Tuesday, January 31, 2006; 8:10 P.M.  888:   My relative and I watched the evening news.   I sat outside a bit.  It feels like it might be below 50 degrees Fahrenheit this evening.   We have been listening to some CD music through the central music system.   We chatted with a couple of relatives.   I ate dinner of the left over saffron rice with tomato and shrimp and left over lasagna along with mixed salad with Newman’s own dressing and a slice of cantaloupe.   I will also have a couple of oatmeal cookies.   At 9 P.M., we are going to watch the State of the Union Address.  I will go to bed after that.   I will shut down the computer after I post this.   CIO  

Tuesday, January 31, 2006; 5:35 P.M.  888:   I was up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, sliced half banana, English muffin with margarine and orange jelly and a glass of fresh Florida orange juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee.   I sat outside on the patio for a while.  At night, one can see the constellation Orion’s belt, and I think if one follows it down towards the southern hemisphere, the bright star in the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper is the southern star, but it changes positions during the times of the year, so I do not think it always points south.   I think my relative’s new house faces south east at the rear.   Last night before going to bed, I put out the garbage can from the garage, and I put out about two dozen moving cardboard boxes to be picked up this afternoon by the garbage service.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   My relative, and I left about noon.  We toured a neighboring development called Grand Harbor, and it faces on the Indian River from the mainland, and it is a very nice development.   They have two 18 hole golf courses and a marina.   We then went by the Indian River Mall.  My relative stopped by the eye glass center there, and I stopped by Radio Shack.  We then went Lowe’s, and my relative bought a four small ivy plants for $2.49 apiece and a flowering Amarillo type plant for $6.   We checked out shower stall seats, but the ones they had were only 21 inches high.   I then stopped by Office Depot, and I chatted with a sales clerk from Stamford, Connecticut.   I bought a black Belkin Combo Mouse with three buttons and scroll wheel for $9.89 and a Office Depot mouse pad for $2.95 plus 7% Florida sales tax of .90 for $13.74 total.  We then went by CVS nearby, and I bought two 3 ounce jars of cinnamon for .99 each for $1.98 total.  We then went by Sam’s Club, and they did not have shower seats, but my relative bought me a pair of white Reebok 9 ½ Rebel XT fitness trainer sneakers for $24.77 plus $1.74 7% Florida state tax for $26.51 total.  My relative also got a slab of Tyson K.C. Masterpiece cooked pork ribs for $11.88, a package of lamb chops for $8.11, and some fresh cookies for $5.68.   We went by Wal-Mart, and they did not have a shower seat.   We went by Home Depot, and they only had a 21 inch high shower seat.   We went by Bed and Bath, and they had three types of bath seats less than 21 inches high.   My relative thinks Perkins Medical supply near the hospital is the place to look for a shower seat.  We went by Wendy’s, and my relative ate a small chocolate Mr. Frosty for .99, and I had a medium one for $1.29.  We then returned to my relative’s house.   The garbage had been picked up.   I put the flowering plant on the screened in porch.  My relative put the ivy elsewhere.   I hooked up the Belkin Mouse to the IBM ThinkPad PS/2 mouse port, and I placed it on the left side of the keyboard on the Office Depot mouse pad, so it is now easier to use the IBM ThinkPad.  My relative is taking a nap.   We had a call from another relative, but the relative hung up.   CIO  

Monday, January 30, 2006; 8:45 P.M.  888:  Earlier today before going out, I scraped some paint off the master bedroom bathroom floor.   There were some small speckles of paint on it.  I also vacuumed the hard surface floors through out the house.   We just had dinner of saffron rice with shrimp and tomato sauce and mixed salad with Newman’s own dressing.  We also had cold filtered water to drink.   I will shut down the computer shortly.  We are going to watch a bit of a movie before going to bed.   CIO  

Monday, January 30, 2006; 6:30 P.M.  888:   On Sunday January 29, 2006 at 6:15 A.M. the Prime Time shuttle picked my up at my Greenwich, Connecticut apartment building on time, and they took me to J.F.K. airport.   We dropped off another passenger at LaGuardia airport on the way.   My fares hard been paid for by a relative.   I did tip the van shuttle driver $5.   I checked my large green duffle bag.   I chatted outside with two other passengers while I had a cigarette or two.  My flight departure was not until 9:30 A.M., so I had a couple of hours to use up.   I went through security about 8 A.M..  I sat around the gate, and it became busier as the flight departure approached.   There is a Starbucks in the lobby of the Delta terminal gate area which was quite busy.   I used the bathroom behind it.  My flight started boarding about 9 A.M., and we left the gate at 9:30 A.M., and we took off about fifteen minutes later.     I had cheese and crackers and a cup of coffee on the flight.   I used the bathroom once.  I had had the same flight attendant on Delta last year.   The flight was not too crowded, and the fellow across from me was stretched out on three seats sleeping.  I read the Delta flight magazine, and I read the last two issues of AARP magazine.  The flight had a slight bit of turbulence the entire way at about 32,000 feet.   We arrived in Atlanta, Georgia on time about noon.  I walked and took the shuttle train from the A concourse to the B concourse.   I used the smoking lounge on the B concourse.   I ate my turkey and Vermont cheese sandwich.   My flight started loading at 1:25 P.M., and it departed at 1:55 P.M..  It was nearly a full flight, and it arrived at 3:15 P.M. at the Melbourne, Florida airport.   I picked up my luggage, and I was promptly picked up by a relative out front of the airport terminal.   We drove down A1A towards Vero Beach, Florida.  We stopped at the Publix market north of the Sebastian inlet.   We crossed over to the mainland at the Sebastian inlet.   We stopped by CVS at U.S. 1 in Sebastian, and I bought 500 sheet package of Georgia Pacific paper for $6.49.   I also bought two 16 ounce jars of Planters dry roasted peanuts for $3.59 both, and I also bought two Bic Lighters for $1.99 both.  One is not allowed to carry butane lighters on commercial jets.    I am staying with my  relative in a retirement community on the mainland side of Vero Beach, Florida in a new house across the way from where my relative use to live on John’s Island.   It is a full service retirement community, and it offers the conveniences of a retirement community.   The new house is quite nice, and my other relatives that left on Sunday when I arrived had spend the last three weeks setting it up.   I am staying in the guest room.   I unpacked.   We had dinner off left over saffron rice with creamed chicken and asparagus on it along with a glass of iced water.   We watched television.   I went to bed about 8 P.M., and I was not up until 10 A.M. this morning.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, sliced banana, English muffin with margarine and orange jelly and a glass of fresh Florida orange juice with vitamins and supplements.   I showered, and I cleaned up.  I have been smoking cigarettes on the back patio.   I brought down the United States Air Force Academy ash tray that I bought about 10 years ago at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I hooked up the NOAA weather radio next to the television in the sitting room off the kitchen.  I am using the old IBM think pad with Windows 98 to write this note.  It is set up with a local internet access provider with dialup connection.  I turned off the pictures options in Internet Explorer, so it works faster.   A neighbor has WiFi that I could try to use, but I did not bring my USB Wifi adapter.  Today the maid did not show up, because she could not find the house.   A delivery person delivered some drawers that were repaired.   Last night we put out the recycle bins, and today we put them back in the garage.   We need to get a cart to transport the recycle bins that is available in Sebastian.   Today about noon we went out.  We went by the Northern Trust Bank on the beach side, and it is being torn down to build a new bank building, so they are using a temporary building.  The building being torn down is just 10 years old, but it was damaged by last year’s hurricanes.   We went by the nearby post office.   I got my relative some stamps.  I bought a mailing box about 10 inches by 24 inches by 20 inches for $3.59.  We stopped by the east end of the road by the restaurant and looked at the beach.   We drove along the waterfront.   They are still repairing buildings from last year’s hurricanes.   We went by T.J. Maxx on the mainland, we returned the pair of khakis for $16.99 credit.    My relative bought me a clearance item Ralph Lauren short sleeve orange and yellow plaid shirt for $16, three pairs of white Kalvin Cline socks for $7.99 all,  and two pairs of a blue and a white pair of Tommy Hillfiger boxer shorts for $9.49 both pairs.  We got a 10% off senior discount.  We then went by Radio Shack, and I bought a two line phone splitter for $6.09 with tax.   We then returned back to my relative’s home.    I ate a sliced turkey and Irish Swiss cheese sandwich with mayonnaise on fresh Italian bread along with potato chips and a dill pickle and a Barq’s root beer with ice.    I put a Yamaha CD player in the post office mailing box along with some old towels, and I will mail it back up north to use.   The Yamaha CD players was made in 1998, so it is ten years newer than my current Philips CD player.   I am also mailing it with a Tom Wolfe book that my relative gave me.  I put the black two line phone splitter on the phone jack with the IBM laptop computer and line telephone.  I just wrote this web note, and my relative just woke up from a nap.   I will post this note shortly.   I do not want to tie up my relative’s telephone link too much.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 5:20 A.M.:  I will go ahead and shut down the computer now.   Thus it might be two weeks before the next notes when I return from Vero Beach, Florida.   I will go down to the front lobby at 5:45 A.M. to wait for my 6:15 A.M. van ride to J.F.K. airport.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 5:00 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | Business | Gates gives $600m more to stop TB .  Augustine has been lowered to Red Alaska Volcano Observatory .  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 4:50 A.M.:  In the hallway on the right bookcase, I rotated the British Union Jack flag with the U.S.A. flag, so the U.S.A. flag now shows, and on the left bookcase, I rotated the Dutch tri color flag with the Swedish flag, so the Swedish flag now shows.  Of course all of the smaller international flags are still displayed on the Danish bar in the living room.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/29/06 Sunday 4:35 A.M.:  I went to bed at 7 P.M., and I was awake at 2 A.M..   I watered the plants again.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.   I have my luggage all packed and ready to go.   I am also taking the spare Radio Shack NOAA weather radio from the bedroom down to my relative's house in Florida which might be handy.   They supposedly have a laptop computer there, so I do not need to take my older laptop computer.   However, I probably will not be publishing my notes, since I would not want to tie up the telephone line, and I would rather enjoy Florida while I am there.   I turned down the bedroom and living room thermostats to 60 degrees Fahrenheit.  I turned off the toilet water.   I toasted two pieces of Arnold 12 grain bread, and I put on twelve 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by .25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese and 5 ounces of Healthy Choice 1/32nds inch thick slices of turkey alternating three layers of turkey and three layers of cheese.   I put it in a zip lock bag to have to eat in the airport in Atlanta for lunch.   I did not put mayonnaise on it, so it would not possibly spoil.   I am also taking back down to Florida a pair of pants that were sent to me at Christmas time that were two inches two long to exchange.  The weather looks fine in at Melborne, Florida and J.F.K. New York, but there are suppose to be thunderstorms about the time I am in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia (30301) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground , so that might possibly delay my arrival or departure from Atlanta, Georgia, but they are suppose to be clearing around the time I get there, shortly after noon.   CIO         

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 6:30 P.M.:  I went through my email.   I will now shut down the computer.   I will go to bed about 7 P.M., and I will get up at 3 A.M. to depart at 6:15 A.M..   I will not be updating my notes until at the earlier Sunday Evening, February 12, 2006, when I return.   For the latest events happening where I will be visiting Vero Beach, Florida try  TCPalm .   CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/28/06:

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 5:50 P.M.:  After eating the turkey pot pie, I also ate six 1/32nds inch thick slices of Healthy Choice sliced turkey, and I also ate the rest of the cheese cake.    I threw out the garbage including the half of a 12 ounce tub of Light and Lively cottage cheese and two plum tomatoes.   All I have to clear out of the refrigerator is the milk.   I will now send out my weekly notes.   I will not be publishing my Random Notes while I am away for two weeks in Vero Beach, Florida.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 5:10 P.M.:  Prime Time Shuttle called to confirm my 6:15 A.M. pickup tomorrow morning for which I made shuttle reservations for my trip to Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm by calling http://www.2theairport.com/ at 1-203-891-1280 or 1-800-377-8745 .  I will be leaving my apartment building at 6:15 A.M. for J.F.K. airport on tomorrow morning on Sunday January 29, 2006, and I will call them on my return to J.F.K. airport Sunday February 12, 2006 on the ground courtesy telephone number #27 to have them dispatch the return van.  I am microwaving a Marie Callender 16 ounce frozen turkey pot pie, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea for dinner.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 4:55 P.M.:  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage and old periodical literature.   I chatted with some neighbors.   I finished packing, and I just have to throw my Dobb kit in my flight carry on bad.    I also have the large green duffle bag.   I printed out my boarding passes.   I chatted with a relative twice.  I went outside briefly again.   I turn off the window ledge fan, and the two air purifiers.  The airport van picks me up at my apartment building tomorrow morning here at 6:15 A.M. to take me to J.F.K. airport.  

The flight information is:

Day Date       Flight     Status Class       City        Time  Other  Cabin
--- ----- --------------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ ------ -------
Sun 29JAN DELTA 897         OK     T   LV NYC-KENNEDY   930A         
                                       AR ATLANTA       1208P         COACH

Sun 29JAN DELTA 1124        OK     T   LV ATLANTA       155P          
                                       AR MELBOURNE     319P          COACH

Sun 12FEB DELTA 855         OK     L   LV MELBOURNE     900A          

                                       AR ATLANTA       1033A         COACH

Sun 12FEB DELTA 998         OK     L   LV ATLANTA       1223P         

                                       AR NYC-KENNEDY   231P          COACH

CIO 

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 1:25 P.M.:  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.   I chatted with three relatives.   I will now shower and clean up, but I am not going out.  I have to start packing and getting ready to leave, plus I have to go through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/28/06 Saturday 12:10 P.M.:  I was awake at 10 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a relative.   My Optimum Digital Television cable service was not working.   The television says my "Explorer set top is not authorized for use".  Whatever, the problem, cablevision has had me on hold waiting for about 30 minutes.  They just reactivated the Optimum Digital cable box, and it is now working just fine.  Yes, all of my bills are paid up, but I will not pay next month's bills until I return from Florida on February 12, 2006.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 10:35 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 9:50 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives, and I ate a piece of cheese cake.    CIO

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 8:35 P.M.:  I woke up at 9 A.M. when a relative called.   I checked my mail.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I checked my mail.   The mail finally came around noon.   I went back to bed and took a nap until 3 P.M..   I then went out without showering and cleaning up, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a Plantronics Vista Headset with headphone and without power adapter for $5.   I then went down, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.   I drove down by the waterfront.   I returned home.   I did two loads of laundry, and I put clean linens on the bed.  I hooked up the Plantronics headset with 2 new Walgreens alkaline batteries at the Panasonic two line telephone by the French Antique reproduction chair in the living room.   I will get a power supply for it some time in the future.  For the entree for dinner, I put a few tablespoons of olive oil in a regular Teflon frying pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat, and once the olive oil was hot, I put in a 7 ounce Jone's cooked ham steak and turned it down medium.  I sautéed it on both side for about two minutes a side, and then I added about a fifth of a cup of Rene Junot white table wine, and I turned the heat up to medium high, and I sautéed it on both sides adding about a half teaspoon of Italian spices on both sides, and I sautéed both sides about another two minutes on both sides turning the heat back down to medium once the wine began to bubble.   When I sauté on both side for two minutes a side, I flip it over with a cooking fork about every 30 seconds.   After the ham steak was heated I put it on a warm dinner plate, and I spread about two teaspoons of Bornier Dijon whole grain mustard spread over the ham steak.  On the dinner plate, I also put two 1/4 inch thick sliced plum tomatoes with oregano and olive oil.   I also put in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid about four ounces of fresh spinach, and a third of a cup of water, and I cooked it on the General Electric Microwave vegetable cycle for three cycles, and then I drained the water out, and I put it in a bowl with olive oil.   I ate it all for dinner with a glass of iced tea.   I watered the plants, and I put more white vinegar in the scent bowl on the window shelf.  I put away my laundry.  CIO      

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 12:35 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I will not be doing house cleaning later on today, but I will water the plants.  Earlier  I ate about 8 ounces of Walgreens Steak House peanuts.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/27/06 Friday 12:25 A.M.:   I watched some television, and not much is happening.   There was a book in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop today for $3 about W. Averell Harriman W. Averell Harriman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , which I did not buy.   However, I looked at when it first came out about ten years ago, and as I recall in the first chapter it said, that everything he was involved with were matters that the Rockefellers could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Rockefellers did were matters that the Vanderbilts could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Vanderbilts did were matters that the Scotts could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Scotts did were matters that the Royalty in England could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Royalty in England did were matters the Kaiser of Germany could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Kaiser of Germany did were matters that the Czar of Russian could not be bothered with.   I guess everything the Czar of Russia did were matters the Emperor of China could not bothered with.   I guess everything the Emperor of China did left the Raj of India with nothing to do, and everything the Raj of India did not do left a new enthusiasm for religion, and they all started believing in a higher power.   The only catch is that, it left a lot of people in between wandering what they should be doing, so they came up with religious people whom seem to have some local experience dealing with such affairs.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 10:50 P.M.:  I chatted with one relative twice and another relative once.   I left a message with another relative.   I moved the wire CD holder to the right side of the primary computer chair to the left of the backup computer desk.   Thus I will have space for holding computer CDs near the computer should I chose to do so.   I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks , and I ate them with a glass of iced tea.   I also ate a piece of cheese cake.   I chatted with another relative.  One of my relatives in Vero Beach, Florida has moved into a new retirement home and sold the old house on John's Island.   I still have another relative on John's Island whom just returned from a cruise around South America with her husband.   They saw some of the volcanoes in the Andes on their cruise.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 8:15 P.M.:  I woke up at 12:30 P.M., and I checked my mail.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I then showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   I bought a wooden CD holder that holds 120 CDs in four columns about 20 inches by 28 inches by about 4 inches deep for $3.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   The new elevators are installed in the pedestrian overpass at the Greenwich Train station, and I tried them out.   However, sometimes on weekends and at night, the lobby is closed, so one would not be able to get from the New York bound side down to street level if the lobby were closed, but one would be able to get from the New York Bound side to the Stamford bound side at street level.   I used the bathroom at the Senior and Arts center.   I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store.   I stopped by CVS.   I noticed that Windy Gee did not go out of business, but it was April Cornell.   I chatted with the proprietor at the Swedish bed shop, since he is use to seeing people with my look.   I told him about some other Swedish areas.   I completed my walk.   I drove down by the waterfront.   I went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with the relative of Benjamin Franklin.   I told him during the Winter Olympics, American Express becomes a very hot stock, since that is what all of the wealthy people will be using over there.   At least it was that way in Albertville, France.   I then returned home.  I move the Swedish glass globe from beneath the right window shelf lamp to on top of the center down sofa side of the brass and glass coffee table.  I put the Dolphin florescent light where the Swedish globe was on the window shelf.   I put the new CD rack on the back side of the TEAC DVD player with a couple of inches space in front of the speaker beneath the Orion television.   I cleaned my dusty music CDs, and I put them all in the new CD case.  I removed the wire tower CD holder from the mahogany bureau side of the sitting area, and I guess I will donate it to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, since it takes up too much room.  I just had a no person telephone call.   I moved the little brass mouse from on top of the Orion television to on top of the music CD holder.   It is left up to one's imagination what it symbolizes.  Picture follows http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/music-cd-holder-012606.JPG .   CIO     

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 1:05 A.M.:  The cheese cake was still good, and it tasted just fine.  I am tired, so I will now go back to bed, and I will try to get back on a day schedule.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/26/06 Thursday 12:45 A.M.:   I think today would be my father's 87th birthday, if he were still  alive, but he was not that fortunate.   I went out for a walk after the last message.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   There were about a couple dozen people at the Blue Cafe and the Thataway restaurant.   I noticed the luggage shop just south of the post office closed this week.   Also the store I think with the name Windy Gee closed on the east side at the top of Greenwich Avenue.   I was mistaken though the Chase Bank is still located at the lower level at the top of Greenwich Avenue, but the offices above it have been vacated though.   Starbucks closed tonight at 10 P.M., which I think is their usual time.   The restaurant at the top of Greenwich Avenue was not to busy.   It use to be called the Ginger Man, but I am not sure that is its same name.   It has changed names so often.  The Gaiety restaurant at mid Greenwich Avenue did not seem busy.   The new pub across from the Greenwich Train station was busy called McDuffs.   Also Planet Pizza had a few customers.  Mediterrino and the Figaro restaurant were closing as was the Chinese take out restaurant.   After my walk, I drove around the train station area.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and then I returned home.  I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it twice on the reheat cycle.  I put it in a large soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I think I have a Entenmann's cheese cake in the refrigerator.   I will now eat a piece of it.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 9:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   My $50 rebate on the Sharp fax machine has been mailed, so maybe I will get it before I go down to Florida.   Not much going on around here, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for a walk.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 8:40 P.M.:  I went through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 8:30 P.M.:  PCWorld.com - Windows Vista Beta 2 Coming in April? and Augustine is back to orange Alaska Volcano Observatory .   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 8:05 P.M.:   I woke up at 3 P.M..  I checked my mail.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I went back to bed until about 6:30 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.   The Fox News on our television network said the United States of America has been invade by the Mexican Army over 200 times recently.   However, I chatted with a relative down in Texas, and my relative said they were invited in to fix up New Orleans, Louisiana after the hurricane.   There do not seem to many of the usual Mexican workers around here, so perhaps they went down to New Orleans to fix it up too.   Of course, so few people around here speak English, so it is hard to tell what really is going on.   CIO      

