Note:<888>03/21/00 Tuesday 10:00 P.M. EDT: Well I did a little bit of internet work. I set the Diamond Stealth III video adaptor to 72 MHz, and 32 bits, which seems to work fine. In the CMOS, I do have the CPU core voltage at 2.3 volts. They system is working fine. I had some microwave popcorn about 3 P.M., and I went to bed until now. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/21/00 Tuesday 10:55 A.M. EDT: Well sifted through me email until about 6 A.M.. I rested again until 9 A.M.. I channeled surfed and there was not much on the television. I had dinner of an Argentinian shell steak, steamed asperagus, microwaved yukon potatoe, ice tea, and Samba instant coffee. I will do a little bit of internet work now. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/21/00 Tuesday 4:25 A.M. EDT: Well I was up at 3 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Kellogg's corn flakes, toast, coffee, vitamins, and orange juice. I need to replenish some of my vitamins and supplements when I can afford it. I listened to the BBC again this morning, and they're worried that the internet is a gigantic ponzi scam. They also mentioned that lots of young people are being kept in 200 year old jails. They seemed to be particularly focused on the EuroMarket, and they don't seem particularly interested in the Western Hemisphere. How quickly they forget. Well situation is pretty much the same here. I think I might have boosted my CMOS CPU voltage setting from 2.2 volts to 2.3 volts on the system, but I will have to double check that. It is rather amusing that people think I speak English fast here, but the BBC speaks about twice as fast as I do. I suppose it depends on whether you drink alcohol or not. I don't drink alcohol, but I keep it around for guests like Red Cross supplies in case they get a chill roaming around the area. I guess individuals whom drink alcohol speak more slowly. Also there is a tendancy for individuals from the southern regions to speak more slowly since in warmer climates one tends to go more slowly. I have the capability of understanding different dialects of English, but I am not sure if individuals alway understand me, since when outside I have to speak more loudly outside my normal tone of voice, and when speaking with more senior individuals, they frequenly are deft. Well have a good morning. I will do a little internet work today, and I will possibly see how other programs work on my system, now that I have it all tweaked around and running smoothly. CIO

Note:<888>03/20/00 Monday 6:45 P.M. EDT: I relaxed around the apartment until about 9 A.M. this morning. I had a pie biscuit and ice tea. I went over to Putnam Trust Bank of New York and did some business. I then went to the Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought two silver lined glass ash trays for .50. I noticed a visitor buying a homemade butler's table. I then head over to Kinkos and I made four copies of my PNY 32 meg memory $20 rebate information for .32 plus .02 tax for .34. I then headed over to the Greenwich Library, and I returned three picture books and a collection of music CDs. I then checked out 10 Broadway Music Cds. I read the local paper. I chatted with a few people. I then headed down the Avenue, and I parked in the center of town, and I mail the PNY $20 rebate information at the central Greenwich Post Office station. I then stopped by the Mews Thrift shop, but it was closed. I then drove down by the waterfront and it was quiet and slightly overcast. My next stop was to go over to the Old Greenwich Thrift Shop. I bought a six inch brass Dutch made ships bell for $9 and a three brass Taiwan made ships bell for $6 plus .90 tax for both for $15.90. I then went to Feinsod Hardware twice down the street and I bought two different orders of brass screws, plastic wall fittings, and other brass parts for $1.76 and $2.87. Next stop was CVS where I purchased a carton of Phillie little cigar cigarettes for $12.19 plus .73 tax for $12.92 total. I was on my way around Tod's Point in Old Greenwich next. I drove around the point, and there were quite a few people out there on a cool day. I noticed a certain vehicle is still for sale in Old Greenwich. I headed over to Staples, and I browsed the store, but I did not purchase anything. I then went back to Putnam Trust Bank of New York, and I did some more business. I headed down the Avenue, and I chatted with a visitor from Michigan down on the waterfront about local historical activity. I next headed to the Grand Union, and I bought a dozen eggs for $1.49, two pounds of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" quarters for $1.29 each, two half gallons of Tropicana Ruby Red orange juice for $2 each, a half gallon of whole milk for $1.59, a package of Purdue boneless chicken breast at $2.99 a pound for $4.99, Asparagus at .99 a pound for $1.24, a five pound bag of Yukon potatoes for $2.99 for $18.88 total. I then went to the Arnold Factory outlet, and I purchased three loaves of 12 Grain bread for $2.43 total. I then returned home, and I carried up the groceries, and I put them away. I next carried