Note:<888>03/31/00 Friday 9:55 P.M. EDT: Well I was up at about 7 A.M. this morning. I had corn flakes, orange juice, vitamins, coffee, and two split biscuit slices for breakfast. I cleaned up and organized some paper work, and I tried to plan my days adventures. First I went to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I withdrew some funds for errands. I also purchased 10 of the new Squaw and pappose gold plated coins. Next I drove down to the Greenwich Avenue Post Office on Greenwich Avenue. I obtained money orders to pay my first every six months GEICO automobile insurance and I also paid my MCI long distance bill which should be about the last time since I switched to AT&T. I sold one of the dollar coins to the post office clerk. I then went to the Mews Merry Go Round thrift shop, and I exchanged two of the new coins. I noticed they have a nice sofa in there for $500. I then drove down by the waterfront and viewed the harbor. No birds to speak of. I chatted about Scottish, and other Commonwealth imports with one long time local. I then drove through Bruce Park, and did not notice any birds. I next stopped by Staples in Old Greenwich, and I exchanged two different coins with a store customer and store employee. Some people were rather curious about them. One customer told me they still have the old Stetson Palm Beach golf straw hats up at Delmonicos on Elm Street in New Haven, Connecticut for $35, but they're going fast. I next went to the Old Greenwich Thrift Shop, and I noticed they have another six inch brass ships bell like the one I purchased for $18. I then went to Old Greenwich CVS, and I purchased a carton of Phillie Sweets cigar cigarettes for $12.19 less a quarter coupon, a box of three ACT II light butter microwave popcorn for $1.69, two cans for the price of one Glade room air freshner for $1.99 both, and a 260 tablet bottle of CVS Spectravitamins for Seniors for $12.99 plus .84 CT. tax for $29.45. I next went out to Tod's Point, and I chatted with a German couple about Germany, and I gave them one of the new gold plated gold coins as a souvenir. I noticed their was a large cloud of black smoke about ten miles due west along the shore. I drove around, and I survey it again, and it turned to white like it had been put out. I chatted with another local about Florida in the old days. I noticed quite a few birds out at Tod's Point including two egrets, lots of turns, a white and black duck and a green and black duck, a few crows, and I did not see any sea gulls or geese. I did not walk around because my feet were bothering me, possibly from wearing sneakers and not wearing wool socks, so my feet got hot and swelled in the sneakers. I next took I-95 up to CompUSA in Norwalk. I bought the ACER 50X CDROM player for $54.99 with a $5 instant rebate, plus it has a $25 mailin rebate. I also found another bargain. They had the BEll Phones 2.4 Gigahertz telephone which is normally $79.88, but they scanned it twice and it came up $49.88; so they sold it to me at that price. I got the charcoal grew model. It does not have all the features the $100 model does, but it is a good deal. I noticed a week from this coming Sunday and Monday on April 9 and 10th, they're having a CompUSA 16 anniversary sale with lots of bargains. They have a Networking Hub there for $30, but it will not network to computers to the cable modem. You need to use two more network cards, which use networking resources. I saw a lot of fancy compact Compaq desktop computers at the high end level, I had not seen before. I did not stay too long since my feet were really hurting me. I noticed the PathMark next door and the SafeWay? across the street are two of the busiest newest grocery stores in the area with lots of super fresh high quality groceries. Lots of people in the area seem to frequent these two large grocery stores. I guess people with large families who shop in large quanities. I next drove back down to Greenwich, and I got off at exit 5 in Riverside and drove west along Putnam Avenue back to Byram and home. My COD cmos chip did not arrive today. I put away my purchases, and rest my feet few minutes. I then went out to the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought four loaves of 12 grain bread for $3.59. I next stopped by over at the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the Greenwich HealthMart, and I bought a 500 mg bottle of a 100 tables of Niacimide for $7.95. I then went down and across the street to CVS, and I bought a jar of CVS dry roasted peanuts for $2.69, two bags of artifical sweetner jelly beans for .69 each a CVS air freshner device for .89 plus .14 CT. tax for $5.10 total. I then drove back down Greenwich Avenue, and I parked down by the waterfront, and I ate a half of a jar of peanuts and a bag of the jelly beans. There were song birds around, but no water birds. It was a pleasent clear evening. I next headed over to the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times, and the usual three computer weeklies. After that I went to the Grand Union. I bought two 16 ounce bags of GU frozen brocolli and cauliflower bags for $1.25 each, a Stauffer's hearty 16 oz. meat loaf dinner for $2.50 and Chicken Fetticini one for $2.50. I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice for $1.99 each, a two pound bag of onions for $1.99, two pound boxes of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" for .99 eacha half gallon of GU whole milk for $1.59 for $17.04 total. I then went over to Kinkos and got three copies of my CompUSA purchase slip for .24 or .08 each. I next returned home. I hooked up the new Bell Cordless 2.4 Gigahertz phone next to the computer to the left to start charging up. I will set the presets once it is charged up. I put the large button phone on the coffee table in the sitting area. I put a bowl of jelly beans on the bar. I microwaved the Meat Loaf Stauffers dinner, and I had it with ice tea. I then collapsed from exhaustion and relaxed for about an hour, before I filed this report and restarted the server. I am quite tired. I also froze three of the four loaves of bread. Well the beginning of the month is alway very exhausting for me, so I guess I will go to bed shortly. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/30/00 Thursday 11:20 P.M. EDT: Well I rested until about noon today. I checked the mail and no big news. I had the rest of the rice with some of the tomatoe, tuna mixture. I did a little server work. I finally cleaned up, and I went out in time to make it to my 3 P.M. appointment. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I drove down by the waterfront. I then headed through Bruce Park and over to Tod's Point and studied the waterfront. I next stopped by Staples. They are sold out of the Siemens 2.2 Gigahertz cordless telephones for a $100. I next returned to the center of town, and I spent quite a bit of time studying the waterfront. It is unusual for this time of year about 95% to 98% of the usual sea gulls, Canadian Geese, comorants, and swans have disappeared and none seem to be flying overhead further north. There are the usual number of song birds in the area. Possibly they are having and earlier nesting season, but it would be unusal for both genders of birds to completely disappear. It was the same way on Sunday when I was last out. I suppose they might anticipate a storm and fly off to friendlier areas, but it would be unusal a week ahead of time. Another possibility might be some sort of new radio or microwave frequency in the area, but it would be doubtful it would effect all four water species. I did notice grows around Tod's Point. I would imagine it would be too early for Egyptian Encephalytis, but I did notice mothers pushing their babbies out in the open around Tod's Point, which they should not be if the Egyptian Encephalytis develops in the area later in the season. More than likely local personnel whom have served in southern regions would have immunity. I suppose another possibility might be some sort of pollution in the water that has not been report, but it would seem rather strange it would affect the entire Long Island Sound region of Greenwich. The only other possibility might be if a reactor in the area was leaking radioactive water, but that would probably scare away the the woodland song birds also. Possibly they might be releasing some sort of chemical into the atmosphere at Cytex by mistake on the Old Greenwich and Stamford boarder, but that facility is suppose to be closely monitored. Well it is all rather strange, so maybe it is just and early nesting season. I left the waterfront at sunset and headed over to the Greenwich Library and as usual it was busy. I then stopped by the Grand Union and I bought buy one dozen free get two dozen free pink carton eggs for $1.49. I next returned home, and I baked my biscuit cake pan mix, and then I split two of the six pieces into slices and butter them. I fried a three egg omlette and put it on the biscuit slices along with about an eighth of a cup of my heated tomatoe tuna mixture and had it for dinner with ice tea. I then channel surfed a bit. I checked out about five books from the Greenwich Library, two on Ronald Reagan, one on George Bush, and two on Russia. I don't know if I will have time to read them all. I also made a telephone call inquiring about a International Red Cross representative, I met 28 years ago. Well not much else happening. Have a good evening or morning as the case may be. CIO

Note:<888>03/30/00 Thursday 7:25 A.M. EDT: I have updated Scott's broadcast sound.htm . CIO

Note:<888>03/30/00 Thursday 6:25 A.M. EDT: Well I slept most the night until 5:30 A.M.. I restarted the server. I had breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. Not really much happening. I guess everyone has a bit of the Winter doldrums as the winter ends and the spring begins, particularly those individuals whom have not been fortunate enough to depart the northern climates for the warmer climates on holiday. Well I suppose in the next month, we will have warmer weather. Well have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>03/29/00 Wednesday 7:50 P.M. EDT: I have been relaxing around the house resting most of the afternoon. I had a diet Pepsi, and I believe I had some orange juice and seltzer. I got up about 6 P.M.. I watched the ABC news at 6:30 P.M.. At 7 P.M., I put the dough blade in the CuisineArt. I added two cups of flour, three teaspoons of Davis baking powder, one teaspoon of salt, and two tablespoons of olive oil. I then ran the CuisineArt to mix up the ingredients. I occassionally pushed down the ingredients with the machine turned off to bring them in contact to the dough blade. I then added a cup of milk, and mixed the ingredients until it turned into a ball of dough. I then greased a nine inch cake pan with olive oil with a paper towel. I floured the wooded cutting board, and I rolled out with a wooden rolling pin a nine inch diameter piece of dough from the dough ball. I put it in the cake pan pressing down the edges to make it even around the outside rim. I cut the dough the cake tin into six wedges. I put the pan in the Faberware convection microwave oven, and I baked it at 450 degrees Farenheit for fifteen minutes. I then ate four slices with "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" with ice tea over the next half hour. I tried to rest, but I am pretty rested. I turned the heat up a bit since it is cold inside. I guess at the end of the month when people are low on funds not much is happening and we have to economize. I just heard about a dozen business types wasting fuel flying into the nearby airport in their jets. I suppose a fun day for the stock market to crash would be 11/10/00 since it would be an unsual number date. Well not much happening on the quiet side of town. The computer server is running fine. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/29/00 Wednesday 2:25 P.M. EDT: I reinstalled Windows 98 Second Edition Updates. It installed the Bland Network Adaptor with the cable modem left off, which I left on. I also set the Diamond Stealth Adaptore to "Adaptor Default" instead of 72 MHz. I then reinstalled the Windows 98 Internet Explorer Updates in the first section. I next reinstalled most of the Internet Explorer 5.01 Updates for most of the program files using the "Custom" feature. I then ran Norton Disk Doctor, Norton WinDoctor, Norton SpeedDisk, and then I did a C: drive to D: drive backup. Well the system is running fine, and I restarted the server. I am just finishing up making ice tea. I also made up a new batch of milk from powdered milk. I also had some of the tomatoe, tuna, and rice mixture for lunch with ice tea. Well time to relax a bit while I let the tea seap before dilluting it and chilling it into ice tea. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>03/29/00 Wednesday 11:25 A.M. EDT: I reorganized scottpc01.htm to reflect the current state of my computer assets. Well not much happening here. I guess I will go downstairs and check the mail. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>03/29/00 Wednesday 10:20 A.M. EDT: I slept until 8 A.M.. I dinkered with the system for a while. It is all running fine. I had breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, coffee, orange juice, and what vitamins and supplements I have left. I noticed that there was a tornado in Fort Worth, Texas; and a representative of Fort Worth, Texas lives downtown; and another representative of the Fort Worth, Texas and Dallas, Texas area frequently shows up in this buidling. Well I have one working computer, and another that should be working fine by Friday. Well I will stick around the apartment until the mail arrives. Have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>03/29/00 Wednesday 5:00 A.M. EDT: I had a peanut butter sandwich and ice tea for dinner last night. I was up until about 9 A.M.. I just got up about 4:30 A.M.. I restarted the server since it had started. I am listening to the third dino or the BBC for my morning wake up call. Not much going on. CIO

Note:<888>03/28/00 Tuesday 5:55 P.M. EDT: Well I have been doing a little internet work. I was working on scotwork.htm . I read the story about www.qwest.com and IBM, and I had recieved a telephone call from www.qwest.com the other day about changing my long distance. I looked at my MCI long distance bill, and I have been paying 15 cents a minute all the time except Sunday when it was suppose to be lower. They said they were allowed to change it to a higher rate last February without telling me. I called up AT&T and changed to them, for both long distance and interstate long distance. It runs 5 cents a minute on weekends, and about 7 or 8 or 9 cents a minute all the time during prime time on weekday, and I think 5 cents a minute from 7 P.M. to 7 A.M.. Well hopefully I will save money, but I really don't chat that much on the telephone bill. I also have to call Bell Atlantic to tell them to do something on my telephone, so other long distance phone companies can not change it. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/28/00 Tuesday 1:55 P.M. EDT: Well not much happening. I went back to sleep and was up at about noon. I checked the mail, and I chatted with a new neighbor. I had lunch of the rice and the tomatoe and tuna mixture along with ice tea. I am just about to have Samba instant coffee, and I will then clean up and go out. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>03/28/00 Tuesday 8:05 A.M. EDT: Let's see, I relaxed yesterday afternoon. I did not bother eating dinner. About 9 P.M., I went to bed. I was up this morning about 6 A.M.. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I had my 4 P.M. appointment cancelled yesterday. Well from what I can tell not much happening. CompUsa www.compusastores.com has the Acer 50 X cdrom player on sale from $59.99 with a $5 instant rebate and a $20 mailin rebate for about $35 total final, so I guess on Friday, I might purchase that item, so both primary and secondary computers have Cdrom players. I need to order one or two CMOS chips for the backup and possibly the primary today from Midco Computers which has this link BIOS Online Order Form depending on the pricing arrangement for two different bios CMOS chips. They should arrive on Friday COD from the area. I guess they ship them Priority mail. Well normal systems maintenance for me. The overall system is running just great. For some odd reason my computer Benchmark with Norton System Information went from 105 to 112 to now about 135 which is about 65% to 70% of the 205 benchmark for the Pentium II 450 Mhz. Thus once the system is all setup and working and tweaked, it seems to be a reliable well working system. Well I have a bit of paperwork to do. I was informed there was heavy thundershowers and rainstorms last night while I was asleep. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/27/00 Monday 3:25 P.M. EDT: Well I checked the mail and said hello to some of my neighbors. Not much going on. I had the rest of the tomatoe, chicken breast, and aspergus sauce with Ramen noodles and ice tea for lunch. I then boiled up a cup of brown rice with three cups of water for some boiled rice adding the usual cross section of available herbs and spices along with a soy sauce, "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", sessimi oil drops, and a tad of olive oil for a flavored rice. I cooked it for about 45 minutes. I then added a couple of teaspoons of olive oil, to the three quart revere pot along with a 32 oz. can of plum tomatoes, a 6 ounce can of tomatoe paste, a few pads of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", a few drops of sessimi oil, the usual cross section of herbs and spices available execpt hot curry which I only use in hot weather, a couple teaspoons of honey, a eight of a cup of French white wine, an eighth of a teaspoon of soy sauce, two cans of rince tuna fish, a few drops of tabasco sauce I think, a few dashes of angostora bitters, a eighth of a cup of raisins, and three beef bouillion cubes. The usual cross section of herbs and spices are Chinese five spice, garlic powder, celery salt, Hungarian pepperica, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, cinnemon, basil, "I Was out of Italian Spices", organo, a few bay leaves, thyme, rosemary, chicken melt seasoning, chili powder, and some old "Goldies Special Seasoning" which might have MSG in it, it is hard to tell what is in it. Just a tiny small dash of each. I simmered it all while the rice was cooking. I believe I also added a small amount of French white wine to the rice. Well not much else happening. The server all seems to be running fine. I with now have a cup of Samba Instant coffee with some GU powdered milk I made up with a little sugar. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>03/27/00 Monday 12:40 P.M. EDT: Well I went to bed last night about midnight. I was up around 7 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I relaxed a bit. I chatted with www.dialpad.com that works fine in the morning. I went back to bed and was up around 10 A.M.. I had a peanut butter sandwich. I made up a quart of powder milk in case I need any milk. I had a peanut butter and some ice tea. I chatted with the electricity company and my electric bill should be paid up through about April with funds from the Federal government. I am worried weather the Sears air conditioner will keep the apartment cool enough this summer, but I will have to wait and see. I suppose it might depending on how hot it gets. Well not a lot else happening. I guess I will check the mail now. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>03/26/00 Sunday 8:00 P.M. EDT: Good evening, today was a brisk sunny day and rather dry, so I did quite a bit of walking when I went out this morning. I first headed out to the waterfront area. I chatted with a few of the morning regulars. I next headed over to the center of down. I stayed in the center of town until about 3 P.M. walking around chatting with various locals. I noticed quite a few of the New York City summer residents were out for the warmer day. Quite a few people were walking around town. After walking the lower Greenwich Avenue for quite a while, I head up towards the upper avenue to CVS and I stopped by at CVS and I bought a bag of jelly beans for .69 to munch on for the rest of the Avenue, as I walked around town. I headed down to Baldwin Park, and I noticed all the geese have flown north, I guess expecting a warmer summer in Canada. There are a large amount of goose droppings in the park. I sat out by the head of the harbor by the gravel walkway benches at the old Greenwich Harbor Inn next to the Island Beach Ferry dock, and I observed the cat boat sailors testing their skills on the waterfront. I next headed back up the Avenue. I noticed the masonry in the stone wall supporting the ridge at the Bruce Museum is in sad need of repair with all of its mortor coming out of the stone work. I headed back uptown, and I sat out in the sun a while. I then motored over back down to the waterfront, and I few the usual afternoon harbor watchers. I then headed over to the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a few regulars. I next headed back home having consumed all the jelly beans. I then relaxed around the apartment until about 7 P.M., when I microwaved some ramen noodles, and I added half the tomatoe, chicken, and asperagus mixture left to my noodles and had dinner with ice tea and bread and butter. I relaxed a bit more. I then checked my server and computer, and it all seems to be running fine. It was a rather enjoyable day to get out for a long walk. Well have a good evening, I think I might try to get some rest. CIO

Note:<888>03/26/00 Sunday 9:00 A.M. EDT: Well I decided to have three soft boiled eggs instead of corn flakes. I just finished my house cleaning and watering the plants. I am listening to an "Oldies" radio station "96.7 FM", which is put on by someone at www.diskbarclay.com which does not come up on the internet. It is like www.cool107.com . Well when you here this music which is constantly played down Pennsacola, Florida way; it generally means that the "Fleet" is back in town. Well you did not think they would be away for ever. Well I now have to clean up and get ready to go out. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/26/00 Sunday 5:55 A.M. EDT: Well not much happening here. I went to bed about midnight. Before I went to bed because there was lightning and thunder, I turned of the computer. I disconnected the telephone cord, the cable modem, and the orange power cord from the wall which connects to the power control councils. I then went to bed and slept until about 5:30 A.M. from midnight. I reconnected the cable and turned on the computer. I tried using www.zonealarm.com , but is seems buggy. I guess with all the Russians in the area, they have someone in Moscow hacking into computers which is par for the course. Well not much happening here. I will have breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. Well have a good morning and don't take any wooden nickles from the local mob. CIO

