Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.:   I watched Boston Legal, and I rested a bit.   I will now boot into Vista for a while.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 9:45 P.M.:   I am going through my email.  Tracking on the eBay: Battery Fits DATEC 7036 UPS (12V 17AH) (item 270007279103 end time Nov-09-06 09:39:26 PST) for $19.95 and $13 shipping for $32.95 total is UPS: Tracking Information .  Vista/Office Launch On For T-Day Plus Seven - Technology News by TechWeb . Big Poo » Why IBM’s patent suit against Amazon could be bad news for the entire Web | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com .  Vista Coupon Upgrade Limit Hits Businesses - Windows, Gartner, Microsoft, Operating System - CRN .   I chatted with a relative.  I ate 15 Ritz crackers with 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch by 1/16th inch thick slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them along with some iced tea.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.:   I went outside briefly, and I picked up the mail.   I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with franks , which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I used two ball park beef franks and a 16 ounce can of Bush's maple cured baked beans, and I also added a little bit of soy sauce to the recipe.   I then took a nap for about an hour.   I reinstalled the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard drivers, but I think the problem is that with 64,000 frequencies, if one does not work, one needs to reset the frequencies for a better connection.  One does this by pressing the button on the sending unit, and then pressing small button with a pen on the bottom of the mouse or the keyboard.   That is the best that I can figure out.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 5:20 P.M.:   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  Commentary: Long live Hubble - CNN.com .   BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hubble telescope will get upgrade .  Will Vista OEM be the same? .   CIO

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 3:00 P.M.:   I installed the Microsoft Accounting program.   I started it to import my Microsoft Money 2006 file.   This took a while, and it just completed.   I backed up the data.   I rested while the program was being imported.   I woke up at noon, and I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I then went back to bed until now.  A neighbor called and gave me back $3 for cigarettes barrowed.   I will now do a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary computer from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 4:55 A.M.:   I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.   Easy to use accounting software from Microsoft for Free.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 3:35 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | South Asia | Prince calls off trip amid fears .  Windows Media Player 11 .   Microsoft Responds To Vista License Concerns - News by InformationWeek .  Solutions from PC Magazine: Before You Give Away Your Old PC .  I will now install Media Player 11 on the primary and server computers.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 2:05 A.M.:   I microwaved and ate a Banquet 7 ounce frozen chicken pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/31/06 Tuesday 12:45 A.M.:  Happy Halloween.   I rested after the last message until 8 P.M..  I then chatted with a relative.   Nancy Reagan was on television with Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library .   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by Starbucks, and I got a dollar bill of an Indian dollar.   I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue.   It was not very busy downtown.   I sat out at various locations.   I drove down by the waterfront.   I then returned home.   I saw a truck delivering a truck load of new cars.   They usually do that at night, when it is not too busy.   I live on the west end of automobile row here in Greenwich, Connecticut, so we have some fancy automobiles for sale in this area.   I came home, and I was home an hour early.   I had not set my clock in the Volvo back an hour, so I went down, and I set my clock back an hour in the Volvo.   I noticed there is a tall stereo case with drawers behind the dumpster.   I then noticed I hung the United States flag with the stars in the left top corner which is the sign of distress.   I decided to put the flag back the way I normally keep them in case we might have various worldwide visitors, in case anyone has not gone south for the winter, there might be a few people left around the area.   I put out the two small Swiss and one small Swedish flags on the Lexmark X1185 printer on the dining table at the apartment entrance.   I then hung the United States of America flag with the stars in the upper right corner on the right hallway bookcase, and then the British Union Jack over it, and then the Scottish Cross of St. Andrews over it.   On the left hallway bookcase, I put the Saudi Arabian flag with the U.S. Air Force flag over it with the Netherlands flag over it with the Swedish flag displayed over them all.   Since Scotland and Sweden are the two most northern flags I have, they probably are appropriate for the winter.   I do not display the Saudi Arabian flag very much since the large Jewish community in Greenwich, Connecticut would be offended, although it does not offend me other than the fact I am still freezing in the winter, so they are not very good at coming up with any cheap energy for the winter, so we sort of forget about them around here anyway.   Anyway 60% of the New York City area energy comes from Canada anyway.   The Jewish population is suppose to be good on nuclear energy, but they do not seem to be able to supply it cheaply anymore.   Thus sooner or later it will get colder in the apartment.   I will now make up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/30/06 Monday 5:40 P.M.:   I called an associate and left a message, and the associate just called me back.   I called Radio Shack in Cos Cob, and the 4-way gold-plated bidirectional splitter is $18.99 RadioShack.com - Home Entertainment: Accessories: Video accessories: Adapters, splitters & amplifiers: 4-Way Gold-Plated Bidirectional Splitter .   I guess I will buy it at the first of the month, and I will keep the 2-way gold-plated bidirectional spitter to use on the cable connection beneath the living room Sony television where the cable connects for the lead into the bedroom Orion television, so it will be a better connection.   I microwaved and ate a bag of microwave popcorn which I ate with some iced tea.   I will now take a nap on the long green sofa for a while, and I will put the primary computer on standby.   There is really no point in going downtown more than I have too, since they really do not appreciate my congenial presence down there.  I had a recorded telephone message earlier in the afternoon from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S. Chamber of Commerce - Business Issues & Action, Small Business Resources, Events, Advocacy, Chambers and Associations with Barbara Bush Biography of Barbara Bush telling how much has been done for Senior medical plans.  CIO   

Note:<888> 10/30/06 Monday 3:50 P.M.:    I went outside earlier, and I threw out some garbage, and I picked up my mail.   I chatted with a few associates.   I reheated the other 1.5 cups of steak stew on two vegetable cycles on the General Electric microwave oven, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I dialed a number by mistake, and I got Rockwood Capital .  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/30/06 Monday 2:20 P.M.:   I think today might be an old friend's birthday instead of yesterday.   As I recall it was the day before Halloween.   I ordered for the server another Surplus Computers Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner Capture Card for $15.99 with free shipping.   Thus both the primary and server computers will have TV capture cards.   I will need to return the gold two splitter to Radio Shack to get a gold four way splitter.   I think I already have the cable to connect it.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/30/06 Monday 12:10 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I toured the store.   I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   I stopped by CVS again.  I mentioned to one of their staff that they should display more items from Unilever global company website since their office is just across from the Greenwich Library just east of U.S. Tobacco U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company .   It is another one of those quiet companies in town that one does not hear too much about.    After I completed my walk, I sat out for a while.   I noticed a photographer from Vermont regularly goes to Starbucks on Sunday night.   He probably works for Canadian intelligence, since some Vermont people can occasionally make it up to Canada.   I then returned home.   I chatted with a neighbor.  I opened a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it on one vegetable cycle.   I put the soup in  large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a 5 ounce bag of Wise sour cream and onion potato chips.   I then went to bed until 8 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 coffee.  I then went back to bed until now.   I will now wash the breakfast dishes, and I will make my bed.   I have lost 25 pounds, and I am now down to about 190 pounds.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 5:15 P.M.:  I defrosted and heated in the microwave one of the two three cup containers of frozen steak stew, and I ate 1.5 cups of it with a glass of iced tea.   Since nobody has seem to responded to the "Charge of the Light Brigade" , I will now shut down the primary  computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out downtown, and I will model my new blue suspenders with my Lee blue jeans.   It we are attached again, I could always use them for a catapult to launch any spare objects at the annoying intruder.   If the nut case in blue Audi still thinks I am an annoying African American, I could arrange for a bigger African American to take my place whom might not be so diplomatic.   I could also take my Polaroid digital camera and take a picture of the idiot's license plate to have for posterity before he runs out of gasoline.   Basically there are a few people whom might be without electricity in the area Thousands without power as winds pound East - CNN.com , but most of the established Greenwich residents can afford to go to a local hotel if they lose power.   From what I can tell, there is not much money to be made off walking around the downtown area in Greenwich, Connecticut over 23 years.   I have found about $44 in cash, and I have won $160 on lottery cards and scratch cards, and I have probably spend about $50 on lottery and scratch cards, so the net profit in walking around downtown Greenwich Avenue area would be about $154 in 23 years or about $6.70 a year.   I think the gasoline and other expenses to drive to the downtown area and maintain a car and my lifestyle have been a little bit more expensive than that.   Basically since my largest financial supporter presently seems to be the United States Government for the last 23 years, sooner or later the nut case in the blue Audi sedan might have to justify himself to a higher authority.  If the nut case in the blue Audi sedan has big bucks, where he thinks he can throw his weight around, I think we could arrange for the Internal Revenue Service Internal Revenue Service to also audit the individual.    CIO

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 4:10 P.M.:  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.   Basically after walking Greenwich Avenue for 23 years, it is basically like being the Maytag Repairman, particularly after midnight.   Since the town of Greenwich, Connecticut with its two major highway arteries gets up to a million people traveling through town every week, Greenwich Avenue changes from minute to minute hour to hour day to day.   From what I can tell, a certain Mafiosi group frequent Greenwich Avenue on weekends at some of our local pubs, and I have seen Gotti family members coming and going from some of the local pubs.   However, this is the New York metropolitan area, and there are more than a few Italians in the area, and most of them seem to be law abiding.   Basically it is my perspective, if they are getting territorial over the outside area around Starbucks, it gets awfully cold there in the winter, and not many people want to linger around there once it gets cold.   After midnight, there is usually just police and fire protection and the occasional ambulance crew along with a few train passengers, most of whom are coming to and from work at the Greenwich Hospital on the night shift.   There are also occasionally a handful of children skate boarding late at night.   On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights after Starbucks closes, it is usually dead slow, and earlier in the evening there are usually a few movie goers and people dining out with a few of the younger generation stopping by the pubs.   It is my perspective, that I am not being paid for walking on Greenwich Avenue late at night, and it is just a quiet exercise walk.  I do not have any official capacity, and from what I can tell, if anything goes wrong, there tend to be a few other people with cell phones.   Basically, I think the Greenwich Police know the situation with the Nut Case in the Blue Audi, so more than likely they have taken care of it.   The only other car parked in that location late at night this summer was a white Chevrolet sedan from Wilton, Connecticut.   Obviously none of these people using parking at that location late at night in the winter would be interested in being out in the cold freezing weather when the weather is not too glamorous late at night.   In other words nobody else would want to do the job, even if they were paid.   Also the only other person out there late at night and in the early morning hours was George the taxi cab driver just walking to work, before he moved to Stamford.  Also two different people water the hanging plants in the summer.   There is an early morning riser walking about 4 to 5 A.M. in an orange parka.   Occasionally there are a few delivery trucks and cleaning crews.  The police and fire and EMT respond to many accidents on Interstate 95.   The Greenwich Time and other newspaper delivery trucks are out.   Occasionally some of the guests from the Delamar Hotel walk around exploring the town.   Of course after 4 or 5 A.M. the garbage trucks are moving around.   A few late night pub crawlers have cigarettes outside of the bars, and network when the bars are closing.   Recently I have noticed the Colonial Diner which is opened all night has not been very busy at night anymore.   The real fact is that there are not that many people out late at night and during the early morning hours anymore, but there are always travelers on the highway.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 2:30 P.M.:   I woke up at 10 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 coffee.  I chatted with a relative and two friends.   I left a message with another friend.   The reason I emailed the www.fbi.gov is that I had received on one of my unused email addresses an airline reservation for two people with a name  similar to mine on KLM Northwest airlines. It initially looked like a computer mistake, but I noticed the reservation was for November 11, 2006 or ""1111", and I thought that might be a day people would remember for a terrorist day, so I finally checked with Northwest KLM this morning, and they told me it was a mistake, and the intended email address was similar.   I did a Vista Complete PC backup of my computer, and I also did a XP ASR backup of my computer from the C: first hard drive to the D: second hard drive.   I rested a bit after breakfast until now.  CIO    

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 2:40 A.M.:  I microwaved and ate a bag of popcorn.   I filed report here FBI Tips and Public Leads about another unusual computer event.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 1:35 A.M.:  I finished setting back the clocks.  I still need to set the clock back in the Volvo.  Basically once they start trying to kill you, you tend not to be too diplomatic.   I called up United States Military Academy at West Point at 1-845-938-4011.  I advised the military police of the situation, and they said they have no influence in Connecticut.   I mentioned the name of a relative that might be involved with their organization.  I then did some minor interior decorating.   I took the two Swiss and one Swedish flags off the Lexmark X1185 printer on the dining table at the apartment entrance, and I put them on the Danish bar behind the other smaller flags.   I then rehung the United States Air Force www.af.mil flag over the left hallway bookcase and the United States of America flag over the right hallway bookcase.   The other larger flags of convenience are not hung underneath them.  Of course being less than diplomatic most of the time, I have already set lose my big cats and wolves.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 1:25 A.M.:  I believe at 2 A.M., we end Daylight Savings Time, and we Fall back to 1 A.M..   I will now start resetting the clocks and other time keeping devices.  I believe the computer does it automatically.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 1:10 A.M.:  I have a pretty good memory for detail.   If I am not mistaken, today happens to be the 32nd birthday for a local expert on cold weather known as the "Artful Dodger" http://mikelouisscott.com/chris2000.jpg .  Since he grew up in Jay Peak, Vermont in much colder weather until he arrived in this area to go to the Greenwich High School at age 14, he probably knows some other cold weather people.   Since he lived at the Y.M.C.A. and Christ Church more than likely he has quite a few friends in the downtown area, if he ever makes it back to visit this area from where ever he has settled into for his long winter's stay.   More than likely he would rather be in Daytona, Florida, but with his local cold weather skills, he probably manages to make a living in this area.   Since the skinny women at Christ Church have quite a bit of influence, more than likely this could be the same person Garelick Farms , so if you need some cow juice for your coffee, you know whom to look up.  CIO

Note:<888> 10/29/06 Sunday 12:50 A.M.:  My friend reminded me that certain delegations to the United Nations such as Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and I suppose some other countries are not allowed to travel more than 25 miles from the United Nations.   Thus if one drew a circle 25 miles in radius from the United Nations that would show how far they are allowed to travel.   Since in the colder months, Greenwich Avenue is always full of Russians, I would think it is safe to assume that Greenwich Avenue is within 25 direct radius miles of the United Nations as the Crow flies.   If one of the delegates were caught beyond this radius they would be subject to whatever penalties the host country being the United States of America were subject to levy.   In other words, with 300 million United States citizens, I do not think it is too hard to keep track of the various delegates in their movements and their travels.  More than likely their vehicles are monitored anyway.   However, if one searched from 15 Havemeyer Place in Greenwich, Connecticut where the Greenwich Police station is located to the United Nations Plaza in New York, New York at http://maps.google.com/ it says it is 30.9 miles via road, thus more than likely the various delegates that are limited in their travels would not be allow to cross from New York into Connecticut without special permission.  Thus with the Russian types, they would be allowed to come out as far as Rye, New York, and I guess if they were sneaking out any further, they would be some of the odd joggers we see in the area coming and going occasionally.   However, the New York City area is suppose to have a half million recent Russian immigrants, so more than likely they are less restricted in their travels, and more than likely some of their delegates move around with them.   Basically the rules exists because other countries overseas enforce the same rules on our delegates or representatives.  I microwaved and ate a 7 ounce Banquet chicken pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/28/06:

Note:<888> 10/28/06 Saturday 11:20 P.M.:  Windows and Microsoft Office upgrade demo link.  Geeks.com - New Arrivals for the week of 28.OCT.06 $1.99 flat rate shipping on over $20 .  Midnight in Moscow In Moscow, the night is young - Los Angeles Times .  I did not win PowerBall.  I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/28/06 Saturday 10:25 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend whom volunteers for the United Nations www.un.org .   The rumor is that the next Secretary General of the United Nations will be from South Korea.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/28/06 Saturday 9:45 P.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 $9 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.779 a gallon for 62.3 miles driving this week at 14.6 miles per gallon averaging driving 12 miles an hour around town.   I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a local attorney.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   During my walk, I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a scratch card for a dollar, and I won $2.   With my winnings, I bought a PowerBall ticket www.powerball.com for a dollar, and I kept the other dollar, so the PowerBall ticket did not cost me anything.  The PowerBall numbers are "11,19,20,30,40,36"   I stopped by the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.   I chatted with the regular building custodian.  I used the ATM machine at the Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York.  I then went by CVS, and I toured their store display.   I then was sitting out at one of my usual cigarette places at the veterans bench across from the senior and the arts center, and a new blue Audi sedan pulled up along side my car, and left its bright lights shinning on me.   After about 10 minutes, I got up and walked around the sidewalk, and I put out my cigarette in the street and threw the butt in the garbage can.   It was about the time a fire department truck was returning to the station about 6:30 P.M..   As I was walking behind the blue Audi, the driver backed out very fast and almost hit me, and I quickly dodged the rear of the Audi.  I looked at the passenger side of the car, and there was a white middle aged male driver and white middle aged female passenger.   The passenger's side window was down, and the driver yelled out very loud, "Get Out of Here Niger!", and then they sped away down Arch Street.   The license plate was a Connecticut license plate with numbers.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a local Chinese resident that runs a dry cleaners.   He told me they had had a memorial at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club for a Kress family member that had died.   I chatted with Byron from Guatemala, and he told me he now owns the Holly Hill dump, which I thought was a bit strange since it is suppose to be a municipal dump, in other words the town of Greenwich owns it.  I then returned home, and I ate the last half of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips, and I ate 15 Ritz crackers with .75 inch by 1.75 inch by 1/16th inch slices of Monterey Jack cheese on them with some iced tea.  I chatted with two relatives, and I left messages with three friends, and I chatted with two local security organizations about the Blue Audi incident.   Possibly it is my viewpoint, it might be "Militant Anti Smokers".  The Greenwich Police said it might be somebody that is Emotionally Disturbed.  CIO    

Note:<888> 10/28/06 Saturday 3:30 P.M.:    I broke three large eggs in a bowl, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk, a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese, a teaspoon of olive oil, dashes of Italian Seasoning, and I whisked it all together.   I then put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a stick proof frying pan, and I heated it on medium high electric heat, once the oil became hot, I added the egg mixture, and once it began to solidify, I made a batch of scrambled eggs.   While doing that I also put three pieces of paper towel on a microwave proof plate, and four strips of Smithfield double thick bacon and on top of that two paper towels, and I put a plate plastic microwave lid on it, and I microwaved it for 4.5 minutes.   I toasted two English muffin halves, which I put a little bit of olive oil on.    I ate it all 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 guess I will fill up the Volvo gasoline tank at the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline next to the Greenwich Library, when I go out.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/28/06 Saturday 2:40 P.M.:   I woke up at 7 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 coffee.   I went back to bed.   I chatted with a friend about 10 A.M..  My friend lives up along East Fairfield Beach, Connecticut, and the water from Long Island Sound was breaking over the sea wall.   I went back to bed until noon.   I picked up the mail.   The Baltimore and Ohio ceramic ashtray arrived in the mail.   I took a short piece of thin wire off the Dartmouth College picture, and I thread it through the two holes on the Baltimore Ohio ceramic ashtray, and I used a OOK hook, and I hung the Baltimore and Ohio ashtray beneath the left far wall living room sconce just beneath and to the right of the picture of Abraham Lincoln.   I use another OOK hook, and I hung the Nantucket ashtray to left side  of the right far wall living room sconce.   I took the Albertville, France Winter Olympics stamps in the red frame from that location, and I hung them beneath the left side of the Ox Yoke above the living room closets, and I moved the picture of Prince William and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands on the under side of the right side of the Ox Yoke, so that picture no long is above the living room light switch, and it does not fall off the wall, when one activates the living room light switch.  I threw out the Baltimore and Ohio shipping box with the shredded paper from St. Laurel, Maryland.   I put the blue light weight throw blanket on the end of the bed to have available for naps without unmaking the bed.   The rain is suppose to lighten up around 4 P.M., but there still might be some showers until 7 P.M..  CIO      

Note:<888> 10/27/06 Friday 10:25 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I retrieved the boxes out of the dumpster, and I collapsed them, and I put them underneath the bed.   I put the stuffing peanuts and stuffing foam bags in a plastic garbage bag, and I stored them in the false ceiling.   Thus I have shipping material in case I need to ship anything.   Guest Book - Gen. William Westmoreland .   I will  now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy , there does not be much news on what the Queen is doing recently, so she is probably just staying home working on household duties.   I ate half of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringles sour cream and onion potato chips.  CIO    

