Note:<888>5/07/99 Friday 8:45 P.M. EDT: Last night I did a little systems maintenance. I tried downloading a copy of RedHat Linux 6.0 from one of the mirror sites, but I could not get the entire file group, so I deleted what I had transfered. I went to bed at 4 A.M.. I was up at 2 P.M., and I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, coffee, orange and grapefruit juice, and vitamins. I ran Norton Anti Virus while I was asleep. I was fiddling with Norton System Works, and I recieved a phone call at 4 P.M., but no one was there. I went back to bed and got up at 7 P.M.. I fixed some Ramen noodles and Soy Sauce, and I noticed that my server was not working. I rebooted and looked at the Apache log. At the bottom of the log was HTML script from a section of my homepage. The last entries in the log were from "ginssres.globalone.net" at 4:20 P.M. which is a provider from http://www.globalone.net which has offices in Hong Kong; Reston, Virginia, and Belgium. Maybe is was Chinese CIA spooks trying to interfer with my work. Well they're not that good if they left their IP address in my Apache log. Well back to regular routine. I might clean up and go out in a little while. Another night up all night on the net. I will do laundry later this morning. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . CIO

Note:<888>5/06/99 Thursday 11:10 P.M. EDT: After dinner, I took a rest from 7 P.M. to 7:30 P.M.. I went out about 8 P.M. and drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and viewed the harbor. It is still overcast. I went for a walk on Greenwich Avenue. I walked the lower section, and then the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. It was quite a busy night out with lots of diners. I chatted with a couple of locals. I noticed that somebody had left a new pair of black boots out on the upper part of Greenwich Avenue, but when I drove back around; they were gone. I suppose it is another uneventful night in Greenwich as usual. I guess we could generate some activity, by going to hang out at Starbucks in Bedford, New York; but I don't think Starbucks has a shop in Bedford yet, since the Bedford people like to spend $20 in gasoline to go get a $2 cup of coffee. I guess that is modern ecology. Well so much for exercise walking on Greenwich Avenue. I am up to 210 pounds, so I guess I should try to lose a little weight. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/06/99 Thursday 4:45 P.M. EDT: I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I deposited my ValueClick Advertising check for $57.36 at Putnam Trust. Well even with the small amout of revenue, not to mention my time; I am probably losing a $100 to $200 on my internet venture with costs and depreciation of equipment. Well so much for capitalism. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and viewed the waterfront. It is a grey overcast day, but it is almost warm. I drove by Exxon and bought $11 of premium gasoline. I went by the Grand Union and and bought a 28 oz. can of Chock Full of Nuts coffee for $3.99, a jar of Ragu tomatoe sauce with herbs $1.50 three 12 packs of soda, one Nestea Ice Tea and two Citra for $5 altogether with store coupon plus $1.80 can deposit for $11.99 total. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . Well not much else to report on. I guess I will sautee some boneless breast of chicken in olive oil and garlic powder and pepper and add it to the jar of Ragu tomatoe sauce with herbs and add one or two vadallia onions and serve it on speghetti noodles for dinner along with ice tea and coffee. After dinner I will watch the news and go for a walk. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>5/06/99 Thursday 1:25 P.M. EDT: I was up at 11 A.M. after going to bed at 3 A.M.. I did another partial C: drive to D: drive backup. I downloaded the Real Jukebox beta, but my system processor is not powerful enough to encode MP3 files with it. I had breakfast of GU raisin bran, toast, coffee, orange and grapefruit juice, and vitamins. I changed my two inside Dinos on the hompages to Radio Moscow English broadcast http://www.wrn.org/audio/1700_usa.ram and the BBC Radio Five http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio5/live/livemetafiles/output28.ram . Click on either the inside dinos on the homepages. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today, so I have to start cleaning up. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>5/05/99 Wednesday 11:45 P.M. EDT: I went out after last message at about 8:30 P.M.. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and viewed the harbor. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I then sat down for a while. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. It was a pleasent overcast night. I chatted with one library volonteer. I saw a couple of library volonteers walking around, since the library is closed. I drove back down to the harbor and viewed the night sky. I stopped by the Grand Union and bought a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.72, two half gallons of Florida Natural Ruby Red grapefruit juice for $1.99 each, a bottle of GU soy sauce for $1.29, a bottle of Angostora bitters for $3.29, a Stauffers frozen lasagna 20 oz. for $2.99, a Tony's Supreme Self Rising pizza for $4.59, three Ronzonni various noodles for $2 all, two Ragu Alfredon reduced fat sauce for $1.50 each, a pint of strawberries for $1.29 for $24.15 total. I returned home and put away the groceries. I had some Ramen noodles with soy sauce and goldfish crackers along with a glass of ice tea. I will do my daily work list scotwork.htm , which I have not done in about five days. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/05/99 Wednesday 6:50 P.M. EDT: I recieved a call this morning from somebody in Germany looking for someone here plus two other phone calls. I sifted through my last few days of email. I updated Scott's Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites downloadables download.htm . I now have 75,775 favorites in that format. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . I had dinner about 5:30 P.M. of baked chicken sandwich with bacon on toast and brocolli, ice tea, and coffee. Well enjoy the evening. I guess I will go out after I clean up. CIO