Note:<888>03/25/00 Saturday 10:25 P.M. EDT:Well I went out after the last message, and the drizzle cleared up a bit and it was a bit sunny and cool. I stopped by the local library and the usual group of hood winkers were there. I chatted with a local citizen whom has been doing some carpentry on Marthas Vineyard. I noticed not much happening on a quiet Saturday afternoon. I parked downtown, and I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a Pit Bull walker about unusual animal scents I might have on my old clothes. I stopped by Zyns and they seemed to enjoy the weather. I stopped by www.restorationhardware.com and told them about the dog soap from Australia. I started to walked up to CVS, but then I remembered I had another errand to run. I drove down to Steamboat Road, and the parking was full with all the yacht club employees from the Yacht Club parking there while they work on the new sea wall. I suggested to a local that they should build a swimming pool for the aligator to relax in. I then drove through Bruce Park and head down the Shore Road, and I then headed over to Old Greenwich. I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust in Old Greenwich, and it worked properly. I then went across the street to CVS in Old Greenwich and I bought a carton of Phillie little cigars for $12.19 plus .73 Ct. 6% sales tax for $12.92 total. I then drove out to Tod's Point and that canary yellow 1987 Volvo Wagon 244 DL with 76,500 miles is still for sale for $3,900 according to the Greenwich Times. I guess not many poor swedes or Scandanavians in the area anymore whom can afford it. I then headed out to Tod's Point to the Southwest parking area, and the usual group of exercise walkers were out there along with a few young people checking out the weather and the local ornathology. I then drove over to the southeast parking area, and I walked down to the shoreline. I sat out for a while and relax. Next I headed over to Staples, and I noticed they have quite a few bargain items on the clearence table including older cell phone batteries for $2 and other cell phone accessories. I noticed they a copy of the Microsoft Greeting Card Home Publishing kit for $5. I toured the store, and I tried to chat technology; but no one seemed really interested in technology there. I noticed they have a lot of cameras setup trying to sell them. I guess on slow days not much was happening. I then went to the Grand Union, and I bought a 32 ounce bag of Grand Union brown rice for $1.35, a five ounce bottle of SunLuch pure sesame oil for $2.99, and a 15 ounce bottle of Kikkoman Lite Soy Sauce for $2.59 for $8.28 total. I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor whom I had not scene since the last major snowfall. He likes visiting the Mohegan Sun casino and playing the $2 bets. He seemed to be down on his luck. I tried to cheer him up talking about local Greenwich News. The central fire alarm went off because someone was burning a steak. I noticed the batteries in the central fire alarm system have cob webs in front of them like they need to be replaced. I came upstairs to relax, and I noticed that someone hacked into my computer precisely at 9 P.M. and turned it off. I informed the local authorities that this has been happening regularly from various locations. I thought about it for a while, and since 9 P.M. our time would be precisely 7 A.M. in Moscow, more than likely one of those tech students at Moscow tech starts there work routine every morning at 7 A.M. and hacks into my computer to annoy me. Also they are cleaver enough to fake IP addresses to make it look like it is coming from this area. Well I informed the local authorities. Basically if they have the time to annoy me with all the Russian walking around Greenwich, they should come up with a skilled English speaking Russian technology to try to explain why they like annoy me. I suppose sooner or later when the "Shit Hits the Fan" in terms of the weather in some other parts of the world or here, there might be more people interested in all the free weather information on the internet. Well have a good evening, I might have a peanut butter sandwich and ice tea and Ramen noodles which I think I also had earlier this morning before the tomatoe chicken and asperagus with rice mixture shortly after noon. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/25/00 Saturday 2:20 P.M. EDT: Well I slept from about 8 P.M. to noon. I got up, and I used the Microsoft Internet Explorer Update to update a lot of files that might not have been updated after the last time I reinstalled Windows 98 about a week ago. One update fixed the shutdown screen problem. I also added all the language programs, so the web browser can work in a large number of languages if you happen to know those languages. I then ran the usual group of Norton maintenance utilities. The system is roobing and starting smoothly. I made another backup of the C: drive to D: drive. I had some more of my chicken with tomatoe sauce and aspergus mixture with rice and bread and butter with ice tea and Samba coffee. Well not much else happening. Have a good day. I might clean up and go out in a while. CIO

Note:<888>03/25/00 Saturday 6:50 A.M. EDT: System is running flawlessly. I have been doing routine internet work. I suppose with people away on Spring holidays not much is happening locally. All three of my hard drives benchmark at the highest levels. I organized var01.htm alphabetically. Quite frankly the site is not that busy, but I keep busy at it since I know how to research tech and seem to eventually be able to tweak my system so it runs fine. When installing Direct X 7.0 A, and rebooting the system stops and then I reboot again and it runs fine. I suspose this might possibly interfer with the proper installation of Direct X 7.0 A, but right now the system is running fine. Remember this is not a high level system, but have the Benchmark of a Pentium II 450 MHz or possibly 60% of that. Still for word processing and web browsing, it is all that I need; and it has enough resources to run my server which is really not that busy anymore once I took of the music files. Well fine for now. As the motto of the Greenwich Library should be, "Let's Wait and See What Comes Next." I suppose with a 15 gigabyte C: drive, 20 gigabyte D: drive, and a 8 gigabyte E: drive, I have plenty of room for software; but alas I have no resource to buy any software, so we will treat it as room for expansion. I suppose since I am not using the Fire Sentry box for keeping a backup hard drive, I could return it, and possibly purchase another item like a new CDrom player, for my main computer and use the old one in the backup IBM Cyrix 233 when I get the CMOS chip for it. I unfortnately can not do that, since I put a George W. Rush campaign sticker on it and attached the key with picture hanging wire. Alas I don't really have any valuables for keeping in the Fire Sentry box now, but perhaps some day I will. They surely won't get any cheaper. Well have a good day. I guess I could clean up and go out and bird watch or whatever it is, I supposedly do in the morning when I am hanging out around the waterfront. I read in the British Press, The Times of London that the Queen of England was given some dog soap for her Gorgis, The Times: Court Page:, so perhaps some store like www.restorationhardware.com will be selling it soon along with homemade dog biscuit mix. I suspose if I did not spend so much money on computers, I might be able to afford a pooch; but I don't think I could afford the Veternarian Bills on one as they get older. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/25/00 Saturday 3:55 A.M. EDT: Well in listening to the BBC, they do seem to have the capability of rambling on. I have noticed over the last ten years of computer adventures that when one buys computer parts, they tend to depreciate rather fast. I had a family member that was going to stop by three years ago, so I bought $300 in quality liquor in case they wanted to have a "Get Together" in my smelly apartment. I have noticed that over the last three years that the liquor has only appreciated in value since I don't drink it except for using small amounts in cooking while the computer parts tend to depreciate as fast as ever. Well I guess the moral of the story is that if you are thinking about investing and are not a tippler, it might be better to invest in a wine celler or liquor pantry instead of computer parts which depreciate very quickly. I use to buy some odd pieces of older furniture which I have not been able to do with the expenses on computers. However, since they are suppose to increase in value; they were suppose to be a good investment; however I have not noticed anyone wanting to buy any antiques as an investment anymore since, they frequently don't fit into the rest of the more modern decor. The Mew Thrift shop at the Mews next to the Post Office downtown still has that nice custom made heavy pine dining table with chairs originally $7,500 for $1,250; but they have not even been able to sell that. I would dare say, it is probably worth it. Well have a good day and remember, "Cavet Emptor"; "Let the Buyer Beware." CIO

Note:<888>03/25/00 Saturday 2:45 A.M. EDT: Well I am up. The server is running fine. I will have breakfast of corn flakes, toast, coffee, vitamins, and orange juice. Well I guess all is quiet on the Eastern front unless you happen to be east of me. Listening to the old BBC talk about doings in Jolly Old England. CIO

Note:<888>03/24/00 Friday 9:25 P.M. EDT: I just started the server, and I seemed to be getting spammed or hit constantly with a DoS attack with someone trying to get a music file at "1cust252.tnt2.paterson.nj.da.uu.net" . It is the second in as many weeks from a site in New Jersey. It might show the menions around Christy Wittman don't like the fact that I favor Elizabeth Dole for the Vice President candidate with George W. Bush. Who knows. Anyway from what I can tell, they up to the same old dirty tricks as usual. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/24/00 Friday 9:15 P.M. EDT: I went to bed at 3:30 P.M.. At 6 P.M., I recieved one of those rude telemarketing calls from the Greenwich Times that woke me up. I have asked them many times not to call me, but they don't seem to take "NO!" for an answer. I watched the ABC evening news. I noticed the server was down, so I went ahead and reinstalled the Diamond Stealth Video III drivers along with Direct X 6.1. I then reinstalled DirectX 7.0 A. The system seems to be running fine and has passed all the tests. I had some more of my chicken with tomatoe and asperagus sauce along with rice and bread and butter and ice tea. Well I am still tired, so I will go to bed. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>03/24/00 Friday 2:15 P.M. EDT: I finished making dinner and eating it about 10:30 A.M.. I did C: and E: drive backups to the D: drive while doing this. After having some Samba Instant coffee, I was set to start up the server, and I decided the Networking was a little buggy. I fiddled with the CMOS setting for the Video and Lan slots, and "Assign IRQ to Video", but I eventually returned them to the defaults. When using "Assign IRQ to Video" and uninstalling the Lan Driver and Networking, I got the Lan on Video on IRQ 12 and IRQ 10 respectively, but although the system seemed staple with different IRQs, the "Assign IRQ to Video" tends to make the system freeze occassionally, so I returned it to "No", and the system was once again stable. I tried, it because it is recommended by the manufacturer www.pcware.com for not getting the "Shutdown Complete" display when shutting down. However, when I reinstalled the Lan, and Networking it fixed this. I now get a complete system bootup from password to C: drive light off in about 70 seconds with a smoother without hestitation bootup. The system seems to be running fine, and I just did another C: drive to D: drive backup. Well I have been at this for quite a while, so I don't plan to go out; but I will relax a bit and then go to bed. Well have an enjoyable sunny afternoon. I just had a peanut butter sandwich and ice tea. CIO