Note:<888> 10/27/06 Friday 9:00 P.M.:   Bug Causes Vista RTM Roadblock? .  Exxon Mobil earnings hit $10.5 billion - Los Angeles Times .   I finished going through my email.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/27/06 Friday 8:25 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend and a relative.   I met my new neighbor.   I threw out the boxes.   I chatted with my new neighbor and his relative.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I put the blue suspenders on my blue jeans, and I will leave them on, and one can pull them on as on puts on one's pants, and one only needs to remove them when one washes them.   I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/27/06 Friday 6:45 P.M.:   I woke up at 10 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 coffee.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I picked up my mail.  The New Central Railroad blue 100 share stock certificate arrived.   I put it in a 11 inch by 14 inch brass frame that I had, and I hung it with a OOK hook to the right hand side of the golf autograph magazine above the bedroom closet.   I then did my house cleaning and watering the plants.   I threw out the garbage and some old periodicals literature.   I leant a neighbor a package of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100 cigarettes in a box.   The neighbor now owes me about $4 for cigarettes.   I then chatted with a neighbor.   I took out a frozen 15.5 ounce Red Baron Deep Dish pizza with pepperoni, and I put in on a metal baking sheet, and I added garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and olive oil.   I then put it in the Farberware convection oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 18 minutes.   I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   UPS delivered the blue 2 inch wide 54 inch long clip suspenders, and the smaller of the jump start systems.   I left the suspenders on their hook attachments, and I hung them with my belts at the bedroom entrance.   The small jump system is not too physically large, about a third of the size of my other jump start systems, but it is suppose to be equally powerful.   Probably it has a different type of more powerful battery.   It needs to be charged up 24 hours before using it the first time, and it is suppose to be good for 90 days on a charge if not used.   It does not have a power cable, but just a plug for an extension cord.   I had a foot long extension cord that I plugged into it, and then I put a three prong to two prong adapter on that foot long cord, and I plugged it into a regular extension cord and placed it by the bedroom entrance while it charges up.   Technically with four jump systems, once I have them up and running, I would be able to leave one in the car this winter, and since I have a charging adapter for the car cigarette lighter, if I needed to use one while I was downtown, it would be available.   However, when jump start batteries sit out in the cold weather, they tend to be less powerful, but still it is an option.   Of course I have jumper cables in the car, but Volvo recommends against using them to prevent from damaging the car onboard computer.   I suppose it depends on how much of an emergency it is.  The jump start system came in its own box plus three other boxes, so with the suspenders box, I have four boxes to throw away shortly.   They are good boxes, but I have no where to store them.    CIO     

Note:<888> 10/27/06 Friday 12:55 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | Business | Microsoft profits beat estimates .  Windows Vista: Express Upgrade .   NewsFactor Network .  » Another Microsoft stumble - Vista coupons | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com .  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa to decide Hubble's fate .  I went through my email.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 11:50 P.M.:  Besides the two new jump start systems, I also have the Slaymaker Jump Start system that I replaced the battery on two years ago, and it seems fairly good.   I also have a Roadmaster Jumpstart Portable Power Station that I found in the dumpster about six months ago, and its battery is worn out.   I took it apart, and it uses the same battery as the Slaymaker, so I ordered eBay: Battery Fits DATEC 7036 UPS (12V 17AH) (item 270007279103 end time Nov-09-06 09:39:26 PST) for $19.95 and $13 shipping for $32.95 total.   Thus I will have four jump start systems ready to use this winter.  If it is hard starting the car this winter, one could always rig up two of them at a time for more power.   My spare funds are down to minimal support until the first of the month, but I have paid most of my bills for November.  I will now put the Roadmaster unit back together.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 10:40 P.M.:  The two jump start devices are shipping separately .  The order that I bought was this combo listed at the bottom of this page Amazon.com: Schumacher PS-400-3A Instant Power Jump Starter With 18 Amp Hour Battery: Automotive for $103.87 for both jump start system less $20 for over $100 automotive order in automotive using coupon code "ILW7MGWS" for $83.87 plus with free Super Saver Shipping I saved $27.20 on ground shipping that I did not have to pay for a total of $83.87 all together.   The tracking on the least powerful of the two devices is UPS: Tracking Information .   I guess colder weather has set in more in the interior of the country, so people are more in need of them in the colder areas.   We are fortunate here to live by the more temperate waterfront near the ocean, so it has not gotten colder here yet, but sooner or later it will get colder.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 9:55 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went to my usual Thursday 3 P.M. appointment.   I set up an appointment for next week to get a flu shot.   I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a six inch high Colonial Williamsburg Where History Lives salt ware vase for $3.   I learned how to make those items when I lived in Colonial Williamsburg for a month back around the summer of 1963.   Alas I can not afford to dress as lavishly as they seem to dress down there.  However, I guess vintage clothing never goes out of style.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   During my walk, I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store, and I bought a Aces High scratch card for a dollar, but I did not win anything.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I stopped by the senior and the arts center, and I used the bathroom.   I stopped by CVS.  I sat out for a while.   I drove down by the waterfront.  I went by the Greenwich Library.   I chatted with a local attorney and a patron.  I chatted with the music librarian, and I chatted with one of the reference librarians.  I noticed they were having an art gallery opening with a lot of pink and green paintings.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought greenish bananas at .54 a pound for $1.47.   I then returned home.   I microwaved a 15.5 ounce Stouffer's frozen stuffed peppers dinner, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I then chatted with two relatives and a friend.   I will now do some regular computer work.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 1:45 P.M.:   I checked the mail, and I threw out some garbage.  I reorganized my small hallway sweater closet, so it is a bit neater.  I put some of the spare towels that were in the sweater closet on the bedroom closet shelf, and I put some of the sweaters that I had out grown in the lower half of the lower Rubbermaid hamper in the bedroom.   The bottom shelf of the sweater closet contains a Prince jogging suit along with a lot of old pairs of boxer shorts and other old clothing items that can be used for dust clothes and some turtle necks that are a bit too small.   I threw out a tin of old moth balls from the closet.    I opened a cold 6 ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish,  and I defrosted four slices of bread, and I rinsed the tuna fish off with the lid underneath cold water, and I flaked it in a bowl adding two tablespoons of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise, and I made two sandwiches out of it all, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   The brass horse and Currier and Ives coaster trivets arrived in the mail from Carver, Minnesota.   I put the pair of brass horses sculpture on the living room window shelf, so it catches the eye, and I put the four Currier and Ives coaster trivets on the green sofa side of the brass and glass coffee table.   They have rubber bumpers, so they do not scratch the glass on the coffee table.   I will now shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out for my 3 P.M. appointment.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 11:05 A.M.:   Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs | Tech News on ZDNet .  L.A.V.E.: le SITE .   I went through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 10:45 A.M.:   I guess there is not much left of the Florida East Coast Railroad eBay - Florida East Coast Railroad, Transportation, Historical Memorabilia items on eBay.com .   Of course this is more what Florida looked like in the "Good Old Days"  http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/old-florida-post-card-011506.jpg .   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 10:25 A.M.:   I called up Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and they told me it is busy down there.   They told me St. Margaret's Episcopal Church is still across the street, but I do not know if the same group of 40 skinny rich women still attend it or not that were around in the 1970s.  They also did not know if the same group of about 200 stray Hemingway six toed cats are still around either.   The cats were handy for keeping away various tropical pests.   My theory is that Key West is still Caribbean, so they might practice voodoo down there too.   Of course when Halloween happens in Key West, it tends to be they beginning of the social season.   Of course some of my family live in Vero Beach, Florida which is much further north, and Vero Beach TCPalm being so far up north tend to get cold in the winter, where as Key West tends to be a bit warmer since it gets the Trade Winds that keep it a bit warmer.  Nothing on the Tropical Weather front Michael Louis Scott Tropical Weather .   I guess they have all "Gone Native" down there, so they do not know really what is happening in the rest of the world up North.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/26/06 Thursday 10:00 A.M.:   I was up at 6:30 A.M. this morning.   I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.   I watched some television.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I chatted with a relative.   I did some bottom fishing on the internet.   I did not win the www.powerball.com last night.  I did not get any of the numbers right.  I ran Registry Mechanic on the primary computer again, and it fixed 8 problems.   The problem with Greenwich, Connecticut and the New York City area is that a lot of people drink alcohol.   When they drink alcohol, they tend to go through mood swings, and usually they end up getting depressed after they quit drinking alcohol for a while.   The alcoholic activity of the local citizens keeps a number of the local citizens busy, since they have to deal with whatever they do when they drink alcohol or become depressed after drinking alcohol.  One of my neighbors thinks by buying odd items in the Greenwich, Connecticut Hospital Thrift shop, one might buy some item that has a curse or bad voodoo attached to it.   Basically the only thing I know that I have in my apartment that is some sort of relic is the New Zealand tiki that a relative gave to me after a trip to New Zealand.  CIO    

Note:<888> 10/25/06 Wednesday 9:45 P.M.:   I chatted with two friends after dinner.   I was exposed to someone with a cold at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop today, so if I come down with a cold my elderly neighbors will be exposed to it.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Have a good evening.   I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/25/06 Wednesday 8:30 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I chatted with a Greenwich Hospital Volunteer there.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I bought four small cloth lined lamp shades in like new condition for $10 all.  When I was getting in my car, I found a one pound coin that I guess is British with Queen Elizabeth II's image on the front and the Royal seal on the back with "Decus Et Tutamen" meaning "An Ornament and a Safeguard" eBay.co.uk Guides - Inscriptions Legends on British Coins Translations around the edge of the coin.   I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with another person who also lives in Wisconsin.  I chatted with a Norwegian resident.   I chatted with another regular downtown observer whom is not spending much time downtown anymore.   I then returned home.  I called a couple of local security people about recent events.   I am concerned as to how the British coin happened to be on the seat of my car, since I tend to lock it at all times.  Possibly it fell out of the lining of the Ralph Lauren green car coat that I bought for $40 at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop about 10 months ago.   If not, it would mean there has been an intruder in my car for unknown reasons.   I completed the other two backups on my Maxtor external hard drive, so five of the six computers are backed up to the external hard drive.   I chatted with two relatives twice.   I checked outside, and I chatted with a couple of neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I put the new small white cloth lamp shades on the sconces above the dining table, and they are the same as on the sconces at the other end of the room.   I put the old ones that I took off in the left living room closet shelf on the right side.   Since I try to run a secure environment, I am sort of spooked when there is a sign of an intruder.   I will now reheat on two vegetable cycles in the General Electric microwave oven in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid the other half of the tomato sauce from the jar that I opened this morning along with the cooked vermicelli in the flat Rubbermaid container, and I will put it on a dinner plate with the vermicelli first and then the tomato sauce, and then a four tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese, and I will eat it all with a glass of iced tea.  I put the one pound British coin in the brass picture frame with the Canadian quarter that I keep underneath the Epson StylusColor 880 printer on the dining table.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/25/06 Wednesday 12:45 P.M.:   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.   I said hello to the building custodian and a neighbor.   I picked up my mail.   I opened a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it on one vegetable cycle.   I put the soup in  large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I put Windows Defender on the Toshiba laptop.   Basically from what I can tell Windows Defender removes Bargain Buddy.  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> 10/25/06 Wednesday 11:30 A.M.:  I ate the last two scoops of almond and praline ice cream yesterday afternoon before going to bed.  The brass horses statue and Currier and Ives coaster trivets have shipped, and so has the Baltimore and Ohio ashtray.   The Baltimore and Ohio ashtray has holes on the bottom, so I think I will hang it beneath the left far wall living room sconce  just to the right and beneath the Abraham Lincoln portrait.   I will probably put the brass horse statue on the lazy Susan on the window ledge with the potted palm.   I have already mentioned my plans for the four Currier and Ives coaster trivets.   I have been billed for one of the two jump start systems, but neither of them have shipped coming from two locations.  The blue clip suspenders have also shipped.   I will now install Windows Defender on the primary computer, and then I will put it on the server.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/25/06 Wednesday 11:10 A.M.:   Prince Charles And The Cornwall Of Silence - Forbes.com .  Microsoft's free anti-spyware hits market | Tech News on ZDNet .  Windows Defender home .   I finished going through my email.   I read an article recently that although using cinnamon is good for one's cholesterol, such as I do when I put it on my oatmeal.   It seems cinnamon can also produces a large amount of intestinal gas, which one might find makes one being around other people socially unacceptable.   Can one imagine if they served more cinnamon around the airports.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/25/06 Wednesday 10:45 A.M.:  On the primary computer in Vista beta RC2 build 5744, I did a Complete PC backup to the Maxtor external hard drive.   On the server, I did a XP Professional ASR backup to the Maxtor external hard drive.   On the Epox backup computer, I did a backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive, and then I did a backup from the first hard drive to the Maxtor external hard drive.   On the Dell L1000R computer, I put a new CMOS #2032 lithium disk battery in it, and I set up the CMOS again.   I am now doing a backup from the hard drive to the Maxtor external hard drive which will take about three hours, since it only has USB 1.0 ports.   I will then do a backup of the hard drive on the Northgate Syntax computer to the Maxtor external hard drive, which should be faster since it has USB 2.0 ports.  I do not back up the Toshiba laptop, since I do not have a backup program for it.   I will now go through my email.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/25/06 Wednesday 8:05 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 coffee.  I will now do some backups of the computers.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/25/06 Wednesday 6:25 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by the Grass Island waterfront park.   I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I bought a new Ity Bity Book Light for $3.   I chatted with someone from the Midwest.   I then sat out for a while downtown, and I chatted with someone training a German Shepard guard dog in the park.   I then went to my appointment to sign up for energy assistance.   I then returned home.   I chatted with a relative.   Apparently another relative whom was a widow got married.  I rested on the long green Scott family sofa until 1 A.M..   When I rest on the sofa, I keep a sheet and two pillows underneath the French reproduction chair in the living room, and I use one of the blankets on the back of the sofa.  I filled half of a gallon Revere pot with water, and I added dashes of sea salt and a little bit of olive oil, and I brought it to a boil, and I then boiled a 16 ounce box of Ronzoni vermicelli for 8 minutes, and I strained the water off through a colander placed in another pot.   I dumped the hot water from the pot down the bathroom sink drain to clean it out.   While doing that, I took the contents of a 26 ounce jar of Tuttorossa Marinara sauce, and  I left half of the contents back in the jar, which I put in the refrigerator, and I put the other half in a microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on one vegetable cycles in the General Electric microwave oven while the vermicelli was cooking.   I put half of the cooked vermicelli in a flat Rubbermaid container with lid, and I put it in the refrigerator, and I put the other half on a dinner plate with the tomato sauce on top, and I added four tablespoons of grated parmesan, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I then washed the dishes.   I then rested on the area rug on the floor in front of the French reproduction chair with the same pillow and blanket.   I did not feel like opening up my bed.   I attached a 6 foot extension cord behind the right bedroom night stand, and I connected the electric blanket and the Ity Bity book light to it.   I placed the Ity Bity book light on the speaker above the night stand to have ready for reading in bed.   I stopped by the Greenwich Health department yesterday 1-203-622-3774, and they are having flu clinics for flu and pneumonia shots on Wednesday November 8, 2006 at Christ Church, 354 East Putnam Avenue, 3 to 7 P.M.,  Tuesday November 14, 2006 at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center Harding Road, Old Greenwich,  3 to 6 P.M., and Monday November 27, 2006 at the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center on Harding Road, Old Greenwich from 3 to 7 P.M., and on Thursday November 30, 2006 at the Greenwich Town Hall at 101 Field Point Road from 4 to 8 P.M..  A flu shot costs $20 or one can use Medicare.  I get mine at the Greenwich Hospital outpatient clinic since my state Medicaid pays for it there.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/24/06 Tuesday 12:20 P.M.:  I signed up for my www.optimumrewards.com card.   I broke three large eggs in a bowl, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk, a teaspoon of olive oil, dashes of Oregano and Italian Seasoning, and I whisked it all together.   I then put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a stick proof frying pan, and I heated it on medium high electric heat, once the oil became hot, I added the egg mixture, and once it began to solidify, I made a batch of scrambled eggs.   While doing that I also put three pieces of paper towel on a microwave proof plate, and five strips of Smithfield double thick bacon and on top of that two paper towels, and I put a plate plastic microwave lid on it, and I microwaved it for 4.5 minutes.   I toasted two English muffin halves, which I put a little bit of olive on.    I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I went out, and I threw out some garbage.   I picked up my mail.   I will now shut down the primary computer system, and I will go out for another routine daytime adventure and for my 3 P.M. appointment to sign up for Energy Assistance.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/24/06 Tuesday 11:15 A.M.:   Royal Dutch Announces Shell Canada Bid - Forbes.com .   I finished going through my email.    CIO  

Note:<888> 10/24/06 Tuesday 10:45 A.M.:   I watched some television.   I went outside, and I checked the local conditions.   I chatted with the building custodian.   The community room is warmly heated.   I guess I will now go through my email.   I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon to apply for my Energy Assistance grant.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/24/06 Tuesday 8:55 A.M.:   Police need residents' help to stop thefts - Greenwich Time .   I was outbid on eBay: METAL TRAY CURRIER IVES 1864 IRON HORSE RAILROAD SCENE (item 300039079603 end time Oct-25-06 20:00:00 PDT)  , but I bought eBay: Old ? Baltimore & Ohio Lafayette railroad ashtray (item 140042970778 end time Oct-24-06 05:30:56 PDT) for $9.99 and $6.95 shipping for $16.94 total.    I also bought for a penny eBay: NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY ( Blue ) LOT / SINGLE (item 140044270595 end time Oct-24-06 05:40:02 PDT) plus $2.99 shipping for $3 total.  The seller of the brass horse statue and the Currier and Ives trivet coasters is going to combine the order, so the postage might be a little bit less.   They still have a few other items at eBay Seller: carvertreasures: Home Decor, Women's Shoes items on eBay.com , such as making a modest investment in Standard Oil eBay: STANDARD OIL 2oz CAN "PL" LIGHT LUBE, PRESERVATIVE OIL (item 300039791477 end time Oct-25-06 20:05:32 PDT) .   CIO

Note:<888> 10/24/06 Tuesday 7:30 A.M.:   I woke up at 5 A.M..   I did two loads of laundry.   I put the laundry away.   I put clean linens on the bed, and I also took off the blue summer blanket, and I put it on the back of the down sofa.   I put the white electric blanket on the bed with the control by the right night stand behind the clock radio.   I also put the heavy down comforter on the bed.   Thus I have the bed all set for winter.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.   I chatted with a neighbor, and I threw out the garbage when I picked up the laundry.   CIO        

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 9:45 P.M.:   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 9:15 P.M.:   I could put the Currier and Ives trivet coasters on the brass and glass coffee table in the living room, or I could put them in the Plexiglas frame over Howard Hughes' picture and hang them over the door way.  I also could have one each on each of the living room closet door panels, or I could hang two on either side of the wall clock at the apartment door entrance.   I chatted with a relative.   I placed a bid on eBay: METAL TRAY CURRIER IVES 1864 IRON HORSE RAILROAD SCENE (item 300039079603 end time Oct-25-06 20:00:00 PDT) .   I was advised by a relative that if I get too much bric a brac in my apartment it can look junky, so these are all of the items that I will be biding on for now.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 8:25 P.M.:   I watched some television.   I won the set of four Currier and Ives trivet coasters, and they are 4 inches by 4 inches for $6.01 and $5.99 shipping for $12 total eBay: CURRIER & IVES 4 BLUE WHITE TILE COASTERS TRIVETS (item 300039068371 end time Oct-23-06 17:10:35 PDT) .   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 7:15 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  Women's clothes are half price.   I then sat out for a while downtown.  I then went to my usual 4 P.M. appointment.   I then returned home.   I microwaved and ate a 7 ounce Banquet chicken pot pie, and I also ate  a 5 ounce bag of Wise potato chips along with a glass of iced tea.   I mailed the form, so they do not cut off the electric heat this winter.   It is a bit chilly in the hallways already.   I will now do some regular computer work.   I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow at the same location.  CIO

