Note 08/17/97 Sunday 9:20 PM EDT: I drove out to Tod's Point and enjoyed the view this afternoon watching a rain shower come in. I had a dish of fruit for dinner. I watched the PBS Channel 13 special on the Hemitage, most excellent. I am finishing up doing my laundry and will clean the apartment first thing tomarrow morning. I might go out for an evening cruise after I do laundry. CIO

Note 08/17/97 Sunday 3:20 PM EDT: I took a two hour nap from noon to 2 PM. I had a shell steak and two ears of corn on the cob for dinner. I plan to clean up and go out in this hot weather, possibly paying a visit over to Tod's Point depending on how the heat hits me when I go outside. I renamed this page "Scott's Notes".

Note 08/17/97 Sunday 10:00 AM EDT: I listened to the computer media reports. I might work on configuring Frontpage 98 this AM. I do not have much to report at present. I imagine it is a hot day outside. There were an average number of people downtown last night. I imagine people will be hitting the beach today. www.ttalk.com has good daily computer reports to listen to if you are a tech head. Check out www.mikescott.net/bm.htm Scott's Bookmark for a short list of links I have come across this week. Of course the old long list is still there for now. My viewpoint of the internet is to surf the net and point out what I come across. I do not do much editorial comment, but do make occassional comments about our local area as it relates to my activity. Previous notes here might help you tweak your system. I am running Netscape 4.02, 3.02 and MS Internet Explorer 4.0 beta 2. On my system MS IE 4.0 beta 2 is a little slow compared to Netscape. I still have not found the active X plugin at www.vdo.net for it yet. My viewpoint is that the net activity is slow in this area while people vacation and relax, but I am sure once the schools go back and people return from vacation it will speed up and become congested again. www.ibm.net is going limit access to one user per account as of 9/1/97; so many family users might have to learn to share user time or delegate it. I still have not afforded a CDROM drive and am in need of a 17 inch monitor to relieve eye strain. Perhaps I should try wearing my glasses. CIO.

Note 08/17/97 Sunday 8:00 AM EDT: I made two backup tape copies of my entire system yesterday. I was able to get HP Colorado backup working properly by deinstalling the program and reinstalling the program. I also do not select the compare option when backing up, and I also select the "format while backing up" option. One note as mentioned before, I only get about 575 M. backed up, and the hard disk contains over 800 M. of files. Thus over 200 M. of files are not being backed up. I have not figured out what is causing this situation, but it would obviously mean I would not be able to do a full restore if that was needed. System is running fine otherwise. Yesterday was very hot. Greenwich is relatively quiet. I plan to web surf today to avoid the hot weather. I will clean the apartment tomarrow.

Note 08/16/97 Saturday 7:35 AM EDT: Up at 7:00 AM this morning. It is suppose to be hot in Greenwich today up to the 90's. Advise Air Defence Command to stand down from "Red Alert", maintain active status. Stock market bares watching on Monday to see what will happen next week. In the late 1960's and early 1970's, McNammarra's Beach on Martha's Vineyard use to be the hippie protest beach where everyone went skinny dipping. When walking from Gay Head to Edgartown or in reverse, I think it is about 14 miles give or take. However, there is a spit of water along the way that is easier to cross at low tide, moreover tidal spits of water can contain quick sand, so it is advised to use caution when crossing tidal estuaries, not to mention watching out for the currents. I still prefer Nantucket from the old days when I lived there, but once again the ocean currents on the south shore can be extremely hazardous particularly for inexperienced swimmers. I would assume the same for the Vineyard. I advise against illegal camping on the beaches of the Cape islands, since many people with sand permits and off road vehicles do not notice campers on the beach particularly when they go cruising at night. There are youth hostles on both Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, both of which would probably be busy this time of year. In the old days the Episcopal church in Cambridge use to run a place called the "Poor House" in Bourne county where young people could drop by and stay in the summer. It was actually a very nice facility donated by a "Standard and Poors" family member. If one is on Cape Code headed towards Woods Hole, Elsie's sandwich shop is on the way for a good sandwich. Last I knew Martha's Vineyard access is out of Wood's Hole, where one should stop by the Wood's Hole Oceanagraphic Institute for an adventure. Nantucket access is out of Hyannis. I believe the other Cape Islands have access out of New Bedford, but don't quote me on it. Remember to throw a penny as you leave Nantucket and round Brant's Point. I don't plan to visit up that way this summer and am quite comfortable roughing it out in Greenwich. Other recommended points of destination in the summer are Maine, Eastern Canada, and of course there is the rest of New England and Canada, but once one gets away from the shore it can be warmer. On a rainy day in Maine, there is plenty of discount shopping in Freeport, Maine and Kittery, Maine; enough to bust anyone's budget. I keep telling people they should put in discount computer outlets in both those towns. Well I plan to surf the net a little and get out before it is too hot. CIO.

