Note:<888>1/07/99 Thursday 6:05 P.M. EST: I went back out at 2:15 P.M.. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I drove down by the water on Steamboat Road, and viewed the harbor. The weather forecast is for light snow tomorrow. The weather report seems a little confused, in that they said we were having a gale. My understanding is that a gale is usually winds above 50 miles per hour that come with lots of rain. Today it was clear and cool with winds about 30 miles per hour, so I am not sure if it was actually a gale or not. The latest news in the grapevine is that the town has a great many flu cases, and the Greenwich Hospital is almost filled to capacity with flu cases. I saw one person wearing a face mask today trying to avoid catching or spreading the flu. Well lets home no one gets any severe illnesses. I feel find after a busy daytime schedule. I read one computer magazine in the library, and it was the normal level of activity there. I returned home and chatted with two of my neighbors. I had a light dinner of Ramen noodles and fresh Florida fruit salad. It is a bit blustery out, so lets hope everyone has adequate shelter, and provision is made for those without. The old Norwegian Rule of Law is that all people are suppose to have shelter during the cold season unless you happen to be an Eskimo who likes chilling out. I suppose the amount of activity this afternoon reflects the fact that are plenty of able bodied people around to lend a hand in any eventuality. Well I will do a little net surfing. Have a good evening. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm, the market was down a bit today, and as they say down on the street what goes up must come down. CIO

Note:<888>1/07/99 Thursday 1:55 P.M. EST: I was up until 8 P.M. last night doing a bit of web work. I awoke this morning at 4 A.M.. I uninstalled Norton Utilities demo and Microsoft Publisher demo. I had breakfast of HoneyNut Cheerios, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and cafe au lait. I clenaed up. I wrote a letter to a family member and printed out my accounts. I started optimizing the computer and left if running while I went out on my morning errands. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York, the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I went by the post office on Greenwich Avenue and obtained a money order to pay my telephone bill. I stopped by Subway barber across the street and had my ears lifted. I drove down by Steamboat Road and observed the waterfront. I drove over to ELDC and viewed the merchandise. I stopped by Stables in Old Greenwich and a toner cartridge for the HP Laser II is $69.99 in HP model or $59.99 in Xerox recycled cartridge; I decided not to get one just yet.. They still carry lots of cartridges for that model, so I guess it is still steadily used. I drove by the Old Greenwich Thrift Shop and bought a Verterans of Foreign Wars calender for a quarter. I drove out to Tod's Point and sat in my car on the South West parking lot and started to smoke a Old Greenwich Factory made cigar a bit and then walked out to the point while smoking it in the blustery wind. I spent about a half hour observing the waterfront and enjoying the cigar in the high wind. I noticed about a dozen walkers on the point some with dogs. I returned to the car and stopped by CVS in Old Greenwich. Shopping in Old Greenwich is enjoyable since it is less hectic. I bought a can of Danish butter cookies for $2.99, 32 oz of Windex Cleaner for $2.49, two 6 oz CVS air freshners for .99 both, two bars of Dove for Sensative Skin $1.99, CVS invisable tape .79, two 100 count Gold Emblem CVS brand Hals cough candies in Cherry and Honey Lemon flavor, a bag of licorice .99, Italian Herbs .89, a 20 count bag of Factory Made JAVA cigars for $6.83, a 20 count bag of Maduro cigars $3.33, and five 12 oz. cans of Honey Roasted Mixed Nuts for a total with $1.06 CT. sales tax of $36.26. I next stopped by Portocellis Food Mart next to the Old Greenwich Train station. I was looking for Squirt grapefruit soda since I had seen an empty can of it at the beach. They told me 7UP distributed it, but is was not available there. I chatted with an employee who was giving away Boars Head ham samples and cheese samples with mustard and horse radish dressing. I chatted with him about Hickory smoked Jack Daniels Hams they have down in Tennessee. I then bought an excellent roast beef sandwich at the deli for $3.60 with potatoe chips, a 6 oz. bottle of Pinders Horseradish for $2.29, a 5 oz. bottle of McHilleneys Tabassco pepper sauce for $2.89, and a 4 oz. bottle of Angostora bitters for $2.99 with CT sales tax of .22 for a total of $11.99. I noticed they have lots of expensive shrimp in the store that looked really good. It is one of my favorite food stores in town, and the display was a feast for the eyes. The lighting is not to bright in the store, so one does not get eye glare when looking at the merchandise. I was told that half the orange crop had frozen in Florida, so one can expect a lot of inexpensive orange juice coming our way as a result of it. I noticed they sell imitation Cuban cigars near the tabacco case at Portocellis, Old Greeenwich. I then returned home at noon and put away the groceries and other items. I put horseradish and tabassco on the roast beef sandwich and had an enjoyable lunch with a can of Lipton Ice Tea and regular coffeee. I then filed this report. I have a 3 P.M. appointment, and then I will probably read the weekly computer press in the Greenwich Library. Well have a good afternoon. It is rumoured we might have snow tomorrow. CIO