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 1:50 P.M.:   I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I picked up my mail.   I opened a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England clam chowder, and I put in a plastic microwave proof container with lid, and I heated it on one vegetable cycle of the General Electric microwave oven, and I put it in a large Cobalt Blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower and clean up and go out.  I will throw out some garbage when I go out.   I have a 4 P.M. appointment today.   The next time I do laundry, I will change my bed's sheets, and I will take off the summer light blanket, and I will put the electric blanket and comforter back on the bed for the winter.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 12:40 P.M.:   I bid on these eBay: CURRIER & IVES 4 BLUE WHITE TILE COASTERS TRIVETS (item 300039068371 end time Oct-23-06 17:10:35 PDT) .  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 12:15 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 coffee.   I made my bed, and I washed the dishes.   I threw some garbage out in the dumpster.   I found a picture frame with glass similar to the one that I had broken with the www.dartmouth.edu Baker Library picture in it.  I put the Dartmouth College Baker Library photo http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/dartmouth-college-baker-library-scanned-photo-about-50-years-old-022405.jpg in it, and I rehung it along side the bedroom file cabinet to the left of the bed in its same location as before.   If you notice the trees in the photo have gotten a bit larger over time.   I moved the family photo from that location to above the kitchen entrance on the right side.  I did some bottom fishing on the internet.   Not much happening in this neck of the woods.   I think Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Rockefeller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia went to Dartmouth College, so more than likely he owned a pair of Men's Mostly Long Underwear and Long Johns .   I will now go through my email.  CIO   

Note:<888> 10/23/06 Monday 12:05 A.M.:   I ate earlier this evening two scoops of almond praline ice cream.   I also ate 10 Ritz crackers with ten .75 inch by 2.5 inch by .1 inch slices of Monterey Pepper Jack cheese on them.   I watched a television movie about British royalty fighting in the old days on the Turner movie channel.   I won the bid on eBay: ANTIQUE ORIGINAL BRASS SCULPTURE HOME DECOR 2 HORSES (item 300038701815 end time Oct-22-06 20:45:00 PDT) for $4.99 plus $12 parcel post shipping for $16.99 total.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 10:00 P.M.:   I watched some television.   I filled out some paper work for my 4 P.M. appointment tomorrow.   Not much seems to be happening around here.   I guess I could do some regular internet work.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 7:45 P.M.:   The Old Farmer's Almanac - 2007 Atlantic Corridor Long-Range Weather Forecast and Prediction .   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 7:40 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend whom might be interested in the horse sculpture.   I threw out some garbage.   I chatted with two more friends and a relative.   With better and cheaper communications here in America, people are able to communicate more here about their ordinary routines versus those of their neighbors whom do not communicate too much.   It is the nature of the communications business that one should try to communicate.   Alas, since nobody in Europe communicates with us anymore over here in America, Europe must have some separate new world agenda that we over here on the quiet side of the pond are unaware of.   There are probably a few European visitors in Manhattan that occasionally visit us out here, but from what I can tell, they do not always feel like communicating too much.   Since a great many suburbanites go into the city and ignore local city people, I suppose city people come out here to ignore suburbanites.   Alas the grass is always greener.  From what I can tell, a great many people in central Greenwich chose to ignore people from Byram, since they are not necessarily as fashion conscious as the more urbane downtown group of people, many of whom seem to work and be active in the big city life.  Basically people spend too much time walking around in Manhattan, so they do not get all of that much work done compared to the more sedentary individuals out in the wood work.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 5:55 P.M.:   I am currently bidding on this item eBay: ANTIQUE ORIGINAL BRASS SCULPTURE HOME DECOR 2 HORSES (item 300038701815 end time Oct-22-06 20:45:00 PDT) , and I have about 6 hour to go.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 5:10 P.M.:   I did some bottom fishing on the internet.   I can get this Overstock.com: Logisys 15-inch UV Cold Cathode Light Kit w/Sound Control : Computers & Hardware to replace the broken light in the server, but I think I will hold off.   I moved the cranberry pattern throw rug from underneath the computer chair to in front of the telephone chair at the apartment entrance.   I moved the dark green and dark pine throw rug from that location into the kitchen entrance.   I moved the white with color pattern throw rug from the kitchen entrance to  the walk through area in front of the French Antique reproduction chair.   Thus the apartment looks a little more presentable.   Also the computer chair slides around a little bit more easily on its wheels.   I chatted with a friend.  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 2:35 P.M.:   I finished the Vista Complete PC backup of my computer.   I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I brought up yesterday's mail.   I then went downtown, and I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 12 pack of Kleenex Cottonelle double roll toilet tissue for $5.99, two bottles of buy one get one 50% off of 60 capsule MSM 1000 mg. for $6.79 and $3.39 and two 12 packs of Thomas' English muffins for $1.99 each, plus .36 tax for $20.51 total.   I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   During my walk, I stopped by the Greenwich Cigar store across the street from the Greenwich train station, and I asked the sales agent from India if the god Shiva would chose the easiest game card, and he gave me for a dollar a Powerball PowerPlay with numbers "05, 14, 21, 35, 47, / and power number 29".  During my tour of the Greenwich train station, I chatted with a young couple going into visit Manhattan, and I wished them a good trip.   I walked back up Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by CVS again, and I picked up a prescription, and I bought for .99 a 3 ounce jar of Gold Emblem chicken bouillon powder.   I completed my walk, and I sat out for a while.   I noticed a Rolls Royce from Georgia, so I guess somebody down south has some money.  I then returned home.   I put away my purchases.   I cut the remaining five .25 inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I put horse radish and Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on them.   I put about an inch of water in a two quart Revere pot with steamer tray, and I added about 1.25 cups of broccoli crowns and baby carrots, and I steamed them on medium high electric heat for about 15 minutes.   For the last five minutes of that cycle, I put the Rubbermaid container of cooked rice in the microwave oven on vegetable cycle.   I put the rice on the dinner plate with the meat along with a small amount of Kikkoman soy sauce on the rice.  I put the steamed vegetables in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.   I ate it all with a glass of ice tea.  I am now making up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm , which should be ready to dilute and put in the refrigerator in an hour and a half.   CIO     

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/22/06:

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 8:45 A.M.:   I went to bed after the last message.   About 7 P.M., a neighbor checked on me, and I showed the neighbor my new rug.   I slept until 4 A.M..   I installed Internet Explorer 7 on my three XP computers.   I did a XP ASR backup of the server and the primary computer.  I changed both of those computer color schemes to silver from blue with black backgrounds.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I cleaned up my favorites on the primary computer.   I will send out my weekly notes shortly, and then I will do a Complete PC backup of the primary computer with Vista Beta RC2 build 5744.   It does seem like I am having do a lot of computer maintenance lately, and it sometimes seems like I spend 80% of my time maintaining the computers versus using them.    CIO  

Note:<888> 10/22/06 Sunday 4:55 P.M.:   I ate 3 scoops of almond praline ice cream.   I listened to the http://mikelouisscott.com/music7/ww2great.htm .  FedEx delivered the Overstock.com: Hand-knotted Green Aubusson Wool Rug (3'x 5' Oval) : Home Decor .  It is slightly different than the picture.   As described it is 3 foot by 5 foot in a oval shape which looks better in the location I placed it in between the dining table and the Ethan Allen recliner in the area where one walks towards the computer.   http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/hand-knotted-green-aubusson-wool-rug-3-foot-by-5-foot-oval-102106.JPG .  I tucked the knotted ends underneath the carpet, so they do not get caught in the vacuum cleaner.  I have two of the dining chairs sitting on it.   I put coaster underneath the telephone table legs to protect the carpet from wear.   It looks quite nice in the apartment.  Its quiet tones will look even better in the evening lights.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 1:40 P.M.:   INSTITUTO GEOFISICO - ESCUELA POLITECNICA NACIONAL .  IUGG 2007 Perugia .  Internet Explorer 7: Home .  ZDNet Internet Explorer 7 Review & Comparison .   I finished going through my email.  Fedex should be here anytime now.    CIO  

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 12:55 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.  Over the evening and morning, I ate a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips with some iced tea.   I chatted with a relative.   From what I can tell off the internet, the Northern Pacific Railroad Terrific! It's Northern Pacific! and The West in Railroad Advertising: 1883-1911 must be a private railroad, since they do not maintain much of a current web presence .  New railroad artifact eBay: METAL TRAY CURRIER IVES 1864 IRON HORSE RAILROAD SCENE (item 300039079603 end time Oct-25-06 20:00:00 PDT) .   I will now go through my email.   Not much happening around here anymore.   With the higher prices of fuel, people are mostly staying home reading, doing household chores, or watching a little bit of television.   We do manage to make it downtown two or three days a week, and it seems to me, not much has changed in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut; but more people seem to be shopping locally instead of traveling longer distances, so the local business community actually seems to be doing a bit better with the local residents whom tend to be affluent, not to mention the gasoline stations.   I chatted with a relative, and I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 10:45 A.M.:   I received my Connecticut Renter's Rebate recently, so I went ahead and paid my next month's www.geico.com, www.cablevision.com , and www.cl-p.com bills which were close to $400 in bills, so I will not spend anymore money on items that I might be able to get by without.   I figure paying bills ahead of time is like keeping money in bank.   Thus my bill payment cycle at the first of November 2006 will be less intense.   Of course I will not be doing my Christmas shopping this Christmas with my Renter's Rebate, since I will have spent it, so Christmas will be less glamorous.   Thus this is sort of like Christmas at Halloween time.   The fixed bills will keep lifestyle activity to a minimum.   Tracking on the Aubusson rug with over a $300 discount, the http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=1168381 that I ordered it for $84.99 less $1.95 coupon plus a $1 shipping for $84.04 total is FedEx | Track , and it is out for delivery.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 9:20 A.M.:  I send a note to www.nprha.org via the email link at their store.  Note Follows: 

http://geocities.com/mike2scott20062/northern-pacific-print-and-chinese-tote-bag-and-yankee-type-wall-thermometer-102106.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/northern-pacific-print-and-chinese-tote-bag-and-yankee-type-wall-thermometer-102106.JPG

I bought this print for $5 in the Old Greenwich, Connecticut Rummage Room thrift shop recently.   I think it is King George VI when he was the Prince of Wales, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt, E. H. Harriman, and one of the Vanderbilts.   My grand dad Scott worked for the Illinois Central Railroad for 60 years out of Champaign, Illinois, and since I can not get a shop, I just work on computers and walk around our local railroad station.

I once saw W. Averill Harriman at an art gallery opening across from the Austrian consulate in Manhattan.   I have met his nephews son and daughter.   His nephew's nephew was a classmate of mine at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , and they had me at the Fort Erie race track in Canada back in 1972 with the Queen Mum of England for the Queen's trophy, so I try to be helpful with the British in America too.   When I left Nantucket in 1983 flying off with Jackie Onassis, I did not know anyone in Manhattan, so I went up on the train to Toronto, and I came back down with somebody that looked like the Queen Mum and a little blond boy.  I called George Cary in East Aurora, New York, and he gave me George's address out in Sands Point, Long Island at Harriman's nephew's house, and after a few years after settling in Greenwich, Connecticut where I have lived most of my life, I contacted him, and he visit once or twice a year.   George Cary's maternal grandfather was Jay Coogan the last living member of Queen Victoria's honor guard, and he lived in Gladstone, New Jersey.   George investigates the race horse business in New York State.

His Uncle Charlie and Aunt Mary are about 95 years old still living out in Sand's Point, Long Island.  The son Charlie Rumsey lives in Montana near Jackson Hole, Wyoming.   One of W. Averill Harriman's children lived in Old Greenwich, Connecticut before they died in the Swiss Air jet wreck about 5 years ago in Nova Scotia.   There is a tree planted in memorial to them at the southwest picnic area at the beach on Tod's Point.  I keep my web sites http://mikelouisscott.com and http://geocities.com/mikelscott/

because I walked around the trains in Manhattan for 10 years, and I lived in Key West for a couple of years in the winter at the end of the Flagler Railroad, and I knew Wiley Middleton whom kept an office in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida East Coast Railroad building.

My interest in volcanos became more intense after the winters in Manhattan when it was down to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit after Mount St. Helens' eruption.   The internet does seem to work for better communications.   The first time I visited San Francisco on Columbus Day in 1978, the city was closed to traffic for the Queen of Spain visiting, and at the Hyatt Embargadaro the American Railroad Society was having a convention.   The only other railroad memorabilia I have seen in town over 23 years are to old signal lamps, and I once found a railroad spike that fell out of our local track.  

Yours Truly,

Michael Louis Scott

71 Vinci Drive

Apt. # 206

Greenwich, Connecticut

06830-2902

U.S.A.

203-531-6754

203-532-5474

Email: mikescot@optonline.net

CIO  

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 7:55 A.M.:  I put an inch of water in a Revere three quart pot with steamer tray, and I added a quart of baby carrots and broccoli crowns, and I steamed it all for 15 minutes turning it from medium high to medium electric heat once the steam started.   I also cut three .25 inch thick slices of cold eye round, and I put them on a dinner plate with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and a little bit of horse radish on each.   I put the steamed vegetables in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.   I also made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm , and I also used one beef bouillon cube in it.  I put half on the dinner plate, and I put half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   CIO      

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 6:35 A.M.:   I tested the new Polaroid camera.

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/pendleton-wool-plaid-mcduff-shirt-102106.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/swiss-and-swedish-flags-102106.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/condiment-bowl-spoon-tray-set-102106.JPG

http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/northern-pacific-print-and-chinese-tote-bag-and-yankee-type-wall-thermometer-102106.JPG

CIO  

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 6:30 A.M.:   I have tried to explain diplomatically to disinterested parties that I have more important work to do than constantly fixing computers that are hacked and tampered with.   Winter is coming soon, and I have to be ready for winter too.   Since I have a 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon which I do not drive too much, and although it has a fairly new Deka battery from Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon station next to the Greenwich Library that I bought 20 months ago  Automotive Batteries: Deka's Complete Line of Lead-acid Batteries for Passenger Cars & LTV Part # 547/90, 740 cranking amps, CCA@ 0 degrees Fahrenheit 595 for $129.99 plus $31.60 installation and testing, a $1 shop supplies, and $9.92 tax for $172.51 total.  , since I drive so little, and since my car has an alarm system, last winter when I did not drive for two or three days I had the battery run down a number of times and in April, I even had to call Riverside Towing for a jump start which GEICO automotive road plan paid for.   I have the Slaymaker Jump Start System with a 20 month old replacement battery, which is probably not that powerful anymore.   I did some bottom fishing on the internet, and I bought this combo listed at the bottom of this page Amazon.com: Schumacher PS-400-3A Instant Power Jump Starter With 18 Amp Hour Battery: Automotive for $103.87 for both jump start system less $20 for over $100 automotive order in automotive using coupon code "ILW7MGWS" for $83.87 plus with free Super Saver Shipping I saved $27.20 on ground shipping that I did not have to pay for a total of $83.87 all together.   However the PS-400-3A is discounted $104.97 from $165.85 , and the PS 120-A Amazon.com: Schumacher PS-120A Mity-Mite Jump Starter With 12 Amp Hour Battery: Automotive is discounted $61.21 from $104.20 for a total savings on the entire order of $104.97 + $61.21 + $20 + $27.20 of $213.38 for an order with the retail value of $317.25 for only $83.87.   However, there are other people that discount them a bit, but that is the best deal for my needs.  Of course one should drive a bit to try to keep the car charged up, if one can afford the gasoline.   I do not know if the batteries can be replaced on the units or not when they wear out.  However, since they will be delivered probably by www.ups.com , I do not have to spend money getting to a local automotive store which would cost to drive to, and it obviously is a very good price.   Thus hopefully we will be able to stay more mobil on cold winter days this winter.   Also on cold days, the jump start man is busy, and he does not always arrive too soon.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/21/06 Saturday 3:05 A.M.:   I chatted with a local computer security firm and another computer security outfit.   I left a couple of messages with a friends.  I chatted with a relative.   I went to bed at 8 A.M. yesterday morning.   I woke up at 6 P.M..   I had a telephone call from a survey idiot in Princeton, New Jersey, and I declined to comment.   I chatted with a relative.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.   I chatted with another friend whom had to get off the cell phone before the police saw him talking and driving a car.   I was able to fix the Toshiba laptop by opening it up carefully and disconnecting the two bios batteries to clean the bios, and then I tested it, and it now works fine again, and I reassembled it.  As usual in disassembly procedures, I had one one inch screw left over, but it seems to work just fine.   This took about two hours.    I installed the Net Mechanic on it, and I ran it, and I did a bit of regular maintenance.   It seems to work fine now.   I set the screen in the bios for full size.   I then took out the bios battery on the Dell L1000R computer, and I cleared it to with the dip pin, and it now works too.   On both computers, I also disconnected the telephone lines to them, so none of the computers have telephone lines connected to them that are active, but if the cable modem service failed I could easily connect them from their nearby positions to use Juno free dialup.   I reflashed the bios with the latest bios on the Dell L1000R computer.   I did the regular maintenance on it, and I installed System Mechanic, and I ran it too.   I threw out the garbage, and I picked up my mail.   I watered the plants, and I put more white vinegar on the vinegar scent bowl.   Possibly I was so tired last night, I forgot the right password procedures on the two backup computers, and thus I could not get into them, but that seems highly unlike, since they are simple procedures.   Since the primary computer screen back ground was turned from black to blue yesterday, it would seem to me that somebody has continually frustrated my simple security procedures and broken into my computers for unknown purposes.   Since I have quite a few neighbors whom are vigilant, somebody obviously knows whom it is.    Obviously if they practice their stealth on me, they also do it to more affluent people in town whom have more to lose.   I could also invest in a white German Shepard dog, since from past experience the one I use to walk in Manhattan for the United States State Department was very reliable.   However, I do not think the Greenwich Housing Authority allows dogs or cats in the building.  They also tell me they do not allow the tenants to keep guns, but several of the tenants have told me because of their positions, they are allowed to keep guns, since they serve as informal security on a rotating basis.   Needless to say since some of their superiors usually have some sort of military experience, they usually consult with their superiors before taking action.   Basically the United States of America has so much crime the Federal government usually does not interfere in the local level.   However in a wealthy town a like Greenwich, Connecticut, I dare say we have over two dozen private security agencies working at any given time, and most of them also have military experience.   In other words, in you break into an Admiral's or General's summer house, you might find one of the branches of the United States military police taking you into custody, and throwing you into their brig or lockup or stockade, since that would be considered intrusion into military affairs.  Sometimes with foreign nationals whom cause problems, the U.S. government might just trade them back to some other foreign country that is interested in them in return for somebody they are interested in getting back.  CIO           

