lake Michigan.   However, to stay warm, you need to know how to light the kerosene stove or whatever they still keep in the uninsulated cottage.   I think the Holland Furnace company Willard Library - Photographs from Battle Creek's History - Industries use to be there, and they use to make those big coal furnaces, such as they use to heat the Greenwich Country Club http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/Greenwich-Country-Club.jpg with before oil became plentiful, which currently it is not, so maybe they could figure out how to get the Holland Furnace company going again in the business of making coal furnaces, which do provide a nice even heat in the winter, if you happen to live up north in a big building that needs to be heated.   However, my family was not affiliated with them, but the Landware family that once lived here in Greenwich, and owned the Greenwich Radio station also owned the Holland Furnace company, and they put the first Beatles records in America on the Greenwich Radio station, when my father was given them by General Norman Ireland Smith during a trip to England at least a year before they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show.  General Norman Ireland Smith was a famous British General in Burma during World War II.  The Boven family were original settlers in Holland, Michigan area, so they were involved in a bit of everything from soup to nuts.  Granddad Boven ran a dry goods store or a millinery store, and I think they use to sell bolts of cloth and other sewing items, so possibly since the Bush family were in the same business as they were in the Midwest, we might have had contacts with them in the old days, before we lost touch with them.  CIO

Note:<888> 06/19/06  Monday 10:20 A.M.:   I opened up a 7 ounce box of frozen Armour maple flavored beef franks, which I put in a 10 inch skillet with three tablespoons of water on medium heat with lid, and I cooked them for 6 minutes stirring occasionally.   While doing that I mixed in a large metal bowl with whisk three extra large eggs in a mixing bowl with a teaspoon of olive oil, a teaspoon of Italian spices, a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese, and a couple of tablespoon of milk.  Once the sausages had cooked for six minutes, I removed the lid, and I let the rest of the water evaporate, and then I added a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, and I mixed in the egg mixture, which I scrambled around the sausages.   Once the scrambled eggs were cooked to about medium soft, I put the frying pan on a dinner plate to warm the dinner plate, and also while cooking the eggs, I toasted two English muffins which I put a small bit of olive oil on.   I put it all on the dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I called up Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (National Park Service) at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site - Contact Us to see if anyone there knew anything about http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm .   They gave me the telephone number for the Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York historical society, and I called them at 1-516-922-5032, and I left a message.  Before those two calls and my second breakfast, I also called Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West on their local number at 1-305-296-3535.   They must not be too busy, because they were very chatty for a change.   Greenwich, Connecticut has very nice entertainment facilities if you can afford them, but being 20 miles east of Manhattan, we frequently have bad air quality, plus with all of the vegetation, one can have allergy problems.   Key West because it is an island has very good air quality, and in the summer because of the Trade Winds, it supposedly does not get too hot, but I imagine it would be humid.   Since I have not been to Key West since February 1982, when it was 25 degrees below zero Fahrenheit in New York City, and it was very crowded down in south Florida, I am not sure what it is like today, but they tell me it has been improved, but they still have the risks of hurricanes http://mikelouisscott.com/weather.htm .  However, if one is homeless down there, and one survives the hurricane season, one will probably not die from exposure in Key West, Florida from being homeless during the winter.   Our newest resident here in Greenwich, Connecticut told me he has been homeless up north for eight years without going to shelters, and he is from Florida and educated at www.mit.edu so obviously he is more of a cold weather person these days.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/19/06  Monday 8:20 A.M.:   I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went downtown, and I chatted with the Scottish plant watering man a few times during my walk for the full length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I also chatted with the train station newspaper person.   I also chatted with the St. Moritz bakery baker.   I noticed the window of Katzenberg's food place just south of the post office seems to have been damaged.   I used the bathroom at Starbucks, and I chatted with their counter person.   I drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with grounds person from the Indian Harbor Yacht Club.    I then went by the Food Emporium, and I chatted with the Pepperidge Farm delivery person, and at 7 A.M. they opened, and I bought four 59 ounce clear plastic containers of Tropicana Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, a 12 pack of Thomas' English muffins for $1.99, and fresh Dole bananas at .69 a pound for $2.06 for $14.05 total.   I returned home, and I said "Good Morning" to some neighbors.   I put away the food.   I chatted with some relatives.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/19/06  Monday 3:15 A.M.:   Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .   There are a lot of people outside going about their business this time of year, particularly around the waterfront, so you are suppose to watch the weather, and if you can not use the internet to figure out the weather, you are no good at what you supposedly do.  CIO 

Note:<888> 06/19/06  Monday 3:00 A.M.:   I chatted with a relative about 10:30 P.M..   They have opened up the summer house in Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist .  Although the Bush family advertises itself a lot in my hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut and at a summer residence in Kennebunkport, Maine.   The Scotts are original European residents in both areas.   It is well documented that the Scott family had the original land grand for Virginia as well as Long Island and also a couple of farms in Manhattan, not to mention other neighboring properties such as Princeton, New Jersey.   Grandma Scott's maternal grandmother was a Davidson which is where we get the Rockefeller family look from, and Grandma Scott's father's family were the Gard family whom had the original land grand for the George's plantation up in Maine.   Grandma Boven's family on my mother's side of the family were from an area in the Netherlands near the German border before they arrived in Holland, Michigan, so we also have the Vanderbilt family look which a lot of people in the Netherlands also have.    I finally woke up at 1 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with an out of town security agency that speaks English.   In the old days in Manhattan we also use to have the Scottish Guard corporation, so they are probably still around in one form or the other.   I am making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I will now shower, and I will clean up, while I wait for the tea to steep before refrigerating.   I have the delivery today of the replacement order for my replacement order on the power supply from www.directron.com has shipped UPS Package Tracking .   I also have a 4 P.M. appointment today.   I will go out for a morning stroll once I have the tea in the refrigerator which would be in about an hour.   Usually on the morning walk, all one sees is a lot of garbage and delivery trucks, so it is not that glamorous.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/18/06  Sunday 11:00 A.M.:  Earlier, I ate half of a 16 ounce can of Planter's cocktail peanuts.   I will now depart this world of computers, and I will get a good day's sleep.   I think to save a bit on energy, I might set the air conditioner at 72 degrees Fahrenheit.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/18/06  Sunday 10:35 A.M.:   I relaxed a bit.   I went outside about 8 P.M., and I chatted with some neighbors.   I watched some television.   I chatted with a relative.   I ate some gum drops that I found in my closet when I was looking for some MiracleGro potting soil that I have not found yet.  I might have used it up when I revitalized the picas plant that I found freezing on Greenwich Avenue late one night on March 1, 2006, when it was only about 20 degrees Fahrenheit here, and I was worried about it freezing.   It is doing quite well today.   Of course I am use to cooler weather, and since the weather forecast is for it to go up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit here Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground and 95 in New York City today, I will be sitting by my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control made in South Korea, which I have set at 68 degrees Fahrenheit during the morning to cool down the apartment, before it gets too hot outside, and the afternoon sun hits my west facing windows over a black tar roof.   Whether I can afford it or not, I will have to see when I get my next www.cl-p.com bill.   Since we tend to be colder average temperature people over here on this side of town during the cold winter with less heat, unlike the High Energy people in the Big Bucks section of town, since we are use to colder temperatures, we have a harder time dealing with the warmer weather when it sets in for a couple of months.   One a limited budget in this area, it is better to be use to cooler temperatures than to warmer temperatures.   Of course many wealthy people die from boredom before they ever run out of any money.   Of course www.rbs.co.uk is allowed to print its own money, so up in Scotland, they never run out of money.  CIO  

Note:<888> 06/18/06  Sunday 7:15 A.M.:   Getty's List of Doubts Multiplies - Los Angeles Times .   When I returned home this morning the server was not working, and its motion detection program was not working off the server camera, so perhaps there was an intrusion into my apartment while I was out for a walk.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/18/06  Sunday 7:05 A.M.:   Tracking on the order from www.geeks.com one AP500W, 500w Power Supply, Pwr-ap500w, 500w Atx Power Supply Aluminum for $14 and two 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC UPS for $23.95 each plus with over $49 order with coupon "SHIP295", there is $2.95 ground shipping for $64.85 total is FedEx Express | Tracking | Results Detail .   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/18/06  Sunday 6:20 A.M.:   I slept until 10 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out.   I went by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $12 of self service premium unleaded gasoline at $3.559 a gallon for 52.9 miles driving this week at 15.7 miles per gallon at an average of 13 miles per hour.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station, and I sat out at various locations.   I chatted with a customer coming out of the wine bar beneath the Greenwich Financial Center.   Alas, although I am part French, and I have lived on the continent in Europe, where I enjoyed drinking my share of wine, if I started drinking wine here in Greenwich, Connecticut www.geico.com would not like it, and my computers probably would not function properly.   The Var Max liquor pantry Varmax Liquor Pantry, Inc-your online wine store: Welcome to Varmax and Var Max - Liquor Stores - Port Chester, NY - NEW YORK just west of me over the Connecticut New York border with a French wine family living nearby in Byram, Connecticut has a large selection of worldwide wines, and one use to be able to buy 1.5 liter bottles of Rene Junot of Valbon French white table wine there for about $4.99, which I considered a reasonable price for sipping white wine.   However, it does not show up in their catalog.   Since I worked in excellent French restaurants for about eight years, I developed a taste for French cooking, and I use to be able to enjoy a glass of wine to relax.   I continued my walk after chatting with the wine bar patron.   I chatted with a refugee from New Orleans outside the Ginger Man restaurant.   I drove down by the waterfront, and a few fishing people were there.   I chatted with our fellow Scotsman watering the plants on Greenwich Avenue.   I then returned home.  I put about 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a plastic microwave pot such as one use to be able to buy at Wal-Mart, and I put about an inch of water in it with lid, and I heated on one vegetable cycle in the General Electric microwave oven, and then I put in the Rubbermaid container with the left over rice from last night, and I heated it all on two more vegetable cycles, and then I heated just the rice on one reheat cycle.   I drained the water out of the vegetables, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.   While doing that I put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a six inch stick proof frying pan on the electric burner on medium high heat, and once it was hot, I put the remaining salmon pattie in the frying pan for about three minutes a side on medium electric heat, flipping it about every minute.  I put the salmon pattie and rice on a dinner plate, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I just heard something outside my apartment window, and it sounded like a bird hit the window.   I guess I should investigate.  The Official Web Site Of The 2006 U.S. Open is happening at the nearby Winged Foot country club.   Alas I do not go to New York, unless it is a dire emergency, and I try to be user friendly to my home state of Connecticut.  CIO

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 4:30 P.M.:   I went outside, and I sat out for a while.   I walked around the building.   I chatted with some neighbors.   I picked up my grocery store circulars in the mail.   CNN.com - Queen marks 80th birthday, again - Jun 17, 2006 .  BBC NEWS | UK | Gunshot tribute at Royal parade .  I ate two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 3:15 P.M.:   I finished the Microsoft Vista beta 2 backup to DVD of my primary computer system both first hard primary partitions.   For the 60.9 gigabyte backup, it took 9 DVD -r disks, which would be about which would be about 6.766 gigabytes to a DVD-r disk.   I also burned another copy of the Microsoft Vista beta 2.   I split the ten DVDs in jewel cases into two stacks of 5, and I secure each stack with two broccoli rubber bands, and I put each stack in a zip lock sandwich bag.   I then put them in my Firesafe security box, which I keep in the usual secure location.   I had to take out some old CD/r disks to make room for the new backup.   I put them on the CD/r disks that I took out on the right bedroom hutch shelf with other disks.   I figure a good DVD backup every six months is worth it, since it saves a lot of time, if one has to reconstruct and operating system, which in my case if both hard drives failed, I would lose my computer backups, so I now have fixed media backups.  Thus the DVD backup cost me $4.50 and .50 for the second Vista beta 2 copy for $5 total and the cost of the zip lock bags and the broccoli rubber bands come with the broccoli for free.  Yesterday, I charged up the 2.5 million watt rechargeable lantern, which I never use.   I guess I could take out some night and signal Long Island from Steamboat Road that people still live out here in the north country.   The people on Long Island tend to be a warmer weather group of people since the weather out there runs about 10 degrees warmer in the winter than here, since it is surrounded by water, but also there is about a 10 times higher population density, and there tend to be some very Anglophile communities out there to.  I use to see a lot more fair haired people out there than I ever see around here.   I will now check my mail and take a break outside.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 11:15 A.M.:  I finished the Vista beta 2 backup of the entire primary computer system.   I could do a Vista beta 2 DVD backup, but at 60.9 gigabyte for both partitions, it would be about 60.9 gigabytes divided by 4.7 gigabytes to a DVD disk or about 13 DVD disks that as I recall I paid about $15 for 50 DVD +r disks in April 2006 or .30 cents a DVD disk, or in other words it would cost me $3.90 cents to make an entire system backup to DVD.   I think I can afford to do that just to be on the safe side, and I have jewel cases to put them in that cost about .20 apiece, so 13 of them would be $2.60, but they can be reused, so to make a complete DVD backup would cost me $6.50.   However, the Vista beta 2 is a beta backup program, and I already have the primary computer hard drive partition backed up to DVD, so I do not know if it is necessary or not.   I will have to think about it.   I need to clean up some of my recent favorites, which I forgot to do before the earlier backups.   I chatted with a relative whom finances my computer activity, and the relative is distressed at me spending money that I really can not afford, but I think it is important to keep up my volunteer activity, since it is cheaper to communicate than to pay for other forms of professional help, such as lawyers and family advisors.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 9:20 A.M.:    I finished the ASR backup.   I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I sat out for a while enjoying the morning air.   I will now do a Microsoft Vista beta 2 backup of my entire primary computer system.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 7:10 A.M.:   I will now run some system utilities, and then I will do a Windows XP Professional Automatic System Recovery backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.   CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/17/06:

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 6:40 A.M.:   I finished going through my email.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 6:25 A.M.:   I was awaken this past evening by the sound of a beeper with a Startrek "Beam Me Up" sounds, so perhaps the crew of the Startrek Enterprize are playing tricks with our old old fashioned computer systems again.   As far as I know I do not have a beeper in my apartment.  SD Times - Gates to Step Down From Day-to-Day Role .  Gates To Quit Microsoft For World's Sake - Forbes.com .   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 6:00 A.M.:   CRN | Microsoft, Ray Ozzie | Ozzie Speaks On Microsoft Transition  .   Microsoft Lieutenants Look Ahead, Hoping to Avoid Other Companies' Mistakes - New York Times .    Tracking on the order for two eBay: BELKIN F9M520-08 SURGE PROTECTOR 5 PORT (item 9736316217 end time Jul-03-06 13:23:07 PDT) for $9.95 each and $22.90 Standard Flat Rate Shipping for both or $12.95 for one and $9.95 for the second for $42.80 total is DHL: Track (By number) "16626209154".   Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 Keyboard and Mouse Set Microsoft B7T-00020 6000 .  Spypen QX-O 1.3MP Lighter Style Digital Camera SpyPen 0056 SPYPENQX-O .  I ordered from www.geeks.com one AP500W, 500w Power Supply, Pwr-ap500w, 500w Atx Power Supply Aluminum for $14 and two 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC UPS for $23.95 each plus with over $49 order with coupon "SHIP295", there is $2.95 ground shipping for $64.85 total.   The shipping normally would have been $27 alone, so I saved $24 on shipping to make it a bargain.  CIO