Note:<888>1/06/99 Wednesday 5:30 P.M. EST: I took a three hour nap this morning. I downloaded and installed Web Trends Demo, I posted my December Stats wtst0199.htm in their format. I went out at 1 P.M.. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I drove down Greenwich Avenue and parked down on Steamboat Road for a while. I returned to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop and bought an old HP LaserJet II printer for $20. I returned home and tested it. It needs a new $65 cartridge, so I won't be using it, and it is not very fast anyway. I put it on the bedroom desk. I had some Ramen noodles for dinner along with ice tea. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . I noticed the Queen Elizabeth II was in New York yesterday, and leaves Miami tomorrow Thursday January 7 for its Around the World Cruise. Well if you don't like cold weather catch it in Miami, you only live once this time around. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>1/06/99 Wednesday 8:20 A.M. EST: Well I am done with the web work for the day. I made up a batch of icetea.htm . It is time for a nap. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/06/99 Wednesday 5:40 A.M. EST: I added the Connecticut Web Sites Guide to the Favorites directory download.htm in the Destinations category. CIO

Note:<888>1/06/99 Wednesday 4:50 A.M. EST: I updated Scott's Broadcast sound.htm . Well I had a bowl of Fresh Florida Fruit after the last message. I then went out to Cumberland Farms and bought two packs of Doral Lights for $5.25. I noticed four Greenwich Police cars had pulled over a red jeep. I drove downtown and drove down by the water on Steamboat Road and observed the Sound, listening to the NOAA weather report which said it is 19 degrees F. here. I noticed two police cars and a glass truck were at the laundrymat at the Grand Union shopping center. I returned home and made a cheese omlette, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and cafe au lait for breakfast. I will continue my internet work this morning, have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>1/06/99 Wednesday 2:05 A.M. EST: I uploaded the new downloadable Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites available from download.htm . I tried until 6 P.M. when the internet slowed down. I went to bed at 7 P.M.. I woke up at 1 A.M. and finished uploading. I need to go out briefly for some smokes in a little while. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/05/99 Tuesday 6:00 P.M. EST: Believe it or not I am getting 80 Kbps uploading to California this time of day, so I guess they have the @home service running again better in Connecticut. I am connected by phone also to IBM Armonk ISP this might make a difference. I am just finishing uploading the new Microsoft Favorites available in the download download.htm page. I already had dinner of chicken, ham, cheese, and bacon BLT with ice tea and cafe au lait about 4 P.M.. I might sneak out for a brief spell after I finish the upload. I download some interesing audio files for making one's own broadcast from www.shoutcast.com today. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>1/05/99 Tuesday 5:30 P.M. EST: I did not rest this morning, I continued my regular internet routine. I decided to reorganize my Microsoft Favorites downloads download.htm into 11 smaller downloadable files, which can be added to the c:\windows\favorites directory, all or part depending on ones desires. I will upload them to the California site this morning when I wake up, since the net is too slow this time of day. I also updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well have a good evening, I don't know whether I will go out for a spell or not, probably not, I am tired. CIO

Note:<888>1/05/99 Tuesday 9:00 A.M. EST: I went to bed at 11 P.M. after a call from a friend on Long Island. I got up at 4 A.M. and started tweaking the system. I moved about 80% of my Favorites into a seperate folder, so the IE @home interface starts faster in about a minute. I checked with @home at why the CNN video clips don't play in its interface, they said to download the www.vivo.com plugin for IE. The site is busy right now. However a vivo clip does play locally of Connecticut news, so maybe there is something wrong with the @home CNN interface. I will have to check that later. I also setup my newsgroups for Outlook 98. Well I am tired, time to rest some more. CIO

Note:<888>1/04/99 Monday 10:00 P.M. EST: I search @home newsgroups for info on the bookmarks, but to no avail. http://home.tampabay.rr.com/philip1/cable.htm and http://www/V3/guide/chat/newsgroups.htm . I found this note on cable modem setting for Win98 and Win95. CIO

Subject:
The right cablemodem tweaks for Win 95/98
Date:
Sat, 12 Dec 1998 23:28:23 GMT
From:
"Dr Falken" <i.will.keep.th@t.2myself.com>
Organization:
@Home Network
Newsgroups:
athome.users-win95




Recommended Registry settings for Windows 95/98

Open the Registry ( START-RUN-Regedit ) and modify all the following
parameters. If the keys don't exist, you'll have to create them. Don't
forget to Backup your Registry, before editing.

