Note: <888> 05/31/08 Saturday 5:45 P.M.  I watched the Space Shuttle Launch.  Normally on a sunny day 15 minutes after the launch, one can see it fly by in the lower southwest sky, but it is cloudy today, so one can not see it.  I went outside anyway, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I ate two bowls of low fat Cheez-Its with iced tea.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/31/08:

Note: <888> 05/31/08 Saturday 4:35 P.M.   Inflation A Growing Problem For Americans - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 05/31/08 Saturday 4:05 P.M.  I went outside, and I walked around the building.  The mail arrived.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/08 Saturday 3:00 P.M.  I updated:

http://mikelouisscott.com/weather.htm

http://geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/08 Saturday 1:40 P.M.  I threw out some garbage.  A new neighbor is moving in.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/31/08 Saturday 7:55 A.M.  I woke up at 5 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a friend.

I ordered from www.kohls.com in XX Large Size:

Dockers Colorblock Sweater in Onyx Marl for $4.20

Note: <888> 05/30/08 Friday 9:45 P.M.  I am a bit tired, I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/08 Friday 8:25 P.M.  After the last note, the order for the two WebCam Instant for $7.99 each and $5 United States Post Office shipping for $20.98 total arrived.  I took the two Ezonics web cams which did not have good resolution off the Gigabyte bedroom computer and the Northgate Syntax computer, and I put them on the shelf on the sideboard where I store the vitamins.  I moved the Intel web cam to bedroom Gigabyte computer, and it recognized it plug and play.  I installed the two WebCam Instant web cams on the Epox and Northgate computer.  I installed their drivers.  I installed the software only on the XP Professional partition on the Epox computer.  I backed up both systems to the Bytecc external hard drive, and the Epox also to the second internal hard drive.  I put the Creative CDs and information on top of the plastic box on the sideboard in the bedroom beneath the CD case.  I watered the plants, and I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I told a neighbor who sits outside a bit about the red wolf.  I will now steam two Nathan's hotdogs, and I will eat them on hotdog buns with ketchup and Dijon mustard with two ears of steamed corn on the cob with butter and a half cup of steamed baby carrots with olive oil and a glass of iced tea.  I usually steam a large group of items for 15 minutes in a pot on the stove with an inch of water and steamer tray and with lid.  For smaller amounts of vegetables, one can put an inch of water in a plastic microwave pot with lid and steam the vegetables on a few vegetables cycles in the GE microwave oven.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/08 Friday 2:50 P.M.  I ate the rest of the baloney in a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice with 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/30/08 Friday 12:55 P.M.  I paid my www.cl-p.com electricity bill.  I also paid my www.cablevision.com Optimum Online, Digital Cable Television, and Optimum Voice Telephone bill.  I paid my www.verizon.com bill.  I have already paid off my www.geico.com bill up through October 7,2008, so the policy is paid in full.  I ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com 5 cartons of King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $15.49 a carton and $14.48 shipping for $91.93 total.  I still have to pay my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority once I receive the bill.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/30/08 Friday 12:05 P.M.  I woke up at 7 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 10:30 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.   I threw out the garbage.  I made up another batch of passion punch.  I will now pay my monthly bills.  I had one no person telephone call.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 11:50 P.M.  I emailed my notes list about the Red Wolf.  The way I figure it, the Red Wolf could have been around for a while.  It looks closer to 80 pounds or more, and it looks like it has been eating quite well in this area.  Maybe it did not bother me before all of the times I was out at night this past winter, since in the cold weather I would go out to check around the building in my red union suit and red terry cloth bathrobe.  It would be interesting to know if Red Wolves eat skunks or not, and it might explain what happened to all of the skunks that used to be in this area.  I though the Great Horned owls in the area were eating the skunks.

This looks like an Audubon picture of a Red Wolf http://houstorian.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/texanredwolf.jpg .  If they can kill a cow or a deer, they certainly could cause a human a bit of a problem let alone a child.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 10:25 P.M.  I chatted with a relative.  This is exactly the picture of the wolf I saw this past Saturday morning at 1 A.M. on May 24, 2008 on the north side of 71 Vinci Drive in Greenwich, Byram, Connecticut.

http://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/JPEGS/Canis%20rufus%20red%20wolf.jpg .

It is a Red Wolf or Canis Rufus.

There are lots of pictures of it here

Red Wolf - Google Image Search

I know what I saw, and this afternoon one of my local advisors told me that they can not survive in this area because of all of the dogs. This says they are almost extinct Red Wolf  and Red Wolf - Defenders of Wildlife.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 9:35 P.M.  Network World Registration 

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 9:05 P.M.  After dinner, I made a few telephone calls about the wolf.  Nobody seems to be interested.  I will now go through my email.  I have a neighbor who was pinned against our dumpster by a similar animal, and he thought it was a dog, but he just had cataracts removes, so he might not have seen it too well.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 6:40 P.M.  After I ate, I showered, and I cleaned up, which we do not get to do as often anymore with the higher price of energy around here.  I then went out, and I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I looked at a big jug to put iced tea in the refrigerator, but I figured it would be too heavy to lift to put in when full, so I did not buy it.  They have an old Hospital Scale there for any very heavy people to weigh themselves.  I chatted with somebody that looked like Flip Wilson that used to work for the Mafia in New York.  He told me people are still drinking too much alcohol down in Fort Lauderdale.   Real southern people do not drink much alcohol, but usually drink iced tea.  I guess it is the tourists that drink too much alcohol.  I then went to my usual Thursday 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by CVS.  I had been emailed a coupon for a free package of CVS Back Pack Buddies anti-bacterial wipes with any purchase, but the store did not have it in stock.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and full service premium unleaded gasoline is now $5.019 a gallon.  I bought $8 of self service premium for $4.819 a gallon for 1.66 gallons for 27 miles driving since last Thursday odometer reading of 59954 for 16.265 miles per gallon.  The way I figure it, somebody could make money selling used expensive gasoline consuming cars from the United States down in Venezuela.  I know Alex Kruger and Steve Shook in Venezuela, so maybe we could set them up in the used car business.  When I was briefly on Greenwich Avenue, there were a lot more people walking Greenwich Avenue, and it seemed as busy as usual.  The parking lot behind CVS was totally filled up too.  I then returned home.  I helped a neighbor bring up a small marble and brass statue of an angel.  I gave the neighbor one of my internet cards.  I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now eat two steamed Nathan hotdogs with hotdog buns and ketchup and dijon mustard, two ears of steamed corn on the cob with butter, and a half cup of baby carrots with olive oil and a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 11:45 A.M.  I chatted with a relative.  After I straightened up the items underneath the sideboard in the bedroom, I threw out some garbage.  I went outside on the east end of the building, and my neighbor was cleaning up her garden pots that somebody had broken.  Apparently the local youth are always causing damage to her garden setup over the years.   I told the neighbor about the wolf that I saw last Saturday morning at 1 A.M..  I walked around the building, and I told the building custodian about the wolf I saw.  I chatted with the grounds attendant watering the plants at the veterans monument flag pole, and I told him about the wolf, and since he is a bow hunter in the area, he knew that they are in the area.  I told him about some other wildlife sighting elsewhere over the years.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will eat a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 10:05 A.M.  Newegg.com - Panasonic 1250 Watts Luxury Full-Size Microwave Oven NN-H965WF Sensor Cook White - Microwave Ovens $145 with shipping.

Note: <888> 05/29/08 Thursday 7:55 A.M.  I woke up at 5:30 P.M., and I chatted with a relative yesterday.  I went back to bed, and another relative called me about 9 P.M..  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I went back to bed until 2:30 A.M..  I picked up the mail.  I did not go outside in case any wolves were around in the early morning hours.  Yesterday, I faxed a copy of my extra energy grant letter to an associate to see I am getting any extra energy assistance.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 5:30 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I watched some television.  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I checked the oil on my Audi engine, and it is topped up to the maximum level on the dip stick.  It says not to over fill it, or one can have problems with the catalytic converter.  When opening the trunk on the Audi, once it is unlocked, one has to lift it up hard to get it to open.  I noticed the gas tank flap on one of my neighbor's car was opened.  I have a locking gas flap with a central alarm system.  I could get a locking gas cap too, but at this point, I don't think I need it.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  After I go through my email, I will straightened up the various items underneath the sideboard in the bedroom.  Three years ago, it cost $50,000 to fill up Wayne's boat in Fort Lauderdale, so it must cost a $100,000 today.  There is a lot of Chinese news on television today.  I also saw yesterday, they are selling 2,000 Porsches a year in Dubai.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 10:45 A.M.  I seemed to be back to my normal internet routine, after the systems upgrade work of the past month.  I am a bit tired at the moment, so I will shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a cat nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 10:25 A.M.  Mars lander gets orders to extend arm - CNN.com

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 9:35 A.M.  I ate two hotdogs on buns with ketchup and Dijon mustard, and two ears of steamed spring sweet corn with butter, and a half cup of steamed baby carrots with olive oil with a glass of iced tea.  I read on the internet that the olive oil producers are wasting the best part of the olive by throw away the pulp after they crush the olives.  The pulp has a natural ingredient that is very good for arthritis.  Thus if you can not find olive pulp, you could try eating mashed olives.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 7:55 A.M.  Ian Fleming --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 6:50 A.M.  The $66.31 finally came off of my Chase Account for the www.frys.com purchase of the EGVA PCI 256 meg. GEForce 6200 video card with the $40 mail in rebate.  It is a good thing that I did not spend it, or Chase would have hit me with a $30 overdraft charge.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 6:35 A.M.  I called up www.cablevision.com , and they told me they can provide a free cable signal booster with a $45 service call, and they told me they test to see if the signal is strong enough before they put in the free signal booster.  They told me if they put in a signal booster or if I did, and if the signal were too strong, it could damage the electronics it was connected to.   Thus for now, I will not do anything.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 4:10 A.M.  www.slickdeals.net for a free copy of Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/28/08 Wednesday 3:50 A.M.  I slept until 1:15 P.M. yesterday.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to my regular 3 P.M. appointment.  I then returned home.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I then went back by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then returned home.  I ate a couple of bowls of goldfish crackers.  I then went to bed.  I woke up at 1:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I have a feeling if the Russian Navy fleet has sailed out of its home port, it will probably be up to some military activity around Western Europe, the Middle East, or possibly Japan.  More than likely since the United States of American is an economically depressed back water way out of the way geographically in terms of a country in terms of global politics, there will be no interest in the Russian Navy exercising its influence around here, since it would be a waste of time.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/27/08 Tuesday 12:15 P.M.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will take a cat nap for an hour, before I get ready to go out to my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/27/08 Tuesday 11:55 A.M.   I ate two hotdogs with buns, 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips with a dill pickle slice and a glass of iced tea. 