Note 08/15/97 Friday 1:35 PM EDT: Government of Montserrat and Montserrat Volcano Observatory has latest information on volcanic activity in Montserrat which looks quite serious. Since there are still people on the island, I would recommend total evacuation of the island and not to leave the remaining population on the north side of the island. Research Martinique's erruption during the early part of this century. 700 mini earthquakes a day means to me, a major erruption should occur some time soon. Other news, I slept all morning. I have to go back up to Wilton this afternoon to return a friend to pick up his car from Greenwich Exxon. I am not sure whether I will go out this afternoon, or possibly web surf. Pollution in the area is usual for this time of the year. My computer system is running fine. I have been taking time off from the computer to enjoy our local summer weather and relax my eyes from the strain of daily computer activity. I chatted with Jason and Jack from New Canaan last night who are seniors at Princeton. They seem very smart for young students their age. Also chatted with visitor from Brazil. Usual level of activity seems to be going on in this area for this time of year. All "WH", "MV", "AUCK", and Nantucket sand permit vehicles seem to have disappeared from the area, so it is safe to assume that the entourage of "Eagle" is sitting up off Cape Cod. Of course when I lived in Nantucket none of the locals would dare drive a vehicle with identifying stickers except the "sand" permits. Walking from "Gay Head" to Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard is fun, but make sure you have enough time and walk in the direction that the sun is not in your eyes. Watch out for "rouge" waves when on the ocean shore. Reports out of Kennebunkport are that the town is very busy with lots of visitors. Stockmarket is down 120 points, it is possibly time to think of withdrawing from the market, depending on one's individual porfolio.

Note 08/14/97 Thursday 6:00 PM EDT: Normal day in Greenwich. Lots of visitors with the nearby PGA golf tournament. Pollution levels are higher. My feeling is that my migraine headache came from looking at the computer too long. Needless to say what is the usual level of busy activity for me in Greenwich might seem very busy to someone from the country. It should be a pleasent evening though. Old guard seen making the rounds about town. Sextons at Christ Church have done an excellent job of maintaining the grounds and flower beds this year. CIO, Chief Information Officer.

Note 08/14/97 Thursday 7:15 AM EDT: Awake. Communications blackout in force, disregard psychic communications, maintain status quo, CIO.

Note 08/13/97 Wednesday 9:05 PM EDT: Migraine Headache persists, unable to function all day. Unable to locate vendor of Corby's Whiskey from Canada. Have not been outside. Local friend is in need of assistence, but I think he will survive. Family is enjoying usual summer activities. August 14 is family members' birthday, but I think she will stay around Fort Sam Houston for the time being. Offout Airforce Base is to continue red alert status until advised to stand down. Military rules still apply in civilian area for the uninformed. Nobody seems to know the real status of the accurracy of the information being conveyed to us in the communication field. Usual facts are people are on vacation and not much is being reported for the time being. Diplomatic group leaves this area for vacation this time of year. Locals try to get ready for winter. Have respect for people who help out in this area during the long winters, particularly when they volonteer away from their more familiar environments. Have not had time or ability with migraine to read any media reports for 36 hours.

Note 08/11/97 Tuesday 1:30 PM EDT: I downloaded Image Composer 1.5 Beta - EN for Windows 95 & NT 4.0 - US English Version - Download Page , while cleaning my apartment. I am about to have lunch and cleanup before I got out, which will take another hour give or take, plus I will do the install before leaving.