HKey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\NetTrans\000n
(Where "000n" is your TCP/IP protocol. It contains "TCP/IP" assigned to the
"DriverDesc" Value)
MaxMTU="1500" (string var, can be 552, 576 or 1500)
MaxMSS="1460" (string var, power of 2, 40 less than MTU)

HKey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP
DefaultRcvWindow="64240" (DWORD decimal var, or string var, 4xMSS, 8xMSS or
more...Can also be 4xMTU+24. Best settings to try are 64240 , 46720, 32120,
17520, 11680 and 8760 , in that order)
Note: If you're using Windows 98, you can try a larger value, however you'll
have to experiment to find out whether you get any improvement with those
you might want to try 372300, 186880 and 93440 ). If you're using Windows
95 the maximum RWin should be a multiple of MSS, not exceeding 64K.
DefaultTTL="128" (string var, 32, 64 or 128)
PMTUDiscovery="0" (DWORD decimal var, zero for optimal performance)
PMTUBlackHoleDetect="0" (DWORD decimal var, zero for optimal performance)

Additional (and important) Windows 98 regisatry settings

HKey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP
DefaultRcvWindow="372300" (DWORD decimal var, or string var, 4xMSS, 8xMSS or
more...Can also be 4xMTU+24. Recommended settings to try are 372300, 186880,
93440, 64240, 32120 and 8760 , in that order)
HKey_Local_Machine
\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\MSTCP\Parameters
Tcp1323Opts="3" (string var, recommended setting is 3. The possible settings
are 0 - No Windowscaling and Timestamp Options, 1 - Window scaling but no
Timestamp options, 3 - Window scaling and Time stamp options.)
SackOpts="1" (string var, recommended setting is 1. Possible settings are
0 - No Sack options or 1 - Sack Option enabled)
MaxDupAcks="3" (DWORD decimal var, taking integer values from 2 to N.
Recommended setting is 3)

This should do it for those of you who wants to try it...