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 4:15 A.M.:    I opened a 14.75 ounce can of Bumble Bee Alaska pink salmon, and I rinsed it with its opened lid on underneath cold water, and I drained out the water.   I then put the salmon on a plate, and I picked out the bones.   I then put the salmon in the CuisineArt with a cracked raw egg and two tablespoons of Progresso Italian bread crumbs and one teaspoons of parsley and a quarter of a teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning.   I then mixed it all together with the CuisineArt.   I then shaped the mixture into two five inch diameter patties about 1.25 inches thick.  I refrigerated one in a Rubbermaid container.   I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe , which I also added two chicken bouillon cubes to.   I put about 1.5 cups of brocolli crowns and baby carrots on a steamer tray in a Revere copper pot with lid, and I steamed it for 15 minutes on medium electric burner heat.  I also put about two tablespoons of olive oil in a 7 inch diameter stick proof frying pan, and I heated it on medium high electric heat.   Once the fat began to simmer, I added the salmon pattie, and I cooked it for three  minutes a side on medium to medium high electric burner heat.   I then drained the water out of the vegetables, and I put it in a bowl with a small bit of olive.   I then put the cooked salmon pattie on a dinner plate with one half of the rice, and I put the rest of the rice in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will now go through my email from the last two days.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/17/06  Saturday 3:00 A.M.:   I woke up at 8 P.M..   I chatted with two relatives.   I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I chatted with a friend.   I then showered, and I cleaned up.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I stopped by the Crown movie theatre complex, and I chatted with their manager about the movie business.   I told them on some Sunday night when it is slow, they should show the movie "A Million Years B.C." which is sort of a cult classic for those whom visit Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.   I mentioned in the 1970s, the Dupont family had money in Europe which they did not want to pay taxes on in the United States, so they made the Spaghetti Westerns in Spain with their foreign profits, and brought the film negatives back to the United States and distributed the movies to repatriate their profits.   Thus Clint Eastwood is sort of a DuPont family employee.   I also mentioned that Jan Claud Van Dam being Dutch had a little bit of my look until I got older, and I had seen him around here until he moved to Monte Carlo, and he use to walk a white German Shepard around here, like the one I use to walk in Manhattan, so I noticed him, but he is only 5 foot 8 inches tall, so we do not look exactly alike.   There were lots of young people out pub crawling celebrating Queen Elizabeth's official 80th birthday.  Nothing on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/ , about it yet, so I guess they are sleeping late today.   I think they are about five hours ahead of us, so I guess the event of the trooping of the color would be about 11 A.M. their time or 6 A.M. our time, but I am not sure if England uses daylight savings time or not.  Another royal is having problems BBC NEWS | Europe | Son of Italy's last king arrested .   After my walk, I drove down by the waterfront, and there was only one fisherman.   I then returned home.  I stopped by the Shell station on West Putnam Avenue briefly.   I then returned home.   I chatted with a neighbor briefly on the way in.   I picked up my mail.   CIO                

Note:<888> 06/16/06  Friday 1:35 P.M.:   I am tired, I will not go through my email now.  I found my grounding strap tangled up in my Plantronics headset telephone cord to the left of my primary computer.  Instead of putting it in the tool kit underneath the dining table to the left of the computer, I left it on top of the file stand on the dining table.   I bought my Mongoose.com bike Amazon.com: Mongoose Inland 26-Inch Dual Suspension Mountain Bike: Sports & Outdoors for $10 more than it is now.   It came from www.pacific-cycle.com shipped out of Kentucky via Amazon.  I just registered it at Mongoose.   I can not find a serial number, so I put in the model number and date.    I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/16/06  Friday 12:10 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a 6 volt lantern bulb with screw threads for $1.50.   I stopped by CVS briefly.   I chatted with a local resident whom went to www.mit.edu and had 800 on his SAT math scores and worked in developing the original Commodore Computer.   After living in 45 different areas in America and the Netherlands he is visiting our town and thinking about starting up another computer company.   I told him my perspective about trying to start up a computer company.   Quite frankly we have one big computer company around here www.ibm.com that seems to gobble up all of the other computer companies, and it does not leave much room for the competition.  Anyway I gave the visitor some of my business insights, and I mentioned if he knew about one Economist on his business plan, he did not need to know anyone else.   After chatting for about an hour, I gave my parking spot to the hotdog truck, and I drove down by the waterfront.  Only one fisherman was there.  I then returned to the quieter side of town.   I put the brighter lantern bulb in the rear tail light assembly of my Mongoose bicycle light.   I put the one I took out in the bag on the dining table with the other spare bike lights.  I vacuumed the apartment, so it is all cleaned up for the day.   I will now go through my email, but first I will eat two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.  CIO  

Note:<888> 06/16/06  Friday 5:55 A.M.:   I opened a 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed it underneath cold water pressing the lid a few times.  I then flaked it in a bowl with a fork, and I added two large tablespoons of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together.   I took four pieces of bread, and I put the tuna mixture on two pieces of the bread, and I put the top sides on the tuna sandwiches, and I cut them in half cross wise.  I ate the sandwiches  with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/16/06  Friday 5:00 A.M.:   I did some research, and I figured I could use at least one and possibly two more control panels for my extra electronics on the primary computer, so I ordered two eBay: BELKIN F9M520-08 SURGE PROTECTOR 5 PORT (item 9736316217 end time Jul-03-06 13:23:07 PDT) for $9.95 each and $22.90 Standard Flat Rate Shipping for both or $12.95 for one and $9.95 for the second for $42.80 total.   They usually sell for $32 each plus shipping or more.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/16/06  Friday 3:45 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of Arnold  Healthnut bread for $1.59.   I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   They are still trying to sell the 20 year old Schwinn Traveler bicycle that I gave them last weekend for $40, but I only paid $10 for it there at half price a year ago, but I did clean it up a bit.   I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and I saw lots of people on Greenwich Avenue enjoying the summer day.   I noticed at the First Presbyterian Church at the top of Greenwich Avenue they have a crane there erecting the steel work for their new building.   Supposedly they have 600 family members.  I then returned home, and I went to bed at 4 P.M., after eating two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.   I woke up at 11 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I then did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I still have to do the vacuuming.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.   I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 12:50 P.M.:  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors and the building custodian.   I picked up my mail.  I microwaved and ate a 7 ounce Banquet chicken pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up.   I have a 3 P.M. appointment.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 11:55 A.M.:   Instead of disconnecting the Lexmark X85, I moved it to the right side of the primary computer, and I set the Visioneer 4400 scanner on top of it.   If one needs to use it off the server, one can move the Visioneer 4400 to on top of the Lexmark E238 laser printer.   Thus I will not be donating it to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.   I printed out the DNS information for my server, just so I have two hard copies of that information.   I will now go downstairs and check the mail briefly.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 10:45 A.M.:  I took the old Lexmark X85 all purpose fax, printer, scanner of the lazy Susans on the window shelf connected to the server, and I put the 7 foot tall miniature palm on top of the lazy Susans, so it is now on the window shelf where it once was, and it gets more light.  However, it might be a bit cold in the winter, but we will wait until winter to see.    I will donate the Lexmark X85 to the hospital thrift shop.  It needs ink cartridges, but it is still good for faxing and scanning.  Its software is available on the internet.   I will now uninstall its software from the server.   I have two scanners hooked up to the primary computer along with one hooked up to the bedroom computer, so I do not really need it, and I do not have room for it.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 9:55 A.M.:   CNN.com - Hawking: Space key to human survival - Jun 14, 2006 .   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 9:35 A.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   A friend of mine whose family is like my family having lived here for 400 years is more expert in the area, since they have continually lived in this area for 400 years, and since he worked outside landscaping he knows lots more about what happens outside.   Anyway Lyme Disease is still around here from Deer ticks, because the local friend of mine came down with Lyme Disease for the fourth time in three years.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 9:10 A.M.:   I woke up at 6:30 A.M. this morning when a friend called.   The friend had more memory put in his laptop computer, so it works better.   One of my many friends that actually lives in Connecticut instead of New York is Richard Van Marter at Country Living Associates Country Living Associates Real Estate in Wilton, Connecticut.    However, since I lived in New York City for a number of years, and since I live right on the New York border, I tend to have more friends in New York who always come over here and hood wink trying to steal whatever business they think I have that is so profitable.   We get such large numbers of New Yorkers here, and even Richard is really a New Yorker, it is hard to tell if anyone here is actually from Connecticut or not.   Everyone is afraid to go over to North Terrytown, New York where some rich republicans live, since it is awfully hard keeping up with them.  It is worse than keeping up with the Jones.   From what I can tell, some established people from this New York area seem to be spending more time down south, since a lot of the wealthy Old Guard seem to prefer the warmer weather and have investments down there.   Until we get a new injection of funds into the local economy from the our southern visitors or New York neighbors, we are left over here at Flanders Farm working on the keyboard.   All of my computer systems of various vintage, seem to be up and running just fine.   I am not sure how well the miniature 7 foot tall palm tree will do in my apartment, since it does not get much light inside.   I think if it does not do well, they have a green house at the town green house that might take it.   Still it contributes to the atmosphere of my Key West, Florida apartment in Greenwich, Connecticut, or what I call the Florida embassy in Greenwich, Connecticut.   However, since it is such a complex apartment communications setup, I spend most of my time here myself, since I do not want the communications equipment disturbed by individuals whom may not be familiar with it.   Florida people since it is a warmer climate actually spend more time outside, particularly when it is warm.    Also when it is hot down south, a lot of them sleep all day inside in the air conditioning and go outside in the evenings when it is cooler.   Having lived around so many Florida people and a lot of their native Hispanic community and knowing what an old world country Spain is, I frequently feel like the Viceroy of Spain living in the Western Hemisphere, but I only know a few words of Spanish and a lot of English, so maybe I am the English ambassador to the Western Hemisphere.  I do not have any Spanish flags in my apartment, but I have a couple of British Union Jacks, so more than likely when some Limeys get hot in a few days, they might wish they had a cooler refuge from the heat.   Of course up in Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist this time of year, it is still cooler, so more than likely we might have visitors in this former Bush family home town whom also live down south and whom also go further north to Kennebunkport, Maine.   Southern people since they live where the food is produced and where it is also cheaper tend to eat better food by our standards, but even in Florida one relative thinks I drink too much orange juice in the morning.   Of course people in a warmer climate do not need as much body fat depending on how thin their blood is.   I just ate two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.  I will now do a little bit of regular computer and internet work.   I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.   Michael Louis Scott Tropical Weather , there is a lot of hurricane information, but for a look into what might happen two weeks ahead of time, I study NRL Monterey Satellite Photos to look for any developing hurricanes over the Atlantic.   Since a lot of Florida people are high tech, but since when they take off traveling in the hotter period down there, they may or may not have their high tech equipment with them.    Since they do not network with me, they must have alternative sources such as the www.ibm.com computer equipment in the Greenwich Library on days that it is opened.   I think the Stamford, Connecticut Ferguson library also has internet access.   I suppose since I run my apartment like a limited budget research laboratory, some people are curious as to what I actually do with all of the computer equipment.   It takes quite a bit of time to maintain it, and also one can spend quite a bit of time reading the computer technology information available on the internet when one has free time.  If you want to watch California television on the internet TVU Player - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com this will let you see what they are watching on the television on the West Coast.   Since besides Hollywood types out west, there are suppose to be some high tech types, we sometimes see some of them around here in the warmer weather.   However, the west coast types tend to be thinner in the warmer weather, and they tend to not like cigarette smokers, so they seem to avoid me whenever they see me around looking like Bubba the Beached Whale.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 2:30 A.M.:   Merapi Volcano Links Java Indonesia .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 2:10 A.M.:   CNN.com - Indonesia volcano eruption traps two - Jun 14, 2006 .    I went through my email.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 1:50 A.M.:   I ate the last 4 ounces of Planter's cocktail peanuts in the opened can.   I took a metal mixing bowl, and I broke three large eggs in it, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk, 1/4 teaspoon of Italian spices, a teaspoon of olive oil, and a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese.   I whisked it all together with a whisk.    I then put a few tablespoons of olive oil in a 10 inch stick proof frying pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat burner on the stove.  Once the olive oil was heated, I put in the 10 sausage links from a frozen 8 ounce package of Jone's Welcome to Jones Dairy Farm! spicy breakfast sausages, and I heated them for five minutes, moving the pan frequently to rotate the sausages.   I then added the egg mixture, which I let cook for about four minutes, mixing it the last minute to become scrambled eggs with cooked breakfast sausages.   When I put the egg mixture in, I started toasting two pieces of bread.  Once the scrambled eggs and sausages were cooked, I put the frying pan on the dinner plate to warm it a bit, and I then slid the eggs and sausages on the dinner plate, and I put some olive oil on the two pieces of toast, and I cut them in half on the diagonal, and I put them on the dinner plate, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/15/06  Thursday 12:35 A.M.:   I went to bed about noon after the last message.   I had a telephone call from a relative about 3 P.M..   I woke up at 6 P.M..   I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I went outside, and they have removed the 7 foot tall miniature palm tree from the community room that I had donated and place it outside my apartment in their redecorating scheme.    I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I place the 7 foot tall miniature palm along side my sitting chair at the near end of the sitting area in the living room sitting on the round drainage tray.   I loosened the dirt in it, and I put in a quart of water.   I bought some Miracle Gro potting soil last spring, but I can not seem to find it, so I must have used it on the other plants.   On the Northgate Syntax backup computer, I reinstalled XP Professional, and then the SP2 update, and then I installed the Syntax motherboard drivers along with the USB 2.0 drivers, and when I tried restoring my ASR backup from the Maxtor external hard drive, it took less time with USB 2.0 about 45 minutes, and after I restored the backup, I rebooted, and it rebooted and worked just fine without any problems.   I installed the Kingsington wireless mouse and keyboard drivers.   I installed a second LAN cable on the onboard LAN, so it has too LAN cables.   Technically it could be used for a backup server, it I updated the copy of its server files.   It is working just fine, and I ran Norton Win Doctor 2003 and did a system restore backup, and then I shut it down.   I have the XP updates set to prompt me before downloading and installing.   I chatted with a friend. http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/7-foot-tall-minature-palm-tree-in-mike-scott-living-room-061506.JPG .  CIO

