Note:<888>
01/31/07 Wednesday
2:30 P.M.: I installed the Vista
language updates which took a while. I rested while they were being
installed. I ordered seven cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in
a box for $12.49 a carton plus $14.46 shipping for $101.89 total. I
will now do the Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second
hard drive. I will then do one from the first hard drive to the
Bytecc external hard drive. CIO
Note:<888>
01/31/07 Wednesday
4:05 A.M.:
Windows, Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates - Microsoft Fetes Vista With Glitter And Hype
- CRN .
Gates, Vista - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates Unveils Availability of Vista,
Office 2007 .
Estación Lidar
Camagüey .
IV
Workshop: Ilhabela, Brasil .
GEO — Group on Earth
Observations | Home .
eGY: The
electronic Geophysical Year .
Microsoft Answers
'Vista OEM' Questions - News and Analysis by PC Magazine . I went
through my email. I will now do a Vista Complete PC backup of my primary
computer, while I work on configuring the Epox server Vista beta 2 server.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/31/07 Wednesday
2:25 A.M.: I bet a good portion of the
world is going through the turmoil of configuring Vista today. I
finished configuring the Vista beta 2 server on the primary FIC computer, and I
have the server now running off of it. I will use the Epox backup
server running Vista Beta 2 Server for backup, and the Epox computer can also be
used for a regular computer work on its XP partition. I have to
install the last Adobe Reader and Sun Java programs for Vista on the primary
Vista computer. I chatted with two relatives. I reheated
the remaining onion soup in the General Electric microwave oven on one vegetable
cycle. While doing that I toasted two English muffins or four halves
that I cut into quarter wedges, and I put them on top of the soup in the large
18 ounce Cobalt Blue soup bowl, and I sprinkled five tablespoons of grate
parmesan cheese on the mixture, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.
I also have to do some configuration work on the Vista beta 2 server on the Epox
backup server. One of these days I will get around to checking my
email. CIO
Note:<888>
01/30/07 Tuesday
7:30 P.M.: I woke up at 4 P.M.. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal
with a sliced banana, 2 toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a
50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and
supplements, and coffee. I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast
dishes.
I was able to fix the Vista Server beta 2 boot manager on the FIC server with
Download EasyBCD 1.52 - NeoSmart
Technologies . I chatted with a relative. The
relative told me that Al Gore supposedly was the first person to be interviewed
on CSPAN. When I went to
Lookout Mountain Camp :: at
age 10 and 11 back in 1960 and 1961, I was about the youngest camper in the camp
with campers up to ten years older than me most of whom were from prominent
southern families. Thus I could have been in camp with Ted Turner,
Al Gore, George Bush, or Bill Clinton, and I was always the small brat kid, one
of three Yankees in the entire camp of about 300 boys.
http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/lookout-mountain-camp-1961.jpg and
http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/lookout-mountain-camp-1960.jpg .
Thus some of my older fellow campers would be around 66 years old today.
I will now go back to configuring the FIC server. CIO
Note:<888>
01/30/07 Tuesday
8:35 A.M.: I installed the Vista
beta2 server on the primary FIC server in a secondary partition, and I
configured it a bit. It does not come with the Windows Media player,
and the Media Player 11 for XP can not be installed on it. For some
reason on the FIC server, Vista server beta 2 messed up my XP boot manager which
I repaired, but then the Vista boot manager did not appear, and when I repaired
that again, the XP partition would not work. I did not have that
problem on the Epox server. I am a bit tired, so I will now shut
down the primary computer, and I will go to bed. I will eat a couple of
scoops of butter pecan ice cream first. I have plenty of time to
work on it all when I wake up later on today. CIO
Note:<888>
01/30/07 Tuesday
3:55 A.M.: I went out after the last
message without cleaning up. I went downtown, and I used the ATM
machine on Greenwich Avenue at Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.
I chatted with a Greenwich taxi driver from Columbia. In front of CVS by
the garbage can, I found on the ground a Verizon Wireless telephone card for
$30, and when I got home, I called them up, and they gave me the PIN number, but
their computers are not working to see if the card has any money on it.
A $30 balance is apparently only good for 60 days. After my walk, I
sat out for a while. I then drove down by the waterfront.
The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor is
still flying the Canadian flag, so I am sure any Canadians would feel
comfortable there is they came down here to visit our warmer weather by Canadian
standards.
Microsoft Launches Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007 to Consumers
Worldwide: Flagship products available at over 39,000 retail locations and
online around the world. and
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/vistaofficelaunch/images/01-29Celebration2_lg.jpg
. I will now go through my email. CIO
Note:<888>
01/30/07 Tuesday
1:00 A.M.: Microsoft Vista is now available
to buy
Windows Vista: Home Page and
http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm . After the last message,
I chatted with a relative. I made and ate the same meal as last night.
I chatted with my friend in Manhattan, and my friend was unable to attend the
Microsoft Vista Launch in Manhattan. I guess he is reducing his
carbon foot print from the upper east side to midtown Manhattan, but it has been
a cold day, and it is currently 19 degrees Fahrenheit
Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .
I took a nap. I watched the presentation on Cspan 2 of the Harvard
Club of Manhattan
www.harvard.edu
presenting Prince Charles
The Prince
of Wales their environmental award, and he spoke at the presentation about
the global environment
The Prince of Wales - The Prince of Wales is presented with the 10th Global
Environmental Citizen Award in New York . Earlier I made
my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes, and I also washed the dinner dishes.
I will now go out briefly on an errand. I will not bother cleaning
up to reduce my carbon foot print, and I will not be walking downtown this
evening, since I am a bit tired. I figure moving around at night
probably reduces my carbon foot print, since less people are moving around.
I should be back within the hour, but I will dress warmly, since it is a bit
cold out. A relative sent me a New York Times article about taking
Niacin, which I have done since about 1975 regularly. It supposedly
helps one reduce cholesterol, and I think it also builds brain synapses.
However, I also use cinnamon on my oatmeal, which frequently makes me smell like
the rear end of a horse. Back in a while. CIO
Note:<888>
01/29/07 Monday
7:00 P.M.: For some reason the
Bill
Gates Webcasts Bill Gates Celebrates Worldwide General Availability of Windows
Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System January 29, 2007 1:45 p.m. PST 4:45
p.m. EST web cast is not available yet. He is suppose to
be back in Seattle, Washington tomorrow for some comedy television show.