Note:<888> 10/20/06 Friday 6:25 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a two plug pack of Pass and Seymour legrand straight blade plugs for $2.29 plus .14 tax for $2.43 total.   I then went by the waterfront, and several of the usual fishermen were there including the post man from Yonkers and the Verizon telephone employee that works Belle Haven.   I then went by Staples in Old Greenwich, and I bought a three pack of Oxford clamp binders for $6.49 plus .39 cents tax for $6.88.   I noticed on my accounts that they only charged me $5 shipping for the suspenders coming from Washington States, so they cost $17.99.   I noticed when coming out of Staples, there was a fellow at the East Putnam Avenue Shell station with a broken down Jimmy, but when I asked him where he was from in Illinois, and he did not seem to know Illinois, and he said Chicago.    He did not know English from what I could tell.  He was transferring his materials into a more expensive Sports Utility vehicle.   I then went by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room thrift shop, and I bought for $5 a glass framed picture about 30 inches by 20 inches of the Northern Pacific Railroad.   I then went by Tod's Point, and I viewed the waterfront from the southwest parking area.   I was told by one local, that the parrots that I saw there this summer had escaped from a shipping container at a New York airport, and they survive the winters by nesting on electrical transformers which frequently short out because of all of the bird poop, but local environmentalists are protecting them.   I then went by the southeast picnic area.   I then returned to central Greenwich, and I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I then  went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.   I bought a long size like new Pendleton wool shirt in the MacDuff plaid of red and darker color for $12.    One does not put wool shirts in the drier, or they will shrink a lot.   I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street again.   I then went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment.   I then returned home.   I brought up my purchases, and the new video card had arrived.   I then hung the railroad picture on the back of my apartment door, and I rotated some other pictures around.   I then went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.   We got 3 new Maytag washers and 3 new Maytag driers in the Laundromat today.   They still only cost 90 cents a machine.   I then went back up to the apartment that I call home, and I spent several hours repairing the small two brass elephant light.   I cut off about a foot of the cable, so the inline switch is on a new section, I put a new plug on it, and I disassembled and reassembled the socket, and I finally go it working again, and I put a new small round 25 watt light bulb in it.  I put its green shade on it, and I put it back on the window ledge with it connected to the uninterrupted power supply for the server, so it can be used for emergency light if the power goes off.  It does not use that much electricity.  I also could put a red 8 watt bulb in it to use less electricity  if the power went off.   I then install the new video card in the server, and it works just fine.   I installed the old video card from the server in the Epox backup computer, and I also installed Net Mechanic.   I then installed the old video card from the Epox computer in the Northgate Syntax computer and Net Mechanic.   I then went to install Net Mechanic on the Dell L1000R computer, and the Toshiba laptop computer.   Both of those computers unlike the other four are physically connected to telephone lines, and from what I can figure out while I had them turned on, both the Dell L1000R and the Toshiba laptops were hacked within a half hour about 1:30 A.M. with a similar hack pattern.   They password does not work on either, and from what I can tell, when I have the time, I have to clear the bios cmos on each of them and possibly reflash their bios cmos settings.   They are not expensive computers, but from what I can tell, since it did not happen to any of the other four computers which do not have telephone lines connected to them, it happened through the telephone lines.   I happen to know the old Bush family relative whom is a CIA employee that is expert at this form of sabotage, so James Edward Eldert or what ever his real name happens to be is back in the area again.   Also while I was out today, somebody gained access to my primary computer while it was turned off, and they changed the back ground color from black to blue.   This would not happen while the computer was turned off, so somebody obviously can gain access to the primary computer and bypass the CMOS password settings.   I happened to know Jimmy went to Georgia Tech, and he has been around the people whom manufacture the computer bios chips for personal computers down in Norcross, Georgia, and his group of people screwed up so much in the Carter administration, people got bored of them fast.   They usually sneak up here on the Delta flights from Atlanta and impersonate established people.  His real name might be James Lee, and he is still fighting the Civil War.   He has a long unglamorous record that the Feds keep on him.   I chatted with some tech people about the hacker matter, and nobody seems to be working much at night anymore.  I left a message with a friend.   The reason that Jimmy does this sort of activity is that he is an alcoholic and he goes to lots of movies, and he thinks that is reality.  Needless to say because of all the mischief he has caused over the years, he is not able to hold a steady job and most of his friends have given up on him, and sooner or later he will not be able to pay his bar bills down in Atlanta, where he brags about his exploits.    His own family is near bankruptcy because of all of the law suits, and sooner or later one of these days, his plane will not make it back home, when time runs out.    Now you know why Helen Kress Williams told us we should keep an eye on him.   I was looking at Westchester County - AirportMonitor - by Megadata - powered by PASSUR at 11 P.M. this evening, and a plane approaching from the north went into a zig zag pattern, and it looked like it crashed into the reservoir north of the airport.  I know IBM has a helicopter pad near that location, so maybe it was not an airplane, but a helicopter landing.   The one I have seen there is a big white one, I call the flying milk truck.   Well, I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat almond praline ice cream, and I guess I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I put the spare plug and left over electrical wire in the upper left mahogany bureau drawer in the bedroom.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/19/06 Thursday 6:55 A.M.:   I put away my purchases.   I put an inch of water in a Revere pot with steamer tray and lid, and I put in a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli spears, and I brought it to a steam on high electric burner heat, and I lowered it to between medium high and high, and all together I steamed it for 15 minutes.   I cut three 3/8th inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I put them on a dinner plate with a teaspoon of horseradish spread on each with some Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce on each, and I put the vegetables in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil spread on them,  and I also reheated the Rubbermaid container of steamed rice on a vegetable cycle in the General Electric microwave oven, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I then took a nap on the long green Scott family sofa.   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> 10/19/06 Thursday 1:40 A.M.:  Because of this New Microsoft License Ties Vista To Hardware , Vista will lose half of its potential sales.   People commonly upgrade their PC systems, and they commonly reinstall the operating system because of system failures.   NewsFactor Network .  New Microsoft License Ties Vista To Hardware .   Surplus Computers Nero 7 Essentials $6 .  According to www.usps.com tracking of "9102127391790245347291" on the new video card from Amazon, it left the Jersey City, New Jersey post office sorting center yesterday, so more than likely it will be here sometime soon.    I finished going through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/19/06 Thursday 12:55 A.M.:   I will now go through my email.    I will put the new Aubusson rug in behind the Ethan Allen recliner in between it running towards the apartment entrance in between the dining table.   Thus it will make the apartment look more opulent.   With the blue wool rug that is mostly wall to wall in my apartment living room, which I have had for about 15 years, putting the Aubusson rugs over parts of it makes it look better.   There is no way I could put in new carpeting since the blue wool rug is still in good shape, and I never wear my shoes in the apartment, and I do not have the capability of moving all of the furniture.   I learned about the durability of wool rugs when I built the garage apartment for Vivian West over 8,000 hours in 1982 and 1983 at a $1.15 an hour.   The garage apartment was attached to Vivian West's house next to the train station on the north side of the train station in Plandome Manor, New York, and she use to keep dogs including a pug named Charlie and also a black and white Spaniel, and her grandchildren kept dogs.   She had a wool rug in her house over which she had put an authentic Chinese Aubusson carpet and Baldwin grand piano, and with all of the dogs and grandchildren the rugs seem to have held up well over the years.   The blue wool rug in my apartment living room came from Gloria Vanderbilt's Adopt a Dog tag sale up on Lake Avenue, and it had been just cleaned by Shaffer rug cleaning over in Stamford, Connecticut, and it had been donated by Burt Parks, and I got it for half price for $40 on the last day of the tag sale.  The blue wool rug that takes up most the apartment living room is about 20 feet by 15 feet, so it was an excellent value.   Of course old yankees do not worry about moths.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/19/06 Thursday 12:15 A.M.:   I was awake at 7 P.M., when a alumni representative called up from www.lfc.edu .   I chatted with the alumni representative while still half awake.   I then chatted with a relative.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.   I chatted with two more relatives.   I threw some garbage out, and I made my bed.   This item  is once again available eVGA Geforce 6200 LE 256-A8-N295-LX Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com which is the less expensive version of the same card that I bought for $5 more.   That card is shipping by the U.S. Post Office.   Tracking on the Aubusson rug that I ordered is FedEx | Track .   I have not heard or been billed on my account for the suspenders yet.   There is a free copy of Registry Mechanic for Windows available from Slickdeals.net .   I installed it and ran it on both the primary and the server computers.   CIO        

Note:<888> 10/18/06 Wednesday 11:25 A.M.:   I am still awake.   When I installed the Dell OEM version of Windows XP Professional on my primary computer, it installed a Dell Solution Centers Icon in start menu, which one can disable from the start menu options in properties and advanced.   However, I sort of like tweaking it for my own use, but somehow it lost the Dell icon on the start menu.   I downloaded and installed Dell Solutions Center Download Drivers & Downloads,  which does not seem to do much of anything.   However, I disabled its icon in the start menu, and I created my own icon for tech support on both the primary computer and server which is displayed on the desktop with a link to the Dell Support Center program.   I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/18/06 Wednesday 8:20 A.M.:   I ate 2.5 scoops of almond and praline low fat ice cream.   BBC NEWS | Technology | Broadband UK needs 'more speed' .   BBC NEWS | UK | England | 99.7% access to broadband in East .  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Scientists urge ban on cod catch .   BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Iceland begins commercial whaling .   BBC NEWS | In Depth | Key species of endangered whale .  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Piltdown's lessons for modern science .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/18/06 Wednesday 7:35 A.M.:   I rolled up the 3 foot by 5 foot carpet remnant with the jagged edges in the kitchen, and I wrapped duct tape around it, and I put it in the false ceiling above the apartment entrance with the other similar piece.   I then removed the plum and beige Aubusson carpet from the living room walkway area and underneath the recliner, and I laid it down in the kitchen.   Thus the kitchen once again has a neater appearance with the better carpet. http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-kitchen-plum-aubusson-carpet-052003.JPG  .  I paid $24.99 plus $6.95 shipping for $31.94 total with shipping for each of the two that I have, but the one I ordered today is hand tied and not machine made, but the older ones are hand tufted.  I ordered the other two back in the spring of 2005.  CIO          

Note:<888> 10/18/06 Wednesday 6:50 A.M.:   Acquisitions Lift Earnings 47% at I.B.M. - New York Times .  http://www.reaganfoundation.org/visitorguide/calendar.asp .  Symbian forecasts the death of the PC | CNET News.com .  The Vermont Country Store .  Not good news for people whom constantly reconfigure their computers with Vista Microsoft limits Vista transfers | Tech News on ZDNet .   I guess I will not be buying Vista Ultimate Upgrade, since I do not feel like paying $259 every time I reinstall it.   I guess Microsoft has lost touch with the reality in the P.C. business.   Sale at L.L.Bean .  Sierra Trading Post - Save on Famous Name Brands .   I went through my email.   I have been searching for 3 foot by 5 foot Aubusson carpets for the kitchen on the internet, and I found these in acrylic http://www.rugsusa.com/yash.html , and this in wool http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=1168381 and this Aubusson Rugs at CSN Rugs , and I figured with over a $300 discount, the http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=1168381 was the best deal, so I ordered it four $84.99 less $1.95 coupon plus a $1 shipping for $84.04 total.  There is one left.   I will probably put the new Aubusson carpet underneath the brass and glass coffee table in the living room, and I will move one of the other two from the living room back into the kitchen.   I then logged on to www.georgebush.com , and it took me to the Republican Party web site www.gop.com , and I made a $5 donation online to the republican party.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/18/06 Wednesday 2:55 A.M.:  If they ship the suspenders from Olympia, Washington in a 2 pound package about 10 inches by 10 inches by 4 inches via www.ups.com via the cheapest method, it will cost $9.53, shipping, which is probably cheaper than it would cost driving around looking for them in this area.   Thus the total coast for the suspenders will be about $22.52.  CIO 

Note:<888> 10/18/06 Wednesday 2:35 A.M.:   I took the prime eye round roast, and I put it on a baking rack in a baking pan, and I seasoned it on all sides with garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Italian seasoning, and a lot of Kraft Bull's Eye original barbeque sauce, and I cooked it in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 minutes.   For the last 15 minutes, I put an inch of water in a Revere two quart pot with lid and steamer tray with a cup of baby carrots and broccoli spears, and I steamed them on high until the steam began to rise and lowered it to medium high for a total of 15 minutes steaming time.  I also made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm , and I also used one beef bouillon cubes in it.   I cut two 5/8th inch thick slices off the cooked eye round of beef on a carving board with a serrated cutting knife, and I put the remaining eye round in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.   I put the beef juices from the carving on the two slices of beef on a dinner plate.   I put the steamed broccoli and baby carrots in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil on them.  I put half of the rice on the plate, and the other half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I checked out Holdup Suspenders announces or Patented Sloops blue jeans which are the newest thing in men's casual apparel fashions as they're made to wear with suspenders. looking for some suspenders for my new Lee blue jeans which are a bit large.   These are available Holdup 2x4 Jumbo Clip Contractor suspenders in "BLUE JEANS"  denim color for large men and workers. and Welcome to Holdup Suspender Company the manufacturers of the Patented suspenders sold worldwide by 2100 fine mens shops. .  Alas I think they are a bit two pricey, so I will go without.   The steel or cooper scouring balls come in handy for removing baked on barbeque sauce or other burnt material in a baking pan.   I know something about this from my days as a pot scrubber in Nantucket.   For real heavy burnt on material in a pan, a paint scraper comes in handy.  Of course the English call suspenders braces, so I will check out www.ebay.com for a cheaper pair.   Suspenders Men Suspenders Leather Supenders Airport-Friendly Suspenders .    I searched around some more, and I ordered  the 54 inch length in 2 inch wide heavy duty suspenders in navy with clips from Accessories from American Workwear - Wick Dry socks, gloves, suspenders, etc. for $12.99 plus an undetermined shipping charge, which hopefully will not be too much, coming from Washington state American Workwear - Retail Stores .    I guess all of those people sitting in front of their computers in Washington state are like me, and they do not have slim wastes to accommodate belts too easily.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/17/06 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.:    I woke up at 4 P.M..  I checked out the internet.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.    I chatted with a relative.   I watched some television.   I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went out.   I went by the ATM machine on Greenwich Avenue of Putnam Trust Bank of New York.   I then drove down by the waterfront on a cool rainy evening.   I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $9.01 of premium unleaded self service gasoline for $2.839 a gallon for 44.1 miles driving for the last 10 days at 15.3 miles per gallon averaging a speed of 14 miles per hour.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two 16 ounce packages of Imperial margarine for .69 each, two 59 ounce carafes of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, two 5 ounce bags of Wise sour cream and onion potato chips for .79 each,  four 18 ounce cans of Campbell's chunky New England clam chowder for $5 for 4, a eye round roast for $2.99 a pound for $7.65, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.57, Dole green bananas at .69 a pound for $2.48, a 16 ounce bag of Organic baby carrots for $2.49, a two pack of Lola copper scouring pads for $1.79, and from the 50% off cart, I got a vegetable utility brush for .25 or much more off for $30.31 total.   I returned home.  A visitor needed a jump start, but by the time I brought up my groceries, and returned with the Slaymaker jump start system, AAA had arrived to jump start the visitor.   I picked up my mail.   I put away my groceries.   I put the copper souring pads in the left kitchen drawer, and I will hang the vegetable brush on the right side of the sink from the hook with the broken potato brush, which I will toss underneath the sink.   I had a message from a relative.    CIO   

Note:<888> 10/17/06 Tuesday 10:05 A.M.:   I ate a few handfuls of dry roasted peanuts.  I did some bottom fishing on the internet.   There do not seem to be that many high tech bargains that I presently need.   Possibly after the first of the years, prices will go down on some various tech items.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/17/06 Tuesday 9:35 A.M.:   On the primary computer, I took out the new Cobra IDE cable, and I have the two new blue glo IDE cables in it that I got as a promotional give back when I bought the red computer case.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/17/06 Tuesday 9:15 A.M.:  On the primary computer in Vista beta RC build 5744, I was able to do both Complete PC backups http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .   Thus I would say it is safe to say the Vista Beta RC2 build 5744 is working just fine on my primary computer in a secondary partition as I have it configured with its dual boot manager.    I installed the second NEC DVD R/RW model #3550 in my server, and it works just fine.   I have Nero 6 on the server, so one should be able to burn from DVD to DVD, but I have them both on the second IDE cable as master and slave, which is not as fast as if they were on two different IDE cables.   Alas both primary computer and server are tower cases http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm , so with the IDE cables attached to the motherboards at the bottom of both cases, the standard IDE cables are not long enough to reach the DVD drives as slaves in the upper bays of the cases and then back down to the lower internal hard drive bays where the hard drives are positioned.   I went out, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors and the building custodian, and I picked up my mail from yesterday.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/17/06 Tuesday 7:05 A.M.:   I finally was able to get the Complete PC backup program working in Vista http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm after changing the cables again.   It worked for the restore, so it should work for a backup which I will try shortly.  I took out the NEC DVD R/RW 3550 drive, and I will put it in the server with the other one like it, so one can use the server for copying DVDs or whatever.   I microwaved and ate a Stouffer's 16 ounce roasted boneless turkey breast dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I will now boot into Vista beta, and I will start a Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   I the will do a Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the Maxtor external hard drive.   I will shut down the server to install the NEC drive in it.   I will leave is rails on it, so the extra pair of rails from the server will be in my parts box that I keep on top of the hutch in the bedroom.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/17/06 Tuesday 3:00 A.M.:   I was able to get the Vista Complete PC backup to work on my primary computer http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .   I will now do a Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive, and then I will do a Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the Maxtor external hard drive.  This should take about two hours.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/16/06 Monday 11:20 P.M.:  http://www.download.com/AOL-OpenRide/3000-2356_4-10591620.html?tag=lst-0-1?tag=ts_newsletter1 .  Linux News: Security: Microsoft Changes Stance on Vista Kernel Access .   » It’s almost launch: Do you know where your killer Vista apps are? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com .  As Vista arrives, competitors reply - Technology - International Herald Tribune .  SmartBargains: 20% Off Rugs .   Windows Vista RC2 - Windows Vista RC2 build 5744 - CNET Reviews .   I went through my email.   Since the beta of Microsoft Vista RC 2 build 5744 is the last beta, I will burn another copy, so I will have a master copy and a user copy.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/16/06 Monday 10:25 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I finished copying the files on the primary computer C: drive to the backup D: drive.   Since the server has the Mad Dog AGP 64 meg. video card which has a fan which moves all of the time, I decided I will put it in the Epox backup computer, and I will move the older Diamond Multimedia PCI card from the Epox backup computer to the Northgate Syntax backup computer, which only has onboard AGP.   For the server since it has two monitors, I bought $59.27 with free shipping EVGA | GeForce 6 Series Family and Amazon.com: eVGA GeForce 6200 256MB AGP 256-A8-N341-L2: Electronics .   I am not sure if it comes with the DVI to VGA adapter ATEN DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards Model DVI-2-VGA - OEM at Newegg.com or not, but a similar cheaper model eVGA Geforce 6200 LE 256-A8-N295-LX Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com that they are sold out of does.  Thus I will have a video card for the server that does not have a moving fan.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/16/06 Monday 7:45 P.M.:   After the last message, I tried tweaking the system to get the Vista Complete PC backup feature to work.   I finally did another Complete PC backup restore from the Maxtor external hard drive to the primary computer first hard drive.   I was able to get it to work faster this time by not having the USB 2.0 port device plugged into the motherboard USB 2.0 slot.   I then restored the changed files.   However, in tweaking the system, I mistakenly formatted my second hard drive used for backups.   I tried to get the Vista Complete PC backup to work by doing a backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive, but it continually failed no matter what I tried.  I disabled the Serial ATA in the CMOS.   I then started a Windows XP ASR backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.   I ate the last of the coffee ice cream and some peanuts.   I went to bed, and I had a telephone call from a friend.   I woke up at 4 P.M..  I did another ASR backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.   I did some bottom fishing on the internet.    I ate breakfast of oatmeal, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made the bed.  I left messages with three relatives and friends.   I will now back up some more files from the C: drive to the D: drive by copying them.   Basically the primary computer is running just fine.   Vista is still in beta, so the fact that I can not get the Complete PC backup feature to work properly does not really matter as long as XP works just fine.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/16/06 Monday 3:30 A.M.:   I finished the XP ASR backup of the primary computer C: drive.   I watched some television.   I did some bottom fishing on the internet.   I will now boot into Vista beta, and I will reinstall the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard programs.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 10:45 P.M.:  I put a 7 ounce Banquet frozen chicken pot pie in a flat plastic microwave proof half high pot, and I microwaved it for 4 minutes.  I then put it in a soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I then ate two scoops of coffee ice cream.   I will now do the XP ASR backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 9:55 P.M.:   After the last message, I tried doing a Vista beta RC2 build 5744 Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive, and it failed once again.   Whenever I try it, I get the error message "This request could not be performed because of an I/O device error (0X80070450)" .   I then deleted the two ASR backups from the second hard drive, and I moved its remaining files to a folder on the first hard drive.   I booted MaxBlast, and I tried writing zeros for the first 1% of the second hard drive.   I then booted into XP, and I repartitioned the second hard drive.   However, when I booted into Vista, a Complete PC backup still would not work.   I tried uninstalling the Vista Microsoft programs for the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard, and it still would not do a complete PC backup.   I chatted with a friend and a relative.   I slept from 6 P.M. to 9 P.M..   While sleeping, I did a regular format of the second hard drive, however a Complete PC backup still would not work.   I have a new IDE cable on the hard drives.   I assume since the ASR backup works in XP, there is nothing wrong with the Hard Drives.   Since I restored the original Maxtor external hard drive Complete PC backup from a week ago, which would do a Complete PC backup, I am not sure what the problem is.    I will now move the backed up files from the second hard drive which I placed on the first hard drive to the second hard drive again.   I will then a XP Professional ASR backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive, so at least I have that backup.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 1:20 P.M.:   After the last message, I tried to do a Complete PC backup with Vista RC2 build 5744, but it kept failing, possibly because of the Microsoft One Care beta that I had installed, so I tried uninstalling it, but the Complete PC backup still did not work.    I then decided to restore my Complete PC backup from the Maxtor external hard drive from a week ago.   This took about three hours for 50 gigabytes of files, and it is like when one boots the Vista DVD to do the restore, it only does it at USB 1.0 speed instead of USB 2.0 speed.   Well, the system is back up and running again, and I restored the XP files that had changed in the past week, and I installed the recent updates.   I will now boot into Vista and install the Microsoft Vista Microsoft mouse and keyboard programs, and then I will try to do the Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   While doing all of this, I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I also went downtown, and I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out downtown for a while.   I then returned home.   I put 1.5 quarts of Castrol 10W40 oil in my car, I topped up the antifreeze and the windshield washer fluid.   I had not checked the oil since returning from Maine in July.   I chatted with a relative.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 7:10 A.M.:   I also put out on the near side of the down sofa my knit caps, scarves, and gloves.    CIO  