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 7:45 A.M.:  I did some regular computer work.   I chatted with a friend.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 6:45 A.M.:  As I have said before, I have tried to set up a backup office in my apartment which is in a building controlled by the Greenwich Housing Authority financed as Connecticut public housing on the New York state line about a 100 yards away from Westchester Country in Byram, Connecticut.  In an emergency it would be probably used by emergency personnel, so if we had electricity, the communications, computer, internet, and printing equipment could be handy.   In a terrorist incident in Manhattan where a friend of mine worked for Disaster Services after "911", more than likely there would be the need to print out lots of material, which is why I have added the added printing capacity.   I did not work for Disaster Services after "911", but I would imagine there was a great deal of printing activity such as emergency directives, casualty lists, directions,  and whatever people might not normally print out, if the internet were not available, people would have to print out and distribute more information.   Also in a terrorist incident, the U.S.A. government for security reasons might cut off the internet, and they might even cut off the power, so I am just trying to be prepared.   If Xerox wants to let me use a free printer, I will install it, where the HP LaserJet IID is installed on the dining room table, but I will check around to see if anyone else might need the HP LaserJet IID for useful heavy duty printing, and I could always store it underneath the coffee table, since it has about 8,000 sheets of toner capacity left to use on the spare and installed toner cartridges that I have.  If I had medical personnel using the apartment, they might want a color laser printer.  In the worst case scenario if some group committed a terrorist act against our local hospital, there might be the extra need for more backup facilities.   The naive people whom simply watch and read the local media forget that we are at war with a well finance enemy whom might have up to close to 1.5 billion Muslims that might lend them different levels of support, so as a certain point anything could happen.   Since I am legally disabled, I just volunteer as a local citizen based on my budget and my experience, and recently I am totally worn out, and I have done just about all that I can do.   I would imagine other better financed groups are doing more at other locations.   However, because they have experience in disaster relief, they might not have the same computer skills that I have gained over all of these years.   When I have volunteered my services in the past, they have turned me down, and I have been given the brush off.  Since a close friend of mine and myself met with the head of the International Red Cross back in 1972 and since I have a well established older relatives in the medical profession with one having an extensive back ground in the World Health Organization, I am doing what I can best afford based on my own insight and capabilities.   Thus from a medial point of view, I take a Swiss outlook, and from the viewpoint of the local American Red Cross and the local medical community, I am more of a bother, but coming from one of the longest established European American families, I have informal extensive networks, and I have occasionally reminded individuals in the medical community in this community whom seem to think they know it all, the American Medical Association is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and not in New York City.  Also in Manhattan, I lived five blocks away from the American Red Cross headquarters and in Chicago, I lived across the street from the Red Cross Ambulance fleet which was next to the IBM headquarters, so I have probably seen some other Red Cross people.   The person whom finances my activity at a modest level is a family member whom also happens to be a Registered Nurse and a current resident of Florida of Dutch American ancestry.  She once enabled a Dutch medical student to go to Columbia Medical School, so she would obviously know other medical people.  I also for many years spent time hanging out around about two thousand medical interns and doctors around New York University, so probably one or two doctors have seen me before, not to mention in Key West, I was surrounded my United States Navy medics and in Nantucket, I stayed with a nurse most of the time.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.   I applied for the free Xerox printer.   Since I designed a laser printer back in 1971, I try to be user friendly to laser printer people.   I used to live across the waterfront on Steamboat Road from St. Peter McCullough of Xerox fame, and I met Joel of Xerox Parc whom looked like Nelson Rockefeller in Laguna Beach in 1980.  He was so mixed up by all the people around, he thought I was his son, so we must look the same.   I had the 14 inch by 11 inch oak frame with glass that I bought at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop a couple of weeks ago.  In keeping with the International theme of my apartment, I printed out five 4 inch by 6 inch pictures in color which I put in the oak frame.  One is of the Aga Khan and his wife http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/agakhan01.jpg , one is of Fred Von Mierers www.geocities.com/mikelscott/fred.htm whom acted like he was some sort of royalty having been around them, one was of the crown prince of Belgium with his bride, one was of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, and the last one was of the Queen of Denmark.   I put them all in the frame.   I then took the picture frame of my paternal grandparents Scott from above the kitchen entrance, and I hung it inside the kitchen over the entrance, since Grandma always felt more comfortable in the kitchen and granddad liked to eat.  I then hung the new picture frame of international celebrities over the kitchen entrance in the living room.  Earlier, I ate the remaining half of the microwave rice that I cooked two days ago.   I reheated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven, and I put some La Choy low sodium soy sauce on it, and I ate it with some iced tea.   Thus I have kept busy this morning.   However, I have to be up and out of here by 6:15 A.M. this Sunday, so I will have to back on an earlier schedule in a day or so.  I might not bother doing my house cleaning this Friday, since the apartment does not get that dirty in a week.  It depends on the weather, and I would rather be rested when I travel down to Florida.  The "World Famous" Lipizzaner Stallions have their schedule posted while they travel around on show this winter.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 3:05 A.M.:  Free Xerox Color Printer, if you buy their printer supplies for 3 years .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 3:00 A.M.:  Save $250 on the Royal 1610x Heavy Duty Confetti Cut Paper Shredder @ Geeks.com .   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 2:05 A.M.:   Windows OneCare Live - Sign up and get the beta! is available, but to use it, one has to uninstall Norton Internet Security 2005, which I prefer not to do.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 12:45 A.M.:  Queen Victoria's viewpoint of the World http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-lewis-carroll-barnes-and-noble-childrens-classics-012406.jpg , and if you do not like it, you can go back to making candles.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/25/06 Wednesday 12:40 A.M.:  I chatted with Cablevision, and they instructed me how to block the Black Entertainment network on channel 54 which is password protected on the Digital Cable network box.   I also enabled the Vchip protection on the small Panasonic television in the kitchen with password protection.   However, although the Proscan television in the bedroom has parental control, it is not password protected, and the television runs off the JVC videotape player anyway, since the RCA remote and Proscan television tuning features do not seem to work anyway.   I can not afford to get a new television for the bedroom anyway.   At least I have blocked it as best I can.   It would seem to me that the software at Cablevision should permit subscribers to block different channels to their households, and not be limited to the individual television setups.  I normally do not watch that much television, but in being focused on news events, I do not pay much attention to the entertainment aspect of television anyway.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/24/06 Tuesday 10:30 P.M.:  I went out after the message.   I chatted with a neighbor.   I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed the Sapphire video card $10 rebate.   I also put in a stop mail form for the period that I will be away on vacation down in Vero Beach, Florida.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.   They have a Dartmouth College www.dartmouth.edu  Amos Tuck business school chair for sale for $20.   Prices except for clothes are now full price.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought a #25 Aces High scratch card for a dollar, but I lost again.   The dealer keeps getting a queen, and it is hard to beat a Queen.   I stopped by Diane's book store on Grigg street just to the west of lower Greenwich Avenue, and I told them about the new Canadian Prime Minister, since Diane is Canadian.   I noticed Peter Brant's daughter's shop the Monogram shop has gone out of business.   I suppose like a lot of other businesses, they have hit upon hard times.   There are a number of other businesses that have gone out of business in town on Greenwich Avenue too.   At the Greenwich train station, I chatted with the fellow from India with the Blue turban that works at the CVS at the Riverside shopping center.   He said the blue turban in India means he is part of the Punshab political party.   I toured the Greenwich Train station.   I then walked up Greenwich Avenue, and I told two regular Starbucks customers that I was going down to Florida on vacation.   I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.   I then stopped by and toured CVS, but not much was going on.   I noticed at the top of Greenwich Avenue at the Pickwick Plaza the Chase bank has gone out of business and moved to a less expensive location over at the Stop and Shop plaza.   I guess they could no longer afford the higher rents at that location.  I chatted with a Lincoln Continental limousine driver, and he told me was trading it down for a Cadillac Esplanade.   I then sat out for a while downtown.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with another regular Greenwich Avenue walker.   He told me that Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller did not like each other, and I told him that Richard Nixon did not have much money, and it was probably like William Randolph Hearst and Nelson Rockefeller did not like each other.  I suppose the rest of the country was caught in between.   I mentioned in the old days during Watergate,  I use to have a drink after work at C.B.S. news at the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel, and all of the key Nixon Republican Watergate figures were there ignoring Washington D.C..  I also said that my father at the time was living nearby at the Essex House, and that Getty owned the nearby Pierre Hotel, and Nelson Rockefeller lived just north of the Pierre Hotel, so it was a tiny little world from my viewpoint.  I also mention that some of the old guard still drink alcohol, and they are so conservative, they never sell anything.   I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a local attorney.   I then returned home.   I left a message with a relative, and I chatted with a friend twice.  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put ten 1/32nds inch thick by 4 inch diameter round slices of Healthy Choice baked turkey slices and six 2.5 inch by 1.25 inch by 1/16th inch slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese, and I put the top toasted pieces of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half across the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/24/06 Tuesday 2:40 P.M.:  I tried watching some television after the last message.   I watched Robert Schuller and his son on the Larry King CNN program.   I tried channel surfing after that, and I noticed on channel 54 the Black Entertainment Network that they were showing a commercial with hard core pornography.   I will not go into specifics.   I called up Cablevision, and I explained what I saw, and they said they were not responsible for the content of their program providers.   I then watched a program on the Klondike railroad.   I ate a 6 ounce Columbo raspberry yogurt.   I finally fell asleep about 3 A.M..  I woke up at noon when a relative called.   I chatted with the relative.   I went downstairs, and I picked up my mail.  I had a message from another relative that is moving today.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I called up the White House comments telephone line at 1-202-456-1111, and I explained to them what I had seen on television, and I thought under the Hayes Act, it should not be allowed to be broadcast.   The White House www.whitehouse.gov also has a switchboard telephone number  at 1-202-456-1414.  Their fax number is 1-202-456-2461.   The Tories won up in Canada TheStar.com - News/News and TheStar.com - Fragile minority for Tories .  Thus Steve Harper is now the new Canadian Prime Minister.   In a parliamentary form of government, he becomes Prime Minister right away.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up.    I will then go out.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 9:15 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon, and maybe I will also watch a little bit of television.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 9:10 P.M.:  I threw out the garbage.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 8:45 P.M.:  I then put two paper towels on a microwave proof plate and five slices of regular bacon and two more paper towels and then a microwave plastic lid on the plate, and I cooked it for 4.5 minutes.  While cooking the bacon, I broke three large eggs in a metal bowl, and I added a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese and a teaspoon of Italian spices and a couple tablespoons of milk, and I whisked it all together with a whisk.  I then put three tablespoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in my seasoned omelet pan on medium high electric burner heat.  Once the fat started to bubble, I put the egg mixture in the omelet pan, and I turned it down to medium.  I put a microwave proof dinner plate on the omelet pan to keep the heat in and warm the plate.  I also toasted two slices of Arnold multigrain bread.  Once it was toasted, I put two pads of margarine on each slice, and I cut them in half across the vertical.  I cut 8 1.25 inch by 2.5 inch by 1/8th inch slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese, and I sliced two plum tomatoes in 1/8th inch thick slices.  When the omelet was hard enough to flip, I flipped it over, and I let it cook a little bit more on the reverse side turning off the heat for the last minute.  I then slid the open face omelet without folding it on the warm microwave proof dinner plate, and I spread six ounces of Lite and Lively cottage cheese over it evenly and then the sliced cheese and the sliced plum tomatoes, and I sprinkled a bit of dry parsley ove it, and I then put a microwave lid on the plate, and I heated it on half the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  Once I removed the open face omelet from the microwave oven, I sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese over it evenly, and I added the toast to the plate and the bacon.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I wiped the omelet pan with a paper towel to clean it and to keep it seasoned without washing it.  I washed the dishes.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 6:35 P.M.:  I went through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 6:05 P.M.:  I filled out the information for my $10 rebate on the Sapphire video card, and I have it ready to mail.   I am using two .39 stamps to mail it.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 5:20 P.M.:  UPS just delivered the Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total, and tracking was UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Sears Vacuum Cleaner bag order .  With the eight bags that I received, and the two I still have, I now have 10 spare bags for my Sears Kenmore upright vacuum cleaner.   I also have a spare belt and bulb for it.   I will now go through my email.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 4:40 P.M.:  I just posted this http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/bermuda-onion-soup-012306.jpg , and I derived this recipe Michael Louis Scott's Onion Soup from it.   Of course if you make onion soup, it tends to fill the area with the smell of cooking onions.   I became familiar with this all of the years that I worked at the Languedoc in Nantucket Le Languedoc - Inn and Bistro up until 1983, when I returned to Greenwich, Connecticut.   Of course since in my recipe I cook it with garlic, it is a bit stronger, and it smells a bit stronger, but it is good for one, particularly on a cold rainy day.   Last I heard, there is still a law suit between Bermuda and Texas for Texas growing Red Onions and calling them Bermuda onions.  I also ran Norton Disk Doctor on the two hard drives.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 3:55 P.M.:  I noticed during my walk last evening on Greenwich Avenue that somebody had laid a large red, white, and blue flag at the base of the World War I veterans monument on Greenwich Avenue at the Greenwich Post Office.  I am not sure if there was any special event yesterday or not.   Today I also received a $9 Staples Reward coupon, which is good for a $9 purchase at Staples.   Of course my primary skills around the waterfront in this area are in computer skills, and during the tropical storm season this list might be handy http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  Of course unless one happens to live in that area or happen to be familiar with that area, there are obviously a lot of people concerned with tropical storm activity in that area.   Since I have not been a full time resident in Florida since 1979, except for vacation visits, I am not as familiar with the area, as I once was.   I have visited regularly over the years, but since I got mugged in Manhattan about July 4, 1993 by somebody from Bermuda whose family had lost all of their money in underwriting the Lloyds of London Insurance for Hurricane Andrew, I have been spending more time on the computer studying tropical weather and working with computer systems.   Thus the visitors from around the world have only seen me twice in Manhattan since then.   Of course I am pretty much the Maytag repairman in Greenwich, and I am not that hard to see downtown.  When I was at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut The Taft School , I used to carry Bermuda draft card and driver's license, until I was old enough to get the United States version.  I even visited Bermuda back during spring break around April 1968 with a few friends.  When I first move into this building where I live now about 18 years ago, the Grandisons also lived here, and they were originally from Bermuda.   Of course Bermuda onions are so expensive around here, I can hardly afford to buy them anymore.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 3:25 P.M.:  I was awake at 1 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed, and I chatted with a relative.  I moved the metal file holder from the bathroom bookcase to the right side front of the bedroom desk.   I moved the other items on the desk at that location to nearby positions.  Thus the bathroom bookcase still has a bit of room on top.  Most of the items in the metal file holder are important receipts on items that I have purchased or paid for.   I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.   I picked up my mail.  I am waiting for UPS to deliver the Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total, and tracking is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Sears Vacuum Cleaner bag order .   I will now do some regular computer work.   Current weather is a bit of rain Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground , which is about the same at Indian Harbor Yacht Club Real-Time Weather .  Of course down in Vero Beach, Florida, where I will be visiting relatives starting Sunday January 29, 2006 through Sunday February 12, 2006, the weather is warmer Vero Beach, Florida (32960) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  I will be visiting with a relative there.  Local news from there is TCPalm .  One can vacation at the Disney's Vero Beach Resort , which is a time share, that one has interval ownership in.   Of course, there are probably other resort properties in the mid Florida coast area.   According to my relative, it is quite busy down there right now, so I guess the snow birds have arrived.  There happens to be a CVS on John's Island, which a posh resort that one of my relatives lives at, and the other is moving away from this week to the quieter retirement life on the mainland in Vero Beach, Florida.   My family has had near continual residency in the state of Florida since 1954, so it is not like we do not know anyone, if you get my drift.   I still feel like the Florida Marine Patrol officer in Greenwich, Connecticut.   I guess if there can be a Texas Ranger in each state of the nation, there can be a Florida Marine Patrol officer in each state in the nation too.  Of course about all I get in terms of benefits is inexpensive orange juice.  CIO     

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 3:15 A.M.:  It looks like the British are not happy in Rio CNN.com - Cruise passengers threaten mutiny - Jan 22, 2006 , maybe they should invest in sun screen.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   There is suppose to a inch of snow this morning.  Maybe, I could find a steak in Canada BBC NEWS | Americas | Canadians to elect new parliament .   I do know a few Canadians, but the rich Canadian I know about is hard to find, because he never seems to ever be seen in Canada.  It is rather odd.  My friend George Cary might actually be Canadian, since I visited with him up there many times including the visit with the Queen Mum.   Of course in the horse business, it tends to go where the owners go, if you get my drift.  People whom own horses tend to have a lot of money, since it tends to be a tax write off for the wealthy.  It is also the nature of owning horses, one tends to need a bit of real estate, so they tend not to be transient renters.  Also if you have ever heard the expression, "Eat Like a Horse.", more than likely it also costs a lot of money to feed and care for horses.   Thus the horsy crowd tends to be one of the most established old guard groups in the world, and if just because all they seem to ever talk about is horses, does not mean they do not know a thing or two about the enterprises that help them support their equestrian activities.   If the middle class gets ahead on the golf course, I guess the super rich get ahead around the stables.   I really can not imagine a more expensive tax write off.  Maybe these people know more http://www.horsenews.com/ .  Of course the Scottish were always cheap, so they preferred to walk, and the Dutch ground was so soft that horses probably sank up to their knees, so in my case, I do not know much about horses, except, for what I knew as a youth.   I recall, we use to feed my father's boss' daughter's horse a bucket of oats mixed with carrots, apples, walnuts, and molasses, and it was always angry at me.  The last horse I rode was in Greenwich, back in 1975, when I tried riding one of the Nye's horses on the Greenwich Country Day lacrosse field, and it threw me over the brick wall into the pine trees by the fourth hole at the Greenwich Country Club. I think it might have been a Palomino.  At my vintage age, I can not afford to break anything riding a horse, so I do not keep up much on equestrian activities.  Of course the http://www.lipizzaner.com/ were down in Florida on January 14, 2006 according to this news story that one has to pay for TCPalm Search Horses , and there is this link Lipizzaner-Museum , but alas there does not seem to be much news about them on the internet.   Well, I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/23/06 Monday 1:55 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.   I stopped by the Senior and Arts center to use the bathroom.   The train station was closed around 6 P.M..  I stopped by CVS, and I bought the last T.D.E. plastic 60 compact disk holder with wood laminate finish for $3.25 and .20 tax for $3.45 total.  I then completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront.   I then drove over to CVS at the Riverside shopping center, but they were sold out of the compact disk holders at the clearance price.  I did buy two for $2.99 clear plastic SteriLite flip top boxes about the size of shoe boxes plus .17 tax for $3.16 total.  I then went by the Food Emporium at the Riverside Shopping plaza.  This week they are selling boneless breasts of chicken for $1.99 a pound, but I do not need any.  I then went by CVS in Old Greenwich, but they were closed.  I noticed where Viscardis use to be, they have a new restaurant called the "Beach House".   I then went by Walgreens, and I bought two 15 ounce cans of Steakhouse peanuts for $2 each and the last three 15 ounce cans of VanCamp's Pork and Beans for a dollar all with store coupon for $5 total.   I chatted with the sales clerk from Yugoslavia, and I told the sales clerk, I do not know much about that part of the world.   I then returned to downtown Greenwich, and I used the bathroom at Starbucks.   I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home.  Last night, I put a new 2025 lithium disk battery in my Volvo remote door opener, but it still just opens the door, but it does not close the door.  However, when I returned it did close the door from right rear of the car, so perhaps there is some electrical interference at the driver's side.  I then took my new CD holder, and I installed it on the bedroom sideboard on top of the breakfast tray.   I took down the CD holders on the right side of the bedroom desk, which were messy and not easily accessed.  I also took down the bean can printer stand, and I put the bean cans back in the pantry, and I put the tea tray with the other tea trays.   Thus the HP LaserJet 6P printer is sitting on the bedroom desk push back with a few desk items in front of it. I put the  wicker shelf that was there,  I moved it on top of the bathroom toilet tank.   The other CD holder, I put on top of the new CD holder, and I put the vertical CD holder to its right on the sideboard.  I moved the metal file holder from the sideboard to on top of the bathroom bookcase.  It is the only place I have to put it.  I sorted out my computer CDs, so they are neater, and I put them in the two CD holders.  I also sorted out some loose computer items too.   I took the items from the decorative display bowl that was made in Thailand that was on the side board, and I stored them in one of the clear plastic boxes, and the paper items I put in a large envelope in the metal file holder.  I put the lose computer information in the other clear plastic box.  Both clear plastic boxes are underneath the breakfast tray on which the CD holders sit.  I put the decorative bowl from Thailand on the dining room table with the clear glass bowl sitting inside it.   This all took a bit of time.   Thus the bedroom computer area is a little bit better organized.   I also put some spare toilet paper in the wicker shelf on the toilet tank.  Pictures follow

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.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 4:25 P.M.:  I microwaved and ate a 16 ounce Marie Callender white meat turkey pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  Local weather is Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  Minor snowfall warning Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 3:45 P.M.:  I put away my clean laundry.   CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/22/06:

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 3:00 P.M.:  I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:40 P.M.:  U.S.A. art goes up in value CNN.com - By George, that's a pricey painting! - Jan 22, 2006 .   CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:35 P.M.:  Greenwich Time - Storm tab may hit $1M .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:25 P.M.:  Since I got a Christmas letter from Queen Elizabeth II Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy and a Christmas card from the Dutch Royal family Het Koninklijk Huis which was a UNICEF UNICEF - UNICEF Home card this year instead of Save the Children Save the Children: Helping Children in Poverty and Children in Crisis, I also think like the Dutch, and in a Dutch family since there is no Dutch Church around here, we take up the Dutch saying "That Cleanliness is Next to Godliness", so on Sunday instead of going to church, I do more house cleaning routines.   I have 50 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 2:05 P.M.:  I was awake at 11:30 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I chatted with a relative.  I have 5 minutes to go on the wash cycle of 2 loads of laundry, and I also threw out the garbage.   I also put clean linens on the bed.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 1:40 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   Stay warm out there in that vast wilderness of America, where ever one might be wandering.   I suppose if one is worrying about the Middle Eastern types causing you problems, one could hide out at a Truck Stop in Montana Truck Stops in Montana MT (Merchant America Montana) or go to a http://www.natso.com convention.   I dare say where ever some trucks are, there might be a bit of food and whatever else moves in a truck.   Of course having lived around the railroad most of my life, much could be said about railroads or shipping Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen or American Maritime Officers .  Of course, nobody gets a free ride anymore, so I guess much could be the same in the computer industry Communications Workers of America , if you get my drift.  Since I worked at C.B.S. news CBS at one time, and since I am still actively involved in Communications, I more than likely am eligible to be a member of the CWA or possibly I still am.   However, if I were still active duty for some military of some country, I might not be at liberty to discuss what I really know.  By most modern military standards at the ripe old age of 55 years, I would be a senior grade military officer without much to worry about.  I will now shut down the electric abacus, and I will go to bed soon.  I ate the last 1.5 scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn ice cream.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/22/06 Sunday 12:55 A.M.:  Only the truly wealthy in America can afford to explore the vast interiors of the Americas and explore the less crowded but prosperous urban metropolis of Chicago, Illinois Chicago Tribune news : Local news, weather, traffic, shopping and classified .  If you like cold weather and have lots of money, it can be an enjoyable change from the drudgery around the oceans.   Of course out in Chicago, Illinois, it can be a lot colder Chicago, Illinois (60601) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground and for a longer period.   However, the north shore of Chicago, Illinois up along the lake front of Lake Michigan all the way up to Wisconsin is just as prosperous as Fairfield County, Connecticut, but colder.   Since they actually do still manufacture items in the middle of America, there are a few people whom manage to make a bean or two, if you get my drift.   However, unless you have been there and had some sort of introduction, it can be a cold hard town.  Basically, I returned back east after I graduated from Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , because when I started exploring Chicago looking for a job, everyone I saw in the general public were a lot larger is size than myself, and I felt a bit intimidated.   At the time of my graduation from college, I weighed about 125 pounds, and I was six feet tall.   Since they produce a lot of food in America, the people in Chicago tend to be a bit over weight and physically larger in size compared to the smaller people in midtown Manhattan.  There really is not much to do in Chicago besides go to the Art Institute of Chicago - Google Search which has a modest collection along with the famous picture of the Coffee Shop.   I suppose one could try to find a job at Sears or McDonalds, but since Illinois has an excellent college education system, the local residents seem to make a living with traditional urban job skills.   Of course, I suppose if one is from the east, when one first visits Chicago and the rest of Illinois what strikes one first is how flat the entire area is.   I think the largest geological structure in Illinois is Mount Trashmore, which is a large pile of garbage they piled up on the north side of Chicago for some odd reason, and it is so large now, it would be hard to move.   I guess it provides some sort of break from the constant wind out of the west for some of its neighbors on the east side of it.   Since Chicago suffered from Second City Complex and more like Tenth City Complex anymore, its local citizens whom are prosperous enjoy showing one the upside of their environment.   However, since it is a cold environment, it can be hard to make a living there, if one does not have the job skills that one needs to prosper.   Besides well known individuals whom make a living off of commerce and industry, there is also a prosperous group of people whom make a living off the Commodities Market or what is better known as the Chicago Board of Trade , anything one buys on the Chicago board of trade, one can actually take delivery on it, but one would have to pay freight and warehousing which can be expensive.  The wealthiest people in Lake Forest, Illinois seemed to have seats on the Chicago Board of Trade and back in 1972, when I graduated from Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu , they only cost about $100,000 which was not chicken feed back then.   Of course, since it is colder out there for a longer period of time, it also costs more money to heat one's home.   When I went to Lake Forest College back in 1968 to 1972, I earned about $200 a week on various jobs such as bank teller and taxi driver, and I only paid about 12.9 cents a gallon for fuel oil or 17 cents a gallon for gasoline for the farm house that I rented on 40 acres for $250 a month which I split the cost with three to four other room mates and the old Mercedes that I drove.  Thus by that index with gasoline at $3 a gallon which is about 23 times more expensive now than then, it would mean that I should be earning $4600 a week or about $240,000 a year.   Thus the local economists out here back east are a bunch of crooks anyway one looks at it.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 10:30 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/ .   I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  I also used two plum tomatoes that I sliced into 1/8th inch thick slices.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Swiss cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.   I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.   I chatted with a relative and her roommate.   Today I saw four middle aged individuals whom look similar hanging out in front of the Sun Down saloon on Greenwich Avenue, and they look a bit like the four individuals whom robbed me out in Port Washington, Long Island whom I spied riding motorcycles with Connecticut license plates back in 1980.   Since my United States passport was also taken during that robbery, and since according to American Express, it end up being used in Amsterdam, it would lead me to believe the individuals used it to travel to Amsterdam.   Since the Dutch would know me in Amsterdam, they obviously did not fool anyone.  However, judging from their appearance, they are not Dutch looking, but the look more like they are German.   However, just because they got lucky once in the past bothering me, does not mean that it is worth their while at this date and time.   It would seem to me, they are probably Connecticut residents whom work this area to their advantage, and obviously other people in this area would know whom they are, and what they are actually up to.   Since they first came to my attention in this area when Ronald Reagan was elected, they might have California origins.  You have to remember having lived in this rather congested suburb in the New York area for a long time, very little goes unnoticed.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 7:40 P.M.:    I had a telephone call from a relative about 9 P.M. this morning.  I slept until noon which is par for the course in the suburbs.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.   I checked the mail, but it had not arrived yet.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I went by the Greenwich Library.  It all seems to still be there, and nobody has stolen the books yet.   I chatted with another fellow resident from Illinois.   Illinois people tend to be smarter than people in the Northeast, since out there not much happens, so they actually read the books that they are suppose to read in their educational progress, when people in the Northeast frequently are so busy networking, they actually do not get their homework done.   I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I bought a number 25 scratch card "Aces High" for a dollar at Zen stationary, but I did not win.   The train station elevator on the new pedestrian overpass is still not complete.   I chatted with a retired railroad employee whom knows about horse racing.   With the high winds, there was building debris falling on the sidewalk downtown.   During my walk, I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store.   I then went by CVS, and I bought two boxes of Hallmark www.hallmark.com Christmas cards containing 18 cards and 19 envelopes for each box with one of a snow man in the snow with the North Star, and the other of a snowy scene with people bringing a Christmas tree back to a snow covered house, and each box was 90% off for $1.69 and a $1.29 and a 7 ounce bag of black licorice for $1.39 plus .26 tax for $4.63 total.  I noticed they still have not replaced the bench at the Pickwick Plaza office plaza.  I guess the big wigs at the Pickwick Office plaza do not like seeing the general public lingering around their office area.   I guess companies like the U.S. Trust, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and Merrill Lynch do not realize the general public sometimes like to sit on a bench while waiting for a bus or having a cigarette break.  When I knew Helen Kress Williams in Manhattan, she use to take the city bus, and she also used to chose the head of J.P. Morgan, so I guess different financial institutions have different clientele.  I completed my walk, and then I used the bathroom at Starbucks.   It was a bit windy out, but having walked out in the weather for so many years, I am quite use to it.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and the employees of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club are still taking up all of the parking on the end of Steamboat Road.   At least their weather station http://www.indianharboryc.com/weather1.htm now seems to be working again.   I guess when they are out from Manhattan, it tends to work.   Most established families in Greenwich, Connecticut also have places in Manhattan.   My father use to live at the Welcome Jumeirah Exxex House while I was trying to improve the family home in Greenwich, Connecticut.  After driving down by the waterfront, I returned home.   I put the new Christmas cards in the bottom right side of the left hallway bookcase.   CIO      

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 3:35 A.M.:  On the video cable from the new ATI video card to the front video input on the Orion television, I removed the short 6 foot section that came with the video card and the connector, and I connected the second cable of the long video cable to the S-Video - RCA video adapter on the ATI video card, and the output feed to the Orion television works just fine and much better than the old Nvidia card.  It is a much higher resolution on the television.  One has to use the computer speakers or headset for sound.  However, the ATI card does not support the right monitor with the television at the same time.  One can have either computer monitor and the television at the same time but not all three.   However, the television resolution is about the same as a regular television feed.  Both the Windows Media Player and the Real Player play on the television monitor, but the Windows Media plays full screen, where as the Real Player will only play in minimal screen.  I am tried, so I will now shut the computer down, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/21/06 Saturday 1:05 A.M.:  I did a little bit of regular computer work.   Earlier today, I used the S-Video to RCA adapter on the new video card, and I connected the short RCA cable that came with the card to the second RCA cable that leads to the Orion television, and I plugged it into the front video input.   However, it is not recognized by plug and play, and I can not get it to show video on the television from the computer.   The adapter is sort of tricky to plug into the new video card, but I think I have it plugged in properly.   It might be that my Orion television will not accept a S-Video signal.  I also adjusted the Orion television picture defaults to the zero settings, hopefully for a clearer picture.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 10:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 9:25 P.M.:  I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe , and I put half on a warm dinner plate with my entree, and I refrigerated half in a Rubbermaid container.  While doing that, I also steamed in a Revere copper pot with lid with steaming tray about a cup and a half of broccoli crowns, mushroom caps, and baby carrots for fifteen minutes, which I drained and placed in a large bowl with a little bit of olive oil over them.  For the entree, I put a few tablespoons of olive oil in a regular Teflon frying pan, and I heated it over medium high electric heat, and once the olive oil was hot, I put in a 7 ounce Jone's cooked ham steak and turned it down medium.  I sautéed it on both side for about two minutes a side, and then I added about a fifth of a cup of Rene Junot white table wine, and I turned the heat up to medium high, and I sautéed it on both side adding about a half teaspoon of Italian spices on both sides, and I sautéed both sides about another two minutes on both sides turning the heat back down to medium once the wine began to bubble.   When I sauté on both side for two minutes a side, I flip it over with a cooking fork about every 30 seconds.   After the ham steak was heated I put it on a warm dinner plate, and I spread about two teaspoons of Bornier Dijon whole grain mustard spread over the ham steak, and I put the half of cooked rice on the plate, and I ate it all with the steamed vegetables, and a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.   I am now making up a batch of Formula One www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .   CIO    

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 7:15 P.M.:  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  Midway through my house cleaning around 1 P.M., I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put eight 1/32nds inch thick by 4 inch diameter round slices of Healthy Choice baked turkey and three 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese and six 1/8th inch by 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half across the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I then went out to Costco www.costco.com over in Port Chester, New York, and I bought from the computer section at the front entrance a Power Sentry http://www.powersentry.com/  3600 Joules Wallhugger slimline Surge Protector dual gold coaxial protection, 1 in 2 out phone fax protection, with 14 child safe outlets with five of them adapter spaced outlets with a 8 foot cord for $19.99 plus $1.47 tax for $21.46 total.  I then returned home, and I disconnected the cables from the Radio Shack surge protector behind the sofa, and one of its two lights were out.  I removed it from the wall.   I then connected a 18 inch gold coaxial cable from the out coaxial on the Power Sentry surge protector, and I plugged in the coaxial feed into the apartment into the input.   I connected the 18 inch out gold cable to my gold four way coaxial splitter.  I connected the other power cables to the Power Sentry surge protector.   I used one of the heavy orange cables connected to it to connect up the primary plug for the power strips that control my stereo and television power connections.   I ran a power strip that I removed from the wall in between the two bookcases with the entertainment system, and I connected to it, the air purifier, the air cleaner, and one of the Delonghi oil filled radiators, so they are not on the Power Sentry surge protection system.  I did plug the Lasko wall fan into the upper wall plug behind the green sofa above the plug that the Power Sentry surge protector is plugged into.  I tested the Radio Shack surge protector by plugging it into kitchen wall outlet, and it worked properly again with both green lights lit up.  I removed the IBM flat plate surge protector from behind the primary computer, and I put it on the kitchen wall electric socket with the IBM six socket splitter.   I then put the Radio Shack surge protector which seems to still work for surge protection behind the primary computer in the wall electrical socket, and I plugged into it the ITW Linx SP6 ITW Linx | Category 6 Surge Protectors | Power and Lightning Surge Protection Solutions surge protector which I have plugged into it the Belkin control panel with surge master protection for the primary computer power cable, the left Dell monitor, the power for the Siemens router, and the power for the Motorola SBV5120 SURFBoard Cable Modem and another Belkin Power Control Center beneath it with surge protection with the power for the scanner, Lexmark E238 laser printer, speakers, and right center Dell monitor.  I also have other power strips plugged into the ITW Linx SP6.   The ITW Linx SP6 does not have as many Joules as the Power Sentry, but it is in between two other surge protectors.   I also have Belkin power strip surge protectors on some of my stereo system power strips and the Northgate Syntax backup computer which is plugged into the Power Sentry surge protector.   I am using it at the location behind the green sofa, because it has surge protection for the coaxial cable that powers my Optimum Voice digital television system and my cable modem for both the computer modem which also powers Optimum Voice.   Of course the other power items are also plugged into it.   I left the instructions for the Power Sentry surge protector on the Lexmark X1185 all purpose printer on the dining room table, and I put its empty box with the other empty boxes on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.   I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.   I threw out the garbage and the periodical literature including the old computer magazines.   When I went out, there was a note from UPS that they had tried to deliver the Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total, and tracking is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Sears Vacuum Cleaner bag order , and they will try again this Monday after 5 P.M..  CIO     

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 11:45 A.M.:  I made my airport shuttle reservations for my trip to Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm by calling http://www.2theairport.com/ at 1-203-891-1280 or 1-800-377-8745 .  I will be leaving my apartment building at 6:15 A.M. for J.F.K. airport on Sunday January 29, 2006, and I will call them on my return to J.F.K. airport Sunday February 12, 2006 on the ground courtesy telephone number #27 to have them dispatch the return van.  I have the paid reservation numbers, and I printed them out.   I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.   I will shut down the computer now.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/20/06 Friday 10:40 A.M.:  I was awake at 7:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   The Cablevision repairman arrived about 9 A.M..  He tested the system, and he tried a new Optimum Digital Cable box, and that still did not fix the problem.   He finally bypassed the RadioShack surge protector that I had connected to the system where it feeds into the apartment and that fixed the signal problem, and all of the channels now work.  Since the Radio Shack surge protector is not part of the Cablevision equipment, there was  a $46.95 charge for the service call, which will be billed to my Cablevision bill.  One of my British neighbors looked at my apartment while the Cablevision Service man was here, and the British resident also showed me her apartment.   I chatted with a relative.  I will check with Radio Shack about the faulty surge protector when I get back from Florida, because currently it is still protecting the electronics, and presently I can not afford a better new one.   They sell one at Costco for $20, and the Cablevision service man says they recommend Monster surge protectors.   I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 11:00 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I have the Cablevision repair coming tomorrow morning between 8 A.M. and noon to find out why the New York channels 2,4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 21, and a couple of other ones do not come in on my Optimum Digital television system.   I also have to do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I actually enjoy doing my house cleaning and watering the plants, because it is a change of pace from my normal computer routines.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 10:35 P.M.:  I went through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 10:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative, whom is going to let me arrange my transportation to the airport, when I get around to it.   I used the Microsoft Photo Editor, and I changed the L'espion XS photos that I had posted from .bmp to .jpg which are 1/10th as large, so they do not max out my Geocities server.   Sound still does not work in Vista beta.  I will wait for the next beta release, which should be able to install as an upgrade to hopefully fix that problem.  I noticed today, when I went outside around my building, there are dozens of asphalt shingles that blew off the roof in the high winds.     CIO

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 8:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   The relative who is paying for my airplane ticket to Florida is also going to pay for my transportation to and from my apartment to J.F.K. airport.  My relative is in the process of setting up reservations and paying for the ticket at http://www.2theairport.com/ , and they have a domestic telephone number at 1-800-377-8745 and 1-203-891-1280 and they run seven days a week from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M..   I guess I would be leaving my apartment at 7 A.M. on Sunday morning January 29, 2006, and I would be catching the returning van at about 4 P.M. from J.F.K. airport on Sunday February 12, 2006 Abraham Lincoln's birthday Biography of Abraham Lincoln .  I will now boot briefly into Vista, I want to see if I reactivate the Media Center, if my audio works in it.   There is a media center reactivation program at http://connect.microsoft.com/ for beta testers.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 7:50 P.M.:  I guess the Cosi Cosi : Simply Good Taste coffee and sandwich shops are a new franchise to compete with Starbucks and Subway franchise shops.  I guess, since they use flat bread it is more of a Middle Eastern style sandwich shop.   The Arnold bread outlet use to sell Pita bread which is also flat bread.   Aparently they have not discovered yeast in the Middle East, since they do not drink alcohol, they never learned that yeast is also used to make beer.   Having eaten food in Turkey and Greece and Spain and Italy, it is very good food, since in warmer climates, they tend to grow more food year round.  Of course, when I first moved to Manhattan and back to Greenwich, Connecticut in 1973 after returning from Greece and Europe in the summer of 1972 with a couple of side trips back to Lake Forest, Illinois www.lfc.edu , on a low budget in Manhattan, I frequently ate at the Souvlaki stand on University Place just north of 13th street on the west side of University Place.  We ate a lot of Souvlaki in Greece and Turkey.  CIO    

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 7:40 P.M.:  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put eight 1/32nds inch thick by 4 inch diameter round slices of Healthy Choice baked turkey and four 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half across the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I also ate the last piece of apple pie.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 6:30 P.M.:  I took some pictures with my L'espion XS camera, when I was going about my errands.

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CIO

Note:<888> 01/19/06 Thursday 5:55 P.M.:  I was awake at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.   I went out, and I went by the Arnold Bakery factory store, and I bought a six pack of New York Everything bagels for $1.85 and a 23 ounce Entenmann's Deluxe French cheese cake for $2 for $3.85 total.  I then went down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and somebody had thrown out in the dumpster about a 12 foot by 9 foot made in China sea grass rug, and I retrieved it.  I dropped it off at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.   I then bought a plastic scrimshaw type whale key chain for $1.  Clothes are on sale at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and everything else is half price.   I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.   One has to go by the bank to use their ATM machine, once one has done six telephone or internet transfer transactions in a month, which is the U.S Government Federal limit.   In the bank parking lot I found a sealed container of fifty 6 ounce plastic disposable cups, and I put them in my car, when the bank guard did not want them back.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $12 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.979 a gallon for 58.2 miles driving at 14.4 miles per gallon at 12 miles per hour average driving.   I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  All of their clothes are half price.  I then used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment.   I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two 59 ounce clear plastic containers of Tropicana orange juice with calcium for $2.22 each, four 16 ounce cans of Bush's baked beans, 3 maple flavor and one Boston flavor for $1 each, a 50 pack package of Splenda for $2.50, buy one get one free of Jone's 7 ounce ham steaks for $2.99 both,  fresh Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $2.13 for $16.06 total.  I then returned home, and I carried up my purchases, and I picked up the mail.  I put away my purchases.   I ate the remaining half of a 9 ounce can of CVS cashew nuts along with about 2 ounces of Arnold seasoned croutons.   I put the plastic scrimshaw key ring on my primary Volvo key ring and house keys.  I put the plastic cups on the Danish bar in the living room.  CIO        

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.:  I ate half a 9 ounce can of CVS cashew nuts.  I worked in www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm for a while.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 10:00 P.M.:  I will now boot into vista and check out how well the new video card works with it.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.:  Beside backing up the primary computer, I also backed up from the C: drive to the D: drive the Northgate Syntax backup computer.   I chatted with a relative.   I watched a little bit of the movie "The Beverly Hillbillies" on the A.B.C. family channel.  I will now do some regular internet work.  Building my new primary computer is basically now done, and it has taken close to a year and cost about $864.  However, that is just for the CPU, not the monitors, software, operating system, printers, and other accessories.  Of course some of the parts were bought on sale and had rebates.  It is all listed at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 6:55 P.M.:  I went through my email.   I ran Ad-awareSE and Norton WinDoctor 2003.  Augustine is back down to Orange Alaska Volcano Observatory .   I will now do a Microsoft Windows XP Professional ASR backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.  This will take a little bit over an hour.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 6:10 P.M.:  I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks .  I also added about a quarter of a cup of Rene Junot white wine, a couple tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, and a tablespoon of olive oil along with all of the other regular ingredients.   In XP, I also installed this upgrade for the ATI card Hydravision™ .  While cooking dinner, the lights blinked for a split seconds, and I had to restart the computer.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 4:50 P.M.:  I installed the new video card in Vista beta 2 build 5270 on the primary computer secondary partition without any problems www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  However, it installs a different video monitor program that in XP.   However, it works just fine in Vista beta 2 build 5270.  I installed in the Northgate Syntax backup computer the MadDog AGP 4X 64 meg. video card and the Diamond Stealth 32 meg. PCI cards, and they were installed plug and play, since they had already been in that computer.   I set up the icons on the right monitor, since it is easer to work with Internet Explorer from the left monitor on that computer.  It is all reconnected up again, and I checked the USB devices to make sure they work.  For the Konica Minolta 1350W laser printer on that computer to work, it has to have its paper feed opened and paper which is laid out on top of the printer inserted into the paper feed.   When I put the cover back on the primary computer and up righted it, instead of using the Churchill book to support the Siemens printer port boxes, I used a similar size tea place mat, so the book will be preserved in the right hallway lower level shelf bookcase.   Thus both computer systems are working much better.   The new video card came with about a four foot RCA cable and a adapter to RCA for its video output, which I am not using since I am using the long RCA cables to the Pinnacle capture device to input the Optimum Digital television feed which works with the Nero 6.6 capture program.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 1:50 P.M.:  I have the SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com for $68 and it has a $10 mail in rebate http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/SAPPHIRE14-102-320Jan08Jan3006jw92.pdf , and I also ordered a ATI DVI-2-VGA DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards - OEM at Newegg.com for $3.75 plus $13.41 FedEx Supersaver shipping and $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $88.15 total, and with the adapter, it is working just fine with two monitors.   It was a straightforward installation without any problems.  I set it to 85 MHz on both monitors.   I have to install it in Vista, and I also have to close up the case, and I have to reconnect the Northgate Syntax backup computer.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 1:00 P.M.:  On the primary computer, I will now uninstall the Nvidia program and uninstall the two video card drivers, and then I will open up the case and remove the video card and put them in the Northgate Syntax backup computer, and reconnect the Northgate Syntax backup computer, which already has the old video card drivers on it, since they use to be in it.   In the blank PCI slot that I have, I do not have anything to install in it at the moment, so I will put the blank with a hole in it for the small internal speaker wire to run through.   Fedex just delivered my order for SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com for $68 and it has a $10 mail in rebate http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/SAPPHIRE14-102-320Jan08Jan3006jw92.pdf , and I also ordered a ATI DVI-2-VGA DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards - OEM at Newegg.com for $3.75 plus $13.41 FedEx Supersaver shipping and $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $88.15 total, it has shipped and tracking is FedEx | Track Mike Scott www.newegg.com order for sapphire radeon 9600 atlantis video card and adapter , so I will also now install and configure it.   I should be down on both systems for at least an hour.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.:   We still have very high winds and rain today with many people still without power Repair crews in race against the elements - Greenwich Time and  Greenwich, Connecticut weather forecast 06830 , but it is warmer weather for this time of year.  Alaska Volcano Observatory is still on RED, so maybe it has something to do with our warmer weather, but sooner or later, it should make it colder.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 11:55 A.M.:  I was awake at 8 A.M. by several calls from a relative.    I am going down to Vero Beach, Florida on Sunday January 29, 2006 through Sunday February 12, 2006 to stay with  a relative.   Another relative has gotten me a round trip ticket.   I have to find out about a airport livery vehicle that can take me from here to J.F.K. airport where I will be flying out of.   The flight information is:

Day Date       Flight     Status Class       City        Time  Other  Cabin
--- ----- --------------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ ------ -------
Sun 29JAN DELTA 897         OK     T   LV NYC-KENNEDY   930A         
                                       AR ATLANTA       1208P         COACH

Sun 29JAN DELTA 1124        OK     T   LV ATLANTA       155P          
                                       AR MELBOURNE     319P          COACH

Sun 12FEB DELTA 855         OK     L   LV MELBOURNE     900A          

                                       AR ATLANTA       1033A         COACH

Sun 12FEB DELTA 998         OK     L   LV ATLANTA       1223P         

                                       AR NYC-KENNEDY   231P          COACH

I have printed out five copies of my ticket, but I still need to print out my boarding pass 24 hours before departure or get it at the airport.   Delta's only direct flight now is about 6 P.M. in the evening.  I chatted with the relative whom I going to visit.  I can use www.juno.com free access down there, if I take my old Toshiba laptop.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I sent a number of test faxes to Northern Trust Corporation information and related industry information from Hoover's , and they were able to fax me back to not send so many faxes, so now I know my fax machine can receive faxes.   I have it set up to receive faxes on "1-203-532-5474", and I set up my Panasonic two line telephone to not answer until after the fifth ring, and the fax answers after the fourth ring.   So now I know my fax machine can receive a fax, and it is set up properly.   My order for SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com for $68 and it has a $10 mail in rebate http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/SAPPHIRE14-102-320Jan08Jan3006jw92.pdf , and I also ordered a ATI DVI-2-VGA DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards - OEM at Newegg.com for $3.75 plus $13.41 FedEx Supersaver shipping and $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $88.15 total, it has shipped and tracking is FedEx | Track Mike Scott www.newegg.com order for sapphire radeon 9600 atlantis video card and adapter is out for delivery to me today, so I should receive it today, hopefully sometime soon.   I will now uninstall the video drivers in Vista, and once the new video card arrives, I will uninstall the video drivers in XP, and remove the old video cards  and install the new video card and driver programs.   I will also remove the video drivers on my Northgate Syntax computer, and set it up in the CMOS for AGP and then disconnect it, and remove its one old 8 meg PCI video card and have it ready to install my old video cards from the primary computer.   This will take a bit of time.   CIO
 

Note:<888> 01/18/06 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.:  I did a little bit of regular computer work.   The cable modem quit working at midnight, and it is suppose to be down until 6 A.M., so I will post this with Juno, and then I will shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative whom is moving.  I chatted with a friend, and I left a message with a relative.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 8:35 P.M.:  Still cold, still dark - Greenwich Time 15% of Greenwich, Connecticut homes without electricity.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 8:35 P.M.:  I made out a check for $12.50, and I mailed it with my AARP Benefits, Advocacy and Information on Aging for People Age 50 and Over - AARP renewal membership.   I have been a member of AARP, since I first turned 50.  One can use their membership card on certain days of the week at the Greenwich Food Marts to get senior discounts, if I am not mistaken.   I mailed the renewal letter in the mail room downstairs.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.:  I woke up at 6 P.M..  I took about four ounces of old spinach, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid along with an inch of water, and I ran it on the General Electric microwave vegetable cycle 2.5 times, and then I drained the water off.  I then put two paper towels on a microwave proof plate and five slices of regular bacon and two more paper towels and then a microwave plastic lid on the plate, and I cooked it for 4.5 minutes.  While doing that, I broke three large eggs in a metal bowl, and I added a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese and a teaspoon of Italian spices and a couple tablespoons of milk, and I whisked it all together with a whisk.  I then put three tablespoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in my seasoned omelet pan on medium high electric burner heat.  Once the fat started to bubble, I put the egg mixture in the omelet pan, and I turned it down to medium.  I put a microwave proof dinner plate on the omelet pan to keep the heat in and warm the plate.  I also toasted two slices of Arnold multigrain bread.  Once it was toasted, I put two pads of margarine on each slice, and I cut them in half across the vertical.  I cut ten 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by 1/8th inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese, and I sliced two plum tomatoes in 1/8th inch thick slices.  When the omelet was hard enough to flip, I flipped it over, and I let it cooked a little bit more on the reverse side turning off the heat for the last minute.  I then slid the open face omelet without folding it on the warm microwave proof dinner plate, and I spread the drained cooked spinach over it evenly and then the sliced plum tomatoes and sliced cheese, and I then put a microwave lid on the plate, and I heated it on half the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  Once I removed the open face omelet from the microwave oven, I sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese over it evenly, and I added the toast to the plate and the bacon.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I wiped the omelet pan with a paper towel to clean it and to keep it seasoned without washing it.  I washed the dishes.   I then went outside, and I threw out the garbage.   It is a bit damp outside.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 3:05 P.M.:  I ate two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  Well not much going on.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will either take a nap or go to bed depending on one's point of view.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 2:35 P.M.:   Life at the top Alaska Volcano Observatory Augustine is back to Red.  I worked in www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .   I picked up my mail, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it twice on the reheat cycle.  I put it in a large soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I also ate a piece of apple pie.   They are still showing Ronald Reagan movies on television here, so I guess his estate is still making money, but I am not sure whether they get any money for old movies after all of these years.   I guess most old people are all pretty much communists anyway, since they do not have much to lose.  I put the latest version of Spybot Search and Destroy on the computer, and it ran just fine.  CIO      

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 9:20 A.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I put in my wallet my new 2006 Republican National Committee card.   I have my new AARP card, but I have not sent in the $12.50 yet for it, so I have not yet received the validation sticker for it.  If you use Optimum Online , you do not need to buy the Norton products, because they give you free versions of Optimum Online - PCCare  and from Optimum Online - Your Computer - Protect Your PC , one can download free copies of Optimum Online - Internet Security Package .  I will now go through my email, and then I will try using some of the free Optimum programs in Microsoft Vista beta 2 build 5270.   I also will try the PCCare program in XP.   Since I have Norton Internet Security 2005, I do not need to use the Internet Security Package in XP.   I left a message with a friend.   CIO     

Note:<888> 01/17/06 Tuesday 7:40 A.M.:  I was awake at 7 A.M..  I was channel surfing, and I saw Al Gore on Cspan television.   He seems to have put on quite a bit of weight, and it looks like he is eating a lot of pork roasts or whatever the democrats eat to throw their weight around.   On my order for SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com for $68 and it has a $10 mail in rebate http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/SAPPHIRE14-102-320Jan08Jan3006jw92.pdf , and I also ordered a ATI DVI-2-VGA DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards - OEM at Newegg.com for $3.75 plus $13.41 FedEx Supersaver shipping and $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $88.15 total, it has shipped and tracking is FedEx | Track Mike Scott www.newegg.com order for sapphire radeon 9600 atlantis video card and adapter .   I guess since it is coming from California, it is good that I had it shipped FedEx SuperSaver instead of by land by UPS.   Maybe it is being delivered by a flying saucer by aliens.  It is due this Thursday, hopefully before my 3 P.M. appointment.   If I miss the delivery while I am at my 3 P.M. appointment, I could pick it up at the FedEx office over on the Greenwich Stamford border.   However, FedEx tends to arrive early.   Maybe Elvis will deliver it personally.   Tracking on the order for Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Sears Vacuum Cleaner bag order .  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 9:45 P.M.:  CNN.com - Ford hospitalized with pneumonia - Jan 16, 2006 .  If Ford had stayed in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he would not feel cold.  Living in Rancho Mirage, California is good for year round golf, but it thins out the blood for living in a cold climate.  A friend of the family Skip Waltz also lives in Rancho Mirage, California, and he was chief of security for the Norton Simon Company.  I hope he gets well soon, but I also know he use to have a ski lodge in Beaver Creek, Colorado that could hold twenty feet of snow on the roof, and it was built from Iron Wood, which a very hard tree to find.  I ate 2.5 scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.   Because of the Holiday, my order for SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com for $68 and it has a $10 mail in rebate http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/SAPPHIRE14-102-320Jan08Jan3006jw92.pdf , and I also ordered a ATI DVI-2-VGA DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards - OEM at Newegg.com for $3.75 plus $13.41 FedEx Supersaver shipping and $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $88.15 total still has not shipped yet.  Yesterday Augustine Volcano activity was lowered from red to orange Alaska Volcano Observatory, but it is my bet, one solar flare will push it over the top.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 9:05 P.M.:  I had a telephone call from www.gop.com in Utah asking me to donate $75 to the GOP, and I advised them I had already donated to the party, and I can not afford to give them any more.  I currently weigh 189 pounds down from 220 pounds this past September, so I have lost a bit of weight.  Thus I donated a U.S.A. penny for every pound that I weigh or a $1.89 online at the contributions web site.   They told me if we did not donate money, and the republicans did not win the house, that somebody that I have never heard of named Nancy something or other would be the next speaker of the House of Representatives.  I also indicated as my job as employer "British Army" and occupation as "Marquis of Queensbury".   I also explained to them they probably have a little bit of food in Utah with all of the warehouses, but by the time it gets through 20 million people in New York, there is not much left to eat in Connecticut, and all that I had basically eaten today was a 10 ounce can of Almonds.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 8:25 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives.   I ate the last half or five ounces of CVS smoked almonds.   I chatted with a friend whom is making up a large batch of Venison chilly for an open house.  I suggested that he use a little bit of red wine or burgundy in it.   With a tough meat like Venison, the red wine tends to tenderize it a bit.   In my youth I use to drink red wine, but as I got older and after I had visited Europe the first time, I found out that white wine did not leave as much as an hang over.   Once I traveled a bit, and I found out that money is hard to earn, I decided to quit drinking alcohol many moons ago, so now I just keep it around for guests whom never show up and for cooking purposes.   In Europe they do not waste much, they are constantly inventing ways to use old items.   Here in America, we use to burn our old tires or melt them down.  I noticed a heavy set woman walking quite a bit downtown today, and she looked like she was from northern Europe, and I noticed she had her walking boots resoled with old tire material.   I guess it is like that old Beatles song "Rubber Sole".   Of course in the old days before synthetic materials a great deal of natural rubber came from warmer places, which a great many northern people whom use it have never seen those places.   For some odd reason, my NOAA weather radio says to "Tune TV", but there are no unusual reports.  I notice on the local programming in this area, on the Spanish television stations the Spanish men look strong and muscular, and the northern males look like a bunch of over fed out of shape idiots.  Of course the reality in the television world might be just the opposite in the Real World, if you get my drift.   I have been around a lot of European countries, the Spanish in Spain tend to be very tall, but the are not too heavy.   The Germans are not really too heavy either, but they look more like Engineers.   As one goes further north though, one tends to see taller people.   The only place in my travels have I have seen heavy people is in the Midwest of the United States of America.   A Russian shopper at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, once told me that most Russians are fat, but I do not know if that is true or not having never been in that part of the world.   In France, the people are rather thin.   In Greece they tend to be shorter and muscular.   In Italy, they tend to be thin and wiry.  In Norway, they tend to be tall and stocky.  In Denmark, the can be quite heavy.   In Holland, the tend to tall and if not even quite large which also means quite heavy.   In Turkey, they are average weight and height and muscular.  In Manhattan, they tend to be thin and short.  In the suburbs outside of Manhattan, they tend to be over weight.   In Canada, they tend to be tall and thin to quite heavy and stocky.   In Maine, they tend to quite heavy and large.  In Nantucket, they tend to be short and stocky.  In California, they tend to be thin and fit.  In Florida, they tend to thin to well built and agile.  In the Bahamas, they tend to be tanned and good shape.  In Texas, they tend to be thin and agile.    In Washington D.C., they tend to be average to stocky to heavy.  The most formidable people I have seen in my life were in Holland, then Denmark, then Norway, and then the Midwest of the United States of America, and then Canada.  But it is hard to tell what numbers these people exist in.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 5:50 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives.   I went through my email.  For those of you whom know how to sell software Microsoft Incentives - Your Resource for Offers and Incentives for Microsoft Products .  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 4:50 P.M.:  I uninstalled Microsoft Encarta 2002 Standard.  I installed Microsoft Encarta Deluxe 2003 and the updates, and it works just fine.   I ran Norton WinDoctor 2003.   I chatted with a relative.   When I try to run Norton CleanSweep, it does not work.  When I try to reinstall it from SystemWorks 2003, it says that I have a newer version on the machine.   I will have to look into it when I have some time.   I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 3:00 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.   I took my jump start system with me, but my Volvo started up right away.   I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a copy of Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2003 for $1.50.   I then went by CVS, and I picked up two prescriptions which my medical plan pays for.   I bought a box of 100 Lipton tea bags for $2.49 and for 90% off three packs of four 5 watt red Christmas tree bulbs for .09 each package, and two packs of four 5 watt blue Christmas tree bulbs for .09 each, and four packs  of five 2.5 volt Italian lights with one flasher and four regular for .09 each pack plus .05 tax for $3.35 total.  I got a $3.50 bonus bucks coupon, so I bought two CVS 7 ounce sensitive skin shaving gels for $1.99 each less $3.50 coupon for .48 and .03 tax for .51 total.   I then drove down to the center of town.   I mailed my $5.95 shipping Sears vacuum cleaner bags rebate at the central Greenwich Post Office.   I walked the lower Greenwich Avenue and train station area.  I tried taking a picture with my L'Espion XS camera, but the battery was weak.   I sat out in front of the senior center for while.  I toured the 70% off rack at the Greenwich Hardware store.   I went by CVS again, and I bought a 10 ounce can of CVS dry roasted almonds for $2.88, and a 10 ounce can of CVS cashews for $2.88, four buy one get one free of Altoids sours two orange and two lemon for $1.99 each two, two CVS All-Pro soft toothbrushes for .99 each, and a 6 ounce bag of Gardetto's Snak-Ens original recipe snack mix for .99 plus .36 tax for $13.07 total.  I walked up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I ate the bag of Gardetto's Snak-Ens at the Pickwick Plaza.   I then walked back down Greenwich Avenue, and I put my purchases in the car.   I then went by the Starbucks coffee shop, and I used the restroom.   I then drove down by the waterfront, and then I returned home.   I will now put Microsoft Encarta Deluxe 2003 on my computer.  I already have Encarta Standard 2002.  First I have to put away my purchases.  When I returned home, I was still hungry, so I ate a piece of apple pie with iced tea, and about half of the 10 ounce can of smoked almonds.  I also brought back up the jump start system.  I also put in a new AAA Duracell battery in the L'Espion XS camera.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 8:45 A.M.:  I chatted with the Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and they are quite busy.   I think this coming week is the Fort Lauderdale to Key West to Tampa yacht race which is the high point of the resort season in Key West, Florida, when it is sort of like Newport, Rhode Island.  Of course on http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/ , it does not look very busy down there.   Of course, since I have family in Vero Beach, Florida TCPalm ,  I do not need to visit down in Key West, Florida anymore.    If you missed the great old Florida Post Card yesterday, here it is again today http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/old-florida-post-card-011506.jpg .  Alas much of Florida does not look like that anymore, since it is so busy down there anymore, it is just another large metropolitan area like up north.   Of course, we have probably over a billion people that live north of us here in Greenwich, Connecticut in the Northern Hemisphere, so there is always somebody going down to Florida despite the tropical storm season.   Thus they tend to make money down there.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.   Current temperature in Greenwich, Connecticut is 12 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .   A great many people locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut have been without power Storm causes major power outage - Greenwich Time .  I do not know anyone here in Greenwich, Connecticut that I am on regular terms with, so nobody ever calls me up, when they have problems.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/16/06 Monday 8:00 A.M.:  I was awake at 5:30 A.M..  I did some minor file backups from the C: drive to the D: drive.   I found an old ASR backup file on the D: drive, which I deleted, so I now have 13.3 gigabyte free on the D: drive, which is enough for my larger C: drive to D: drive ASR backups.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I chatted with Cablevision, and they are sending a service representative to my apartment this Friday morning.   The lower New York channels do not work on my Optimum Digital Cable box, and they said it needs to be checked out.   The do work on the Cable Ready televisions in the apartment.       