Note:<888>5/05/99 Wednesday 11:10 A.M. EDT: I had breakfast of Kelloggs raisin bran, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I updated Scott's weekly broadcast sound.htm . CIO

Note:<888>5/05/99 Wednesday 9:20 A.M. EDT: I went out at midnight last night and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I returned and did internet work. I started a tape backup of the C: drive at 2 A.M.. I went to bed, and it was done about 8 A.M.. I woke up at 9 A.M., when I got a phone call. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/04/99 Tuesday 10:25 P.M. EDT: I was up at noon today. I had breakfast of Kelloggs raisin bran, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I worked on intalling more of the Norton System Works extras. Eight files in the C:\windows\system directory were replace by old files by one of the extra programs. I restored them from my back up. I downloaded files from Norton Update Pro at http://www.nortonweb.com which System Works 2.0 comes with a six month subscription. I defraged the system and I just finished doing a partial C: drive to D: drive backup. I had dinner about 7:30 P.M. of baked boneless breast of chicken in red wine which herbs and spices, with baked vadallia onion, baked potatoe, steamed frozen brocolli, ice tea, and coffee. I watched a Nature Show from Europe on Channel 13 while doing the backup. I showered and cleaned up. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . I will write a letter, and go out and mail it in an hour. I will turn off the server and do a tape backup when I go to bed this morning. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>5/04/99 Tuesday 7:00 A.M. EDT: I have Norton System Works 2.0 installed, and all is running fine. I ran a number of utilities which took a while up till now. I watched the movie Cleopatra while running the utilities. Well time for bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/03/99 Monday 8:45 P.M. EDT: I was up at 9 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Kelloggs raisin bran, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went back to bed until noon. I read some internet news. I had some Ramen noodles. I went out about 3 P.M. and stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York and the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. My 4 A.M. appointment was cancelled. I drove over to Old Greenwich and stopped by the Old Greenwich Thrift shop. I bought a nice water color of Burmuda Harbor by Lew Halbeck for $5.30 with tax and it shows a tall ship, a cruise ship and the front street in Hamilton along with a bit of the now gone Burmudian Hotel and even Trimminghams. I hung it where the Life magazine cover of Queen Elizabeth II coronation picture was to the right of the Marlin, and I put the picture of Queen Elizabeth II on the end table underneath the Zenith short wave radio. When one sits in the Queen Anne chair viewing the television, you see Queen Elizabeth II out of the left eye. I then drove to Tod's Point and drove around and viewed the sound. The artist in residence was at the gate. I then stopped by Staples and bought Norton System Works $59.97 plus $3.60 CT. tax for a total of $63.57. I returned home, and I had a Tony's four cheese pizza for dinner. I relized they had sold me the old version of Norton System Works, and not the new version 2.0. I then drove back to Staples in Old Greenwich and exchanged for version 2.0 for the same price. I returned home and I am just about ready to have some coffee. I recieved two phone calls from Germany from someone looking for someone. I updated Scott's Index scopor01.htm . I will install Norton System Works 2.0 shortly. It includes Norton Utilities, Norton Anti Virus, Norton Clean Sweep, Norton CrashGuard, Norton Web Services, with the free bonus pack that has Norton 2000 bios test and fix, ZipIt, Winfax Basic Edition, Norton Secret Stuff, and Norton Visual Page. There is also a $10 mailin rebate for previous Norton Owners, but I don't own any Norton software previously. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>5/02/99 Sunday 9:20 P.M. EDT: I went back out after the last message, and checked out Steamboat Road which was busy. I drove by Grass Island and quite a few people were fishing there, but it was cooler this afternoon. I parked in the center of town and walked around the lower section of Greenwich Avenue a few times. I chatted with a few locals. There was a large crowd of Sunday afternoon strollers which is usual for a Sunday afternoon. I noticed quite a few visitors from other countries, including a 6' 8" tall gentleman with his family viewing the Veterans monuments talking in a eastern European or Russian language that I did not recognize. I noticed lots of young people out visiting from the city for the weekend. Starbucks was packed to overflowing as usual. I noticed two young boys shooting cap pistols in the park which startled the strollers. People looked a little bit chilly. I returned to the bottom of Steamboat Road and chatted with a local until sunset. Quite a few people were down there for the sunset. I saw a cigarette boat take off out of the harbor and eventually it was going very fast. I suppose there is not much more happening, since it was a very busy day for me after a long day before. I had some Stauffer's frozen lasagna for dinner and ice tea. I at least got some exercise in the day time, but when one is frequently on a night schedule, the day schedule is very noisey around here. Well have a relaxing evening. All quiet on the eastern front. CIO