Note:<888> 06/14/06  Wednesday 11:15 A.M.:  I can not get the Northgate Syntax backup computer to boot with the restored backup.   I will leave it as is for now, and after I get some rest today, I will work on it later on.  Technically it should work, and it did not prompt me for files this time when I restored the backup.   All I can figure out is that it is a hardware conflict possibly with the onboard video.   Later on today, I could try sticking in a PCI card to see if it boots with that.   That is all that I can think of.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed.   I am a bit tired.   At the moment, I would rather not waste my time having to reconfigure it all over again.   It seems strange that computers have problems, when I hardly use them, and I just use them for backup.   Whatever, the case a certain group of investigators are not amused.   Possibly it is something else that I have not thought up, since I am quite tired.   Each system has its own peculiar features.   I could give up on trying to configure it, which is not worth it unless I can have a workable backup of it, and I could just leave a plain XP installation on it, or I could configure it with Linux for the local group of IBM nut cases.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/14/06  Wednesday 9:55 A.M.:   I went outside after the last message.   I emptied the two outside ashtrays.   I am still trying to get the Northgate Syntax backup computer restored.    The first time during the restore, I was prompted to reinstall certain system files, which I did not do, and the system did not work when I rebooted.   This time I will reinstall the system files when prompted.  Using the restore from an ASR backup does not always restore the files, since certain files can not be overwritten on an existing system.   There might be a USB driver for the F6 prompt doing an ASR restore, but I can not find it.   Since XP installs USB drivers, and since XP recognizes the external USB hard drive during installation it seems peculiar it does not recognize the USB hard drive after reboot when prompting for the ASR media.   It might be a peculiarity of the older Northgate Syntax system.   I know there is not a DOS USB option on the Northgate Syntax motherboard bios, which my two newer systems have enabled.  That might be the missing feature.   It will take another 1.5 hours to do the restore since it is a slower system.   I am getting tried, but I will try to stay up until after the restore is completed to see if the Northgate Syntax system boots properly.   This is what I call "Mickey Mouse" maintenance.   It is sort of like maintaining 20 year old Mercedes years ago, because that is all we could afford.   Thus from my viewpoint locally on this side of town, we are light years behind the mainstream community which claim they are more high tech because they have more modern devices.   However, the Northgate Syntax computer is only a three year old system, and if I put more memory in it when I can afford it, it would run a lot faster.  It currently has 256 megs of 233 MHz memory, and I could take the other 512 megs of 233 MHz memory out of the server, and put in the Northgate System, and I could put two 512 meg 400 MHz or 3200 memory chips in the server.   This is about the cheapest deal on memory that I can find ClubIT Product - Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184-pin DDR400 , but two sticks would be $84, and I think for $83 this is available today only Kingston ValueRAM 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail at Newegg.com .   However, since the Northgate Syntax computer is only a backup computer, there is no rush on it, since memory for it will only get cheaper.  CIO      

Note:<888> 06/14/06  Wednesday 6:20 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Early web-spinner found in amber . BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | North East/N Isles | New mountain species discovered .   Looks like the first hurricane of the season is heading right for Scotland Tropical Depression ALBERTO 5 day tracking .  I once heard a story years ago after another hurricane went by Scotland, they saw a Pelican on the St. Andrews golf course.      

Note:<888> 06/14/06  Wednesday 5:50 A.M.:  The Northgate Syntax backup computer started acting a little buggy when I installed the updates yesterday evening, so I am now restoring the Maxtor external hard drive backup of it.   XP does not recognize the USB external hard drive on a ASR install, so one has to do a complete install to get XP and plug and play and the USB external hard drive working before one does the ASR restore.   However, on my primary computer and the server the ASR option with the external USB hard drive works, so I guess the older Northgate Syntax computer does not have some of the advanced USB features to do it more quickly.   As I have said many times before, I do more systems maintenance than actually using the computers.   It is like maintaining a garage full used cars.   However, with my arthritis I would not want to be maintaining used cars, so the used computers are easier on my arthritis, but they are harder on the eyes.   The fellow I chatted with this past evening looked like Jimmy Eldert who also lives where he once lived, so since Jimmy looked a bit like me, maybe the fellow I chatted with whom looks thin like I did when I first returned to Greenwich from traveling might also possibly be a distant relative.   He has that same Flemish look that a lot of my relatives and friends have which is really not that common on this side of the pond.   I told him about Flanders Farm over in this neck of the woods.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/14/06  Wednesday 3:15 A.M.:   The replacement order for my replacement order on the power supply from www.directron.com has shipped UPS Package Tracking here next Monday.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/14/06  Wednesday 3:05 A.M.:   I ate four ounces of cocktail peanuts and two scoops of butter pecan ice cream with some iced tea.   Now back to computer activity.   There is no money in computer activity in this neck of the woods, unless one is able to use them for some sort of profitable activity like financial investing.   They do not pay people for reading the news off computers.   Generally the news does not tell people how to make money, since other people would start making money off the tips, and it would be less profitable.   Basically one needs a commodity to sell at a profit that people are willing to pay money for.   Once one gets away from the hype of advertising in this area, people tend to know what goods and services are really worth, and they know what to pay for them at a fair market price.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/14/06  Wednesday 2:30 A.M.:   I went out after the last note.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   After my walk, I chatted with a new resident from Florida and California whom has spent the last eight years exploring America, and whom also has a degree from www.mit.edu , so more than likely he knows something about technology, and if he decides to stay here, he will more than likely be useful in the community.   Whether or not he will get use to the colder winters is up to him to decide.   I chatted briefly about my back ground in computers.    I next drove down by the waterfront.   I then returned home.  I reheated on four reheat cycles of the General Electric Microwave oven the spaghetti and tomato clam sauce left over from last night, and I put it on a dinner plate with a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I booted the computer, and I got the blue screen of death, and then I rebooted again with success.   I figured that when I installed the new XP updates, I also installed the "Security Update for Windows XP (KB908531) which conflicts with my HP drivers and apps that load, so I uninstalled it, and the system once again boots just fine.  I reinstalled the Gigabyte onboard audio drivers and programs.   I ran Norton WinDoctor 2003, and I did a System Restore backup.   I will now go through my email.   The internet has been a bit slow recently with the Vista beta two 3.5 gigabyte download, the World Cup, and the XP updates, but it would be worse if it were not for children out of school and people on vacation.   Downtown Greenwich was quite busy this past evening with lots of people out doing their usual thing on a summer's evening.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 8:30 P.M.:   After breakfast I made my bed, and I washed the dishes.   I chatted with a friend.   I threw out some garbage, and I said hello to some neighbors.   They have set up four new round tables and 12 blue upholstered chairs in the community room, and they have some more chairs, they need to set up.   They have taken out the television and the television cabinet.   The community room is air conditioned, so on a hot days it tends to be comfortable.  I chatted with a relative.   It is suppose to hotter around here at the beginning of next week, so be sure your air conditioners work.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.    With the higher prices of fuel around here, it is really not too busy downtown, since many of the people from the neighboring areas are not showing up.   I feel a bit like the Maytag repairman, but trust me, the computers actually do not maintain themselves, and it takes a lot of time to maintain them.    If I had money, I think I would hire a Finnish assistant, since the Finns are suppose to be the best at maintaining and running home computer  networks.  CIO  

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 6:30 P.M.:   I had a telephone call at 3 P.M. from a friend.   I did not say much because I was still asleep.   I woke up at about 4 P.M..  I installed the Windows Updates on all six computers.   They all seem to be running fine.   On the primary computer, I moved the Microsoft wireless mouse and keyboard base unit to the keyboard drawer just beneath the left rear of the keyboard, so it has a stronger signal.    It says in the help that the mouse should not be on a metal surface like I have it on top of my CPU case, but that is the only available spot.   I do have it sitting on two mouse pads, so it is insulated from the metal CPU case.   It all seems to be running fine.   I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  CIO   

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 6:45 A.M.:  Queen Elizabeth II's Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy Official Birthday  Celebrating The Queen's 80th birthday > Trooping the Colour, 17 June 2006 , and you can wish her Happy Official 80th birthday Celebrating The Queen's 80th Birthday > Homepage at this contact page Buckingham Palace Contact Us or Email the Queen at Contact us > Send a message online .   Thus with worldwide communications through the internet, the Queen gets a lot more communications than in the old days, when their hobby of collecting stamps delivered them a lot more postage stamps for their collection.  The BBC BBC NEWS | News Front Page will be covering the event, and they should have live coverage and video of the event.  BBC NEWS | Technology | Windows gets big security update .    The patches are not yet available.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I hope all of the daytime people have a good time.   CIO       

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 5:30 A.M.:   I ate one third of a 16 ounce can of Planter's cocktail peanuts.   I have noticed recently all of the higher cholesterol food in the Stop and Shop seems to be cheaper.    For regular waterfront observers, I have the tide chart links on the bottom of my two homepages http://mikelouisscott.com and http://geocities.com/mikelscott/ .  I will not be running my home server when I am up in Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist starting July 7, 2006.  However, I will take my Toshiba laptop up with me, and it has a wifi card, and I also have a USB wifi device that I could use with it or the IBM Netvista that I left up there last year.   I could post my web log at the Geocities web site.   Since I am on a limited budget, it is cheaper to be on a night schedule.   I could have ridden my bicycle tonight, since there was so little traffic out, but I am not sure I am in that good enough shape to ride it, but I still manage to make it walking around downtown, when one does not have to pay to park.   Maine Harbors also has all of the New England tide charts.   From what I know it seems slow around here with the higher prices of fuel, but at rush hour it is still busy since people still have to commute to work.   I have seen younger workers carpooling, but from what I can tell, the area is managing to get buy off its profits in the financial community despite the higher prices of fuel.  If you need to call up members of the Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy to have someone to speak English with their telephone numbers are available here British Royal Family Contact Us , but with Net2Phone overseas to London, England it is 4.9 cents a minute.    Since one of their main activities is thousands of different charities, they will probably want you to donate to some charity of your choosing world wide.   However, I have always believed charity begins at home.    Since they have a bigger budget than I do it, I suppose if they needed to chat with me about the weather, they could afford to call me up.   Since they obviously have an extensive network here in America, and since they have visited here and worldwide, more than likely their viewpoint is more worldly.    However, Scottish pragmatism tends to be universal.   I read recently that the United Kingdom imports 86% off all the items and goods that its consumes, so they are very dependent on the import businesses that bring all of the goods and import items into their country.   Thus they must be quite organized in the managing and distribution of those items, and more than likely they buy them cheapest at their source.    However, from what I can tell, it is suppose to be more expensive over there, so when they come here, they find it less expensive.   Since I try to be an Anglophile Dutch United States citizen from the Midwest, my viewpoint is frequently different from my neighbors.   You have to admit after 5 million words, I have made an attempt to communicate and sort out internet information, but I suppose since I sit almost on top of the Trans Atlantic telephone cable, the internet from overseas works faster for me than for others on either end of the line at more remote locations.   It is important to keep up good communications, since the penny press does not cover lesser individuals and lesser events.   I also have relatives whom have lived overseas like myself along with relatives whom travel, so the internet gives them an insight into my sedentary way of life here in the suburbs of Manhattan.   We are not an academic community, but a great many of our local citizens are well educated and well traveled.   From what I can tell, the local population from the west coast is still trying to figure out why we are not overwhelmed by their media, but I suppose after having read so much over the years, I think I have heard it all before.   Although they might try to be Politically Correct, that does not always help pay the bills.    In other words, I am doing better on my meager stipend here than trying to deal with the diverse viewpoints of nearby Manhattan which usually reflect other nearby suburbs where other people have slightly different viewpoints.   Having been on the internet for many years looking at the British Press frequently, it is my viewpoint that the British Royal family work quite hard at their family firm, and their people appreciate their efforts on their behalf, despite the fact that the American press does not cover them very much, since we are a democracy here, and most people frown on monarchies.   Whatever the case I live here, but I do keep communications open.    Since I am not a church going Church of England attendee, I am probably out of touch with our local anglophile group where ever they are having tea.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 4:35 A.M.:  I did some regular internet work.   Earlier I ate two scoops of butter pecan ice cream.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 3:50 A.M.:   I posted some pictures

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.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 2:40 A.M.:   Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat | CNET News.com .  Malicious Software Removal Tool .  Google Earth - Home . Global Volcanism Program | Volcanoes of the World | Global Volcano Lists | Google Earth Placemarks .   I went through my email.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/13/06  Tuesday 1:55 A.M.:   I chatted with a relative before going out.  I went out after the last message.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area and the Rolls Royce area.   At the Carriage House Motor Cars CARRIAGE HOUSE MOTOR CARS Greenwich.CT Ferrari Bentley Rolls Royce across from the train station , they sell Rolls Royces, Ferraris, Bentleys and they have on display a few vintage cars.   I sat out at various locations.   After my walk I drove down by the waterfront.   There was a solitary fisherman down there.   I then returned back to my apartment.   Along the way, I chatted with a local Scottish gardener watering the hanging plants downtown.   Thus I am not the only Scottish person awake at night.   The Scottish gardener has been up to Scotland three times this year and plans to retire there.   However, if you earn over $35,000 a year there, they tax you.   I have read on the internet that retired Scottish people get free heating in their retirement.   It is very quiet out downtown and not much is happening.   I guess most people prefer to be on a daytime schedule.   I have lost a few pounds, and I currently weigh 197.5 pounds, but I still have the pot belly, since I am thinned bone.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 11:00 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.  I boiled three quarts of water with  a teaspoon of olive oil and a dash of sea salt.   I then boiled for 10 minutes a 16 ounce package of Ronzoni #9 thin spaghetti noodles.   I then drained the water with a colander into another pot, and I threw the hot water down the bathroom sink to clean out my shaving soap scum.  During the last five minutes of the boiling, I mixed the contents of a 26 ounce jar of Barilla Puttanesca green and black olive tomato sauce in a large  measuring cup with the contents including liquid of a 6.5 ounce can of Snow's chopped clams, and I reheated half of the clam sauce in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid in the General Electric microwave oven on the reheat cycle twice.  I put half of the cooked spaghetti noodles in a flat Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator, and the other half I put on a dinner plate with the heated clam tomato sauce and a few of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I put the remaining clam sauce back in the jar in the refrigerator.   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.   I noticed the outer front sliding door was opening and closing repeatedly, so I turned it off from the inside upper left corner with it opened.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air.  I put the Microsoft keyboard and mouse CD on top of the CD rack in the bedroom in a jewel case.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 9:20 P.M.:   The Microsoft keyboard and mouse set arrived shortly after the last message.   I have it all setup on the primary computer in both the XP and the Vista beta 2 partitions.   One has to use an older keyboard and mouse to boot the systems and first install the Microsoft mouse and keyboard software before connecting the new devices after shutdown and then connect and then reboot.   I have the Logitech Wireless optical mouse and wireless keyboard connected up to the server with its drivers and software, so the server now has the keyboard encryption feature.   However, the Microsoft keyboard and mouse are suppose to have better wireless connectivity with over 64,000 channels, so one does not get interference.   I put the Logitech wireless headset back on top of the primary computer CPU.   I also put the Microsoft base unit on the coffee table next to the power strip below and between the two monitors, so it is at least 8 inches from the monitors and CPU.   It has a six foot range.   I connected the Kensington wireless mouse and keyboard to the Northgate Syntax backup computer.   I connected the Logitech cordless mouse to the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom.   I connected the Emachines internet keyboard to the Dell V350 computer in the bedroom.   I installed some updates on the backup computers.   Thus all systems are go.   The new Microsoft laser mouse has a magnifying features where one can magnify sections of web pages or desktop programs with the laser mouse.   I left the instructions on the file stand on the dining table, and the Microsoft box and shipping box are on the back of the down sofa, and I will store in the bedroom later on.  Justdeals provides a 30 day warranty on the Microsoft kit, but I assume Microsoft also provides a longer warranty, since it is new item, and not refurbished.  I connected the laser mouse to my USB 2.0 four port device, which I had to place beneath the keyboard, since the wires to the base unit split only about a foot apart between the keyboard plug and the mouse USB plug.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 5:30 P.M.:   I was awake at 3:30 P.M..  I had someone call asking for the woman of the house.   I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I am waiting for the order for  JustDeals.us B7T-00020: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 Ergonomic Keyboard & Cordless Mouse or Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 that I won it for $36.02 plus $11.95 shipping for $47.97 total or 2 cents more than one can buy it online for with free shipping, the tracking is UPS Package Tracking .   I will now start uninstalling keyboard and wireless mouse programs and rotating the existing wireless mice and keyboards to my backup and server computers, and I will install their programs.   CIO        