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 8:10 P.M.:  I went through my email.  Current temperature is 15 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 7:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.   The power went off for a split second at 6:23 P.M..   I microwaved and ate a 21 ounce Marie Callender frozen lasagna with meat dinner, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.   I ran the Norton Updates, Ad-awareSE, Norton WinDoctor 2003, and I did a System Restore backup.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 5:30 P.M.:    Instead of the more expensive video card upgrade, I decided to go ahead and upgrade my primary computer video card.   I bought SAPPHIRE Radeon 9600 ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com for $68 and it has a $10 mail in rebate http://images10.newegg.com/UploadFilesForNewegg/rebate/SH/SAPPHIRE14-102-320Jan08Jan3006jw92.pdf , and I also ordered a ATI DVI-2-VGA DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards - OEM at Newegg.com for $3.75 plus $13.41 Fedex SuperSaver shipping and $2.99 Rush Order Fee for $88.15 total.  The Video card support two monitors, and I need the adapter to use my second monitor.  This is the internet information on it ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Picture Gallery and ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Overview .  It is a low cost ATI card produced by http://www.sapphiretech.com/ , but it has high ratings Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 Pro .  Once I get it in two or three days, I will put it in my primary computer attached to both monitors, and I will transfer my old video cards to the Northgate Syntax backup computer, which does not really have any video cards.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 3:30 P.M.:  I did some more research on video cards.   I think that the VGA and DVI video cards do not allow for one to use two monitors, but some may and some might not.   I am not sure.   I have read items saying both.   However, if one were going to eventually connect up two LCD monitor in the future, one would want to get a dual DVI AGP video card.   They do not seem to be common at low price.   This is the least expensive one XFX Geforce 6600 PVT43KUDF3 Video Card - Retail at Newegg.com for $119, and it comes with one DVI to VGA adapter, so one would need another one ATI DVI-2-VGA DVI to VGA adapter for Twin-View video cards - OEM at Newegg.com for $3.75, and it would be $10 to $14 shipping for about $137 total, which if I ordered it would wipe me out almost for the rest of the month.   I can not order it at the moment, because of the law, I have exceeded the maximum of 6 debit transaction via internet or telephone for a month, so I would have to go out to a Bank of New York money machine if I were going to order it.   The UPS three day shipping is about $10 and the Fedex SuperSaver is about $14.   From what I have research it is the best way to upgrade my computer video whenever I do.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 12:25 P.M.:   CNN.com - Stardust capsule lands in Utah - Jan 15, 2006 .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 11:55 A.M.:  One can snap photos with the Logitech 4000 USB web camera, so I posted this most recent photo of myself http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/mike-scott-logitech-4000-usb-photo-011506.jpg .   According the local German Physics professor whom passed away and who taught at Columbia University  and whom went to Harvard and taught at Columbia Univeristy for 50 years, my look is not very popular since I look German.   I quite frankly think I have an ordinary European or American look compared with all of the millions of other people that I have seen.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 11:35 A.M.:  I went outside, and I opened up my Volvo.   The driver's side door lock was frozen, but it opened with remote keyless entry, but it is still frozen.   The passenger side door lock works just fine.  I started up the Volvo, and it started up just fine.   I ran it for about 20 minutes.  I opened and closed all of the doors and tailgate and the gasoline flap.   Sometimes on the gasoline flap, one has to lock and unlock the central locking system more than once for the gasoline flap to open.   There was only about an inch of snow, and most of it had blown off the car.   I brushed off what little remained.   Although the driveway has been sanded, it is still icy and slippery outside.   Thus I do not consider it safe to drive.   I used my snow brush ice scraper, and I unstuck the windshield wipers and the headlamp wipers, and I cleaned off the ice and snow from around them as well as the rear window wiper.   Thus should I have to drive, the car is ready to be driven.   However, the Volvo temperature indicator said it is 21 degrees Fahrenheit, my apartment weather indicator says it is 29.5 degrees Fahrenheit and 45% humidity, and Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground says it is 21 degrees Fahrenheit and 46% humidity.  My apartment weather indicator sensor might be a bit warmer since it is out of the wind and a few inches from the apartment window which might generate heat.   Thus it is still frozen outside with icy conditions.   I chatted with a couple of neighbors.   I showered, and I cleaned up.   I put two new Walgreen's AA Alkaline batteries in my Logitech wireless optical mouse which seems to need new batteries every two months, since it stays on all of the time.  There is local flooding north of us Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 9:35 A.M.:  I found this old Florida post card behind one of my framed photographs, which reminds me of Florida in the old days http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/old-florida-post-card-011506.jpg .   I will put it back behind the photograph.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 9:10 A.M.:  I woke up at 6:30 A.M..  We had about three inches of snow that has drifted a bit, and it is a bit icy outside, so I will not be going out.  They are plowing outside right now.  I searched my computer, and I found the note on Tom Devlin's obituary which was in my note during April 2005 http://www.geocities.com/mikescottnote1/04013005.htm , so I made up a special page to remember Tom at http://www.geocities.com/mikelouisscott/devlin.htm .   He obviously still has relatives in this area.   Thus more than likely the Chief of Detectives has not been hacking my computer.   I still have a theory that it is a ghost, but that would be hard to prove in a court of law.   Possibly it could be a robot.   I do not need this, but this is free after rebates Staples Circular Savings Norton SystemWorks™ Firewall™ bundle  if you have an earlier version that one can upgrade from.   However, I already have Norton Internet Security 2005 and Norton SystemWorks 2003, and since I do not know whether Microsoft will be giving me a free copy of Vista when it is released, I would prefer to wait for the Norton Software that works with Vista after it is released.   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.   I will go outside shortly, and I will clean the snow off my car, and I will start it up and run it for a while, but I will not be going out, since more than likely there are slippery roads out there.   Also I only have a quarter inch of tread on my tires, but one has to watch out for the other guy too.   I am thus beginning to get a bit of cabin fever.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/15/06 Sunday 12:10 A.M.:  About 11:55 P.M., the power went off for a couple of seconds, and I had to reboot the computer.   We have had bad weather today, so maybe a tree limb fell down somewhere.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 11:50 P.M.:  Of course when I started looking into volcanoes on the internet, and mailto:billg@microsoft.com emailed me a couple of times, he did not seem to be interested in them, and he seemed to be unaware that he was living near a volcano.   One of my original curiosities on the internet that one of the locals sent me from Oregon, was this nice winter photograph of Crater Lake http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/CRATER1.jpg which is over a mile deep.   Thus when some time in the future whenever that might be that it erupts again, there would be a lot of moisture and mud flying into the atmosphere, but there does not seem to be much published about it, and it just seems to be a sleeping giant that most people ignore and forget about.   It is my theory about 6,000 years ago, when it last erupted, it changed the entire planet, and areas that were semi tropical became frigid.   However, I do not know that much about prehistory, and Chinese history is only 6,000 years old, so maybe the large population evolved in China after Crater Lake erupted, and the area further north on the Russian steps was too cold.   Just like India has a 10,000 year old history, so maybe the large population evolved in India after something happened 10,000 years ago.   So little is know about ancient history, much is opened to conjecture.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   I noticed the Tom Devlin file on my computer in the last month or two, so obviously someone was here to delete it, or perhaps I can not find it.  I will try using the search tool to look for it some time when I remember it.   I quite frankly advised the man whom controls all of the money with his friends that they should look into some new talent.   It seems that with all of the disasters down south in terms of tropical weather, a lot of people have left this area to help out in those areas, and at the same time, we still have a large population here, but with the higher prices of fuel, people are not spending that much time on the road except rush hour.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 11:20 P.M.:  I ate a piece of apple pie.   Around here with the colder weather, there is not much going on except for old Yankees picking apples and clipping coupons.   With the warmer weather around here for the last two months, I have mostly kept busy inside, so I am not paying much attention to what is going on downtown with the local village watchers.   From what I can tell, if they do not know how to communicate with me, they must not know English very well, and all that I usually get is a bunch of blue collar work type coming at me with no explanations.   From my perspective, if they can afford the money to buy expensive computers, they will find that it takes more time that is worth more money to run and use them than they actually cost.   If one reads, one can basically figure out, there are a lot of different specialists on the internet, and from what I can tell, some know what they are doing, and a great many others have other local experience based on their particular experience and area they live in.  Since I am basically out of touch with what happens in this area, I can assume some of our so called experts are trying to exercise their influence, but from what I can tell, they frequently are at a lost with this new technology, and they refer more to academic learning based on more traditional book learning.   There is a difference  between news, education, and history.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 10:50 P.M.:   There might be some people from Germany around Global Diplomacy President Welcomes German Chancellor Merkel to the White House .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 10:40 P.M.:   West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - Palmer, Alaska and Background Tsunami Potential and Response for Augustine Volcano Events and Cook inlet is at risk WC&ATWC Most Recent Tsunami Message Page , which means Anchorage, Alaska.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 10:35 P.M.:  I did some routine office work.   I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 6:05 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative, and I helped the relative setup a new Dell laptop computer.   Speaking of Mike Dell, I remember about 16 years ago, when I was first beginning to use personal computers, I chatted with somebody that might have been Mike Dell at the Knights of Columbus flea market at the Island Beach parking lot, where he was selling computer parts out of the back of his car.  I told him about all of the IBM people that lived in this area, and how they buy cheap computer parts from Asia, and I guess the rest is history.   His customers keep dumping 19 inch Dell monitors on me and the occasional Dell desktop, but from what I can tell, at the time when I chatted with him, it was probably about Compaq which was when I was using a Compaq 286 AT, which was my first PC machine that I bought from Andy Ousterhaut up in New Canaan, Connecticut for $250.   I recall Andy was Dutch on his father's side and Scotch on his mother's side, and his family was also from Holland, Michigan, and he was moving back to the Midwest, and I told him about Lake Forest, Illinois.  He and his wife had young children then, whom probably have grown up a bit.   I do not think he spoke Dutch either.  However, with a Dutch father according to the Dutch consulate in Manhattan, he would be able to return to the Netherlands and become a Dutch citizen, which since Dutch women do not seem to have any influence in the Netherlands despite the fact that they have a Queen, children of Dutch women are not allowed to return back the Netherlands to become Dutch citizens.   CIO  

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/14/06:

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 4:15 P.M.:   I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 4:15 P.M.:  Basically if CNN.com - Alaska volcano keeps erupting - Jan 14, 2006 and Alaska Volcano Observatory should do a major eruption, it would make it colder up north, but it would also would be colder down south, and then there would be less hurricane activity, but nothing major in terms of a eruption has happened yet.  I checked with another associate.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 3:55 P.M.:  I chatted with another associate.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 3:25 P.M.:  Well, if the going gets rough around here, we could try using these International : International MXT MV .  Of course it would help if one knew somebody from www.navistar.com .  Of course they make bigger vehicles, but around here, people do not pay much attention to trucks, since only stupid blue collar types drive them.   Of course, my insurance company www.geico.com is somewhere out there in the Midwest.   I suppose they might make other items in the Midwest.   Recently, with the British losing their manufacturing skills, about all they seem to sell anymore is tea.   I suppose Tea Time was about the only civilized aspect of the British Empire or what little remains of it.   With the way the English speaking limeys think about the Scottish, I suppose I could remind some old sea lords that the Queen Mum of England is Scottish, least you forget.   One of my original neighbors in this building was the grandfather of the Chief of Detectives here in Greenwich, Connecticut, and as I recall he was also Scottish.   The fact that the copy of the Greenwich Time obituary for Tom Devlin is missing from my computer and from my server would indicate to me that somebody with connections to Tom Devlin was messing with my computer setup.  It seems rather strange that it seemed to disappear all by itself.   Thus it is my perspective that somebody with connections to the Greenwich Police department has been tampering with my computer setup for an undisclosed amount of time.   Thus it would seem to me that for 17 years at roughly 60 to 80 hours a week of computer time, at roughly $200 to $400 an hour, the owe me quite a bit of money if you get my drift.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 3:00 P.M.:  I chatted with a local investigator.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 2:10 P.M.:    BBC NEWS | Americas | Alaska volcano disrupts flights and BBC NEWS | Americas | Fire razes Hemingway island haunt .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 2:00 P.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 1:00 P.M.:   I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used all of the regular ingredients.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.   I used two plum tomatoes sliced into 1/8th inch thick slices and 10 grape tomatoes.   I used all of the other regular ingredients.   I ate the salad with a glass of ice tea.  I still have to go through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 11:25 A.M.:  I filled out the Sears rebate for $5.95 refund on shipping, and I have it ready to mail.   I will now go through my email.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 10:45 A.M.:  I did a little bit of window shopping on the internet.  I studied www.sears.com, but I do not need anything.   For my Sears Kenmore upright vacuum cleaner, I ordered Kenmore Micro-Filtration Upright Vacuum Bags at sears.com for $10.99 plus $1.02 sale tax and $5.95 ground shipping for $17.96 total.   There is a mail-in rebate on the shipping that I will fill out shortly.  I only had two vacuum bags left for the Sears vacuum, but I have more bags for the Hoover upright and the Electrolux canisters.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 8:55 A.M.:  OfficeMax Brand TS5000C Shredder available at OfficeMax.com for half price $35.  There might be free shipping with over $50 order.  I chatted with a friend.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/14/06 Saturday 8:15 A.M.:  I was awake at 3:30 A.M., when the NOAA weather warning radio in my bedroom went off with potential tornado warnings Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .   There is suppose to be rain and thunder showers through out most of the day Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I took the cable gender changer that I got yesterday, and I removed at one end the two barrel screw in posts, and I used them to hold the other gender adapter on my Siemens router.  I screwed the new gender adapter on to the back input port on the new printer port box.  I used the spare cable that I had from my old Colorado T1000 tape backup, and I attached it from the B: output port on the original port box to the input port on the new port box.  I attached to the A: port on the new port box the HP Photosmart 1000 printer, and I attached to the B: port on the new port box to the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer with one of the spare printer cables that I had.   Thus to use the second port box, one sets the original port box on B:, and then selects the printer in the second port box.  I have labeled the new port box.  There are two spare ports on it.  I thus have 5 printers on the Siemens printer network.  There is one problem with the HP Photosmart 1000 printer on the Siemens network, and if the primary computer is booted with the HP Photosmart 1000 printer connected also by the USB port, it does not work off the Siemens printer network.    I also labeled the Konica Minolta 1350W laser printer switch on the Kensington control panel for the Northgate Syntax backup computer.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/13/06 Friday 8:00 P.M.:  I added a couple ounces of orange juice to the fresh filtered cold water.   I chatted with two relatives.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO    

Note:<888> 01/13/06 Friday 7:05 P.M.:  I have been checking out video cards on the internet.   As I have said before, for what I am doing on the internet, my Diamond Stealth PCI 32 meg and Mad Dog AGP 4X 64 meg are just fine.  However, if I were upgrading the video on the new computer system that I have built, I would put in these two items at the moment Eagle-Computer - Sapphire ATI Radeon 9250 PCI 256MB DDR TV-Out DVI Lite Box New and Eagle-Computer - Sapphire ATI Radeon 9250 AGP8X 256MB DDR TV-Out DVI Lite Box New , but with shipping that would be about a $135 expenditure, which I can not really afford.   I could get the faster PCI card, and then my backup computer would have a faster PCI card, since it currently only has about a 4 meg PCI card in it, but I never use the backup computer except for maintaining it.  Also I am not doing any gaming or multimedia work on my primary computer, so I really do not do much graphic intensive work at the moment.   I suppose it would be nice in the hurricane season to have the graphics clearer and faster, but I do not think it is necessary to get new video cards, until some time much later in the future, when I might be able to afford to switch from CRT to LCD monitors, and that might yet be several years away, and there is really no point at the moment with all the large screen CRT monitors that I have at the moment.   Thus it is my viewpoint, that I should only upgrade the video cards when and if in the future I upgrade to LCD monitors.   Of course a lot can change in technology between now and then too.  About 5:30 P.M., my order for Staples.com®. that was easy®. Belkin Gender Changer, DB25 Male/Male, Shielded for $3.29 plus .20 tax for $3.49 with free delivery arrived via www.ups.com .  I will now put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I will then reheat in the microwave oven in its Rubbermaid container on the reheat cycle the remaining pasta alfredo that I made last night, and I will eat it with cold filter water, since I do not have any cold tea yet.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/13/06 Friday 3:40 P.M.:  I finished up my house cleaning and watering the plants.  While doing it, I went downstairs, and I picked up the mail, and I chatted with a neighbor.   I threw out the garbage.   I am now making up a new batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .   I am using Formula 1 with the new boxes of Twinings that I bought yesterday.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/13/06 Friday 11:00 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will listen to a little bit of vintage stereo music while I do my house cleaning.  If you have not noticed, for those of you with Tristodextaphobia, today is Friday the 13th.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/13/06 Friday 10:55 A.M.:  I was awake at 7:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  I chatted with a local security person about this area.  For bargain hunters Staples.com®. that was easy®. Friday One-Day Deals for people with money to burn .  Address labels on sale Staples.com®. that was easy®. Avery 5160 White Laser Printer Labels, 1" x 2 5/8 .    I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/13/06 Friday 12:15 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 11:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  Nobody seems to be giving away anything cheaply on the internet this week, and at the moment, I do not feel like buying anything.  I ate the last piece of cheese cake.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 9:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a couple of relatives, and I left another message.   Besides the well known schools in Connecticut which are not as good anymore, since the original families that started them no longer seem to be in control, Connecticut has other institutions such as the Connecticut's Heritage Gateway and their more modern version Connecticut Department of Correction .  Why I am referring to this fact is that this afternoon, when I left my apartment, I double locked the door, and when I returned it was only single locked.   When I shut down the computer before leaving, I ran Ad-awareSE and cleaned out the spyware.   When I returned, and I started up the computer, I ran Ad-awareSE again, and it found 18 additional spywares which I deleted.  If nobody had used my computer when I was out, they should not have been there.  There are only two people that know the CMOS password, and one is not in this area.   Thus either the individual whom I told the password to in person in this area, either told somebody, or somebody was listening in, either of which is a possibility, or the other person whom knows people in this area told somebody.   However, the fact that they continue to insist on using my primary computer which represents tens of thousands of hours of work, while there are other less crucial backup computers in my apartment, it would lead me to believe, that for some reason, they think they have the free right to use my computer facilities without my consent for reason unknown to myself.  Thus what I work very hard to produce based on my experience, other people are trying to use for free.  This sort of attitude is prevalent in certain countries, and since it seems to have gone on for a long time, I would assume whomever it is, they are some sort of foreign agents.  Since the United States government is at war, they would be subject to the laws of espionage during times of war.  Since this is IBM territory, I doubt if the local law enforcement would share their point of view.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 8:10 P.M.:  I ate a piece of cheese cake.  I chatted with a relative.  When I was at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop today, I met one of our local Electrolux salesmen, and his name is Newton Klotz at 1-914-939-4118.  However, the last time I looked, I think we still have an Electrolux shop just to the east of Greenwich Avenue off of Lewis Street.   I have two vintage Electrolux vacuum cleaners.  One is about 25 years old that I bought for $5 at the Byram thrift shop near the Hamilton Avenue school which still has a large pile of rocks, they are hauling away.  I also have a Electrolux model about 20 years old with a power nozzle that I fixed with black electrical tape, and I bought it in Millbrook, New York about 12 years ago at a tag sale for $10.   When I stayed at 420 East 49th street in Manhattan back in 1973, one of the first unexpected callers was the Electrolux salesman, and Fred bought a new model at the time.   However, he later changed his decorating pattern to bare white lacquer painted floors with a Spartan amount of furniture.   Of course Old Greenwich, Connecticut is the most famous for once having the Electrolux factory where the Duke of Windsor dedicated a statue back around 1924.  Of course, my family's connection with Electrolux is that since my father was one of the executives with Chemstrand which made Acrilan and Nylon carpeting yarn for carpet manufacturers, one needed a good Electrolux vacuum cleaning machine to keep the carpet presentable looking, since it frequently would tuff up, and one could use a whole Electrolux vacuum cleaning bag in vacuuming the house, so I would frequently empty them out and reuse them.  I also currently own a Sears Kenmore vacuum that I found discarded that I repaired, and I use it most the time, since it vacuums and easily switches to a hose for fine dusting.  I also have a fairly new Hoover upright.  In the old days, the government use to retrieve people's vacuum bags from dumpsters and garbage cans and analyze them to see what was going on in their households.  I suppose they have more sophisticated techniques today.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 7:20 P.M.:  I took the five quart Revere pot, and I filled it 2/3rds full with water, and I brought it to a boil.  I then boiled over medium high heat for 13 minutes a 12 ounce box of Ronzoni spinach fettuccini.  While doing this I put a 16 ounce jar of Di Sorento Classico roasted alfredo with garlic sauce in a pot along with a third of a cup of Rene Junot white wine and a half of a teaspoon of garlic powder and a teaspoon of Italian spices and a teaspoon of parsley, and I brought it to a simmer over medium heat, and then I let it simmer over low heat.  One the spinach fettuccini had boiled for 13 minutes, I drained it in a colander draining the hot water into another pot.  I dumped the hot water down the bathroom sink drain to clean it out.   I then used a large plastic mixing bowl, and I put the pasta in the bowl with the alfredo sauce and about a third of a cup of grated parmesan cheese, and I mixed it altogether.  I then put half in a large soup bowl, and I refrigerated the other half in a Rubbermaid container.  I ate the pasta alfredo with a glass of iced tea.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 5:55 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with another regular waterfront regular from Jamaica whom prefers to walk down by the waterfront.  I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought a 14 inch by 11 inch wood frame with glass for $1.  They gave me a 30 inch by 15 inch white wooden breakfast tray that they had discarded.   I then returned home.  I cleaned off both the breakfast tray and the tea tray that I bought earlier today.  I installed the breakfast tray on the sideboard in the bedroom, so with two levels, there is more room on the sideboard.  I also took a picture of how the tea tray can be used in the living room opposite the down sofa.  I set it up, and I also included the Twinings tea in the picture.  It is not set up there permanently.  I still have not found a tea cozy in the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I put the wood frame behind the bedroom door.    

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CIO 

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 1:50 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out shortly for my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 1:30 P.M.:   In the hallway, I put the British Union Jack flag back out in front over the U.S.A. flag, but I left the Dutch flag flying with it.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 1:30 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and the Greenwich Housing Authority representative was here, so I went ahead and waited, and I signed my lease for another year.  I then went out, and I went by the Arnold bread store outlet, and I bought a six pack of New York Everything bagels for $1.85, two 5 ounce bags of Arnold seasoned regular cut croutons for $1.39 each, and a 26 ounce Entenmann's Home-style apple pie for $2 for $6.63 total.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and what little remains is still half price.  I bought a 15 inch by 24 inch breakfast try with folding legs and white Formica top for $2.50.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two 40 count boxes of Salad green tea bags for $3.79 each box, a box of Twinings United Kingdom - the Official Home of Twinings Teas 25 count Lapsang Souchong tea bags, a box of 25 count Twinings Darjeeling tea bags, a box of 25 count Twinings China Oolong tea bags, a box of 25 count Twinings Ceylon Breakfast tea bags, and a box of 25 count Twinings Mary Twining Spiced tea bags with each box for $3.39 each for $24.53 total.   I then went across the street to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a quart of plum tomatoes for $3.99, three 10 ounce tubs of Healthy Choice sliced turkey meat for $1.99 each, a pound of Plumrose sliced bacon for $2.50, and Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $2.29 for $14.75 total.  I then returned home.  I carried up my purchases and the mail, and I put away the groceries.   I then opened up a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, and I put it in a microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  I then put the hot soup in a large Cobalt blue soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I put the breakfast tray with the other trays in the kitchen on the floor to the right as one enters, and I put the five different varieties of Twinings tea on the tea shelf in the kitchen with my other teas.  I will use one tea bag each of the five different varieties instead of the five in the Twinings five variety pack in making my batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm to give it a new and improved flavor.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 8:50 A.M.:  I posted a message in the Vista Beta compatibility newsgroups about www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  I have to sign my new lease at 1:45 P.M. this afternoon at my apartment building, and I have my usual 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 8:10 A.M.:  I registered my new Konica Minolta 1350W laser printer at http://printer.konicaminolta.com/register/ .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/12/06 Thursday 7:50 A.M.:  I was awake at 5:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I put the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device box, the L'espion XS box, the Asound box, and the printer port box on top of the wire paper holder on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  I put the installation CDs for those devices along with the Konica Minolta 1350W CD in wicker CD rack on the right side of the bedroom desk.  I put the Konica Minolta 1350W information in the metal file holder on the side board in the bedroom.  The L'espion XS and the Konica Minolta 1350W manuals are on the wire paper holder on the mahogany bureau in the bedroom.  I posted a picture of Vista beta 2 build 5270 running on the primary computer http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/mike-scott-primary-computer-with-vista-beta-2-build-5270-011206.JPG .  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.:  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put two 1/32nds inch by 8 inch by 5 inch slices of baked turkey and four 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half across the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  The audio on the mini speaker system is just fine when listening to a television feed capture.    I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I guess I have basically finished configuring my new computer, which I started out doing last May 2005.  For what I do, I do not need newer video cards.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 8:45 P.M.:  I installed the Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 mini speaker system in the lower of the four 5.25 inch drive bays in my primary computer.   I connected its power cable to the primary computer power supply cable.  I took off the RCA cable from my primary sound card audio jack off its Y splitter, and I connected the audio jack to the mini speaker system to it at that location at the rear outside the CPU case.  I ran the speaker audio wire along the bottom edge of the case, so it closes properly.  I tested the mini speaker system by enabling the sound card, and although it sounds a bit tinny with music, it is very could for listening to audio news broadcasts at a low level while working on the computer, and I guess much the same could be said for quiet music, if one does not want to use the louder primary speaker system or headset.   I left the audio setting with it working, and I am presently listening to it.  I updated www.geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm .  I also placed the printer port box on top of the existing one, but I have yet to connect it up until I get the gender adapter.  I put the three 10 foot and four 6 foot USB cables in the cable box underneath the living room desk. 