--

Dr Falken

END

Note:<888>1/04/99 Monday 5:20 P.M. EST: I reinstalled the @home Internet Explorer Interface to try to get the Quick Time player to work to no avail. It also set it up again to load Favorites. I tried reinstalling the Windows 98 updates and Internet Explorer 5.0 beta 2 again to replicate the feature that eliminated the Favorites to no avail. I decided to leave as is for now, and use Communicator for the @home interface for now. I get a script error when quitting the @home interface with Internet Explorer. I guess @home needs to fix that. I started optimizing the drive and went out at 9 A.M.. I stopped by the bank and picked up funds. I paid my rent. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and then drove down to Steamboat Road to observe the water. I drove up to CompUSA in Norwalk and was given $21.20 cash refund on the price protection policy on the purchase of my monitor. I browsed the Merchandise for about an hour, but did not buy anything. I was told if you want to network a second computer to a cable modem, you can buy a networking hub for $50 and run the cable modem into that, and then connect both computers to the network hub. One can buy a 10 meg ethernet card for $20 or a 10/100 card for $40. The cables are about $10 for three feet and $18 for $12 feet, so for my particular installation to add the backup computer it would cost about $100 with tax, which I decided not to do. I noticed you can buy a USB two plug adaptor to the motherboard for $10, which I might buy whenever I get a USB device. I returned back via Darien, and the Darien thrift shop was closed for construction. I went by the New Canaan Visiting Nurse thrift shop and it was closed until January 17. I returned back to Greenwich via the Merritt Parkway and down Round Hill Road. I stopped by the Greenwich Healthmart and bought a 100 tablets of 500 millegram Niacimide for $7.95. I stopped by CVS and bought Spectracite multiple vitamins, E-400, B-12, C, Zinc, B-100, and Garlic pills, and European Mystic Shampoo for $18.97. The "Your Life" vitamins are 50% off at CVS. I drove down the Avenue to the Mews thrift shop and toured the merchandise. I drove back down Steamboat Road again. I returned home and the optimizing program was still running. I made a ham and cheese omlette, three strips of bacon, toast, and ate it with ice tea and cafe au lait. I went out at 2:30 P.M. and stopped by the Grand Union and bought two half gallons of milk for $1.67 each or $3.34 total. I then stopped by the Exxon gasoline station next to the library and bought $9.65 of premium at $1.47 a gallon. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and read this weeks PC Week and another computer magazine. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I returned home and the optimizing program was still running, so I quit it to file this report. I guess the drive was very fragmented from all the updates, I reinstalled. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well I will probably have a small bite to eat and go to bed, it has been a long day since last night. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>1/04/99 Monday 4:20 A.M. EST: I finished the laundry. While doing laundry, I downloaded all the Windows 98 updates installed on the computer since I first bought Windows 98 when it was first released. I downloaded them and installed them in groups of the different categories, including reinstalling MS Internet Explorer 5.0 beta 2. I could do this fast with the cable modem. The system seems to be running much faster, more over when one starts the @home interface for Internet Explorer with my 72,000 favorites, it does not load the Favorites anymore with the long delay, instead it starts up the interface without the Favorites right away which is great. I had a problem with Frontpage Express beta which I have had before, so I uninstalled it, and reinstalled from the IE 5.0 setup file, for some odd reason it prompted me for a disk, so I put in my Windows 98 disk, and it installed the older version on the disk which I overwrote when prompted with older files from the disk. It works fine now. Thus if Frontpage Express is working on your system, I don' t recommend installing the beta from IE 5.0 beta 2. The overall system is running fine again. I ran System File Checker from System Information with the default setupinstallation file installed, and only two files which I left as is have changed from Windows 98 original installation. They are C:\windows\system\user.exe and C:\windows\system\iosubsys\amsint.mpd . I just finished cooking boneless breast of chicken with wine, herbs, and garlic with baked potatoe and onion. Thus I am just about to sit down to dinner. CIO

Note:<888>1/04/99 Monday 1:30 A.M. EST: We supposedly had a little rain Sunday morning. I went to bed about 11 A.M. after chatting with a family members and another friend. I slept until 8 P.M.. I got up and had breakfast of Cheerios, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and cafe au lait. I watched a program on the History Channel on the"Last Days of Adolf Hitler". I rearranged my backup computer in the bedroom and transferred it onto the glassware cart and bar next to the laser printer, and moved the contents of the top half of the cart underneath the television in the television cabinet. I now have the backup computer about six feet from the primary computer, where I guess I could put an Ethenet Card in the backup computer, and put a cable T split coming out of the cable modem, and with about a ten foot Ethernet CJ5? cable I could connect the backup computer to the cable modem hopefully. I got a tired spell and went back to bed and got up at midnight. I showered and cleaned up. I started my laundry, and it should be done in about an hour, I have to do the drying cycle shortly. I might go up to CompUSA about 9:30 A.M. in the morning when they open at 10 A.M., and check on my $20 price protection refund on my 19 inch monitor , and look into the networking contents for the backup computer and see what they would cost. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/03/99 Sunday 7:55 A.M. EST: It is raining heavily out, so most of the ice should be washed away soon, but it is not a good day to go out particularly if one has arthritis, so I will sit back and remain comfortable in my warm and comfortable apartment for the rest of the day. I have finished reading the internet stories and my email for the day. I listened to BBC a bit this morning. They have my 19 inch monitor on sale at CompUSA this week for $379.99, so with 30 day price protection, I will go up there some time this week and pick up my $20 difference from what I paid. There is nothing I need up there for now. Well I suppose lots of travelers coming back from the West coast won't be able to make it back since the Chicago Hub at O'Haire will be closed until Tuesday. Enjoy a quiet day. CIO

Note:<888>1/03/99 Sunday 5:00 A.M. EST: National Catastrophe Team Home CIO

Note:<888>1/03/99 Sunday 4:50 A.M. EST: I posted this notice at the three front exits and on the bulletin board, hopefully by the time the seniors are awake, it will have melted. CIO

Warning, Ice and Sleet Conditions Outside.Watch Out For Slippery Sidewalks!