Note:<888>5/02/99 Sunday 2:20 P.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and chatted a while with some of the regular morning crowd. I observed somebody has a new shocking pink 20 foot sail boat in the harbor, which really stands out. It was a beautiful clear morning. I chatted with one visitor from the Phillipines and told him about my web site directory on Volcanoes. I noticed a half dozen cars around the Steamboat Road area from Rhode Island. I returned to the center of town, and walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I said "Good Morning" to one former neighbor. I bought a Apricot Danish for $1 from St. Moritz bakery. I walked back to the center of the Avenue and ate it, observing the usual morning Starbucks crowd. I talked to one early morning retiree about traveling out in California in the old days. I drove back down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and observed the harbor again. I went to the Grand Union and bought 3 twelve packs of soda 2 Diet Caffine Coke and one Diet Caffine Sprite for $5 total with the circular coupon and $1.80 can deposit, two GU raisin bran $2.19 each, two 26 ounce Chock Full of Nuts coffee $3.99 each, two "I Can't Belive It's Not Butter Lite .99 each, four Tropicana Ruby Red Orange Juice half gallons $2 each, one GU frozen brocolli spears .99 each, one GU frozen brocolli florets $1.39, a 5 pound bag of Vidallia onions $2.99, two Stauffers 20 oz. frozen Lasagnas $2.99 each, Purdue boneless breast of chicken $2.99 a pound for $2.93, two Tony's four cheese pizzas for $5.99 for both (you need to have the checker correct the computer price on the pizzas) for a total of $49.71 with .30 tax. I also bought a bag of five pounds of Wild Bird Seed for $4.23 with .24 tax. I returned home and put away the groceries. I had to make two trips from the car with all the liquid beverage. I then spread about a pound of wild bird seed along the tree line of the East rear exit door, so as to attrack migrating birds into the nearby woods. I heard quite a few chirping in the woods. I next went inside, and thought out a few fish tails. Well it seems to be a nice day, and since I have been awake since noon yesterday, I should probably go to bed, but I think I will sneak out for another view of downtown. Well enjoy the beautiful afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>5/02/99 Sunday 6:20 A.M. EDT: Moreover hemp grows wild at Tod's Point here in Greenwich, and I once was told by a gardener that lots of people plant hemp to attract diverse bird species, and they do this by planting common bird seed or Hartz mountain bird seed both of which are commonly composed of hemp seed. So much on a class on maintaining the environment. Birds are also useful for eliminating various irritating insects. CIO

Note:<888>5/02/99 Sunday 6:00 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove down to the bottom of Steamboat Road and viewed the evening sky. I returned to the center of town and walked the lower area of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out for a spell. I drove back down by the harbor. I drove back home, and I stopped by Cumberland Farms and bought a dozen extra large eggs for $1.49 and a half gallon of 2% milk for $1.59 for $3.08 total. I chatted with the cashier from India about India. I noticed they keep rolling papers handy by the cashier, so I imagine that the individuals that use rolling papers instead of paying for machine rolled cigarettes frequently by their papers there or for what other purposes. I use to know a couple of people that worked Cumberland Farms in Nantucket, and besides all the hard work unloading all the milk in the cooler, they got to figure out whom were the youth using cannabis, when they would come in late at night to buy rolling papers. Well enough for trivia pursuit on the internet. I remember one hippie at Lake Forest College once told me that the hippies from the University of Wisconsin sold "Wisco Weed", "Wisconsin Hemp" for $40 a ton, since the hemp was commonly available through out the midwest since it was grown for rope used by the Navy and other Marine and nautical interests. Any salt water rat would tell you that Nylon rope deteriorates very fast in Salt Water, where hemp has stood the test of time. When I went to Norway, outside the Royal Norwegian Palace all the local youth were smoking hemp by the Royal Green House in the pouring rain and sleet. I inquired as to the activity from one of the Royal Norwegian Guards holding a machine gun, and he politely explained to me it was a traditional in the Royal Norwegian Navy when they ran out of Good Virginian tabacco they "Smoked Rope". Well so much for diplomatic explanations of counter culture activity in area. I believe the Holland Dutch since they are very