Note:<888>02/14/00 Monday 1:30 A.M. EST: Happy Valentine's Day. I was up yesterday morning, and I took a walk on Greenwich Avenue with the usual morning walkers. I went over down by the water first and I studied the Avenue. It was pretty much a bit warmer day. I chatted with quite a few early morning strollers. I recall staying out for quite a while. I recall stopping by the Greenwich Harbor Inn and touring the merchandise they are selling from the old hotel. They have some older computer equipment nobody seems to want. They have a lot of heavy mirrors which are dangerous to hang if you are not an industrial eneineer. They are suppose to be constructing a five star hotel there which will take some time. I suggested they should use it as a Red Cross evacuation center until they get around with updating it. I noticed about half the people on Greenwich Avenue seemed to be visiting from Paris. I chatted with a couple of young French students at the Greenwich Railroad station in broken French. Since it was a bit warmer, I walked quite a bit on Greenwich Avenue. I went by Starbucks and had the least expensive cup of coffee. I suggested that if one likes coffee, it is more sensable to sip small cups of coffee through out the day as opposed to chugging one big cup of coffee, so one does not take a massive caffine jolt. I enjoy the Samba coffee from Brazil which is not as strong which they gave away at the Grand Union last summer when I mix its instant product in smaller quanities. I drove down by the waterfront, and I toured the local area. I recall coming back to the apartment around 4 P.M.. I got curious, so I went over to Port Chester. While using the Fleet Bank ATM, I mentioned to one of the local maintenance people that I am concerned about the Liquid Nitrogen used to cool the Greenwich Skating Rink. If that is not properly maintained it can be a very explosive facility. He said he would relay the message to Admiral Halsey. I then noticed across the street from the Old Life Savers factory where the old Port Chester Beer distributor is, that railroad bridge had a truck stuck underneath it. It looked like the railroad bridge took a big jolt, but when I returned from my errands, I noticed the truck was gone. I would imagine that if the bridge were damaged by the semi truck hitting it, it would knock out the commuter railroad and the commuter trains would have to stop in Greenwich and reload in Port Chester and visa versa. However, I don't commute and have only traveled once into Manhattan in the last eight years, so I am not sure what the status of the morning commute will be. I went over to the Port Chester flea market, and I toured the stalls. I noticed it was quite poplular and busy with the locals. I found a nice couple from India that sold me a nice copper bracelet for my arthritis for $10. They sold me the last one they had like it. All the others have load stone or magnet mixed in it for its arthritis features, so you would not want to use a magnet on your wrist if you were working around a computer, unless you wanted to have more trouble than normally. It is wrapped copper wire around a brass ring type of bracelet. I then headed over to Staples and I toured the store. They have lots of items available. I did not find anything I needed in the clearence center. I then went over to ODD JOB and I bought a six foot cabletelevision connector and a battery for $2.48 plus .17 total for $2.65 total. I next went home, and I noticed the Semi Truck that had hit the bridge was gone. I was tired, so I feel asleep shortly thereafter, I guess around 7 P.M.. I got up around midnight, and I put the S-571 LMR video driver on my computer video driver, and it seems to be working fine. I am using 72 MHz for the adapter and the monitor since I have 70 MHz on the onboard motherboard. Well I called the local PD to tell them about the Bridge in Port Chester. I then tinkered with my Adapter and Video settings, and I filed this report. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>02/13/00 Sunday 7:50 A.M. EST: Well I have been relaxing a bit. I started the bread machine with the more authenic French Bread recipie going. I am getting a bit of cabin fever, so I guess I will go out for some fresh air. Have a good morning. Obviously, I need to relax a bit. Have a good morning. cIO