I changed the Nvida setting to display in clone mode on the Sony television, but
it came out in black and white on the television. I tried installing
the Nvidia drivers again, but it still was still in black and white.
I have the connector for its connecting cables sitting on my right mouse pad,
and I adjusted it tighter, and it finally worked in color on the Sony
television. However, the Nvidia setting only showed a regular
television and not a HDTV, so I restored my Vista Complete PC backup, and I am
back to normal again. I would recommend to any new installers of
Vista Business and Ultimate, once they have installed it to back it up, and then
to back it up again after they have configured it which can take a few days
depending on the hardware, software, and drivers that one is using.
Since I run a fairly simple system, it is not too difficult.
However, one also has to download Vista versions of software and drivers, which
I keep saved on my second hard drive in case I had to reinstall Vista again.
I am waiting for the evening news to end before I chat with some relatives.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/29/07 Monday
3:55 P.M.: I was awake at 2 P.M.. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal
with a sliced banana, 2 toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a
50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and
supplements, and coffee. I picked up my mail downstairs. I
will watch this at 4:45 P.M.Bill
Gates Webcasts Bill Gates Celebrates Worldwide General Availability of Windows
Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System January 29, 2007 1:45 p.m. PST 4:45
p.m. EST . I will then shower and clean up and go out.
Life on the quiet side of Manhattan has its advantages, since we do not have to
many lines and a lot of traffic after the Rush Hour traffic disappears.
With global communications, nobody seems to want to communicate to much with me.
I guess being on a night schedule, there are not many people awake at night in
this area anymore. The environmentalists want us to reduce our global
carbon imprints, and I have done my best by traveling less locally.
One can buy the
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast DTV2000H from Australia at these
links
Leadtek WinFast DTV2000H
- Price Comparison - Buy at cheap prices . One is available from
England here
eBay: Leadtek Winfast DTV2000H Hybrid Digital & Anologue TV (item 230083372795
end time Feb-01-07 02:01:58 PST) .
CIO
Note:<888>
01/29/07 Monday
7:30 A.M.: I put half of the
remaining onion soup about 16 ounces in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid,
and I reheated it on two vegetable cycles in the General Electric microwave
oven. I then put it in a large Cobalt Blue soup bowl, and I had
toasted two English muffin halves that I cut into quarter wedges, and I spread
them over the soup, and I sprinkled a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese
over it. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I will now do
a Vista Complete PC backup of the primary computer from the first hard drive to
the second hard drive. I then will shut down the primary computer,
and I will go to bed. Have a good day. CIO
Note:<888>
01/29/07 Monday
6:40 A.M.: During my walk, I found by the
Greenwich Avenue movie theatre a blue knit acrylic hat made in Indonesia that I
brought back home, and I put it with my other knit caps on the back of the down
sofa. I went through my email. I looked at some TV cards.
While looking at a Digital TV card, I noticed this
More Bad ATI News: TV Wonder 650 Recalled at Forever Geek . Since I
have a Digital Cable box, maybe I should look into a Digital TV Card for the
computer. This one is available
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast DTV1000 T , but it is not Vista
ready yet, and I am not sure whether it would work with my Digital Cable TV box.
This is available for both digital and analog
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast DTV2000H and it is Vista Ready,
and so is this one
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast DTV1800H . None seem to be
available in the U.S.A. right now, so possibly they would not work with out
Digital Cable Systems. I do know in the next year
www.cablevision.com is suppose to be
changing from Analog to Digital signals, so I guess despite the release of Vista
today, one might think of waiting on a newer TV card, until one can get one that
would work with both digital and analog signals. CIO
Note:<888>
01/29/07 Monday
3:45 A.M.: The friends in Manhattan that I
gave my Vista Launch reservation ticket too are important volunteers in
Manhattan. One is a volunteer for the
American Red Cross - Preparing Communities for an Emergency and Keeping People
Safe - Preparedness and the other volunteered for Disaster Services during
"911". They have stayed there a good deal of the time since "911",
since they are also retired elsewhere. Thus I think both of them
would be welcomed even though there is only one reservation that I was able to
send them. 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 ATM machine at the Greenwich Avenue
branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I sat out at various
locations. I next took the car for a drive to charge up its car
battery. I drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road. I
then drove up through town and up Milbank Avenue and East on East Putnam Avenue,
and I drove down into Old Greenwich as far as the gate at Tod's Point which
usually opens at sunrise. I then returned along the waterfront
driving along the Mianus River by the
The Greenwich Red Cross and
through Bruce Park and through town by the Greenwich Town Hall
Welcome to the official
Town of Greenwich Connecticut Web site and back home. I took my yellow
jump start system with me in case my car needed a jump start or if I saw anyone
whom needed a jump start. There were not many people out.
There is a black car on Greenwich Avenue just south of Vineyard Vines with two
flat tires on the right side. I will now do some regular computer
work. CIO
Note:<888>
01/29/07 Monday
12:10 A.M.:
Newegg -
The" Wow" starts now.Get Windows Vista Today . I chatted with a
friend. I emailed my Vista Launch invitation to a friend that lives
in Manhattan, so perhaps they will let the friend use it, since I will not be
using it, since I am on a night schedule. I made and ate the same
burger and onions with vegetables and rice meal that I have been eating
recently. Local weather
Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .
I will now shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out for a drive to charge
up the car battery, and I might also take a walk downtown, since it is a quiet
night. I will now shut down the primary computer. CIO
Note:<888>
01/28/07 Sunday
10:30 P.M.: I was awake at 2 P.M. this
afternoon. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal
with a sliced banana, 2 toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a
50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and
supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 6 P.M.. I
chatted with a relative and two friends. It took a while, but I got
the Epox server working with the Microsoft Vista Server beta 2 build 6001
Microsoft
Windows Server code name "Longhorn" Beta 2 Home . The IIS server
in it sets up the same way basically as the XP IIS server, but when setting up
the Vista Server FTP server, one has to enable inbound input in the Firewall to
transfer files from my primary Vista machine to the Vista server. I
chatted with a relative.
British royals on whirlwind U.S. visit - CNN.com .
Royal Couple Takes A Bite Of The Apple, Charles And Camilla Tour Harlem Academy
Before Environmental Ceremony - CBS News . CBS news this evening
said on television the Harvard Award was to be at the Harvard Club
The Harvard Club of New York City nearby
where Microsoft is to lunch Vista tomorrow at the Viacom Building at 1515
Broadway at 44th street
Windows Vista: Home Page and
Windows Vista
- Show us your "Wow" .
