Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.:
I went through my email. Yes, once one has worked for
www.cbcnews.com , lots of people tell one
lots of things, so one always learns to take them with a grain of salt.
I bid on
eBay: Royce Union Bicycle Generator Lighting Set/nib (item 7245613726 end time
Jun-05-06 11:35:31 PDT) , and I also bid on
eBay: Vintage THIRST KNOWS NO SEASON CocaCola Tray (item 7244748402 end time
Jun-01-06 12:38:08 PDT) . There are quite a few other vintage items at
eBay Seller:
pepperjanetmike: Action Figures, Clocks items on eBay.com , but the postage
is high. I figure the Royce light would not be as bright, as the
news ones, but it would have a bulb that is easily replaced, and it is cheaper.
I already have one Coca Cola
www.coke.com
tray, so I could use a backup one. I will now shut down the primary
computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 11:10 P.M.:
In the Christian Church, they pray, but in the military they follow orders.
To prove that I actually knew Wiley Middleton of the Middleton Place Plantation
Middleton Place Plantation near
Charleston, South Carolina, Wiley told me many things, and he once told me that
the real story on Jimmy Hoffa was that he had been killed by the Florida mafia
figure Sam Trafficante
AmericanMafia.com
- Feature Articles 7 and put in a oil barrel of cement and dumped in
Biscayne Bay. When I investigated the Kennedy assassination, I read
lots of material on it, and from what I read it looked like Sam Giancana
Sam Giancana
was behind it. What ever the real case on all of these figures, there are
frequently more shadowy figures in the wings, so we never know the real story.
Maybe it was the Maytag repairman. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 10:40 P.M.:
Beta Experience –
The pleasure of testing .
Earth-prints: Home .
Voui volcanic lake
.
British Geological Survey online
shopping home page .
» D4 | Between
the Lines | ZDNet.com . I went through my email. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 10:00 P.M.:
I did some research on bicycle night lighting systems. My favorite is
bikepartsusa.com - Product 01-170747: Union, Marwi , Halogen, Light Generator
Set (Union) , then
Reelight |
International available from
Amazon.com: Reelight SL100 Bicycle Safety Lights: Sports & Outdoors .
Pedalite | The non battery-dependent bicycle
pedal light - operates automatically when ridden to increase visibility. .
There is also from the Microsoft neck of the woods in Redmond, Washington
Bicycle Lights - International Bike Lights
Home Page , but there is no rear light, or with batteries only
Amazon.com: Bell Dark Flyer Light Set: Sports & Outdoors , or if you want to
bid on this vintage bike light set from Harry Truman
eBay: Royce Union Bicycle Generator Lighting Set/nib (item 7245613726 end time
Jun-05-06 11:35:31 PDT) who also visited Key West, Florida, and they named
the main U.S. 1 street after him known as Truman Boulevard. When I
worked for Daniels Construction, Harry's daughter was known as Margaret Truman
Daniel, so maybe her husband had money. This
Amazon.com: Cycle Force 6-Volt Generator Bicycle Light Set: Sports & Outdoors
is a low price unit, but I am not sure that it is durable enough for regular
use. These too are available
Shop for Bicycle Lights in
Bicycle Safety and Security at DoItYourself.com The Internets Largest Hardware
Store. .
Brands
Cycle and Fitness - Lights and Light Systems .
shop.sunrisecyclery.com: Shop By Category » Accessories » Lighting .
Thus as one group of people once said, "It is better to light a candle, than to
curse the darkness." CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 8:40 P.M.:
On my order for
Amazon.com: Kryptonite 108312 5 Foot x 12mm Key Cable: Sports & Outdoors
for $11.99 with free super saving shipping, tracking is
DHL: Track
(By number) Detail with tracking number "50216017821".
That is probably the prisoner number in China that made it. Of
course, if I were Superman, Kryptonite would slow me down. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 8:25 P.M.:
Well, this is what has me worried
CNN.com - Storm pundit predicts 9 Atlantic hurricanes this year - May 31, 2006
. Figure it out for yourself
The Tropical Meteorology
Project: [FORECASTS] . CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 8:20 P.M.:
I chatted with the
Key West Hotel
Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West ,
and they told me, they are remodeling, and I suggested that they not waste too
much money in terms of the hurricane seasons that will continue on for the next
15 years as more severe. I suggested though, it would be nice if
they painted the hotel in the traditional tropical Florida colors of pink and
green. However, from the pictures it seems to look fine to me as is.
Obviously I do not need a tan or need to go down there, since we have so many
other resorts around the world that somebody needs to inspect occasionally.
I just focus on that facility since I have first had experience with it, but
from a professional point of view, I am a more private person anymore, so I do
not need to be in the public eye anymore, and quite frankly since there are not
too many people in Key West compared to the 40 million people in the New York
metropolitan area, I have all the privacy that I need in this area.
In other words, it is more important to keep business going in New York that to
get a sun tan. One can always buy tanning butter to look tanned.
However, from my viewpoint some people need to get away from it all, so there
will always be people visiting down there. Since I do not drink
alcohol, I actually did not like living in a resort where so many people seem to
drink alcohol. From what I can tell, the British are trying to
recreate some sort of long forgotten image of the island, and perhaps they have
succeeded, but most people whom seem to enjoy Key West actually go there for the
fishing and not the tourist facilities. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 7:25 P.M.:
I left telephone messages with a few friends, and I chatted with a relative.
I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea. If anyone happens to
run into one of my old Spanish interpreters from Florida named James Edward
Eldert, he is so busy with family affairs, he prefers to remain private.
For all I know he learned Spanish in Argentina, which is why he was a cold
weather person that spoke Spanish and broken English. He is suppose
to be Dutch and Irish from Syracuse, New York, but that just might be a summer
home from when he comes up from down south. Since we were never able
to get accurate intelligence on him, but just what he told other people, we can
assume that if he is in California for so much of the time, and since everyone
around him seems to have something to do with Howard Hughes that more than
likely Jim has some sort of Hughes connection. Possibly the reason
he is seen around the planet so much of the time is that he has some sort of
aviation back ground. A lot of people in Key West, Florida
were pilots, but coming from this neck of the woods with a Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh picture
in my apartment, more than likely there are other experience pilots out there in
the wood work. Jimmy was just experienced in communications.
