Note:<888> 4/23/98 Thursday 5:55 P.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . It was down about 1% today. I was up at 1:30 P.M.. I had breakfast and made it to my 3 P.M. appointment. I found a $5 bill outside my appointment place. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop and they have a recent wide carriage Panasonic KPX printer in the back room not on display yet for $40 and a nice 17 inch Toshiba color television in the back room. I drove down Greenwich Avenue and checked out the rainy day over Long Island Sound. I stopped by the Greenwich train station office park lower parking lot dumpster, and they have about 200 or more brown bricks without masonry on them in the large dumpster. They would make a good patio or garden liner. They also have an Exit sign in the dumpster. I went by the Greenwich library and checked out "The Bridges of Madison Country" video. I mentioned to one of our finanical wizards that if Microsoft were split up in several parts by antitrust action, the seperate parts would be worth much more in value than the entire company now. I also stated Microsoft's real value is determined by the amount of cash it holds not to mention expected profits. I also stated that intellectual property rights in the computer industry are usually short term as the technology changes. I also stated I don't think the antitrust action against Microsoft is warranted since the Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems along with its other software, supports tens of thousands of hardware devices and their manufacturers along with software developers which no other operating system does. Thus Microsoft by supporting a large number of hardware devices and software programs in its operating systems has expanded the Computer and Software industry tremendously and encouraged its growth, not to mention the general public seems to find it a user friendly product at a reasonable price. The mass appeal of the MS Windows product is ample proof, they have listened to the general public and developed their product so as to be desirable and useful to the average user in much the same way Henry Ford developed the Model T. There is nothing wrong with success and the alleged antitrust practices of Microsoft are just its useful attempt to maintain the standards of its products as they are incorpated into the resale marketplace. It is the profits of the successful products that have enabled the MS developers to continually upgrade them to even better platform quality. Just after I finished that lecture, I stated I do not own any stock and that is my opinion is from 9 years of research on the matter. I also stated that the Securities and Exchange commission should look into "Inside Trading" on Internet stocks, since whenever a news story is released such as an AOL deal the stock is usually bought sometimes before the news story is released. I am well aware that Wall Street gossips all the time and by the time we read the news on the internet, it is just the final result and the trades have already been made. I said hello to one of the Library's senior patrons and he mentioned he had bought a MAC computer, but does not have it hooked up to the internet yet. I read Infoworld. The libray's elevator is broken today, so people have to enter by the garage through the cafe. I noticed a copy of the 1997 GE annual report on one of the desks in business research area which I did not read. One can not do much better than General Electric, particularly if one wants to keep the lights burning at night. Well back to net. CIO

Note:<888> 4/23/98 Thursday 9:00 A.M. EST: I'm still at it. I put a few more links in recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I listened to Bill Gates Comdex address. I changed the format of my broadcast page www.mikescott.net/sound.htm . I use the Plugin feature of Frontpage express and named the realaudio file with a *.rpm extension to get the MS IE plugin to play real time, unfortunately with Netscape you have to wait for the entire file to load, and one can only have one file to a page or more than one plugin would try to load simultaniously with a Netscape browser, but with MS IE its fine. I also made a Scott's library page of my personal library www.mikescott.net/scottlib.htm which is sadly neglected with all the time I have spent on the computer the last eight and a half years. I dare say I have not read many books in the last three and half years on the internet either. I will now try to rest and be up at 1 P.M. for a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888> 4/23/98 Thursday 4:30 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I recieved email from Yahoo that they are going to finally update my link for "Scott's Internet Hotlist" at their site after two years of trying. I submitted the form ten times this time, maybe that makes a difference. I will listen to some tech news and try to relax a bit, I might be awake this morning if I take a nap soon. CIO