Note:<888>02/13/00 Sunday 4:55 A.M. EST: I was up at 9:30 P.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I cleaned the apartment and watered the plants. I did a bit more detailed cleaning than nomal. I listened to the BBC during the entire progress. During the last part of cleaning, I made up a batch of mashed potatoes with eight older Idaho potatoes, I had lying around the house. When I finished about 3:30 A.M., I had two slices of turkey breast and mashed potatoes along with ice. I just finished cleaning up. It is pretty cold out. My thermometer says about fifteen to twenty degrees, however it is warm and comfortable in the apartment. The water coming out of the shower is a bit cold since the housing authority set the water temperatures in the new water heaters to less hot water, so the tenants won't scald themselves in case the shower stall hot and cold water mixers fail after 12 years. Well the cold shower woke me up. I am not sure what the game plan is. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>02/12/00 Saturday 4:20 P.M. EST: Well I relaxed a bit today. I have not gone out. I checked the mail. Not much happening. I chatted with a family member. I moved the old NEC LC800 laser printer from the bedroom to the right of the back up 486 monitor moving over the backup 486 NEC monitor and keyboard to the left. I moved the sterio speaker off the desk to make room for the printer. I hooked up the NEC printer to the backup 486, so one can print off it. It is high speed in PostScript format. It has a new package of toner added and only about a 10 pages have been printed with it, so it smudged on low density until about 50 pages are run off. I put the cable modem on top of on of the smaller sterio speakers along with my Fortune Brand Swingline stapler, Scotch tape holder and stapler remover which are at bargain prices at Staples. I keep GEICO's number handy 1-800-841-3000 in case I have anything to worry about. I have two of the smaller computer speakers around the Sony Tape backup, so I hope the are shielded well enough not to bother the magnetic taping mechinism, if not I will have to find some place else to move them, but I have the sterio input cord only reaches far enough to the input connnector to the speakers. I guess when I have more funds, I can get more speaker extension cords, so I can get the cords off the floor in front of the backup computer desk. I put the old Pansonic KX-E708 typewriter on the left side of the bedroom Danish larger office desk with the Black IBM 50th Anniversary typewriter on the right side of the desk, however the desk chair is centered between them, but one could theoretically sit on the bed and type. I have not done house cleaning today, so when I wake up tomorrow, I will start house cleaning and watering the plants. I suppose I can vacuum in the early morning hours, I don't think it will bother anyone. Well not much else happening, but the over all system as it is incorporated into the apartment seems to be set up properly, but I have not had the time to test it all as it interelates to the other components in the apartment. So of like a Rube Goldberg affair if you know what I mean. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>02/12/00 Saturday 8:50 A.M. EST: I was up at 10:30 P.M. last night. I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I decide the onboard sound was not good enough on my onboard sound on the motherboard, so I took out the Creative Lab Sound Card SW32 out of my backup 486 computer, and I installed it in my primary computer disabling the onboard sound feature. It sounded tinny. I also have eight megs of memory on the older Creative Card. I bought it for $159 about three years ago. I hooked up and arrange the appropriate cables for it. I put an older sound card in the 486. I then put the systems back together. I then had to reopen one system since it needed to have a cable adjusted to boot properly. Generally when one does in any major work on a system, it is good to check your primary cable before putting them back together to make sure nothing is lose. I then tested the system. I interchange the two Lans and found out that the new SMC did not work with the cable modem. I then took apart the primary system, and I removed the SMC card. I put the LPT port and the COM port attachment in its place. I then put back the onboard Lan Connector in its place, but I still have it disabled. I attached the onboard sound attachment to the inside of the case. I started the system, and to my amazement the system was back up running perfectly again. I guess the SMC Lan card interfers with my PCI BIOS setup. I know it has an onboard Eprom. I will return it later to CompUSA in the week when it is quieter. I also reinstalled Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and a few of its additional programs. I did a few other routine maintenance items, like Norton WinDoctor, Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Speed Disk, Norton Optimization. From what I can tell, it might be impossible for me to use Microsoft Internet Sharing since on my primary computer the Policy part of the operating system for some odd reason prevents me from installing Printer Sharing and File sharing. I did install have installed and reinstalled from Gibson Research Corporation Homepage http://grc.com/files/letshare.exe adn http://grc.com/files/noshare.exe . the Gibson Research Corporation Homepage has a test page when one can test how secure one's internet site is against hacking. Well I can't afford Black Ice Firewall, so I have to run my site as I can afford it. I also did some other routines, and the system seems to be running as good as ever and it sounds very good in terms of audio quality. I just had a Stauffer's Hearty Pot Roast dinner and ice tea. I am a bit tired and worn out, so I think I will rest some more. I will do my house cleaning when I am rested or tomorrow. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>02/11/00 Friday 4:45 P.M. EST: Well I have been up for close to 24 hours. I was trying to get Windows 98 Second Edition Internet Sharing going, and just after I had give up when I just had finished watching the Space Shuttle launch, the computer started doing a very slow boot. I uninstalled the onboard modem which I did not plan to use. I disabled the LTModem boot file since it is not needed. I tried a few other utilities and checks, and I still had a boot that hesitated for a couple of minutes at the C: prompt, and then continued to boot and run normally. I finally decided to reinstall Windows 98 Second Edition Upgrade, since I might have used the original Windows 98 CD I have by mistake and messed up some drives. I had a turkey and mosserella sandwich on toast while I took about an hour to reinstall it, evening using setup /ie /is ; so as not to make the Boot disks and do the hard drive scandisk. Well the system seems to back up and running normally again, so I guess I will finally go to bed. I am quite tired. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>02/11/00 Friday 11:00 A.M. EST: Well, I went to bed yesterday about 11 A.M. or slightly later around noon. I was up at 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust, and the still only dispence $50 bills in the smaller increments. I drove up to CompUSA in Norwalk. I toured the store until closing chatting tech with a few people. I bought a SMC 10/100 Adapter for $14.99 plus .90 balence for $15.89 total plus a $10 mail in rebate to Hughes Avenue in Irvine, California. I then stopped by Bradlees for a large spray can of Resolve foam carpet cleaner for $3.99 plus a container of Liquid Plumber for $3.79 plus .47 tax for $8.25 total. I then drove back to Greenwich, and I stopped by the Riverside Shopping plaza CVS for a 16 ounce can of Gold Emblem peanuts for $1.69, CVS Spray Carpet cleaner $2.49, a valentines card $1.50, plus a carton of Phillie Cigar Cigarettes natural for $14.19 plus $1.09 tax for $20.96 total. I then returned home, and I removed the clean cushions from the blue couch, and I moved it in the center of the room, and I sprayed all of its cordoroy surfaces with the two cans of carpet cleaner to clean it up a bit. Then I let if dry for several hours while I worked on the computer. I then installed the SMC card, but it comes with drivers for Windows 2000 that when I tried to install them, I showed eight instances of the SMC card in the CMOS in slot 3 for some odd reason. I had a hard time get the machine to boot properly without trying to install the driver eight times. Thus I removed the card from slot three to slot two, and I removed the SoHo 10-100 card to slot one. I moved some of the cable attachments too. Thus the USB port is the uppermost port in the back. I finally got the downloaded SMC driver for Windows 98 to install properly. I then reinstalled the SoHo card in slot one and installed the driver for it, and the system recognized them both on different IRQs, and they both seem to be working fine. I then tried running Windows 98 Internet sharing on the backup 486, and it still would not work although I knew all cards worked. I am beginning to think @home limits the user from using print sharing because the 486 does cause the cable modem lights to blink. I also took out my Logicode X2 modem and installed it in the Primary modem keeping the onboard modem as well. I put my old Zoom VFP 28,800 in the backup 486. About 4 A.M., I vacuumed the sofa and put it back together and it looks a bit better and probably smell a bit fresher as if anyone cared with the cigar cigarette smoke. About 7 A.M. while still working on the previous mentioned procedures, I had a Stauffers Hearty Salisbury Steak dinner with ice tea. I just finished staightening up the apartment and put the computer systems together and reattaching them in their proper places. It all takes quite a while. I am quite bushed, so I think it is time to rest a bit and go to sleep. Well have a good day. I also lower the Monitor Refresh Rate to BIOS default because with a 70MHz onboard video, I am pretty sure it is not good for the monitor to be any higher than the video adaptor refresh rate.