As gas goes up, driving goes down - CNN.com  CIO

Note: <888> 05/27/08 Tuesday 10:30 A.M.  I chatted with www.frys.com about the order with Tracking number is "35770783580" at DHL: Track (By number) on the order for FRYS.com | EVGA 6200 Video Card 256 MB, PCI for $59.99 and $6.32 shipping for $66.31 total, and it also has this $40 mail in rebate http://images.frys.com/art/rebates_pdf/5516940_060308.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $26.31, and they told me to call www.chase.com which I did, and according to Chase, Frys voided the order, so that means they legally can not charge me again for it, which means the extra $66.31 in my account might be mine to keep.  However, I will wait another month to spend it, in case they are able to charge it again, and I don't want to be charged a $30 overdraft on my account.  I chatted with a relative.  I was told by a local the reason they have more extra police presence on Greenwich Avenue is all of the Deluxe jewelry stores and other first class shops.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment this afternoon.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/27/08 Tuesday 8:45 A.M.   Rockefellers Seek Change at Exxon - NYTimes.com

Note: <888> 05/27/08 Tuesday 8:15 A.M.  Before going to bed last night, I emailed this note to a couple of individuals and associates.

I received email four days ago from an email pen pal in Grenna, Denmark who works with computers near the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark.  I have not met the individual, but I know he came to America and rode around on a Harley Davidson chopper.  I had not heard from the individual in two years.  He emailed me that his wife had hidden his cigarettes in a toaster oven and his Bic Lighter in the coffee machine, and when he made coffee the next morning, the coffee machine blew up, and it took several hours to clean up the mess, and he was late for work.  What bothers me is not that I had not heard from the individual in two years, but he was suppose to be my Danish coastal observer to let me know if the Russian fleet sailed between Denmark and Sweden.  The reason some people still use coastal observers is that satellite photographs can still be faked the way any other images can be.  As such, the fact that he emailed me after so long of a time could mean the Russian Fleet or the Wolf Pack as I use to call it has finally sailed out to sea for some sort of military maneuver.  Since it is the strongest Navy fleet in the world, it could obviously cause problems anywhere it visited.  However, I have not received direct email that it has indeed sailed, but the fact the person was only suppose to email me if it did indeed sail, leads me to believe that it might have indeed sailed.  It is my personal viewpoint we do not have to worry about being invaded here in the United States of America, since the country is down the tubes and bankrupt, but some other more prosperous countries might have some sort of problems.  It is the nature of all Navies at sea, that they are basically pirates, so from what I know sooner or later, somebody should try to figure out where in the World the Russian Baltic Fleet is, or if it is still at its home ports in the Baltic Sea.  Since most people around this country watch www.cnn.com which comes from land locked Atlanta, Georgia, there is not much interest in the media in terms of any potential activity around the oceans of the world.  I tried to network with a few associates on matter, but nobody was interested in my insights, since it is not on www.cnn.com .

I just remembered, when two fellows from Tulsa Oklahoma offered a friend of mine Norman, Targon from Lewiston, Maine; $50,000 to kill me on Fort Lauderdale Beach in October 1976, I was somewhat disturbed since my sister

Jan and her husband lived in Tulsa and so did Anita Bryant who was in the news then.  However, not many people knew I was down there including my family.  I did meet Steve Spielberg the month before on the beach when he working as an EMT, and he had a baby lion in his house.  He told me he knew Jim Warburg here in Greenwich, from working as a volunteer in at the Y.M.C.A. in Cambridge, Mass.  Also at the same time Glen Schewtz was managing the Marlin Beach Hotel in Fort Lauderdale on the beach, which I did not go to.  He was number 1 in my glass of 1968 at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, and he went to Harvard also.  He was best friend with Ariel Manager at Taft, and Ariel’s father was the rabbi in Greenwich.  Also from what I know the Kravis brother’s from Tulsa were in Fort Launderdale, and they now have a house in Greenwich.  It would seem to me that possibly some rich jews tried to have me killed down there until Wiley Middleton showed up on the scene.  At the time Gerald Ford was still President.

Also besides Norman Targon, Brian Hebbs from Cheshire, Connecticut who grew up around the Yale Campus was also on the scene.  Also at the same time the King of Norway was visiting Fort Lauderdale.

Any ideas let me know.

Mike Scott

End of email:

In summary at the time, my brother in law in Tulsa, Oklahoma was an assistant District Attorney, so maybe people did not like me because of his job.  The Christian Fundamentalists were active in Fort Lauderdale at the time.  My father had dealings with Dr. Armand Hammer and the White House with a project to do with coal degasification.  Dr. Hammer's son lived in Tulsa.  I went to Taft and Lake Forest College with members of the Getty family from Tulsa, Oklahoma.  The Forbes boat was moored at Pier 66 at the time, and my family has had dealings with the Forbes.  I saw Joe MacDonald in Fort Lauderdale at the time, and I knew him in Manhattan.  The sail boat the Black Hawk was moored at Bahia Mar, and I knew the owner.  Also at the time, the economy was in economic recession, and there were a lot of desperate people.  A friend of my mother's boat was also moored at Bahia Mar.  Whatever the case if Norman told me the truth, which I think he did, more than likely somebody down in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the time did not like me, and tried to have me done in.  Whether it was true they were from Tulsa or not, it still opened to debate.  However, Fort Lauderdale has a lot of people with drug and alcohol problems, so more than likely the judgment of some of the people down there was impaired.  However, the threat down there lead me to leading a low key lifestyle in which I was hiding out a great deal of the time, and I gradually became homeless after a while, which was not the way I was use to living, and it makes it hard to stay organize when one is threatened and somewhat homeless.  Also the Cherokee Indians are from the Oklahoma area, so maybe the do not like a distant relative of Winfield Scott.  Also Wayne Huizenga whose family had a beach house near my mother's family in Holland, Michigan was active in the garbage business down there, so possibly there were problems with the local Mafia.  

I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed, and I chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/08 Monday 8:25 P.M.  Well, I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a dill pickle slice and a some Pringle low fat potato chips and a glass of ice tea.  I received email four days ago from an email pen pal in Grenna, Denmark who works with computers near the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark.  I have not met the individual, but I know he came to America and rode around on a Harley Davidson chopper.  I had not heard from the individual.  He emailed me that his wife had hidden his cigarettes in a toaster oven and his Bic Lighter in the coffee machine, and when he made coffee the next morning, the coffee machine blew up, and it took several hours to clean up the mess, and he was late for work.  What bothers me is not that I had not heard from the individual in two years, but he was suppose to be my Danish coastal observer to let me know if the Russian fleet sailed between Denmark and Sweden.  The reason some people still use coastal observers is that satellite photographs can still be faked the way any other image can be.  As such, the fact that he emailed me after so long of a time could means the Russian Fleet or the Wolf Pack as I use to call it has finally sailed out to sea for some sort of military maneuver.  Since it is the strongest Navy fleet in the world, it could obviously cause problems any where it visited.  However, I have not received direct email that it has indeed sailed, but the fact the person was only suppose to email me if it did indeed sail, leads me to believe that it might have indeed sailed.  It is my personal viewpoint we do not have to worry about being invaded here in the United States of America, since the country is down the tubes and bankrupt, but some other more prosperous countries might have some sort of problems.  It is the nature of all Navies at sea, that they are basically pirates, so from what I know sooner or later, somebody should try to figure out where in the World the Russian Baltic Fleet is, or if it is still at its home ports in the Baltic Sea.  Since most people around this country watch www.cnn.com which comes from land locked Atlanta, Georgia, there is not much interest in the media in terms of any potential activity around the oceans of the world.  I tried to network with a few associates on matter, but nobody was interested in my insights, since it is not on www.cnn.com .  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/08 Monday 4:35 P.M.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors, and I told them about the timber wolf that I saw this morning at 1 A.M. on the north side of our building at 71 Vinci Drive walking East to West between our building and the family units.  The Greenwich Time has this story Coyote attacks spark fear - Greenwich Time .  However, I know what a Coyote looks like, since I use to see them all of the time in Richard Van Marter's back yard of his former house by Knapp Tree in Wilton, Connecticut.  What I saw looked more like a timber wolf, and it walked like a timber wolf.  Richard says there can be mixed breed timber wolves and coyotes.  Whatever, the case I would rather not deal with it, if it decided to hang around.  Wolves usually run in packs, so it would a lone wolf, if it were a timber wolf.  I walked around our building, and I called up a few associates to tell them what I saw.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/26/08 Monday 2:55 A.M.  I watched some television.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon or rest for a while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/26/08 Monday 2:00 A.M.  Donald Trump gambles on Las Vegas with a new luxury oasis - Los Angeles Times . CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/08 Monday 1:10 A.M.  6 killed, 1,000 hurt in China aftershock - CNN.com

Note: <888> 05/26/08 Monday 1:05 A.M.

http://mikelouisscott.com/wolf.rm

http://mikelouisscott.com/wolf.wav

http://mikelouisscott.com/wolf.ra

http://mikelouisscott.com/wolf.ram .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/26/08 Monday 1:00 A.M.  I fried the remaining salmon cake in olive oil and butter, and I ate it with two steamed ears of spring corn on the cob and the reheated remaining steamed rice with a glass of iced tea.  I watched part of a show and a movie with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I sat out on the bench at the north end of the building to have a cigarette.  What looked to be a large wolf which was tan in the dark without saddle markings of a German Shepherd about the side of a German Shepard but larger that a Coyote walked by between the family units and the north end of the building.  I guess it is looking for the wild turkey I saw at the same location last Monday.  Being out all of the time frequently at night, I guess the wild animals in the area are use to watching me too.  Since February 2008 that is a large Red Fox, a Wild Turkey, and a tan wolf that I have seen in this area.  The turkey was in the late afternoon and the fox and the wolf were in the early morning hours.  CIO

  Amazon. COM: GE SmartHome Wireless Alarm System Kit #51107: Home Improvement

CIO

Note: <888> 05/25/08 Sunday 10:35 P.M..  I woke up at 6 P.M., when a relative called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I have been out for the last several nights, so there is no reason to be out tonight, particularly with the higher prices of fuel recently.  I watched a bit of television.  Earlier, I watched the NASA Mars Landing NASA - Phoenix .  It seems to be working well.  My computers setup with some of the latest improvements and maintenance is also all running fine too.  Alas at the end of the month, there is not much money left for Bottom Fishing on the internet.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/25/08:

Note: <888> 05/25/08 Sunday 11:05 A.M..  Acer - 19" Widescreen Flat-Panel LCD Monitor - X193Wbd for $120

Note: <888> 05/25/08 Sunday 10:10 A.M..  I finished configuring both partitions on the Epox computer with the ATI Radion 9600 video card.  The computer now has a 3.4 rating, since the ATI video card it faster.  The good news is Clone mode between the 20 inch Dell monitor and the Sony television works just fine.  One uses the Catalyst Control Center to activate it.  I have the Hauppauge receiver set up on it, and it also works with the Digital Cable box.  Thus if I ever figure out how to use the Hauppauge Remote Control, I can use it with the Vista Ultimate Media Center or I can used the remote control mouse to control Sony Screen content.  In other words, I can also use the Windows Media Player to watch video content on the Sony television.  I disconnected the audio line that lead to the Sony television speakers, since it gave static, but the Epox computer speakers are more than good enough along with the Panasonic Digital headphones.  I did a Vista Complete PC backup of both partitions to the second hard drive, and I am now backing it up to the Bytecc external hard drive.  I will now eat a baloney and cheese sandwich with a dill pickle slice and 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle low fat potato chips with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/25/08 Sunday 7:10 A.M..  I woke up yesterday at 7:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I chatted with a relative and a friend. I washed the breakfast dishes. I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I picked up the mail, and the Hauppauge HVR1600 receiving unit had arrived, and so did the tracking is USPS - Track & Confirm on  AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Socket A 462 AXDA2600DKV4D #723 - eBay (item 270239462608 end time May-28-08 11:19:41 PDT) for $24.95 and $7.95 shipping for $32.90 total.  I went out, and I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a loaf of Stop and Shop whole wheat bread for $1.50, a 8 pack of Stop and Shop hamburger buns for $1.50, two 8 packs of Stop and Shop hotdog buns for $1.50 each, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, and 10 ears of spring corn for $1.99 for $10.98.  I chatted with another local.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I stopped by the ATM machine at the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then returned back to my car.  I returned home about 12:30 A.M..  I put away my purchases.  I put the XP 2600 processor on the right center shelf on the side board in the bedroom.  I tested the Hauppauge receiving unit on the TV card on the Epox computer, and it worked.  I configured it, and I connected the cables to the Sony TV to the video card.  However, when I tried setting up the Media Center with it, the PNY GeForceFX 5200 video card would not work in clone mode with the Sony television as a monitor.  I decided to switch the FIC server ATI Radeon 9600 video card into the Epox computer, and the PNY GeForceFX 5200 PCI video card into the FIC server.  I have the hardware switch around, and I have done a backup to both internal and the external hard drives on the FIC server.  I restored the backup before reconfiguring, since the server can get corrupted.  I still have to configure the Epox computer with the ATI video card and the Vista Ultimate Media Center.  I had to take the Sterling telephone modem card out of the FIC server, which I do not use.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/08 Saturday 8:35 A.M..  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a dill pickle slide and 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips along with a glass of iced tea. 

Note: <888> 05/24/08 Saturday 7:20 A.M..  My Favorite Martian NASA preps for '7 minutes of terror' on Mars - CNN.com

Note: <888> 05/24/08 Saturday 5:30 A.M..  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I watched some television.   The living room Sony television had some wavy lines, and I used the Sony remote control to reprogram its analog settings, so it no longer has any wavy lines on analog and digital.  One has to set it to channel 3 to use the digital cable box, so the analog channels need to be auto programmed in correctly.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/08 Saturday 2:35 A.M..  I took a 14..75 ounce can of Bumble Bee Alaska pink salmon, and I opened it with a can opener, and I used the lid to drain off the liquid.  I then put the canned salmon on a dinner plate, and I went through it bit by bit pulling out the small bones.  I then put the salmon in the Cuisine Art with a cracked large egg and two tablespoons of Italian bread crumbs, and I seasoned it with celery salt, Old Bay Seasoning, and dried dill.  I ran it a full pulses in the Cuisine Art until it was all mixed together, and the lumps disappeared in the salmon.  I then formed the mixture on a dinner plate into two .75 inch thick by about 4.5 inch diameter salmon patties.  I put one in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.   I put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil and a few pads of butter in a six inch diameter stick proof frying pan on a small burner on medium high electric burner heat, and once the fat began to bubble, I put in the salmon pattie.  I cooked it for three minutes on each side on medium high electric heat, and then I lowered it to medium electric burner heat, and I cooked it four minutes on each side.  While doing that I made up a batch of flavored http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm, and I refrigerator half in a Rubbermaid container, and I put the other half on a dinner plate with the cooked salmon pattie.  I also steamed about .75 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns in the microwave oven, and I put them in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I am just finishing backing up the Northgate Syntax computer to the Bytecc external hard drive with Vista Server 2008 beta backup.  I did an additional backup instead of deleting the old backup, since it is only about a 15 gigabyte backup.  One can do an additional backup with Vista Complete PC backup, by renaming the computer name, so the backup is saved with a different name, and then one can rename the computer back to its original name.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/24/08 Saturday 12:35 A.M..  I woke up at 7:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I chatted with two relatives. I washed the breakfast dishes. I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I said hello to some neighbors, and I threw out some garbage.  I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of New York Everything bagels for $2.50, a pound of German baloney for $2.79 a pound for $2.82, a 13 ounce box of low fat Cheez-Its for $2.50, a 30 ounce jar of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise for $2.99, and fresh Chiquita bananas for .64 a pound for $1.90 for $12.71 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $8.01 of self service premium gasoline for $4.769 a gallon for 1.679 gallons for 21.1 miles driving since Thursday May 8, at odometer reading of 59927 for 12.567 miles per gallon.  I cleaned the outside front and back windows.  I checked the tires for 32 PSI.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  There seems to be the normal amount of activity for this time of year.  We have six major constructions projects going on Greenwich Avenue.  The Guild Antiques building on the west side of lower Greenwich Avenue is in the process of being torn down.  At the middle of Greenwich Avenue on the East side, the GAP building is being torn down to build a new department store.  Further up Greenwich Avenue on the East side at Armagone Place, the location of the old Deli, they are building a four store office building adjacent to Pickwick Plaza.  Across from that they are putting in a new jewelry store in a building that they gutted and restored.  And of course just north of the Greenwich Police station just east of Greenwich Avenue, they are building a new police and public safety building.  Also at Greenwich Avenue and East Elm street on the Northeast corner, they are gutting the lower story of the building to build a new bank.  The movie theatre across the street from Richards is now closed, so they will probably do something with that soon.  I then returned home, and I put away my purchases.  I have to remember to buy some hot dog rolls, since I have a lot of hot dogs frozen in the freezer.  I am backing up the Epox computer to the Bytecc external hard drive.  I will then backup the Northgate Syntax computer to the Bytecc External Hard Drive.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/23/08 Friday 10:35 A.M..  After I reinstalled the Hauppauge HVR1600 drivers and programs on the Epox computer, I also installed the HP1018 laser printer drivers on both partitions.  I moved the Terk High Definition antenna from on top of the FIC monitors to on top of the Sony television with the Terk antenna pointed to the Southwest.  I do not know how to set it up on the Hauppauge TV program, but I was able to set it up on the Microsoft Windows Media Center, and the Media Center is able to get 8 of the 28 high definition channels available in this area.  My apartment is in on an enclosed side of the building so the south and west sides of the antenna reception area are blocked by the adjacent structure of the building.  I vacuumed the apartment.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will eat a bowl of goldfish crackers with some iced tea, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good day.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/23/08 Friday 5:30 A.M..  I noticed on Wednesday night, when I was out for my walk at night that the A in the Starbucks electric sign on Greenwich Avenue was burned out, so it now says "ST RBUCKS". 

Note: <888> 05/23/08 Friday 4:10 A.M..  I woke up at 9 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I chatted with a relative. I washed the breakfast dishes. I made my bed.  I watered the plants.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I picked up the mail.  Two days ago, I got the latest issue of U.S. News and World report, and in the mail yesterday, I got the Forbes Investment issue.  I did my house cleaning which I had not done in five weeks.  I still have to vacuum the apartment after 7 A.M. this morning.  I put a new blue toilet tablet in the toilet tank.  I put liquid drain cleaner in the bathroom sink, and I cleaned it out.  I opened a new bag of www.newyorkcoffee.com , and I mixed it with my old decaffeinated beans that were in one Braun coffee grinder, and also with the older coffee beans in the Gaggia coffee grinder which were 50% decaf and 50% regular, so I now have a blend of old and new coffee beans that I will use up.  I have the one Braun coffee grinder filled with them and two quart mason jars.  I also refilled the Glade Plug-in refill with a 60% English Leather cologne and 40% of 80% isopropyl alcohol.  I also emptied and refilled the eight ice trays in the freezer.  I straightened out the brown carpet runner at the apartment entrance.  I repaired the antenna on the Uniden two line cordless telephone on the bedroom desk by soldering it.  I accidentally broke it when I was moving the bedroom Gigabyte computer which assembling it.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a dill pickle slice and reheated steamed rice, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/22/08 Thursday 2:30 P.M..   NOAA predicts above-normal '08 hurricane season - CNN.com .

http://mikelouisscott.com/weather.htm

http://geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm

I used the Hauppauge Uninstall program to remove the remains of the Hauppauge HVR1600 TV card drivers and programs and inf files.

Note: <888> 05/22/08 Thursday 9:50 A.M..  Xerox Rolls Out Five Printers For Midsize and SMBs

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia

Note: <888> 05/22/08 Thursday 8:45 A.M..  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and 1/3rd of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle low fat potato chips.  I chatted with a friend that fishes Long Island Sound, and I was told that Striped Bass have to be 38 inches long before you can keep them.  Of course up in Nantucket, they can be over four feet long.  The Striped Bass are running earlier this year because of the warmer winter according to the fisherman last night.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/22/08 Thursday 7:30 A.M..  Since I don't have a spare processor for my three primary Vista Ultimate computers, I bought this one spare one AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Socket A 462 AXDA2600DKV4D #723 - eBay (item 270239462608 end time May-28-08 11:19:41 PDT) for $24.95 and $7.95 shipping for $32.90 total.  Now I have the key missing spare part.  In warmer weather with less air conditioning, CPUs could possibly overheat.  I also enabled Spread Spectrum in the primary Vista computer CMOS, since it now seems a bit more stable without the Hauppauge HVR1600 TV card.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/22/08 Thursday 3:45 A.M..  I woke up at 2:30 P.M. this afternoon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed.  I woke up at 6:30 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed, and I put clean linens on it.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I did two loads of wash and one dry cycle.  I put away the laundry.  I chatted with a relative.  I made and ate a four egg omelet with grated parmesan cheese and two slices of Kraft white cheese, and four strips of bacon and a toasted English muffin with butter, all of which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I went out, and I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I chatted with a dog walker and a pedestrian waiting for a ride.  I completed my walk.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  I chatted with a fisherman I had seen before.  He had caught a striped bass, so I guess the striped bass are running.  Striped bass are good eating if you know anything about fish, but I think you are only allowed to catch one a day.  The fisherman works at a local hospital nearby in the Bronx and is from Dominica, so I chatted with him briefly about the Caribbean and Tropical weather.  I gave him one of my web cards.  I noticed there are still lots of bright lights along the waterfront near Oyster Bay, Long Island.  I think the brightly lighted up area is Bayville, Long Island the small coastal community just west of Oyster Bay, Long Island.  Of course there are not as many lights around the waterfront as usual.  When I sat out at the office plaza by the Greenwich Train station about midnight, there seemed to be as much traffic on Interstate 95 as usual for that time of night.  I then returned home, and I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.