From what I can tell, since Lindbergh was a four star United States Air Force
general, more than likely there might be other pilots out there in the wood
work. My best guest, if terrorism were to happen on June 6, 2006, it
would probably be at 06:06:06 in the morning and not 18:06:06 which is 06:06:06
P.M. in the evening. However, June 6, 2006 is also the 61st
anniversary of the D-Day invasion, so possibly we are going to be invaded that
day in return for our visit 61 years ago. Obviously we can not
afford to invade over there, so maybe they are coming back to visit us on the
return. I have not heard from my Coastal Observer in Denmark, and he
is suppose to email me if he sees a lot of hostile naval forces coming our way,
but possibly since he once sent me a $5 bill from Moscow, Russia, he is on their
side. Since Germany does not have much of a navy, and since England
is an ally, the only hostile group that might invade us is Russia, and they
still have a formidable Navy, and one would spot them moving between Denmark and
Sweden. I dare say if somebody saw over 10,000 Navy vessels moving
our way, somebody would take note, not to mention lots of people have satellite
observation systems, but those can be compromised, so I tend to rely on old
fashioned observations and communications. Maybe the coastal
observer will send a carrier pigeon our way. Since so many of our
forces are involved in the Middle Eastern situation, I am not sure what the
status of our domestic fleet is beside the Island Beach ferry. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 5:35 P.M.:
I went outside a couple of times, and I chatted with neighbors. It
seems to be pretty much a normal late spring day around here. I do
not hear much traffic on the nearby highway at rush hour, so I guess a lot of
the office types have taken off on vacation which is normal for this time of
year. It is rumored that some people actually travel to Greenwich,
Connecticut to vacation here in the summer, but that is just a rumor, I have not
been told any such facts, but I do see a lot of out of state license plates off
the nearby highway all of the time. For one winter, I even saw a
grey Rolls Royce from Alaska. However, the most amusing license
plate was the one from Hawaii, and I always wandered how somebody got a car off
of Hawaii. Of course back in the winter in Key West, Florida
in 1978, I saw an old blue pick up truck with a blue horse trailer behind it
with license plates from Maui. Maybe the Flying Dutchman was around.
Of course this time of year, one can rent a cottage up at
Balmoral Castle and Estate, online shop,
gift shop, holiday cottages, fishing, scotland for about 800 pounds a week,
but from I have read there is not much to do up there but fish for trout and
salmon, if you are into fishing. Of course, if I went back up there
again, they probably would put me back to work in the garden again, since I was
always a better gardener than a communications engineer. They would
not want me playing "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" like I played
the "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" down in Key West, Florida. Maybe I
could try to play Sherlock Holmes, but I have only seen the moving pictures
about him, I have never actually read any of the books. Of course as last
I heard, you can not have them ship their whiskey
Balmoral Estates
Whisky Range over to the United States of America, because of some argain
law against it here in the States. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 3:50 P.M.:
I registered for both morning and afternoon tech events in case I can make it.
If I went there from here on the New York border in Byram, Connecticut, I would
probably go over to Port Chester, New York and up King Street to Westchester
Airport and from there take I-684 East to I-84 East to Danbury, Connecticut.
It is an easier drive without the two way traffic of Route 7 and although
longer, it is probably faster. The last time I was in Danbury,
Connecticut was when I registered my Volvo around October 1, 2005. I had
to go to the Danbury DMV, because I was registering an out of state car.
If one were coming from New York City or points west of me, one could go on
Interstate I-95 East to I-287 North in Port Chester, New York, to I-684 East,
and then I-84 East to Danbury, Connecticut. However, I am not sure
how to find the Lowe's theatre, but you could find it on Yahoo Maps
Yahoo! Maps - Danbury, CT 06810-4025 4 International Drive, Danbury, Connecticut
and
Yahoo! Driving Directions - Greenwich, CT to Danbury, CT. Of course at
16 miles per gallon for 88 miles round trip, it would cost me about $20 round
trip, and for that I could buy something more useful locally.
However, they do sometimes give you interesting promotional packages at the
TechNet events. I printed out the event tickets, the map, and the
driving instructions in case I can make it. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 3:00 P.M.:
Escape Dooms Day in Manhattan on June 6, 2006, computer date "060606", and go to
Microsoft Technet ITPros Events Danbury, Connecticut June 6, 2006 and
Microsoft Technet Events Developers Danbury, Connecticut June 6, 2006 .
Of course if you are wanted by the Feds, you probably should not show up, since
Danbury, Connecticut is home to the Danbury Correctional Facility a local
Federal Prison. However, if you come out of New York City on
Interstate 95 East, you take Route 7 North at Norwalk, Connecticut, and it
changes in a few miles to a busy two lane road for about 30 miles north into
Danbury. There are lots of Connecticut types of shops along the way,
and there are a lot high fuel consumption cars for sale along the way too.
Of course Hughes Satellite
HUGHES use to make the Hubble Telescope Satellite
HubbleSite Mirror in Danbury, Connecticut,
so their might be an interesting group of people there. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 2:45 P.M.:
I chatted with a relative. I have the air conditioner set at 70
degrees Fahrenheit, which leaves the apartment at 72 degrees Fahrenheit, so I am
a bit more efficient in the cooler apartment. I chatted with a
relative. I listened to the Microsoft LiveMeeting conference on
Vista Beta 2. However, on my primary computer, LiveMeeting does not
work with Vista Beta 2, and it crashes the computer, but it works with XP.
I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors. I picked up my
mail.
I took a metal mixing bowl, and I broke three large eggs in it, and I added a
couple of tablespoons of milk, 1/4 teaspoon of Italian spices, a teaspoon of
olive oil, and a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese. I whisked it
all together with a whisk. I then put three tablespoons of
water oil in a 10 inch stick proof frying pan, and I heated a 7 ouncepack of
Armour Maple flavor sausages
ConAgra Foods,
Inc. : Armour over medium electric heat burner on the stove with lid for 6
minutes. I thin drained the water off the sausage by putting in a wire
strainer. I then dried the frying pan, and I heated it over medium
high electric heat with a few tablespoons of olive oil, and once the oil was
heated, I then added the egg mixture, which I let cook for about four
minutes, mixing scrambled eggs and sausages together as they cooked.
When I put the egg mixture in, I started toasting two pieces of bread.
Once the scrambled eggs and sausages were cooked, I put the frying pan on the
dinner plate to warm it a bit, and I then slid the eggs and sausages on the
dinner plate, and I put some olive oil on the two pieces of toast, and I cut
them in half on the diagonal, and I put them on the dinner plate, and I ate it
all with a glass of iced tea. I then washed the second breakfast
dishes. Breakfast tends to be cheaper to cook than other regular
meals. Thus I have a full belly. I am making up a batch
of Formula One ice tea
http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm . CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 10:00 A.M.:
I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors and the building custodian.
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maybe he is the same person as
http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm .
Microsoft
bug-checking tools promise fewer crashes | Tech News on ZDNet .
» Vista Beta 2, up close
and personal | Ed Bott's Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com .
» Windows Vista
takes on Norton Ghost | Ed Bott's Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com .
TechWeb |
Review: 2007 Microsoft Office Beta 2 Is Up And Running .
Bush Nominates Wall Street Chief for Treasury Job - New York Times . I
finished going through my email. CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 8:55 A.M.:
If you do not mind living across the street from poor people like me at my
Greenwich Public Housing on Western Junior Highway in Greenwich, Connecticut
near the Port Chester, New York border in Byram, a working class neighborhood in
Greenwich,
Welcome to Antares has
bought the Putnam Green Apartment complex across the street from me, and they
have their real estate office opened across the street from me with model
apartments already refurbished, and they supposed cost $600,000 to $1,600,000.
They have four bedroom apartment complexes in Putnam Green.