Note:<888>02/10/00 Thursday 10:50 A.M. EST: I have been doing a little systems maintenance and tweaking for the last four hour. I can not get Internet Explorer 5.5 beta to run Windows 98 Update. I tried installing the beta which one can not do. I tried running System Information Tool Internet Explorer Repair tool, and it said I had older versions of files, so it would not run. I reinstalled Internet Explorer 5.5 beta, and it still would not work with the repair tool. I used System Information Conflict File Manger, restored the correct files to run System Information Repair Tool. Once I ran this, of course Internet Explorer 5.5 beta still would not run Windows 98 Second Edition Update Tool. I guess that is in the work. I then downloaded the SIS VGA drivers from PCWARE for S-571 LMR motherboard, and they pretty much run the same as the Taiwan driver from SIS. However SIS's Taiwan site at www.pcchips.com drivers for the same board when I scanned them had the Chernoboyl virus in them for the media player which it comes with which I never use. Thus I did not run the media player, but had scan the files with Norton Anti Virus and removed the virus before it did any harm. The present VGA driver from www.pcware.com is Virus free and is working fine. I have the Adaptor rate for my onboard VGA adaptor set to Optimal. I set the monitor refresh rate to 85 MHz for my 19 inch CompUSA plug and play monitor. I hope this is all right. It is easy on the eyes than using Bios default. I then changed the Windows 98 swapper to the fast larger 20 gigabyte D: drive, but unfortunately Norton Speed Disk and Norton System Optimization would not work on that drive. I did optimize the registry though. I then put the Swapper back into the C: drive, and I set it at 90 megs. and 128 megs. since I have 64 megs. of memory, and techies recommend the maximum swapper be twice one's memory if one set the settings for Virtual memory. I then optimized the C: drive again including optimizing the Swapper. The system is running fine. I also checked for some minor files from Norton LiveUpdate Pro. Well I am tried, so time to go to bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>02/10/00 Thursday 6:10 A.M. EST: When I went out this evening, I mailed the letter at the Valley Road post office. I put in a color picture with color text for amusement. I guess I could lot to see if the 90 day demo of Microsoft Publisher is still available to make more use of the color printer. I tried resting a bit, but it was cold in the apartment, so I got up and turned the heat up a bit. I just had a turkey Crock Monsieur. One makes it by toasting two slices of bread. Then add a light coat of maynaisse to eat side. Then I put two thin layers of turkey meat on one side. I put a dozen drops of tabasco sauce on the turkey. I then added a sprinkle of black pepper, celery salt, Italian spices, and garlic powder. I then with a cheese slices I put a thin layer of motserrela cheese on it and sprinkled it with oregano. I then topped brown both slices and put them together and sliced the sandwich in half. I had the sandwich with ice tea. Well I guess I will check my email and read the morning press. I might look for some upholstery spray cleaner to clean the rest of the blue cordoroy couch today. Well have a good morning. I heard on the BBC news earlier this morning that the average writter over there makes only about $250 a year in royalties and that trained animal in the popular media frequently make a lot more. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>02/10/00 Thursday 3:30 A.M. EST: I went downtown after the last message. I stopped by the Grand Union plaza and got three dollars in quarters at laundry. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and viewed the harbor. I noticed the old Greenwich Harbor Inn is having a liquidation sale for the next month starting yesterday from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. on week days and from noon on Sunday to 5 P.M... I then parked in the center of town, and I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. Thataways cafe is closed for a spell for renovations. Most of Thataways crowds is at the Sundown Saloon slightly up the street. I walked up to the center of town, and I noticed the Dome restaurant was quite busy. Coming back down the Avenue just before the park on the west side of the street, I found a brass Baldwin latch key that looked to be about 40 years old. I turned it in at the police station. I then ran into another evening stroller. We walked back up the Avenue. We checked the new bar restaurant going in at the location of the old Paradise Cafe of Portinfinos. It looks to be a nice facility with rather low cieling for shorter people. I have to remember to see if Harveys across the street has that demo accustic jass CD, I heard playing one evening. We then walked east on Putnam Avenue passed the YMCA where they're planning a major renovation evicting tenants and building a Olympic size swimming pool. We walked down Milbank Avenue which had a lot of black ice on the side walks which is slippery with sneakers on. Generally on ice and snow, I prefer my Timberlands which have a heavier grid like Vibram sole. We cut back by the Fire station, and I bid adieu. I then returned home at about 1 A.M.. I started two loads of laundry and a third load for the orange bed spread from the bedroom. I then went up stairs and removed the covers of the main sitting and back cushions off the blue sofa and had them ready for washing along with a few other minor items, like my Nylon Food Emporium shopping bag along with old blue and red Greenwich Library book bag. When the three loads were