Note:<888>1/03/99 Sunday 4:30 A.M. EST: I went out at 4 A.M., and there is about a eighth of an inch of sleet over everything outside. I scraped the ice off the windows of my car, and I decided not to drive, since the roads are not sanded yet. I could hear the sand trucks in the distance, and it is warm out, so hopefully with sun rise about 7:30 A.M. most of it will have melted. Since we have early risers in the retirement home, I will post "Ice Warning" notices at the exits as soon as I print them out. I smoked an Old Greenwich CVS factory made fifteen cent cigar out by the front entrance. Well once the sun comes out it should be a nice day, since it is only about freezing and hopefully it will warm up. Well have a good morning. I guess the planes and jets at Westchester Country Airport will need to be deiced before they take off for any travelers. CIO

Note:<888>1/03/99 Sunday 3:45 A.M. EST: I had baked boneless breast of chicken in wine with chopped garlic, bacon, and oregano on it, along with baked onion and baked potatoe and green beans I threw out, because they had been preivously defrosted. I am listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio5/live/stub/output28.ram Morning broadcast. I here they are calling the Euro counties "Euroland". I guess this means since I am half Dutch, one fourth French, and one fourth Scottish, I am of "EuroScottish" Descent. I guess I should have a T-Shirt made up saying "EuroScottish", so any of the curious visitors in the area will be able to identify my origins, but I don't think I feel like wearing a T-shirt in the present weather. For now I will be an American Mutt. Well I am having regular coffee, and I might go out at 4 A.M., and pretend like I am on a shift change. I might have to dust a light powder of snow off my car, I won't know until I go outside. I also have to brush my teeth and gargle to get rid of the garlic and onion smell on my breath. Well here is to the "New Amsterdam Dutch Nightwatch" or the "Freezing Norwegian Patrol" as some of the locals call it. I guess it could be the "Scottish Black Watch" in the English vernacular. CIO

Note:<888>1/03/99 Sunday 2:00 A.M. EST: I was up at 8 P.M. last night, and I had breakfast of cheerios, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and cafe au lait. I started house cleaning and watering the plants, and I just finished since I also did a little computer work updating the site in California where ftp is now working. I chatted with a fellow from India at the site about what it is about. I guess the server had to recycle. I still have to have a club sandwich and clean up. I noticed a light layer of white snow or ice outside, but I have not been out yet. I will probably wait until morning to go out, since there is no point in going out on a sleety night if the forecast is right. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>1/02/99 Saturday 7:30 A.M. EST: I put the Pearl Harbor Memorial Listing in HTML format with a little code tweaking in the text editor, see pearlmem.htm . Well I better start slowing down. CIO

Note:<888>1/02/99 Saturday 5:50 A.M. EST: I did some minor corrections to my homepage. The California site still won't let me upload changes for some odd reason. CIO

Note:<888>1/02/99 Saturday 3:35 A.M. EST: I download and am about to install CyberSpyder Link Test . I am maintaining my usual work routine this morning. I also updated Scott's stats.htm .CIO

Note:<888>1/02/99 Saturday 1:55 A.M. EST: I have been looking at www.goes.noaa.gov weather satellite photos. I also just had a turkey, ham, bacon, and cheese club sandwich along with ice tea and cafe au lait. I also found this report from the National Weather Service which indicated temperatures I assume in Farenheit not Celcius which indicates it is petty dang cold outside here, report follow. CIO

CITY SKY/WX TEMP DEWPT RH WIND PRES REMARKS

NYZ049-050-052>054-071>077-020700-
.... SOUTHEAST ....

ALBANY PTCLDY -4 -11 71 CALM 30.61
NEW YORK CITY CLEAR 11 -6 45 NW8G20 30.62 WCI -3
LA GUARDIA PTCLDY 13 -9 36 NW16 30.58 WCI -15
JFK AIRPORT PTCLDY 12 -6 43 NW17 30.59 WCI -18

$$
NYZ005>009-017-018-044-045-055-056-020700-
.... CENTRAL....
BINGHAMTON CLEAR -3 -7 82 W5 30.44 WCI -8
WATERTOWN CLEAR -22 -29 69 SE6 30.62 WCI -33
SYRACUSE SNOW 6 2 83 W6 30.59 VSB 3/4 WCI -2

$$
NYZ026>028-035-041>043-020700-
.... NORTHEAST....