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 CIO  

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 6:35 P.M.:  At 6 P.M. my order arrived for  PC Concepts A/B/C/D DB25F Vertical Manual Data Switch Box (Model 25412) - $6.98 , Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 , 4 LD 6ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $0.69 , 3 LD 10ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $1.28 for $20.56 subtotal less .21 with coupon code "newyear2006" for 1% discount and $5.95 Happy New Year UPS shipping for $26.30 total is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Outletpc.com order .  The Switch Box had a lose thread mounting screws on the back, so I opened it up, and I tightened them, but I broke two the thread screws, but I replaced them with spare ones that I had.  I can not connect it until I get the gender adapter.  I will move down the two DVD drives in the primary computer, and I will mount the speaker assembly in the second drive assembly, so there is room for the top side of the speaker to broadcast upwards into the fan monitor assembly which is mostly open.  I will now shut down.  I also got the spare USB cables.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 5:25 P.M.:  I ate a piece of cheese cake with the cherry.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 4:50 P.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 central Greenwich Post Office, and I mailed the Priority Mail envelope Priority Mail rate for $4.05.  I then returned home.  I am still waiting for UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Outletpc.com order .  I put a thin book about Winston Churchill propped between the right edge of the computer coffee table and the left front edge of the middle shelf of the printer stand, and I have the existing printer port box sitting on the book, so it is more stably located and easier to see and use.  I have a two foot 25 pin female to male adaptor cable sitting on top of it, and once I add the male to male gender changer adapter, I will be able to plug in one of the ports of the existing printer port box into the new second printer port box, so I can add additional parallel port network printers working off the Siemens LAN parallel port network.  It basically means the EpsonStylus Color 880 will be hooked up to it along with whatever existing printer I disconnect to from the existing port box to connect the second port box.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 2:45 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will then shower and clean up and go out.  I will leave a note for UPS to leave the package in case they arrive while I am out.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 2:35 P.M.:  I had to set up my own Avery #5351 label in the Microsoft Word 2003 label program which was simple enough.  I printed out 10 sheets or 330 change of address labels with telephone number and 10 sheets or 330 new address labels.  I have them in a Priority Mail envelope labeled and ready to mail.  I chatted with my relative again.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 1:40 P.M.:  I woke up at noon, when I had a telephone call from a relative.  I have to print out 200 change of address sticky labels on the Avery #5351 label stock paper that I have, which is 33 one inch by 2.25 inch labels per sheet or about 7 sheets of label stock, however I will print out 7 sheets without telephone numbers to be used for mailing labels.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   I picked up my mail downstairs, and I met the new building superintendent.  For a change of pace, I changed the British Union Jack flag with the U.S.A. flag and the Swedish flag with the Dutch flag on the hallway bookcases.  I frequently rotate those flags depending on my mood.  I will now print out the labels.  I have a label program in Microsoft Word 2003, and I guess I will use the Lexmark E238 printer to print them out.   I am waiting for this order which is due today Wednesday January 11, 2006  PC Concepts A/B/C/D DB25F Vertical Manual Data Switch Box (Model 25412) - $6.98 , Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 , 4 LD 6ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $0.69 , 3 LD 10ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $1.28 for $20.56 subtotal less .21 with coupon code "newyear2006" for 1% discount and $5.95 Happy New Year UPS shipping for $26.30 total is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Outletpc.com order .  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 5:45 A.M.:  I did some regular internet work.  I ran some maintenance utilities.  I ate a 7 ounce box of Gold Emblem cheese snack crackers.  I ordered Staples.com®. that was easy®. Belkin Gender Changer, DB25 Male/Male, Shielded for $3.29 plus .20 tax for $3.49 with free delivery.  I need it to hook up my second printer port box which is suppose to come today.   This order is due today Wednesday January 11, 2006  PC Concepts A/B/C/D DB25F Vertical Manual Data Switch Box (Model 25412) - $6.98 , Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 , 4 LD 6ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $0.69 , 3 LD 10ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $1.28 for $20.56 subtotal less .21 with coupon code "newyear2006" for 1% discount and $5.95 Happy New Year UPS shipping for $26.30 total is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Outletpc.com order .   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/11/06 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.:  I put away my laundry.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 11:55 P.M.:  I found the www.livemeeting.com ID and password in my email, but the free demo has expired.  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.:  Windows Vista .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.:  Last week, I moved from the left monitor to the right corner speaker these items, the CDW www.cdw.com red answer ball, the folding Chinese travel clock, and the Texas longhorn ashtray.  I also put the three clamp binders with the most recent printouts of Scott's notes in the left hallway bookcase on the right side of the print outs.   I am going through my email.  I seem to be a bit tired today.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.:  I have 50 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.:   My relative in Florida received the order today from Surplus Computers CES10586  - Eliminator Pepper Spray 1/2 Oz. w/ Key Ring for $5.99 and Surplus Computers CES11033  - Ultra Bright 28 LED Compact Flashlight (Blue) w/case for $16.99 for $22.98 total from www.surpluscomputer.com that was shipped to a relative shipped via the United States mail on January 4, 2006.  It has been billed to my debit account.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 10:40 P.M.:  After dinner, I started laundry.  I have ten minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I threw out the garbage.  I put clean linens on the bed.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 9:35 P.M.:  I am microwaving a 12 ounce Stouffer's Lean Cuisine chicken portabello dinner, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 9:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I will not be going down to Florida at this time to help a relative move.  I moved the stack of paper including many internet sales receipts from the floor to the right of my computer to the top filing cabinet in the black filing cabinet in the bedroom.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.:  I just woke up.   While I was asleep, I had a telephone call from a neighbors whom left a dollar by the door mat for a pack of cigarettes that I had leant.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 1:00 P.M.:  I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it twice on the reheat cycle.  I put it in a large soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 12:15 P.M.:  I threw out some old paperwork and other items from the bedroom file cabinets and from the left hallway bookcase.   There is a bit more room now in the file cabinets, and a little bit more space in the left hallway bookcase.  I chatted with a relative in Vero Beach, Florida, and they are thinking about having me come down there to help one of my relatives move.  However, they thought about it, and since I had the groin hernia operation two years ago, I am not suppose to lift more than 40 pounds, so they will probably not have me come down to help out.  While cleaning out the file cabinet, and I found that old Vanity Fair issue on Fred Von Mierers, so I scanned one of the pictures of him, and I put it on his web page http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/fred.htm .  Of course if Fred were possibly alive today, he would be 15 years older, and probably have grey hair, and more than likely he would be eating a little bit more than water cress salads.   He probably would still have multiple language skills.  Although he was suppose to be 14th generation Dutch Old New York, I know he spoke German, but I am not sure whether he spoke Dutch.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 9:15 A.M.:  I did some regular internet work.  I ate a 5.5 ounce bag of Arnold Seasoned croutons.  I went downstairs, and I checked the building environment, and nobody seems to be around.  I ate two pieces of black licorice.  I had a nobody telephone fax type call on my Verizon line.  Basically not much is suppose to happen around here, because it is a retirement home for elderly and disabled individuals.  It is a nice day, but it costs money to be busy downtown.  I will now go through the file cabinets in my bedroom and throw out some old paper work.  That should keep me busy for a while.  They built an apartment building across the street U.S. 1 for town firemen and policemen, so we probably have better security in the area.  I will now shut down the computer.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 7:25 A.M.:  Somebody seems to have gained access to my computer, and the information that I had about using www.livemeeting.com has disappeared off of my computer some how.   I chatted with Microsoft representative about www.livemeeting.com just before Christmas, and it was just a one month beta.  However, the login information and the password information has disappeared off of my computer, so obviously somebody is up to something to have gained access and deleted that information from my computer.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 6:55 A.M.:  I took down the artificial Christmas wreath from the front door, and I took down the small two foot tall decorated artificial Christmas tree from the brass and glass coffee table, and I put them in a large plastic storage bag, and I stored them away in the usual place.  I move the Chinese teak stand and the pink pattern rice bowl to on top of the brass and glass end tables, and I put the miniature palm inside the pink pattern bowl.   Thus there is more room on the down sofa side of the brass and glass coffee table.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 6:30 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/10/06 Tuesday 6:00 A.M.:  I had a telephone call from a relative after the last message.  I went to bed, and I woke up at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.   This order is due tomorrow Wednesday January 11, 2006  PC Concepts A/B/C/D DB25F Vertical Manual Data Switch Box (Model 25412) - $6.98 , Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 , 4 LD 6ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $0.69 , 3 LD 10ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $1.28 for $20.56 subtotal less .21 with coupon code "newyear2006" for 1% discount and $5.95 Happy New Year UPS shipping for $26.30 total is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Outletpc.com order .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 8:20 P.M.:  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 8:10 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and it was up to 53 degrees Fahrenheit today, but I do not think it will last for long.  I went first down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  On the way over to Railroad Avenue from Byram, I noticed they have removed a substancial amount of rock in building the new foundation for the new Hamilton Avenue school.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  Everything remains half price, so I bought a Dell 990M 19 inch monitor for $10.  I chatted with someone wearing a Yale University shirt whom was on the 60th floor of the World Trade Center during "911".   He told me some days, he does not go into Manhattan.  I then went to my usual 4 P.M. appointment.  I noticed when I stopped by the Town Hall, they have a display of the new public safety building they hope to build in town.  I mentioned they should think about building precinct houses, since we live in such a large town, and gasoline to centralize everything costs a lot of money for every call to come out of a central location.  I then returned home.  I used my folding cart to carry up the Dell monitor.  I then moved the spare light bulbs from the left side of my bedroom window to my top center bedroom closet shelf, since they do not weigh very much.  I then moved the Dell 17 inch monitor from the Dell 350V computer to the left side of the window shelf to have in reserve.  I then moved the CompUSA 19 inch monitor from the Dell L1000R computer at center on the bedroom desk to on top of the Dell 350V computer connected to it on the left side of the desk.  I then hooked up the Dell 990M 19 inch monitor to the Dell L1000R computer at center on the desk.  I then rearranged the bedroom desk area back to the way it looked before.  I also put a longer USB cable on the Visioneer USB 7600 scanner that is connected to the Dell L1000R computer and it rests on the CompUSA 19 inch monitor.  Then I started up both computers to make sure the monitor drivers installed.  This all took a bit of time.  I then chatted with a friend.  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put two 1/32nds inch by 8 inch by 5 inch slices of baked turkey and four 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half across the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 1:55 P.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up.  I will then go out.  I have a 4 P.M. appointment today.   CIO   

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 12:35 P.M.:  I had a wake up telephone call from a relative at 10 A.M..  The relative is interested in buying a Dell Laptop, and I suggested cheaper prices might be at Cheapstingybargains.com - Free Online Coupons, Dell, Overstock, Amazon! or Techbargains - discount computer sale buy cheap digital camera review cheap laptop techbargain tech bargain - Techbargains.com .  They do have some discount coupons on Dell laptops at those web sites today.   I went downstairs, and I picked up my mail.  I also unchecked some of the unnecessary startup programs in the startup list when I ran "msconfig", so hopefully the computer will run a little bit faster.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 5:55 A.M.:  The order from Surplus Computers CES10586  - Eliminator Pepper Spray 1/2 Oz. w/ Key Ring for $5.99 and Surplus Computers CES11033  - Ultra Bright 28 LED Compact Flashlight (Blue) w/case for $16.99 for $22.98 total from www.surpluscomputer.com that was shipped to a relative shipped via the United States mail on January 4, 2006 still has not been billed to my debit card account.  I have a 4 P.M. appointment today, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO  

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 5:35 A.M.:  It one looks at BPC Encore Editions - George Stubbs Horse Paintings & Prints - Equestrian & Equine Prints and  GSH22 - Horse Attacked By Lion by George Stubbs and George Stubbs Fine Art Artist Equestrian Equine Horses Horse Canine Paintings & Prints of Dogs & Horses - Antique Reproduction Prints in Period Frames of George Stubbs Paintings , but the one that I am thinking of that is even better as I recall is part of the permanent collation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or at least I thought I had regularly seen it there.   It shows how dangerous a wild cat can be even to a horse.  I suppose much could be said about a Mountain Lion up in the Mountains or Alps, or where ever they happen to hang out.  Of course if one were cold in Torion, Italia, one could after the Winter Olympics kick back on the beach in some place like Sardinia and eat sardines, and see if they do really live to be over a hundred years old on a sardine diet.  I ate two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  I went through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 5:05 A.M.:  Of course a lot of security conscious types tend to avoid the Biathlon, since part of it includes marksmanship, and it tends to attract some of the best marksmen in the world, if you get my drift.  When I attended the Biathlon in Albertville, France which was a neighboring ski resort, it was during near white out conditions during a blizzard, so it was relatively safe to attend, and I even flew the U.S.A. flag in front of the pool television cameras for all of the world to see.   Basically I have only been shot back at twice in Greenwich, Connecticut that I know of since then, but "Je Me Souviens".  Of course if one had the big bucks to attend one could keep some small group in reserve like the 82nd Airborne in case anything went wrong, but that would take an act of Congress.  From what I can tell in the Alps, the Avalanche or Road Safety problems would be the biggest worry.  In Albertville, France, they had build a new hospital, but with so many people converging into unfamiliar territory during a winter event, it can be hazardous.  I recall when we were returning back from Albertville, France to Paris, France after that Winter Olympics, we saw about a 200 car wreck in a fog bank about an hour north of Lyon.  Since we left a day early, there was a large group running down south on the road to Albertville, France for the closing ceremonies, and it looked like there were quite a lot casualties in the 200 car wreck that we saw.  The person driving me did not know about the Samaritan Law in France, so he did not stop to offer assistance.  I am not sure we would have been much help anyway, but whom knows.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 4:25 A.M.:  Actually cold weather European ski types tend not to be physically very large people.  When I was at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, the tallest contestant was about a 6 foot 3 inch tall down hill skier from Austria, and the tallest spectators were about 6 foot 6 inches and about 400 pounds from Bergen, Norway, and most of the men I saw were about my size the time or smaller about 6 foot and 200 pounds.   Thus the Winter Olympics tends to bring out an average size group of people compared to the large people at the Summer Olympics.  Of course one has to be able to stay inside where it will be expensive with lots of security, and one has to be able to dress warmly, and one has to be able to eat the higher price food.  Of course at the Winter Olympics, since Europe is very socialist, and it takes a lot of people to produce the event, there tends to be less expensive places to eat for the ordinary workers at the events.  I recall in Albertville, France, I had dinner of pasta with cream sauce and some entree most every night at a local cafeteria, and it was full of communications workers from around the world.  The Albertville, France Winter Olympics had over 50,000 communications workers to produce the event which over 2 billion people watch on world wide television, but since it is in cold weather, some times there were only a couple thousand spectators at less popular events, and even at the ski jump had only about 25,000 spectators.  Of course the indoor events which can be a bit warmer have more spectators, and those events are usually sold out first.  They have lots of ticket scalpers selling tickets at inflated prices for those people whom do not have tickets.  A lot of the regular contestants and spectators like exchanging Olympic pens, and there is a brisk business in the souvenir pen business.  If one were coming from the United States of America, one would not take items from other countries, but one would try to figure out what they might like having around the mountains in Europe, such as some comfortable four wheel drive all terrain snow vehicle.  I am not sure if there is anything else that we make here, that they would be interested in.  The roads in Europe tend to be very narrow compared to our roads, so a Hummer might be to wide for the roads, but I am sure Euopean engineers will be trying to sell their new products to us.  The big thing at the Albertville, France Winter Olympics, they were trying to sell was high definition television or what we call Digital television.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 3:55 A.M.:  For those international companies needing a tax write off, this is a good way to spend your money and gain lots of exposure in more ways than you might expect Torino 2006 - Alpine Skiing: Leg at Adelboden, the University of Skiing ».  Alas nobody I know can afford to go there, and I can not even afford a passport to get out of the United States of America, so I guess I will just have to watch a bit of it on television NBCOlympics.com - TV Listings - , since obviously I do not know anyone at General Electric www.ge.com , and I do not know anyone in the United States.  I guess I could have some other foreign government send me to the Winter Olympics, but they would have to pay my bills.  With what I know about Italian security after living in Florence, Italy back during the winter of 1972, more than likely it will be a safe event.  However, I do not speak Italian, but they seem to make sense out of my broken French.  There is one peculiar fact about Italian ski resorts that I noticed, and that was I never saw any lodges to kick back in by the fire place after being out in the cold.  There are just crowded coffee bar cafes which are not very comfortable.  At European ski resorts, one tends to get what one pays for.   Thus if you want a 500,000 square foot ski lodge, I might suggest Switzerland at some place like St.Moritz .  Of course, if I were already in Switzerland, I might be able to find my way through the St. Bernard pass tunnel into Northern Italy.  I remember in the old days, the Russians were so poor after each winter Olympics events, they had to sell all of their belonging to make it back home.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 3:30 A.M.:  Maybe this is what they're unhappy about ABC News: Are Traditional Pension Plans Doomed? .  Maybe www.ibm.com should not have spent so much time partying and sailing at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, but at least when they check their bank accounts, they still have a hospital with their name on it Welcome to Greenwich Hospital Floor Plans .  With all of their people looking at monitors or LCD displays, maybe they should have paid to fund an eye clinic as well.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 3:10 A.M.:  As far as I know there are not any T. Rockefellers, but their is a common rich European first name "Tiffany", and the richest European family last name is probably still "Rothschild", and since they are a cheap Jewish family, they might be sneaking into my apartment to use my computer.  Of course, it you did not have the Marks, Francs, or Pounds or other convertible assets, that name would not take you anywhere.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 2:45 A.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used the remaining piece of baked herbal boneless breast of chicken that I cut into 3/16th inch slivers cross wise.   I also used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for the cheddar cheese portion.   I  also used 12 grape tomatoes and 8 black pitted olives.   I am not sure where my current batch of Lindsay olives come from.   I checked in with some local night people, and not much seems to be going on around here.   Since I am spending more time inside working instead of exercise walking, I am not aware of much going on downtown around here.   However, the computer systems are running much better.  It is my point of view if one does not know how to properly use computers, they should spend their money on other more worthwhile endeavors.  For some reason my first folder which is empty in the C: drive is "$INPLACE.~TR", so maybe there is still a problem with a hacker.   Maybe the hacker is some character named Teddie Roosevelt from Oyster Bay, Long Island.  Whatever the case I noticed another entry in my upload folder labeled "~$isbeta", and when one opens it, it says "Michael Scott Michael Scott
*Michael Louis Scottn 
”b" .  Possibly, when I work in Vista beta 2 build 5270, it does not have as good of firewall protection as XP, so a hacker is showing their presence.  It is my personal viewpoint that since IBM www.ibm.com employs about 350,000 people with six figure incomes, any of their minions could be causing the problem to try to get individuals like myself to spend money on more secure systems.  However, although I know their system might be more secure, I also know that locally, they are only the accountant types for other more influential individuals, and they probably have disgruntled associates.    CIO  

Note:<888> 01/09/06 Monday 12:20 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Chugging along Kenya's colonial past .  I have an older half sister that spent decades working in Kenya in the medical profession as a PHD in nursing administration from New York University.  Thus if my relative ever visited my Spartan living conditions, she would think they are deluxe despite the cold.  Of course if her grandfather were still alive he would know how to get their railroad back in shape, since he worked on the Illinois Central railroad for over 50 years.  Thus in the Scott family, we might know one or two other railroad people.  Of course the only railroad person I have met in New York was W. Averill Harriman, but I know one or two other railroad people out here.  I think W. Averill Harriman might still be alive too, since he when he was ambassador to Russia during World War II, he had children over in Russia, so perhaps he chose to live there since they have a larger railroad network.  I do know the gauge of the railroad tracks in many countries are different to prevent neighboring countries from invading thus the gauge of the railroad tracks here in the United States are different than Mexico and in England they are different than France which is different than Germany which is different than Russia which is different than China, but since there use to be the Orient Express some of the railroad track gauges are the same.  Thus you would have to talk to a railroad expert.  I suppose much the same would apply to the other equipment.   When I first went to Germany back in 1980, when I returned to my relatives home in New Canaan, Connecticut whom at the time were living in Bermuda, the head of the German Federated railroads left his card with the stacked up mail at the mail box drop, and I recall his name was Arnoff.  I also currently have other relatives visiting Argentina before their cruise through the straits of Magellan and around South America's west coast.  One time when I left Nantucket back in the 1970s, I recall seeing a book that was published called the Patagonia Express about a fellow whom left for work one day in Boston, Massachusetts on a commuter train, and he kept taking trains until he was at the southern tip of South America.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 11:50 P.M.:  I put a new Energizer 9 volt backup battery in my bedroom Radio Shack NOAA weather radio.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 11:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I drove downtown, and I sat out briefly.  With the higher prices of fuel not many people are hanging out downtown anymore.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then drove over to CVS at the Riverside shopping center, and this week CVS vitamins are buy one bottle get one for a penny and so are Energizer batteries.  I bought two CVS time release Vitamin B-12 2000 mcg caplet bottles for $7.20 both, two CVS Vitamin E 400 IU USB 250 softgels $10 both, two CVS flush free Niacin 500 mg 100 capsules for $7 both, two 2 packs of Energizer Max 9Volt 2 batteries $6.99 both plus .42 tax for $31.62 total.  I then returned to central Greenwich, and I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I then returned back to my apartment.  I watched part of the Bridges of Toko Rei.  Finally Norton Antivirus 2005 finished a full system scan of my computer, and it says my computer is virus free.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 8:00 P.M.:  I will now shower and clean up and go out.  I will run Norton AntiVirus 2005 while I go out.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 7:55 P.M.:  I had a telephone call from a friend while I was asleep.  I woke up at 5 P.M..  I chatted with a friend.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I watched part of an old Cary Grant movie.  I ran Norton SpeedDisk on the C: drive.  I chatted with a relative whom has returned back to Vero Beach, Florida with another relative.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 9:20 A.M.:  I did some regular computer work, and I worked briefly with www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  I watched some local television media, which seems to be programmed for children.   I ate a piece of cheese cake.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back to bed.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 6:50 A.M.:  I took 11 Town House crackers, and I put eleven 1.25 inch by 1.25 inch by .10 inch slices of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them, and I ate them with some iced tea.   I will now boot into Vista beta 2 build 5270 and work with it for a while and read some of its newsgroups.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 6:20 A.M.:  I sent out a email notification of my new volcano list.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 5:50 A.M.:  I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 5:05 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 4:35 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | UK | William beginning military career .  Horses are important The Prince of Wales - News & Events Horse Show .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 3:35 A.M.:  I posted Michael Louis Scott's Volcanoes and Earthquakes and Geosciences Directory #4, January 8, 2006.  It is linked from http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotlist.htm , which is available for download from Download Scott's Internet Directory "scott008.zip" 2.38 megs and open "scotlist.htm" in web browser 01/08/06.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 2:20 A.M.:  I posted three of the pictures that I took with the L'espion XS Digital Dream l'espion XS Digital Surveillance Device also has an Infra Red sensor to trigger a photograph  tiny camera yesterday.

