Note:<888>01/07/00 Friday 5:20 P.M. EST: I went to bed after the last message, and I was up at about 4:30 A.M. this afternoon. I had breakfast of two soft boiled eggs, toast, corn muffin, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I called up West Point, and mentioned that I had seen a very tall young gentleman walking around Greenwich at Christmas time that looked like a family relative. I also noticed last night that the Jensen barometer on my apartment door indicated humidity of 68%, but when I went to bed this past morning, and at present the barometer has almost maxed out, and is at 30.9 and its maximum is 31, so we have unusually high baraometric pressure for the last day, which I suppose means good weather conditions. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/07/00 Friday 4:25 A.M. EST: I made mashed potatoes earlier with my potatoe ricer, and they came out great for the rib eye steak, and pea and mashed potatoe dinner with ice tea and coffee. I went out about 11 P.M., and I walked around Greenwich Avenue. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, it was a cool dry night out, so my arthritis did not bother me. I walked up to the top of the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I walked over by Mason street and cut back through Pick Wick plaza. I viewed the shop window displays. I found a small finger nail clipper which I put in my change purse. I also found a couple of notes left by other people. I sat out for a while in the center of town. The lights are on at the Veterens monument again. In all it was a peaceful quiet night. I drove down by the harbor on my way before the walk. I stopped back down by the harbor on my way back out of town. I threw the steak bone out in the wood when I left the building in case any wild life was hungry. I returned home about 12:30 A.M.. I put the little mahogany rack by the front door entrance with my Icelandic knit cap, leather gloves, and scarves on it. I moved the French chateau pictures on the wall with the other French prints. I put the Dutch equestrian statue on the hallway bookcase. I moved the Queen Elizabeth II coronation photograph from Life Magazine to the upper level of the bookcase in the hallway. I put the Rembrant print of the Sultan of Fez above the copper cafe scene scupture which could serve as an antenna. I put the watercolor of Maxims where the Rembrant print copy is. I raise the print of the "Legend of Mingo Creek" a bit and centered it underneath the Maxim water color. I put the other French cafe scene of the Moulon Rouge underneath the Hallway mirror. I then relaxed for the rest of the evening sipping ice tea and having a quiet evening at home reviewing old fish stories. Well have a good morning. I thought in a McGiver type of emergency if one pulled of the contact off a PCI computer card that cause it not to work, since they like a gold plate contact strip, and if one did not have a small bit of gold solder and the proper solder iron with a magnifying glass, one might theoretically take a one hair brush inprovised with one hair attached to a toothpick, and try painting in a small strip of gold circuitry along the printed circuit line with a bit of gold leaf paint, and then dry it with a hair dryer quickly. It theorectically might work a quick fix solution making similar electrical contact where one of the tiny contact strips pulled off. CIO

Note:<888>01/06/00 Thursday 9:00 P.M. EST: Well I went back to sleep after the last message, and at 2 P.M., NOAA weather radio went off twice warning of severe thunderstorms expected in Westchester County. It woke me up in time to clean up and make it to my 3 P.M. appointment. I then stopped by the Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a European cork remover with a red handle and two tongs on either side for removing corks without damaging them for .50 there. I then drove down by the waterfront. I ran into one of my neighbors who is getting a new Compag computer, and I encourage him to get cable modem access. He wants to use it to trade with Merrill Lynch. I took him for a drive and we caught up on the news. I dropped him back off at home. I then stopped by the Greenwich Library and the local newspaper had an article about President Clinton arriving in the area to move into his new home. I gave them a quick briefing on the history of the Scott family in Virginia and a local school teacher whom was related to us. I then drove by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then headed over to Port Chester, and I went to Odd Job. I bought three Toshiba 9 volt batteries which expire 12/2000 for .99 each, and a 12 Volt battery work light with a 12 volt bulb for $2.99 for $6.36 total. I then stopped by Staples, and I found the ATT 4051 battery for my General Electric cordless phone for $14.99 plus $1.01 tax for $16 total. I noticed the have in the Clearence center there three can packages each 24 bags of a gourmet Boston tea with Gingsing, Egyptian pharoh tea, and Green Tea for $5. I stopped by Tripolldi Appliance and told them about the NOAA weather warning. I then returned home. I put the two nine volt batteries in my two smoke detectors. I put the third in the my bedroom clock radio. I put the new battery to charge up in the GE cordless phone. I then decided to have one of the defrosted steaks for dinner. But first I peeled nine potatoes, and then I diced them. I am now boiling them to make mashed potatoes along with the steak and steamed frozen peas for dinner along with ice tea and coffee. Well have a good evening. I left the 12 Volt work light on the back seat of the car. CIO