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 6:45 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Winter home find cheers twitchers .   I will now reboot into Vista beta RC2 build 5744, and I will do a Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.    I will then shut down the primary computer, and I will watch a bit of television before going to bed.    I guess I will also hang out my long underwear on the hallway hook by the bedroom door.   I also need to pick up my mail from yesterday.   CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/14/06:

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 5:50 A.M.:  I could arrange my four oak folding tables like this Joy Mangano Totally Tables Set of 4 with Stand at HSN.com in case I wanted to have a dinner party in the outside hallway.   Samsung 5 Disc Changer DVD Player with Progressive Scan .   Sony DVPNC675P/B 5-Disc DVD/CD Changer/Player .  OpenOffice.org - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com .  International Training .  WNS - ES060.06 .  Southwest Volcano Research Centre . First Look: Windows Vista RC2 - News - ZDNet .  These are still available eBay: 3.2 MP Polaroid Digital Camera for $29.99 - FREE SHIP!! (item 110043056472 end time Oct-18-06 15:53:56 PDT) , but they only use a more expensive Smart Media Card and not the SD card which is cheaper.   I finished going through my email.  I will now sent out my weekly notes.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 4:55 A.M.:   I put the remaining clam tomato sauce left over from last night in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I put it in the microwave oven with the Rubbermaid container containing the cooked vermicelli, and I heated it on the vegetable cycle.   I then put it on a dinner plate with a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I will now go through my email.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 4:20 A.M.:  I finished cleaning the Lasko box fan and the Honeywell Hepa air purifier.   The Lasko box fan can be bought here The Home Depot: Search Results for box fan or  a tower fan is available for $50 if you search "tower fan" . ABC.com Full Episode Player .  www.geeks.com has 2 day $2.99 shipping on over $19.99 with code "SHIPWEEKEND" on weekend orders if you need something heavy such as 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC UPS UPS-650-BE UPS-650-BE or 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC Uninterruptible Power Supply (Black) U-650VA-BK U-650VA-BK  or any of these Desktop PC, Used Computers, Refurbished Computers, Refurbished PC, at Geeks.com . or free shipping   Heartland America: Toshiba 5-Disc DVD Changer SD6915 .   I will now go through my email.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/15/06 Sunday 1:00 A.M.:   I woke up at 8 P.M. this evening.   A friend called me before I went to bed yesterday morning.   I chatted with two relatives.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal without a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  Possibly there is too much sugar for me when I use a banana in the oatmeal, and the extra sugar might mess up my system.   I did a Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup from the first C:  hard drive to the second D: hard drive on the primary computer.   I searched out tower fans to possibly move the air around my living room to improve the over all heat in the apartment, and I found these models Amazon.com: Holmes HT40RCL-U Tower Fan with Remote Control: Kitchen & Housewares or the same Holmes HT40RCL-U Tower Fan with Remote Control - Fan Tower - Fans, Heaters, Air Purifiers, Air Conditioners or Open Box: Fujitronic FF-505 Tower Fan with Ionizer - OEM at Newegg.com or Fujitronic Digital Tower Oscillating Fan with Remote Control FF-606 or Fujitronic .   However, I think the Lasko box fan I have installed works just fine, since I think it moves a large volume of the warm electric radiator heat around the apartment.   It only costs pennies a day to operate, and I can always buy another one easy enough if it give out, since it is a very common item.   I turned off the Honeywell Hepa air purifier, since it uses a bit of electricity and is noisy.   I will only turn if on in the future for brief periods when the apartment smells a bit.   I will now wash the breakfast dishes, make my bed, and then I will clean the Lasko box fan, and I will clean the Honeywell Hepa air purifier.   There are always chores to do, when one turns one's attention away from the computer.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/14/06 Saturday 9:15 A.M.:   I finished sealing up the General Electric Profile air conditioner for the winter, and I put the newer Lasko fan in front of it, but I will not turn it on until the heat is turned on in a month or so.  The older Lasko fan does not seem to work anymore.   I rearranged some of the various items on the window shelf.   I put the neon dolphin light on top of the unused older Honeywell air purifier on the left living room entertainment center bookcase.   The small two elephant light quit working, and I checked its switch, but I think it is its plug, so I will replace the plug when I get some time.   I am thinking I should put a chain lock on the inside of my apartment door for better security, when I am here.   It would not be too difficult.   Gingrich gives Shays a boost at fundraiser - Greenwich Time .   BBC NEWS | Technology | Creating a stink in the name of science .  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ariane rocket delivers satellites .  BBC NEWS | Business | Microsoft says Vista 'on target' .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/14/06 Saturday 6:25 A.M.:  Before going out today, I watered the plants, and I emptied the garbage, and I threw out the old newspapers.    Since the highest temperature forecast for the next 10 days according to Tropic Designs - Content Weather Pulse is suppose to be only 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and more than likely it will be cooler after that, I will go ahead and wash and rinse off the air conditioner filter, and I seal up the air conditioner by using duct tape to put the Styrofoam sheets in front of it, and I will check the duct tape around the Plexiglas to the left of the air conditioner, and then I will take out the large safety pins holding up the curtain above the air conditioner, and I will lower it in front of it, and I will move the Lasko fan in front of it, to have ready to use once I turn on the heat later on when it gets colder.   This should take a half and hour to an hour.  One left Polaroid PDC-2030C 3.0 Megapixel Digital Camera for $20 and $16 shipping for $36 and change.      CIO  

Note:<888> 10/14/06 Saturday 5:50 A.M.:   I had a telephone call about 5 P.M. yesterday from the Greenwich Housing Authority.    I chatted with them while I was half awake.   I then finally woke up at 8 P.M..   I chatted with a relative.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal without a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.    I put the Polaroid and Vivitar digital cameras in the Lasko camera bag with some spare batteries and the Polaroid instructions also.   I left it on the back of the down sofa.   I watched some television.   I showered, and I cleaned up.    I went out, and I moved the snow brushes from the rear area of my Volvo station wagon to the floor of the passenger side rear seat.   I also left a towel on the rear seat for drying condensation off the inside front window, when the car is not yet warmed up.   I went downtown, and I drove by the far south ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and it seems to be better lit up, and then I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   During my walk, I stopped by the ATM machine at the Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York.   Their lobby is heated, if anyone needs to camp out on a cold winter's night.  I sat out at various locations.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and the regular fishermen seem to have given up fishing.   I then went by the Cumberland Farms on the Port Chester Greenwich border, and I bought a quart of Garelick Farms half and half coffee creamer for $2.49.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I filled half of a gallon Revere pot with water, and I added dashes of sea salt and a little bit of olive oil, and I brought it to a boil, and I then boiled a 16 ounce box of Ronzoni vermicelli for 8 minutes, and I strained the water off through a colander placed in another pot.   I dumped the hot water from the pot down the bath tub drain to clean it out.   While doing that, I took the contents of a 26 ounce jar of Tuttorossa Marinara sauce, and I  added it to a quart measuring cup, and I added the contents of a 6.5 ounce can of Snow's minced clams, and I mixed it together with dashes of Italian spices and garlic powder.   I then put half of the contents back in the jar, which I put in the refrigerator, and I put the other half in a microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on three vegetable cycles in the General Electric microwave oven while the vermicelli was cooking.   I put half of the cooked vermicelli in a flat Rubbermaid container with lid, and I put it in the refrigerator, and I put the other half on a dinner plate with the clam tomato sauce on top, and I added four tablespoons of grated parmesan, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I then washed the dishes.   I installed the Windows Updates on the primary, server, and Toshiba laptop computers.   CIO          

Note:<888> 10/13/06 Friday 12:30 P.M.:   I set up the Digital Polaroid camera.   It seems to work just fine.   I installed its software on the primary computer.    I went out, and I picked up the mail.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back to bed.   BNY Online Banking - Internet Banking fixed my account.   Let's hope it stays that way.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note:<888> 10/13/06 Friday 9:40 A.M.:  Shovel off to Buffalo Record snowstorm barrels into Buffalo - CNN.com .   I called up Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street at 1-203-869-3000, and I chatted with their long term floor officer, and they told me once their computers were back up and running they would fix the mistake in my account.   There is nothing that I need to buy at the moment, so I am doing just fine.   I broke three large eggs in a bowl, and I added a couple of tablespoons of milk, a teaspoon of olive oil, dashes of Oregano and Italian Seasoning, and I whisked it all together.   I then put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a stick proof frying pan, and I heated it on medium high electric heat, once the oil became hot, I added the egg mixture, and once it began to solidify, I made a batch of scrambled eggs.   While doing that I also put three pieces of paper towel on a microwave proof plate, and five strips of Smithfield double thick bacon and on top of that two paper towels, and I put a plate plastic microwave lid on it, and I microwaved it for 4.5 minutes.   I toasted two English muffin halves, which I put a little bit of olive on.    I ate it all with a glass of 50% iced tea and 50% cold filtered water.   I will now go through my email.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/13/06 Friday 8:05 A.M.:   I put away the laundry.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I called up 1-800-CALL-BNY , and because BNY Online Banking - Internet Banking has now taken the $33 out again that they put back in yesterday, so it is beginning to look like their computers are a bit messed up.   I will call them up at 8:30 A.M., when they open today.   I will now put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/13/06 Friday 5:35 A.M.:   I was awake at 2:30 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal without a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.   I called up the Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York police department 1-516-573-6200 to report on a Helen Kress Williams sighting, and I reported it to another high tech group.   More than likely she might have been living in England or Germany with other sets of grandchildren coming from an International family.   I think she is a friend of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .   http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm always called Helen Kress Williams "Alice Blue Gown" from the nickname for Alice Roosevelt Longworth Alice Roosevelt Longworth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for the nickname for Teddy Roosevelt's Biography of Theodore Roosevelt daughter.  Although they were not the same people, they did know each other since they lived near each other in Oyster Bay, Long Island.  The Kress family had a 40 acre estate on the waterfront in Oyster Bay, Long Island about a quarter of a mile from Sagamore Hill National Historic Site - Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) .   Whether they were related, I do not know.   I put clean linens on my bed.   I have 20 minutes to go on the dry cycle of two loads of laundry.   I am making up batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .   CIO        

Note:<888> 10/13/06 Friday 6:30 P.M.:   I went out to my usual 3 P.M. appointment.   Everything seemed fine at my usual 3 P.M. appointment.   I then went to the always busy Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I chatted with some of their regular customers and staff.   I suggested they should try to move the items faster, but alas at this time of year with winter heating bills fast approaching, nobody seemed to be able to afford to buy anything.   I suggested they mark items at various prices, instead of just $10 or $20 that reflect the more realistic value of the items.   I saw an old friend there whom I had not seen in a while.    I told them I am getting so fat recently that I need to find a pair of suspenders there sooner or later.   Since blue jeans no longer have buttons on them for suspenders, I would need the type that have clips, or I would have to sew on buttons on my blue jeans.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I had to refuse to give a pack of cigarettes to a neighbor, since the neighbor loses track of the cigarettes that are barrowed and does not repay them.   Also the neighbor calls me when I do not feel like being bothered like when I am asleep.   I asked a higher authority to take care of the matter.    I then was contemplating the universe as it exists today, and www.fedex.com delivered the Polaroid PDC-2030C 3.0 Megapixel Digital Camera for $19 and $16.84 shipping and handling for $35.84 total arrived.   I chatted with the FedEx delivery person about how I feel like the Cuban consulate in Greenwich, Connecticut, and I work all the time, and I never get paid.   I told him if I ever get to be in charge, everyone is going to have to work all the time without being paid, but subsistence.    I guess that would be communism, but look on the bright side we are free to vote for whom we want.   Still, I try to go by capitalist principals in this area, and promote business as usual.   I then chatted with a relative, and my traveling relatives arrived safely at their destination today.   Specifically I saw someone that looked like Helen Kress Williams in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, so they must be checking out their help in Connecticut whom can not afford to live out in Oyster Bay, Long Island.   She still looks like she is sharp as a tack.  One could bid on a more expensive Polaroid camera Polaroid a530 Performer 5.3 Megapixel Digital Camera , but it has two weeks to go in the bidding process, so more than likely it will be pricey.   I do not take pictures of the general public in Greenwich, Connecticut, since everyone seems to have a William Morris Agent, but alas I document purchases for my apartment and take pictures on vacation and I occasionally take scenic shots in Greenwich, Connecticut and if anyone happens to get caught in the picture that is their tough luck.   However, nobody looks at my picture skills as I display them on the internet Michael Louis Scott's Photographs and http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006 .   Thus one can see how I protect people's privacy while using my photographic skills.   I will open the new Polaroid camera from its packaging once I wake up tomorrow.   I ate two scoops of coffee ice cream and three 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch by .25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.   Lillian Wilson is Wanda the Wicked Which of the West, Helen Kress Williams is the witch of the east, so I guess she could be either wicked or not, depending on what her informants tell her.   Besides Kress department store which went out of business, she also has the Williams Energy company Williams , so usually she is warmer during the winter.   Next thing Tennessee Williams will be wanting to use my rather advanced computer setup for word processing, which would be like using a Ferrari to drive to the end of the driveway to pick up the mail.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/13/06 Thursday 2:05 P.M.:   I spent time chatting with Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street at 1-203-869-3000.   In the good old days of the Greenwich, Connecticut telephone exchange, 869 stood for Townsend 9, and 661 stood for Normandy 1, so there.   They put back the $33, so they have given me back my funds that they mistakenly withdrew, and they have not paid me any additional funds except interest on my modest savings account.   I installed the Microsoft One Care beta in Vista, but one can not activate it.   I picked up my mail, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I also chatted with a computer tech group.   I will now get ready for my 3 P.M. appointment, and I will go out after that.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/12/06 Thursday 10:40 A.M.:    eBay: 3.2 MP Polaroid Digital Camera for $29.99 - FREE SHIP!! (item 110040760367 end time Oct-11-06 03:26:40 PDT) called me up for more information about making the refund, which I gave them.   BNY Online Banking - Internet Banking took $66 out of my account again, so now they owe me $33.    I called them up at 1-203-869-3000 at their local Putnam Trust Bank of New York office at the Mason Street office, and I chatted with their service representative.    I told them they only need to put $33 in my account and not $66.   I will now boot into Vista Beta.   CIO      

Note:<888> 10/12/06 Thursday 9:50 A.M.:   After I cleaned up, I threw out some garbage, and I sat outside for a while.   I will now boot into Vista, and I have an invite for the Microsoft One Care beta, which I will install.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/12/06 Thursday 8:35 A.M.:   I took the larger flags down in the hallway that were covering the books in the hallway bookcases, and the books are now visible once again.   When the weather is colder around here, books seem to become more important.   I folded the flags properly, and I put the ones that had boxes in their boxes, and I put them all in the lower Rubbermaid laundry container in the bedroom beneath the spare linens.   The smaller flags are still visible in the apartment.   I will now shower, and I will clean up.  CIO     

Note:<888> 10/12/06 Thursday 7:50 A.M.:   Inn on Biltmore Estate - Cottage on Biltmore Estate .  I guess the Vanderbilt's are saving on energy.   Maybe this is where that fellow that looks like the King of Spain Juan Carlos I of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia told me had a house by a volcano in Chile Volcán Villarrica, Chile - (P.O.V.I.) lives.   Queen Sofía of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Most Expensive Gated Communities 2006 - Forbes.com .   I went through my email.  I had to send information to get the refund on the Polaroid Camera from Fort Worth, Texas, so hopefully it will be put back in my account soon.  Sunrise today is 7:02 A.M. Tides.INFO: Tide predictions from around the globe: Greenwich, Connecticut .   Baker: War makes Iraq terror focus - Greenwich Time  .   Greenwich Time Robert Huntington Knight .   I ate a few handfuls of peanuts.   I turned the Honeywell Hepa air purifier back on, since the apartment seem to smell a little bit.   However, it might smell because in order to save on energy, I do not shower and clean up as much, except for when I going downtown.   Of course I might shower and clean up now, just so I feel a little bit better.   I watched a Cspan presentation on the United States of America energy situation, and they said we have enough to make it through this winter, but of course one has to be able to afford to pay for it.  Department of Energy - Homepage .  The symbol on the outside of my apartment door http://mikelouisscott.com/rad.jpg is a general symbol of the DOE, that one should not intrude.   I received a new picture of First Lady Laura Bush with President Bush www.whitehouse.gov that I put in the photograph frame with the older picture above the barometer weather station along side the small closet in the hallway.    I will now shower and clean up.   Of course most Yankees when they are not doing anything enjoy getting out in the cooler more refreshing weather after the sultry days of summer.   Alas at the moment, I would prefer to keep busy at home, since I really have no objective in going downtown.   I do not see any point in wasting energy to go downtown to buy bananas and take a walk.   A frugal Scotsman was one of my original neighbors here, and he use to enjoy taking a walk around the building every day.   Of course at his age, he also enjoyed a couple of Scotches every evening, and he supposedly lived to be a 102 years old, which is young by Scottish standards.   He once threw out his old Philco radio about 15 years ago, and I use it for a plant stand for about five years, and then I gave it to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and as I recall they sold it for $75 probably to some vintage Radio collector.   Of course my apartment is pretty modern in terms of modern electronics, but alas, they also take a bit of work to maintain, and by Scottish standards spending $259 plus tax for a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade plus tax might be considered Lavish, more than likely it would be a better investment to buy 10 shares of Microsoft www.microsoft.com to make Bill Gates richer Bill Gates Personal Wealth Clock , but when I called up Microsoft yesterday, they do not seem to have a very well organized switchboard and departmental listings.   They told me I need to know the name of a person for an inquiry, which does not really seem to make sense as opposed to a specific department or operation.   In other words the telephone operations at Microsoft do not seem well organized.   Possibly they might think about publishing their company telephone directory.   I am somewhat leery of organizations that publish and broadcast lots of public relations, but do not seem to have much of a communications organization Buck House Contact Us.   However, their software seems to be worthwhile, but there are alternatives, if one wants to spend more time in working with the software aspect of personal computers.   CIO            