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/indian-harbor-yacht-club-lespionxs-camera-010806.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/mike-scott-1995-volvo-station-wagon-lespionxs-camera-010806.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20062/senior-and-arts-center-lespion-xs-camera-010806.jpg

CIO

Note:<888> 01/08/06 Sunday 1:55 A.M.:  After dinner, I drank a cup of coffee, and I watched some Book TV about the United States Judiciary.   I filled out the paper work for signing my new apartment lease with the Greenwich Housing Authority this Thursday afternoon.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/07/06 Saturday 11:50 P.M.:  I woke up at 11 P.M..  I two halves of boneless breast of chicken, and I rinsed off the chicken with water, and I dried it with a paper towel.  I then put it in a Pyrex pie plate.  I rubbed olive oil all over it, and I seasoned the bottom side with garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, celery salt, and Italian spices.  I then flipped it right side up, and I put about a half of a cup of French Rene Junot white table wine on it and in the Pyrex pie dish.  I then seasoned it on top with garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, celery salt, and Italian spices.  I then peeled and chopped four cloves of garlic, and I spread it over the chicken breast top.  I then put it all in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and I cooked it for 35 minutes.  While doing this, at the end of the chicken cooking cycle, I reheated the remaining half of cooked  Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe .  I refrigerated the other cooked boneless chicken breast in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I put on a dinner plate the chicken, and I poured the remaining chicken juices over the chicken and rice.  I also steamed for 15 minutes about a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli crowns and mushroom caps that I put a little bit of olive oil on.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/07/06 Saturday 4:40 P.M.:  I ate a piece of cheese cake.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 01/07/06:

Note:<888> 01/07/06 Saturday 4:10 P.M.:  I will now send out my weekly notes.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/07/06 Saturday 3:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I checked my mail, and I received the $10 rebate from Lexmark on my Lexmark X1185 all purpose printer, so it finally only cost me about $40.  I then went by the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a six pack of Arnold sesame bagels for $1.85, a loaf of Arnold 12 grain bread for $1.59, and a Entenmann's Deluxe French cheese cake for $2 for $5.44 total.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and I took a few pictures with my L'espion XS tiny small digital camera.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and I cashed my $10 Lexmark rebate check.   I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a 14 inch by 11 inch wood frame with glass for $2.50, a 10 inch by 18 inch wood frame with glass for $3.75, and a 14 inch by 11 inch wood frame with glass for $1.50 for $7.75 total.  Everything that remains at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop is 50% off.  I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.  All of their clothes are 50% off.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Service Exxon station, and I bought $5.25 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.939 a gallon for 26.2 miles driving this week at 14 miles per gallon averaging 13 miles per hour.  I then returned home, and I brought up my purchases, and I picked up my mail.  I checked out a neighbor's car with my battery jump start system, but it was not a battery problem, the car seemed like it was flooded.  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put two 1/32nds inch by 8 inch by 5 inch slices of baked turkey and four 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half cross the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I then took the Queen Elizabeth II Life magazine from its brass frame, and I put it in one of the new wooden frames, and I hung it above to the left of my apartment entrance door with an OOK hook.  I moved the picture from that location of my family members to the left side center of the apartment door.  I move the picture of the Queen Mother of England to in between Queen Elizabeth II Life magazine and the Ox Yoke above the right closet door.  I took the Prince Charles and Camilla wedding photographs from the Plexiglas frame, and it revealed the Charles, Harry, and William photograph that I left in the Plexiglas frame, and I hung it on the top center of the apartment entrance door.  I put the wedding photos in another wooden frame on the upper right of the apartment entrance door.  I took the two pictures from that frame of my paternal grandparents, and I put them in the 10 inch by 18 inch wooden frame with glass and picture matting, and I hung it above the kitchen entrance.  I took the Putnam Lodge Masonic plate from that location, and I hung it on the upper right of the apartment entrance door.  I took down the framed Buckingham Palace Christmas letter from its frame in the hallway, and I put it in the other 14 inch by 11 inch wooden frame with glass without the paper clip, and I hung it back in the same location.  I took the metal frame that it was in, and it revealed a picture of the ship Kruzenshtern U.S.S.R., and I hung it above my inside bathroom door with the other ships pictures in the bathroom.  I rehung the white Siberian tiger picture above the bathroom door.  I put the empty brass frame with glass behind my bedroom door.  I hung all the pictures with OOK hooks.  Thus I have more of that English Country Style look of decorating.  I also moved a family group of framed pictures from the apartment entrance door to the window shelf where the Queen Elizabeth II Life magazine picture was.  When I took apart that frame, there was in the fly leaf of the Life magazine an obituary for R.R. Donnelly whom the library at Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu was named after.  In the new frame, there was a resignation letter for an individual from Pepsi Cola.  On the back of the Queen Elizabeth II Life magazine coronation magazine, there was a Coca Cola advertisement.  The front cover of that magazine has separated from the rest of the magazine, but it is all together in the frame.   While I was out, I did a C: drive to D: drive backup with Windows XP Professional Automatic System Recovery.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/07/06 Saturday 8:35 A.M.:  Local temperature in Greenwich, Connecticut is 21 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground , but my apartment weather station says here locally in Greenwich, Connecticut which is always warmer nearer Long Island Sound, it is 27.1 degrees Fahrenheit and 52% humidity, and the local Indian Harbor Yacht Club weather station Indian Harbor Yacht Club weather station, Greenwich, Connecticut, Real-Time Weather is not working at the moment, so all of those IBM www.ibm.com sailor types must have sailed south for the winter.  When I first looked at IBM's web sites, I noticed they had over 20 web sites out of the Caribbean, and we all know the Watson family had a home in Antigua, so more than likely the IBM types are in warmer ports.   At CNET Bandwidth Meter Speed Test - Bandwidth Test, I am currently getting 1389.2 kbps which is normal for the daytime with the Optimum Cable modem.  Besides Exxon personnel, there use to be a few IBM people down in Key West, Florida in the old days, but no body seems to be around at www.liveduvalstreet.com .  Of course down south is such a large area, they could be anywhere.  I have relatives traveling back to Vero Beach, Florida tomorrow TCPalm , so they should be a bit warmer than myself in the upcoming winter.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out.  CIO    

Note:<888> 01/07/06 Saturday 7:45 A.M.:  Merry Russian Orthodox Christmas.  I chatted with a relative and a friend after the last message.  I went to bed shortly after that.  I woke up at 1:30 A.M. this morning.  I took out my two old LAN cards from the primary computer, and I installed the two new Netgear 10/100 Mbps PCI Network Interface Cards FA311R Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R .  When I rebooted the system recognized them plug and play,  and I am getting in the early morning hours with Optimum Online 4 Mbps bandwidth.  While I had the case opened, I removed the old 5.25 inch floppy drive and its ribbon cable.  I installed a new round floppy drive cable for the 3.5 inch floppy drive.  I put the white 5.25 inch blank plate back in the case.  I will put the Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 in that opening when I receive it.   When I rebooted, I changed the CMOS setting to reflect the change.  I installed the software for the Logitech 4000 USB webcam, and it works just fine.  It has face tracking which is a nice feature and must sharper colors.   It also comes with an extra mount for laptops.  However, its drivers do not work in Vista beta 2 build 5270 at the present.  I also installed Logitech Mobil Video which lets one upload pictures to a cell phone.  I worked in the Vista beta for a while www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  I installed the Creative Live Vibra web cam and its software on the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I installed the Intel web cam and its software on the bedroom Dell L1000R computer.  I also took the headset from the Toshiba laptop computer in the living room, and I attached it to the Dell L1000R computer.  I put the two old LAN card in the Netgear boxes, and I put them on the back side of the white bureau in the bedroom, and I also put the 5.25 inch floppy drive there too.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I installed some updates on the Dell L1000R computer and the Northgate Syntax computer as well as the primary computer.  CIO    

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 5:55 P.M.:  The television video input works just fine with video and audio with Nero 6.6  Vision Express accessed from Nero StartSmart, when one starts the capture feature.  Thus I have an independent television capture program.  My  UPS Package Tracking Justdeals.com Logitech 4000 USB Webcam and 2 Netgear LAN cards arrived about 15 minutes.  I have been awake for 24 hours.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 5:20 P.M.:  I left the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device installed on the front USB port.  I removed the long RCA audio double cable from the Orion television front and the input into the sound card, and I connected it to the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device and the Optimum Online Digital Cable modem box at the rear.   I removed the other set of long RCA wires from the front the Orion television video input and the video out on the Mad Dog AGP video card, and I connected from the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device video port the video port on the rear of the Optimum Online Digital Cable modem box.  At the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device, I had to trim the cable shielding, so they fit into the smaller sockets.  I thus have input into the computer from the Cable modem box.  However, I tried a number of TV video capture programs Tv-cards.com - 3rd Party Applications .  The Studio 9 capture program works with the audio, but most of the other programs although they produce video do not produce audio with one exception ChrisTV - The PVR that TAKES control OVER Your TV Card - developed by Chris P.C. srl for TV Cards with MPEG2 Hardware Encoding , and I downloaded the Professional 21 day demo of ChrisTV.  It works with both sound and audio.  This program miniPCTV - TV viewing and Video recording software might work, but at the moment I do not feel like risking the $20.    I reorganized my desktop icons into subfolders.  I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  I chatted with two relatives.  I am really tired, and I am still waiting for Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 USB WebCam Video Web Camera - 961239-0215 for $49.95 and normally it is twice the price Logitech QuickCam® Pro 4000 and it is USB 2.0 and 1.3 mega pixel, but I am not sure if that is on the net or not, but it is a good price, and it is not refurbished but new with full Logitech guarantee, and I also ordered 2 Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R for $7.95 each refurbished.  Thus the total order was $65.85, and UPS tracking is UPS Package Tracking Justdeals.com Logitech 4000 USB Webcam and 2 Netgear LAN cards  .  I ran Norton WinDoctor 2003 and Ad-awareSE.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 9:25 A.M.:  Bad news, I went to try out my Sony Video 8 Handycam in record mode with the  Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device, but the Sony Handycam in record mode does not display anything in the viewfinder.  I checked it out with the power supply and battery and different tapes, and it still has the problem.  The last time I used it was in September 19, 2004 in Kennebunkport, Maine.  I did take it to Florida with me in January 2005, but I did not use it, and I checked on the jet it in its case in my duffle bag.  I might have also have taken it to Kennebunkport, Maine with me this past June 2005, when I was there.  From what I can tell although one can use the VCR part of it, the record function does not work.  The whole point in ordering the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device was to use it with the Sony Video 8 Handycam.  I guess when I have the time, I will return the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device.  One can buy digital camcorders on the internet for about $130, so when I have the funds in the future, I might get one.  However, one would still have to get a smartcard to work with it.  I saved and write protected the Video 8 tape of Kennebunkport, Maine from the summer of 2003 and 2004.  I am so busy on the computer anymore, I do not have that much time for photography.  I removed the adapter for the  Sony Video 8 Handycam  from the Daewoo DVD VCR player.  I emptied the garbage when I went out earlier.  I will now water my plants.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 7:10 A.M.:  This is suppose to arrive today  Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 USB WebCam Video Web Camera - 961239-0215 for $49.95 and normally it is twice the price Logitech QuickCam® Pro 4000 and it is USB 2.0 and 1.3 mega pixel, but I am not sure if that is on the net or not, but it is a good price, and it is not refurbished but new with full Logitech guarantee, and I also ordered 2 Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R for $7.95 each refurbished.  Thus the total order was $65.85, and UPS tracking is UPS Package Tracking Justdeals.com Logitech 4000 USB Webcam and 2 Netgear LAN cards  .  This order is due Tuesday January 10, 2006  PC Concepts A/B/C/D DB25F Vertical Manual Data Switch Box (Model 25412) - $6.98 , Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 , 4 LD 6ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $0.69 , 3 LD 10ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $1.28 for $20.56 subtotal less .21 with coupon code "newyear2006" for 1% discount and $5.95 Happy New Year UPS shipping for $26.30 total is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Outletpc.com order .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 7:10 A.M.:    The order Surplus Computers CES10586  - Eliminator Pepper Spray 1/2 Oz. w/ Key Ring for $5.99 and Surplus Computers CES11033  - Ultra Bright 28 LED Compact Flashlight (Blue) w/case for $16.99 for $22.98 total from www.surpluscomputer.com to a relative shipped via the United States mail on January 4, 2006.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 7:05 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 6:40 A.M.:  Only two left L'espion XS Digital Still Camera (Chrome) DigitalDream l'espion XS .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 6:10 A.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I bought twenty .39 Liberty stamps for $7.80 total from the cash stamp machine.  I put nine .39 stamps on the package that needed stamps.  I did not mail the items at the Valley Road post office, since their mail box pickup is not until 5 P.M..  I drove downtown, and I mailed them at the indoor slot at the central Greenwich Post Office, which also has a 24 hour mail station.  Thus they should go out this morning.  I then sat out briefly.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then returned home.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 4:45 A.M.:  I printed out three sheets of paper with  5.5 inch square text boxes with addresses in the center of them, and I wrapped one around each of the three slim jewel cases, and I taped them with clear plastic box tape.  I put three .37stamps on each one.  I put one of the VCR tapes and two slim jewel cases in a mailing envelope, and I sealed it with clear box tape, and I labeled it with preprinted out labels.  I need to put $3.13 for First Class postage on it or nine .37 stamps.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will go out to the Valley Road post office shortly.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 4:00 A.M.:  I finished burning the second VCR tape.   I opened up the package of three halves of boneless breast of chicken, and I put two in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I rinsed the third off with water, and I dried it with a paper towel.  I then put it in a Pyrex pie plate.  I rubbed olive oil all over it, and I seasoned the bottom side with garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, celery salt, Italian spices and red pepper.  I then flipped it right side up, and I put about a third of a cup of French Rene Junot white table wine on it and in the Pyrex pie dish.  I then seasoned it on top with garlic powder, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, celery salt, Italian spices and red pepper.  I then peeled and chopped two cloves of garlic, and I spread it over the chicken breast top. I then peeled and cut in half a medium onion, and I put it in the Pyrex baking dish, and I seasoned it with red pepper.  I then put it all in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and I cooked it for 35 minutes.  While doing this, I made Michael Louis Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe .  I refrigerated half in a Rubbermaid container, and I put the other half on a dinner plate with the chicken and baked onion halves, and I poured the remaining chicken juices over the chicken and rice and onion.  I also steamed for 15 minutes about a cup and a half of baby carrots and broccoli crowns that I put a little bit of olive oil on.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 2:30 A.M.:  I burned six copies with Nero 6.6 to DVD of the 200 MB windows media file of the summer vacation video from 2003 and 2004 in Kennebunkport, Maine.  It runs 53 minutes and 8 seconds.  They play on television DVD machine, and they will work with the Real Media player on a computer DVD drive, but they do not work with the Windows Media player.  I hooked up the video input adaptor for the Sony Video 8 Handycam to my Daewoo DVD VCR machine input on its rear, and it has a pass through on it for the Cable Modem feed that goes through the Daewoo machine to the television.  I then connected the adaptor to the Sony Video 8 Handycam and I played the tape over again, and I recorded it on regular videotape which takes 53 minutes.  I am now making a second copy.  I will send the DVDs to four different relatives including one with a videotape too.  I will save the original Video tape in case I need to make more copies.  The DVD in Windows Media format is not as clear as the videotape.  The videotape is as clear as a bell, and it sounds just fine.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/06/06 Friday 12:10 A.M.:    I have been busy working with the home video software with some frustration.  I captured with the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device my 53 minutes of video from my Sony Video 8 Handycam of my vacation time in Kennebunkport, Maine during the summers of 2003 and 2004.  Capturing took about an hour with Studio Version 9.3 that came with the Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB video capture device.   I then had to select one at a time about 250 video clips to put into the movie maker feature, which took some time.  I then used the software to burn it to DVD, but instead of burning it to DVD, it created a 2 gigabyte plus Real Media file which took about two hours each time I tried it.  After the second time, I burned the file that was created with the Nero 6.6 utility to burn a video file to DVD, and then I had my DVD video.  However, when I tested it, there was no audio.  During this time I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  I worked with the Northgate Syntax backup computer.   My bank account is not showing the charges from www.surpluscompuers.com and www.officemax.com for the Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W laser printer, and the flash light and pepper spray that I ordered for a relative.  I was told by Bank of New York that some times vendors take time to bill their charges, but they had shown up, when I originally purchased the items.  About noon, I left another attempt at creating a DVD video file run, while I went to bed for six hours.  I missed my 3 P.M. appointment, because I was too tired.  I woke up at 6 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I tried to use the Nero 6.6 program to capture the video, but it frozen twice, and I had to reboot.  I finally used the Microsoft Movie maker program, and it took about an hour to capture the video.  It created a 200 MB file of the video in smaller format, but the audio works just fine on it.  This did not arrive today Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 USB WebCam Video Web Camera - 961239-0215 for $49.95 and normally it is twice the price Logitech QuickCam® Pro 4000 and it is USB 2.0 and 1.3 mega pixel, but I am not sure if that is on the net or not, but it is a good price, and it is not refurbished but new with full Logitech guarantee, and I also ordered 2 Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R for $7.95 each refurbished.  Thus the total order was $65.85, and UPS tracking is UPS Package Tracking Justdeals.com Logitech 4000 USB Webcam and 2 Netgear LAN cards , and it has been rescheduled for tomorrow.  I chatted with a relative.  I deleted the large video files that I had created except the Microsoft Video file that is 200 MB long.  I will burn it shortly to DVD with the Nero 6.6 video production feature.  Thus I have two DVDs made without sound at 2 gigabytes size with full video mode.  I think the problem with the Studio Version 9.3 is that they want one to spend more money to upgrade for more features, which I will not do.  I have about 56 gigabytes used on the C: drive and 72 gigabytes free.  The pinnacle programs use about 3 gigabytes of space and I have not cleaned out my System Restore backups for a long time.  I do not think I have any large files left over from the video creation attempts.  I will first run Norton WinDoctor 2003 and Ad-awareSE before burning the Windows Media DVD.  About noon today, my order from www.ordersmokesdirect.com for 7 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box arrived.  I will not be doing house cleaning today, since I did it last Friday.  However, I will water the plants.  CIO      

Note:<888> 01/05/06 Thursday 1:50 A.M.:   I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put two 1/32nds inch by 8 inch by 5 inch slices of baked turkey and four 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half cross the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.   I put the new box of 100 CD or DVD slim jewel cases underneath the dining room table to the left of the primary computer, and I put the package of 50 new DVD-r on the floor rear to the right of the primary computer on top of the package of CD/Rs.  I will now install the Buy.com - Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB Video Capture Device - 210100318 and its software.  I will then connect to my Sony videotape camera with RCA connections and upload to the computer about the 45 minutes of video I have on it.  I will then burn it all to DVD.  This will take a while.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/05/06 Thursday 1:05 A.M.:  I setup the Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Monochrome Laser Printer laser printer on the right side of the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I unpacked it, and I placed it in position after removing the packaging material.  I plugged it into the Kensington control panel.  I have it setup to turn on with the control panel switch, since the printer switch is on the left side with only about 1.5 inch clearance between the CPU and printer.  The printer has vents on both sides, so one can not block them, and one needs to leave room for ventilation.  Its software installed without any problems both USB and LPT ports.  However, I finally left it only installed USB, since I do not need it installed LPT also.  It is not a network capable printer, so one can not install it off the Siemens LPT port network, but I already have the Lexmark E238 setup that way.  I removed the parallel cable from the Northgate Syntax computer, and I put it on the right side rear of the sideboard in the bedroom.  I printed out the manual, and I bound it in a clamp binder, and I left it on the dining table with the other information.  I am not leaving the paper feed tray opened, since if someone were sitting on the near side of the long green couch, they might hit and break the paper feed tray.  I thus when not using it leave the paper tray closed in its upright position, and I leave the spare paper lying across the top of the printer.  I put out two new 500 sheet packages of the new paper to have ready on the lower right side of the printer stand.  The new 96 bright paper is also acid free, so technically it would last longer, if one thinks in terms of archiving.  I put the Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W shipping box on top of the bedroom file cabinet with the other shipping boxes.  Pictures

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.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 8:55 P.M.:  I was awaken at noon when Buy.com - Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB Video Capture Device - 210100318 for $39.99 less $4 discount coupon.  However, for some reason the slower free shipping would not work no matter what I tried, so I had to pay $10.75 two day shipping and handling for $46.74 total is FedEx | Track buy.com pinnacle dazzle dvc-80 usb video capture device arrived.  I then went back to bed, and at 5 P.M. my order from www.officemax.com for the Minolta QMS PagePro 1350W called up OfficeMax customer service at 1-800-283-7674 or 1-877-633-4236 and I ordered OfficeMax - Weekly Store Ads KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Laser Printer  for $50 or 1 cent more, so I do not have to pay for shipping plus $3 tax for $53 total arrived via UPS.  Also my order from www.staples.com , this Staples.com®. that was easy™. Staples 5mm Slim Jewel Cases, 100/Pack for $14.94 plus Staples.com®. that was easy™. Playo 50/Pack 4.7GB DVD-R, Spindle for $12.94 with checkout coupon "12197" for $10 savings for $27.88 total with free UPS shipping is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Staples order arrived.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I then went back to bed until 8 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I will now install the KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Monochrome Laser Printer on the right side of the Northgate Syntax backup computer on top of the Kensington control panel.   CIO         

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 9:45 A.M.:  I audited my accounts.  I had a minor change to my advantage.   I have two orders out for delivery UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Staples order and FedEx | Track buy.com pinnacle dazzle dvc-80 usb video capture device .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  BBC NEWS | Middle East | Dubai's ruler Sheikh Maktoum dies .  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 7:40 A.M.:  I am installing the L'espion XS software on the Toshiba laptop.  This deal might be available some time in the future for the little spy camera that I got L'espion XS Digital Still Camera (Chrome) DigitalDream l'espion XS .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 7:20 A.M.:  Small camera deal Canon PowerShot A400 Silver 3.2MP Digital Camera - Retail at Newegg.com versus HP 5 MP Photosmart E317v Digital Camera with HP Instant Share - Wal-Mart .  Of course one could order this older model from England for about $80 Winzog Store (Powered by CubeCart) - Quantum 3.2 with shipping.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 7:05 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 5:00 A.M.:  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I noticed at the Stop and Shop that they no longer can afford to carry Twinning's tea.  I printed out the L'espion XS camera manual in small format and large format, and I clamped each thirty page manual together with a small paper clamp.  I left the manual with the L'espion XS camera in its box on the dining table to study later.  On my overall computer setup, the Lexmark X1185 can scan as well as the Visioneer 4400 scanner.  However, there is one small problem, in that the driver for the Lexmark X1185 interferes with the Visioneer 4400 scanner, so one has to unplug the USB cable from the Lexmark X1185, for the Visioneer 4400 scanner to work.  This is easy enough since the Lexmark X1185 USB plug is on the near side rear of it easily available from the dining table.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 4:00 A.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I posted a picture of myself taken underneath the kitchen ceiling light with the L'espion XS spy camera, and I think it works fairly well.  However, it does not have a flash, so one needs a bit of extra light of daylight for it to work well.