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 7:20 A.M.:   I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.   One of the neighbors had a flat tire from a screw that was picked up off the road some place.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I put a new 3.5 ounce CVS Bleach Toilet Bowl cleaner in the toilet tank yesterday.  CIO   

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 6:20 A.M.:   In doing obscure research over the years, I once read the place of origin of the Jewish people Jew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia was the area between China and Mongolia, so obviously in their business as traders, they have traveled to other parts of the world.   Of course many years ago, Mongolia was a much larger area and China was a much smaller area, so it would seem the Jews have been selling Mongolia to the Chinese and the Russians while Genghis Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia was seeking enlightenment in the West.   It is sort of amazing what one does not find on the internet.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 5:50 A.M.:  More expatriates A Force of Nature in Chile .   The problem is with expatriaism is that as one gets older, one should live near a major medical facility, but there supposedly are plenty of old Yankees up in the north country getting by doing what they always did www.waynegreen.com .   I once read that Art Linkletter Art Linkletter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia owned a 20 million acre ranch in Australia, but normally they describe ranches in hectares, so it would be roughly slightly less than half that size in hectares acres to hectares conversion calculator - area @ metric conversions . org or about 8,093,712.8 hectares.   I guess he is probably in the wool business, which is about all that one can make money off in Australia, if you can afford to put and maintain sheep on your ranch, and I think in Australia, they do not call them ranches, but "Stations".   One learns a lot from watching Anglophile movies when they are available.   However, I think New Zealand has more moisture, and probably does not have any crocodiles, and it has volcanoes, but both would be surrounded by big nasty sharks and killer whales, if you were planning to spend your days at the beach.  CIO  

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 4:35 A.M.:   I updated Michael Louis Scott Tropical Weather or http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 3:35 A.M.:   Earlier, I ate 2.5 scoops of Turkey Hill butter pecan ice cream.    Basically we are sort of in the economic situation like Little Orphan Annie was in waiting for "Daddy Warbucks" to show up with the money.    Of course if you can not get a job in the good old United States of America, and you can still walk, the Embassy of France in the US - The French Foreign Legion will take anyone up until age 40 Embassy of France in the US - The French Foreign Legion ENLISTMENT REQUIREMENTS, but it ain't an easy life, and if you live that long, they tell me they have good retirement benefits and the food is suppose to be good.   Alas at age 56, they would not want me, but I use to drink a bit of wine in France, and for all I know I am already part of the French Foreign Legion, they just do not feel like paying me for living in Greenwich, Connecticut as opposed to working in Manhattan, which would be much more difficult.   Of course I use to occasionally drink a bit of alcohol in Illinois, so possibly I am part of some sort of military group from Illinois.   I did originally leave Illinois after college with a United States Army captain, but my recommendation at college www.lfc.edu was to Franklin Roosevelt's secretary of the Air Force, however I left Illinois another time after college with the grandson of the last living member of Queen Victoria's Honor Guard, so maybe I work for Queen Victoria and whatever group of friends she has left.  If I was allowed to sit around the Queen Mum of England back in 1972 enjoying Scotch whisky and Benson and Hedges cigarettes up in Canada, at one time through my friend George Cary, I had some sort of connection, but living down here in the States around all of the Irish, I do not think they really trust me too much, since the politics constantly change in America.   Most of my immediate contacts for the last 30 years have had contacts with the United States State department, but as far as I know other than SSI disability assistance, I have not received any other financial reimbursements from the United States Government, thus at my age, it is all Water Over the Dam.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 3:00 A.M.:   Although the Kennedys have earned a name, they do not have that much money Politics/kennedy fortune , and they do not appear on the Forbes list www.forbes.com of the richest Americans.   In terms of Irish families in America with money either the Mellons or the Fords would be the wealthiest Irish families, and like all wealthy families, they tend to be above the politics of the day.   I even have a book in my apartment written by a fellow named Carlson during World War II which claims the Rockefellers were part of the American Nazi party, which is highly unlikely since they were heavily invested here and not in Germany.   However, in a country with free speech and freedom of the press anyone can write and publish anything, and like in England, they will end up spending their last money on Fish and Chips reading the press off the morning paper their fish and chips are packaged in.    The most powerful political group in the United States of America from my Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu Political Science studies is a group that Eisenhower once mentioned called the "Military Industrial Complex" Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 .   Thus since I left Lake Forest College in 1972, and since I have had a hard time getting a high paying job ever since I left college, I must have run up against the same group called the Military Industrial Complex, which did not like my point of view as an economist, since it was not good for business.   It is like the same theory as the Swiss Bergermeisters whom control all the different various cartels in the various businesses around the world.   Of course on a night schedule most of these years in the New York area, about the only way to make money is like the Kennedys is to try and sell liquor to the tourists something the Scotch know a lot more about than the ship builders whom use to smuggle the stuff.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 2:20 A.M.:   I entered this contest Turkey Hill Dairy | 75th Anniversary | Grand Prize  and Turkey Hill Dairy | 75th Anniversary | Join the Party , but I did not win with my two Turkey Hill ice cream container coupons.    I have a lot of cow friends, since the American Dairy Association I Love Cheese!, Homepage is very user friendly to the Republican party GOP.com | Republican National Committee :: Home .   Thus I guess a lot of farmers must have republican roots like my Scott family's downstate Illinois republican roots.   Even Everett Dirksen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is Jim Baker's James Baker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia father in law, and my brother in law from Philadelphia is also related to Jim Baker on his mother's side of the family.   The United States ambassador to Japan  until recently was also Jim Baker, but now it is somebody new Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer .   Thus from what I can tell, the all power Texas lobby in the republican party is ignoring the other republican groups around the country and is causing the demise of the republican party's dominant position in politics.    I also noticed somebody that looked like Hilary Clinton standing at the entrance of the Figaro restaurant on Greenwich Avenue this past Friday evening, and if I am not mistaken she also is from Illinois not to mention Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert whom last I heard is a republican from Illinois, so it would seem to me that Illinois republicans and democrats have a bit of political influence down there on the tobacco plantation in Virginia.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 1:40 A.M.:   Well Fred Von Mierers http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm worked with Taylor Sterling from Mayfair Lane out here in the boon docks in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Taylor also kept an office off East 54th street between Third Avenue and Madison Avenue while Fred ended up living at East 54th street east of First Avenue in the building that ran from 54th street to 55th street.   Billy Baldwin was training Fred to take over his business, and Billy's and Fred's clients included Nelson and Barbara Rockefeller along with Paul and Bunny Mellon and I think their daughter.   Fred also showed me the Florist shop on First Avenue between 50th and 51st street on the East side of First Avenue where one of the Mellon heirs ran it to give himself something to do in the nearby Beekman Place neighborhood.  I use to have breakfast at First Avenue and 50th street on the northeast corner at the Greek coffee shop, and I would read the New York Times, before I started a rather busy day.   As I recall, breakfast was about $2.50 for ham and eggs over easy with hash browns and toast and coffee and a 50 cent tip along with the cost of the New York Times which was about 35 cents.    I would take a casual afternoon walk after breakfast in the Beekman Place neighborhood, and if I felt adventurous, I would walk over to the busier area near Third Avenue or as Fred called it "Queen's Boulevard".   I liked walking by Abby Rockefeller's house on East 52nd street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, since that street was not too busy.    Generally Fifth Avenue seemed too busy, so I would limit my walks as far west as Park Avenue around the Waldorf Astoria, where I told everyone my office was one of the pay phones in their lobby.   Also one could go to the bathroom at the Waldorf Astoria for about a dollar tip, and they would brush off one's coat.   Billy Baldwin as I recall lived on East 59th Street between Third Avenue and Lexington Avenue.   However, although I saw him a number times, I do not recall actually meeting him.   They were also my neighbors in Nantucket.   Helen Williams lived at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and 68th street, and since she would drive Fred out to Oyster Bay, Long Island in her 1958 Earl Scheib copper color paint job Chevrolet station, which she kept in the garage at the southwest corner of 68th street and Lexington Avenue with an entrance off Lexington Avenue.   Of course the only destination uptown was usually the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which in those days, if you did not have much money was usually free, if you told them you were a member of the "Art Student's League" which had a building on West 57th street around 6th Avenue near Carnegie Hall.  Since there are a lot of art galleries in that area, since Manhattan people with nothing else to do seem to like to run art galleries, it was always an enjoyable walk up Madison Avenue looking at the gallery windows.  I occasionally went to the Whitney or the Frick, but it did not take to much time to go through them, and I only recall going to the Modern Art Museum on East 54th street twice, since they wanted me to pay to get into the place, where the Metropolitan Museum always let me in for free, but I had to walk around a lot in a Brooks Brother's suit observing the art and the patrons and whatever else goes on there.   The The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: metmuseum.org has a good cafeteria with reasonable prices, and when I lived on the west side of Manhattan, the last time I lived there, it was an enjoyable walk through the park to get there.   However, they never seem to have noticed that I have quit showing up there regularly, and I only recall being there about three times in the last 24 years, but it has not changed much.   I recall Fred and his friend use to go to lots of parties at the Met, but by the time I left Manhattan after about 10 years, I had holes in my shoes, but I had seen a lot.   Another friend of mine with a florist shop near the Met supplied the center piece flowers weekly at the entrance donated by the Wallace family of www.rd.com which also had one of their executives donate the Cole auditorium at the Greenwich Library.   Also in my regular rounds of that area, every day when I was in Manhattan, I usually walked by Richard Nixon's townhouse on East 65th street between Third Avenue and Lexington Avenue nearby the Russian consulate, and the Colony Club.  The Met is a good place to take a walk on a cold or rainy day in Manhattan, if one is able to make it there.    Since there are a lot of visitors there from abroad, it is frequently a good place for people watching too.   I also noticed the Europeans were never too interested in the European collections, since they had seen so much art like it back in their home countries.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/12/06  Monday 12:25 A.M.:   Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica .  Columbus State University Chemistry and Geology .   I saw an envelope sitting on top of the garbage in front of the Borders bookstore on Greenwich Avenue.   It was addressed to an Italian resident on North Street here in Greenwich, Connecticut, and its return address was "Mellon 200 Park Avenue", so I guess besides Paul Mellons double town house on East 70th Street next to Bill Heinz, they have a place over on Park Avenue too.   I recall in the old days seeing a Gulf Oil station somewhere in Manhattan, but I can not recall exactly where, perhaps it was on Houston Street where the Shell Oil station is near the Holland Tunnel.   Now that they have returned, some relatives dropped from site, and they were up at Kananaskis.com at the former Olympic village at SKI Canada in Kananaskis Country - Ski Kananaskis - Canada's Finest  and Kananaskis hotels and Kananaskis Canada Accommodation - Hotel.com.au Hotel Reservations .   I do not know the name of the hotel or lodge they stayed at, but its telephone number is 1-403-591-7711.    I received a link to some breath taking mountain scenery photos of the area.   It looks like there is still plenty of room up in the North Country.   I moved the Logitech wireless headset from on top of the primary computer CPU to beneath the keyboard drawer on top of the Logitech bass speaker for its 6.1 speaker system, since the wireless headset seemed to be interfering with the Logitech wireless mouse and wireless keyboard.    That is not suppose to happen with the new Microsoft keyboard arriving tomorrow JustDeals.com B7T-00020: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 Ergonomic Keyboard & Cordless Mouse and Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 .  Greenwich, Connecticut story A Beloved Wife Lives On in Memory, Through Roses - New York Times .   The Harrison family that started the Greenwich Hospital were from Virginia, and they once had a house up on Round Hill Road opposite the entrance to the Round Hill Club with a traditional Virginia Rose garden with lots of roses too.   CIO       