Note:<888>03/24/00 Friday 8:25 A.M. EDT: I was up at midnight. I decided to install my new Maxtor 7,200 15 gigabyte hard drive as the C: drive on my primary computer. I used this procedure for transfering the contents of the old 5 gigabyte C: drive to the new Maxtor drive xcopyhd.htm . I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, vitamins and supplements which I am running low on, orange juice, and coffee. About 12:45 A.M., when the contents of the hard drive were transfered, I took out the old C: drive and switched the new C: drive into its place changing the dip switches. I put my backup 20 meg hard drive in the computer from the Fire Sentry Case as the D: drive, both on IDE 1. I left the 8 G. drive my server drive in the computer on IDE2 primary with the CDROM player as IDE2 slave. I then tested the system, and enabled the virtual memory again, and it all worked fine. I set the CPU to the side disconnecting it. I then took out the 486 backup computer, and I opened it up. I then got out the old IBM Cyrix 233 with bad cmos chip. I reconfigured the IBM Cyrix 233 with the S-571 motherboard with the 3.5 floppy from the 486, the 5 gigabyte hard drive that I just took out of my primary computer. I put in the new 32 meg memory chip from the primary computer, so the primary computer now has 64 meg and 32 megs video. I reconnected all the cables and checked the dip switches on the IBM Cyrix. I enabled the onboard sound and onboard video attaching the rest of the accessories. I also put in the Zoom 28,800 modem from my 486 backup and the 3Com Ethernet II lan card from the 486. I test the 486 without these, and it works fine giving an error message for the missing 3COM card, but it is still good for word processing with 16 megs of memory but not the net without modem and lan card. I set aside in the packing box for my new case on the primary computer. I do have a 15 inch monitor to go with it and keyboard and mouse. I tested the IBM Cyrix 233, but without a good CMOS chip, I can't test it. I will have to wait until the first of the month to order one from the link I mentioned last night. Then hopefully, I should have a very fast backup computer. I put it underneath the primary computer, and put the primary computer on top. I reconnected the cables only to the primary computer. I booted it, and I was having a bit of hesitation when the networking was longing on which I had had before. I did a F8 safe boot, and File by File Step by Step acceptance to find the last file in the boot procedure "idesmart.vxd" was causing it not to boot smoothly. I looked at "My Computer" "Properties" "Devices Manager" "Hard Disk Controllers" "SIS 5313 Dual PCI IDE Controller", and I set its settings from "Default" to "Both IDE Channels Enabled". This fixed the problem, and I am now getting very quick and smooth bootups. I ran Norton Disk Doctor. I then ran Norton Optimization, optimizing the Registry and the Swapper, and also running Norton Speeddisk on the new C: drive. The over all system is running fine and better than every before particularyly with the 7,200 rpm drive in the C: drive. I will now do a backup of the C: and E: drives to the D: drives. While doing this I will make some stir fried boneless breast of chicken pieces with chopped asperagus and chopped garlic and chopped onion and herbs and spices with a bit of Angostora terriaki sauce, white wine, and the usual ingredients to have on a bed of steamed brown rice for my dinner with ice tea. Well have a good morning. I might go out after I eat and have dinner and clean up. CIO

Note:<888>03/23/00 Thursday 5:00 P.M. EDT: I went out about 1 P.M.. I noticed while dumping the garbage out that they have a lot of the discarded emergency lighting systems in the dumpster because I guess they have bad rechargeable battery packs. I drove downtown, and I noticed the office crowd and late risers were beginning to stir. I drove down by the harbor and the parking was full since they are still working on the breakwater construction at the Yacht Club. I drove over to Grass Island and chatted with one long time waterfront observer, and I noticed that they were beginning to put some of the docks back in the water. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I returned home directly after driving down the Avenue and stopping by the Grand Union laundry to change a dollar for four quarters at the change machine. I noticed today that they are still laying the fibre optic cables along West Putnam Avenue. I had a peanut butter sandwich and the rest of the potatoe chips along with ice tea. Well it has been a long day, so I guess I will call it a day and go to bed. Have a good evening. It has been a long day. Don't take any wooden nickles. CIO

Note:<888>03/23/00 Thursday 11:55 A.M. EDT: I left the apartment after the last message. I stopped by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then headed over to the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library. I bought $12.50 of premium at $189.99 a gallon. I also cashed in my lottery ticket for $2. I then parked downtown, and I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I then drove down by the Sound and viewed the waterfront briefly. It is a very nice day, and it looks like it might warm up to about 55 degrees Farenheit today. I next stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. Next stop was the Greenwich Library where I read the local paper, and three computer newsweeklies. They have a 1987 Canary Yellow Volvo Wagon 244 DL in the Greenwich Times with 76,000 miles on it for $3,900; which seems quite reasonable. I have seen the car, but not tested it parked on Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich near the elementary school. Well alas with the all the maintenance I have done on my 1976 Volvo 244 DL with 108,800 miles; I feel there is no reason to change cars right now. I should be fine for the next few years. I next headed over to the Grand Union. I bought with the Grand Saving Card, and Oneida one quart stainless steel pot made in China for $2.99 plus a glass lid to go with it for $1.99 a bag of Lays Wavy potatoe chips for .99, a jar of GU creamy peanut butter for .99, asperagus at .99 a pound for $1.09, a 18 oz. box of GU corn flakes for .99, for a Grand Total of $11.34. I then returned home. I noticed that they are putting up new emergency lights in the building. I oraganized by pot and pans, and I found a steamer to fit in the Oneida one quart pot with glass lid. I guess one could also use it for cooking rice. I took the flags of the bar, and put them with the crystal