It is about a two mile walk to both the Greenwich and Port Chester train
stations if one wants to walk to the train station. It is the nature
of my retired neighbors, we tend to get poorer with inflation, while the younger
yuppies in our area, tend to be earning "Big Bucks". However, on the
local real estate front
Greenwich, Connecticut USA, Real Estate , supposedly the real estate rentals
in Fairfield County, Connecticut are the size of a large telephone book, since
the mortgage rates are currently so low, most people are buying real estate
instead of renting. Thus people seem to be buying the units
across the street instead of renting elsewhere. For the people like
me, its makes the area more upscale. Also the town of Greenwich has
built public housing across the street from on West Putnam Avenue for young
policemen and firemen, so the area would be considered a safe neighborhood with
them living across the street, but I am not sure how your daughters would feel.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 8:35 A.M.:
On the order for
eBay: AMD ATHLON XP 2800 CPU SOCKET 462 (item 6883860391 end time May-27-06
14:45:30 PDT) for $51 and $8 shipping, tracking is
USPS - Track & Confirm . CIO
Note:<888>
05/31/06 Wednesday 8:15 A.M.:
I was awake at 5 A.M. this morning. I did two loads of laundry, and
I put clean linens on my bed. I chatted with an internet security
agency. I chatted with a friend.
I had
breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil,
orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and
milk. I threw out some garbage. I moved the 32 meg pin
drive from the primary computer to server computer. I still have the
512 meg pin drive on the primary computer. On my order for
$99.99 with free Super Saving Shipping
Amazon.com: Mongoose Inland 26-Inch Dual Suspension Mountain Bike: Sports &
Outdoors , it is suppose to arrive tomorrow according to
FedEx | Track . I will give my old vintage Schwinn bicycle
to a friend. I hope he picks it up soon, so I have a bit of room in
my apartment after the Mongoose bike arrives tomorrow. I hope
the Mongoose bike is not to hard to assemble. The
Amazon.com: Kryptonite 108312 5 Foot x 12mm Key Cable: Sports & Outdoors
for $11.99 with free super saving shipping still has not shipped yet.
However, I have a steel chain with Master Lock pad lock if I want to secure the
Mongoose until the other arrives. The Kryptonite cable lock is
suppose to arrive around June 8, 2006. I will not go through
my email, and I will do a little bit of internet work. If I have to
wait for FedEx tomorrow, I might miss my 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note:<888>
05/30/06 Tuesday 12:15 P.M.:
I went out after the last message, and I checked outside the building.
I said good morning to some neighbors. I then called up Logitech
Tech support which opens at 6 A.M. in Las Vegas, Nevada. They are
available at 1-702-269-3457. I chatted with their tech support
representative about the problem I had with the Logitech LX500 cordless keyboard
and cordless optical mouse. I was told to try to plug it into a USB
port instead of using the PS/2 port to USB plug adapter. I did this
while still online and the telephone, and the Logitech wireless keyboard worked
just fine. I chatted with the tech rep about other tech.
I then setup my systems the way they were before the Logitech wireless keyboard
problem. The Logitech programs and drivers were still on my system
from the system restore earlier this morning. Before connecting the
Logitech devices, I uninstalled the Kensington programs and drivers.
I also installed the Kensington programs and drivers on the server with the
Kensington wireless keyboard and wireless mouse. Both Logitech
devices have new CVS AA Alkaline batteries in them. I had a
problem starting up the systems, since it looked from the Netgear Switch box, I
was being hit by a denial of service attack, which my firewall finally blocked
or it went away. I have the Microsoft Internet Pro keyboard
and Microsoft Wireless mouse back on the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom.
I have the four port USB 1.0 device connected to the server again.
Possibly some of my problems could be that when they start to happen this time
of year, which has happened before, it is when the children get out of their
various schools, and they start up their hacking activities locally again.
It has happened many times before whenever the schools let out. They
tend not to like various symbols on my web site like the U.S.A. flag and other
establishment symbols, so when they learn to use the new wooden abacuses they
learn to make in Chinese prisons, they will begin to learn what freedom and
democracy is about, and it also has its responsibilities. I am very
tired, so I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.
I have turned the air conditioner down to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, since I can
stand a 82 degree apartment, and for now I will continue with the 72 degrees
environment, until I figure that I can not afford it. I will eat a
bowl of the reheated rice and with some La Choy low sodium soy sauce with some
iced tea. CIO
Note:<888>
05/30/06 Tuesday 7:50 A.M.:
I had a time consuming technical problem after the last message. I
shut down both the primary and the server computers. I then put the
server Kensington Comfort wireless keyboard and wireless mouse on the primary
computer, and I put the Microsoft Internet Pro keyboard on the server along with
the Microsoft wheel mouse. I then install the Microsoft keyboard and
mouse driver, and I configured them on the server. I then booted up the
primary computer, and it would not boot up. In my work routine, I
had faxed a copy of my most current job history
http://mikelouisscott.com/resumee.htm to
www.cbsnews.com in Washington D.C. at their fax number 1-202-659-2586
. The
www.whitehouse.gov fax
number was busy 1-202-456-2461 as was the
www.cnn.com fax number 1-213-250-3919 . I also called up the
www.boomboomroom.com , but nobody was
answering their telephone, but it is a good place to get use to the California
ambience and check out the Howard Hughes rejects before going to the north slope
of Maui if one needs a break. I had also looked at the Jordanian web
sites. I suspected the primary computer malfunction might be a micro
virus from the Jordanian or Hughes web sites. Safe Mode
worked, so I tried a System Restore, but the computer still would not boot
regularly. I checked with a local security tech person a
number of times about the possibility of some sinister virus. I then
tried using the Vista beta 2 boot DVD restore option of the backup that I made
on this past Sunday, but although the Vista beta 2 boot DVD restore option
restored both my XP and Vista partitions, the system would not work.
I suspected some sort of hardware problem, but since Safe Mode and Vista restore
worked, I had my doubts. I then used the Max Blast CD, and I
repartitioned my first hard drive into the same 137 gig and 26.5 gig partitions
after deleting the old partitions and then formatting, and then I did a Vista
beta 2 restore again. The primary computer XP and Vista Beta 2
partitions still would not work. I then tried a Max Blast quick low
zero write of the first hard drive suspecting a micro virus, and I then
repartitioned and formatted it the same way again. I then did the
Vista beta 2 system restore of the first hard drive from the second hard drive
backup of XP and Vista beta 2. I suddenly noticed that my left
monitor was not working. I must have hit the power switch when I
change the mice and keyboards. When I turned on the left monitor, I
got the normal XP boot up screen prompting my for password while the right
center monitor was black making the computer look like it was not working
because the left monitor had been turned off. I booted XP restored
backup normally. To be on the safe I did a DOS boot, and I reflashed
my BIOS. I then booted XP, and I installed the Kensington Comfort
Wireless keyboard and mouse drivers model 64353
Kensington Keyboard Software
Download . I then rebooted and configured the drivers.
For some reason the Logitech keyboard driver loads, but the Kensington wireless
keyboard and wireless mouse programs work just fine. I restored the
files that were lost from my server to the primary computer through the network.
For some odd reason, my Microsoft Money 2006 information had not been lost, and
all I can think of is that the second hard drive contains it backup or it is
posted online. Thus as they say in Shakespeare, "Much Ado About
Nothing". However, the primary computer system is currently running
just fine, and possibly with the system troubleshooting I have improved it.