Note:<888> 10/12/06 Thursday 3:45 A.M.:   I woke up at 9 A.M. yesterday morning.  I called up the Mason Street Branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and they put back in the service charge that they had mistakenly charged me.   However, they put in extra $33 too much, and when I called them back later nobody was there.   I then called the Riverside Office, and they told me I could keep it, since it would cost more money to take it back than for me to just keep it.   After covering their many branches for 23 years, I guess that works out to the fact that they have paid me about $1.50 a years, which is not very profitable.   I called Microsoft Microsoft in Redmond, Washington - Yellow Pages - Switchboard and their New York office about them buying the U.S. Tobacco office across the street from the Greenwich Library.   I chatted with the New York Office operations manager, and he suggested I chat with their real estate office in Redmond, Washington, but Redmond Washington told me they do not have a real estate office, so I chatted with their legal department.  I chatted with Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and I suggested that they should advertise in Montreal, Canada, since when it is colder down there in the winter, the Canadians seem to enjoy it.   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I picked up my mail, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I ate a few handfuls of peanuts and four 1.5 inch by 1.5 inch by .25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.   I then went back to bed.   A relative called me to tell me that a private plane had hit a building in Manhattan, and I went back to bed.   A friend of mine has a younger brother that lives on East 72nd street in Manhattan.   I woke up at about 7 P.M., and I had a package outside my door from a relative.   I received a dark brownish pattern Orvis sports jacket that fitted me, a yellow and a blue and white pin strip Brooks Brother dress shirt, and a blue and white and green check Ralph Lauren check shirt, and a blue and white stripped Brooks Brothers polo shirt.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal without a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I chatted with a relative whom is traveling today.   I went back to bed.   I woke up at 1 A.M..   I watched some television.   I made by bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I still have not been credited the $29.99 for the Polaroid camera from Fort Worth, Texas that I have cancelled.   It usually takes about three days to receive the credit.  I have my usual 3 P.M. appointment today.   I will now microwave a Banquet 7 ounce frozen chicken pot pie for four minutes, and I will also microwave the remaining stir fry mixture on the vegetable cycle, and I will eat it all together with a glass of iced tea.   It is dampish out, so I guess I will stay inside, and I will work on the computer after my meal, and I will go through my email.   There is no real purpose in going downtown so much other than an exercise walk, but dealing with the general public is a distraction from my other activities, so recently I have been spending more time at home.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/11/06 Wednesday 5:20 A.M.:   I ate a bowl of peanuts.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed.   Once it gets cold around here, they basically roll up the streets around here.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/11/06 Wednesday 4:45 A.M.:   I woke up at 2 P.M. this past afternoon.   I reheated one half of the remaining stir fry mixture, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out to my 4 P.M. appointment.   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 stopped by CVS during my walk, and I chatted with two of their regular customers.   I finished my walk, and then I noticed somebody had left a CVS cart besides the veterans monument, so I wheeled it back to CVS.  I then bought from their small 75% off table a orange plastic four cup and four spoon and tray condiment set for $2.49 plus .15 tax for $2.64 total.   I then returned back to my car, and I returned home.   I microwaved a 7 ounce Banquet chicken pot pie and one half of stir fry mixture, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I then chatted with a relative.  I placed the condiment set on the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer stand on the dining table to have available for use.   I then tried starting up the primary computer, but it kept freezing on startup.   I tried repartitioning and reformatting and restoring the hard drive, but it froze on restoring the backup.   I then tried the Max Blast II utility on floppy disk, but it would not read my SATA IDE hard drives.   However, the Max Blast CD does.    I then installed a new IDE cable on the hard drives, and just to be on the safe side, I did a low level format of the first one percent of the hard drive.   I then repartitioned it, and I tried to partition it with the first 50 megs. unused, but after formatting, when I restored the Vista Complete PC backup, the Vista Complete PC backup restore although it has an option to uncheck the restoring the partition, it does not work, so I restored the same partition backup.   Thus the computer is back to working the way it was this morning, and it is running just fine.   It is the nature of building one's own PCs, if one keeps enough spare parts around, one can usually fix them easily.   A malfunctioning IDE cable on the hard drives is the most common problem with personal computers causing failure.   I checked on a neighbor returning home with a friend, and I explained that I work during these hours, so I do not party.  Bank of New made a mistake on their computers charging me overdraft charges, when I was not overdrawn, so I have to call them later on today to make sure they take them off.   CIO         

Note:<888> 10/10/06 Tuesday 9:45 A.M.:   In XP, I ran the Office 2003 repair option.   I then reinstalled the Business Contact Manager and its updates, so the SQL server is now running on startup again.   I do not know what the bloody SQL server does, but I think it is some sort of spy ware putting out content on the internet from my primary computer to Microsoft.   I have not had much time to research it.   However, anyway after my walk, and getting out of the Skunk Works for a while, the computer seems to be running better.   I then booted Vista beta RC2 build 5744, and I did a Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will take a nap for a few hours.   I will get up at 1 P.M., and I have a 4 P.M. appointment to get ready for.   Being primarily a night person most of my life, I find the tedious chores of daytime appointments and other daytime activity a distraction from the more serious computer work, I seem to get done at night.  By using the black back ground in Vista and XP, I think it might cause less wear on the monitors.   I found a good pair of sun glasses I had put underneath the fax and Lexmark X1185 printer stand that I had forgotten about, so I put them on the plastic file rack with my other glasses, and I also put out my tinted driving glasses that I have never worn, since I worry if I wore them with a minor prescription I think in the left lens, I would need them all of the time, and I do not have a regular prescription to wear at night, and I do not think driving with sun glasses at night would be to my advantage.  Be sure to remember, the hurricane season does not end until the end of November down south.   Thus one should remember to check http://mikelouisscott.com/weather.htm .   Also to make one's own best early guess, try to check this occasionally NRL Monterey Satellite Photos .   However, if one is not fortunate to go down south for the winter, and one is left up north in the tundra, one can always study The Old Farmer's Almanac - Weather Center to see what the future might hold in the north country.  From a Four Seasons perspective around here, the winter is a lot longer than the shorter summer.  Of course at this point people are just thinking about getting ready to rake leaves, but they have not turned yet, and we are not yet building snow men.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/10/06 Tuesday 7:05 A.M.:  I ate 2.5 scoops of coffee ice cream.  Dolans offer to take Cablevision private .   Gartner warns over Vista license requirements - 09/Oct/2006 - ComputerWeekly.com .  Microsoft To Ship All Versions Of Vista On One DVD - Technology News by TechWeb .   Microsoft Unveils Vista RC2; Next Step, Shipping - Software Technology News by TechWeb . » Office 2007, Vista inch closer | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com .Dolans Try New Bid to Take Cablevision Private - New York Times .  CVO Menu - Mount St. Helens Eruption 2004 .  eBay: 96 Lot AA Alkaline Batteries (item 280035613248 end time Oct-13-06 07:21:38 PDT) .   Aircraft Carrier Is the Bushes’ Latest Namesake - New York Times .   Guest Book - Gen. William Westmoreland .IOGear BOSS (Broadband Office Storage Server) Enclosure IOGear GNS1000 GNS1000 and Show Them Who's BOSS @ Geeks.com! .   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/10/06 Tuesday 5:30 A.M.:   I woke up at 8 P.M..   I chatted with a relative and three friends.   I put one third of the remaining stir fry mixture in a Rubbermaid container with lid, and I heated it on the vegetable cycle for two cycles, and I put it in a large Cobalt Blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I turned on the air conditioner to cool down the apartment, since the temperature was up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.  I went outside briefly, and I chatted with some neighbors.   Although it is cooler outside, the windows are not easily opened.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I  went out, and I threw out some garbage.  I drove over to Walgreen's in Old Greenwich, but they were sold out of the 16 packs of AA alkaline batteries on sale for $5.99.   I went to CVS at the Riverside Shopping Plaza, and I bought two 12 packs of CVS Alkaline AA batteries for $4.99 a 12 pack, and two 20 ounce jars of Planter's dry roasted peanuts for $1.99 each plus .60 tax for $14.56 total.   I noticed they have Halloween items on sale.   I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a 10 pack of quart packages of America's Choice dry powdered milk for $6.99 a 10 pack box.   I then returned back to downtown Greenwich, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area, and I sat out at various locations.   I chatted with another night person.   I noticed the office at the corner of Greenwich Avenue and East Putnam Avenue at One Pickwick Plaza seems to be undergoing renovations.   I believe there use to be a men's clothing store there in the past, but it did not last long, since people in the country tend not to wear too many suits unless they commute into Manhattan.   Basically the British Commonwealth network push people wearing suits, since they produce a lot of wool, but although it is warmer in cold damp weather, it is also expensive to have dried cleaned and not always practical for chores.   However, suits usually had ample pockets for holding various items such as eye glasses, keys, and pocket change, and other items such as a wallet.  Men are not encourage to wear wallets in their hip pockets, but frequently carry them in their jacket pockets, but I think it frequently is easier to have somebody pick pocket it in their jacket pocket.   Since this is the New York City area, we frequently get professional pick pockets working this area.   I next drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and the usual late night fishermen seem to have all disappeared.   I then returned home.   I opened up a Banquet 7 ounce frozen chicken pot pie, and I placed it in a similar size microwave proof plastic half high pot, and I microwaved it for 4 minutes.   I then emptied it out of its cardboard holder into a soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I will now go through my email.   I have a 4 P.M. appointment today.   CIO       

Note:<888> 10/09/06 Monday 6:05 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 coffee.   I chatted with a friend.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will rest some more.   CIO       

Note:<888> 10/09/06 Monday 4:35 P.M.:   I woke up at 3 P.M..   I tried booting the primary computer again in XP, but it had the same boot up problem.   I reset it, and I disconnected the USB 2.0 512 meg. pen drive and the memory card reader, and the computer booted up just fine in XP.  Thus I will leave them disconnected, if I need to use them, I can always reconnect them, but not during boot up.   The order for the PDC 3030 @ Polaroid.com and eBay: 3.2 MP Polaroid Digital Camera for $29.99 - FREE SHIP!! (item 110040760367 end time Oct-11-06 17:02:04 PDT) has been cancelled, but the funds have not yet been made in available in my account.   I cancelled it because it uses a costly Smart Media Card.   I bought a Polaroid PDC-2030C 3.0 Megapixel Digital Camera for $19 and $16.84 shipping and handling for $35.84 total.   It uses a SD card, so I will be able to use my 512 meg. SD card.   I could return the AAA batteries and get some AA batteries, but I am not sure they are on sale right now.   I chatted with a Microsoft representative that called me up about my activities in this area.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/09/06 Monday 8:10 A.M.:   I have the systems back up and running fine on the primary computer.   http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .   I chatted with a friend.   I will now go back to bed.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/09/06 Monday 6:35 A.M.:   I slept until 2 A.M. after the last message.   I put one fourth of the stir fry mixture in a Rubbermaid container with lid, and I heated it on the vegetable cycle for two cycles, and I put it in a large Cobalt Blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I watched some television.   I watched one of the episodes of this SAVAGE EARTH Online , and if one searches "volcano" at www.pbs.org , one comes up with a lot of programming they provide.   I started up the primary computer, and it was malfunctioning.   I tried to fix it, but it got worse.   I booted the MaxBlast CD, and I did a quick low level format of the first hard drive, and then I partitioned it to 137.4 gigs the max on a 160 gig. hard drive.  I then booted the Vista beta RC2 build 5744 DVD, and I selected the repair option, and the option to restore my "Complete PC Backup" file which I made yesterday after configuring Vista.   I had saved the few files that had changed.   I had one problem booting Vista, and on my PC http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm , the computer would not boot the Vista DVD, until I had removed the USB 2.0 hub with the 512 meg. USB 2.0 pen drive in it from the PCI USB 2.0 card port.  After I restored the backup, the computer ran just fine.  I restored the few files that had changed, and just to be on the same side, I scanned my Smart Card and Pen Drive for any viruses.   I plugged the USB 2.0 hub into the motherboard USB 2.0 hub, which does not seem to cause a problem with the Vista DVD booting.  I uninstalled the Microsoft SQL server, which I do not need running in the back ground on my computer.  It is running better than before.   I do not know what could have caused the problem, but that is why I keep multiple backups, and that is why if I ever can afford to buy Vista, I want the Ultimate or Business additions with the Complete PC backup feature.  Of course on backups, one does them regularly, but one has to remember to save one in case a recent backup is no good.  Whatever caused the problem is a mystery to me.   I now have to reinstall the Microsoft Vista drivers for the MS 6000 wireless optical mouse and comfort keyboard on the Vista partition.   The Vista Complete PC restore option give one an option of not repartitioning the hard drive to its original state in case one wanted to install a larger hard drive with larger partitions.   CIO   

Note:<888> 10/09/06 Monday 12:15 A.M.:   I watched some television.   I got a tired spell, so I will rest a little bit more.   I will now shut down the primary computer.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/08/06 Sunday 11:35 P.M.:   I watched some television.   I took 19 Ritz crackers, and I spread them around a dinner plate, and I cut 19 1/16th inch thick slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese, and I put each slice on top of a Ritz cracker, and I ate them all with a glass of iced tea.   A relative suggested I should have a little bit more protein in my diet, so the cheese has protein.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/08/06 Sunday 10:40 P.M.:   I just discovered the link to http://mikelouisscott.com/ on my Geocities http://geocities.com/mikelscott homepage had the three www prefix in it, so it did not work for referring links.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/08/06 Sunday 10:30 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I tried the using the USB 2.0 pen drive in Vista, but is not quick enough to be use for that feature.   I returned it back to the USB 2.0 hub which I now have plugged into the USB 2.0 port card.   I am saving backup files to both the 512 meg. SD card and the 512 meg. USB 2.0 pen drive.   It takes a while to copy them.   BBC NEWS | Technology | Tracking down hi-tech crime .   I ate the last piece of cheery pie.  CIO 

Note:<888> 10/08/06 Sunday 9:15 P.M.:  The Polaroid camera that I ordered uses a Smart Media card and not a SD card.   Since I do not have a Smart Media Card, I emailed them in case it has not been sent to cancel the order for the Polaroid camera.  It is a holiday weekend, so maybe I will hear back from them on Tuesday, if they have not sent it yet.    I chatted with a relative.   I opened up the package with my 512 meg. SD card, and I installed it the primary computer to my card reader.  I copied most of the files from my 512 USB drive to the SD card, and I am now deleting the files on my USB drive.   I will then install it in the spare USB 2.0 port card slot in the rear of the primary computer.   Vista has a feature when one can use a USB drive for caching to speed it up, but I am not sure the 512 meg. USB drive will be large enough for that feature or not.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/08/06 Sunday 8:00 P.M.:   I woke up at 2 P.M. this afternoon.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.   I went back to bed until 4 P.M..   I chatted with a relative.   I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I walked around the building.   I chatted with the relative again, and I chatted with another relative.   I changed my advertising links on my web servers from Dell to www.ibm.com .   I never get any revenue from my advertising links, but I figure IBM is more user friendly to the local community.   I refilled the kitchen Glade Plug-in refill with a 60% mixture of English Leather Cologne and 40% mixture of 80% isopropyl alcohol.   I will now do some regular computer work.   It looks like a lot of the computer parts prices on the internet have gone up 20% to 30%, so with the higher prices for energy, I would dare say other prices will be going up.   With the Dell advertising Java script, it slowed down the home server anyway for remote users, since it had to draw the Dell images off the internet from another location probably in California.   The Bank of New York online web server has not been working for the last few hours  BNY Online Banking - Internet Banking .  I made my bed, and I washed the dishes too.  CIO       

Note:<888> 10/08/06 Sunday 5:10 A.M.:   I watched a little bit of television.   I ate a piece of cheery pie.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will rest for a while.  I put a new Vanish Borax blue toilet tablet in the toilet tank yesterday.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/08/06 Sunday 3:45 A.M.:   I worked in http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .   I changed the desktop back ground in XP to black, which makes it easier to see the icons.    I took the large metal bowl, and I prepared a meal.   I peeled and diced two medium onions and one large shallot, and I placed them in bowl to have ready.  I then diced a medium green and two large red peppers and a medium yellow pepper, and I cut three medium tomatoes into 1/6th wedges, and I put all of those ingredients in the metal bowl.   I then diced into small pieces a 3/4th of a  pound of broccoli crowns, and I cut into 1/4 lengthwise strips a third of a pound of baby carrots, and I broke the tips off a half of a pound of green beans, and I cut them into half inch slices, and I cut the black pitted olives in a six ounce dry can of California black pitted olives in half, I added all of those ingredients that I prepared in the bowl.    I then prepared Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe with one chicken bouillon cube and few dashes of chicken bouillon powder, and I placed it in the microwave oven set to start, but I did not start it right away.   I then took my large Chinese wok, and I put in about four tablespoons of olive oil and six minced cloves of garlic, and I started it on the large electric burner on medium high electric heat.   Once the oil and garlic began to bubble, I added the chopped onions and shallot, and I sautéed them until they were blanched.  I then added the bowl of chopped vegetables, and I mixed them all together sweating them in the WOK, and once they began to sweat after a few minutes, I added about 5 more tablespoons of olive oil, and I mixed them together also adding generous portions of garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, Old Bay Seasoning, celery salt, chicken bouillon powder, and Italian spices.   Once they sweated a few more minutes, while I mixed them around a few times, I started the rice.   I then added to the WOK about a quarter of cup of Rene Junot white French table wine and about eight tablespoons of Kikkoman soy sauce and four tablespoons of lemon juice, and I mixed it all together, and I then added about 5 ounces of Swanson's chicken broth, and I mixed it all together over the same medium high electric heat adding three bay leaves.   About the time the rice finished its 11 minute cycle, I reduced the WOK to a  medium simmer, stirring the ingredients.    After another 5 minutes when the rice had completed cooked in the microwave rice steamer and was prepared, I added the rice to the WOK mixtures, and I mixed it thoroughly into the mixture in the WOK, and then I simmer it on medium another five minutes.   I then put one fourth of the WOK mixture  in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I put the other three fourths in a large Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I washed the dishes.   CIO     

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/07/06:

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 11:35 P.M.:   I went through my email.  I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 11:00 P.M.:   Windows Vista RC2 . Windows Vista: Getting Started with Windows Vista RC1 .  CIO

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 10:55 P.M.:   I was awake at 8:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes. I chatted with a relative.   I emailed and faxed mailto:billg@microsoft.com about buy this property for sale in Greenwich, Connecticut UST leaving town, staying in state - Greenwich Time .  I did a Microsoft Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup of the primary computer C: first hard drive to the D: second drive.   CIO        