up the other items. I installed the six inch brass ships bar above the bar, and I put the three inch brass ships bell underneath the entry door light switch. The three inch bell has a little rope cord on it, but I am missing the rope cord for the six inch bell. I rearrange the flags around the bar. I put the Edgartown print or North Water Street underneath the Edgartown sailing print in the kitchen entrance. I put the two silver ash trays on the dining table. I had my last sea biscuit and some ice tea. I might have something else and the go to bed. It looks like they're building a George W. Bush campaign headquarters on West Elm street on the north side just off Greenwich Avenue. It looks to be a sizeable location. Well not much happening besides all of that. I am a bit tired, and I might have something else to eat before I go to bed. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/20/00 Monday 5:30 A.M. EDT: For you old time Scott's Notes readers, I have hidden the music files I had once before at "http://mrscott.com/000000009/music3.htm" for you listening pleasure. Well enjoy the tunes. CIO

Note:<888>03/20/00 Monday 4:20 A.M. EDT: Well I relaxed a bit. I had the rest of the Cajun stew with a couple of pie biscuits and ice tea. I finally got around to updating my weekly broadcast sound.htm that I have not done in two and a half months. Well not much happening, have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>03/20/00 Monday 1:50 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront, and it was a clear cold evening. I drove over to CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza, and I bought 3 packs of Phillie cigar cigarettes for $1.34 each with .25 off coupons plus .24 Ct. tax for $4.24 total. I chatted with one local expert on downtown Greenwich. I drove over to downtown Old Greenwich, and a certain item I saw for sale last Tuesday was sold. I returned to downtown Greenwich, and I parked in the center of town. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and around the Mitchell's Department store construction for the entire length of lower Greenwich Avenue, there is the strong smell of burning PCPs or burning rubber. I believe the area around Griffith Ford had a transformer fire about four years ago in that area caused by squirrels knawing on underground power cables. Perhaps the construction company is using some sort of toxic substance. Whatever the case, the smell is pretty strong and I don't envy anyone trying to sleep in the area. I returned to the car, and I drove down by the waterfront, and Long Island Sound was still there. I returned home, and I called the local police dispatcher and reported the odd smell on Greenwich Avenue. I restarted my computer, and it all seems to be running fine. I guess I will do a little internet work, and I have about 200 email messages to sift through. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/00 Sunday 11:30 P.M. EDT: Well I was up about 8 P.M.. I chatted with a friend. I made up another nine inch cake tin biscuit, and I cut it into six slices. I used two slices slit into four pieces all together and buttered them. I then put three scrambled eggs on them and had them for breakfast with orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I need to get some MultiVitamins today and Chondroitin Sulfate with Gauclostimine, I guess at the VitaminMart in Port Chester. Well I cleaned up, and now I will drive by the waterfront, and then I will head over to CVS at the Riverside Shopping plaza and get some cigar cigarettes. I guess I will then take a walk on Greenwich Avenue. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/00 Sunday 10:25 A.M. EDT: Well I finished the house cleaning and watering the plants. I finished making up a batch of ice tea. I relaxed a bit and dictated through some more computer game alternatives. I am just about to have some Ramen noodles before resting for a while. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/00 Sunday 6:00 A.M. EDT: Well the building fire alarm went off about a half hour ago. It was just a toaster over smoke from a toaster oven being left on when the power went off. I had a couple of large soup bowls full of the stew and ice tea. I listened to a bit of the BBC that did not make sense. The fire department responded to the building alarm, and the alarm was reset. Well hopefully now, I can start some house cleaning as usual and watering the plants on Sunday morning or Saturday evening Sunday morning. There seems to be a bit more chaos in the building than normal. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/00 Sunday 5:10 A.M. EDT: Well I changed the CPU multiplier of the CMOS back from 4.5 to 5.5. I also remember to disable "DHCP" and select "Disable Wins Resolution" in the same TCP/IP setting for the network SOHO card. Well I also installed the new RealPlayer Basic 7 and the entire system for now seems to be working fine. Time for house cleaning after some more Argentinian cajun stew. I also need to make ice tea. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/00 Sunday 4:20 A.M. EDT: Well I lowered the CPU Multiplier in the CMOS from 5.5 to 4.5 in hopes making the AMD K6 II CPU more stable. I also noticed two of the three Maytag dryers downstairs are not working and need to be fixed. Back to routine house cleaning. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/00 Sunday 4:00 A.M. EDT: Well I started to do my house cleaning this morning, and I went out after the last message. I noticed most of the lights were out in the hallways. I found maintenance down in the community room. Apparently the elevator is out, and one tenant move in and another moved out today. They advised me that the outside transformer was replaced this afternoon which is why the power was off. They told me the new transformer was causing problems, and they were going to start replacing it shortly. I went upstairs and got a couple of flash lights. I returned downstairs when all the power went off. I surveyed the building and half the emergency power light did not work. We checked on one tenant whoms emergency light was on, but she was all right. I watched the Connecticut Power and Light company remove the old generator, and they went out to get a new one. I sat down with maintenance and chatted with one of them until the new one arrived along with another tenant. About a half hour, they finished installing the new transformer which weights about four to six tons, and they had a half dozen crew here with three Connecticut Light and Power trucks. They told me each transformer cost $18,000. Once the light was on, we checked the building and everything seems to be back in normal running order, except the elevator. The Emergency Medical Technicians came over to check on one tenant whom was without heat. One regular user of the EMTs moved out today from the second floor without the elevator assistence. Well now it is time to go back to house cleaning. Have a good morning. Thanks Guys. CIO

Note:<888>03/19/00 Sunday 12:15 A.M. EDT: Well I took a look around the building, and the maintenance staff is here trying to fix the electricity in the building. Most of the electricity is off in the building, so most of the lights in the hallways are off. I would advise people in this building not to use the elevators. I have nothing to do, and the lights are off or lower in the bedroom down to about one fourth power. I have lights in the living room and the kitchen and the bathroom. The lights in the bedroom are about one fifth power. Well I guess I should start cleaning house and maintain normal routine. I checked with a colleague in New London, Connecticut to let them know the situation. Well back to house cleaning. CIO

Note:<888>03/18/00 Saturday 11:05 P.M. EDT: I changed my homepage around to reflect a more modern viewpoint Scott's Internet Hotlist . I have been relaxing all day. I got up about 9:30 P.M.. I had some of my Cajun stew and ice tea, and then I had some Cappacino. I guess it is now time to do some house cleaning. Since I am on limited funding, I plan to relax inside until I get some funding. I have plenty of food and beverage until the end of the month, but I might run short of cigar cigarettes; but as usual I have a month's worth of pipe tabacco. Well have a good evening and morning. At least all my bills are paid, and I have no debts. How about the rest of you. CIO

Note:<888>03/18/00 Saturday 5:25 P.M. EDT: I have been resting all day. The light went out about 4 P.M., and they just came on about five minutes ago. Not much happening. My eyes seem to be better today, and the sleepers or coodies don't seem to be appearing anymore. Well have a good evening. I think I will have some more of my cajun stew for dinner. CIO

Note:<888>03/18/00 Saturday 7:10 A.M. EDT: Well yesterday, I relaxed around the hosue most of the day. At about 9 A.M., I chopped up an Argentinian steak into small slices, and sauteed it in a Wok with a few tablespoons of olive oil, along with a few gloves of chopped garlic, several chopped onion, and a half bag of frozen green beans. I added the usual herbs and spice and condiments along with white wine and a half 4 ounce can of tomatoe paste and a large can of plum tomatoes, and I simmered it all into a Louisiana cajun concoction for dinner about 9:30 A.M.. I then relaxed around the apartment the rest of the day. I heard a lot of airplanes flying over the building about 2:30 P.M.. I then heard a sound like a 600 pound paratrooper landing on my roof. I got to thinking about it, and thought maybe we were having one of those old fashioned NORAD drills, so I scrambled out of the apartment in my wool socks, and I looked out in the baseball field, and there were just too businessmen in suits looking up to the sky. I then returned inside, and I had to let in a rather heavy set visitor which took a bit of time, since I had forgot to bring my key. I had to figure out how to use the buzer system. My eyes have been bothering me recently since I have a lot of sleeps, and I get getting sleeper or coodies in my eyes and they seem to be flashing. I seem to be all right this morning. I then relaxed inside, and I got to thinking some unfriendly computer user might have dropped one of those suitcase devices on my building roof, so I then chatted with a friend, and I told them I have been just thinking through computer game scenaios. Well not much happening, so I went to bed about 4 P.M., and I rested until about 5 A.M.. this morning. I then had made pie pan biscuits, since I don't have any bread or yeast, along with Kelloggs corn flakes for breakfast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. Well not much happening, so I chatted with a friend about the possible upcoming drought and fire season this summer. Well I guess I will relax a while. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/17/00 Friday 2:40 A.M. EDT: Basically the history of the Battenberg family, is that they were tiny people whom knew how to make cabinets. They also knew a bit about how to make furniture hardware since it was commonly used on furniture starting in the fifteenth century. At the moment I have enough furniture to get by on. Net value of the furniture in my apartment by Greenwich Hospital thrift Shop standards if you could find it today would be between $5,000 to $15,000; however you might spend about $30,000 in gasoline and about 25,000 hours finding it at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, so the effort took a bit of time too. The computer equipment that was bought new can be depreicated over a three year period, if you happen to make a profit; however since I never make a profit and tend to spend any unused money on unnecessary items at the end of the month, I tend to lose money or brake out even. It is basically a very simple retirement routine. If the dialing service worked on the internet, I could chat with local people for free in the United States, but it frequently is monitored by people whom have no expertise, and it is not to expensive to make short fast telephone calls locally within the United States. I have a telephone modem try to call up my telephone line five times today, but I was resting from noon and sleep from about 4 P.M. to 9 P.M.. I checked the mail around 4 P.M.. I think I heard forest service helicopter flying overhead this morning. It is more than likely that with volcanic activity recently, we will have a dryer summer and spring, which would mean those people living above the treeline would have to be prepared for forest fire problems like we had about five years ago. I had breakfast of five eggs, toast, vitamins, orange juice, and instant coffee. I am just relaxing a bit, and trying to think about other activities, I might have forgotten to do while repairing the computer. I am somewhat confused that people frequently forget that I normally do activities on a very simple routine. Since I paid all my bills over in the household, I have no debts; but it has left me with my usual monthly routine allowance. I missed the 3 P.M. appointment today, but I chatted with the resident specialists about nine times in the last 36 hours leaving messages on the answering machine. Well not much else happening. The computer seems to working fine. I chatted the "boot" and "screensaver" passwords in case somebody was sneaking into my apartment messing up the system. I have other routines to do, and I can not spend all my time working on the computer. It seems that it is working fine for now. Well nothing unusual happening. In the nature of having dual Citizenship between both countries I am related to I have frequently have an extended family network. Thus I can frequently and occassionally rely on the friendly cooperation. In all legal matters, I take a Swiss viewpoint as a Swiss Resident, and try to cooperate with all parties fully to the best of my cooperation. Which simply I know a bit of old frequently repeated history, I am not sure or briefed about a lot of modern equipment. Frequently, I know it is dangerous to sit in front of computer monitors if not properly maintained, since they can occassionly blow up. Also, I believe it is standard practice if electronics make any noise to shut it down. On computers, items like fans, hard drives, and telephone modems will make noise. However, if a monitor starts to make any noise turn off the computer immediately. Well around any equipment, you have to know what you are doing. I guess I might clean up, since I have not cleaned up in a couple of days. I have a bit of tabacco smoke on my face. I also have very swollen eyes from looking at the monitors for ten years. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/16/00 Thursday 5:45 A.M. EDT: Well in the explosion the other night that I heard from an eigth of a mile away, I got Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Well a funny thing happened, I started remembering a few things, that I could not remember for 58 years from when I was age four. My real name is Michael Battenberg, Born May 9, 1938. I was working in the Lloyds shipping office as a runner when there was an explosion in 1942, and I don't remember much after that until about 1957. My routine was a modest routine today. I had breakfast on Wednesday morning of cerial, toast, milk, coffee, vitamins and orange juice. I had meat loaf and beans at lunch. I had oatmeal and ice tea for dinner. I spent most of the day relaxing, and I made a few personal phone calls. Not much really happening. I guess I will continue to rest and relax. I am a bit tired, I have been awake for about 22 hours. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/15/00 Wednesday 1:25 A.M. EDT: Well it is normal routine for me here. I filed the report last report yesterday morning. Just after the last report, there was a large explosion that sounded like a bomb. Standard procedure, I put out a test email on my mailing list. Then I did some computer maintenance. I secured the key to the Fire Sentry box with the hard drive backup with picture hanging wire, and I wrapped it with black electricians tape, so I have the hard drive ready to deposit at the bank vault at Putnam Trust Bank of New York for off site storage. I studied some internet pages. After being up all night, I looked at the www.greenwichtimes.com headlines, and it said there was a gas explosion at a house an eighth of a mile from me near St. Roch's school and church. I then proceded to the Bank of New York on Mason Street, and I had a legal document notarized, and I was informed by the Bank Vault manager at Putnam Trust Bank of New York, that I could deposit my hard drive in the safety deposit box it would fit in for $33.50 a year. Since I was short of United States currency, I informed him I have other items of similar or more value, but he said he needed United States Currency. I then proceded to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and they have no United States Currency. I then went to the Greenwich Town Hall, and they did not have any United States Currency. I stopped by the Presbyterian Church, and advised them of my hard drive backup procedure, and I told them it was a simple cheap secure procedure for storing non critical information, since it would reflect 50,000 hours of volonteer work, and that was the procedure, I planned to pursue. I also showed them the legal document. I then stopped by the United States Trust Company, and I advised them of my hard drive backup procedure. They do not have a vault at United States Trust, so I will use the vault at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. The first book I read on computers in 1968 was a book called "Report From Iron Mountain" about off site computer backup storage, so since I can not afford Iron Mountain this is the less expensive procedure, I plan to pursue. I will exchange the hard drive once a month when I back up the computer to the hard drive, or whenever I need to. He though there is nothing sensitive or secure on my computer, I would rather not have to spend the time reconstructing it all. I respect people's privacy, I just give advise about how I do things simple and cheaply. I then proceded to the Greenwich Public library and chatted with a few visitors and staff. I showed a few old timers with a sense of humour, my strategic backup solution. You know the Scottish, "Penny Thrifty, and Pound Foolish". I then stopped by the Harvey Electronics music store, and they told me the accustic jazz CDs demo CDs they play are about $10. I then drove down by the waterfront, and there is no parking there since the construction at the nearby yacht club has filled their parking lot. I then stopped by the ELDC thrift shop, and I showed them my top secret backup procedure. I stopped by the antiques shop at the other end of the plaza, and I explained to them we have enough old furniture in American, and quite frankly the old guard in American would rather see some old whiskys or liquers from Europe rather than old furniture. I then returned home about noon, and I informed my building custodian that since I found mosquitoes living in my apartment this winter, they might be from luggage stored here that has been exposed to a German Egyptoligist working in Egypt and possibly the source of Egyptian Encephalitis in this area is the mosquitoes growing my apartment which I spray damp areas like the toilet brush holder with Lysol. Well it was a busy day, so I call a local Internation Red Cross representative, and I explained the situation. Having lived near many tropical environments, I am probably immuned to Egyptian encephalytus, as anyone whom had traveled in Africa, southern Europe, the Carribean, Latin American, or South America would probably be. Thus it is normal routine for me, and as the motto of the Greenwich Library is, "Let's See What Comes Next." Tomorrow is another day, or should I say today. I went to bed, and I was up at 9 P.M., and I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, a biscuit, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I chatted with my GEICO Insurance Travellers Life Insurance representative at 1-800-841-3000, and they admitted they have a lot of coal for energy reserves in Virginia, so they are not worried about heating next winter. The reality is when we do get severe freezing next winter, we could have more gas line explosions since frost heaves in the ground can frequently damage natural gas pipelines. Well have a good morning. CIO