Note:<888>01/06/00 Thursday 11:30 A.M. EST: I made up a batch of a half dozen corn muffins. I had one corn muffin with butter, and I put the rest in a Danish cookie tin. I add a teaspoon of olive oil to the corn muffin mix. I also made up a batch of ice tea using several different types of tea bags and my usual recipie. About 9 A.M., I had some Ramen noodles with Angostora terriaki sauce and a can of Progresso New England clam chowder along with ice tea. I got a tired spell, so I took a nap until 11 P.M. when I got a telephone call from a family member who has the flu, so I guess it is going around. Well I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon, so I guess I better start cleaning up. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>01/06/00 Thursday 6:25 A.M. EST: I updated the text file of Scott's Random Notes to date mlsnote1.txt linked from note02pr.htm . I am printing it out now. Maybe, it is time to make corn muffins. CIO

Note:<888>01/06/00 Thursday 4:25 A.M. EST: I updated Scott's Broadcast sound.htm . CIO

Note:<888>01/06/00 Thursday 3:25 A.M. EST: Well I was up at 2 A.M. this morning. As usual there is nothing on the tube. I listened to BBC crabbing about www.freeserve.com not making any money. Well come to think of it, I don't think the BBC ever makes any money, so it must be the latest way of advertising British tourism trying to get people to visit there while all of their people visit Disney. Well living on this side of the Great Pond, we always know the Grass is always greener. I soft boiled three eggs for breakfast with toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. Well not much else to report on. I suppose all the new users of the new Greenwich Library Peterson addition in times once they accummulate some jems of wisdom will be coming up with their own pearls of wisdom. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>01/05/00 Wednesday 6:30 P.M. EST: I have been awake since the last message. I installed the old 1 gigabyte Western Digital drive on the backup 486 bedroom computer. Its CMOS only recognizes a half gigabyte when one runs Fdisk. I transfered the other files to the new C: drive switching them around with the old Western Digital procedure for copying drives which they no longer post. I have a print out of the procedure. I found an old 3COM ethernet II card in my surplus parts, and I spent quite a bit of time installing it. I had to take out the Cdrom from my main computer to install it. However, it does not work with the @home cable modem, and the backup 486 computer is not really powerful enough. This all took quite a bit of time, since I had to strink the cable from the living room wall to the bedroom, since the bedroom cable connection does not work with the modem. I rearrange my television cables temporarily. I initially copied the Network files for the old 3com Ethernet II one file at a time off my main computer. I finally took out the Cdrom and installed it temporarily in the old 486. Once I determined the old 3COM ethernet II device would not work in the old 486, I took it out, and while I had the Cdrom drive in it, I installed the Windows 98 second edition upgrade on it also. I did not finish all of this until after 9 A.M. this morning. I ran Speedisk on the drives on the backup 486. Once I had everything straightened around, and I was testing the main computer, it did not work. I determined that I had pulled off one of the pins on my Intel PCI ethernet 10/100 card, and after checking with Entree, and Optimum Online, I determined I would have to go up to Norwalk for the replacement part. I also finished up my clementine fruit and pineapple salad with the rest of the Christmas cranberry. I set two steaks to defrost in the refrigerator. After cleaning up, I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then drove up to CompUSA in Norwalk. They had similar cards from $13 to $70, and the Intel card was $50. I decided to go next door to the WIZ which is owned by Cablevision now. I bought a SOHOware Fast 10/100 ethernet card for $29.99 plus $1.80 tax for $31.79. They have two main cablevision optimum online areas in the store. I noticed they have the Canon HandiCam for $279. I toured their Clearence area which is 10% off regular. I cancelled my HBO subscription as of January 10, since I hardly ever