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CIO 

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 2:25 A.M.:  Tracking on my www.outletpc.com ,and I ordered PC Concepts A/B/C/D DB25F Vertical Manual Data Switch Box (Model 25412) - $6.98 , Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 , 4 LD 6ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $0.69 , 3 LD 10ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $1.28 for $20.56 subtotal less .21 with coupon code "newyear2006" for 1% discount and $5.95 Happy New Year UPS shipping for $26.30 total is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Outletpc.com order .   Tracking on my order from www.staples.com , this Staples.com®. that was easy™. Staples 5mm Slim Jewel Cases, 100/Pack for $14.94 plus Staples.com®. that was easy™. Playo 50/Pack 4.7GB DVD-R, Spindle for $12.94 with checkout coupon "12197" for $10 savings for $27.88 total with free UPS shipping is UPS Package Tracking Mike Scott Staples order .  Tracking on Buy.com - 10% off coupon , and I redeemed the 10% off coupon.  I then bought Buy.com - Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB Video Capture Device - 210100318 for $39.99 less $4 discount coupon.  However, for some reason the slower free shipping would not work no matter what I tried, so I had to pay $10.75 two day shipping and handling for $46.74 total is FedEx | Track buy.com pinnacle dazzle dvc-80 usb video capture device . On Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 USB WebCam Video Web Camera - 961239-0215 for $49.95 and normally it is twice the price Logitech QuickCam® Pro 4000 and it is USB 2.0 and 1.3 mega pixel, but I am not sure if that is on the net or not, but it is a good price, and it is not refurbished but new with full Logitech guarantee, and I also ordered 2 Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R for $7.95 each refurbished, since I only have thrift shop network cards in my primary computer at the moment.  Thus the total order was $65.85, and UPS tracking is UPS Package Tracking Justdeals.com Logitech 4000 USB Webcam and 2 Netgear LAN cards .  My telephone order from www.officemax.com for the Minolta QMS PagePro 1350W called up OfficeMax customer service at 1-800-283-7674 or 1-877-633-4236 and I ordered OfficeMax - Weekly Store Ads KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Laser Printer  for $50 or 1 cent more, so I do not have to pay for shipping plus $3 tax for $53 total  was suppose to ship from Boston on Tuesday, so it should be here in a day or two.  My order from www.ordersmokesdirect.com for 10 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box  for $92.68 comes via the United States post office later in the week.  My order from www.surpluscomputer.com for $22.98 is a gift being delivered to another address.  CIO   

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.:  I took about four ounces of fresh spinach, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid along with an inch of water, and I ran it on the General Electric microwave vegetable cycle three times, and then I drained the water off.  While doing that, I broke four large eggs in a metal bowl, and I added a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese and a teaspoon of Italian spices and a couple tablespoons of milk, and I whisked it all together with a whisk.  I then put three tablespoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in my seasoned omelet pan on medium high electric burner heat.  Once the fat started to bubble, I put the egg mixture in the omelet pan, and I turned it down to medium.  I put a microwave proof dinner plate on the omelet pan to keep the heat in and warm the plate.  I also toasted two slices of Arnold multigrain bread.  Once it was toasted, I put two pads of margarine on each slice, and I cut them in half across the vertical.  I also grated with my metal hand grater four ounces of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  When the omelet was hard enough to flip, I flipped it over, and I let it cooked a little bit more on the reverse side turning off the heat for the last minute.  I then slid the open face omelet without folding it on the warm microwave proof dinner plate, and I spread the drained cooked spinach over it evenlt and then the grated cheese over it evenly along with 12 grape tomatoes and 8 pitted black California olives, and I then put a microwave lid on the plate, and I heated it on half the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  Once I removed the open face omelet from the microwave oven, I sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese over it evenly, and I added the toast to the plate.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I wiped the omelet pan with a paper towel to clean it and to keep it seasoned without washing it.  I am now making up a fresh  batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .   CIO

Note:<888> 01/04/06 Wednesday 12:15 A.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I brought my folding cart with me to bring up the groceries.  I went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Stop and  Shop, and I bought  a dozen Nature's Promise large brown eggs for $1.99, two 10 ounce bars of Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $2.50 each, four half gallons of Tropicana Light orange juice with pulp for $1.96 each, a 48 ounce container of Quaker old fashioned oats for $4.29, two four packs of six ounce cans of Star-Kist solid white albacore tuna fish for $4.44 each four pack, a 16 ounce package of Cardano hickory smoked bacon for $4.29 that was suppose to be $2.50, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.50, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.50, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.99, fresh Dole organic bananas at .79 a pound for $2.15 for $39.43 total.  I have year to date savings of my Stop and Shop saving card of $622.58.  I then went downtown, and I sat out briefly.  There were not many people around.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road, and there was a large brown heron still lingering around that had not flown south for the winter yet.  I checked out the lights on my car, and they are fine.  One of the two lights on the rear license plate frame might be out though.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2 each, six 6 ounce containers of Dannon lite raspberry flavor yogurt for 3 for a $1, two 12 ounce bags of Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee beans for 2 for $5, three Stouffer's 11 and 12 ounce Lean Cuisines for 3 for $5, two Chicken Florentine and one chicken Portobello, a package of boneless breasts of chicken for $2.99 a pound for $6.49, a 24 ounce tub of Lite and Lively cottage cheese for $2.50, a gallons of America's Choice white vinegar for $1.99 for $26.93 total.   I then returned home, and I brought up my groceries with my cart along with my mail.   I put away the groceries.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 8:45 P.M.:   I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it twice on the reheat cycle.  I put it in a large soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  I left the L'espion XS camera on the dining table in its box to have available for use.  For some reason in XP besides my four network icons and my bridge network icon, I also have a Lan icon for "Microsoft TV/Video Connection".  I do not know what it does unless it is for the AGP RCA video card output on the system to my Orion television.  It was not there last night when I shut down.  It was there before I installed the L'espion XS camera software and driver.  I washed the dishes, and I made my bed.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower, and I will clean up.  I have to go by the Stop and Shop and get groceries.  I guess I am on a night schedule.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 8:00 P.M.:   I was awake at noon, when the mail man delivered the item that I bought from Ebay from Fort McCoy, Florida from a dishwasher I think for $3 and $11 shipping Digital Dream and Digital Dream l'espion XS Digital Surveillance Device also has an Infra Red sensor to trigger a photograph also available here L'espion XS Digital Still Camera (Chrome) DigitalDream l'espion XS , but one could buy a bundle of them here http://www.mjelectronics.com/wholesale.htm .  I chatted with a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee. I was tired, so I went back to bed until 7 P.M..  I chatted with two relatives.  I installed the l'espion XS software, and I took some test pictures, and it works just fine, however the viewfinder seems to be blurry, so one has to approximate ones aim.  CIO  

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 5:15 A.M.:  Well, not much happening in this neck of the woods.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 4:45 A.M.:  Well, I guess that now I have better communications, I could try communicating with more people.  But old friends and strangers usually do not like hearing from people that they forgot about and other acquaintances, since it usually costs them money.  I guess the world is full of pay as you go cell phone people.   CIO 

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 3:45 A.M.:   This is what I looked like at about age 2

http://www.geocities.com/mikelouisscott/michael-louis-scott-born-may-9-1950-alton-illinois-at-about-2-years-old-posted-bw-010306.jpg .  CIO

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 3:05 A.M.:  Basically, I do not think the general public are aware that President Bush's grandfather Prescott Bush was the President of Brown Brother's Harriman company, and in the book on W. Averill Harriman, it says the Harrimans took care of matters that the Rockefellers could not be bothered with.  Basically the Rockefellers are still quite a wealthy prosperous family that intermarried with other more established reserved families, so they are more private anymore.  Also like a lot of prosperous families over time, they tend to be cheap, and they tend to have long established networks of lawyers, bankers, accountants, and other employees that seem to make a living off doing things their way at minimum expense.  Although a few Rockefellers have been in the public eye, a great many of them are more reserve, and like a lot of wealthy people they tend to be more sedentary, and over time since they are wealthy, they also tend to eat quite a bit of food, so actually they tend not to need much security, since a great many of them are obesely overweight, and they look more like a group of wrestlers than the skinny rich women living on tea and toast that could not be bothered by them.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.: MercuryNews.com | 01/02/2006 | HP insiders' 2005 sales triple '04 , HP's chief sticks to the script as business, morale improve - Dec. 13, 2005 , it seems Fortune buried this story Street Life - HP Profits Jump 34% - Intro - FORTUNE.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 1:25 A.M.:  I ran Ad-awareSE.  Basically, I have my computer reconfigured www.geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm , and I have done as much as I can as far as configuring the Microsoft Vista beta 2 build 5270 that I can www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  Thus until the few other parts that I have ordered arrive later in the week, there is not much more that I can do besides normal computer routine.  I did have the flu for about 3 weeks in December, but I kept busy on the computer, but I seem to be back to normal.  Instead of a relative buying me a new computer for Christmas, the relative let me buy the parts that I needed to upgrade my overall computer system which has been a work in progress for about a year now.  It originally started with the new hard drives last January, and although the video cards are not new, they work perfectly fine, and I do not need new video cards for the type of work that I am doing.  I am not a computer gaming nomad like some of the younger generation.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/03/06 Tuesday 1:10 A.M.:  I chatted with an associate.  I had the keyboard batteries wear out on me, so I installed two new Duracell alkaline batteries in the Logitech wireless LX500 keyboard, and I reset its keyboard encryption, and it is back up running again.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 11:20 P.M.:  I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 10:55 P.M.:  Of course Russian Orthodox Christmas Christmas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia is this Saturday January 7, 2006, so I will not be taking down the Christmas tree and wreath anytime soon.  It should stay up for at least a week after Russian Christmas or until the following Saturday January 13, 2006.  However, if it is a fresh tree and not an artificial tree, it might become a fire hazard by then having dried out.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 9:40 P.M.:  According to this there seems to be a lot of people not doing anything in Key West, Florida http://www.liveduvalstreet.com/ , and since the local tourists seem to like the waterfront, and since it is an unwritten law of the sea that the local navy which in this case is the www.navy.mil can use their black jack crews to recruit unwilling recruits during times of personnel shortage during war which at the moment happens to exist in this country, so around the waterfront, perhaps the U.S. Navy can shanghai a few recruits out of the bars down there and give them some more worthwhile sea duty, if you get my drift.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 8:40 P.M.:   I chatted with a friend earlier.  I logged onto www.outletpc.com ,and I ordered PC Concepts A/B/C/D DB25F Vertical Manual Data Switch Box (Model 25412) - $6.98 , Asound SuperSound 5.25'' 180W Mini Internal Case Speakers (BEIGE) - $6.98 , 4 LD 6ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $0.69 , 3 LD 10ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable (BLACK) - $1.28 for $20.56 subtotal less .21 with coupon code "newyear2006" for 1% discount and $5.95 Happy New Year UPS shipping for $26.30 total.  At this rate, if I do not get my Staples rebates in the end of January, money might be tight.  I have an extra cable to connect the printer port box from my existing printer port box, so I can run more LPT printers off my Siemens router, such as the Konica Minolta 1350W which works off either USB or LPT if I wish to network it.  I have an old 5.25 inch floppy drive in my new computer, which I do not really need, so I will replace it with the small internal speaker system, and one can always use extra USB cables at that price.  I had thought about getting an internal card reader for the 5.25 inch bay, but they make ones that fit into my 3.5 inch spare bay, when I can afford it, but it would have to run off the internal USB card port, since I do not have spare motherboard USB connectors.  Besides at the moment, I can not afford any memory cards, and I already have an external USB memory card reader that cost me $15 from www.pcmall.com , and they never have yet sent me my $15 rebate that I submitted.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 6:35 P.M.:  I disconnected the HP LaserJet 4L from the backup Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom, and I put it on the right side of the mahogany bureau connected to the Dell 350V backup computer.  It turns on with the power strip that also controls the Visioneer 44000 scanner connected to the lower control panel.  I disconnected the HP LaserJet 6L from the Northgate Syntax backup computer in the living room, and I put it on the right side of the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom on the bean can printer stand tea tray.  I have it connected to that computer.  I moved the Revere bowl from the side board in the bedroom, and I put it on the base of the brass shell lamp on the small bookcase in the bathroom.  The metal file holder that was on the mahogany bureau, I put on the side board in the bedroom.  I ran the updates on the two Dell computers in the bedroom.   I have a spare USB cable attached to the Northgate Syntax computer in the living room, and it is set to install the Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W Monochrome Laser printer on the right side of the Northgate Syntax computer sitting on top of the Kensington control panel.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 5:00 P.M.:  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put two 1/32nds inch by 8 inch by 5 inch slices of baked turkey and four 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half cross the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate along with the remaining portion of stuffing that I reheated, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with two friends, and I left a message with another friend.   The way I figure it with the warmer weather up north, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System is still opened and not frozen over yet.  Current temperature in Toronto, Canada is 36 degrees Fahrenheit Toronto, Ontario Forecast : Weather Underground and Montreal, Canada is 27 degrees Fahrenheit Montreal, Quebec Forecast : Weather Underground and here in Greenwich, Canada it is 39 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  CIO    

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 3:55 P.M.:  I woke up at noon, when a neighbor called.  I  chatted with one relative and another relative twice.   I called up http://www.ordersmokesdirect.com/ at 1-866-215-1069, and I ordered seven cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $11.49 a carton for $80.43 subtotal plus $12.25 United States Post Office Priority mail shipping for $92.68 total.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 6:25 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will rest for a while.  I might go out a little late on after I rest.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 6:10 A.M.:  I made ate my same old salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I did not use homemade hummus and broccoli, and instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used mozzarella 1/3rd less fat cheese.  I used 20 grape tomatoes and 10 California black pitted olives.  I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I took my Glade plug-in scent device from the kitchen, and I pried off the lid, and I put in a 60% mixture of English leather cologne and 40% isopropyl 81% alcohol, and I filled it to about 3/8ths of an inch from the top.  I then put its lid back on, and I reinstalled it in the scent device in the kitchen.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 4:45 A.M.:  Schuller Hands His Son Keys to Crystal Cathedral - Los Angeles Times .  Tracking on Buy.com - 10% off coupon , and I redeemed the 10% off coupon.  I then bought Buy.com - Pinnacle Dazzle DVC-80 USB Video Capture Device - 210100318 for $39.99 less $4 discount coupon.  However, for some reason the slower free shipping would not work no matter what I tried, so I had to pay $10.75 two day shipping and handling for $46.74 total is FedEx | Track buy.com pinnacle dazzle dvc-80 usb video capture device .  The tracking on my Staples order for CD jewel cases and DVD-r disks does not show yet.  There is tracking on my small spy cam, but it does not show.  Since I ordered the Minolta 1350w laser printer on the telephone, there probably will not be tracking on it.   I went through my email.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 3:25 A.M.:  I printed out my last four months notes on the HP LaserJet IID laser printer.  I had to remove the EpsonStylus Color 880 from on top of it with the bean can tea tray to use it.  In Time 12 Postscript in Word 2003, I printed out pages 4335 - 4690.  I broke the printout into three 118 page sections altogether 355 pages, and I bound them in three Staples clamp binders, and I placed them on the near end of the down sofa by the telephone chair.  In a few days, I will put them in the left hallway bookcase with the other printouts.  The last four months print out is available for download from Scott's Notes from September 2005 through December 2005, 491 Kbytes http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/mlsnote2.zip contains "mlsnote5.doc" pages 4335 - 4648  and of course the earlier print outs are available from Scott's Notes from June 1997 through August 2005, 4.93 Mbytes http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 January 1997 to December 2001 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December 2003 pages 1583 - 2855" and "mlsnote3.doc" January 2004 through December 2004 pages 2856 - 3605" and "mlsnote4.doc" January 2005 though April 2005 pages 3711 -4259" .  Since the posted documents are in True type Times Roman 12 font, their page length is not the same as my postscript printout.  However, a rough guest would be about 200 pages less than my print out, so they would be about 4450 pages all together, and the most recent posting is about 313 pages in True type Times Roman 12 font.  I put the bean can tea tray back on top of the HP LaserJet IID laser printer with the EpsonStylus Color 880 printer on top of it.  One turns on the HP LaserJet IID with the switch on the near back side where the power cord attaches.  Thus it is a truly a work horse of a printer, and it does not cost much to operate, but it is only fast with a postscript font, since it has both a HP and Microsoft font cartridge.  Also the paper needs to be dry in it, and one had to fan it when one inserts new paper.  That is why I only use it three times a year for my notes printouts.  CIO 

Note:<888> 01/02/06 Monday 12:40 A.M.:  I had two telephone calls from relatives while I was asleep.  I woke up at 11:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I guess instead of the backup computer setup in the bedroom, I will install the KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Monochrome Laser Printer on the Northgate Syntax backup computer setup in the living room installing it on the right side replacing the old HP LaserJet 6P.  The Northgate Syntax computer is also on the Siemens LAN network, so it also works with the Lexmark E238.  I will keep the HP LaserJet 6P in reserve once I remove it, and I will figure out what to do with it later.  I will now print out the last four months of my random notes www.geocities.com/mikelscott/note02.htm , on the HP LaserJet IID.  I could replace that unit some time, but at the moment there is no point getting rid of the HP LaserJet IID with a new toner cartridge good for 3000 sheets with 400 sheets used.  I also have two spare new 95A cartridges for it each good for 3,000 sheets.  However, the HP LaserJet IID is only good for fast printing in Postscript mode, and in graphics are true type, it is very slow.   CIO    

Note:<888> 01/01/06 Sunday 2:30 P.M.:  I am tired.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/01/06 Sunday 2:10 P.M.:  This is the unit that I ordered KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Monochrome Laser Printer .  It should fit nicely in the bedroom at the desk with the bedroom computer.  For $53 it is an excellent value, and it comes with a starter cartridge good for 1500 sheets of paper.  Thus I have increased the print capacity in the apartment that I maintain like an office.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/01/06 Sunday 1:45 P.M.:  I called up OfficeMax customer service at 1-800-283-7674 or 1-877-633-4236 and I ordered OfficeMax - Weekly Store Ads KONICA MINOLTA PagePro 1350W Laser Printer  for $50 or 1 cent more, so I do not have to pay for shipping plus $3 tax for $53 total.  It will ship on Tuesday from Boston, and since I was able to order it over the telephone, there might not be tracking on it.   CIO

Note:<888> 01/01/06 Sunday 11:50 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I cleaned a couple inches of snow off of my Volvo.  The driver's side windshield wiper would not work, and it was sliding on its spindle post.  However, the windshield was clear, so I drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich at opening time at 10 A.M..  They were out of the Konica Minolta PapePro 1350W laser machines, and they checked with a few neighboring stores, and none of them had it.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $10 of premium unleaded gasoline for $2.799 a gallon 60 miles driving this past week at an average of 16.1 miles per hour at 14 miles per gallon.  I then went by the Valley Road post office, and I mailed my annual financial report to a relative at the mail box there.  They do not have a pickup today at the lobby mail box, and the mail box says it is not picked up until 5 P.M. on Monday, which seems sort of late in the day.  I then returned home.  I got my large crescent wrench from my tool box underneath the telephone table at the apartment entrance.  I tightened both windshield wiper spindle nuts with the large crescent wrench, and the windshield wipers now work just fine.  CIO

Note:<888> 01/01/06 Sunday 9:30 A.M.: Of course if the stores are out of the Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W at $50, one can get it recertified for $60 plus shipping at Konica Minolta PagePro 1350W 21ppm Laser Printer Recertified 5250217-100-REC at TigerDirect.com .  Also  Microsoft Money Deluxe 2006 - Wal-Mart is $30 with $6 shipping and with this $20 mail in rebate http://www.microsoft.com/products/info/CatImg/rebates/1/22/73d8be8c-6b51-49ea-9c84-93f779088e8d.pdf  , it would be about $16 after shipping and rebate.  Or for $40 with free shipping Staples.com®. that was easy™. Microsoft Money® Deluxe 2006 , it would be about $20 after rebate.  I ate three scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.  CIO 

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

Note:<888> 01/01/06 Sunday 7:30 A.M.:  Happy New Years.  I worked in www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  While doing the backup, I slept from about midnight until 3 A.M..  I then looked at some web bargains.  Staples  has Staples Circular Savings Konica Minolta® 1350W laser printer for $50 at store only  and so does OfficeMax OfficeMax - Weekly Store Ads Konica Minolta® 1350W laser printer for $50 in store only .  If it is like my 1250W, it comes with a 1250 sheet starter cartridge.   I obviously do not need another laser printer.  Staples in Old Greenwich, Connecticut opens on Sunday at 10 A.M., but I am not sure whether they are opened today or not.  I printed out two copies from Microsoft Money 2005 of my December 2005, Year 2005, 1991 to 2005 by year, and Year 2005 by Month, Income versus Expense reports.  I have one copy in a mailing envelope ready to mail to a relative.  I will keep the other copy for my records.  There is no point going to the post office today to mail it, at least not now, since I do not think there is mail pickup today.  I will now send out a copy of my weekly notes.  CIO