GLENS FALLS CLEAR -12 -16 82 CALM 30.57
MASSENA CLEAR -17 -24 69 W8 30.62 WCI -35

$$
NYZ003>004-010>016-020700-
....WEST ....
BUFFALO MOCLDY 2 -6 68 S3 30.55
ROCHESTER FLURRIES 6 -1 72 SW5 30.56 WCI 2

$$

Note:<888>1/01/99 Friday 11:20 P.M. EST: I just read that Champaign, Illinois where my father's family are from and where NCSA is located is expecting 18 inches of snow tonight. Also a tip to the wise, particularly for us in this area tomorrow night Saturday when we're expecting sleet. Don't lock you car door unless you have to for security reasons, because frequently sleet can cause automobile door locks to freeze up. Also you can get lock deicer at Caldors, and if you have it keep it outside of the car in a handy location. Lock deicer in a locked up car that has its locks frozen is not very practical. CIO

Note:<888>1/01/99 Friday 11:00 P.M. EST: I had breakfast of Cherrios Honey Nut cerial, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and cafe au lait. I was listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio5/live/stub/output28.ram BBC UpAllNight live this evening, and I decided to email them a Happy New Years message at mailto:upallnight@bbc.co.uk , and about fifteen minutes later while I was getting into the shower, I heard them read part of my message "Happy New Years from Mike Scott in Greenwich, Connecticut" on the BBC Up All Night Broadcast. Well I guess that is my fifteen seconds of fame. I then went out for a walk on lower Greenwich Avenue walking the lower part of the Avenue twice. I noticed quite a few people seem to like eating underneath the Acquarium at the Inferno Pizza restaurant across from the train station movie theatre. I smoked a White Owl Panatella on the second walk around. I chatted with a police officer that was taking a picture of a crack in the sidewalk in front of Citibank with a Polaroid camera, and I inquired if it worked in the severe cold. He said they keep the camera in the car and it works. I returned back home. There were not to many people out this evening, and I saw quite a few youngsters out about town. I returned home and filed this report. Well it is very cold out probably in the single digits, so stay warm and enjoy various diverse activities on the internet. CIO

Note:<888>1/01/99 Friday 7:00 P.M. EST: I went out this morning at about 8 A.M.. I stopped by the Grand Union which was open and bought a 24 pack of toilet paper for $5.99, and a eight pack of paper towels for $5.99, two boxes of Honeynut Cheerios for $2 apiece, and a bottle of Kikoman Soy Sauce for $2.59, and a bottle of Lea and Perrins Wostershire sauce for $2.50 for a total of $21.88. I next went for a drive down by the water. I walked the lower area of Greenwich Avenue. I bought a 10 pack of White Owl Panatellas for $3.59. Starbucks was not opening until 9 A.M.. There were not many people out. I returned home about 9:30 A.M. and chatted with a family member. I had a bowl of Florida citrus in the morning. I also snacked on some Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers and ice tea. I went to bed about 10 A.M., and just go up now. Time for breakfast. Well have a good evening. I might sneak out before I start working on the computer. CIO

Note:<888>1/01/99 Friday 7:50 A.M. EST: I am finished my web work and email for the night. I might go out for a little morning light in a while. CIO

Note:<888>1/01/99 Friday 5:30 A.M. EST: I downloaded mirrors of both my sites to my local hard drive, so I have them available in correct file order on the local hard drive. It is pretty quick at this hour of the morning. I recieved a phone call at 4 A.M. in the morning from a friend who had been in Manhattan in Times Square for New Years, and had gotten off at the train in Port Chester. I went out and picked him up and drove him to the Stamford YMCA where he lives. He was happy to chat and I suppose he was tired after having faced that crowd, considering he grew up in the isolated regions of Vermont. I suppose he was happy to see the full moon on New Years Eve. There is a ring around the moon right now. On the way back from Stamford, a female tried to flag me down in the middle of the road in front of the Diamond Hill Methodist Church, but I did not stop since there was other traffic in the road, and one of them probably stopped. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and surveyed the harbor. There are a lot of guests overnight at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. I saw one or two early morning walkers out already. Well I will go back to reading the internet reports. All quiet on the Eastern Front. CIO

Note:<888>1/01/99 Friday 2:10 A.M. EST: For some reason, I can't upload the files to www.mikescott.org in California, although I deleted some files, and have 3 megs free space, I guess their server has to recycle. I am cooking a Tony's Pizza. CIO

Note:<888>1/01/99 Friday 1:30 A.M. EST: I did a minor update to Scott's downloadable directory scott005.zip linked from download.htm . I added Atlantic Communications web page ctweb.htm of Connecticut Web sites to give a little worldwide exposure to Connecticut Web Sites. I hope nobody minds. I watched the Times Square Ball fall on television at midnight and was back to the web. Happy New Years. It is getting colder inside, so I turned the heat up. CIO