watch television. I just was using the trial $5 a month subscription for the last six months. I looked at various items in stock and the have lots of floor model clearence items. They are sold out of Digital cameras. I then went by Circuit City, and I looked at the same cross section of merchandise. I noticed the Sprint replacement battery for my $20 one year old GE cordless phone is $17 which I I did not get. They have a Carolsel Convection Microwave oven for above the range or else where in clearence for $200, and the same range model without convection in the GE clearence item for $300. The Carolsel is missing a 1.5 inch by 12 inch plastic molding on the left side. I looked at other items. I then headed back to Greenwich in rush hour traffic. I stopped by CVS at the Riverside Shopping center and bought a carton of Phillie Natural cigar cigarettes for $14.19, 3 boxes of corn muffin mix for $1 all, and half gallon of Gilda's whole milk for $1.69 plus .85 Ct. tax for $17.73. I returned home. It was quite cold out today on the clear sunny day. I installed the new Sohoware Fast ethernet 10/100 card very quickly using their software for the drive when I booted after closing up the machine. I uninstalled the Intel Network drive, and did a couple minor tweaks. It is all working fine, just as fast as before, although this is a slow time of evening for the net. Well I am hungry, so I think I will have the last of my Stauffer hearty meals, I believe a chicken medly and then rest a bit and go to bed. I have been awake for close to 24 hours, so I am a bit tired. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/04/00 Tuesday 10:25 P.M. EST: I had a call this morning from a relative who is having a RoadRunner cable modem installed. I slept until about 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of wheat chex, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went back to bed until about 7 P.M.. I guess I was tired. I chatted with a friend who called up. I ran Norton Speed Disk on my C: drive that I worked on last night. I just finished a C: drive to D: drive backup. I had dinner about 9:30 P.M. of a Stauffer's 16 oz. Hearty Pot Roast dinner with ice tea. I am in the process of installing the old 1 gigabyte Western Digital hard drive as the C: drive in the backup bedroom 486 computer, and tranfering the files from the old C: drive to the new large C: drive. I should be done with that in about an hour. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/04/00 Tuesday 3:20 A.M. EST: I updated the system with Direct X 7A. I also fiddled with the SIS display drivers, and the one that came with motherboard PCWARE S-571 cdrom dated 2-10-98 works. The updated SIS drivers and the Win98 SIS drivers don't work. However the system is running fine now. I also updated the Microsoft Word 97 program with the update SR2B update which has all the latest fixes. Overall the system is running as good as could be expected. For my present uses and server usage, it is all I need for now. Well I guess I should start winding down for the night. I have to finish looking at scotwork.htm , and then I am done for the morning. CIO

Note:<888>01/04/00 Tuesday 12:55 A.M. EST: I went out about 11 P.M., and I went for a walk on lower Greenwich Avenue. It was a quiet warmish night with lots of pea soup fog. I did not bother driving down by the waterfront because I knew it would be fogged in. I then stopped by the Grand Union and bought two half gallons of Tropicana Ruby Red orange juice for $2.50 each and a pound of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" for $1.29 for $6.29 total. I then returned home. I heated up a can of Progresso New England clam chowder and I put home made rust croutons on it with home made french bread crumbs and I quarter sectioned two dill pickles, two sweet pickles, and added six gurgins and put a few dashes of Lea and Perrins Worstershire sauce and Angostora terriaki sauce and I had all this with ice tea. I then finished off the meal with six Danish butter cookies. Well I guess I will do a little routine internet work before going to bed. Have a good morning. One part that was missing from the Andrew Carnegie biography was that he was a prodigious reader, so more than likely when they said he was fishing in Scotland all the time, he was reading as usual. CIO