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 3:05 P.M.:   I worked with http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm .   I chatted with a relative.   I ate a piece of cherry pie and one third of the remaining tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips with some iced tea.   I went outside, and I picked up my mail.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed after being awake for 27 hours.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 5:20 A.M.:   I downloaded Vista RC1 build 5744 for X84, which is suppose to be the last build before release to manufacturing.   I will now burn it to DVD, and then I will do a new install on the secondary partition on the first hard drive of the primary computer.    I watched some television while downloading it, and I will watch some more while it installs.   I might do some minor configuration of it, and I will complete configuring it later on today.    Basically it has been 15 months of beta testing it, but I will not be able to afford the $250 for the Vista Ultimate Upgrade edition, unless I win it with a scratch card.   Let the god "Shiva" decide.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 4:30 A.M.:   Vista On Schedule, Says Wall Street - Windows, Microsoft - CRN .   TVUPlayer download and review - watch Internet TV from SnapFiles .   I finished going through my email.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 4:05 A.M.:   Before going through my email, I decided the new bike was still in the way in the bedroom entrance, since I frequently have to wake up and go to the bathroom when I am asleep.    I have the long green Scott sofa on the outside window living room wall pulled away from the wall about 15 inches, so there is room for the heat in the winter to circulate.    The bicycle petals only spread apart 14 inches, so I lifted the bike behind the sofa, and I positioned it, so the wheels and the various wires do not touch the electric radiators, and there is ample clearance for heat to circulate in the winter.   I had to use a large B&M baked bean can to prop up the bike handle resting on the window sill, so the front tire does not come near the electric radiator.    It works quite well, and the new bike is now out of the way indefinitely, but it is available in case there is a major energy shortage some time in the future, when there might not be too much car traffic in this area.   I would not normally be riding the bike in the winter anyway.   Thus out of sight out of mind.   I have a feeling energy prices might go up after the election, and it would take less than 15 minutes to get it out from behind the long green Scott sofa if I needed to use it regularly.   The only other alternative is to store it in the back of my station wagon, but I would prefer to leave its regular seating arrangement open.   Thus for the first time in a long time, the walk way area along the living room closets leading to the bedroom and bathroom is completely free to navigate through.   Still, it is a rather compact apartment, and although I have organized it quite well, compared to more spacious surroundings in the area, one might feel closed in, but by New York City standards, it is a standard Pied A Terre.  Also in two or three weeks, when it gets colder, and one does not need outside ventilation, I will use duct tape to tape the Styrofoam sheets over the air conditioner and left opening side with Plexiglas over the opening, and I will disconnect the air conditioner, and I will lower the curtain over it by unhooking the safety pins, and I will move the Lasko fan in front of it, and I will run it when the electric heat is circulating to move the heat around the apartment to prevent it from rising into the void of the false ceiling.   I do not turn on the heat in the bathroom, and once it gets cold, I leave the bedroom thermostat at about 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and I use my electric blanket and comforter to stay warm in bed, and I let the fan move the warm air from the living room into the bedroom and elsewhere around the apartment.    I also set the living room thermostat at 76 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit which keeps the living room about 70 degrees Fahrenheit.   Back to my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 3:00 A.M.:   One of the 25 watt blunt tip bulbs burned out in the light above the Rembrandt copy of the picture "Polish Rider" .   I put in two new 25 watt blunt tip bulbs, and I saved the one good one.    I will now go through my email.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 2:10 A.M.:   I microwaved a bag of popcorn, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   My General Electric microwave oven has a Popcorn button for microwave bags of popcorn.   One just put it in with the right side up, and closes the door and presses the popcorn button, and then one carefully opens it because of hot steam, and pours it into the metal bowl hanging on the bookcase beneath the microwave.   Granddad Scott use to grow popcorn on one of his farms, and he would keep a bushel of popcorn ready to husk in the basement along with the cheaper coal furnace in the old days, but I suppose things have gotten more modern out there in Illinois, and around 1960, he switched from coal to fuel oil.   Back in the old days of www.lfc.edu , we use to pay 12.9 cents a gallon for fuel oil on the Farm http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mike-scott-the-farm-illinois-1970.jpg in Northwest Lake Forest, Illinois known as Knollwood, Illinois about 8 miles distance from Adlai Stevenson's farm in Libertyville, Illinois with an International Harvester factory in between.   More than likely that factory made tanks during war time, so it was probably a formidable group of people around there.   The McCormick family of International Truck and Engine Corporation are well known Illinois republicans, so more than likely they have some friends that are able to move around, when we are stranded in the energy depleted northeast of the U.S.A..  Imagine cruising Greenwich Avenue in this International : International APC or these International : Military and Government LLC .   Thus Adlai Stevenson was not really that Liberal.   Since I have not yet been forced to use my new bicycle yet, since there is still a lot of traffic in this area, I moved it from behind the living room couch in the walk through area to resting against the bedroom door slightly projecting into the bedroom and bath hallway.   It does make it a tighter fit to get into the bedroom, but basically it makes it easier to pass through to the bathroom.   Also it looks a bit better in the living room.   I put a couple of old socks on the petal that protrudes into the bedroom entrance way, so one does not hit oneself on the petal when waking up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/07/06 Saturday 12:45 A.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I drove down by Grass Island, and there did not appear to be any flooding along the waterfront.   It looked perfectly normal for this time of year.   They have put up nice white picket fences to disguise the boat work areas.    I drove by the southwest Horseneck train station parking lot, and in the southwest corner they have daily parking slots, and they are marked as being $5 a day, and they place an envelope on the car window for you to pay.   However, there do not appear to be more than about 50 spots, so I am sure they fill up fast.   I then drove down by Steamboat Road, and there were a few fishermen.   I then drove over to the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, and they forgot to turn on the night lights on the ATM machine, so it is hard to see to use.   I used my car flash light to see the ATM machine.   I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. World magazine.    I then went by CVS on Greenwich Avenue, and I bought four 12 packs of CVS AAA alkaline batteries for two for $4.99, and two 2 packs of CVS 9 volt alkaline batteries for $5.49, and a package of 50 Singer one inch safety pins for $2.19 less a $2.50 off CVS coupon and .91 tax for $16.07 total.   I can use the AAA batteries in my new Polaroid camera, and I use the 9 volt batteries every Christmas time when I replace my three smoke detector batteries.   I then used the ATM machine at the Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York.    I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.    I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I sat out at various locations.   It is the first cooler night I can remember this Fall.   There was an average crowd out and about.   I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $10 of premium unleaded self service gasoline at $2.959 a gallon for 61.2 miles driving this past week at 17 miles per gallon average driving 17 miles per hour.   I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought two six packs of Thomas' English muffins for $1.49 each, a 16 ounce bar of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese for $3.99, two 59 ounce containers of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, a 1.75 quart container of Edy's low fat almond praline ice cream for $3.14, a 10 pack of Orville Redenbacher's Orville Redenbacher's 90% less fat butter microwave popcorn for $2.50, two 18 ounce cans of Progresso New England clam chowder for $1.34 each, four different types of Rugu 26 ounce jars of tomato sauce for $1 each, three 80 count boxes of Tetley English tea for $2.50 each, a bulb of garlic at $1.99 a pound for .26, shallots at $2.99 a pound for $1.79, and a package of a old green, old red, and old yellow peppers for .86 for $34.70 total.   I then returned home, and I brought up my purchases.   I closed the center hallway stair outside window, since it is cooler out.   I put away my groceries.   I then used nine of the one inch safety pins, and I took out the curtain hangers, and I used the safety pins to hymn up the Scottish St. Andrews flag, so it is only 7 feet high instead of 8 feet, which is the height that I hang it from.   I put the package of 41 remaining safety pins in the small box that holds my sewing kit in my top left drawer in the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.   I ate a 1/6th piece of cheery pie with a glass of iced tea.  I will put the new batteries with the other batteries on the left sideboard shelf in the bedroom.   I turned off the Honeywell Hepa air purifier to save on electricity.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/06/06 Friday 5:45 P.M.:   I ate 2/3rds of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips before going to bed.   I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodicals and old computer magazines.   I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I went outside briefly, and I picked up the mail.    I put a new AA alkaline battery in the small electronic clock on the upper shelf of the wire rack behind the living room entrance door.   I played the new Sony carousel CD player while I was doing my house cleaning, and it works just fine.   However, sometimes when one rotates the carousel to change the disks, it makes a slight rough changing noise, but it does seem to work all right.  I will now reheat the remaining stir fry mixture left over from last night in a one quart plastic microwave proof pot with lid on two or three vegetable cycles on the General Electric microwave oven, and I will put it all in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I will eat it with a glass of iced tea.  Possible Costal Flooding Weather Hazards for Greenwich, CT .   I will then shut down the primary computer and shower and clean up and go out.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/06/06 Friday 3:10 A.M.:   New Anti-Piracy Tools Will Delay Enterprise Adoption of Vista .  GOP.com | Republican National Committee :: Contribute .  CRN | News | Windows Vista To Take New Tough Line On Counterfeits .  I finished going through my email.  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Monster' fossil find in Arctic .  http://mikelouisscott.com/ss.gif .   CNN.com - Marijuana may stave off Alzheimer's - Oct 5, 2006 .   Rope, Hemp, Cannibis, Marijuna in North America Expose .  Of course, if one lives in the busy fast moving environment of the New York City, and if one tried hemp, if they did not arrest you, more than likely you would have a bit of difficulty navigating around the rather busy environment, so more than likely it would have to be tested in a controlled environment.   I remember http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm knew Adam Genosky who was a exiled Polish Count, and he lived with Barbara Rockefeller at her town house on East 67th street, and as I recalled Adam had a grant from the United States government to study marijuana as a fellow at Rockefeller University www.rockefeller.edu .  Whether he ever published any of his research findings, you would have to contact Rock U.   Basically from what I know they had a controller environment where they grew the substance for research.   Possibly since Fred Von Mierers spent so much time in Nantucket it was there, but Jim Eldert spent so much time in Santa Cruz, California which is well known for the substance, it might have been in that environment.   When herbal drugs comes into conflict with the physicians desk reference of thousands of pharmaceuticals, I am not the expert.   It would seem that they are competing businesses.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I will eat one sixth of the cherry pie.   As a matter of general inquiry, I do not smoke marijuana, I just smoke Seneca Ultra Light 100 cigarettes in a box which are a common generic cigarette in this area.   I believe they are manufactured in Canada however, and I would assume that since they are imported into the United States of America, U.S. Customs would check to make sure they do not have any other additives.    Bon Soir.   I have to do my house cleaning and watering the plants, when I wake up later on today.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/06/06 Friday 2:00 A.M.:   Since my Vivitar 1 megapixel camera has a broken battery case cover it is cumbersome to use with the pink broccoli rubber band, and its resolution is not too high.   I did a little bottom fishing on the internet, and I bought a PDC 3030 @ Polaroid.com for $30 from eBay: 3.2 MP Polaroid Digital Camera for $29.99 - FREE SHIP!! (item 110040760367 end time Oct-11-06 17:02:04 PDT) .  It is a new model that has been tested and that has been returned and comes in a brown box.  If it is defective, I have 10 days to return it the seller, but since it is new I assume it would also have the Polaroid 1 year warranty.   At the moment, it is all that I can afford, and it comes with free shipping.   I have a 512 meg. SD card, and I also have three two packs of Duracell Rechargeable Accu NiMH AAA rechargeable batteries and a battery charger to use with them, and I obviously have the computer equipment and printers and camera bag and tripod.   I will now go back to my email.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/06/06 Friday 12:30 A.M.:   Last night before going to bed, I also ate 2/3rds of a tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and three scoops of coffee ice cream.   OpenOffice.org - Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com .  China Ships The World - Forbes.com .  Microsoft Plans Vista Upgrade Coupon For Holiday PC Buying Season - Windows Vista, Express Upgrade - CRN .  Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report .  » 10 essential tweaks for Windows Vista RC1 | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com .  CIO

Note:<888> 10/06/06 Friday 12:10 A.M.:  Good deal for three licenses Amazon.com: Norton Internet Security Suite 2007 - 3 User: Software .  However, Optimum Online users get free Firewall and Antivirus protection at Optimum Online - Optimum Essentials provided by CA Consumer Online Store - Product Information which normally would be just as costly, so there is not really any reason to buy the Symantec product unless you have bucks to burn.   I will now go through my email.   CIO      

Note:<888> 10/05/06 Thursday 11:00 P.M.:   I woke up at 1 P.M. today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I changed the bedroom hallway flags around, so the Scottish St. Andrew's and the Swedish flags are flying.   I went out, and I threw out some garbage.   I mailed my monthly expense report to a relative at the Valley Road Post Office.  I then went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment on Thursday.   I viewed the new 2.5 acre park on the south side of the Greenwich Hospital Watson wing Hospital's garden, memorial dedicated - Greenwich Time .   It is a spacious park to sit outside and view the outside grounds.   I was told that it is a smoke free park, but I saw somebody smoking a cigarette there.   They have a nice "911" memorial there.   Possibly in an emergency, one could also land a helicopter there, but they usually use the playing field behind the Town Hall for that.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   They have a number of old sofas there.   I then went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   Instead of stopping by Zen stationary to play my monthly dollar scratch card, I went by the Greenwich Cigar Store across from the train station, and I invoked the Hindu god "Shiva" Shiva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia to the India sales clerk, and I asked him to select the easiest dollar scratch card to play.    I then went outside the shop, and I scratched the "ACES HIGH" scratch card on a parking meter nearby, and I came up with a dealer card of Jack, and my highest winning card was a King, and I scratched the card, and I had won a $100.  I did not bother touring the Greenwich train station, but instead I returned to the Greenwich Cigar store, and the sales clerk verified my $100 winning, and gave me five $20 bills.  "Thanks A Lot Shiva".   Well, then I was in a better mood, since I might be able to afford to go downtown a little bit more this month.   I walked back up Greenwich Avenue, and I chatted with two regular village watchers.   I then deposited my winnings at the Putnam Trust Bank of New York branch on Greenwich Avenue which is opened until 5 P.M. on Thursdays.   I then walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by CVS, and I bought a Southwestern Bell Freedom Phone S60505K cordless telephone battery for $9.99 plus .60 tax for $10.59 total.   I got a $3 bonus bucks coupon, so I bought two 18 ounce cans of Progresso New England clam chowder for $1.49 each for $2.98 total.  They kept the extra 2 cents, since I did not spend the entire $3.   I chatted with another regular night time person.  I stopped by the new Vineyard Vines store, and I chatted with them about Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.   I then completed my walk.   I used the bathroom at the Senior and the Arts center.   I chatted with another regular walker on Greenwich Avenue.   I reminded the walker for people using the long term parking at the southwestern Greenwich train station parking lot in the southwestern corner, there is long term parking for Amtrak users.   I think one pays a bill for the service.   Also the Stamford train station has Amtrak parking too.  I think it is about $8 a day.   I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time.  I chatted with the reference librarian about the Nantucket library.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 10 pound bags of Carolina parboiled enriched rice similar to Uncle Ben's for $4.89 a bag, a day old store bakery baked whole cherry pie for $2.50, two 5 ounce bottles of House of Tsang Pure Sesame Seed Oil $2.99 each, and two 15 ounce bottles of Kikkoman soy sauce for $2.09 each for $22.44 total.   I then returned home, and I picked up my mail, and I brought up the purchases.   I chatted with a relative.  I installed the new cordless telephone battery in the Uniden 900 MHz 2 line cordless telephone on the bedroom desk, since the old one had worn out.   It comes completely charged, and the phone now works just fine.  One has to make sure one has the right cordless telephone battery for various cordless telephones, because there are lots of different batteries for them.   I will now reheat half of the remaining stir fry mixture left over from last night in a one quart plastic microwave proof pot with lid on two or three vegetable cycles on the General Electric microwave oven, and I will put it all in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I will eat it with a glass of iced tea.   James M. Bakers III is scheduled to speak at the Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium at 7 P.M. on Wednesday October 11, 2006 on his new book "Work Hard, Study, and Keep Out of Politics" Washington Speakers Bureau: The Honorable James Baker, III and 'Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!' - James Baker, III - Penguin Group (USA) and Amazon.com: 'Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!': Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life: Books: III, James Baker .  CIO         

Note:<888> 10/05/06 Thursday 12:10 A.M.:   I tested Vista for a while.   I watched some television.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 10:05 P.M.:   Analyst says Vista likely will ship on time - Tech News & Reviews - MSNBC.com .  Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs | Tech News on ZDNet .  http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=29&tag=nl.e589 .  http://reviews.cnet.com/4326-11443_7-6547631.html?tag=nl.e501 .  Security Software Makers Upset Over Windows Vista - New York Times .  I finished going through my email.   I chatted with www.cl-p.com , and they told me my electricity usage for my environment was very good and not too high.   They are raising my budget amount to $165 a month on average, and then in February I could have another raise of the average amount from a rate hike, and another rate raise if my average usage goes up some more.   They are talking amounts like a 20% increase, which would mean I would be paying starting in February 2007, $200 a month electricity bills.   Well, look at this way, I am already in the Poor House, so how much worst can it get.  According to the news, the final release of Vista beta before release to manufacturing is suppose to be in the next week or two.   Maybe I should check to see if the demo of Norton Internet Security 2006 works with it, but it did not work with the version before Vista RC1.   I will now boot into Vista beta for a while.   CIO       

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend and a relative.   I will now go through my email.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 7:45 P.M.:   I chatted with a relative.   I took two dinner plates, and I prepared a meal.   I peeled and diced two medium onions, and I diced a large green and another red pepper, and I cored three medium tomatoes, and I cut them into 1/6th wedges, and I put all of those ingredients on one dinner plate.   I then diced into small pieces a half pound of broccoli, and I cut into 1/4 lengthwise strips a third of a pound of baby carrots, and I broke the tips off a half of a pound of green beans, and I cut them into half inch slices, and I cut 20 large black pitted olives in half, I added all of those ingredients that I prepared on another dinner plate.    I then prepared Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe with one chicken bouillon cube, and I placed it in the microwave oven set to start, but I did not start it right away.   I then took my large Chinese wok, and I put in about four tablespoons of olive oil and three minced cloves of garlic, and I started it on the large electric burner on medium high electric heat.   Once the oil began to bubble, I added the two plates of vegetables, and I mixed them all together sweating them in the WOK, and once they began to sweat after a few minutes, I added about 5 more tablespoons of olive oil, and I mixed them together also adding generous portions of garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, and Italian spices.   Once they sweated a few more minutes, while I mixed them around a few times, I started the rice.   I then added to the WOK about a quarter of cup of Rene Junot white French table wine and about six tablespoons of Kikkoman soy sauce, and I mixed it all together, and I then added about 5 ounces of Swanson's chicken broth, and I mixed it all together over the same medium high electric heat.   About the time the rice finished its 11 minute cycle, I reduced the WOK to a low to medium simmer, stirring the ingredients.    After another 5 minutes when the rice had completed cooked in the microwave rice steamer and was prepared, I added the rice to the WOK mixtures, and I mixed it thoroughly into the mixture in the WOK.   I then put one third of the WOK mixture  in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I put the other two thirds in a large Rubbermaid container with lid in the refrigerator.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   Earlier before preparing the meal, I diluted the tea in the orange juice carafes, and I put it in the refrigerator to chill.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 5:35 P.M.:   I had already paid off the budget amount of $149 at www.cl-p.com , but my bill this past month of September 2006 was $164.32, so I paid off the additional $15.32, so I am now completely paid up with them.   There is a 15 minute wait time on their telephone line, so once I can get through to them, I will have to make sure they put me back on the average monthly  budget amount if $149.    CIO 

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 4:35 P.M.:  I printed out a report to mail to a relative.   I will now make up a batch of Formula One http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .    CIO  