The Vista beta 2 backup and restore programs works quite fast and without any
problems, but one should have the option about which drive partitions to backup
and restore. I hope the local tech computer person was not too
bothered by my phone calls, but I really thought it might have been some sort of
new sinister virus. Thus I did not get much regular work done
this morning. CIO
Note:<888>
05/30/06 Tuesday 1:00 A.M.:
CNN.com
- Jordan king visits Bush, Cheney in U.S. - May 29, 2006 .
King Abdullah II Official
Website - King Of The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan - Home Page and
Rania Al-Abdullah Queen of Jordan Official
Web Site . Maybe the Jordanian Royal family have their own karma
and bring warmer weather. CIO
Note:<888>
05/29/06 Monday 11:30 P.M.:
Although the downtown area of Greenwich, Connecticut recently with the higher
prices of fuel does not look very busy, it is the nature of this area with an
expensive library
Welcome to Greenwich
Library! that costs $5 million a year to run and a lot of families in the
publishing business that it is a very bookish community like New Canaan,
Connecticut, so more than likely a lot of established people are staying home
and reading more. Of course next weekend for a bit of flash on the
waterfront
2006
GREENWICH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE-VINTAGE CARS, BOATS AND PLANES .
Who knows you might see a Tucker mingling with a Ford or a vintage bomber
looking for boot leggers in one of Henry Ford's old launches. It is
in the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park adjacent to the Five Star
The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor , so
even if you do not want to sink big bucks into real estate in Greenwich,
Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut USA, Real
Estate , it is a chance to see what is left over from the Gatsby days of
Greenwich, Connecticut when the rich people of the north shore of Long Island
needed a sailing destination on their weekend jaunts across Long Island Sound.
Of course few of the poor people on the south shore of Connecticut can afford
sail across the other way to the North Shore of Long Island, if you get my
drift. I think one of the richest more exclusive areas out on Long Island
is suppose to be Lattingtown, Long Island
Long Island History: Lattingtown which is hard to find, if you do not
know your way, but it is somewhere near Oyster Bay, Long Island, I think.
I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:<888>
05/29/06 Monday 10:40 P.M.:
I put three tablespoons of olive oil in a 7 inch diameter stick proof frying pan
on the electric stove burner on medium high heat, and once the olive oil was
heated, I fried the salmon pattie that I made last night for three minutes a
side. I also put the remaining half of a 14 ounce bag of frozen
green squash in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid with an inch of water,
and I heated it twice on the vegetable microwave cycle. I also
reheated on the second cycle a Rubbermaid container with lid with one fourth of
the rice that I made last night, and I took the green squash out after the
second cycle, and I ran the rice on one reheat cycle. I drained the
water from the squash, and I put it in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil and
a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese. I seasoned the rice with a
few tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce. I ate it all with a
glass of iced tea. I chatted with the
Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys
Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and I told them it is
now time for some of their northern residents to come back north, now that it is
once again warm back up north
Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .
I would assume if they can afford to stay at the Casa Marina, they can afford
accommodations in our area. CIO
Note:<888>
05/29/06 Monday 9:25 P.M.:
I was awake about 2:30 P.M. this afternoon.
I had
breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil,
orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and
milk. I showered, and I cleaned up. I chatted with a
relative. I went downtown, and I picked up two prescriptions at CVS.
I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.
I sat out at various locations. I used the ATM machine at the
Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I bought a
Aces High scratch card at Zyn stationary for a dollar, but I did not win
anything. I stopped by CVS again. I chatted with a movie
theatre employee at the Greenwich Avenue movie theatre showing the Da Vinci
code. I chatted with the employees of Borders bookstore. I
mentioned that
Simon Winchester ||
Harper Collins Publishers has a new book "The River at the Center of
the World" that was mentioned on
www.booktv.com
when they covered the Miami book fair this past February. It does
not seem to be popular. I chatted with an employee of the Pickwick
Plaza. I used the bathroom at Starbucks after my walk. I was
thinking a good name for a new chain of coffee shops would be "Java Joes".
I drove down by the waterfront. I sat out for a while at the
Greenwich Library parking lot. I went by the Greenwich Automotive
Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $22.22 of
premium unleaded gasoline at $3.559 a gallon for 108 miles driving during the
last two weeks at 16.4 miles per gallon at an average of 13 miles per hour
around town. In the warmer weather my Volvo air conditioner does not
work, I have been driving around with all four windows down and the sun roof
opened. The Volvo air conditioner quit working last September 2005.
Perhaps it just needs more Freon, I will probably get it checked out when I am
up in Maine during the third week of June 2006. I then went by the
Stop and Shop, and I bought buy one get one free of two 16 ounce jars of
Planter's dry roasted peanuts for $3.39 both and fresh Chiquita bananas at .79 a
pound for $2.38 for $5.77 total. I then returned home, and I brought
up my purchases. I then got a large crescent wrench out of my took
box in the living room, and I tightened the nut on the driver's side windshield
wiper assembly where it some times come lose, so the wiper does not work.
I left the wrench in the back on the shelf of the Volvo to have available for
any similar repairs. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note:<888>
05/29/06 Monday 5:45 A.M.:
I still have not gone to bed yet, but I will shortly. Since the
price of fuel has gone up in this part of the world, and since I enjoy moving
around in the warmer weather, I did some research on men's bikes on the
internet, and I bought this bike that I bought for $99.99 with free Super Saving
Shipping
Amazon.com: Mongoose Inland 26-Inch Dual Suspension Mountain Bike: Sports &
Outdoors and
Amazon.com: Kryptonite 108312 5 Foot x 12mm Key Cable: Sports & Outdoors for
$11.99 with free super saving shipping for a grand total of $111.98 with the
$100 savings on the bike and $31.59 savings on the shipping. I am
not sure if I will keep my old Schwinn bike or not, since the apartment would be
a bit crowded with both, but the new bike will be more reliable. I already
have a good bike helmet. I will deal with bike lighting at a later
date. The bike is scheduled for delivery between June 8 and
June 13, 2006. Time to shut down the primary computer and go to bed.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/29/06 Monday 4:05 A.M.:
I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon. I
reset the air conditioner to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. However, since
it is cooler outside, it does not start up despite the warmer temperatures
inside. CIO
Note:<888>
05/29/06 Monday 2:50 A.M.:
I made a few telephone calls to do with my internet activity. I paid
for the
eBay: AMD ATHLON XP 2800 CPU SOCKET 462 (item 6883860391 end time May-27-06
14:45:30 PDT) for $51 and $8 shipping for $59 total. I have a
new
Spire HawkStream II Socket
A/370 CPU Fan - $4.89 , so until I am sure the new processor works all
right, I will not by the better CPU cooler
ClubIT Product - Thermaltake TR2 Silent Boost TR2 RX CPU Cooler K7 Socket A
(CL-P0295) . CIO
Note:<888>
05/28/06 Sunday 11:30
P.M.:
The computer had a malfunction in that the Microsoft PS/2 Intellimouse 1.1 was
not working properly. It was one I think I bought in the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop for a couple of dollars. Basically the web
pages would not go back and forth and one could not copy or paste with it.