Note:<888>01/03/00 Monday 10:40 P.M. EST: I upgraded Windows 98 to Windows 98 Second Edition Upgrade. I also had to upgrade a couple of other files and do some other system work. I made a C: drive to D: drive backup again. While doing this I have been watching a program on Channel 13 on Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick about their industrial activity and labor relations activity during the nineteenth century. Well the server is back up and running again. I also had some walnuts and ice tea. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>01/03/00 Monday 6:30 P.M. EST: I recieved a phone call at 9:30 A.M. this morning from a friend whom spent the holidays in Vermont, and all the snow melted up there it was so warm. I went back to bed until noon. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I showered and cleaned up. I recieved my copy of Windows 98 Second Edition upgrade in the mail along with a silver bookmark and a couple bars of Texas soap. I went out, and I paid my rent. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason street. I went by the Greenwich Post office, and I obtained money orders to pay my GEICO, Bell Atlantic, MCI, Cablevision, and Optimum Online Bills. I went by the Hospital Thrift shop and viewed the merchandise. I then drove over to Old Greenwich and got my hair cut for $15 plus $5 tip at Off Center barber. I went by the Old Greenwich thrift shop, and they have ski clothing in the window for half price and a Burton snow board. I stopped by CVS in Old Greenwich and bought a tin of Danish cookies for $1.99, two cans of Campbell's New England Clam chowder for $1.50 each, and a tube of CVS tartar control gel toothpaste for $1.49 plus .09 Ct. tax for $6.57 total. I then went over to Staples in Old Greenwich. I noticed they have the various models of Seimens 2.4 gigahertz phones there from $100 up. They are also selling the HP C200 camera with 32 meg memory card for $300. They do not carry the discounted Xerox copies at the Old Greenwich store, the Port Chester store had yesterday. I then stopped by Radio Shack at the Riverside shopping center and toys are on sale for 50% off. I went by the Food Emporium there also and Tropicana half gallons are $2.50 and boneless center cut pork chops are $2.99 a pound. They also have chicken noodle soup for .50 a can. I then went by CVS there and toured the store. I then went by Exxon next to the library and filled the tank with premium for $7.50 at $1.73 a gallon. I also bought four packs of Basic ultra light 100 cigarettes for $9.40 for all four. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I opened up the Windows 98 second edition upgrade which I will install shortly. I had a Tony's Pepperoni pizza for dinner with ice tea. Well have an enjoyable evening. The server will be down for a while, while I install Windows 98 Upgrade Second edition. CIO