Note: <888> 05/21/08 Wednesday 6:15 A.M..  It is suppose to start raining about 2 P.M. this afternoon Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground.  About 4 A.M., I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea, a dill pickle sliced, and 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle low fat potato chips.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/08 Wednesday 6:00 A.M..   www.llbean.com  free shipping with promotion coupon code "2373230".  CIO

Note: <888> 05/21/08 Wednesday 4:20 A.M..  InfoWorld | SOA :: Service Oriented Architecture

Note: <888> 05/21/08 Wednesday 2:50 A.M..  I forgot to mention, the last time I was at the Stop and Shop last Thursday, I gave my calling card or retirement card to a distant in law of the Rockefeller family whom I was told to keep an eye on when he was 14 years old out swimming at Conyers Farm back in 1975, when his older brother took off on a motorcycle trip to California with a former neighbor of mine.  Thus by elementary math today, he would be 47 years old, so more than likely he has managed to keep an eye out for himself over the years, since I was always not around.  I woke up at 9 A.M. yesterday.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed.  I woke up at 2:30 P.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I took the Hauppauge generic TV card out of the Bedroom Gigabyte computer, and I put the Leadtek XP Expert TV card in the Gigabyte Bedroom Computer and configured it.  I also changed the cable leading to it, but there still is a static line on Channel 3.  To improve my overall coaxial system, I ran the A/B switch out cable by the living room entertainment system with a short good quality cable to a good gold two splitter, and then I used two good quality short coaxial cables to connect two different gold four splitters, and from there the TVs and Computers are connected up to the eight connections.  There is a generic two splitter in the bedroom that connects the JVC videotape machine connected to the Orion television and also splits off to the bedroom Gigabyte computer, so possibly it is a weak signal through that two splitter.  However, all of the other computers and televisions have clear signals in Analog and Digital.  I also installed the older year 2000 Dell 19 inch monitor on the bedroom Gigabyte computer, and I put the 1998 CompUSA 19 inch monitor which seems to be getting weaker brightness but cost about $430 in 1998, so I keep it, and I put it in the bedroom window on the right side with the NASA and Lindbergh pictures sitting on top of it held in by a large pink paper clip.  I removed the video and power cables from it, and I put them underneath my living room desk with the other spare cables.  I did an XP Professional ASR backup of the bedroom Gigabyte computer C: drive to both the D: drive and the Maxtor 80 gigabyte external hard drive.  I chatted with two relatives.  I ate the last of the cold eye round of beef with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and horse radish along with steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots with olive oil, and I made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm , and I refrigerated half in a Rubbermaid container, and I ate the other half of the steamed rice with dinner along with a glass of iced tea.  Earlier I also made up a batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm , which I have refrigerated.  I used two more Ocean Spray cranberry 64 ounce jugs, so I now have the iced tea in six of them, and I am no long using the older Tropicana jugs that had tea stains on their clear plastic sides.  I also threw out the garbage earlier, and I noticed earlier this evening there was a full moon with a clearing sky.  I heard about a half dozen jets arriving this evening, so maybe people are returning from down south.  Earlier I chatted with two relatives.  Not much going on around here, just ordinary Mickey Mouse computer maintenance.  I chatted with a software and hardware salesman yesterday afternoon, and he was calling from San Diego.  I also chatted with www.frys.com about the charge they have still not charged me for the EGVA PCI GeForce 6200 256 meg. video card.  It is about a $67 charge.  On older computer systems, if one uses a Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP and GeForce 6200 PCI video cards, you can run four monitors.  One newer systems with two PCI Express slots, you might look at AMD GAME ATI CrossFireX™  , but that would be substantially more costly to implement, since one would need a newer computer with the two more expensive video cards.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/20/08 Tuesday 12:40 A.M..  I watched some television.  I ate two bowls of whole wheat goldfish crackers.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/19/08:

Note: <888> 05/19/08 Monday 8:05 P.M..  I also showered and cleaned up, before I went to bed this morning.  I chatted with a friend in real estate Country Living Associates, Richard Van Marter Wilton, Connecticut , and apparently a lot of people are renting in this area instead of buying with the recent mortgage failures in this area.  I will now eat the same dinner as last night.  I will then go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/19/08 Monday 6:10 A.M..  I had a busy day.  I was up at noon yesterday.  The emergency pull cord alarm went off, and one of the neighbors was taken to the hospital, but is suppose to return today.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.   I sorted through the paper work on my desk and the top drawer of my four drawer file cabinet, and I threw out about 40 pounds of old bills, receipts and other paper work.  Thus the right side of the desk is now cleared of the metal file holder with all of the old paper work.  I put the empty metal file holder on top of the Dictaphone in front of the file cabinet.  I also threw out some shipping boxes, and the empty packaging for mostly TV cable parts from Radio Shark that I had stored on the right side of the Orion television in the bedroom.  I put my GE air conditioner maintenance contract in the drawer of the small night stand at the kitchen entrance.  It is paid up until September 12, 2008.  I chatted with some neighbors, and I saw a wild turkey out by the family units.  I walked around the building.  I ate the same dinner as last night. I then put the other new Netgear LAN card in the primary Vista computer, so I now have two active LAN cards in it.  I received email from Hauppauge RMA that once I email them my address, they will send me a replacement remote control sending unit for the HVR-1600 TV card.  I next took out the Leadtek TV card from the Epox computer, and I put in the Hauppauge HVR-1600 without the defective remote control receiving unit.  I put the Leadtek TV card in a small box with its remote control and receiver unit on the right side of the hamper in the bedroom.  I will probably eventually put it in the Bedroom Gigabyte computer, once I have the 1600 card remote control working.  I also moved the remote control mouse from the primary Vista computer to the Epox computer with its remote control on top of it.  I had a problem with getting the Epox computer to start up.  I went through a lengthy  process of checking it out, and now it works fine.   All I can figure out is that since its cards are held in by case clips, I might have dislodged the video card by moving near the rear of the Epox computer.  I now have all of the cards held in with case screws.  Once I got it working, since I had repositioned its USB devices in a different order, I had a problem for a while with the Microsoft wireless mouse, but I eventually trouble shooted that.  I installed the drivers and programs on both partitions for the Hauppauge HVR 1600 card, and it works just fine.  I put in a better coaxial cable from the card to the primary four splitter, so with the stronger signal, it recognizes channel 3, so I can use the Digital Cable box with the A/B switch with it too.    I tried moving the Terk high definition antenna to the right window in the apartment, but I could not get a signal with it, so I moved it back to its original position on the monitors of the FIC server.  Possibly the high definition channels are not broadcast in the early morning hours.  I have it connected up to the Epox computer with a 25 foot coaxial cable.  I installed the updates on the Epox computer, and I just did a Vista Complete PC backup of both partitions from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  While I had the Epox computer opened, I put a new 2032 lithium CMOS battery in it, which I also did when I assembled the Bedroom Gigabyte computer.  I also put new AA batteries in the Microsoft wireless mouse on the Epox computer and the Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard on the Bedroom Gigabyte computer.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I think I will eat the last of the baloney and Swiss cheese in a Sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle low fat potato chips.  I have been so busy, I have not had time to shower and clean up since this past Thursday.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/18/08 Sunday 4:15 A.M..  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.

CIO 

Note: <888> 05/18/08 Sunday 3:10 A.M..  The final configuration of the Gigabyte Bedroom computer is listed at http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm .

This is the lists of its contents along with Windows XP Professional as of May 18, 2008.

Gigabyte Backup Bedroom Computer:  As Finished: 05/18/08

Ultra Beige Defender ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB Ports and 350-Watt V-Series Power Supply ULT33070 at CompUSA.com for $19.99 and $3.99 shipping for $23.98 total, May 10, 2008

Gigabyte GA-7VT600P-RZ Socket A (Socket 462) Via KT600 ATX AMD motherboard GIGABYTE GA-7VT600P-RZ ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail at Newegg.com and GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Products 7VT600P-RZ for $48 and $1 shipping for $49 total from http://www.newegg.com/ June , 2005, removed from primary Vista computer, November 2006. 

eBay Express: Amd Athlon XP 2000+ CPU AXDA2000DUT3C - Description for $13.88 and $9 shipping standard flat rate service for $22.88 total, May 10, 2008

Mad Dog MX 440-SE AGP 4X 64 Meg. video card Mad Dog Multimedia :: Prowler MX 440-SE AGP $45 after $30 rebate and $20 discount at http://www.compusa.com/ March 2003

AMD 3200+ Socket A 3 Heat Pipes CPU Fan, 70 x 15, Model: CFHPK7-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com and Modware CPU Fan for AMD K7 3400+ 3 Heat Pipes cpu cooling fan cpu fan  for $5 and $2 shipping for $7 total March 2007

PC2100 266Mhz 512 meg. memory from Northgate Syntax computer, March 2003, $80

PNY 2100 256 Meg. memory chip from http://www.compusa.com/ for $17 after $30 rebate, March 2004

20 Gigabyte Maxtor Hard Drive for $133 at http://www.compusa.com/  about 5 years ago.

15 Gigabyte Seagate hard drive from the Dell Dimension L1000R computer $5

Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R for $8 both refurbished December 2005

SoHo Lan Card from Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop about 2005 $3

PCI Creative Live Sound Card came with Dell L1000R computer $5

Surplus Computers Hauppauge WinTV-GO TV Tuner Capture Card  for $16 with free shipping, September 2006