Bill Gates
Webcasts . Unfortunately since I am on a night schedule and with
limited funds, I probably will not be attending the event to which I have been
invited to. I have not been able to cancel my reservation, so they
will be expecting me. Alas night owls at the skunks works do not get
much attention. CIO
Note:<888>
01/28/07 Sunday
9:45 A.M.: I ate three scoops of
butter pecan ice cream. In the notes on
Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single
Pack DVD - OEM , it says the OEM version is only good for installing on the
same computer, and it can not be transferred to another computer or used in one
that has had a major upgrade like a motherboard upgrade. I took the
Leadtek WinFast TV2000 Expert card
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast TV2000 XP Expert from the primary
server, and I took out the Hauppauge WinTV Go card from the primary computer,
and I put the LeadTek card in the primary computer. I installed its
latest drivers
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast TV2000 XP Expert/WinFast DV2000 Vista
drivers, and I then installed the
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast PVR3000 Deluxe application
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast PVR3000 Deluxe Application , but
it did not work. I then installed the
Leadtek - We make dreams a reality WinFast TV2000 XP Expert/WinFast DV2000
application
. The installation tried to install the Windows Media 7 codecs, but
it failed on installing the Codecs. The WinFast PVR application
would not work, however the WinFast PVR2 application for the WinFast PVR3000
Deluxe video portion worked, but it would not play the audio since there were
not audio codecs. I put the LeadTek TV card back in the server, and
I put Hauppauge TV card back in the primary Vista computer. I then
restored my Complete PC backup on the primary computer, so the changes were
undone, and I was back to where I was before I tried the TV card exchange.
This took a bit of time. The LeadTek card is a much better card with a
higher screen resolution. However, I can not afford their new Vista
version
Buy Leadtek WinFast PVR3000
Deluxe - Price Comparison - Canada and
Premier Computer Canada and
Canada Computers - Your Neighbourhood Computer Store and Service Centre - PC
Systems and Hardware Components, Notebooks, Electronics, and more. .
It seems to be a better card than the Hauppauge card, but possibly their more
expensive model is just as good, but the inexpensive Leadtek one
Newegg.com - Leadtek TV2000XP/EXPERT TV/FM Tuner Card w/REMOTE - Retail
I have is very good in XP. I do not know whether Vista Ready with the
Leadtek card means it works with the Vista Media Player or not. The
Hauppauge Cards here
Newegg.com - Search Results for Hauppauge PVR-150/500 are suppose to work
with it. I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to
bed soon. CIO
End of Scott's Notes
week of 01/28/07:
Note:<888>
01/28/07 Sunday
1:10 A.M.: The Onion Soup was most
excellent. It made about six medium servings, so after having a
double serving, I have four servings left in the refrigerator.
Costco Vista .
Bill Gates To Face Jon Stewart - News by InformationWeek .
Microsoft Posts Record Quarterly Sales, But Profits Fall 28% On Vista Delay -
News by InformationWeek .
British
royals make first visit to Philadelphia - CNN.com .
BBC NEWS | UK | Crowds
greet royal couple in US . I went through my email. I will
now send out my weekly notes. CIO
Note:<888>
01/27/07 Saturday
11:25 P.M.: I woke up at 2 P.M.. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal
with a sliced banana, 2 toasted English muffins with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a
50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and
supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 7 P.M.. I
chatted with two relatives. I surfed the internet. I
watched some television. I picked up my mail, and I made my bed, and
I washed the breakfast dishes. I made up a batch of
http://mikelouisscott.com/onionsoup2.htm . I will eat some
shortly with a glass of ice tea, and I will refrigerate the rest in Rubbermaid
containers. CIO
Note:<888>
01/27/07 Saturday
8:05 A.M.: I had a technical problem after
the last note. I was replying to an email about Vista from
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/ , and they wanted me to paste in a
picture of myself. I tried, but the Outlook 2003 email would not let
me paste in a picture. I tried the repair option in Office 2003, but
I lost my address book and old email, since I selected the wrong settings.
I sent out the email however.
Text follows:
After beta testing Microsoft Vista for a year and a half, my
favorite feature of the new operating system
Is the complete PC Backup feature. One can restore a first hard
drive by inserting the Vista DVD and selecting
“repair” to restore the backup from a second hard drive, an
external hard drive, or a DVD. From a second
Hard drive to restore the first hard drive it takes about 10
minutes for a 50 gigabytes of files. There is one
Catch in replacing hard drives, one needs to restore to a hard
drive at least as large or larger, one can not restore
To the same size replacement hard drive if it is even a small bit
smaller. XP had this same problem.
A new install of Vista takes less than a half hour. An upgrade
can take many hours.
I am using the 32 bit system, so many of my older hardware
drivers work if there are not Vista versions.
Vista’s graphical features are greatly enhanced, so with a 256
megabyte video card and two monitors, one has
Many features such as multimedia that one can work with.
The Media Center only seems to work with a few TV cards at this
point, possibly Hauppauge is the best, but in
The U.K. with a different TV signal, it might not be the same.
My $15 Hauppauge WinTV Go TV card works with
Vista, and I play my digital cable TV box with it, but it does
not work with the Media Center program.
Once Vista is released, more than likely more TV cards will work
with Media Center.
The security seems adequate, but I am using the Vista Version of
Norton Internet Security 7 for it for added protection.
I have used the final release of Vista since the first of
December 2006 without much trouble.
I have over 300,000 IBM employees coming and going in this area
out of Armonk, so possibly some of their associates
Have tried to make Vista seem vulnerable, but about the time of
the earthquake in Taiwan, all of the hacking problems went
Away. It was also the holiday period when the local students
were on Holiday that I had hacking problems.
On my new install since December 1, 2006, when I did the Virus
scan of Vista with Norton Internet Security 7 for
Vista, it showed the first folder or file as one in a Asian
language, which my keyboard will not input, so either someone
Physically entered my apartment and hid it on my secure Vista
computer system, or an Asian hacker placed it on my computer.
It does not show up as being there in the Vista file manager or
DOS.
The other night, after doing a 50 gigabyte backup and rebooting
the Vista system grew to 60 gigabytes and after about
A half hour it shrank back to 50 gigabytes.
I have joked for the last six months before final release with
the 32 bit version at 2.5 gigabytes on the DVD that
“For All I Know I Am Running A Chinese Phone Company”.