I chatted with a relative suspecting sabotage, and I then put a Microsoft PS/2
Wheel Mouse on the system that I took off the Dell L1000R computer.
It now seems to be working properly. With the defective mouse, System
Restore would not work to restore to an earlier date. Now that the
computer seems to be working properly, I will not try system restore, since I
think I have solved the problem. That is way I keep spare parts
around the apartment. Today while I was sitting out at Tod's Point
by the Mortimer Memorial tree at the southwest picnic area, I noticed somebody
that looked like a well know computer figure with some youth at a picnic.
What was sort of scary, is that one of the youth hit a wiffle ball with a
plastic bat, and the well known computer person took a direct hit in the head.
The well known computer person would prefer that I not mention his name.
However, on the nautical front here in Greenwich, Connecticut somebody can still
afford to move a 100 foot Yacht with a Commonwealth of Nations type flag on it.
The town motto of Greenwich, Connecticut is "Frugality and Fortune", which in
England means "Penny Thrifty and Pound Foolish". I chatted with another
relative who is a computer person, and that relative spends too much time
talking about basketball instead of working on the computer.
Basically if one were a high paid lawyer, one would not want one's legal
secretary going through all of the hassles of thrift that my five million word
web site explains. It is my viewpoint that since I have unexplained
computer system changes, that somebody is accessing my apartment. For
example the motion detector on the server web cam was turned off when I returned
to the apartment today. Also one of the most frequent changes on my
computer system, is that the microphones would be muted, and the sound system
would be crippled, as if somebody were afraid of somebody eves dropping off
their conversations in my apartment. Since most of my
telephones came from the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, more than likely
somebody could have also have planted bugs in any of my telephones.
Possibly if my Logitech LX500 wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse were
sabotaged, the reason could be that somebody did not like its keyboard
encryption feature. Basically living in a Bush family home town
since former President now prisoner number 41 was once head of the CIA, we
probably have many of their associates and adversaries practicing their craft in
this area not to mention all of the various geopolitical groups. The
Greenwich Time is just the California political machine mouth piece trying to
sell the California lifestyle. Most of the longest established
families in this area do not read it. If one lived in this area in the
early 1960s, the new houses had Greenwich Time plastic green delivery tubes by
their mail boxes, but the more established homes did not. I never saw a
copy of the Greenwich Time in the headmaster of Greenwich Country Day's office.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/28/06 Sunday 8:30
P.M.:
I moved my summer shirts from the far left side of the bedroom closet to the
left center. I moved my winter shirts from the left center to the
far left of the bedroom closet. I went out after the last message.
I chatted with some neighbors outside. I drove down by the
waterfront on Steamboat Road, and I chatted with a local couple from Toronto,
Canada. I then drove over to Tod's Point, and I parked in the
southeast parking area. I walked the 2.5 mile walk around Tod's
Point. I sat out for a while at the southwest picnic area.
There were quite a lot of people out at Tod's Point. I then drove
back to the center of downtown Greenwich, and I chatted with a few local people.
I then drove back home, and I said hello to some neighbors. I set
the air conditioner at 70 degrees Fahrenheit while I was out to cool down the
apartment, and I just turned it back up to 78 degrees Fahrenheit. I
opened a 14.75 ounce can of Bumble Bee Alaska pink salmon, and I rined it with
its opened lid on underneath cold water, and I drained out the water.
I then put the salmon on a plate, and I picked out the bones. I then
put the salmon in the CuisineArt with a cracked raw egg and two tablespoons of
Progresso Italian bread crumbs and two teaspoons of parsley and a bit of ground
black pepper. I then mixed it all together with the CuisineArt.
I then shaped the mixture into two five inch diameter patties about 1.25 inches
thick. I refrigerated one in a Rubbermaid container. I made up
a double batch of
Michael Louis
Scott's Microwave Oven Rice Recipe . With the double amount of
ingredients one microwaves it for 17 minutes, and lets it stand for about 7
minutes afterwards. While the rice was standing, I put half of
a 14 ounce bag of frozen squash in a plastic microwave proof container with an
inch of water and lid, and I heated it on two vegetable cycles in the microwave
oven. I also put about two tablespoons of olive oil in a 7 inch
diameter stick proof frying pan, and I heated it on medium high electric heat.
Once the fat began to simmer, I added the salmon pattie, and I cooked it for
three minutes a side on medium to medium high electric burner heat.
I then drained the water out of the squash, and I put it in a bowl with a small
bit of olive oil and a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese. I then
put the cooked salmon pattie on a dinner plate with one third of the rice, and I
put the rest of the rice in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.
I then put a few tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce on the rice.
I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with a relative.
I went to start up the primary computer, and the Logitech X500 wireless keyboard
and wireless optical mouse system would not work. I checked the
cables, and from I can tell since neither unit works, the base unit quit
functioning. I disconnected them from the primary computer.
I took the four port USB device off the rear of the server, and I connected it
to the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom. I removed the Microsoft
Internet Pro Keyboard from the Dell L1000R computer, and I hooked it up to the
primary computer. I put another Microsoft keyboard on the Dell
L1000R computer, and I hooked up its two USB devices to the USB port device.
I also hooked up a Microsoft PS/2 Intellimouse 1.1 to the primary computer.
I installed the drivers for both devices. I bought the Logitech X500
wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse system from
www.justdeals.com last August 2005.
It was bought as a new item, and it has the full Logitech warranty.
I will have to check the Logitech web site about an RMA, and I also have to see
if I have to send the whole system or just the base unit. Well
anyway the primary computer is running fine again. It seems rather
odd, I have to spend so much time on maintenance, but I spend a lot of time on
the primary computer, so it gets a lot of usage. CIO
Note:<888>
05/28/06 Sunday
10:10
A.M.:
I was awake at 9 A.M.. When I have funds, I will probably order
ClubIT Product - Thermaltake TR2 Silent Boost TR2 RX CPU Cooler K7 Socket A
(CL-P0295) for the server which should work just fine with the AMD Athlon XP
2800. I will now try to do a backup of the Vista drive partition to
the other hard drive or the external hard drive. I will eat
breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil,
orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and
milk. I will make my bed and wash the breakfast dishes. After
the backup, I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/28/06 Sunday
1:15
A.M.:
I worked with
http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm . It is running just fine,
as I have it configured. I ran Ad-awareSE on both the primary and the
server computers, which I do every day before quitting. I put two
new CVS Alkaline AA batteries in the primary computer Logitech X500 cordless
optical mouse. I will now shut down the primary computer, and I
will go to bed soon. CIO
End of Scott's Notes
week of 05/27/06:
Note:<888>
05/27/06 Saturday
8:10
P.M.:
I went through my email. The Office 2007 betas are available for download
from
2007
Microsoft Office system preview site . I downloaded Office
Professional Plus 2007, Office Visio Professional 2007, Office Outlook 2007 with
Business Contact Manager, Office Project Professional 2007, Office OneNote 2007.