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 4:10 P.M.:   I hung up the new Chaps flannel shirts in the bedroom closet before going to bed.    I woke up at 9:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went downstairs, and I picked up my mail.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   They now have a new lobby that is smaller and two entrances at the rear.   The one at the rear center might be a bit drafty in the winter when the cold weather blows into the lobby using up all of their heat.   I still like the entrance at the southern rear which supposedly is now for private banking.   Also the rear center entrance has steps which some older people might not want to negotiate.  I chatted with their representative for private banking, and they told me they charge 1% management fees per year.   Of course Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street, also tends to be a local business bank with many merchants and the town doing business there.   I think the town deposits their quarters from the parking meters there, so it is a good place to get parking change.  I next went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and they have put out their fall display of items.   I bought a Sony 5 disk CD player with Hyprid Pulse D/A converter for $15.   It was produced on April 1993, and its seems to be a better model than my Phillips model of the same year that has been skipping recently.   I then returned home, and I took the Phillips unit out, and from the stereo stack, and I taped its remote control to its top, after running the AT&T lens cleaning CD on it, I stored it in the false ceiling above the smoke detector in the living room.   I installed the Sony 5 disk CD player in the same location in the stereo system stack, and I ran the AT&T lens cleaning CD on it a few times.   It sounds just great, and the music does not skip, and it has much better audio quality.   I left 5 CDs in it to have it ready for playing.   I usually play music when I do my house cleaning every other Friday.  I will now do some regular computer work.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 2:40 A.M.:   I went through my email.   Geology - Geology - The University of Auckland .   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Hopefully, my rent bill will arrive later on today, so I can pay my rent.    Then I will know how little I have left to survive on until the end of the month.    Basically, it is like the old book on touring Europe, but with upscale values today, instead of Europe on $5 a day, it is more like Greenwich on $10 a day after monthly expenses.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/04/06 Wednesday 1:50 A.M.:  I ate a scoop of butter pecan ice cream and a scoop of coffee ice cream.    I watched a bit of a vintage New York City public relations film called "The Out of Towners".   It seems like New York City has not changed very much over the years.   Alas, the Greenwich, Connecticut people have so little money, they can not afford to help out stranded travelers, so they pay $50,000 a year for stranded travelers to stay at the homeless shelter in Stamford, Connecticut where they have more money.   Of course, we do not get many stranded travelers anymore, since so many people in the New York City area have left after "911" , and so few are now showing up to visit.   I suppose they have found greener pastures.   Since I am a long term resident in the area, I manage to get by based on what I know about the area.    I publish my web notes in case anyone else wants to partake in the same adventure of a low scale lifestyle in an upscale community.  I saw Godrey Rockefeller snicker at me this evening when I passed him at one of his usual haunts at Starbucks on Greenwich Avenue, but he would not be able to afford hang out there, unless his mother did not work so hard at the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.   He was at the Social Security Office, when I applied for SSI Disability income about 23 years ago, so if he were collecting social security at age 65 years old back then, he would be 88 years old today.   It is amazing how the low key low stress lifestyle in Greenwich helps preserve people.    However, he might be working as a German spy now, since he frequently drives a BMW convertible.   He has a bit of my father's look, since my father's mother's grandmother was a Davidson.   Maybe we should have a Davidson family reunion at Davidson College , but if it were between Godfrey Rockefeller and Dwight Davidson Eisenhower, whom do you think would win, or for that example the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Club of you choice.  Needless to say these family feuds tend to be expensive, and if you do not feel like a polite chat with W. Averill Harriman's sister, you can always contact him up at Arden House.   There use to be a gentleman that lived in this building for about the first 12 years that I was here that looked a bit like him, however he is probably trying to figure out whom is trying to pinch is Scotch back in Scotland.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/03/06 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.:   I went out after the last message.   I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I chatted with the owner of the Figaro restaurant about French activity in the area.   I suggested that with all of the French speaking people in the area, Cablevision should put on some French broadcasting stations, particularly since most of their energy comes from Canada.   When Cablevision called me up, the return telephone ID was www.uu.net , so they must use them for internet service or maybe they use them for calling.   After my shorter walk, I sat out briefly, and then I went by the Stop and Shop.   I did not drive down by the waterfront, because I figured on a warm evening, there would be plenty of people down there keeping an eye out on Long Island.   At the Stop and Shop, I bought a quart of Stop and Shop Half and Half for $2.99, four 59 ounce containers of Simply Orange orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, ten 7 ounce Banquet chicken pot pies for .50 each, 2 Stouffer's 16 ounce hearty turkey dinners for $2.14 each,  1 Stouffer's meat lasagna 21 ounce for $2.49, two 16 ounce Stouffer's stuffed peppers for $2.14 each, a 2 pack of Libman dish scrub refills for $2.39, two 16 ounce deep dish Red Baron frozen pizzas one four cheese and one pepperoni for $2.50 each, a 24 ounce container of 4-C seasoned bread crumbs for $1.99, a 5 quart package box of Carnation dried milk for $6.49, two 26 ounce Francesco Rinaldi marinara sauce and one regular for 3 for $4, a three tub box of Glad Ware 5.25 cup tubs with lids for $2.50, a 15 ounce bottle of Lea and Perins Worcestershire sauce for $2.89, two 18 ounce Progresso cream chicken with rice and vegetable soup for $2 each, two 18 ounce Progesso mushroom soups for $1 each, four 5.5 ounce tubes of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips for $1 each, two Vanish borax bowl cleaning tablets for $1.39 each, fresh bananas at .54 a pound for $1.39, brocolli crowns at $1.49 a pound for $1.25, a bulb of garlic $1.99 a pound for .26, fresh green beans at $1.49 a pound for $1.01, a package of two old green peppers for .65, a package of two old red peppers for .68, a package of two large old tomatoes for .88, a package of 5 old medium tomatoes for $1.01 plus .46 tax for $73.68 total.   I then returned home, and I used my folding cart that I brought with me to bring up my purchases.  I then put away my purchases.  I updated http://mikelouisscott.com/inventory.htm .   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/03/06 Tuesday 7:45 P.M.:   I put a half cup of water in a one quart Pyrex microwave proof cup, and I cut the top 1.5 inches of an artichoke off and the bottom stalk, and I put it in the one quart cup, and I covered it with microwave proof plastic wrap, and I heated in the microwave for 16 minutes, unfortunately the water evaporated too quickly, and the artichoke was a bit crispy and dry.   Thus I was not able to eat it.   One probably needs to use a cup of water while cooking it that long.  I put an inch of water in a Revere three quart pot with steamer tray, and I added a quart of baby carrots and broccoli crowns, and I steamed it all for 15 minutes turning it from medium high to medium electric heat once the steam started.   I also cut last three .25 inch thick slices of cold eye round, and I put them on a dinner plate with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and a little bit of horse radish on each.   I put the steamed vegetables in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.    I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with Cablevision, and they called me up to let me know the server was working.   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out to do a little bit of shopping at the Stop and Shop.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/03/06 Tuesday 5:40 P.M.:   I watched some television.   I went outside, and I threw away the shipping box that the shirts arrived in today.   I chatted with an English neighbor about England.   I explained that I had never been there, but I had studied it a bit.  I explained how it is my viewpoint for British government officials live like they are in that old British television show "The Prisoner" RetroWeb Classic Television: The Prisoner.   The British resident mentioned some television shows that I had not heard of.   I told the British resident I like the one with the two fat woman who rode a motorcycle with a side car, and as I recall it was a cooking show.   Alas when you do not have too much food, because you spend so much money on Cablevision, you can always watch cooking shows.   However, if you get too fat, you have heart problems, and the local Cspan 3 is showing the Tennessee senator Bill Frist whom before politics was a heart surgeon.   Every time I use to go down to Washington D.C., the only person that I would run into and chat with was a heart surgeon named Dr. Gillespie whom who use to be having drinks at the 1782 restaurant, and we use to chat about medicine.   For some reason, he thought I was with Time magazine.   I guess that is because when I left Ronald Reagan's inaugural, I returned to Westchester County airport on the private Time magazine jet.   I guess living here in Greenwich, Connecticut around Time magazine staff, they must recognize me from the Greenwich Library.  Of course my roommate from college has an aunt whom also started Newsweek magazine along with the Junior League, but they can not afford to live here, and they have to rough it on the north shore of Long Island at Sands Point, Long Island remembering the dreams of when the use to plan strategy for World War II.   Alas since I have very little communications with Long Island, I just chat occasionally with a friend out there whom covers all of New York State investigating the race horse business.   Alas I do not know that much about horses, except they like oats and barley, and if one adds a little bit of molasses, carrots with the green tops, walnuts, and apples, they seem to enjoy the mix in their feed.  The Queen Mary II is suppose to be back in Manhattan on October 12, 2006 QM2 - Itinerary - 2006 , and from what I can tell their largest cargo is bonded whisky and liquors that they pick up and drop off around the world.   I think the Queen Elizabeth II also carries the same cargo.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/03/06 Tuesday 3:45 P.M.:   I watched some television.   The television news has been distressful, and I took a nap on the recliner.   I got a telephone call from the Republicans inquiring about what Chris Shays Christopher Shays for Congress most important subject matter should be, and I responded "Energy".   I got a telephone call from the democrats on Lesbian issues, and I hung up the telephone.  I just ate three scoops of butter pecan ice cream.   I guess since the weather is nice, the political types are out in force.   However, usually after election time when the money dries up around here, and it gets colder, the town quiets down.  I called the Federal Bureau of Investigation that a local printing operation might be counterfeiting some sort of currency or documents.   They sure have the capability to do so.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/03/06 Tuesday 12:40 P.M.:   I went outside, and I checked the building perimeter, and it looks secure.  I picked up my mail.   My order for the two flannels shirts shipped by mail on September 27, 2006.  Amazon.com: Chaps Men's Long Sleeve Flannel Shirt, Olive: Apparel for $13.89 and a extra large Amazon.com: Chaps Men's Long Sleeve Flannel Shirt, Compass: Apparel for $13.89 with free Super Saver Shipping for $27.78 total arrived.   They look quite nice.   Not much happening in this neck of the woods.   I still have not received my rent bill for this month, so I can not pay it yet.   I could go downtown and buy some food, but there is really no rush on that.  Basically with the higher price of fuel anymore, there is no rush anymore on this side of town to do anything downtown anymore.   I am quite comfortable on this side of town, and with my computer equipment, I manage to keep busy.   The only attraction on the waterfront on Steamboat Road from when I use to live down there until 19 years ago, was that Jim Henson of the Muppets fame lived down there, so technically it use to be Muppet territory, but alas I think he got more upscale and moved to Belle Haven, and Disney bought out the Muppets, so it is not really Muppet territory anymore.   CIO  

Note:<888> 10/03/06 Tuesday 11:50 A.M.:   The server is back up and running.   I chatted with a relative and friend last night.   I woke up at 9 A.M. this morning.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I chatted with a relative.   I went back to bed for a while.   I chatted with www.whitehouse.gov about what is happening around here.   I chatted with a relative.   One can call up the White House at 1-202-456-1414 or their comments line at 1-202-456-1111.   Usually early in the morning, they are not too busy, and one gets through.   I told my friends that I think when Prince Andrew travels, I think he is also a British Admiral, so he might have a ship somewhere out there in the ocean he is assigned to.   For all I know it is one of those nuclear armed attack carrier battle groups, thus he does not travel light when he travels.   For all I know it could be just outside the 200 mile limit.    CIO       

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 6:10 P.M.:   I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go back to bed for a while.   Maybe I will watch some television too.   CIO

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 6:00 P.M.:   I went outside.   One of my neighbors had left their parking lights on their car, so I let them know.   I chatted with some other neighbors, and I sat outside for a spell.   I will now go through my email.  CIO  

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 5:10 P.M.:   In honor of the Royal Visit, I got my old Technics phonograph record player up and running in my stereo system, and I played both sides of the RCA Victor phonograph record "Amazing Grace", The Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards".   The first song on the second side is the "Russian Imperial Anthem" which only last 56 seconds.   Since the Czar of Russia was always the Captain of the Royal Scots Guards when he was in England in Queen Victoria's Court, the Russian Imperial family had a little bit of influence on their music.   On the more important subject of food.   I studied this How to Cook 2 Artichoke .   I then cut the top inch and a half off the top of a medium artichoke with a serrated knife and the stalk off, so it was flat on the bottom, and then I put a half cup of water in a one quart Pyrex measuring cup and put in the artichoke, and I put plastic microwave proof wrap over the cup, and I microwaved it for 12 minutes.   However, when I ate the artichoke, the heart was a bit fibrous, so possibly 14 minutes would be better.   While cooking the artichoke, I cut three 3/8th inch thick slices of the cold eye round of beef, and I spread a teaspoon of horseradish over each, and I added a little bit of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce over them, and after the artichoke was done, I took the Rubbermaid container of rice from the night before, and I heated it on the vegetable cycle in the microwave oven.   I then put the rice on the dinner plate with the beef, and I added a couple of teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce over the rice, and then I put the steamed artichoke in a bowl, and drizzled some olive oil over the center of it.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   One eats an artichoke by pulling off the leaves from the outside in, and using one's teeth, one pulls off the bottom inside soft part of each leaf, and once the leaves are removed, one eats the heart.   To enjoy the artichoke, it has to be cooked long enough, or it is like eating cactus.   I will now go outside, and I will throw out some garbage, and I will check out the local environment.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 3:50 P.M.:   I chatted with a tech person.   I went outside, and I chatted with another computer person in the building, and I was told that a key stroke logging program had appeared on the other person's computer.   I explained my viewpoint that it is sabotage it could be anyone.   From what I know, and for all I know I could be running a Chinese telephone company on the internet with my cable modem and computer setup.   If one is bothered by someone eves dropping on one's apartment, one could just play some sort of music that would annoy the person eves dropping on the apartment.   One can eves drop on any domestic home through their telephone connection even when the telephone is hung up.   As they say in another foreign navy "Lose Lips Sink Ships".   According to this Royal diary search results , the Duke of York is lost in the nether world of America, and he has changed his schedule.   Maybe he did not have enough jet fuel to make it to the west coast.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 2:45 P.M.:  Also I have been keeping accurate track of my cigarette consumption, and I was off two packs of cigarettes in my count since I shut down this morning, and I received the new cigarette order, so the motive in intruding into my apartment besides tampering with the computer systems is to steal cigarettes from me.   To continue to run the motion detection camera on the server, I would have to leave it going all of time, and there is no point in that since the server is not going online.    I did notice at noon today, when the building custodian when out for lunch, he left the custodian's work room opened, and there is a set of keys to each apartment conspicuously hung in that work room, so possibly somebody has gained access to the keys to the apartments in the building.   Possibly the intruder would be smoking Seneca Ultra Light 100 cigarettes in box, or disposing them on the sly to some other smoker.  CIO 

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 2:30 P.M.:   I woke up at 10 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 coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors.   I checked out certain maintenance items around the apartment.   My cigarette delivery arrived, but the U.S. Postal Service did not have me sign for it, like they were required to have me sign for it.   Something seems to be not right around here.   When I went out to Cablevision and returned on Saturday, I discovered that sometime in the past few days, my primary computer had been accessed on the Vista Beta partition.   Specifically the screen resolution had been changed on the left monitor, and the task bar had been moved from the left monitor to the right monitor and locked.   Thus it would seem obvious that someone had gained access to my primary computer.   I have not written down the bios password or told anyone it.  I did say it aloud one time a few nights ago, so possibly my apartment audio is monitored.   Thus it would seem that AMI BIOS from Norcross, Georgia which also makes the Award Bios has installed some sort of universal password in their Bios setups that somebody probably out of Georgia Tech would probably know.   If one cleared the Bios, the old password would not still be there.   The only possible reason for accessing my computers would be to steal my backups of the overall systems, since it is time consuming to configure a computer, but since there is nothing sensitive on my computers and there is never that much money in my bank accounts.  Possibly somebody could be planting some sort of Trojan Program or keystroke logging program on my computers.   It would not be anyone in the U.S. Government, because they would not waste their time, but possibly a foreign national group of people would do it.   I chatted with a relative.   I will now do some regular computer work.  Port 80 is still not opened to web access on the server.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 3:15 A.M.:   BBC NEWS | Technology | Engine on a chip drives laptops .   Boeing's New Airplane - the 787 DreamLiner > English .   You got to pick up a lot of aluminum cans to build an airplane.   The order for the two flannels shirts shipped by mail on September 27, 2006.  Amazon.com: Chaps Men's Long Sleeve Flannel Shirt, Olive: Apparel for $13.89 and a extra large Amazon.com: Chaps Men's Long Sleeve Flannel Shirt, Compass: Apparel for $13.89 with free Super Saver Shipping for $27.78 total.   Well, am a bit bushed, so I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Bon Soir.   CIO       

Note:<888> 10/02/06 Monday 2:00 A.M.:   I studied this How to Cook 2 Artichoke .   I then cut the top inch and a half off the top of a medium artichoke with a serrated knife and the stalk off, so it was flat on the bottom, and then I put a half cup of water in a one quart Pyrex measuring cup and put in the artichoke, and I put plastic microwave proof wrap over the cup, and I microwaved it for 10 minutes.   However, when I ate the artichoke, the heart was a bit fibrous, so possibly 12 minutes would be better.   While cooking the artichoke, I cut three 1/4 inch thick slices of the cold eye round of beef, and I spread a teaspoon of horseradish over each, and I added a little bit of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce over them, and after the artichoke was done.   I made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm  also adding one beef bullion cube, and I put half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I then put the rice on the dinner plate with the beef, and I added a couple of teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce over the rice, and then I put the steamed artichoke in a bowl, and drizzled some olive oil over the center of it.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   One eats an artichoke by pulling off the leaves from the outside in, and using one's teeth, one pulls off the bottom inside soft part of each leaf, and once the leaves are removed, one eats the heart.   To enjoy the artichoke heart, it has to be cooked long enough, or it is like eating cactus.   I paid the extra $2.03 that I had not yet paid on my Cablevision bill, since I now know the exact amount.   I pay to Cablevision for Cable Digital Television with two decoder boxes, Optimum Online Cable Modem with Boost Service, and Optimum Voice long distance telephone service for unlimited long distance in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico the large amount of $148.03 a month.   However, when one considers it now costs about $3 for me to drive downtown and back for a walk, it is cheaper to stay home and watch television.   West Putnam Avenue for me is too noisy to walk around at night, since the automobiles move faster as they drive by.   CIO     

Note:<888> 10/01/06 Sunday 12:25 A.M.:   I chatted with Cablevision Optimum Boost, and I was told a number of their other customers have had the same problem with their web hosting, so hopefully it will be fixed some time soon.   After I chatted with them, the Optimum Voice telephone line started making an off the hook sound, so I checked the telephones a number of times and restarted the cable modem a number of times, and then I chatted with Optimum Voice tech support.   I was told to disconnected the system from the modem, so I disconnected the five splitter from the modem, and I connected up one telephone, and it worked fine.  I then disconnected the telephone network plug form the five splitter which is the left plug, and when I reconnected the five splitter and the network plug, the telephone network now works just fine.   I watched some television.   I ate a piece of cheese cake.  I took a shower, and I cleaned up.   I had to repair the nearest entry hook hold on the shower curtain, because the hook had ripped off the plastic.   I repunctured the hole, and it works just fine, and I did a double puncture, so two layers of the shower curtain at the near entry end are attached to the hook.   I chatted with a relative.    CIO  

Note:<888> 10/01/06 Sunday 8:25 P.M.:   I woke up at 2 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 coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I did a Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup of the primary computer C: drive to the second D: hard drive.   I also did a Complete PC backup in Vista to the external hard drive.   I went outside, and I threw away my garbage, and I walked around the parking lot.   I dialed up chatted and left messages with a circle of friends and associates.   I finished eating the bag of Lays sour cream and onion potato chips with some iced tea.   CIO    

Note:<888> 10/01/06 Sunday 8:30 A.M.:   When I returned home this past evening, I ate a piece of cheese cake, and I just ate another piece.    I worked with http://geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .    I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/01/06 Sunday 5:15 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I can try to install the TV card in Vista, but I do not think its audio will work, since my SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Value card does not work in beta Vista RC1 build 5728.   CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 10/01/06:

Note:<888> 10/01/06 Sunday 4:00 A.M.:  I studied this How to Cook 2 Artichoke .   I then cut the top inch and a half off the top of a medium artichoke with a serrated knife and the stalk off, so it was flat on the bottom, and then I put a half cup of water in a one quart Pyrex measuring cup and put in the artichoke, and I put plastic microwave proof wrap over the cup, and I microwaved it for 7 minutes.   However, when I ate the artichoke, the heart was a bit fibrous, so possibly 9 minutes or 10 minutes would be better.   While cooking the artichoke, I cut three 3/8th inch thick slices of the cold eye round of beef, and I spread a teaspoon of horseradish over each, and I added a little bit of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce over them, and after the artichoke was done, I took the Rubbermaid container of rice from the night before, and I heated it on the vegetable cycle in the microwave oven.   I then put the rice on the dinner plate with the beef, and I added a couple of teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce over the rice, and then I put the steamed artichoke in a bowl, and drizzled some olive oil over the center of it.   I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.   One eats an artichoke by pulling off the leaves from the outside in, and using one's teeth, one pulls off the bottom inside soft part of each leaf, and once the leaves are removed, one eats the heart.   To enjoy the artichoke, it has to be cooked long enough, or it is like eating cactus.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO 

Note:<888> 10/01/06 Sunday 2:40 A.M.:   I watched some television after the last message, and then I went to bed.   I woke up at noon.   I called up Cablevision, and I spent a bit of time trying to trouble shoot the server to no avail.  A neighbor gave me Surplus Computers Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner Capture Card that arrived in the mail.   I finally repackaged the new Motorola cable modem, and I went out without cleaning up, and I went by Cablevision in Port Chester, New York, but they were closed.   I then drove up to Cablevision in Norwalk, Connecticut, and I exchange the cable modem for the same model Motorola cable modem.   I then went by CVS at the Riverside Shopping center, and then I went by Radio Shack at the Riverside Shopping Center.  I bought a 5 line telephone splitter for $13.99 and a 8 foot Monster Standard THX certified COAX video cable for $14.97 plus $1.74 tax for $30.70 total.   I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   They seem to be doing their new renovations still.   I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I then ate a piece of cheese cake.   I installed and activated the cable modem.   I also installed the new five line cable splitter on the Optimum Voice part of the cable modem, since the old one had part of its connector break off, so it would not stay in securely.   With the longer 8 foot cable for the TV card from the gold two way splitter, I was able to place the cable modem on top of the stereo speaker in the corner of the computer setup beneath Grandad Boven's portrait, where it is in a more secure location.   I also had to tightened the cable that leads into the two splitter, so it was making a better connection, since it had pulled out from its fitting a bit.   I chatted with a relative, and Optimum Voice sounds just great.  However, the server still does not go online, and Port 80 is still not opened to the internet, although Optimum Boost says it is.   They told me they would trouble shoot it some more, and get back to me in a half of a day.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with a relative, and I left a message with some friends.   I installed the Hauppauge Computer Works: WinTV-GO card in the primary computer, and I installed Hauppauge Computer Works: Support these drivers and program for the card.   I installed the driver first, and when one first reboots XP, the system crashes, but when one reboots again with the option of the Last Good Configuration, XP Plug and Play installs the correct drivers, and the system then works just fine.   I then installed the program, and tested it, and the TV card works just fine.  I installed the short audio cable from the TV card to my Sound Blaster Audigy2 Value card input plug, and the sound plays just fine, and I can either play it on low sound at night with the speaker system, or I can plug in the Panasonic stereo headset to the right of my work station hanging on the CD  rack into the primary speaker plug which disables the speaker sound and plays into the headset.   The primary speaker is on the middle printer stand shelf.   I only get the Cablevision Analog channels and I do not get their digital channels, but it is a very clear picture, and it works quite well.    One can also capture it, and send it out with Microsoft Messenger.   I then straightened up my work area.    I will try to install it in Vista also when I have a chance to test its Multimedia Center program.  CIO