Beneath its user friendly interface, Vista obviously could be
doing a lot more than meets the eye.
I am still using it on a simpler system:
http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm
http://geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm
.
However, I did not upgrade to a 64 bit system, although Vista 64
bit is 3.5 gigabytes on DVD and is suppose to have
Better security, since there are not that many 64 bit programs,
and a lot of hardware does not have 64 bit drivers.
From changing motherboards, it looks like in Vista unlike in XP,
one can not change the motherboard to a similar motherboard
And use the Vista hard drive, and unless it is pretty much the
same motherboard, one has to do a new Vista install. In the States
It is hard to find older replacement parts, since the Asian
suppliers are always trying to supply newer parts which means entirely new
Systems.
The photo of myself is from a year and a half ago after three
weeks of vacation in Florida, currently after marathon computer
Activity for as long as I can remember, I have very dark circles
underneath my eyes, but I am very upbeat because after all of this
Time, Vista seems to be running JUST GREAT.
On Monday, I am invited to the Vista Launch in Manhattan at the
Viacom Center, but alas I probably will not be attending, since it
Is the end of the month, and I have spent quite a bit money on
hardware improvements over the last six months.
Good news towards the third weeks of February 2007, I have
another Microsoft conference an hour away in north of New Haven, Connecticut,
And they promise us a free copy of Office 2007, but in Manhattan
on Monday, Mr. Bill himself is suppose to there, so there will probably
Be a bit of Flash. I do not know if I will miss out on Door
Prizes.
Since I once worked as clerk typist for CBS News and since Viacom
now owns CBS news, I sometimes think I have been lost in
China for 33 years since they supposedly fired me at CBS.
Needless to say after 16 years of Personal Computers with 11
years of those on the internet at mostly a full time around the clock basis, I
tend
To make this all seem too easy.
Most of the earlier Betas for Vista worked quite fine, and it was
just the drivers that were lacking.
In the States, tax payers can write off against taxes every three
years computers and software, and since XP came out about 5 years
Ago, the sixth year of second three year period will not be until
next year in 2008, so possibly the earlier sales of Vista might not be
What are expected.
On a minor note, I have only set food in Manhattan 20 miles west
of me in 15 years, because 15 years ago I was mugged by someone with a 15 inch
gravity knife
From Bermuda whom thought I was British and the individual’s
family had lost all of their money in the Lloyd’s Underwriting when
Hurricane Andrew occurred in South Florida. Thus I am not sure
it is worth risking my personal security or friend’s security for a Microsoft
door prize
This Monday, but if a check in the mail arrives on Monday, I
might just go in. I figure Mr. Bill will have adequate security at Viacom.
I once was able to stand in the waiting line for Queen Elizabeth
II at Bloomingdale’s Department store on the bicentennial on 1976, because
They thought I was British.
The friend of mine whose apartment I used in that period was:
http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm
http://geocities.com/mikelscott/fred.htm
.
He spoke 12 different languages, and everyone seems to be looking
at his web
Page and not much else on my web site. Although he supposedly
died around
www.biltmore.com
, I have seen somebody five times out here that looked like him,
so possibly he is pursuing diplomatic duty somewhere else in the
world.
Before I met Fred in 1973, I saw someone that looked like the
Duke of Windsor entering the Waldorf Towers,
And having been to school in southern Europe that previous year,
I think I would have recognized him although
He supposedly died before that. Also Fred was being trained by
Billy Baldwin that looked like and knew the Duke of Windsor.
Thus I guess I could say I am just a volunteer around English
Speaking individuals in the States.
Vista it is my viewpoint by being a newer operating system will
eventually save hundreds of millions and possibly
Billions of hours in people’s computer time world wide, since
newer hardware more than likely will work with it better, and
It will become a standard like XP. I basically use inexpensive
common parts, so they usually seem to work with the
Microsoft operating systems.
Back in the Good Old Days before Microsoft, nothing ever worked
with IBM OS/2, but they had some good parties.
I could go on forever, but this is probably 739 words like the
$7.39 check I just got back from my insurance company
www.geico.com
for not driving too much but only about 3500 miles a year.
Thus my two web sites when working at
http://mikelouisscott.com/
http://geocities.com/mikelscott/
reflect my activity that I have pursued in the suburb of
Greenwich, Connecticut
without going to Manhattan.
I still smoke Canadian cigarettes here in the states, and I heard
a rumor that it is illegal to smoke in public in Manhattan,
So I am not sure I would want to test that by going into the
City.
Yours Truly,
Michael Louis Scott
71 Vinci Drive
Apt. # 206
Greenwich, Connecticut
06830-2902
U.S.A.
1-203-531-6754
1-203-532-5474
mailto:mikescot@optonline.net
Thanks for writing in about Vista.
We'd like you to be one of our chosen respondents on Vista and
hoped we could ask you to write some more about it - around 250 words.
What do you like about Vista? What do you not like?
How has your experience been with the OS?
How easy/hard has it been to move from XP to Vista.
Please could you send us a photo of yourself as well,
Darren Waters
Technology editor
BBC News Interactive
Tel: 0208 225 9370
Mobile: 07968 692796
http://news.bbc.co.uk/technology
End of
text:
I then
saved the few files that had changed in the last couple of days. I
then did a quick low level format of the C: drive. I then restored
my Vista Complete PC backup, and I restored the few saved files.
Thus I am back up and running normally again. There was some strange
computer action on my computer, when I logged onto
www.liveduvalstreet.comm? that
might have changed my computer last night, and possibly with military and IBM
types down in Key West, they have put some sort of script on their server to
mess up computers. I have seen the same thing happen with the
Greenwich Time and other news media servers, but more than likely the server
operators do not know about it, until they do better security checks.
I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.
I lost yesterday's email when I restored the backup, but I do not think there
was too much in it. Have a good morning, and stay warm.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/27/07 Saturday
3:25 A.M.: I am making up a batch of
Formula One
http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm . For the ten bags of
orange pekoe tea, instead of using Lipton, I am now using Tetley British Blend
tea. If Chuck King happens to be around, tell him they still sell beer at
the Port Chester Beer Distributor across the street from the Life Saver Factory
that is now a inexpensive condominium complex in Port Chester, New York.
I use to know Michael Henry who lived there, and he worked for Elizabeth Arden,
but I have not seen him around recently. He is a nephew of Cardinal
Spellman, and he use to teach sailing in Kennebunkport, Maine. Alas,
so many people travel anymore, it is hard to tell where everyone is anymore.