Note:<888> 06/11/06  Sunday 11:25 P.M.:  I ate the last half of the 10 ounce can of Emerald cashew nut halves and pieces.    I will now look at my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/11/06  Sunday 10:25 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I chatted with a local couple.   I stopped by CVS www.cvs.com , and they were restocking the Coca Cola www.coke.com cooler.   I told them Coca Cola is now made with corn syrup instead of sugar, except for the Coca Cola produced by the Sacramento, California Coca Cola plant which still uses cane sugar.   I drove down by the waterfront, the British Fire Marshall still has his Red Rolls Royce parked down there.   Maybe it is just a Red Russian with a drive away car.   Obviously he is not a member of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, or he would be parking it in their parking lot.   I remember seeing a larger person than Prince Charles that looks like him driving a similar car, but from what I can tell, it is an older model, and since we have a Rolls and Bentley dealership here in town, they are very common around the Country Clubs, for those in the know.   I then went by one of the largest companies in Greenwich, Connecticut Royal Ahold - Royal Ahold , which owns our local Stop and Shop chain of grocery stores, so the Dutch are not starving, if anything it is far from it.   I bought a dozen extra large eggs for $1.79, two Turkey Hill Turkey Hill Dairy's Web Site 1.75 quart butter pecan frozen ice cream containers for $1.49 each, two 16 ounce Planter's Planters Centennial cocktail peanuts for $2 each, two 16 ounce Smithfield Smithfield Hams packages of bacon for $2.50 each, four 7 ounce Armour ConAgra Foods, Inc. : Armour  frozen 50% lite sausage links for $1 each package, fresh Chiquita Chiquita. Perfect For Life. bananas at .79 a pound $1.87, fresh broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound  for $2.45, a pound of baby carrots for $1.99 for $24.08 total.  I have heard rumors that unlike the Dutch here in America, the Dutch in the Netherlands eat five meals a day, so they tend to be a larger group of people.   I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.   I microwaved a STOUFFER'S® - SEE WHAT'S COOKING AT STOUFFER'S® 21 ounce frozen lasagna with meat sauce, and I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on it, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   It seems Stouffer's is also a Nestlé company, which is a big Swiss food company.   Thus it is more than chocolate milk.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/11/06  Sunday 5:30 P.M.:   I watched television in the bedroom after the last message.    The Orion television remote control in the bedroom works fine for on and off and menu functions, but for some odd reason the channel function does not work, when one points it at the bedroom Orion television.   However, it does work, if one points it 180 degrees away from the television towards the wall behind the bed, and then the channel functions work.   I woke up at 2 P.M..  I did two loads of laundry.   I put clean linens on my bed.   I chatted with a relative.  I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I did a Microsoft Windows XP automatic system recovery backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.   Then in Microsoft Windows Vista beta 2, I did a complete system backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.    I also uninstalled the Global Climate Change screen saver from the server computer.    I will now shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/11/06  Sunday 2:55 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Thailand marks king's 60th anniversary .  Global Diplomacy Prime Minister of Denmark visits White House .  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/11/06  Sunday 2:20 A.M.:   Nude bike riding not for me http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/news_web/video/41751000/nb/41751042_nb_16x9.ram  .   CIO

Note:<888> 06/11/06  Sunday 2:05 A.M.:   I chatted with a relative.    I worked in Vista Beta 2 http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .   I ate two scoops of Edy's slow churn lite caramel ice cream.   I also ate half of a 10 ounce container of Emerald cashew halves and pieces.  I enabled the HP startup programs from "msconfig" that I had disabled.    I installed the HP driver for the HP 842C printer which has the utilities.   I ran the cleaning cycle on all four inkjet printers, and they all work fine.   The color cartridge on the Lexmark X1100 is a bit faint, but I have a spare one if I need it.  CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/10/06:

Note:<888> 06/10/06  Saturday 10:15 P.M.:   I will now send out my weekly notes.   For anyone wanting to vacation in Nantucket, I saw a Nantucket rental advertisement on the bulletin board at the Greenwich Hospital on the lower level in the hallway opposite the cafeteria.   Of course, one can look at Nantucket Real Estate and Nantucket Vacation Rentals or Rental in Nantucket - Nantucket Vacation Rentals for rentals.   I will boot into Vista beta 2 for a while after sending out my notes.  CIO  

Note:<888> 06/10/06  Saturday 9:30 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   Visit with British Royalty Balmoral Castle and Estate, online shop, gift shop, holiday cottages, fishing, scotland cottages for rent, if you do not mind the cooler weather of Scotland.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/10/06  Saturday 8:20 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend and a relative about 11 A.M. this morning.  I was awake at noon.   I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I chatted with a relative.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes, and I showered, and I cleaned up.   I did not get any mail today.  I went outside, and I chatted with neighbors a few times.   I surfed the internet for a while looking for bargains.   My guest called about 2:30 P.M., and when they arrived at 4 P.M., they called me from downtown.  I met one of them at the Greenwich Library, and I toured the guest around the Greenwich Library.   We then walked over to J. Crew, and we met up with the other guest.   We went by Hoaglands, and one of the guests got a wedding gift.   We went by Brooks Brother's, and they have a sale on, and one of the guests checked out khaki pants.  We then walked down Greenwich Avenue as far as Starbucks, and we cut through the Greenwich Common, and we walked back to the Greenwich Library to retrieve our cars.   I showed the guests a downtown rental property, and I said goodbye.    I had not seen them in about 14 months since last Easter.   I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and the Roger Sherman Baldwin park was filling up for the concert.    I then returned home.   I took a metal mixing bowl, and I broke three large eggs in it, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk, 1/4 teaspoon of Italian spices, a teaspoon of olive oil, and a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese.   I whisked it all together with a whisk.    I then put a few tablespoons of olive oil in a 10 inch stick proof frying pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat burner on the stove.  Once the olive oil was heated, I put in the 10 sausage links from a frozen 8 ounce package of Jone's Welcome to Jones Dairy Farm! spicy breakfast sausages, and I heated them for five minutes, moving the pan frequently to rotate the sausages.   I then added the egg mixture, which I let cook for about four minutes, mixing it the last minute to become scrambled eggs with cooked breakfast sausages.   When I put the egg mixture in, I started toasting two pieces of bread.  Once the scrambled eggs and sausages were cooked, I put the frying pan on the dinner plate to warm it a bit, and I then slid the eggs and sausages on the dinner plate, and I put some olive oil on the two pieces of toast, and I cut them in half on the diagonal, and I put them on the dinner plate, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   CIO       

Note:<888> 06/10/06  Saturday 4:05 A.M.:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5059110.stm . BBC NEWS | Americas | UK commandos aim to row Atlantic .  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Robot device mimics human touch .  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5066408.stm . BBC - Science & Nature - Climate Change .  I installed the Climate Change Screen Saver BBC - Science & Nature - Climate Change and BBC - Science & Nature - Climate Change download on my server, which runs all of the time, so the server will serve some useful purpose, when it is not doing anything else.  Once it starts running after its initial download, hopefully it will not slow down the server too much.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I am not sure whether my guests will be showing up today, since I have not heard from them.   I will get up at noon in case they show up this afternoon.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/10/06  Saturday 3:25 A.M.:  Amazon.com: Generac 5259T 35kW Guardian QuietSource Liquid Cooled Home Standby Generator: Tools & Hardware , Amazon.com Tools & Hardware: Power Tools / Generators , http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/104-1363346-8990320?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=tools&field-brandtextbin=Generac Power Systems , Generac Power Systems . Microsoft to Bang High Performance Drum at TechEd . InformationWeek | News | Windows Vista Beta 2 Goes Public . Windows Vista: Customer Preview Program . http://www.forbes.com/dynamics . Microsoft TS2 Stratford Connecticut 06614 Events Home Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:00 PM - Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) .  Microsoft Office Live .  Windows Vista Partner Site .   CIO

Note:<888> 06/10/06  Saturday 2:35 A.M.:   I ate a 9.25 ounce can of CVS bits and pieces cashew nuts with some ice water.   I will now go through my email.    I noticed a Red Rolls Royce about town this evening, so perhaps our usual British Fire Marshall is around.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/10/06  Saturday 1:45 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went downtown, and I went by the central Greenwich Post Office.   I mailed the defective power supply back to www.directron.com via Priority mail for 6 pounds 1.5 ounces for $13.25, and I also mailed the defective Epox motherboard back to them via Priority mail for 2 pounds 7.5 ounces for $9 for $22.25 total.   I picked up some Priority Mail labels and Priority Mail boxes, and I put them in my car.  I got from the Ebay Priority Mail display at http://shipitwinit.com $10,000 prize entry coupon, which I will enter shortly.    I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.   I next drove down by the waterfront.   I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $6.23 of premium self service unleaded gasoline at $3.599 a gallon for 27.9 miles driving at 14 miles per gallon at an average of 12 miles per hour this week.   I then returned home.   I ate two scoops of Edy's lite caramel ice cream.   Later on today this event is happening locally ISD Renaissance Festival - Greenwich CT starting this morning .   Also this evening June 10, 2006 at 7:30 P.M. in Roger Sherman Baldwin Park down by the waterfront just west of the The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor , they are having the Greenwich Symphony perform one of their summer waterfront concerts.   It is suppose to be cloudy all day, and clear in the evening around the time of the concert.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/09/06  Friday 9:35 P.M.:   I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.   I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave pot with lid, and I microwaved it on two reheat cycles, and then I put it in a bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   I will not be going up to Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine, Scott's Internet Hotlist to visit with relatives until July 7, 2006.   I am not sure whether friends will be visiting with me tomorrow afternoon or not, since I have not heard from them.    I chatted with a relative.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/09/06  Friday 8:15 P.M.:   I have the packages ready to mail.  The motherboard to California weighs 2.5 pounds, so it should be $9 Priority Mail to California, and the power supply weighs 6 pounds , and it should be $11.90 to Texas via Priority Mail.   I also put a new full size generic black ink cartridge in the Lexmark X1100 all purpose printer and scanner.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/09/06  Friday 6:40 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative, and I left messages with a relative and two friends.   I threw out the garbage and old periodical literature.   I am making up a batch of Formula http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .   I received another RMA number from Epox, so I will now package up the Epox motherboard and the Directron power supply and get them ready to mail.   It should cost me about $9 each package to mail Priority Mail.   I will mail them in a couple hours at the central Greenwich post office.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/09/06  Friday 5:00 P.M.:   I woke up at 3 P.M..   I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.  I picked up my mail, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I emailed Epox whether I need a new RMA number, or if I could use the same RMA number.  I got email back that the RMA number is good for two years.   I will pack up the  defective Epox motherboard and power supply from www.directron.com, and I will get them ready to mail.  I will mail them in a little while.  I will now wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed.   I will also water the plants and fill the white vinegar bowl on the window ledge.   I do not have much left in terms of available funds, so I am basically one of the local internet prisoners, who invested in internet technology in lieu of spending money on other forms of entertainment.  CIO    

Note:<888> 06/09/06  Friday 1:45 A.M.:     I filled out an RMA request for the power supply.  I  microwaved and ate a 7 ounce Banquet frozen chicken pot pie, and I also ate three scoops of Edy's lite caramel ice cream.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I lost my grounding strap while working on the computer, and I can not find it.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/09/06  Friday 12:15 A.M.:   I woke up at noon today.   I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went to my 3 P.M. appointment, and then I returned home.   I chatted with a neighbor and the building custodian.  I tried installing the RMA Welcome to Epox Store EP-8RDA3+ Socket A Motherboard (Refurb)    in the primary computer system, but it would not boot, and the boot code on the motherboard was "FF".   I checked my hardware, and it seemed to be all right.   I called Epox at 1-714-680-0898, and they suggested that I clear the CMOS which I had done, and also suggested that I try booting it outside the case connected to the power supply with the Video card installed with one chip of memory and of course the CPU and the CPU fan, and it still gave the same "FF" error message.   I tried the spare power supply Super-Flower Power Supplies TT-520SS SuperFlower Switching Power Supplies Aluminum Color 4 Fans P4-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com that I bought for $19.99, and it does not work either.   I tried the Epox motherboard with the spare AMD Duron 1.6 processor, and it would not work.   I tried calling back Epox, but they were closed for the day.   I ate one third of a 10 ounce can of Emerald cashew bits and pieces nuts.   I chatted with a relative.   I put the Gigabyte motherboard back in the primary computer, and I reassembled  and reconnected it.   Thus it is running just the same as before.   I will have to look into RMAs on the two defective items.   CIO          