I will install them on the Vista Beta 2 partition, once I have sent out my
weekly notes. I will now send out my weekly notes.
I have been aware of this since 3 A.M. this morning
BBC NEWS |
Asia-Pacific | Search for Java quake survivors . However, since it is
a Holiday weekend, most of the people I have chatted with do not seem to be
aware of it. It is in the area of
Merapi Volcano Links Java
Indonesia , so if and more likely when Merapi erupts, more similar types of
events could occur. I will now send out my weekly notes.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/27/06 Saturday
6:45
P.M.:
I rested for a while after the last message. About 2 P.M. the
electricity went off for about 15 minutes. I restarted the server.
I rested some more. I ate a 5.75 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream
and onion potato chips. I chatted with two friends and a relative.
I did some more research on available AMD XP 2800 Processors, and there were not
many listed on Ebay. I finally bought a used one that is guaranteed
to work at
eBay: AMD ATHLON XP 2800 CPU SOCKET 462 (item 6883860391 end time May-27-06
14:45:30 PDT) for $51 and $8 shipping for $59 total, which I will pay for on
Tuesday once my bank clears my last deposit. I will install it
on the server, and I will put the server AMD XP 2000 in the Northgate computer,
and I will have a spare AMD Duron 1.6 in case any of the three AMD computers
have processor malfunctions. The item is hard to find, and since I
bought the motherboard for the server from the vendor, I think he knows his
business. Other items currently for sale by the vendor are
eBay Seller: rdalama: Desktop
PC Components, Computers Networking items on eBay.com . CIO
Note:<888>
05/27/06 Saturday
1:15
P.M.:
I went outside briefly, and I picked up the mail. I microwaved and ate a
Stouffer's frozen 21 ounce lasagna with meat sauce, which I put a few
tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on. I ate it with a glass of
iced tea. I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a
nap on the living room sofa. CIO
Note:<888>
05/27/06 Saturday 11:35
A.M.:
I have the Northgate backup computer working just fine after reinstalling the
operating system and its updates. I am doing a backup of the
Northgate computer with the Maxtor external hard drive. I have shut
down the two backup computers in the bedroom along with the Toshiba laptop.
I chatted with a friend and a relative. I watched the last five
minutes of the President's speech over at West Point, and I watched also through
the internet the presentation of the diplomas over at West Point
United States Military Academy at West Point .
There was a live feed
United States
Military Academy at West Point Live Feed . Thus we know the
President of the United States of America
www.whitehouse.gov is within our area, so we all should stay vigilant.
I turned the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote
control down to 78 degrees Fahrenheit, so it will be about 80 degrees Fahrenheit
in the apartment.
www.cl-p.com has
offered to replace older window unit air conditioners in our building on a first
come first serve basis with new units, for those that need them. My
current air conditioner works just fine, and I have a maintenance contract paid
up on it through September 12, 2006. I am just leaving the apartment
warmer to save on energy. CIO
Note:<888>
05/27/06 Saturday 8:30
A.M.:
I was awake at 3 A.M..
I had
breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil,
orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and
milk. I installed the updates on the two backup computers in the
bedroom and the Toshiba laptop. On the Toshiba laptop, I moved it
over to the right on the near end of the brass and glass coffee table, so its
mouse pad is on the left. I am having to do a repair restoration on
the Northgate Syntax backup computer, since when installing its updates, it
crashed. This will take a short time. I chatted with a
friend. I ate the the last half of a 5.75 ounce tube of Pringle
barbeque potato chips. Not much happening in this neck of the woods.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/26/06 Friday 7:05
P.M.:
I checked on the RMA on the Epox motherboard at 1-714-680-0898, and it should be
returned in a week or two. I chatted with a relative. I
will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/26/06 Friday 6:15
P.M.:
I started to go out after the last message, but I saw a Fedex truck parked in
front of the Splash car wash across the street, so I returned to wait for it.
However, at 1:30 P.M., a different Fedex truck arrived at the family units, but
it did not make a delivery at the building I live in. I chatted with
some neighbors while waiting outside, and I checked my Volvo oil. I
came inside briefly. I then went downtown to Putnam Trust Bank of
New York on Mason Street. I then drove down by the waterfront.
I then stopped by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of dark German
whole wheat bread for $1.59. I then returned home, and I sat out for
a while. I then came upstairs, and I chatted briefly with a
relative. I had a telephone message from Microsoft about
Microsoft Partner Readiness or
1-800-214-6223 . I then sat around sort of in a trance, since the
apartment is warmer in the late afternoon this time of year, and it is probably
about 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment, which makes one tired.
I started to take a nap, but Fedex delivered the
the order for
$26.50 and $8 UPS ground shipping for $34.50 total
FIC
AN19 VIA KT400A Socket A ATX Motherboard w/Sound FIC AN19 (KT-400A Pro) .
It was the same Fedex delivery person that delivered the yellow aluminum Antec
tower case for the server a couple of months ago. I studied used AMD
XP 2800 processors, but starting at $32 with shipping they are a bit expensive,
and since I only run the server most the time, and I do not do much other
computer work on it, I do not really need a faster processor.
However, I will think about it. There is one auction ending about 6
P.M. on Saturday evening. I am a bit tired, but I will try to do a
little bit of computer work. This weather alert is posted for this
area, but it seems to be sunny right now
Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT . I ate a half of a
5.75 ounce tube of Pringle barbeque potato chips. CIO
Note:<888>
05/26/06 Friday 11:05
A.M.:
The
Linens 'n Things - Bath: Accessories: Bath Mats: Watergard Bath Mat for
$14.99 less 20% one item discount coupon code
"953500000004" good until May 27, 2006
Linens 'n Things coupons and Linens 'n Things coupon code for $3 off for
cost of $11.99 plus $1.12 tax and $6.65 UPS ground shipping for $19.76 total
arrived with the mail. I sat out briefly while the mail was being sorted.
I will put the new rubber bathmat on the side of the tub. It is much
more substantial than the old one, which I will throw out with the shipping box.
The new one is also mildew resistant. I will now shut down the
primary computer, and I will go out briefly on an errand. CIO
Note:<888>
05/26/06 Friday 9:55
A.M.:
I took a metal mixing bowl, and I broke three large eggs in it, and I added a
couple of tablespoons of milk, 1/4 teaspoon of Italian spices, a teaspoon of
olive oil, and a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese. I whisked it
all together with a whisk. I then put a couple of tablespoons
of olive oil in a 10 inch stick proof frying pan, and I heated it over medium
high electric heat burner on the stove. Once the olive oil was heated, I
put in the 10 sausage links from a frozen 8 ounce package of Jone's
Welcome to Jones Dairy Farm! spicy
breakfast sausages, and I heated them for five minutes, moving the pan
frequently to rotate the sausages. I then added the egg mixture,
which I let cook for about four minutes, mixing it the last minute to become
scrambled eggs with cooked breakfast sausages. When I put the egg
mixture in, I started toasting two pieces of bread. Once the scrambled
eggs and sausages were cooked, I put the frying pan on the dinner plate to warm
it a bit, and I then slid the eggs and sausages on the dinner plate, and I put
some olive oil on the two pieces of toast, and I cut them in half on the
diagonal, and I put them on the dinner plate, and I ate it all with a glass of
iced tea. I then washed the second breakfast dishes.