I suppose with the colder weather now, they are probably visiting places where
it is warmer. I am not sure if the British still actually live in England
anymore. I think there might be quite a few British seaman living on
West 23rd street in Manhattan at the large London Terrace Apartment Complex that
takes up a large City block. If I am still an employee of CBS, what
I am suppose to tell them, like I heard Connie Chung once say about a reporter
that disappeared and was lost in China for 7 years, what am I suppose to say, I
was lost in America for 33 years. Well, I will now go through my
email. On the Greenwich Country Club, I read in the Greenwich Time
Greenwich, Connecticut, Local News,
Jobs, Real Estate | Greenwich Time back around 1974, when the Bush family
www.whitehouse.gov were just beginning
to get popular after Prisoner Number 41 got back from being the first U.S.
ambassador to China, and I saw his mother speak at the Greenwich Country Club
after having a hamburger at the mixed grill one evening that his older brother
Prescott Bush was building an exact duplicate of the Greenwich Country Club in
China. I got to thinking about that over the years, and technically 1.2
billion Chinese could actually duplicate Greenwich, Connecticut and make it look
the same, and we all could be in Greenwich, China, but it is not as cold here as
in the U.S.A. where it frequently would go below zero degrees Fahrenheit, but in
the U.S.A. they always seemed to have plenty of heat. Well anyway, there
is a good way to see if we are still in Greenwich, Connecticut U.S.A..
There use to be a pub on Anderson Hill Road near where the State University of
New York and
www.pepsi.com is now located
called the Hilltop. Back in the old days of the mid 1960s, they use to
play polo nearby, and after the polo matches, the beer drinkers would carve
their names in the walls and the tables. That might be hard for the
Chinese to duplicate. For all I know we have always been in Greenwich,
China, and because we spoke English, they told us that we were in Connecticut.
There was once a rumor that Wallace Simpson was the daughter of a U.S. Navy
officer in China, so perhaps she moved her family back to China, since it was
cheaper to live there. Of course since she was around British
Royalty, possibly she was Chinese Royalty, and if she were actually the Empress
of China, I would not want to say anything to offend 1.2 billion Chinese, since
they seem to have a lot to do with computer technology, but for all I know she
is just a correspondent for the Time Life publications started by the Luce
family whom were Christian missionaries in China. From what I know
Manhattan might not even be 22 miles west of me, but we get their media via
satellite. I have not been on the train in a long time, and I am not sure
it even still runs back and forth to Manhattan, for all I know it just makes
local stops on a short run in the suburbs. After 911, there are so
many people hiding out and being more private, I am not sure what is really
going on. I have two friends and a relative in Manhattan, so I assume it
is still pretty much the same, but the television pictures that I see of it in
the local news, it looks substantially less busy than I use to recall it being,
so more than likely most people in the surrounding area are no longer visiting
it, since it is suppose to be a terrorist target. Of course in the
suburbs, you have a better chance of having an automobile accident at rush hour,
so I tend to move around when it is less busy. CIO
Note:<888>
01/27/07 Saturday
1:00 A.M.: I woke up at 2 P.M.. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal
with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a
50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and
supplements, and coffee. I chatted with two relatives. I
went back to bed until 4 P.M.. I threw out the garbage and the old
periodical literature. I noticed a police car by the dumpster, but
there was no policeman around. I looked around the building, but
there was no sign of police activity, so maybe it was a social call. I
chatted with some neighbors. I watered the plants, and I put out
more white vinegar in the scent bowl in the living room. Earlier I
chatted with a friend about going into the Microsoft Launch of Vista on Monday
at 3:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.. Currently I only have about $25 at the end of
the month, so I really can not afford to take the train into Manhattan even if I
got an off peak or half fare disabled rate. I later chatted with a
computer person at the Greenwich Library, and he mentioned they might give some
of the 150 Vista beta testers invited some sort of free gifts, and possibly I
might get some more money on Monday, so I might still go in, so I have not yet
cancelled my invitation. However, there is another problem, and the
presentation is located at
1515 Broadway
(The 1 Astor Plaza) , and not that I have anything against the Astors whom
really developed the Microsoft territory of Seattle, Washington, but if it were
in a ground floor or mezzanine conference room, I might attend, but every one
whom knows me, knows that I am afraid of heights, and if it were in a upper
level story of the building, I would probably be afraid to attend
particularly after "911" . However, I think Viacom currently owns
www.cbs.com , so I might see some old
associates from CBS, but I do not think they would remember a Clerk Typist from
1973 during Watergate. Thus if I spent all of the money to go into
Manhattan to the Times Square area, I might not be willing to attend the
Microsoft Vista launch, if it were on one of the upper levels of the building.
I once did attend New Years Eve in Time Square, and I viewed it from a second
story theatre window. I do live on a second story floor here, and I
occasionally visit the second floor of the Greenwich Library, and my regular
Thursday appointment is on the second floor of the building, but I am basically
a member of the flat earth society, so I will have to think about it some more.
I opened a 18 ounce can of Progresso New England Clam chowder, and I put it in a
plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on one vegetable cycle,
and then I put it in a large Cobalt Blue soup bowl that I have, and I ate it
with a glass of iced tea. I bought the two 12 ounce Cobalt blue soup bowls
for $5 each at the Rockefeller gift shop better known as the Merry Go Round Mews
Thrift Shop. Alas nobody pays any attention to them anymore, since
they do not have the type of new money that the newer money people claim to
have. My viewpoint is that most of these new money people circulate around
here out of the Wilton and Danbury, Connecticut area, and they get cheap oil and
fuel out of some oil tanker in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and they only number
about 50,000 drivers compared to the New York City area population of about 40
million people within a hundred mile radius, so it is hard to tell what the real
story is. I next showered, and I cleaned up. I went out,
and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a reference librarian
and the library computer engineer. I then went by CVS, and they were
out of the five packs of BIC lighters. I then went by the Putnam
Trust Bank of New York ATM machine on Greenwich Avenue, and I deposited the
$7.39 refund check that I got back from
www.geico.com for only averaging driving 3,500 miles a year. I
then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.
I chatted with a patron outside of the Sun Down Saloon. I stopped by
the Greenwich Post Office to warm up. I noticed they have Avery
labels on display in the lobby that anyone could steal, so I guess Greenwich,
Connecticut people and their patrons are suppose to be honest. They took
down all of the vintage wanted posters off the post office bulletin board.