Note:<888> 06/08/06  Thursday 5:05 A.M.:   I ate 2/3rds of a 10 ounce can of Emerald cashew nut bits and pieces.   The parrots like the whole ones, and they let the humans have the bits and pieces.  It looks like one could reuse the plastic container as a travel coffee mug, but it might get hot, I don't know.    I went through the Vista beta newsgroups.   A lot could happen with it before it is released, but it seems to be a very stable beta.   I have so many routines that I pursue, I do not have that much time for beta testing.   I guess I could always change some of my routines, but if one spends all of one's time on the computer, one gets a bit of cabin fever, but I recall beta testing a good bit of the time in past years.   Of course a lot of the hardware drivers still are not available, since Vista is not yet completed.   I was thinking today, once I quit becoming a world traveler, I lost touch with many of my other friends whom travel frequently, and more than likely some of them still traveling a lot or have settled back into their native countries as they got older.   I try to be friendly with many of the younger people in our community, since more than likely some of them could be relatives of some of my long forgotten friends whom seem to think I am pushing up tulips in Potter's Field in Manhattan.   From my travels in the old days when computers were not very popular, I knew quite a few other skilled crafts people, and some people can not believe I use so much of my time on computers with so little reward, but I believe good communications when used realistically helps generate a more peaceful planet and the world gets smaller.   Since we live in one of the more isolated parts of the planets, we try to be hospitable, since compared to the planets overall population, we actually do not get that many visitors.   We are sort of like lighthouse keepers in Greenland waiting for a passing ship to see if it will stop by or pass us by.   I am told that I would enjoy visiting Iceland, since they are one of the World's most literate populations, but I do not know any of their language, so I might misread a street sign and fall into a volcano.  I think some of the local people here think I am from Iceland, so when they local people hear the rumor that we are about to be invaded, they are quite amused.   Not really that many people bother to travel to Iceland, which only made history when Reagan and Gorbachev held their summit there.   It is the nature of living around the dreary north Atlantic coast, we do not get many visitors, since most people seem to enjoy visiting warmer destinations.   My relatives down south have been down there for so long, they seem to think I am some sort of a nut case, since they have forgotten what life is like in the north country where life tends to be more of a struggle against the elements.   Of course living here on the four seasons basis, I have friends from further north that frequently touch base in this town, since it is friendly to travelers from around the world.   I suppose the only thing the Thataway Cafe on Greenwich Avenue is missing is a "Cooks Travel" sign.   Of course Nantucket was much the same way.   Once one has lived down south, it begins to make more sense, when you see how people live at the other end of the road.   I can assure you some people in Florida actually do have homes, and they are not homeless drifters waiting for the next bus out of town.  Supposedly with the large number of retired people in Florida, it has the largest numbers of millionaires of any state in the nation.   However, it is the nature of older people they tend to down size, and they lead simpler lives, since a great many people like to travel in their retirement.   Whatever, the case I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/08/06  Thursday 2:30 A.M.:   GaraVolcan2006 .  Computer Shopper build a $500 PC , I think www.newegg.com for parts is a bit expensive, but their parts tend to be reliable and compatible in home built systems.  I went through my email.   I will now boot into Vista beta 2.  If reinstalled the Epox motherboard, the Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2Value sound card would work with the Epox motherboard, but I would have to reinstall and reconfigure Vista beta 2, which I do not feel like doing at the moment, but if I had the Epox motherboard reinstalled, I would be able to test it and make sure it is good before the 90 day warranty expires, so sometime soon, I will probably reinstall it.   XP should work with it automatically, and most of its XP Epox drivers are already installed.   I will now boot to Vista beta 2, and maybe I will look at some Vista beta 2 newsgroups.   In working on the computer all night, I also server as a volunteer person awake in my retirement home, although I rarely leave my apartment, since I do not want to disturb any of my neighbors whom might be light sleepers.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/08/06  Thursday 12:30 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Economist.com magazine, apparently they think India is very wealthy.   If that is the case, we should cut back on our foreign aid and charity projects.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, but I skipped the Greenwich Train station area, since it was a bit cool and damp.   I stopped by Zyn stationary, and I told them about the Economist magazine article.   I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 1 liter bottle of CVS Professional Oral Rinse alcohol free mouth wash for $2.99 and .18 tax for $3.17.   Yes there is a 6% sales tax on many items in Connecticut.   It pays for a lot of the activity that the state of Connecticut does, which in this area being so close to New York City is very expensive.   I completed my walk.   I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then stopped by the COSI sandwich bar at the Stop and Shop shopping plaza, and it smells very good.   I chatted with them about coffee, and I explained when I helped Fred Von Mierers http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm run his apartment at 420 East 49th Street near Beekman Place up until April 1975, he use to send me down regularly to Christopher Street in Manhattan's West Greenwich Village to McNulty's Tea & Coffee Company near Bedford Street to get Viennese blend coffee which he made with a Danish coffee press and using raw sugar or honey and cream, and in the morning he served it with fresh croissants from the Bakery on the southeast corner of 49th street and Second Avenue, which always had fresh croissants flown in on the Concorde via Air France every day from Paris, France, so it was sort of an upscale existence to the more pedestrian life here around Greenwich, Connecticut.  Back then Viennese blend coffee at McNulty's cost about $7.50 a pound, so it is very expensive coffee.  I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought for half price two 10 ounce Emerald Cashew Halves and Pieces from California for $4.28 both.  I then returned home.   I cut the last three 3/8th inch thick slices of the cold eye round, and I put Gold's horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them.   I put about a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a plastic microwave proof pot with an inch of water, and I ran it on one vegetable cycle, and then I put the Rubbermaid container with the remaining rice from last night, and I ran it on two more vegetable cycles, and then I removed the vegetables, and I drained them, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil, and I ran the rice on one reheat cycle, and I put it on the dinner plate with the meat.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I drank a cup of 50% regular and 50% decaf coffee.  I will now go through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 7:30 P.M.:  I relaxed a bit, and I thought.   I chatted with someone that speaks English.   I went downstairs, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I ate the last piece of pineapple cheese cake.   If somebody is looking for the real Tarzan, maybe he is living in Spain, since that is where Chita lives.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out to inspect the night time activity, which is something northern Europeans are good at, since we never get much sunlight up there anyway.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 5:45 P.M.:   My original connection with British Banking as far as I can recall besides living in Greenwich, Connecticut and Manhattan for many years was back in January 1978.   I had been working for a couple of months at La Vielle Maison in Boca Raton, Florida French restaurant as a dishwasher washing the expensive French crystal and plates and eating the expensive food that was always returned by the skinny woman customers at $200 Prix Fixed a meal.   I thus put on a bit of weight, and spend all day at the beach before work, and sleeping out at the north side of the Boca inlet, I probably looked more like Tarzan.   I had always wanted to try to get a job on a sailboat, and I was not having much luck around Bahia Mar in Fort Lauderdale, so about the second week of January with my $2.15 an hour pay check from Le Vielle Masion, I bought a ticket from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to the Bahamas.  I checked my hand made back pack that I made in Nantucket at the Nassau airport, and I carried what I called a ditty bag out from the airport to walk to town.   A local Bahamas taxi cab driver gave me a free ride into town, and I saw a lot of the villas along the airport road.   In downtown Nassau, I walked the whole length of the main street, and I found a Royal Bank of Nova Scotia bank, and I opened up a bank account with my $50 Christmas check from my grandma Scott in Champaign, Illinois, but they said it would take a while to clear.   I then walked the entire length of the main street again including the straw market and nobody had moved from when I passed them an hour or two before, so I guess nobody is in a rush in the Bahamas.   I ran into a local Bahamian that had me over to his house overlooking Paradise Island, and I smoked a Bahamian cigarette.  He told me about Paradise Island, and he said I should be staying there with the white people, so he drove me over the bridge to Paradise Island, and he dropped me off there around sunset.   I found a nice cloister, so I decided to camp out there, but I was not tired, so I started wandering around.   I ran into a British fellow named Richard Mercy from Eaton Square, London, England, and we chatted on that the beach that night, and I went back and slept in the cloister.   The next day I spent at the beach and around sunset Richard Mercy showed up again.   He was very pale, and he did not seem to have ever been out in the sun.   He showed me around some of the sites around the beach area including a solar powered electricity generating system.   I leant him my Adidas country sneakers since he was not wearing shoes, and the small pine cones on the beach were hurting his feet.   He seemed to be a very fragile British type of aristocrat unlike myself.   He invited me to stay in his small cottage at Paradise Island with his friend named Romsey from England also.   Richard, and I cleaned up, and we went to dinner at the Casino with a local Paradise Island stretch Cadillac limousine, and on the way, they picked up another person that looked like the Shah of Iran's wife with here body guard whom was smoking a cigar.   I was wearing khaki pants and a red flannel shirt which was my dress up clothes, and Richard was wearing black wool trousers and a silk shirt.   All of the thousands of people in the Casino were wearing black tie and very formal dress.   We had a vegetarian dinner at the Casino restaurant since he was a vegetarian, and he told me he did not approve of gambling although we were in a Casino.   I did not have any money, thus we did not gamble.   I stayed another day with them at Paradise Island, and as I recall it was quite humid, and the air conditioning in the cottage did not work well.   Mercy and Romsey had to return to London, England, and I noticed there were six British Airways 747s at the Nassau airport, so there were quite a few people there.   I walked back into Nassau across the bridge, and I ate at McDonalds in Nassau, and I was told it is hard to get a job on sailboat in Nassau, unless someone knows somebody.   I walked back out to the airport, and I still had my return ticket to Fort Lauderdale, and $3 exit tax, so I picked up my back pack, and I flew back to Fort Lauderdale.   Richard Mercy had given me his address as Richard Mercy, 21 Eaton Square, London, England, and he later wrote me down at General Delivery in Key West, Florida.   When I was mugged in Manhattan by somebody from Bermuda 14 years ago on a Fourth of July evening, I was told by the mugger from Bermuda that Richard Mercy was a banker in London, so maybe he had other friends.   I ditched Richard Mercy's address a couple of years later after my trip to the Bahamas in Santa Cruz, California in a dumpster, when I was worried about Irish Terrorists out in California.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 5:00 P.M.:   I woke up at about 1 P.M. today.   I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I threw out some garbage.   I picked up my mail.   I chatted with a relative.   I checked some web sites out on the internet.   I chatted with a relative.   I made a couple of courtesy calls to a couple of groups.  I showered, and I cleaned up.   Since it is raining out quite a bit, I will be staying in, and I will do a little bit of computer work.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 4:45 A.M.:  On a local business note, I noticed a young girl downtown riding a Moped in this area, which really are not all that safe with all of the traffic, but they are economical.   When I first moved into 71 Vinci Drive about 17.5 years ago, Carlos Escondaro was one of the original tenants, and he was an Associated Press Reporter from Mexico City, Mexico.   He had two sons, and one of them owned the Moped shop in Port Chester, New York near the Life Saver building apartment complex near the Port Chester, New York Police station.   I am not sure if they are still there are not, but for Bermuda types whom do not mind cuts and bruises, they might be available in this area.  Bon Soir.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 4:05 A.M.:   I recharged the four Radio Shack AA metal hydride rechargeable batteries for the Vivitar digital camera.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Not much happening on this side of the pond, and for all I know the other side of the pond is not there.   Cheerio and all that Rot, or Bonjour Mes Amis.    CIO  

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 3:35 A.M.:   Earlier, I ate two scoops of Edy's slow churn caramel delight ice cream.   From what I can tell, all of the so called rich people around here whom believe, "You Can Not Be Too Rich or Too Thin" are a bunch of actor types.   I know some wealthy people, and the reason you never see them is that they are quite large from eating too much all the time, since they can afford it despite their doctors' warnings.  They obviously can afford medical treatment too, if they eat too much.   From what I know the Hollywood types are up here in the warmer weather, and the Scientologists were evening advertising L. Ron Hubbard's book Dyanetics on the Fox News Channel, which is a sure sign of Hollywood.   From what I know about medicine in America, the American Medical Association AMA - American Medical Association is still headquartered in Chicago, Illinois American Medical Association - Contact Us and not in New York City, although New York City is suppose to have excellent medical care if you can afford it.   Since as a disabled person with minimal funds, I am dependant upon the local medical community, and not the local business community, I tend to confer mostly with medical people occasionally, and not sidewalk voyeurs.  CIO

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 3:10 A.M.:  I did some routine communications work, like "Flag and Tag" in the old days.   The internet seems to work, but of course it is more expensive than a postal card.   Of course, when you call up a telephone number at this hour of the morning, you might get the janitor or somebody who thinks they are in charge.    I think like a reference librarian, I do not think like a courtier or a musician.   Basically what I know is from what I read, and that is only as good at what the writers write.  As a friend of the Aga Khan once told me when he presented me with a bumper sticker "Writers Have the Last Word".   Of course in Latin, it might be "Dieu et Mon Droit" Dieu et mon droit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .  Of course having never been in the United Kingdom, it is all Greek to me.   I feel more like that old television program "The Prisoner" RetroWeb Classic Television: The Prisoner with Patrick McGoohan.   If the local boob tube group is so powerful, why don't they run that one on our local teley.  CIO 

Note:<888> 06/07/06  Wednesday 1:20 A.M.:   I chatted with three relatives and a out of town security organization.   From my viewpoint, life is pretty much normal here in Greenwich, Connecticut if one does not watch too much television or read scary news stories.   Since I live on the low end of the economic ladder, and since I mostly do my own maintenance, I do not have the larger picture which usually seems to revolve around Wall Street.   Since Greenwich, Connecticut is suppose to be a wealthy town by U.S.A. standards, most people focus on Wall Street and those items that wealth can buy or produce.   Since I have only been in Manhattan twice in the last 14 years, I do not have the Manhattan viewpoint, but I see many New York residents out here.   From my viewpoint in the energy business, before my father Louis Dale Scott retired and died, he was the project manager for a British Company King Wilkinson which had him build the world's largest oil refinery in Kaduna, Nigeria.   However, I personally have never been in Africa, although I have an older half sister by my father's first marriage who has a PHD in Nursing administration and worked for many years in the World Health Organization in Africa in quite a few locations, but mostly in Kenya.   From my viewpoint, living around the New York medical community helps deal with some of the cases that might show up here.   Since medical personnel are frequently more valuable than celebrities, they usually keep her in a secure location.   From what I know about the oil from the refinery in Kaduna, Nigeria it either goes to Royal Dutch Shell or Mobil, but according to the news stories, there has been trouble with the operation over there.   From my local perspective, there is as much traffic on our local highway as there ever was, and locally since Greenwich, Connecticut is a wealthy town, there is still as much traffic in the downtown area as there ever was.   However, since the last company that my father worked for in the Greenwich, Connecticut area was TeePak owned by Continental Can, he built a few manufacturing facilities for them.   However, before that he worked for Combustion Engineering which today is http://www.abb.com/ a Swedish Swiss engineering firm, so I keep the Swedish and the Swiss flags prominently displayed in my apartment at the apartment entrance, along with the other non neutral flags that are harder to see in case any hostile forces show up.  When the people from down south return every summer to their summer residents, it is always like we are being invaded until they settle into their summer routines.   In other words if the Russian military is invading, I know people whom speak Russian whom can translate for them, since having worked in Manhattan, I have met and dealt with a lot of people from around the globe.  Since I speak English, I mostly focus on people whom speak or seem to know English, but with all of the older people in this area, a lot of them are probably hard of hearing, so they do not know what you are saying.  CIO 

Note:<888> 06/06/06  Tuesday 10:50 P.M.:   I'm the Internet. Fly me - On the Dot - Internet .  I got email from The World of Wayne Green , and he said to follow his web site to see if anything is going to happen.  I ate a piece of pineapple cheese cake.   I also ate a few handfuls of dry roasted peanuts today.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/06/06  Tuesday 9:55 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend who volunteers for the New York City Red Cross and she and her husband are coming out to visit this Saturday afternoon, so I have to be on a day schedule.   I sent this email on a matter that happened this afternoon.

Beginning of Message

If Merapi http://mikelouisscott.com/merapi.htm erupts big time, it would

Probably mean colder winters up north with higher fuel bills to pay for.

I received a visit from two Greenwich, Connecticut police detectives today,

Apparently somebody has been threatening the Welcome to RBSGC.com

At 600 Steamboat Road in Greenwich, Connecticut.  I told them I had chatted with

Their new parking lot attendant whom is not the old retired marine that use to be there, and

He had probably misunderstood me.   I told him they should be extra vigilant today on

June 6, 2006, and that they had 12,500 branches in New England, and he thought I said

They employed 1200 people which would be one person per 10 branches.  They also have

12,500 branches in the United Kingdom.   The banks are known at National Westminster Banks

NatWest - Personal banking - Welcome , which RBS: Personal, Business & Corporate Banking - The Royal Bank of Scotland

Owns.   However as of about 10 years ago, Greenwich Capital Market is suppose to have sold

$2.5 trillion of United States Government debt to the Japanese, so it might be a terrorist target.

You can look them up for free on www.hoovers.com at the Greenwich Library

Welcome to Greenwich Library! Or online if you have a Greenwich Library Card, this

www.hoovers.com abstract comes up Formatted Document Royal Bank of Scotland.

Or log onto Greenwich Library ProQuest Remote Login and enter Greenwich Library

Bar code information and search the “Royal Bank of Scotland” from the Hoovers

Business database.  I have no idea why anyone would not like them, since they

Are the oldest company in the Western Hemisphere, and help to keep us going.