Note 08/11/97 Tuesday 12:00 Noon EDT: I finally got my second backup made. I had to reformat the tape. I guess I will have to get two new Travan QTR 1 tapes at the first of the month. I am wandering if the program backs up 560 M. of the hard drive, what part of the 200 M. of the hard drive it does not backup that I will possibly need, if I ever do a restore. About 50 M. of the files not backed up are hidden system files. It would seem to me, that one should be able to backup the entire contents of a hard drive. Even if I did a full install of Win95 of about 50 M. and restored the tape contents, I would still be missing about 150 M. of the present hard drive contents. Obviously there would be some program or group of programs that would malfunction and I would have to reinstall them. I don't think I have 150 M. of temporary files. I assume I have backed up the compressed downloadables. In other news I got plenty of sleep last night and am finally rested. This afternoon I will clean my apartment and go out later, and try not to spend any money. I have to ship back the old defected warrantied Western Digital hard drive, so I am not billed for it. Greenwich is not too hot for this time of year, but we seem to have quite a bit of pollution out of the city coming our way which can make it uncomfortable. I believe the Hospital Thrift Shop has put out its new fall line of merchandise. Well all my computer work is basically done, and I can sit back and surf the net instead of doing system work. I might download Microsoft beta of the Graphics program that goes with Frontpage 98. I also need to delete some downloadables and restore some archive files. Basically I have about 250 M. of free hard disk space right now, but I could always free up more if I had to.

Note 08/11/97 Monday 8:15 PM EDT: Made my appointment and chatted with a friend about life in Europe. I stopped by Entree Computer and purchased a 3 1/2 inch floppy disk drive for $31.27 to replace my old five year old drive that seems to be malfunctioning. It took about a half hour to put in and another hour to back up to floppy key startup disks, restore disks, and the HP backup program to disk. I noticed on my older configuration with the new floppy cables they have the old and new fittings, but since my 5 1/4 inch floppy drive is about three inches from the 3 1/2 inch floppy drive, the three inch spacing between the two groups of terminal connectors on the floppy cable was just enough inversing them. I suggest there should be a little more lenght between floppy cable groups of connectors for spacing in tower cases. The new floppy drive is working fine, and the disks pop out startling fast, one has to use a V finger button push to catch them. I am now about to make a second backup of my system which is running well, despite that irritating message at bootup. I will sit and chat with my audience while I make the backup. Who needs sleep anyway, you'll have plenty of time for that when you die.

Note 08/11/97 Monday 3:30 PM EDT: First Backup Complete, I am off to an appointment. Ciao.

Note 08/11/97 Monday 1:05 PM EDT: I took a short nap, but could not sleep. I have the system tweaked to perfection except for that nuisance error message about "Netware Desktop Not Available", which I can't figure out how it got there unless it was something I installed with the Win95 installation. System seems to run fine, but the net is a little slow at lunch time. Now I intend to back up the system. One problem is the backup seems to recognize only about 75 percent of the files on the hard disk, which all can't be system files in use, about 550 meg of 750 meg. Well better some than none. I to have lunch and clean up.

Note 08/11/97 Monday 9:00 AM EDT: Last evening about 6:00 PM, as I was finishing up, I experienced a major system malfunction. For some reason double space was trying to install itself, and the bootable system files were corrupted. Windows would not run. Perhaps my bootable floppy was also corrupted. I went to bed and got up at 2:00 AM this morning. I reinstalled windows running setup and custom and doing a custom installation. This fixed my system problem. I also had to install the network for the internet and configure it. After some hassle I got it done, and downloaded nine updated files from Mirosoft to update my Win95 installation. I also reinstalled the DUN and Winsock upgrades, and had to reinstall Colorado Backup 3.0 which installation files I had on my hard drive. I updated Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 beta 2 by running setup.exe and reinstalling any changed files. I also reset my MTU program. The system is back up to normal and running fine. I set my system.ini file to "yes" for 32 bit . I also noticed that the http://www.vdo.net Active X plugin for MS IE 4.0 beta 2 was not available at their site, although I had downloaded it and had it working several days ago. Also I get and error message when starting Win95 the "Netware Shell is Not Available" for some reason which I can not figure out how to eliminate, but then the system starts the desktop and the error message does not seem to use and system resources, so I will have to live with it. Now after I reinstall IPHONE, I will back up my system and go to bed for a five hours. What a relief to have it back to normal again. It took about 8 hours to get it back to normal. Also the Frontpage 98 Editor is a little slow in accepting Keyboard keystrokes, so I will continue to use Frontpad for typing sessions.