ready for the laundry, I started the four washer load using extra detergent and fabric softener. I went back upstairs, and I came down in 20 minutes and the fourth washer load was done. I also removed the orange bed spread from the dryer since it was dry. I readjusted the tree dryer loads to dry evenly. I then put the damp cordoroy covers on the cushions without drying them, so they would not shrink although they were almost damp dry. I put the orange bed spread on the antique pineapple day bed. I then went downstairs and folded the rest of the laundry and I then carried it all up, and I put it all away. I am now relaxing with a glass of ice tea. I also put out five flight bags, I had stored in the closet. I gave away the British Air flight bag a couple of years ago. I have an older Pan Am bag, a Air Canada bag, and a KLM bag along with a American Express vacations bag and a much used Gucci light leather flight bag with a red and green stripe a family member gave me many years ago. Well have a good morning. I am not hungry yet, so I don't know whether, I will eat anymore. CIO

Note:<888>02/09/00 Wednesday 10:35 P.M. EST: Well I just had a slice of white turkey meat along with microwaved potatoe and steamed frozen brocolli and ice tea and instant coffee. While the turkey was cooking, I put clean sheets on the bed and I showered and cleaned up. I also wrote a letter to a family member with color text and a color picture inserted. I will go out to mail the letter and for some fresh air. When I return, I have to do laundry, and I guess I will wash the old orange bed spread, and possibly put it on the antique day bed. If I have time I might wash the cordoroy covers on the blue cordoroy couch and let them dry on the cushions. Well I need to get some quarters to. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>02/09/00 Wednesday 7:25 P.M. EST: I was up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I missed an appointment downstairs, I will take care of tomorrow. I ran Norton Speedisk on the C: drive and then I started a C: drive to D: backup. I went back to bed until 5:30 P.M.. I had a call from AOL trying to get me to sign up again, and I explained I don't have time to read AOL content. I just finished setting up the CompaQ IJ200 color printer that I bought a week ago Monday for $50 a new clearence item. It works great, and the color print out color is excellent. Well I have to check my email, and then have a bite to eat and clean up. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>02/09/00 Wednesday 7:25 A.M. EST: System running great. Updated nasa.htm and nasa-99.htm . I also went through scotwork.htm . Well time to run Norton Anti Virus, and go to bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>02/09/00 Wednesday 6:25 A.M. EST: Well I did not have turkey for dinner. I worked for the last 12 hours on trying to figure out how to get the onboard LAN to work to no avail. I tried just about every possible tweak and configuration without success. Thus I can not use Windows 98 second edition Internet Sharing to run both computers at the same time for web browsing which is no big deal since the backup 486 slow. I have it set up to use the Cable Modem just by plugging the cable into its Lan card. Well all to no avail. In the process of trying to get it going, I reinstalled Windows 98 Second Edition, and the system is running much faster and better. I also selected "Never" in Internet Properties as to when to update cached pages. I had dinner of Stauffers chicken and noodles hearty meal about 2 A.M. with ice tea, and then a cup of Twinning Earle Grey Tea afterwards. I also just ran Norton WinDoctor. I have started the server, so just before going to bed, I will run Norton AntiVirus. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>02/08/00 Tuesday 6:00 P.M. EST: I was up at 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and coffee. I cleaned up, and I went out. I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I paid my rent on Lafayette Place. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a new full size bed comforter there in a colonial beige and blue and orange pattern made of 50% cotton and 50% polyester for $30. I returned home, and put the comforter on the bed. It looks very good. I updated my Microsoft Money 99 files with the entries that were omitted when the computer was down. I guess I will work on the Internet Sharing feature to see if I can fix the IRQ problem. I still have to hook up the new Compaq three color printer I got at the first of the month. Well have a good evening. I also should start cooking the turkey soon. CIO

Note:<888>02/08/00 Tuesday 6:30 A.M. EST: I was up at 2 A.M. today. I had breakfast of GU rainsin bran, toast, vitamins, coffee, and orange juice. I recieved the long awaited CMOS chip for the main computer S-571 LMR motherboard at about 4 P.M.. I installed it right away and it has an 8/13/99 Bios Update. I won't be installing any new bioses on it, so as not to have the same problem. I got bother computers connected up and they're both running fine. I spent quite a bit of time this morning trying to get Internet Connection Sharing Running. However both Onboard Lan and the PCI Lan Card on the main computer are sharing the same IRQ 10, which might keep them from working simmultaniously. I will have to figure out a way to fix this. I had dinner about 3 P.M. of Stauffers Hearty Meal Pot Roast dinner with green beans. I made up a new batch of ice tea. I have both systems set up and everything back in order. I will edit the logs for different months, and start the server; and then I will go to bed. Well have a good morning. I am bushed. CIO