hurricane lamp on the dining table. I reorganized the bar a bit, so it is easier to use putting the Westchester PGA ice bucket in the back of the bar and moving around a few item. I had a peanut butter sandwich with potatoe chips and ice tea. I guess I will now empty my ice trays and refill the ice trays. I will save the old ice in a plastic bag. I put some of the flags in a French chardonnay bottle, so they can stand upright on the table. Well my feet were hurting me with the worn in Rockports this morning, so when I go out next I will wear the comfortable Michael Jordan Nikes or the Reebok tennis sneakers. I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>03/23/00 Thursday 7:55 A.M. EDT: Well I had a dinner of reheated herbal chicken in wine, microwaved potatoe, steamed asperagus, ice tea, and Samba instant coffee. I found out that www.ttalk.com is now "kenradio.com" with a broadcast from Cnet Radio www.cnet.com . I chatted with a friend about local economics. I have cleaned up, so I will go out for a breath of fresh air shortly. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/23/00 Thursday 5:25 A.M. EDT: Well not much going on. I tried checking out the Demo of Frontpage 2000, and it sitll does not work on my large server directory. I upgraded ICQ and I updated MusicMatch. I tried the G2 server, but I could not figure out how to get it going with the Real 7.0 encoder for lack of resources, or possibly setup problem and I tried it with Real Encoder 3.1. I checked all my files in the Menu for Program Files, and sifted through what I have on the computer. Well I am still running a pretty lean and mean machine, much like my waste line recently. I checked out www.ttalk.com,but I guess they're still trying to install Windows 2000. Well not much happening on this side of the net. However, the system is running fine and is stable, but at the moment I don't have many users. I might make about $30 advertising for the last two months if I chalk up about $8 in advertising between now and the end of the month, or I will have to wait until the end of April hoping it reaches $30 the minimum. The sound on the setup sound really great, and of course I have it capable of hooking into my new Technics amplifier which would pump it through 16 more speakers in the apartment besides the 4 on the computer setup. Well so much for system tweaking and everything seems to be running fine. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>03/23/00 Thursday 12:20 A.M. EDT: Well I was at about 11:30 P.M.. I started a backup of the E:\Webroot directory to the D: drive. I had breakfast of Kelloggs Corn flakes, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I finished the backup. I am just finishing my coffee watching the History Channel biography of Howard Hughes. Well not much else happening. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/00 Wednesday 2:45 P.M. EDT: I edited the homepage on my server to only have links on my server. I put the off server links of the homepage in a new page var01.htm . I also kept the old server pages at default1.htm and scotlist1.htm . Hopefully this way, I won't redirect so much traffic away from my server and the directory information. Well I rested a bit before doing this. Time to rest some more. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/00 Wednesday 12:35 P.M. EDT: I ran the usual suite of Norton Utilities. I did a backup of the C: drive to the D: drive. When running Norton Speedisk on the D: drive, it would stop because I think the Optimized Swapper would change. Thus I just optimized the swapper on it, and then quit the program. The overall system is running fine, and I guess I have done as much as possible to tweak it for now. I will now resume regular internet activity with the system running normally. Around 9 A.M., I had baked herbal chicken in wine along with baked potatoe and steamed asperagus, ice tea, and Samba instant coffee. I just had some microwave popcorn and ice tea. I will start relaxing for the rest of the day. Have an enjoyable afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>03/22/00 Wednesday 4:35 A.M. EDT: I changed the CMOS multiplier back from 0 to the default 4, since I had a system free. Now the system should run fine as usual. I am sifting through scotwork.htm . CIO

Note:<888>03/22/00 Wednesday 4:00 A.M. EDT: I went back to bed after doing a little computer work until about 2 A.M.. I found this link for Midco Computers which has this link BIOS Online Order Form for ordering motherboard bios chips for about $20 each. They're up in Saratoga, New York area which should be fairly quick for ordering two to three day mail order in this Greenwich, Connecticut area. They also ship COD, but don't take credit cards. I was thinking I could order the BIOS chip for my S-571 motherboard, which I could set up again with the IBM Cyrix 233 processor with the case I have, and transfer the drives from the 486 backup into the 233 setup along with the modem and the sound card, and I would have a faster more reliable backup computer. I would probably do this once, I have another new CDROM player, so I could also transfer the old Cdrom player into the backup system. This would all take a bit of time, but I have time; and would only cost the cost of the $20 Bios chip plus shipping and of course the cost of the new Cdrom player. I would take the 32 meg memory chip out of the primary computer and put it in the backup 233. Well something to do in the future when I have funding around April 1. I also changed my CMOS multiplier from 4 to 0, so the computer is running a bit faster. I get the Norton Benchmark of 120, twice as fast as a Cyrix 233, and about 60% the speed of a Pentium II 450. The system seems to be running fine, and it is stable and running just great. My server is not too busy without the music, but its primary purpose is the directory information. I had breakfast of three soft boiled eggs, toast, vitamins, coffee, and orange juice. Well have a good morning. CIO