Breakfast tends to be cheaper to cook than other regular meals. Thus
I have a full belly. I will now shower, and I will clean up.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/26/06 Friday 8:55
A.M.:
I was up at 3 A.M..
I had
breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil,
orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and
milk. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I
threw out the old periodical literature and old computer magazines.
I chatted with a neighbor. The elevator is not working properly, so
I called it in to the Greenwich Housing authority.
The order for
$26.50 and $8 UPS ground shipping for $34.50 total
FIC
AN19 VIA KT400A Socket A ATX Motherboard w/Sound FIC AN19 (KT-400A Pro) has
tracking of
FedEx | Track
is out for delivery today. I will thus have a backup motherboard for
the server. Currently, I can not afford to order another processor,
and perhaps, since it is a server that runs all the time, it might be better to
have a cooler running slower processor like the AMD Athlon XP 2000 currently in
it, instead of a faster running 2800 processor that would run warmer.
It is probably six of one half dozen of another. I might still bit
one at
eBay Seller: rdalama:
Desktop PC Components, Computers Networking items on eBay.com , and it would
work in either my current Matronic motherboard on the server or the FIC
motherboard that is arriving today. More on Bush and Blair
BBC NEWS | Americas |
Bush and Blair admit Iraq errors . I suppose when they retire,
they could drink "B&B"
benedictine .
CIO
Note:<888>
05/25/06 Thursday 7:35
P.M.:
I ate a scoop of peach ice cream. I chatted with a friend.
I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note:<888>
05/25/06 Thursday 6:20
P.M.:
I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I went by
the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I then sat out for a while.
I chatted with a used book dealer from Stamford, Connecticut. I then
went down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift shop. I chatted with the fellow from India that showed up
there right before the Tsunami at Christmas Time a year and a half ago.
He showed me a USB cable that had two wires with old fashioned keyboard plugs
attached to it. It did not make sense to me. I then went to my
usual 3 P.M. appointment. I next returned to the Greenwich Hospital
Thrift Shop, and I bought a four foot length by 19 inch wide mahogany wood
framed mirror for $35. I then returned home. It was very busy
downtown with a lot of people taking the Memorial Day weekend holiday a day
early. I then hung the mirror sitting on the floor in the living room on
the small wall portion to the left of the left closet beneath the mirror hanging
over the circuit breaker box. I only use a 50 pound double nail OOK
hook to hang it, since it is also resting on the floor, and the hook just keeps
it hanging against the wall. I moved the NASA shuttle photograph
from that location to behind my bed for safe keeping. I move the brass
Shield of Pall Mall to the side of the hutch in the bedroom, so one sees it on
entering the bedroom. Limey news
BBC NEWS | Europe |
Blair arrives for talks with Bush . The British do not pay
attention to me anymore, since according the British embassy in Washington D.C.,
the Scottish are a bunch of "Nutters". However, I believe Mr. Blair
was born in Scotland, and I recall Scott can also be a British family name, and
it was the family name of the Marquis of Queensbury. Also the former Queen
Mum of England was Scottish. However, I guess the Scottish hardly
every make it down to Washington D.C., since it is considered a tropical
location, so since my family have roots in the Virginia area, we probably have
one or two relatives left in that area that never managed to explore further out
in the Americas. Picture follows
http://mikelouisscott.com/photo/mahogany-wood-frame-mirror-in-living-room-052506.JPG
. I used to frequently chat with British citizens in this area,
since they seem to be well informed, and they usually speak English.
However, they have seen me around for so many years, they tend to treat me like
the Maytag repairman. Also since I smoke smelly American cigarettes,
they are not very friendly towards me anymore, since they have adopted the more
modern European way of thinking until they either run out of money or food,
which they have in the past, usually after they have conflict with their
neighbors. What has happened many times before will more than likely
happen again some time in the future, but today it is more of an Economic War.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/25/06 Thursday 12:55
P.M.:
I threw out some garbage. I picked up my mail. I will now go
out and do some waterfront observation before my usual 3 P.M. appointment.
It seems to be warming up outside, so I would imagine the warmer weather is on
the way. Last year at this time during the first week of June, we had 90
degree weather, but then it cooled down for a few weeks after that.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/25/06 Thursday 12:10
P.M.:
I made up a batch of
Michael Louis
Scott's Pork and Beans with franks . Instead of hotdogs, I used
a 7 ounce tin of Armour Vienna sausages that I drained and cut into quarter inch
thick slices. For the beans, I used a 15 ounce can of Van Camps pork and
beans. I also added a bit of La Choy low sodium soy sauce to the
recipe. I will eat it in just a minute with a glass of iced tea.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/25/06 Thursday 11:30
A.M.:
I went out after the last message. I chatted with some neighbors.
I went downtown, and I walked upper Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by
CVS, and I read the store circular. They have Planter's Deluxe nuts
for buy one get one free for $4.59 both this week. However, since
Jimmy Carter was president, they seem to think I am a nut case around here, so I
can not afford them. I completed my walk of upper Greenwich Avenue.
I mentioned to the private construction crew working on the sidewalk between
George Jensen Jewelers and St. Mary's Church that the patch of sidewalk below
the alley way at that location is the slipperiest section on Greenwich Avenue in
the winter. When the moisture from the alley way melts in the day time, it
runs down on to the side walk at that location and at night it turns into black
ice. They should have a metal grate drain running the width of the alley
at that location in between the alley way and the sidewalk, so the moisture runs
into a drain instead of freezing on the sidewalk. Of course
nobody worries about people slipping on the sidewalk going to church in the
warmer period of the year when they do maintenance. The light across
the street from the entrance to the Greenwich Train station also tends to be on
and off some of the time at night, so there is some problem with it. If
one can not see pedestrians at the crosswalk at night at that location, there
could be an accident. After I complete my walk, I sat out for a
while. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I chatted with someone
from Long Island. I then chatted with the Royal Bank of Scotland
parking lot attendant. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.
I toured the store, and I set aside two books to buy. Books and
clothes are currently half price. I then left my car in the Greenwich
Hospital Thrift shop, and I walked over to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on
Mason Street, and I did some banking business. I then walked back to
the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought for half price for a
$1.50 each for $3 total , the "The Living World of Audubon Mammals" by Robert
Elman, and "The Imperial Collection of Audubon Animals" by John James Audubon
and the Rev. John Bachman and John Woodhouse Audubon edited by Victor H.
Cahalane with Forward by Fairfield Osborn. When I returned home, I put
them on top of the folding oak tables at the far end of the brass and glass
coffee table in the living room. I next went by the Stop and Shop, and
they have a lot of dollar sale items it you have spare dollars. I
bought Chiquita bananas at .79 a pound for $2.33. I then returned
home. I chatted with the Meals on Wheel delivery person making their
daily weekday delivery. I drank some iced tea. CIO
Note:<888>
05/25/06 Thursday 7:10
A.M.:
I did some research. The motherboard on the server
EuroComla.com / VIA KT600 ,
Serial ATA , USB 2.0 , 8X AGP will support up to an AMD XP Barton 3200,
which I have bid on and lost. However, the
FIC
AN19 VIA KT400A Socket A ATX Motherboard w/Sound FIC AN19 (KT-400A Pro) that
arrives on Friday, will only support up to an XP 3000, so I would not be able to
use it for a backup motherboard for the server, if I got the faster processor.