tolerant of Hemp in Amsterdam actively import it directly from Jamaica and develop hybrids. I remember in the old days when I was exploring Manhattan, one graduated student from Rockefeller University had a Federal Grant to actually grow and raise and investigate hemp. He actively recruitted guinea pigs to test his products in one of the university patrons' homes. I believe he wrote a Doctoral disertation on the subject for the University and the Federal Government. It seemed like a rather quaint Federal project since the hemp product grows in abundence in the wild in the midwest, and irraticating it; would be like trying to get rid of sea weed in the ocean. Well I still use lousy virginia cigar tabacco cigarettes, since I can't afford good quality Virginia tabacco cigarettes. Moreover the crooks in the Federal government after having extorted a quarter of a trillion dollars in revenue from the tabacco industry won't eveny pay for the general public to get nicotine patches or other tabacco cures. I guess the reality is the Federal Government does not want to give up the Revenue from the tabacco tax along with all the other money the states have gotten. In all the publicity about the tabacco fines levied by the Federal and State governments, there was no mention as to what the actual revenues were from tabacco taxes, which I guess is the governments dirty little secret. Well enough of constant comment. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/02/99 Sunday 3:25 A.M. EDT: I was up at noon yesterday, and I had breakfast of five bacon strips, three fried eggs, toast, orange juice, and coffee. I went back to bed. I got up about 4 P.M. and watched the Kentucky Derby at 4:30 P.M.. I rested about 6 P.M.. I chatted with a family member about 9 P.M.. I finally got up about 11 P.M., and had some stew, ice tea, and coffee. I started cleaning my apartment and watering the plants. I just finished, and I showered and cleaned up. I will go out for a breath of fresh air. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>5/01/99 Saturday 4:05 A.M. EDT:Well I finally got my laundry done. I have been sitting around sipping ice tea telling myself fish stories. Interesting enough somebody during that period hacked into my computer server and brought it down. They also seemed to have deleted the contents of the new Apache Log file. Not surprizingly enough, right before it happened somebody was on my server from Yugoslavia listening to Ravel "Bolero". I guess they did not like the version. Well if this keeps up, I might try somebody nasty like making them listen to reruns of Lawrence Welk from Radio Bulgaria. Well as far as I can tell, it is a quiet night and not much happening here. Busy day paying bills. I saw two people downtown today each with two black eyes, one of them a lady whom was in her mid 40s, and another a man in his 80s. I think one can get black eyes from Cateract operations, but I hope nobody is punching out people around here, we would take a very dim view of such activity. Well who knows what comes next. Enjoy yourself this morning. I am just about ready to bow out. All quiet on the Eastern front. CIO

Note:<888>5/01/99 Saturday 1:10 A.M. EDT: Merry May Day! I had my dinner guest show up for dinner at about 7:30 P.M.. We chatted and had onion, garlic, ham, and steak stew that I had defrosted. I served it with ice tea and coffee. My dinner guest left at about 9:30 P.M.. I went downtown and walked the lower part of Greenwich Avenue. I noticed lots of people out for dinner and the movies. I noticed the big hole where they removed the gasoline tanks at the old Sunoco station on the Avenue, still has a strong smell of gasoline after all the dirt they have removed so far. Generally old gas station sites don't make for good buildings since the new cellers might smell of gasoline fumes. I suppose they could dig down two hundred feet and put in underground parking. I also noticed the Mexican bakery on Greenwich Avenue had lots of fresh baked goods lying on the floor which was not too clean. I guess the Health inspector should take a look. I chatted with one local internet user who was trying to be inconspicuous by wearing a knit cap. I use to recognized people in Manhattan in the old days when many people wore knit caps by the way they walked not by their appearrence. I spend a short time downtown, and drove down to Steamboat Road and observed the waterfront. I drove over to CVS in the Riverside Shopping plaza and bought nine packs of Swisser Sweets Lights cigarette cigars and one pack of Dutch Treat Lites for $15.04 total. I went over to the Food Emporium and bought a two pound box of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers for $4.99. I noticed while there one of the employees was clowning around photographing customers at the checkout with his video camera. The lady in front of me seemed very upset, and it is general good policy in town of Greenwich to respect people's privacy and not randomly photograph people without their permission since this might create a security problem. I advised the night manager of this. I also mentioned that I last read that Huntington Hartford was last seen pushing a shopping cart down 14th Street in Manhattan trying to find the A&P warehouse. Well next I returned home, and just before midnight I renamed my Apache Logs, and saved April's logs, and started a new ones. Well not much else happening. I am trying to figure out whether I have enough energy to do laundry, or if I should go to bed early. Have a good morning. CIO