Starbucks was not very busy. I walked up to the top of Greenwich
Avenue, and then I returned. I found 2 one dollar bills on the
sidewalk just before the Gingerman restaurant. I think the also have
an Italian restaurant upstairs where local Mafia figures hang out. I
have seen members of the Gotti family coming and going from the restaurant after
Maneros closed, where I once saw John Gotti. Well they have to eat
too. I then sat out for a while. I then drove down by the
waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I chatted with one
of their employees whom had been in Nantucket recently, and he told me the Stop
and Shop had taken over the Finast, and they had a house for their employees in
Nantucket, since nobody can afford to live there anymore. I bought a
five back of BIC lighters for $4.99 and .30 tax for $5.29 total.
They are dark green, baby blue, bright red, pink, and medium purple.
I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor using a cell phone in the
car in the parking lot, and I recommended that he should get a cell phone
cigarette adapter for his car to use in cold weather in case the cell phone
battery does not work in cold weather. Currently, it is suppose to
be 16 degrees Fahrenheit in Greenwich, Connecticut, but my weather station says
it is 24.4 degrees Fahrenheit next to my apartment window, so there is possibly
a bit of heat loss near the windows. My Volvo said it was 14 degrees
Fahrenheit when I came home. I dressed warmly when I went out.
I was told a neighbor had been taken away in an ambulance, so perhaps the cold
temperature in the building is effecting my neighbors. One of my new
neighbors was setting the temperature at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, so it would be
about 64 degrees in that apartment. The thermostats are not accurate
in this building, but that does not effect what one pays for electricity.
I have plenty of temperature indicators in the apartment. Currently
inside the apartment, it is 73 degrees Fahrenheit, but I am sure that I am
paying a bit more for it. Also the electricity rates are suppose to
go up another 20% this month. I will wait to see what the bill is
this month to see if I can afford to maintain the current temperature level.
It is not a big apartment about 450 square feet with, and I have the living room
thermostat set at 80 degrees Fahrenheit with the actual temperature at 73
degrees Fahrenheit, and the bedroom thermostat at 70 degrees Fahrenheit with the
actual temperature about 62 degrees Fahrenheit, and I do not turn on the
bathroom heater. I ate four 2.5 inch by .25 inch by .75 inch slices of
www.cabotcheese.com Vermont extra sharp
cheddar. I will now make the same dinner as last night.
Stay warm. If somebody needs to know what if anything actually going
on in this area, the Greenwich Country Club
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/Greenwich-Country-Club.jpg usually
has somebody on duty at their switchboard 24 hours a day seven days a week, but
they never tell one anything. Their telephone number is easy to
remember at 1-203-869-1000. Since Greenwich, Connecticut is pretty
much as everyone in the know knows not a Rockefeller town, but a Vanderbilt town
as in
www.biltmore.com , basically the
Greenwich Country Club is the local railroad house, but it ain't cheap.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/26/07 Friday
4:25 A.M.: I will now shut down the
primary computer, and I will go to bed soon. I ate three pieces of
www.cabotcheese.com Vermont Seriously
Sharp cheddar cheese about .25 inches by 2.5 inches by .75 inches.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/26/07 Friday
4:15 A.M.: I have been working with
the Vista Server beta one on the Epox server. I have able to get its
IIS server working. However, I could not get the FTP server to work
properly where I could transfer files from the primary computer to the Epox
Vista server beta one. Possibly since it is beta one, there are
still limitations. I booted it back to XP with the IIS server.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/26/07 Friday
12:15 A.M.: I made a 50% regular and 50%
decaffeinated cup of coffee which I drank with some splenda and milk.
The World's Most Expensive Home - Forbes.com .
Microsoft to launch Vista with human billboard - USATODAY.com .
Netflix To Stream Live Movies For Free - Forbes.com .
2007 Joint Assembly: Acapulco, Mexico - 22-25 May 2007 .
Microsoft
May Have Mistakenly Pegged Half A Million As Pirates - Technology News by
TechWeb .
IBM TV
.
Windows Vista: The Experience .
Windows Marketplace: Top Sellers . I finished going through my email.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/25/07 Thursday
10:40 P.M.: I chatted with a
relative. I chatted with the
Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys
Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and they told me it is
busy down there in the southern most part of the United States of America.
I wonder why
Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground
and
Key West, Florida USA, Scott's Internet
Hotlist .
Live Duval Street
Web Cam in Key West, Florida :: Sloppy Joe's Bar :: . I guess the
tourists down there drink a bit. Remember in Key West, Florida, you
are somewhat south of the Mason Dixon line, so the customs are different.
Of course around here up north recently, it is like "Siberia Sam's Social Club".
Of course since President Bush
www.whitehouse.gov is still President of the United States of America, and
as Commander and Chief, he is still in charge of the U.S. Military, so he
technically could transfer any of those democratic military types down there
elsewhere if you get my drift. CIO
Note:<888>
01/25/07 Thursday
9:05 P.M.: I made up a batch of
Michael Louis Scott's Microwave
Oven Rice Recipe, and I also added a beef bullion cube and a teaspoon of
Kikkoman soy sauce and dashes of Old Bay Seasoning.
I put about 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in a Revere pot with
steamer tray and an inch of water and lid, and I steamed them for 15 minutes on
medium high electric burner heat. For the last 10 minutes I put a few
tablespoons of olive oil in a 10 inch stick proof frying pan with a few pads of
margarine, and I heated it medium high electric burner heat. I then
put in an eight ounce hamburger in the frying pan and a medium large onion
peeled and sliced into 1/4 inch thick slices, and I seasoned the burger and
onions on both sides with garlic pepper, ground black pepper, and chicken and
meat seasoning, and I cooked them on medium to medium high electric burner heat
flipping them frequently for about 4 minutes a side, and for the last two
minutes, I put on a couple of teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce and on top of the
burger I put six 5/8th inch by 2.5 inch by 1/8th inch thick slices of
www.cabotcheese.com Vermont
seriously extra sharp cheddar cheese, and I put a lid on, and I steamed the
cheese for a couple of minutes. I then put the vegetables in a bowl
with a little bit of olive oil on them. I put the burger on a dinner
plate with the sautéed onions over them, and I put half the rice on the dinner
plate and the other half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator, and I
ate it all with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note:<888>
01/25/07 Thursday
7:50 P.M.: They posted my note at
BBC NEWS |
Technology | Battle of the operating systems . CIO
Note:<888>
01/25/07 Thursday
7:40 P.M.: This morning when I made the
hamburgers, I was only able to get 9 eight ounce hamburgers out of the top round
Cab roast after I trimmed it. I froze six, and I have 3 fresh ones.