Note:<888>01/03/00 Monday 2:30 A.M. EST: I was up yesterday at 9 A.M.. I made a call to a family member. I had breakfast of wheat chex, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I went back to bed and was up at about 2:30 P.M.. I went out without cleaning up. I took my CompUSA gift certificate for $127.18 that I got back for returning the Creative Videoconferencing camera and 4 USB PCI card at the first of December. I stopped by the ATM machine in Glenville. I drove over to CompUSA in White Plains, New York. I thought about getting a $100 digital camera and $50 videoconferencing camera, but CompUSA was out of PCI USB cards, so they would not work. They were also out of stock of the Fuji DX10 camera for $199.99. Also the HP CR200 camera has a $100 rebate if you also get a printer, but they were out of that too. I decided to get the CompUSA 20 gigabyte hard drive for $149.99 plus $11.63 tax for $161.62 total. It has a year warranty and is made by Maxtor. On the way back, I stopped by Staples in Port Chester. They have a Xerox personal copier there on sale from $150 for $100. I then returned home. I installed the new CompUSA 20 gigabyte drive as a D: drive. The CMOS recognized the drive, and set it up properly. I set it as a D: slave drive, with the dip switch 46 not enabled, so it would be recognized as larger than 8 gigabyte drive. I had already temporarily transfered my old D: drive contents to the E: drive. I ran Fdisk and I set up the new CompUSA D: drive at a 20 gigabyte partition with Fat 32. Thus I am able to have larger than 8 gigabyte drive with my CMOS setup. I then rebooted, and I Formated the D: drive adding system files. I then kept the files that I had transfered from the D: on the E: drive. Installation in the case was straight forward taking out the old 1 gigabyte D: drive. I ran Norton Disk Doctor surface scan on the new D: drive which took about two hours. I had dinner of a Stauffer's Hearty Country Fried beef steak with potatoes and green beans with ice tea. I watched a bit of television. When the Norton surface scan was done, I then started a C: drive to D: drive backup. When the backup was done, I started an E: drive to D: drive backup which took a little longer since, I had left the verify feature on. I watched television while doing all this which took another five hours. I then ran Norton Speedisk on the C: and E: drives while watching television. Well the system is back up and running fine, and I have lots of Hard Drive Space available. Well I did not get to enjoy the warmer day yesterday, but I got an important computer upgrade done. I bought the last CompUSA 20 gigabyte drive on the floor at the store. I don't know if they have anymore in stock. I also had a bowl of microwave popcorn with ice tea, and a place of sliced dills, sweets, and girgins. Well time for bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>01/01/00 Saturday 11:30 P.M. EST: I rested at about 7 P.M. until a little before 9 P.M., when I recieved a phone call from a family member. I chatted a bit. I got up and I turned on the television, and I watched an hour program on Larry King with Bill Gates being interviewed. I had a cup of Twinnings Earle Grey tea with honey while watching this program. I channel surfed a bit, and I finally watched the the end of a mystery program on channel 21 with Diana Rigg. Well not much else happening. I also munched on some walnuts. Well have a good evening. CIO

NOTE:<888>01/01/00 Saturday 6:30 P.M. EST: I went downtown after the last message. I stopped by the Putnam Trust ATM. I stopped by Exxon, but they do not sell Basic cigarettes by the carton. I parked downtown. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the news stand on the left on the lower block of the Avenue. I bought two buy one get one free of Lucky Strike lights for $7.60 total. I then sat out for a while in the middle of town. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then headed over to the Grand Union. I bought a dozen GU large eggs for $1.49, two Stauffer's hearty pot roast dinners 16 oz. for $2.50 each, a Stauffer's hearty beef steak dinner 16 oz. for $2.50, and a Stauffer's low fat hearty 14 oz. chicken medly dinner for $2.50, a half gallon of Florida Natural orange juice .89, a box of 30 GU tall kitchen bags $2.79, a box of 100 Salada tea bags for $1.99, Rasberry preserve $1.49, Angostora bitters $3.29, Garlic Alfredo sauce $2.49 for $24.79 total. I then returned home, and I put away the groceries. I heated and ate one of the pot roast dinners which I enjoy. The Stauffer's hearty dinners are further to the left in the freeze case than where the regular Stauffer's dinners are. They are with the other hearty dinners. I had the pot roast dinner with ice tea. I had the Lays vinegar potatoe chips with the rest of the Kraft onion and chive dip after dinner. I watched a bit of television. Well it was a bit cool out, but I seemed to enjoy the warmer afternoon weather. Have a good evening. CIO

NOTE:<888>01/01/00 Saturday 3:15 P.M. EST: I was up at 11:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I cleaned the apartment and watered the plants. I listened to a little music while doing this. I have finished showering and cleaning up, so I guess I will go out for some fresh air. Have a Happy New Years ! CIO

NOTE:<88888>01/01/2000 Saturday 12:30 A.M. EST: Happy New Years ! Well I went out at 10 P.M.. I stopped by the ATM machine again. I drove down the Avenue, and it looked like only 64 Greenwich Avenue and the Dome Restaurants were open. I drove by the waterfront. I then headed east on Putnam Avenue, and also the Boxing Cat grill is open. I drove into Old Greenwich the restaurant there was open. I returned into the center of town and drove around town. The Diner is closed. I returned home about 11:25 P.M., and I had the shrimp ring with ice tea. I watched the New Years celebration on television on all major networks. Well I still have a tad of a cold, but I feel fine. I might try to go to bed. Have a Happy New Years ! CIO