I already know my primary computer AMD Sempron 3000 processor works with the
Gigabyte motherboard presently in it, and the Epox refurbished motherboard that
should be returned to me soon the RMA. Thus if I were thinking about
using the FIC motherboard sometime in the future, I would be better off getting
an XP 2800. However, for now I am fine.
I opened a 6
ounce can of solid white albacore tuna fish, and I left the lid on, and I rinsed
it underneath cold water pressing the lid a few times. I then flaked it in
a bowl with a fork, and I added two large tablespoons of Hellmann's low fat
mayonnaise, and I mixed it all together. I took four pieces of
bread, and I put the tuna mixture on two pieces of the bread, and I put the top
sides on the tuna sandwiches, and I cut them in half cross wise. I ate the
sandwiches with a glass of iced tea. I also had half of a 5.75 ounce
can of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips. I also quartered a dill
pickle lengthwise, which I also ate with the sandwiches. I was
significantly outbid, on the XP 3200 processor. However, there are
still three XP
2800 processors at
eBay Seller: rdalama: Desktop PC Components, Computers Networking items on
eBay.com .
If I had to use the spare FIC motherboard on the server, they would work.
However, I will wait until later Saturday afternoon to possibly bid on them.
Thus I do not currently have my spare funds at the end of the month committed.
I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will shower, and I will clean
up. I will then go out downtown for some morning activity.
I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon. I filled the Glade Plug-in
refill with a 60% to 40% mixture of English Leather cologne and 80% isopropyl
alcohol. CIO
Note:<888>
05/25/06 Thursday 4:30
A.M.:
I went to bed after the last message. I woke up in the morning, and
I ate half of a 5.75 ounce tube of pringle sour cream and onion potato chips.
I went back to bed until 9:30 P.M..
I had
breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, 2 slices of toast with olive oil,
orange juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with splenda and
milk. While asleep, I did a Microsoft Windows XP Automatic System
Recovery backup of the C: drive to the D: drive. I went outside, and
I picked up my mail. I went back to bed until 1 A.M.. I worked
with
http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm . I had to restart the
server, since it was not working. At the moment, I have been outbid on
eBay: AMD ATHLON XP 2800 CPU SOCKET 462 (item 6883860412 end time May-27-06
16:00:00 PDT) . At the moment, I am the current high bidder on
eBay: NEW AMD XP 3200 Athlon processor. Barton - 400 mhz FSB (item 6885265297
end time May-27-06 16:44:23 PDT) , but I can not afford to bid any higher
than $37 plus $5 shipping, so I do not think that I will get it when the bidding
ends Sunday evening. I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.
When I have funds, I could also get a new one like I am currently using in
the primary computer for the server from either of these two locations
Sempron 3000+ Processor (AMD-SDA3000DUT4D) - PriceGrabber.com .
However, I am currently using an inexpensive CPU cooler on the AMD Athlon XP
2000 in the server, and I aldo have a new inexpensive one, but more that likely
if I put in an expensive CPU, I would also have to get a better CPU cooler.
Six of one half a dozen of the other. CIO
Note:<888>
05/24/06 Wednesday 9:05
A.M.:
I installed and worked with Vista beta 2
http://mikelouisscott.com/visbeta.htm . I went outside briefly
twice. I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to
bed soon. I will eat two scoops of peach ice cream.
BBC NEWS |
Science/Nature | 'Above normal' hurricanes in 2006 . CIO
Note:<888>
05/24/06 Wednesday 5:10
A.M.:
I finished downloading Microsoft Windows Vista beta 2. I will now
burn it to DVD with Nero 6.06. I will then install it on the second
partition of my first hard drive. It should take about a little over
an hour to do all of that. I will do a minimal configuration, and later I
will try more advanced configuration. CIO
Note:<888>
05/24/06 Wednesday 4:15
A.M.:
http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/2006/05/520-disc-capacity-black-leather-like-quality-cd-wallet-only-1205-w-free-ground-shipping
. CIO
Note:<888>
05/24/06 Wednesday 3:35
A.M.:
TechWeb | News |
Windows Vista Beta 2 Launches With Security Fixes . I am downloading
it right now from
http://connect.microsoft.com/ . One has to be a registered beta tester
to download it. It is downloading fast, so it should take about 1.5
hours.
Download details: Expression Web Designer CTP1 . There is a
Microsoft TS2 event in Danbury, Connecticut on June 6, 2006
http://www.ts2seminars.com/ .
» Windows Vista beta 2
released | George Ou | ZDNet.com .
ZDNet Windows Vista beta 2 Review & Comparison . I finished going
through my email. CIO
Note:<888>
05/24/06 Wednesday 2:55
A.M.:
I put the diluted tea in the six 59 ounce orange juice jugs in the refrigerator
to become iced tea.
I took four pieces of bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on each of
the slices of bread, and I put two 1/32nd thick slices of turkey folded over and
three 5 inch by 5 inch slices of American cheese and the top half of the bread.
I cut the sandwich in half on a diagonal. I cut two dill pickles into
quarters lengthwise, and I put them on the sandwich plate with 1/3rd of a tube
of pringles sour cream and onion potato chips, and I ate it all with a glass of
iced tea. I will now go through my email. CIO
Note:<888>
05/24/06 Wednesday 1:45
A.M.:
Happy Queen Victoria's birthday holiday
Victoria
Day and
History
of the Monarchy > The Hanoverians > Victoria . I installed the
latest Gigabyte drivers for the primary computer gigabyte motherboard. In
the early days of the Greenwich Country Club
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/Greenwich-Country-Club.jpg , they
use to have a gold trophy in their lobby which was suppose to have been one of
the first golf trophiers in America that was dedicated to Queen Victoria by the
Wilson or Spaulding sporting goods company. However, it might have
perrished in the fire in the early 1960s, so the one that I saw over the years
might have been a replica. I remember it use to have deer or elk
handles. I ran Norton Win Doctor 2003. I did a system
restore backup. Recently the Symantec Updates program has not been
finding any updates for my computers, so perhaps it is doing it automatically.
CIO
Note:<888>
05/24/06 Wednesday 12:45
A.M.:
The wireless headsets are 900 MHz, so they probably only work in the apartment.
They seem to work fine, but they are not fully charged yet. I have them
both set to mute with the switch on top of the receiver. Also on the
server, one has to enable the microphone in the audio volume control. On
the primary computer, one has to enable the onboard sound versus the sound card
sound. Each one has a belt clip, so one can attach it to a belt and walk
around the apartment with the wireless headset and chat on the internet.
Of course if one uses Net2Phone, one has to pay, but computer to computer
communications would be free, and I also have Optimum Voice in the apartment
that is good for free calling the U.S.A., Canada