I woke up today at noon. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal
with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a
50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and
supplements, and coffee. I
washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I showered, and I
cleaned up. I went out, and I went downtown. I chatted
with a regular walker. I toured the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop.
I then went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment. I will not have it
during the month of February. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift Shop, and I bought a white Braun 10 cup automatic drip coffee maker like
the black one that I already have. It came with a Brita water filter in
it, and a spare one, all for $5. Most everything at the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop is 50% off. I then went downtown, and I walked
the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I
stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue.
I went by CVS. I chatted with a visiting photographer from
Argentina. After my walk, I used the bathroom at the senior and the
arts center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then
went by the Greenwich Library, and I returned the large book on golf courses in
Ireland and Scotland. I read PC Magazine. I then by the Stop
and Shop. I bought a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, a
bunch of broccoli at $1.49 a pound for $1.58, and a 1.75 quart container of
Turkey Hill banana split ice cream for $2.99 for $7.56 total. I then
returned home, and I picked up my mail. I put the new white Braun
coffee machine on the kitchen counter along side of the black one. I
moved the Cuisine Art to the bookcase, and I put its top on the floor in front
of the bookcase. I thus have more coffee brewing capacity.
I have a lot of coffee cups on the wire rack at the bedroom entrance.
Once I use up the opened coffee beans in the grinders, I still have a 39 ounce
bag of Columbian and a 39 ounce bag of Decaffeinated coffee beans, so when I
open them, I will probably mix them together to make a milder blend of coffee.
I also have espresso beans and instant coffee and plenty of powder milk and
sweetener. I refilled the glade plug-in refill in the kitchen with a
60% of English leather cologne and a 40% mixture of 70% isopropyl alcohol, so it
should smell a little bit better in the apartment. CIO
Note:<888>
01/25/07 Thursday
4:40 A.M.: I also did a Vista
Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.
I copied the server folder from the Epox server to the primary computer, and I
also placed them on both drives and the Bytecc external hard drive.
I ate two scoops of butter pecan ice cream. I will now shut down the
primary computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:<888>
01/24/07 Wednesday
11:35 P.M.: I went out after the last
message. I drove up Lake Avenue to the top and left on Close Road
and then down Round Hill Road and down Lake Avenue to the Greenwich Library.
I briefed the staff on Microsoft Vista. I then went downtown, and I
walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.
I used the bathroom at Starbucks. I used the ATM machine at the Greenwich
Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I noticed on my
drive in back country, there was a dead raccoon up Lake Avenue between North
Maple and Clapboard Ridge Road, about one third of the way north. I
sat out downtown for a while. There was a party at Richard's for
their customers. I then drove down by the waterfront. I
then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a top round cab roast at $3.99 a
pound for $14.52 total. I then returned home. I will now
do a Vista Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the Bytecc external
hard drive. While doing that I will make 10 eight ounce hamburgers
out of the roast by cutting it into two inch cubes and putting it through the
CuisineArt and weight it with the kitchen scale to 8 ounce amounts and forming
it into about one inch thick by about 5 inch diameter hamburgers. I
will put two each in a ziplock bag with another one over it with the air
squeezed out of both, and I will freeze six and keep four in a flat Rubbermaid
container for future eating. CIO
Note:<888>
01/24/07 Wednesday
6:50 P.M.: I made and ate the same dinner
as the last week. That is the last of the boneless breasts of
chicken, but I have plenty of food
http://mikelouisscott.com/inventory.htm .
Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT . The Greenwich,
Connecticut crowd in Vero Beach, Florida news
TCPalm . What is happening tonight
NexSat,
NRL/NPOESS Next-Generation Weather Satellite Demonstration Project .
A good place to put your money if you happen to have any
Northern Trust Corporation . Worried about security
GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable Security
Information . Interested in reading a book
Books -
Best-Seller Lists - New York Times . I will now shut down the
primary computer. I will make my bed, and I will shower and clean
up. I will then go out, and I will take a drive to charge up my car
battery up Lake Avenue to the top and left on Close Road and back down Round
Hill Road to Lake Avenue, and if it is still opened, I will stop by the
Greenwich Library
Welcome to Greenwich
Library! before closing. I do not think I will bother taking a
walk, since it is winter out. CIO
Note:<888>
01/24/07 Wednesday
5:35 P.M.:
I installed the
latest Nvidia Vista driver for my Nvidia card
NVIDIA Drivers ,
so the card in Vista now recognizes my television monitor which is connected to
the Nvidia card, so I can watch WebTV
http://wwitv.com/portal.htm with the Vista Windows Media on my larger Sony
television, when I use the Nvidia program to switch from the second monitor to
the television. I can also watch the desktop on the television, since it
can be mirrored to be viewed on the monitor. I have the sound input to the
television connected to the television if one plugs in the lead cable into the
primary computer speaker by the printer stand, but the sound is not really loud
enough, and it is better to use the computer speakers. The video
input into the TV is connected to the Nvidia video card, and one uses the Nvidia
program to select the left primary analog monitor and the TV in Clone mode, so
the monitor is mirrored by the television. The Nvidia video cards
have the clone mode feature which the ATI video cards do not the last time I
checked. One can set up an ATI video card with a TV as a second monitor. I
connected up the remote mouse to the primary Vista computer, and I put four new
AAA batteries in it. I have it with the other remotes on the floor
by the recliner underneath the brass and glass coffee table. Thus the
primary server is now not connected to the Sony televison. I went outside,
and I threw out some garbage, and I picked up my mail. I will now do
another Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/24/07 Wednesday
2:10 P.M.: I was awake at 8 A.M.. I ate breakfast of
oatmeal
with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% mixture of orange juice with a
50% mixture of grape juice with a teaspoon of Certo with vitamins and
supplements, and coffee. While I was asleep, I transferred the old
XP ASR backup file about 50 gigabytes from the primary computer to the server
through the network. Thus I have more room on the primary computer
D: drive. The server has a 320 gigabyte hard drive. I
just save it for backup purposes. I then defragmented the hard
drives on the primary computer. I went back to bed until now,
while I was doing that.