CD/RW 24X  10X 40X $50 after $35 rebate March 2003 from http://www.compusa.com/

2 OKGEAR 18" Dual IDE Rounded Cable - UV GREEN for $3.49 each for $7 August 2007

1 PC Toys 18" Single Device Round Floppy Cable (SILVER) - $0.65 $1 April 2006

Dell L1000R floppy drive, $2

1 Powmax 80mm Case Fan w/ Intelligent Temperature Sensor and Aluminum Construction (ALUMINUM) - $2.98 for $3 April 2006

NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A from NEC Black IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM at Newegg.com August 2005 for $42

Total: Gigabyte Backup Bedroom Computer: $519.88, as finished May 18, 2008

CIO 

Note: <888> 05/18/08 Sunday 2:05 A.M..  Some pictures of my latest improvements http://mikelouisscott.com/mls-apt-051808/ .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/08 Saturday 5:05 A.M..   BBC NEWS | UK | Windsor ready for royal wedding.  I am a bit tired, I shut down the Toshiba laptop computer for now, and I will finish configuring it later on today.  It is suppose to be sunny around 7 A.M., but from the rain I hear outside that might be doubtful.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good morning.  It currently is not very pleasant for arthritis suffers.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/17/08 Saturday 4:50 A.M..  Through out the last 24 hours, I ate a 12 ounce box of CVS spiced wafers.    It is a tedious process configuring the rather slow Toshiba laptop, but once it is configured, it is not too slow to use, if needed.  My primary Vista computer system seems more stable with the Hauppauge HVR1600 TV card removed.  However, it might be because I changed the four LCD monitors from 75 MHz to 60 MHz, but I just changed them back to 75 MHz, so I will find out whether that causes any stability problems.  With the weaker dollar in the World, there is not much worth looking for in terms of bottom fishing on the internet.  I read somewhere I think it was www.cnn.com that the King of Saudi Arabia told President Bush www.whitehouse.gov that there was not enough world demand to pump anymore oil than they are already pumping.  Supposedly other factors like speculation and the weak dollar are the cause of increased oil prices not shortages of supply.  Of course Greenwich, Connecticut is suppose to have 8,000 experienced volunteers whom are not paid, and if they can no longer afford to volunteer, more than likely this small town will quickly start going to Hell in a Hand Basket.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/17/08 Saturday 2:05 A.M..  I chatted with Key West Hotel Resorts & Florida Keys Beach Accommodations - Casa Marina Resort Key West , and they told me they are still busy down there.  I reminded them that the new Florida Keys Bridges were built about 30 years ago, and since the steel inside the bridges over salt water tends to corrode, they will probably have to be rebuilt in the next 20 years.   At the homepage for www.adobe.com , there is a link for the beta of the Adobe Flash Player 10, so I installed it.  I had already uninstalled the Flash Player 9.  The Casa Marina homepage is a good place to test the beta of the Adobe Flash Player 10.  I can not try the www.cnn.com web site video, since they seem to be busy with the rainy weather on the East Coast.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/16/08 Friday 11:50 P.M..  This morning before going to bed, I uninstalled the generic UPS power supply backup, because it was beginning to overheat.  Thus I am not using them anymore.  I threw it away earlier today, and I took the fuse out, so nobody in the dump can try to use it.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I disconnected the Plantronics headset from the Panasonic telephone at the apartment entrance.  I have not been using it, since it has weak sound.  I put it underneath the bedroom bed.  I move the energy efficinent lamp from the Toshiba laptop desk at the apartment entrance, and I put it on top of the bedroom Gigabyte computer.  I moved the pineapple lamp from that location to along side the French reproduction chair in the living room.  I moved the other energy efficient lamp from that location to on top of the Orion television in the bedroom.  I move the right angle brass shell lamp with 15 watt regular bulb to the right side of the Toshiba laptop at the apartment entrance.  It gives out enough light to see the LCD display on the Panasonic two line telephone.  I had to reconnect the one of the the two telephone lines to the two line phone by the French reproduction chair, since it had come out of its socket.  I moved the brass cricket cage from that location to behind the Toshiba laptop.  I also put the used and some are still good telephone calling cards by the cricket cage.  I think a couple of the AT&T calling cards still have $10 on them unless they have expired.   On the Toshiba laptop, I uninstalled some old programs and some that I do not use.   I freed up enough space, so I went ahead and installed XP SP3.  I now have to install the more recent versions of the smaller programs.  The Toshiba laptop is running XP Home with 186 megs. of memory and a 450 MHz processor and about a 5.5 gigabyte hard drive.  Still, it still works fine, once it boots up slowly, and one can use it for word processing, email, web browsing, and less intensive software activities.  I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I watered the plants.  I took the 2.5 pound eye round of top round of beef, and I put it on a baking rack in a baking pan, and I seasoned it with ground black pepper, garlic powder, and Italian seasoning generously.  I then covered it with Kraft Barbeque sauce.  I baked it in the convection over at 325 degrees for 28 minutes.  I also baked with it two potatoes that I scrubbed with cold water and a vegetable brush, and I pricked on four sides three times each side with a fork, and I microwaved on one potato cycle first less 2.5 minutes.  For the last 7 minutes of the  meat and potatoes cooking cycle, I microwaved in a plastic microwave pot with lid and an inch of water a cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns.  I put the steamed vegetables in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil. I put the baked potato on a plate, and I sliced it open with a knife, and I cut diagonal slices inside it, and I added three pads of no salt butter to melt.  I cut off two 3/8th inch thick slices of the hot beef, and I put them on the dinner plate with the potato, and the beef juices.  I put the rest of the beef in a Rubbermaid container, and I refrigerated it as I did with the other baked potato.  I ate the dinner with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with two relatives earlier.  When I went out, I also picked up the mail.  I had one no person telephone call today.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/16/08 Friday 7:40 A.M..  I installed XP SP3 on the XP Professional partition on the Epox computer.  I installed some other updates.  I had to put another spare coaxial cable on the Epox computer, because the one that I was using had become disconnected from its threaded screw head.  I am now rescanning the Leadtek TV card in Vista with the detailed fine tuning.  However, for some reason now on the Leadtek TV expert TV card that is now in the Epox computer, it does not recognize channel 3 in any of the three tuner scanning modes, so I can not watch the Digital Cable TV box signal on it.  However, to be realistic, I do not watch that much television, but with the higher prices of fuel and staying home, I might find time to watch more television.  I certainly have the facilities.  However, generally I do not have that much free time anymore with all of the computer maintenance and other household routines and the other activities around town.  I will use Vista Ultimate to back up both operating systems, once I am finished with the maintenance routines on it.

Note: <888> 05/16/08 Friday 4:05 A.M..   Buffett's Ins And Outs - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 05/16/08 Friday 3:00 A.M..  I finished configuring the bedroom Gigabyte computer.  Since the Microsoft servers are overwhelmed with people trying to download XP SP3, I was not able to install four minor Windows updates and three small Windows Live Programs including the most recent version of Microsoft Messenger.  I did an XP Professional ASR backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I then did one to the Maxtor external hard drive.  I am just about finished defragmenting the C: drive.  I also installed an extra pair of speakers on the Gigabyte bedroom computer, so it now has two pairs of stereo speakers in the window sill behind it.  They turn on from the power strip connected to the control panel, and I have the items labeled on the control panel.  On the television setup in my apartment, the digital cable television reception through the digital cable box is a lot sharper than the direct analog cable which is a bit fuzzy.  Thus it is not my setup, it is the nature of the technology today.  I am not sure how much longer the analog signal will be sent out on the Cablevision system, where one does not need a Digital Cable box for 77 of the lowest 125 channels.  I have not heard back yet on the RMA on the Hauppauge 1600 card.  I did receive email from EVGA that my $40 rebate on the EVGA PCI 256 meg. video card had been approved.  Once the bedroom gigabyte computer is defragmented, I will test it out on its speed and general usability and startup, but it seems fast enough for web browsing, email, communications, multimedia, and word processing.  One can put the bedroom desk chair sideways to sit more easily at the gigabyte computer at the bedroom desk.  If one were a larger person, one could move the chair somewhere out of the way, and sit on the bed.  I also used to small OOK nails, and I nailed above the inside apartment door handle the small brass plaque in three different languages saying not to piss off the Poop Deck.  I think it came from some sort of sailing vessel.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/15/08 Thursday 8:25 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I emptied the crumbs out of the crumb trays of the toaster.  English muffins tend to produce a lot of burnt crumbs in toaster ovens or regular toasters, so one has to be sure to clean them out.  On the contest at www.almanac.com a couple of months ago, I guessed that the snow would be melted in their parking lot on May 15, 2008, but from this The Almanac Webcam - The Old Farmer's Almanac , it looks like it melted sooner.  I have seen six inches of snow in the New York area in the first week of May 1971, so it was a reasonable guess.  We had about eight inches of snow here in Greenwich, Connecticut this winter, but I was told by somebody from Syracuse, New York, when I was in Old Greenwich a couple of weeks ago for a haircut, that Syracuse, New York had six feet of snow this past winter.  Of course I have in the past seen a lot of snow in this area.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/15/08 Thursday 7:20 P.M..  I woke up at 11:30 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I moved the green and natural oak chair from the bedroom computer desk, and I put it as my primary chair at the dining table.  I moved the matching oak chair from the dining table to the bedroom computer desk.  It is smaller, so it is easier to get at the bedroom desk.  I went out, and I went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a 32 inch by 22 inch maple framed mirror for $15.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought greenish yellow Chiquita bananas for .59 a pound for $1.37, and a eye round of beef roast for $3.59 a pound for $8.66 for $10.03 total.  I then used the ATM machine at the Chase Bank at the Stop and Shop plaza.  I chatted with one of their staff, and I gave them a calling card.  I then returned home.  I brought up the groceries and the mirror.  I used two OOK hooks, and I hung the mirror on the lower inside of the apartment front door.  I moved the small picture of Prince William and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands from above the door light switch to in between the two mirrors on the rear side of the door.  I hung the Versailles picture  beneath the mirror at the kitchen entrance with two OOK hooks.  I moved the mirror from that location to the lower left side of the hallway at the bathroom entrance.  I moved the Charles Lindberg print from that location to on top of the Dell monitor in the bedroom window in front o of the NASA shuttle photograph.  I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with franks , which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I threw out some garbage and the old case for the Dell L1000R computer.  It still had its processor, two PC100 128 meg. memory chips, and its CPU cooler and its power supply and motherboard.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up my mail.  I will now work on configuring the bedroom Gigabyte computer.  CIO   