Mike Scott

End of Message

CIO  

Note:<888> 06/06/06  Tuesday 8:45 P.M.:   I chatted with a former neighborhood group, and I chatted with a friend, and another friend I had not chatted with in a while.   I sent out two emails about a local subject.   On the order for  JustDeals.us B7T-00020: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 Ergonomic Keyboard & Cordless Mouse or Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 that I won it for $36.02 plus $11.95 shipping for $47.97 total or 2 cents more than one can buy it online for with free shipping, the tracking is UPS Package Tracking .   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/06/06  Tuesday 7:35 P.M.:   I cut three 3/8th inch thick slices of the cold eye round, and I put them on a dinner plate, and I put Gold's horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them.   I put about a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a Revere pot with steaming tray and an inch of water, and I steamed it on medium electric burner heat for 15 minutes, and then I removed the vegetables, and I drained them, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil, and I also made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe with two chicken bullion cubes, and I put half of it on the dinner plate with the meat, and the other half of it in the refrigerator in a Rubbermaid container.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted www.geico.com 1-800-841-3000 about a matter that was brought to my attention today.   I left a message with two friends.  I chatted briefly with two other friends.   I called up a cattle breeder in the Midwest to see if they know anything about http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm , and why everyone is looking for him.   I changed the AT&T two line telephone from the bathroom to the location in the living room by the French reproduction sitting chair, and I attached the Plantronics headset to it.  I moved the Panasonic two line telephone from that location to the bathroom bookcase.   Either I am nervous, or the buttons do not seem to work right on the Panasonic two line telephone.   Thus I did a communications improvement.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/06/06  Tuesday 4:30 P.M.:  I gave an interview to the local security people.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/06/06  Tuesday 3:45 P.M.:  The Welcome to Epox Store EP-8RDA3+ Socket A Motherboard (Refurb)    RMA was returned to me, so now I have a spare motherboard for the primary computer.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/06/06  Tuesday 3:25 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend before going to bed.   I woke up at 5 A.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with two relatives.   I checked the mail a couple of times, and it finally arrived at noon.   I received the order for Amazon.com: Kryptonite 108312 5 Foot x 12mm Key Cable: Sports & Outdoors for $11.99 with free super saving shipping, tracking is DHL: Track (By number) Detail with tracking number "50216017821" .  I installed the bike lock holder on the post beneath the sliding seat adjuster, so the seat can go all the way down.  However, if the seat is all the way down, one has to raise it to remove the lock, however for my use I keep the seat higher, so one can easily remove the bike lock.   The bike lock came with three keys, and one of the keys has a light.   I put the bike lock key with light on the same key ring with the Master Lock key inserted in the bike lock.   I am using a heavy steel chain and Master lock to keep the seat assembly secured to the bike frame, so it can not be easily removed.  To use the bike lock, one would inserted it through the center of the frame and the front wheel spokes and around or through some unmovable object.   However, usually when I ride a bike I do not park it.   However, it is now set up for security parking.   I also put one bike lock key on my regular key chain which also has a Master lock key.   I left the third bike lock key on the dining table with other keys.   I tested locking the bike to a no parking sign outside, and it works just fine.   Thus the Mongoose bike cost $100, the bike light kit with Dynamo cost $22, the spare bulbs cost $3 once I get another rear bulb, the Kryptonite bike lock cost $12, and the Master lock cost $2.50 and the chain cost $3, so all together they cost $142.50, and the Mongoose bike is all set to go, in case we do not have gasoline for automobile transportation, or I need a little bit of low cost exercise.  I chatted with a local security person whom is coming over for a visit this afternoon.  http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mongoose-mountain-bike-and-kryptonite-lock-and-master-lock-attached-to-bike-seat-assembly-060606.JPG .  CIO   

Note:<888> 06/05/06  Monday 8:25 P.M.:   I watched a bit of television.   I ate two scoops of Edy's Dolce De Leche caramel ice cream.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I am a bit tired, so I will go to bed.    Let's hope nothing happens on the computer date "060606"  or June 6, 2006.   Well, anyway I should be up early tomorrow anyway.   The weather forecast for tomorrow is partly cloudy Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .   Good Night.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/05/06  Monday 7:25 P.M.:   I watched a bit of television, and I ate a couple of handfuls of dry roasted peanuts.    I checked my tool box, and I do not have any of the rear type of bike light bulbs, but I had two more of the front type of bike light bulbs, so I  now have three spare ones, but I am not sure if they are as bright at the one that I bought today.   I will now go through my email.  The order for Amazon.com: Kryptonite 108312 5 Foot x 12mm Key Cable: Sports & Outdoors for $11.99 with free super saving shipping, tracking is DHL: Track (By number) Detail with tracking number "50216017821" is at the South Norwalk, Connecticut post office, so possibly the mailman will deliver it tomorrow.  Microsoft Windows Vista .   I went through my email.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/05/06  Monday 6:00 P.M.:   I was awake at about 11 A.M. this morning.   I chatted with  a relative.    I picked up the mail.   The order from www.ordersmokesdirect.com for 7 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a hard pack arrived.    I chatted with them, because they still have not charged my account yet.   I also received eBay: Vintage THIRST KNOWS NO SEASON CocaCola Tray (item 7244748402 end time Jun-01-06 12:38:08 PDT) ,  and I hung it above the left side top of the bedroom entrance with a Cape Cod plate hanger and 30 pound OOK hook along side the other www.coke.com tray.   The new tray is a bit worn vintage 1940s, and the one I already had is vintage 1950s.   I chatted with a relative.  I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a 12.8 volt non threaded half inch base .75 inch diameter interior car light and a 3/8ths inch base half inch diameter 12.8 volt interior car light bulb for a dollar each for $2 total.   They are the bulbs with the brass bases with two pins on either side for holding the bulbs in position.   I then went to my 4 P.M. appointment.   I then returned home, and I said hello to a neighbor.   I put the large bulb in my front bike light and it is quite a bit brighter than the one that came with the front bike light.   The rear light has threads, so I have to get another spare bulb for it.   I will keep the other spare bulb for spare parts.    I ate a couple of handfuls of dry roasted peanuts and a 1/6th inch piece of pineapple cheese cake with some iced tea.   CIO   

Note:<888> 06/05/06  Monday 3:35 A.M.:   I cancelled my two reservations for the Microsoft TS2 event in Danbury, Connecticut on Tuesday June 6, 2006 http://www.ts2seminars.com/ .   I have a 4 P.M. appointment today.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Good place for arthritis sufferers BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Chile desert's super-dry history .   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/05/06  Monday 3:00 A.M.:   I ate a 1/6th piece of pineapple cheese cake with a glass of iced tea.   I went through my email.  Currently the www.optonline.net mail server is not working.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/05/06  Monday 1:35 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $7 of self service premium unleaded gasoline for $3.599 a gallon for 26.5 miles driving since the first of the month at 14.4 miles per gallon at an average of 12 miles per hour.   I then stopped by CVS to see if they have any halogen or kryptonite type flash light bulbs that would fit in the lens of my bike front light which currently uses a 12 volt 6 watt type lantern bulb.   They have halogen bulbs, but not the type with the right fitting.    I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I chatted with another regular bike rider.    I chatted with a local citizen that works at the Candy Nichols children's store.   I noticed that the Complete kitchen former store location has another kitchen store occupying the space starting this summer.   I chatted with a resident from Chile that I had chatted with before.   I was told he lives by a volcano on a lake in Chile, but he did not tell me which volcano.   After my walk, I drove down by the waterfront.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four 59 ounce containers of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $1.99 each, two 1.75 quart containers of Edy's Lite Caramel Dolche De Leche ice cream for $1.99 each and Chiquita bananas at .79 a pound for $2.02 for $13.96 total.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.    I chatted with a relative.    I bid online for eBay: Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 Keyboard & Mouse (item 9732753206 end time Jun-25-06 19:52:17 PDT) or Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Wireless Laser Desktop 6000 , and I won it for $36.02 plus $11.95 shipping for $47.97 total or 2 cents more than one can buy it online for with free shipping.   I quit bidding on one last night at $31.05, but the person who out bid me would have bid it up to the other price anyway.   I will thus will be a little bit low on funds this month, but at least my computer systems will be up to snuff.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/04/06  Sunday 6:15 P.M.:  I took some bike tools and a bottle of Sears air conditioning lubricating oil that I had refilled with regular motor oil outside along with the Mongoose mountain bike.   The Sears air conditioning oil bottle holds about 6 ounces of oil, and it has a long narrow tube which is good for oiling a bicycle.   I oiled the chain, derailleur wheels, derailleurs, brake calipers, and the brake levers which one is suppose to do weekly, and the free wheel every six months.    One is suppose to use lithium based grease monthly for the shift levers, and every six months the brake cables disassembled, and yearly bottom bracket, pedals, derailleur cables, wheel bearings, headset, and seat pillar all disassembled.   I took it for a test ride a few times around the parking lot circle, and I went through the gears.   There are three pedal primary gears and seven rear wheel secondary gears for 21 gears total.   Both front and rear lights work fine, when the dynamo is engaged.   However, the front light is only bright, when one is going faster.   I adjusted the seat to my height.   Thus the Mongoose unisex mountain bike that I bought for $99.99 with free Super Saving Shipping Amazon.com: Mongoose Inland 26-Inch Dual Suspension Mountain Bike: Sports & Outdoors is all set to go on a sunny day  or clear evening when there is less traffic.  I have a orange bike helmet that I bought last September 2005.   I am still waiting for the order for Amazon.com: Kryptonite 108312 5 Foot x 12mm Key Cable: Sports & Outdoors for $11.99 with free super saving shipping, tracking is DHL: Track (By number) Detail with tracking number "50216017821".   Since one can lose items out of their pocket when riding a bike, I have a couple of bike back packs that I can wear while riding the bike.   Despite the traffic problems, there is the other problem as to whether I am fit enough to ride it on the mildly hilly terrain in this area.  At least they will get a chance to see me at night before they might hit me.  I brought the bike and tools back upstairs.   I ran Norton Speed Disk on the primary and server computers while I was working on the bike.   I cut three 3/8th inch thick slices of the cold eye round, and I put Gold's horseradish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them.   I put about a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a plastic microwave proof pot with an inch of water, and I ran it on one vegetable cycle, and then I put the Rubbermaid container with the remaining rice from last night, and I ran it on two more vegetable cycles, and then I removed the vegetables, and I drained them, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil, and I ran the rice on one reheat cycle, and I put it on the dinner plate with the meat.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will not shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out for a drive downtown.   I guess I will take a walk in the light rain with an umbrella, which with the British around should not be any problem.    I will ran Norton Antivirus 2005 on the primary computer, while I am out.   Norton Anti Virus 2005 runs automatically on the server every Friday evening.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/04/06  Sunday 2:40 P.M.:   I woke up this morning at 10 A.M..   I did a Microsoft Windows Vista beta 2 backup of the primary computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   While doing that, I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I then did a Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup of the primary computer C: drive to the Maxtor external hard drive.   I installed the updates and ran the maintenance utilities on the Server.    I then did a XP ASR backup of the server from the C: drive to the Maxtor external hard drive.   I installed the updates on the Toshiba laptop.   I can not backup the Toshiba laptop, since it has Windows XP home edition.   I chatted with a friend.   I will now look at the Mongoose bicycle manual, and see what sort of setup instructions it has, and also look at the lubrication recommendations.   I will then probably take it outside, and I will lubricate it.   I have the air conditioner set at a cooler temperature, since it is warmer inside this afternoon.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/04/06  Sunday 1:15 A.M.:   I ate two pieces of pineapple cheese cake.  I chatted with a friend whom has a sick relative.   Queen Elizabeth II's Official birthday is June 17, 2006 according to this Celebrating The Queen's 80th Birthday > Homepage , although she has already turned 80 on April 21, 2006.   I guess one is suppose to toast the Queen with some sort of alcoholic beverage on June 17, but I do not want to risk having my automobile insurance rates go up.   Speaking of another Queen, the Queen Mary II arrives in Manhattan tomorrow Sunday June 4, 2006 coming from Southampton, England on it way down south for a short cruise before returning back to Manhattan on Friday June 9, 2006 QM2 - Itinerary - 2006 , so I will try to keep a look out for any visiting British tourists whom are stopping over.   It is hard to keep in tune with the comings and goings of guests in Greenwich, Connecticut, since I spend so much time on routine maintenance around here.   Since I do not go out very much anymore, I seem to still have a bit of cabin fever from this winter, since it is still cool in this area, but I am prepared for the warmer weather when and if it arrives.   I chatted with two relatives.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.    I noticed in the movie on the Turner Movie channel earlier this evening called "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" and on the Ronald Reagan calendar in my kitchen with the June 2006 picture of Ronald Reagan on horse back that both Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Stewart looked similar when they were younger.   We have a few younger people around here with that same look that I have not seen in a while.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/03/06  Saturday 10:30 P.M.:   I ate a 9.25 ounce can of CVS bits and pieces cashew nuts with some iced tea.   I watched some of the local digital television programming.   It is probably more worthwhile to read a book, but I like to monitor the news.   I noticed today, when I drove down by the waterfront that the Delamar Hotel was flying both the British Union Jack and the Canadian Maple Leaf flags, so they probably have some people there that speak English.    Since my apartment is more upscale despite the fact it is not on the waterfront, I am perfectly comfortable in my present environment.   The waterfront is just a small part of Greenwich, Connecticut, and there are a lot more comfortable places in back country further away from the waterfront, if one has the funds to buy expensive real estate Greenwich, Connecticut USA, Real Estate .   However, most people in the English Speaking community prefer to keep their homes in the more established Anglophile communities they come from, so they use our temporary lodgings without investing in the local New York Metropolitan area.   Since I have never been in England, I only know what I have read and seen in video productions.   I suppose it is somewhat enjoyable to be around a lot of people whom mostly speak English, so one never has to constantly explain oneself.   Whatever the case, most people whom I know that speak English are not interested in history, and they are more interested in the here and now.    Whenever I try to strike up conversations with the local English speaking community in this area, most everyone seems to be somewhat evasive, as if they were trying to cover up something.   I think since Greenwich seems to have some people with upper level incomes whom enjoy entertainment, they also enjoy various alcoholic beverages in their off time, so on weekends they frequently have a different focus than during their work a day work weeks.   However, once one occupies a home in the suburbs, one is frequently busy with the activities of maintaining the home not to mention supporting its maintenance costs, so whether there is much entertainment going on or not is opened to question.   A great many people entertain away from their homes, so they do not have the preset order of their homes disturbed, which is the more European way of entertaining.   From what I can tell, if I talk about Wall Street which I do not know anything about people listen, but if I talk about computers and related technology, people quickly tune me out.   Thus although most people use the technology in this area today, they are not really concerned with the more technological aspects of it.   In other words, they do not enjoy people talking about technology around here, and most people since they have large investments in their real estate dwell on the various related topics as they are related to their real estate.   In other words, people here are more likely to talk about invisible dog electronic fences as opposed to computer problems on the internet.   CIO 

Note:<888> 06/03/06  Saturday 8:05 P.M.:  To cancel and Ebay bid, one uses this form eBay.com Bid Retraction .  I went through my email.    