Discover
AOL: Vista Information . I will now install the AOL Vista version
replacing the beta. CIO
Note:<888>
01/24/07 Wednesday
12:45 A.M.: I ate 2/3rds of a tube of
Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips. I will now shut
down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:<888>
01/24/07 Wednesday
12:05 A.M.: I rearranged some pictures.
I took the picture of the Audubon print out of its frame at the bedroom
entrance, and I put it in the frame over the Darmouth College Baker Library
picture hanging to the left of the bed. Underneath the Audubon print was a
map of the North Countries including part of Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland,
part of Russia, and Denmark, and part of Poland the Baltic states. I
hung that on the back of the apartment entrance door, and I moved the print of
the Northern Pacific Railroad to where the Audubon print was at the bedroom
entrance. CIO
Note:<888>
01/23/07 Tuesday
10:50 P.M.: I ate two scoops of coffee ice
cream. I chatted with a relative. I watched President
Bush's State of the Union Address
www.whitehouse.gov , which was very encouraging. My
main reason for never visiting Manhattan besides my financial limitations, is
that although I live a 100 yards from the New York - Connecticut border, my
Connecticut Medicaid is only good in Connecticut, so if I had an accident in the
busy city of Manhattan, I would not be covered, where as in Connecticut I am
covered. For most of the time I lived in Manhattan, I was covered by
my family's Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, and just to be on the safe side, I
spent a lot of time at a pub across the street from the Blue Cross Blue Shield
headquarters when networking with people and also at pubs in hospital districts.
However, of course I took in all of the other New York activity as well.
However, I find I get more important work done out here than I feel I was able
to do in Manhattan, because in Manhattan one spends a lot of time networking,
and one does not get as much work done. Frequently one forgets some of
those pubs had medical people including personnel from
www.pfizer.com which has offices on East
42nd street and production facilities in Brooklyn, New York and New London,
Connecticut. However, since I was frequently moving around in and
out of the city from the Fairfield County or Nassau County areas, particularly
during the late night and early morning hours, and since nobody notices anyone
in the crowds in Manhattan, I do not think anyone would take much notice of me
in the city, and I would just appear to be another country pumpkin on a daily
excursion. Most of the people I seem to have once known in Manhattan
seemed to have moved to New Jersey which is a bit warmer, and quite frankly I do
not know my way around New Jersey too well. The last time I was in
New Jersey I recall was about six years ago, when I dropped a friend
http://mikelouisscott.com/chris2000.jpg off at Newark Airport for his first
airplane flight which as I recall was to Datona Beach, Florida on Continental,
before he flew on LTU from Daytona Beach, Florida to Cologne, Germany to visit
his girl friend, so I have seen a lot of people from Florida and Germany.
Well anyway the computers seem to be running better with all of the extra help.
I will now do some regular computer work. My primary computer system
http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm running the Vista Ultimate Edition
with Norton Internet Security 7 for Vista seems to be running just fine. I
do not feel like investing in a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150 card
Newegg.com - Search Results for Hauppauge PVR-150/500 until I have the funds
and a Vista version is available. There is no rush on it.
CIO
Note:<888>
01/23/07 Tuesday
8:40 P.M.:
CRN Security 'Storm' Trojan Hits 1.6 Million PCs; Vista May Be Vulnerable .
Windows Vista Microsoft To Offer 'Simpler' Antivirus Service For Windows Vista,
And Discounts For Testers .
Windows Vista drives memory chip surge .
Room with
a view: CNET Labs tests the first Vista systems .
Monthly Microsoft Patch Hides Tricky IE 7 Download . I responded
to an invitation to the Microsoft Vista Launch event on January 29, 2007 from
3:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. in Times Square Manhattan at 1515 Broadway at West 44th
Street, New York, New York. Maybe I should bring my Frank Sinatra CD
of "I Love New York". The weather is suppose to be sunny that day,
and with my State of Connecticut Medicaid ID, I think I can get half priced
disabled fare on the train into Manhattan for about $10, if I have that much
money left at the end of the month. I did not respond in time early
enough for the luncheon, but I usually do not eat that much except two meals a
day and snacks. I was thinking at the XP launch event I attended in
Stamford, Connecticut about 5 years ago, they gave us Microsoft XP tee shirts
that I still have, but alas in New York, they should give up heavy extra large
florescent orange sweat shirts with the Windows Vista logo on them.
With all of the traffic at night in Manhattan, one should not wear dark
clothing. One is better off wearing bright or light clothing.
I will wait until the last minute to see if I will actually attend, depending on
other factors like whether Prince Charles is still in the area or not. I
obviously know where the British consulate use to be in Manhattan on Third
Avenue next to Fred's package store
http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm and across the street from Fred's bank.
I think it was at around 51st street and 3rd Avenue on the east side of the
street. They usually fly the British Union Jack flag, so it is easy
to recognize. However, in Manhattan, I would still be good at
walking around after all of these years of walking on Greenwich Avenue, however
one usually needs a little bit of mugging money to navigate around the city.
Trust me there is nothing in Manhattan, I have not dealt with on Greenwich
Avenue in 24 years.
877Chicago - Winter Delights - TAKE A BREAK IN CHICAGO . I use
to wear one of these in Manhattan
L.L.Bean: Search Results Field Coat like this
Original Field Coat with Wool/Nylon Liner: Coats at L.L.Bean . I do
not have one now, but I have plenty of other warm winter clothes. I
also have a fairly new pair of these in size 9.5 medium
L.L.Bean: L.L.Bean Boots .
Inspired by the Past, Built for the Future .
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Innovate on Windows Vista . I will watch President Bush's
www.whitehouse.gov State of the Union
message at 9 P.M. . I went through my email. CIO
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01/23/07 Tuesday
3:50 P.M.: For families with younger
children whom do not spend too much time on the computers, this is the best deal
on a 20 inch LCD Westinghouse
www.westinghouse.com television for $299.99 less $100 mail in rebate for
$199.99 total
Newegg.com - Westinghouse LTV-20V4 Silver 20" 25ms LCD TV - Retail and
$19.99 shipping. Of course some of us whom pay for
www.cablevision.com unfortunately keep
busy at other matters, so I do not always have the time to watch the television.
I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will rest a bit. CIO
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01/23/07 Tuesday
3:15 P.M.: I made and ate the same
meal as yesterday. I chatted with the building custodian.
Apparently our neighbor pasted away this past Saturday, and I saw one of her red
haired relatives visiting sometime last week, maybe that was the day.
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$199.99 and $4.99 shipping .
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