Note: <888> 05/15/08 Thursday 7:15 A.M..  I finished installing most of the updates including SP3 and Internet Explorer 7 on the Gigabyte bedroom computer.  I still have to finish installing some programs and configuring the printers.  I shut it down for now.  I do not plan to put the Hauppauge 1600 TV card back in the primary Vista computer, once I receive it returned on from an RMA.  The primary Vista computer seems to run better without it.  I will put the Hauppauge 1600 TV card in the Epox computer.  I removed one of the A/B switches from my primary computer setup. It was the one to physically disconnect the Cable TV coaxial cable.  I installed it underneath the Sony television hanging from the horse statue.  I used some of the splitters and cables from the primary setup, and I now have the A/B switch underneath the Sony TV setup, so when it is on A, all of the TVs and Computer TV cards in the apartment are on the direct analog cable TV line, and when it is on B, they are all fed off the Digital Cable box.  Thus on the A switch, the lower 77 channels can be changed on the televisions and computer TV cards.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed until noon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/15/08 Thursday 4:20 A.M..  On the bedroom gigabyte computer, I have the device drivers configured, the firewall, antivirus, and a few programs.  I am now installing SP3.  I ate the last 1/5th of a 16 ounce jar of peanuts.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/15/08 Thursday 1:20 A.M..  After I ate, I decided to do a clean install of XP Professional on the Gigabyte Bedroom computer, and it runs a lot better with a clean install.  I did a 1% low level format of both hard drives before doing the installation.  I now have to configure it and install the updates.  I will connect a TV cable from the bedroom VCR with a splitter to the Hauppauge TV card in the Gigabyte bedroom computer.  It will have the content of the Digital Cable box.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/14/08 Wednesday 9:55 P.M..  I went outside after the last note.  About 5:15 P.M. the computer case arrived.  It took about 3 hours to install the hardware, and it works just fine.  I only used one case fan, since it came with a large case fan in the rear.  I installed the Duron 1800 266 MHz processor.  I am now running a XP Professional Repair installation to see if I can repair the existing installation without having to do a clean install.  The case fan that I put in it has an aluminum housing, so I was able to install it by using a screw driver to widen its screw holes which were tight to use the existing case fan screws.  The system seems to be just fine, and I willknow shortly if the XP Professional repair installation works.  I chatted with two relatives.  I clean up my work area in the bedroom.  The existing computer configuration is at http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm .  I will try to take some time to eat the same dinner as last night.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/14/08 Wednesday 2:25 P.M..  I had a reply on my RMA request to Hauppauge, which suggested the updated drivers which I have tried.  I replied with the information that I had tried the driver, and I still need an RMA.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/14/08 Wednesday 2:10 P.M..  I woke up at 9:30 A.M., when I had a no person telephone call.  I have had two more no person telephone calls today for a total of three so far.  I checked with www.verizon.com , and I could get Caller ID and Caller Intercept for about $14 more a month on my phone bill, which I can not afford.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw out the garbage, and I put my Greenwich Beach automobile sticker on the lower driver's side front window beneath the registration sticker.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I walked around the building.

I have a Duron 1.8 266 MHz processor that I could use, if the Athlon XP 2000+ processor does not come today.  The computer case Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Ultra Beige Defender ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB Ports and 350-Watt V-Series Power Supply ULT33070 at CompUSA.com for $19.99 and $3.99 shipping for $23.98 total is out for delivery.

I could build the system once I receive the case, and not stick in a processor until I receive the AMD XP Athlon 2000+ processor, or I could go ahead and use the Duron 1.8 266 MHz processor which would be slightly slower, and I could keep the AMD XP Athlon 2000+ processor for a spare part, since it would work in all of my desktop computers if needed for a spare.

No news on Tracking is USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for eBay Express: Amd Athlon XP 2000+ CPU AXDA2000DUT3C - Description for $13.88 and $9 shipping standard flat rate service for $22.88 total.  The mail has not arrived yet today.  I also have two AMD 2200 processors, but they have not worked in my systems, when I tried them in the past, so perhaps, they are for a different type of system or they are defective.  I will now do some regular computer work.

Somebody scratched the hood on a neighbor's car, so we do get a bit of vandalism in this area occasionally.   CIO    

Note: <888> 05/14/08 Wednesday 3:50 A.M..  EMSEV-DEMETER JOINT WORKSHOP - Scientific Program 

Note: <888> 05/14/08 Wednesday 1:40 A.M..  I installed the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE on the FIC server, and I configured it, and it works just fine with the Vista Ultimate Media Center.  While, I had the FIC server opened, I took out the Antec CPU cooler that had been installed since September 2006, and I tried to install one of the Modware CPU coolers, but there was not enough clearance.  I put in the Thermaltake Silent Cooler CPU cooler that has been used about 20 months on a regular computer and not a server as I recall.  I was called up by www.directron.com , and the order for the six CPU coolers was cancelled, since they only had one available.  I have some other CPU coolers, but the one that I put in was about the best one that I had that would fit.  On the FIC server, the diodes stick up from the motherboard around the CPU cooler, so the new Modware one would not work.  I do not have that problem on the Gigabyte motherboards.  I had a bottle of Perrier freeze and break in the refrigerator, and I cleaned it up.  It is the second .75 liter bottle of Perrier that froze and  broke this year, so I guess they freeze easily.  When I tried to install the most recent update of the Hauppauge WinTV program on the primary Vista computer, I found out the IR remote control does not work on the Hauppauge 1600 TV card.  I tested it on the FIC server to make sure, and the remote control did not work on the FIC server either.  I checked the batteries and the connection on the card to no avail.  The Hauppauge 1600 TV card has a two year warranty, and since I bought it in February 2007, I will get a RMA from Hauppauge, and send it in for repair.  I backed up the FIC server after I had configured it with the new TV card, and I restored the backup before configuring it, so it was a clean copy for installation and backup.  My new Greenwich Beach card is good until April 2010.  I have to stick the beach sticker in the windshield of my Audi.  I chatted with a relative earlier.  I had five no person telephone calls today which were annoying.  I uninstalled the Hauppauge programs off of the primary Vista computer.  When I get the 1600 Hauppauge TV card back from them, I could try installing it in the Epox Vista Computer, and its is close enough to the Sony Television cable box, that the IR feature for the cable box would also work, since the cablebox IR cable would stretch to it probably.  I have hardly used the Hauppauge 1600 TV card on the primary Vista computer.  I will now make a baloney and cheese sandwich, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips.

This order arrived tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for www.directron.com the last quick sale item only available today on this item Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX-VE SFMA 2.0: 600 Watts! | silentpcreview.com and Enermax EG701AX-VE(W)SFMA V2.0 600 Watt PSU -= www.bigbruin.com =- for $60 and $11.87 shipping for $71.87 total.  I put it on the top shelf on the right of the sideboard in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/13/08 Tuesday 1:30 P.M..  I chatted with www.frys.com , and they have not yet charged me for the XVGA PCI video card, but they told me, they would bill me sooner or later.  They told me about an interesting web site www.ted.com .  I went downstairs, and I chatted with some neighbors.  The mail came, and it looks like my new beach cards came.

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for open box Hauppauge TV Receiver WinTV-PVR-150MCE (Model 1042), 125 Channel Cable Ready, w/ Hardware MPEG, White box. 35 for $35 and $9.25 shipping for $44.25 total arrived.

The power supply is suppose to be delivered in the later afternoon delivery.

Earlier, I backed up the primary Vista computer with Complete PC backup from the first hard drive to the second  hard drive.

I also took a shower and cleaned up.

I am restoring the backup on the FIC server, and I will then install the new TV card and configure it.  While I have it opened, I think I will put in one of the new Modware CPU coolers I have in reserve.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/13/08 Tuesday 11:15 A.M..  I napped until 9 P.M. last night.  I then watched the Turner movie presentation of the original movie, "The Merry Widow".  I then went to bed about 11:30 P.M..  I woke up at 9:30 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed. When starting up the primary Vista computer to possibly stabalize it more, I ran "msconfig", and in the startup programs, I unchecked the two Nvidia startup program, and the Microsoft ehTray.exe startup program.  I also reinstalled the Adobe Flash Player.  I also lowered the four LCD monitors refresh rate from 75 hertz to 60 hertz. 

Out for delivery:

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for www.directron.com the last quick sale item only available today on this item Enermax Noisetaker EG701AX-VE SFMA 2.0: 600 Watts! | silentpcreview.com and Enermax EG701AX-VE(W)SFMA V2.0 600 Watt PSU -= www.bigbruin.com =- for $60 and $11.87 shipping for $71.87 total.

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for open box Hauppauge TV Receiver WinTV-PVR-150MCE (Model 1042), 125 Channel Cable Ready, w/ Hardware MPEG, White box. 35 for $35 and $9.25 shipping for $44.25 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/12/08 Monday 7:35 P.M..  I reheated and ate the same dinner as last night.  I watched the www.nbc.com evening news.  I chatted with a relative.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon, or I will take a nap.  I have low blood pressure, so when it is about to rain, I frequently feel tired.  Bon Soir.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/12/08 Monday 5:45 P.M..  Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Ultra Beige Defender ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB Ports and 350-Watt V-Series Power Supply ULT33070 at CompUSA.com for $19.99 and $3.99 shipping for $23.98 total.

Tracking is USPS - Track & Confirm on the order for eBay Express: Amd Athlon XP 2000+ CPU AXDA2000DUT3C - Description for $13.88 and $9 shipping standard flat rate service for $22.88 total.

Note: <888> 05/12/08 Monday 4:10 P.M..  I woke up at 10 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.

I removed the Nec DVD/RW drive from the FIC server, and I now have it available for the Gigabyte bedroom computer, when I build it.  I put an older CD/RW in the FIC server, and I still have the fairly new LG DVD/RW in the FIC server.

I did a Complete PC backup from the primary Vista computer C: drive to the Bytecc external hard drive. 

I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I moved my Audi to its usual place.  I said hello to my next door neighbor.  I emptied the two outdoor ashtrays.  I picked up my mail.

Note: <888> 05/12/08 Monday 12:05 A.M..  I started up the Northgate Syntax computer to install the motherboard VGA driver which is now installed.  I had to recrimp the coaxial cable leading into the connector on the Hauppauge generic TV card, and it now works, and I reconnected the web cam USB cable that had pulled out.  Thus the Northgate Syntax computer is running just fine, and 1 gigabyte of memory seems to be enough for Vista Basic on it.  I started up the XP Professional partition on the Epox computer, and I tried to install the XP SP3 update which I think has been released, but Windows Update is still too busy to download it. 

Bush wedding pictures Bush: Jenna's wedding was 'spectacular' - CNN.com. 

I once played a panda in a play when I was seven years old BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Giant panda hope for Scottish zoo . 

President Bush www.whitehouse.gov is suppose to be a distant cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.  They met over in England Royal Insight > November 2003 > US State Visit gallery .