Note:<888> 4/23/98 Thursday 2:15 A.M. EST: I had dinner of sauteed in olive oil center cut pork chop with onion and garlic in white wine, potatoe, spinich, and diet cocacola. I took a shower and cleaned up. I went out with my trusty thermos of www.mikescott.net/coffee.htm . I sat downtown and noticed the late night crowd clearing out. I noticed one of the downtown regulars coming back home, and I noticed a regular departing the Dome restaurant in a black Ferrari convertable. I walked the bottom of the Avenue and saw the band at Thataway disbanding. I sat out for a while, and drove down by the water and observed the darkened harbor. I began to get a little indigestion from the olive oil in the porkchop mixed with the coffee for the second night in a row, so I returned home quickly to relieve myself. Greenwich does not provide public facilities for visitors at night, so one can use Starbucks until they close or Ben and Jerrys fairly easily and the Lexington Harbor Inn down by the water has a lavoratory. The restaurants tend to be less friendly to non partons. I have recommended that the town install a public lieu for all the night time visitors, but I suppose they don't want the transients trying to sleep in it, so they don't provide that service. The train station is also usually closed at night and frequently on weekends. Thus for the older generation that has to relief themselves more frequently, Greenwich can be a user unfriendly type of place. I have noticed quite a few chairman of the board types galloping off into the park downtown in the evening to relieve themselves by a tree, not to mention we have thousands of visitors a day. I suggested they put a public lieu behind the senior center in the vest pocket park across from the police station entrance, but I am not sure anyone would fine it there. Of course in the day time the library is always handy. I remember when I lived in Nantucket originally they did not have any public facilities downtown for the tourists except the bathroom in the ice cream parlors. With thousands of families daytripping they finally put in a public facility. Generally municipalities don't address this problem until somebody considered important addresses the need. Well back to the net. CIO

Note:<888> 4/22/98 Wednesday 11:35 P.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . There are lots of new IBM links from IBM's new homepage. I will work on the bookmark a bit more tonight. Microsoft has posted Microsoft Third Quarter 1998 Earnings. I am about to cook the same dinner as last night, I am hungry. CIO

Note:<888> 4/22/98 Wednesday 8:15 P.M. EST: Rip Van Winkles finally awake here. I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . I have been told internet stocks have been taking off recently. I look at Mecklermedia Internet News www.internetnews.com every day, and they have been mentioning N2K which took off, by the same token if you looked at my bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bookalph.htm or recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm , the internet companies that have repeats would be more than likely be the ones mentioned by the Internetnews and the Internet media, which one might consider for investing. Let me caution, that there are tens of thousands of internet companies, so before investing in them, find out what their actual assets are and what their profits are not to mention what product or technology that they offer. I dare say the giants we hear the most about will be the most profitable since they have the capability of delivering a product to market and not just producing a site. I will post the update listen to www.dailybriefing.com while I clean up and possibly go out and wait until the internet speeds up depending how fast it is going now. CIO

Note:<888> 4/22/98 Wednesday 6:40 A.M. EST: I fiddled with the demos on the MS MSN 2.5 cdrom and also did a full reinstall of all the MS IE 4.01 programs on the cdrom. I had to reset my MTUspeed setting to optimize, MTU = 1152 and Multiplier = 6 after doing the full reinstall. I also updated the Music Controls from the MS IE 4.01 update link. The system seems a little smoother and quicker, since over time certain key files might have been changed or altered by other programs. Remember when doing an MS IE 4.01 update, one should not have long Netscape bookmarks or it will take forever to import it. I also got an error about the Java files not being installed, but the java previously on the system has it all working fine. I am off to bed. CIO

Note:<888> 4/22/98 Wednesday 12:40 A.M. EST: I went out and drove down by the water and checked out the weather. I checked out the computer dumping spot and there is a only a case there with power supply for the last few days. I went by the library and read three weekly computer publications. I still have to read Infoworld. I noticed that in the back of one of them, you can get a new 200 mhz tower system with 32 megs ram, 2 gig hard drive, 24X cdrom player, X2 modem, and 3 1/2 floppy drive, I assume with some sort of video card or chip for $500 withouth the operating system. Sort of goes to show it does not pay to upgrade with parts. I checked out "XML Complete" and "Jumping Java Script" both with Cdroms. I went home and read some of XML complete and then cooked dinner of sauteed center cut pork chop with garlic and white wine and onions, asperagus, and potatoe. I went out at 10 P.M. and had my coffee downtown out of the thermos. I walked around the bottom of the Avenue. It was pretty much deserted downtown per usual on Tuesday night. I came home and finished the second chapter of XML complete. I don't think I will try to learn XML, but just familiarize myself with the concepts. I assume some sort of XML editor will be available in the future with common java libraries and templates for the average user. I have a MS MSN cdrom version 2.5 that I recieved today which I will install, but not register to MSN to see if there are any new improvements or possible system upgrades. I noticed in the press that the University of Illinois is connected with the new high speed internet link, I can't imagine what they need all that band width for. It is about 5 billion bytes a second, or the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica in one second. I will then do a little of my regular net activity. CIO