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/03/06:

Note:<888> 06/03/06  Saturday 7:10 P.M.:   I cut the eye round in half, and I saved one half wrapping it in plastic wrap and putting it in two zip lock freezer bags and putting it in the freezer.  I put the other half of the eye round roast on a baking rack in a baking pan, and I seasoned it on all sides with garlic powder, ground black pepper, chicken and meat seasoning and Italian seasoning, and Texas Best barbeque sauce.   I baked it in the Farberware convection oven for 41 minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.  I let it stand for a few minutes before carving off three 7/16th inch thick slices, which I put on a dinner plate with the juices.   I refrigerated the rest in a Rubbermaid container.   I also ate half of Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe which I added two chicken bullion cubes to the rice recipe, and I refrigerated the other half in a Rubbermaid container.   I also steamed for 15 minutes on medium electric burner heat about 1.5 cups of broccoli crowns and baby carrots which I put a little bit of olive oil on.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.    I washed the dinner dishes.   I finished the ASR backup.  Before doing the backup, I installed the latest Windows XP updates and the latest Symantec updates.  I also ran Norton Win Doctor 2003.   I ran Ad-awareSE.   I ran CCleaner.   I did a System Restore backup.   I deleted the earlier Vista beta downloads, except the most recent Vista Beta 2 download, so the entire ASR backup is only about 30 gigabytes.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/03/06  Saturday 4:35 P.M.:   I went out after the last message after cleaning up.   I went by the Food Emporium, and I bought an eye round roast at $2.99 a pound for $13.78 and a 48 ounce container of Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal for $4.19 for $17.97 total.   I then went by the Stop and  Shop, and I bought two 96 ounce containers of Tropicana Grove Stand orange juice with calcium for $3.99 each, eight 11 ounce cans of Campbell's pork and beans for .50 each, two buy one get one free of Nathan's 16 ounce beef franks for $4.99 both, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99, and broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.17 for $21.13 total.   I then returned home, and I brought up my groceries with my folding cart that I keep at my bedroom entrance.   I will now do a Microsoft Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup of the primary computer of the C: drive to the D: drive.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/03/06  Saturday 2:05 P.M.:   I had a telephone call from a friend this morning about 7 A.M..   The friend said he did not want my old Schwinn bicycle, because it was too big for him.   I woke up about 11 A.M..   I put the http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/schwinn-traveler-bicycle-090805.JPG in the back of my Volvo station wagon, and I dropped it off at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I then went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I returned the two Cape Cod 4 point No. 600 plate hangers 18 inch to 24 inch  for $3.99 each and .48 tax for $8.46 returned to my debit account.   I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.   It seems recently particularly on weekends that the staff at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club Indian Harbor Yacht Club have been taking all of the parking places at the end of Steamboat Road parking all day instead of the two hour maximum, thus they are in violation of the local parking regulations.  I like checking out the weather down on the pier on Steamboat Road Indian Harbor Yacht Club Real-Time Weather.  The 2006 GREENWICH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE-VINTAGE CARS, BOATS AND PLANES is at the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park on the waterfront for the next two days.   At the southwest parking area at the Greenwich train station they have a farmer's market set up on weekends.   I then returned home, and I picked up my mail.  I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I threw out some garbage.    I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out on this rainy day.   I need to get some groceries and get out for a while.   CIO       

Note:<888> 06/03/06  Saturday 3:25 A.M.:   I went through my email.   I chatted with the 800 number for Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , since their local number did not pickup.   The operator for Luxury Resorts, Vacation Destinations & All-Inclusive Family Hotels - LXR LuxuryResorts is down in Fairfield, New Jersey.   I was asked if I listen to some National Radio Show, I think called "Across America" or something like that, and I mentioned I once saw it linked from The World of Wayne Green .   I actually do not watch or listen to too much broadcast media, other than a brief look at Fox news www.foxnews.com , when I have breakfast.   I tend to busy a lot of the time, when I am awake.   I did channel surf the media for a while, and it seems to be mostly crime and youth entertainment shows.   I spend so much time on the internet along with household routines, I frequently do not find the broadcast media relevant anymore.   However, I do try to look at it occasionally to know what other people are watching.  I do not look at sites like the one mentioned in this article BBC NEWS | Technology | Hackers hit Swedish police site , since they usually have java script that corrupts one's operating system.   Much could be said the same for a lot of the horizontal entertainment sites and hacker gaming sites and software crack sites.  Don't get lost Windows Live Local for Outlook .  I guess today finding your way is not as much of a problem, but figuring out whether you can afford to travel obviously is.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I ate a few handfuls of peanuts.   CIO      

Note:<888> 06/02/06  Friday 11:55 P.M.:  I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with franks .   Instead of hotdogs, I used a 7 ounce tin of Armour Vienna sausages that I drained and cut into quarter inch thick slices.  For the beans, I used a 15 ounce can of Van Camps pork and beans.   I also added a bit of La Choy low sodium soy sauce to the recipe.  I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  This morning, I put two new AA CVS alkaline batteries in the bedroom Orion television remote control.  For some reason, the signal is blocked at certain angles, but it works from the left of the bedroom.   CIO    

Note:<888> 06/02/06  Friday 11:00 P.M.:   I was awake at 9 A.M. this morning.  I had breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   I chatted with a relative.   I went back to bed until 1 P.M..  I picked up my mail.   I went out without cleaning up.   I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought 2 quarter inch hole brass lock washers, 2 pairs quarter inch hole stainless steel lock washer assemblies for a dollar all, a package of three 30 pound OOK hooks for $2.99, two Cape Cod 4 point No. 550 plate hangers 14 inch to 18 inch for $2.99 each, two Cape Cod 4 point No. 600 plate hangers 18 inch to 24 inch  for $3.99 each for $17.97 total.  I then went by Greenwich Bicycles, and I bought a Onward Bike Lighting set for $19.99 and $1.20 tax for $21.19 total.   I put the six lock washer in the space holder between my Volvo seats, and the next time I have to tighten my driver's side windshield washer blade, I will use one of them.   I then went by CVS, and I bought two 9.25 ounce cans of CVS bits and pieces cashew nuts for $2.50 each, a liter of CVS yellow antiseptic mouth wash for $3.49, two buy one get one 50% off of CVS 60 capsule MSM 1000 mg for $6.79 and $3.39 plus .21 tax for $18.88 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and everything but clothes are half price.  I bought for $7.50 a small Queen Anne style mahogany telephone table.   I then went by the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of Arnold whole wheat dark German bread for $1.59 and a Entenmann's pineapple cheese cake for $2 for $3.59 total.   I then returned home.   I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I threw out the garbage and the old newspapers.   I watered the plants, and I filled the white vinegar scent dish on the window ledge in the living room.   I put both bikes behind the down sofa, so the sofa area is now open to sit at.   I moved the telephone chair in a bit, so the bikes do not block the walk area as much.  I used one of the Cape Code 4 Point 14 inch to 18 inch plate hangers to hang my Coca Cola tray with a OOK hook above the right side of the bedroom door.    I will hang the one that I bought on the left side of the bedroom door.    I will return the two 18 inch to 24 inch plate hangers to the Greenwich Hardware store, when I have the time.  The small old print of a canal scene, I hung above the mirror above the dining table between the two sconces.  I replace one of the bulbs in the right scone.  I then installed the bike lighting system on the Mongoose bike.   It works just fine.  One leaves it out of position for day time riding, and one releases it to run the dynamo for night time riding.  I put the front lens on the front above the reflector, and I put the rear red light on the rear lower left side by the dynamo.  When the dynamo is released, it does not line up flush with the side of the rear wheel, but it seems to work fine enough.   The Mongoose mountain bike does not have fenders, so there are not that many easy ways to attach the dynamo, but it still should work.  I secured the dynamo bike light wires with the old type of yellow plastic garbage tag tabs that I had saved that have notches for tightening.   I still need to lubricate the Mongoose bike outside on a sunny day, whenever we get one.  I used my tire gauge, and the tire pressure indicator is off on the Slaymaker jump start system, so I filled each Mongoose tire to about 57 PSI according to the tire gauge.  I polished the small Queen Anne style telephone table, and I put it in the bathroom beneath the towel rack across from the bathroom, so one can place items there in front of the toilet.   I chatted with a relative whom is traveling.   I chatted with some neighbors.  I cancelled my bid on the bike lighting system from Independence, Missouri.   I also put $15 on my MacGray laundry card, so I have $19.35 total on the laundry card.   Pictures 

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/1950s-coca-cola-tray-above-bedroom-door-060206.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/queen-anne-style-telephone-table-in-bathroom-060206.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mongoose-bike-onward-dynamo-and-rear-red-light-060206.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mongoose-bike-onward-dynamo-and-rear-red-light-2-060206.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mongoose-bike-onward-dynamo-and-front-light-060206.JPG

 .CIO    

Note:<888> 06/02/06  Friday 12:30 A.M.:   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/02/06  Friday 12:05 A.M.:   Vista plays hide-and-seek with hackers | Tech News on ZDNet .    I finished going through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 06/01/06  Thursday 11:40 P.M.:   I posted this picture http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mongoose-inland-26-inch-dual-suspension-mountain-bike-060106.JPG .   CIO  

Note:<888> 06/01/06  Thursday 10:55 P.M.:   Well today is the first day of the hurricane season Michael Louis Scott Tropical Weather  .   I will proof the Tropical Weather page, when I have time.  CIO

Note:<888> 06/01/06  Thursday 10:55 P.M.:   I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave pot with lid, and I microwaved it on two reheat cycles, and then I put it in a bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I made a Bios floppy disk with Amiflash for the Mastonic MS8177C Socket A motherboard on the Server.   I studied the manual, and from the AMD web site with an AMD Athlon XP 2800 processor which runs at 333 MHz, I thought I had my dip pins for the motherboard set at 166 MHz, but I checked them out, and they were only set at 100 MHz.  I changed them to 166 MHz, and the Server now shows a Athlon XP 2800 on bootup bios display, and in Hardware Properties for XP it recognizes an Athlon XP 2800, so the Server is now set up properly.   Of course it only has 512 MB of 233 MHz memory, and I could add more memory in future, but since it runs mostly as a server, it really does not need that much memory.   Still it is now running much faster.   I will now go through my email.       

Note:<888> 06/01/06  Thursday 8:05 P.M.:   I installed the AMD Athlon XP 2800 CPU in the server computer with the new Spire CPU cooler, and it all works just fine.   The Spire CPU cooler although it is an inexpensive items runs very quietly than the other $10 CompUSA CPU cooler, so the server runs more quietly.   The server recognized the new CPU in the bios, and plug and play in the operating system.   It recognizes it as AMD 1250 MHz.   I assume that is the correct setting.   I installed the AMD Athlon XP 2000 CPU from the server in the Northgate Syntax computer on the brass and glass coffee table.   It works just fine too.  I put the AMD Duron 1.6 in the CPU packaging that arrived today, and I stored it on the bedroom sideboard shelf.   About the time I finished installing the CPUs, FedEx delivered the Mongoose bike.   They left it downstairs at the building entrance, so I used my pull cart from the car to bring it up.   I put the Schwinn bike against the down sofa between the coffee table, and a friend of mine wants it, so it will be there until he picks it up.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment.   I then returned home.   I ate some dry roasted peanuts.   I unpacked the Mongoose bike in the hallway.   It is made in China, and although it has a red frame, the box says it is a women's bike.    However, one can not really tell, and with the lower center frame post, it is easier for an older person to get on.   I removed the packaging, and I looked at the instructions.   I basically had to attach the front handle bar assembly with an a L wrench and installed the front tire and adjust the front breaks and install the seat.   The rest of it was pretty much all assembled.   I also had to install the pedals and the front and rear reflectors.   The recommended tire inflation is 45 PSI to 65 PSI, so I inflated them to 50 PSI.   I threw out the dual shipping boxes.   I put the cart back in the car.   I still have to lubricate the bike and check the adjustments, which I will do tomorrow or whenever the weather clears.   The manual explains the lubrication intervals.   I left the manual and other paper work on the dining room table.   I put the Mongoose bike behind the down sofa in living room walk area to the bedroom hallway.   I won this Ebay auction eBay: Vintage THIRST KNOWS NO SEASON CocaCola Tray (item 7244748402 end time Jun-01-06 12:38:08 PDT) .   I paid $9.99 plus $12.55 Priority Mail shipping for it and $1.35 insurance for $23.89.   It is being sent from Independence, Missouri, so perhaps Harry Truman once dined off of it.   It is a little bit expensive on my budget, but I already have a vintage 1950s Coca Cola tray, so now I will have two.   I do not have any place yet to display them, but I will try to figure out where to put them up.  I am also bidding on this eBay: Royce Union Bicycle Generator Lighting Set/nib (item 7245613726 end time Jun-05-06 11:35:31 PDT) from the same party.  However, I am not sure whether the dynamo will fit on the Mongoose bike, but I can always put it on the Schwinn bike.   Currently we have an electrical storm in the distance Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .   I chatted with a relative.   CIO     

Note:<888> 06/01/06  Thursday 11:50 A.M.:   After breakfast, I threw some garbage out.   I chatted with some neighbors.    I picked up my mail, and the eBay: AMD ATHLON XP 2800 CPU SOCKET 462 (item 6883860391 end time May-27-06 14:45:30 PDT) for $51 and $8 shipping, tracking is USPS - Track & Confirm arrived.   I will put it in the server computer, and transfer the AMD Athlon XP 2000 from the server to the Northgate Syntax computer and take out keep the AMD Athlon Duron 1.6 for a spare processor.    Before I do that I will wash the breakfast dishes, and I will make my bed.   It should take about two hours to do all of that.  Yesterday afternoon, I ate about 40% of a 16 ounce jar of Planter's dry roasted peanuts.  I have the air conditioner at 70 degrees Fahrenheit.  CIO   

Note:<888> 06/01/06  Thursday 10:45 A.M.:   I was awake at 9:30 A.M..   I just paid my bills for www.geico.com automobile insurance, www.cablevision.com for Digital Cablevision, Optimum Voice, and Optimum Online, and www.verizon.com for my local telephone service.   I also ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com 7 cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $12.49 a carton for $87.43 plus $12.96 postage for $100.39 total.  On my www.cl-p.com electricity account, I have a surplus in the account, and depending on how much electricity I use, I do not have any payments for the next 4 to 5 months.   On my order for $99.99 with free Super Saving Shipping Amazon.com: Mongoose Inland 26-Inch Dual Suspension Mountain Bike: Sports & Outdoors , it is suppose to arrive today according to FedEx | Track , and it is out for delivery, so I have to wait around for them today.   According to the notes on the Mongoose link, one has to assemble it, and also although they advertise it under men's bikes, there is some question as to whether it is a men's bike or a women's bike, but one note says since it is red, it is a men's bike, and the women's version's although the same are a different color, so I guess we could say it is a Unisex bike.  I will now have breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and milk.   CIO