Note:<888> 4/21/98 Tuesday 5:15 P.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . It was up quite a bit in the last two days with all the dividends and stock splits. I also updated Scott's broadcast at www.mikescott.net/sound.htm for my infrequent commentary on the internet. It is a nice day and after I upload the files, I will clean up and go outside and enjoy the evening. CIO

Note:<888> 4/21/98 Tuesday 6:30 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . Time to call it a day. Ciao, by the way today is Earth Day, I believe, so take a Holiday. CIO

Note:<888> 4/21/98 Tuesday 2:00 A.M. EST: IBM's first quarter 1998 results should be available from this link today IBM announces first-quarter 1998 results . CIO

Note:<888> 4/21/98 Tuesday 1:45 A.M. EST: I did not get a chance to update Scott's Index today, since I tried it at 1:30 A.M. which was too late to record changes. I suppose one has to do it before midnight. I went downtown at about 9 P.M. this past evening and had Cafe Au Lait at Starbucks. I sat in front of the senior center and drank it and walked around the bottom of the avenue for a little exercise. I came home about 10:30 P.M. and had dinner. I got to thinking while I was relaxing after reading Sunday's paper about the tropics. I was wondering how big Caimens get in the tropics. The Encyclpedia says that average is about 15 feet, so I was wondering if there are giant Caimens about 50 feet long, and whether they ever bother individuals living around waterfront properties in the tropics. One hears a lot of fish stories, but it is impossible to tell what the real story is. Greenwich was very quiet this evening and not much was going on. I have not done much net surfing yet. I played classical music all day today while I was sleeping since they had a big front end digging machine tear up the front of the building for drainage again today, when I went out this evening it was all finished and the blacktop was put in over the repair. It was a little noisey, but I managed to sleep fairly well. They are going to have a mock hurricane Janet disaster drill thiis week, where the area prepares for a category three hurricane. Let's hope it does not happen anytime soon. The new Perrot Library addition for children in Old Greenwich is supposedly open now. It was in the mid 50s this evening, not quite warm enough to be comfortable sitting outside for long periods of time. The tulips look great. Off to webville for a while. CIO

Note:<888> 4/20/98 Monday 5:20 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . I am a bit bushed, so I will call it a day. CIO

Note:<888> 4/20/98 Monday 2:40 A.M. EST: I went out at 12:30 A.M. after dinner for a walk in the rain with my umbrella. It gradually quit raining and no one was out. I stopped by and chatted with the regular night clerk at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. She had a recent trajedy in the family. I noticed they have redecorated the lobby and they put in a light burberry carpet with Empire furniture which shows all the dirt from traffic, they probably need to put in the same pattern with the dark brown burberry pattern, so as not to show the traffic. While chatting a long black Lincoln Continental limosine pulled up with a passanger all dressed in black that looked a little bit a like a priest. I was given a free copy of the Sunday Greenwich Times that has headlines about the Moxley investigation that has been going on for about 25 years. I will have to read it when I have the time. I am back home and the laundry is done. I guess the old guard won't be coming north until about the third week in May, since it is still cool up here. The tulips look great in the cold damp rain. The tulips should be out in full force next week in the Netherlands, since they are about a week to two week behind us in the weather. I dare say there are millions of Dutch Americans who have planted tulips all over North America, and in the old days when the Dutch were short of money, they used tulips for currency. Thus institutions like Williamsburg, Orange Universities like Princeton reflect the House of Orange and William and Mary. The Dutch are obviously well represented in the Americas. I heard disturbing news today that Robert Schuller's wife of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California had a heart attack while visiting the Pope in Rome and she is recovering. Let us all pray for her speedy recovery, not to mention all of the other closer dear friends and relatives. It is peaceful and quiet this morning. Back to the net. CIO

Note:<888> 4/19/98 Sunday 11:55 P.M. EST: I went downtown yesterday and walked around Tod's Point with a guest. I fixed chicken with garlic and wine along with herbal rice and brocolli for dinner and then watched the movie " Time Machine". It is interesting that Rod Taylor the actor in the movie looks a lot like Robin Williams the more recent actor. I went for a walk downtown after my guest left and bought a jar of peanuts for $2.99. I returned home and watched a Romance classic movie on Channel 91 on Optimum TV about the RAF bombing Monte Carlo during World World II. I went to bed about 3 A.M. and was up around 2 P.M. today. I made Aunt Jamaima pancakes with Log Cabin Syrup for breakfast. I chatted with family members and friends on MCI five cents a minute. I chatted with one young friend who has returned from teaching English in Germany. He said it is very peaceful and safe in Germany and plans to return to live there. While chatting with him he mentioned two police officers had been shot in Daytona today during spring break. I cleaned my apartment and watered the plants. I was told while chattng that a CITGO gasoline station is very busy in Florida selling premium gasoline for $1.07 a gallon when we pay $1.47 a gallon here at Exxon. I went out for a walk in the evening about 9 P.M. It was pouring rain out heavily and not many people were out. I saw a GMC from Vermont with PGA for a license plate. Starbucks closes at 10 P.M. on Sunday night. I went by the Grand Union which closes at 11 P.M. on Sunday and bought a gallon 2% milk for $2.29, GU 9 slices pizza $2.29, GU fresh orange juice $1.99, boneless center cut pork chops for $3.05 @ $2.99 a pound, gallon Purex detergent $2.50, I Can't Believe Its Not Butter for $1.29, pint of Strawberries for 99 cents, and Early Morning bacon $1.79 for a pound and aperagus for $1.49 a pound thus $1.65. I noticed that the Valdalia Onions at 89 cents a pound are awfully soft probably because of the frost down around Georgia a month ago. Also they have sirloin steaks for $1.99 a pound which I will get later in the week. I stopped by the laundromat and saw a friend of my friend back from Germany and told him that he is back. They were trying to avoid the heavy rain. I noticed the laundrymat proprieter was removing many pounds of lent from the dryers which might be recycled into something like felt. I came home and put the groceries away and started my laundry and am now doing the drying. I noticed at the Grand Union laundry it is now $1.50 a machine which shows how prices have gone up unlike what the birds at the Department of Commerce say about the social security cost of living index which they are trying to reduce by about 2 percent. I think the Federal government has lost touch with prices and they should take a close look at what things really cost. Obviously there has been substancial inflations and the sheisters in Washington D.C. are trying to cover it up. I imagine a great many people on Social Security will be up in arms when the Federal government tries to reduce them by about 2 percent. Basically they should look at what things really cost, not what some near sighted accountant wished things cost. If it weren't for sale items, a great many of us would have a hard time breaking even. I will have some left over chicken and rice for dinner with brocolli. I will then fold the laundry and then surf the net a bit. Have a good night and I hope no one got too wet this evening in the pouring rain. CIO

Note:<888> 4/17/98 Friday 5:25 P.M. EST: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . I also added links to the recent bookmark www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm this morning on Lanzerote for those who need to get away. I also did key word searches on my search engine www.mikescott.net/search.html to see the results that were returned. It is a little slow but returns accurate results. I can not use a server search engine since I don't control my server at www.valueweb.net . I was to bed at 6 A.M. and up at noon. I had breakfast of Oscar Myer bacon, scrambled three eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I watched a little of CNN and at 2:19 P.M. I recorded the NASA www.mikescott.net/nasa.htm Space Shuttle launch on my VCR. I went out shortly there after and stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York, the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, ELDC thrift www.mikescott.net/thrift.htm and then drove down by the shore and checked the weather. It was overcast, but now the sun is out now. I stopped by the library and read the local paper, and they have an article on model rocketry. I checked out the video "Time Machine". I went down the avenue and by the Arnold bakery outlet store, and bought two loaves of Healthnut bread for $2.58 and a Entemanns Rasberry Danish for $1.29 and I got a second one free. Aparently the I-95 turnpike North in Byram, "West Greenwich" was backed up last night at about 7 P.M. when a trailer truck started leaking and fuming fumes from a Hydrocloric Acid load it was carrying. www.scorecard.org has information on EPA problems and if you want a vacation to Ireland check out www.shamrock.org for travel this summer. Not much happening. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888> 4/17/98 Friday 2:10 A.M. EST: I updated recent bookmarks www.mikescott.net/bmnow.htm . Time to call it a day. CIO