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are off to Turkey this week Media Centre > Event highlights > Turkey State Visit, 13 to 16 May 2008 .

The Queen Mary II was here yesterday on Saturday QM2 - Itinerary - 2008 and back twice again this month.  I will try to keep a keen eye for the British, when they visit here, but since they tend to speak English, it is hard to tell that they are British. 

Note: <888> 05/11/08 Sunday 9:55 P.M..  I noticed this afternoon, the tulips in front of the veterans monument on Greenwich Avenue are red and white, but when they were first coming out, they looked red and yellow.  There are also tulips around the post office plaza, and I recalled seeing another patch of tulips downtown, possibly at Pickwick Plaza.  The Arts on Greenwich Avenue is still going on the entire month of May Greenwich Arts Council .  CIO

Note: <888> 05/11/08 Sunday 9:55 P.M..  I filled a five quart pot with three quarts of water and a dash of sea salt and a teaspoon of olive oil, and I put it on the large electric burner on high to boil.  While doing that, I put a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a 10 inch stick proof frying pan and a few pads of butter, and then I peeled and diced four cloves of garlic and two medium large onions, and I added them to the frying pan, and I turned it on medium high electric burner heat on the smaller front burner, and once they began to sizzle, I added one eight ounce top round London broil burger cut into half inch chunks, and I seasoned it all with garlic powder, ground black pepper, celery salt, cayenne pepper, paprika, Italian seasoning, and I mixed it all together stirring it until the beef was browned and the onions were blanched.  I then added a 26 ounce jar of Francesco Rinaldi traditional tomato sauce and 1.5 tablespoons of Frank's hot sauce, and I mixed it all together, and I covered it.  Once the water in the pot was boiling, I added a 16 ounce package of Barilla fettuccini, and I boiled it for 12 minutes on high electric burner heat, and once it was done, I put a colander in another large pot, and I drained the hot water into the pot, and I set the colander of fettuccini on the side.  I dumped the pot of hot water down the bathroom sink to clean out the shaving gel scum.  While doing that I stirred the tomato sauce mixture frequently, and I then put half the fettuccini in a flat Rubbermaid container, and I put the other half on a large dinner plate with half of the tomato and beef mixture, and I put the other half of the tomato and beef mixture in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator, and I added some grated parmesan and Romano cheese mixture on top of the fettuccini and tomato and beef dinner, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  As usual after a meal, I cleaned up the kitchen.  I chatted with mother again.  I hope she had an enjoyable Mother's Day.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/11/08 Sunday 7:50 P.M..  I woke up at 8:30 A.M. this morning.  I called up mother, and I wished her Happy Mother's Day.  Mother seems to be doing just fine, but has a little bit of indigestion.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 11:30 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I took the MagDog AGP 64 Meg. video card and the PC2100 DDR 512 meg. memory chip out of the Northgate Syntax computer.  I went through my spare parts, and I got out the parts that I need for the Gigabyte Bedroom Backup Computer.  I also took the parts out of the Dell L1000R computer that I need for the Gigabyte Bedroom Backup Computer.  I put the empty Dell case which still has its Intel 1500 Megabyte processor and two 128 meg. PC100 memory chips on the floor in front of the white bureau in the bedroom.  I took the face plate off a defective Sony 3.5 inch floppy drive, and I put it on the good Sony 3.5 inch floppy drive that I took out of the Dell computer.  I put all of the Gigabyte Bedroom Backup Computer parts on the chair beneath the living room entertainment center to have available when the processor and the case arrive late on this week.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with one third of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a glass of iced tea and the rest of the pineapple fruit mixture.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went downtown, and I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I used the bathroom at the train station.  I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought a Triple Cash scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 1.4 ounce Just for Men Touch of Gray Light brown color for $8.29, but I got it for free, since I had a $9 off coupon that I got in the mail. On the way down Greenwich Avenue, I stopped by CVS again, and I bought four 16 ounce Ajax antibacterial orange dishwashing detergent for .77 each and .18 tax for $3.26 total.  I chatted with a former regular night person.  I then walked back down Greenwich Avenue, and I put my purchases in the car.  I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  While downtown, I chatted with mother again on the wireless telephone.  I then returned home.  I put away my purchases.  It is suppose to rain all week.   CIO   

Note: <888> 05/10/08 Saturday 11:50 P.M..  I watched channel 10 PBS, "Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking".  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/10/08 Saturday 8:20 P.M..  I made and ate the same dinner as last night using the thicker piece of salmon.   I did not have spring corn on the cob.  I will probably be going up to Maine for the last two weeks of July 2008.   I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I picked up my mail.  I watched part of www.foxnews.com .  They are suppose to have coverage of the www.whitehouse.gov wedding in about 15 minutes, but no cameras are allow in for the private event.   I suppose if one had access to spy satellites, one might get a close look as to what is going on with the two hundred private guests.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/10/08:

Note: <888> 05/10/08 Saturday 5:50 P.M..  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/10/08 Saturday 5:45 P.M..  Citigroup's $400B Yardsale - Forbes.com

Note: <888> 05/10/08 Saturday 5:15 P.M..  If one looks at http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm , about half way down on the page, one can look at my plan for the "Gigabyte Backup Bedroom Computer", and its original parts bought over the years were at a cost of $484.94 not including the software, monitor, and other accessories, so it should be making good use of some spare parts.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/10/08 Saturday 2:40 P.M..  I ordered Ultra Beige Defender ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB Ports and 350-Watt V-Series Power Supply ULT33070 at CompUSA.com for $19.99 and $3.99 shipping for $23.98 total.  I will now have a spare computer case in case I want to build another low level computer out of spare parts, but that would cost a bit of money at this point, or possibly I could transfer the Northgate Syntax into a larger case. CIO

Note: <888> 05/10/08 Saturday 2:10 P.M..  I watched some television after the last note.  I woke up at 7 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I threw out some garbage.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I walked around the building.  I read four back issues of www.forbes.com , three back issues of US News & World Report - Breaking News, World News, Business News, and America's Best Colleges - USNews.com , the www.aarp.org news letter, the www.geico.com magazine, and the latest issue of www.pcshopper.com .  From Forbes, I found out that www.hsbc.com is the world's largest corporation.  Also they make a car in France that runs on compressed air Air Car Factories - The Air Car , but it takes four hours for its electric powered compressor to recharge it up, and it has a distance of 120 miles on a flat surface and top speed of 75 miles per hours, and the compressed air exhaust is good for air conditioning.  It would be handy in Key West, Florida where it is flat, and you could fill it up at a dive shop.  I chatted with a relative.  I went outside briefly.  I ate a boloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle low fat sour cream and onion potato chips and a dill pickle slice and a bowl of the pineapple fruit mixture.  I also chatted with a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/09/08 Friday 11:45 P.M.. I ate a fifth of a 16 ounce jar of dry roasted peanuts.  I am a bit tired from my chores, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will either go to bed or rest for a while.  It is suppose to quit raining around 1 A.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 05/09/08 Friday 11:00 P.M..  I woke up at 9 A.M. this morning.  Two relatives called me to wish me Happy 50th Birthday.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I surfed the internet for a while.  I went back to bed until 3 P.M..  Another relative called me to wish me Happy Birthday.  I put a new dishwashing scrub pad on the dish washing wand, and I also got out a new steel scouring pad.  I watered the plants, and I threw out the garbage and the old periodical literature, and I also emptied the paper shredder.  I ate a bowl of the pineapple fruit mixture with a glass of iced tea.  I ran a couple sheets of paper with a few lines of the paper shredder lubricant on them to lubricate the paper shredder.  A friend called me up to wish me Happy Birthday.  I did two loads of laundry.    I also did a third load of laundry with my bed's mattress pad and extra fitted sheet, I keep on the bed along with the sheets that I change.  I flipped the mattress over side to side, and I sprayed the top side with Fabreze and Lysol spray to freshen it.  When I put away the three loads of laundry, I made up the bed with the clean mattress pad and sheets.  I used the Swivel Sweeper to clean the apartment rugs.  Earlier I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a relative.  For dinner, I cut the thin end or a half pound off the piece of one pound filet of salmon, and I put it in a Pyrex pie dish with about a third of an inch of lemon juice.  I sprinkled the flesh side with some Old Bay Seasoning, and I put the flesh side down in the lemon juice, and I put two pads on butter on the skin side with a little bit of olive oil. I also microwave a potato on the potato cycle less two minutes.  I put the potato with the salmon, and I baked it all in the Farberware convection oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.  I also steamed two ears of spring corn and cup of baby carrots and broccoli crowns.  I put some butter on the baked potato on the dinner plate with the salmon on the dinner plate flesh side up with a few tablespoons of the cooking juices on it.  I put butter on the steamed corn on the cob.  I put the other vegetables in a bowl with a little bit of olive oil.  I did not eat the skin on the salmon.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  After I cleaned up the kitchen, I threw out the garbage, because the salmon skin would stink if left in the apartment.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO    

Note: <888> 05/09/08 Friday 3:05 A.M..  I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Heavy rain on my birthday Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/09/08 Friday 2:50 A.M..   I went through my email, and I did some bottom fishing.  We all need to reorganize our lives with the higher prices for energy and fuel.  Around Greenwich, Connecticut with a lot of wealthier citizens, they do not seem to realize that the individuals with lower incomes are pretty much cut to the bone. 

Note: <888> 05/09/08 Friday 12:20 A.M..  For all of the junk men have to carry today, they should start making something like this again WE ARE THE MARKET SWISS ARMY RIDERS POUCH .

I thought about ordering Swedish Magazine Bag - Army Surplus Warehouse - Army Surplus Warehouse for $8.95 and

Brunton Watchband Compass 9068 - Army Surplus Warehouse - Army Surplus Warehouse for $4.50 and

Swedish Mini Oil Dropper - Army Surplus Warehouse - Army Surplus Warehouse  for $2.99 and

Sharpening Stone SS8124 - Army Surplus Warehouse - Army Surplus Warehouse for $2.99

However at www.armynavydeals.com , one can search for "pouch", and pretty much what one is looking for is available.

This catches my eye Classic Passport Travel Pouch Uncle Sams Army Navy Outfitters for $13.56, however, I am familiar with the item, and it might not be 12" by 6" by 5", but 1.5 inches by 6" by 5", if it were the larger size, I might order it, however I could research it some more, but the Swedish magazine bag looks more stylish, but it is smaller.  At this point, I don't think I will order anything.  It is still early in the month. 

Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 9:50 P.M..  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I chatted with a relative on the phone.  I guess I will now do some regular computer work.  I lowered the computer chair to the lowest position to adjust for the extra height of the cushion.  It looks like a few people from down south are once again returning to the area judging by the increased airline traffic at the nearby Westchester County Airport Westchester County - AirportMonitor - by Megadata - powered by PASSUR.  For a corporate conference area type place, there is the nearby Doral Arrowwood Resort - Rye Brook, New York - Westchester County NY .  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 7:30 P.M..  I put a quilted cushion the back of the Harvard Chair, and I took the yellow and blue cushion out from underneath the blue cushion on the seat of the Harvard Chair, and I put the yellow and blue cushion on my primary Vista computer chair.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 7:10 P.M..  While at the Stop and Shop, I gave my calling card to an engineer that I have chatted with before that has worked in both China and Brazil.   When I arrived back at my apartment building the new Yellow pages and the new White pages directories were in the front entry way, so I brought up one of each, and I put them underneath the AT&T cordless telephone on the small computer desk at the apartment entrance.  I installed a set of the Magic sliders List of Magic Slider Sizes on the heavy www.harvard.edu chair at that desk, and they work quite making it easy to slide out the chair on the carpet and push it back.  I also installed sets of the Magic sliders on the three wooden chairs around the dining table.  I will now heat and reheat the same dinner as the last three nights, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 6:30 P.M..  I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed the $40 EVGA mail in rebate information.  I then went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought two packages for $1 each of eight Magic Sliders Magic Sliders 25mm Round one inch in diameter with adhesive for $2 total.  I might try them on some of my wooden chairs to see if they slide better on the carpeting.  I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by CVS, and I bought eight 5.5 ounce tubes of Pringle low fat original flavor potato chips.  I then sat out briefly downtown.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon Service Station, and I bought $15 of self service premium gasoline for $4.459 a gallon for 3.364 gallons 39.2 miles driving since this past Sunday morning at odometer reading of 59906 miles for 11.653 miles per gallon driving locally.  I then went by Val's Liquors at the Stop and Shop plaza, and I bought a 10 ounce bottle of Angostura bitters for $9.55 total with tax.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, broccoli crowns at a $1.99 a pound for $2.47, fresh bananas at .59 a pound for $1.38 and for my 58th birthday tomorrow on May 9, when it is suppose to rain, I bought a fresh fillet of salmon for $4.99 a pound for $4.99 for $11.83 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I got my $10 check for the monthly surveys, I do from Knowledge Networks.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 12:25 P.M..  I ate a bowl of the pineapple fruit mixture with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will get ready to go out for my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 11:55 A.M..  I ordered a free year subscription to www.pcmag.com and FREE 1 Year Subscription to PC Magazine! , but I was turned down.  I got P.C. Shopper in the mail, and I still have three issues of www.forbes.com to read and two issues of US News & World Report - Breaking News, World News, Business News, and America's Best Colleges - USNews.com .  I also got the latest www.geico.com magazine. 

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Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 11:05 A.M..  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I threw out four of the old Tropicana plastic jugs, and I am now using four of the plastic Ocean Spray jugs for iced tea and two of the Tropicana jugs.  Once I have more empty Ocean Spray jugs, I will get rid of the other two Tropicana jugs.  Earlier, I picked up yesterday's mail.  I move the Brother MFC-8840D manuals to the left hallway bookcase on top of the Scott's Notes printouts on the right side.  I will now go through my email.  Thus the Brother unit is ready for use without having to move any items.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/08/08 Thursday 10:30 A.M..  I woke up at 7:30 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I am making up a batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I threw out the garbage, and I emptied the outside ashtrays.  I filled out the $40 mail in rebate information on the new EVGA GeForce 6200 PCI 256 meg. video card from www.frys.com , and I have it ready to mail.  

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Note: <888> 05/07/08 Wednesday 9:45 P.M..  I installed the new video card in the primary Vista computer, and I configured it.  I then moved the other video cards around in the other computers as described in an earlier note.  They all are working fine.  I also took the generic Hauppauge TV card out of the Epox computer, and I move the Leadtek TV card into the Epox computer, and I configured it on both partitions.  It is working fine too.  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I chatted with a relative.  I will not shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/07/08 Wednesday 2:25 P.M..  After I ate dinner, the tracking is FedEx | Track on the Remanufactured Brother TN-560/570 Universal Cartridge W/SCC Toner for $31.19 less 20% discount with coupon code "BR20PER" for a $6.24 discount with free shipping for $24.95 total arrived.  I took out the old one, and I installed the new on in the Brother MFC-8840D, and it works just fine.  I put the used toner cartridge in the shipping box, and I stored it underneath the dining table on the right side.  I still have a new HP 75A toner cartridge that I don't think I have a laser printer to go with.

Tracking number is "35770783580" at DHL: Track (By number) on the order for FRYS.com | EVGA 6200 Video Card 256 MB, PCI for $59.99 and $6.32 shipping for $66.31 total, and it also has this $40 mail in rebate http://images.frys.com/art/rebates_pdf/5516940_060308.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $26.31 just arrived.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will install it in the Vista computer.  I will put the PNY 256 meg. card in the Epox computer, and I will move the MadDog 64 Meg. AGP card to the Northgate Syntax computer, and I also have to fill out the $40 mail in rebate information.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/07/08 Wednesday 11:45 A.M..  Microsoft Releases XP SP3, Resumes Vista SP1 - Software - IT Channel News by CRN and VARBusiness

Evacuation Ordered as Chilean Volcano Begins to Spew Ash - New York Times

Exxon Mobil profit soars, misses Wall Street targets - May. 1, 2008

Note: <888> 05/07/08 Wednesday 8:25 A.M..  I woke up at 4 A.M. this morning.  I watched some of the Bloomberg Business news.   I chatted with a friend.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.

Note: <888> 05/06/08 Tuesday 11:25 P.M..  Earlier today, before I went out, I put my winter shirts on the far left of the bedroom closet, and I put my summer shirts on the left center of the closet.  Of course, when I go up to Maine this summer, I might need some of my winter shirts, but I can always fish them out.  Locally here in Greenwich, Connecticut, a lot of people seem to be walking more, so they do not need me downtown as much exercise walking since more of the local downtown people are walking a little bit more.  However, I enjoy walking myself, so probably once I catch up on some of my ordinary maintenance routines, I might make it downtown for an exercise walk, but at current gasoline prices it costs me about $2 round trip every time, I drive downtown, so I do not go downtown as much anymore.  However, I will probably have to spend a bit more money on air conditioning this summer, since I tend to need to keep the apartment at about 78 degrees Fahrenheit to keep the computer equipment from over heating.   I could turn off the FIC server though, since not many people look at it, but it contains all of my content that I have worked on over these years, so for now I am keeping it going.  I chatted with a British resident out of town, and I told them my father Louis Dale Scott use to know the British General, General Norman Ireland Smith who was stationed in Burma during World War II.  General Smith gave my father the first Beatles records to come to America, so possibly he was from Liverpool.  Therefore there might be some other people in England that have contacts in Burma.  However, Australia is a lot closer, so possibly if the Burma government invited in the Australians, they might be able to help out with the typhoon relief.  I am a bit tired, so I will now go to bed, and I will wake up a little bit earlier tomorrow.

Tracking number is "35770783580" at DHL: Track (By number) on the order for FRYS.com | EVGA 6200 Video Card 256 MB, PCI for $59.99 and $6.32 shipping for $66.31 total, and it also has this $40 mail in rebate http://images.frys.com/art/rebates_pdf/5516940_060308.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $26.31.      

Tracking is FedEx | Track on the Remanufactured Brother TN-560/570 Universal Cartridge W/SCC Toner for $31.19 less 20% discount with coupon code "BR20PER" for a $6.24 discount with free shipping for $24.95 total arriving tomorrow.   CIO  

Note: <888> 05/06/08 Tuesday 6:50 P.M..  I woke up at 8 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I went back to bed until 11 A.M..  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a glass of iced tea and a dill pickle slice and some pringle sour cream and onion potato chips.  I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment.  The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles bus was in front of the Greenwich Town Hall like it is every first Tuesday of the month.  I chatted with a local lawyer getting his driver's license renewed.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment, and I gave them the information to fill out the form for my upcoming Renter's Rebate this year.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I opened up the Northgate Syntax computer, and I took out the 256 meg. memory chip, and I moved the 512 meg. memory chip to the second slot.  About the time I finished that UPS delivered the  UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Newegg.com - pqi POWER Series 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory for $31.99 and $5.99 shipping for $37.98 total.  I installed the new 1 gigabyte memory in the first memory slot, and I closed up the computer, and I booted it up.  The memory was recognized, and the Northgate Syntax computer with Vista basic works just fine.  It now has 1.5 gigabytes of PC2100 memory installed.  I installed the most recent updates.  When I get the new XGA video card for the primary Vista computer, I will be putting the PNY PCI 256 meg. video card in the Epox computer, and the Mad Dog 64 meg. AGP video card in the Northgate Syntax computer, so the Northgate Syntax computer will run even faster.  It seems to be running almost as fast as the other computers, since it is not loading as many of the other accessory programs and devices.  I put the old 256 meg. PC2100 memory chip inside the new memory chip box, and I put it on the lower right shelf of the sideboard shelf in the bedroom with some other odd memory.  I will now do some regular computer work.  CIO       

Note: <888> 05/05/08 Monday 11:15 P.M..  I watched part of a movie about World War I.  From what I can tell, I am a bit tired, so I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/05/08 Monday 10:00 P.M..  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I walked around the building.  I chatted with two relatives and a friend.  Not much going on.

Note: <888> 05/05/08 Monday 5:45 P.M..  I peeled and diced into half inch to three quarter inch cubic chunks the fresh Del Monte pineapple, and I put the chunks in a metal mixing bowl.  I then peeled and diced into half inch cubic chunks the two papaya and put them in the bowl, and then I opened two 11 ounce cans of Madam mandarin oranges, and I put them in the bowl along with the liquid.  I then mixed it all together.  I then added about three tablespoons of Angostura bitters, and I mixed it all together.  I then added about 3/4th of a cup of my passion punch mixture which is one third grape juice, one third cranberry juice, and one third orange juice, and I also added a few tablespoons of bottled lemon juice, and I mixed it all together.   I then filled a bowl with a portion to eat sometime soon, and I put the rest of the contents of pineapple fruit mixture in a large Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator to chill.  One adds the lemon juice to keep the pineapple from turning brown too soon.  I don't add bananas, because they turn soft and brown too soon in the mixture.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/05/08 Monday 4:35 P.M..  I went outside, and I threw out the garbage.  I chatted with some neighbors.  I walked around the building, and I told the building custodian that I had seen on the Bloomberg Business news that Mexico which is the third largest supplier of oil to the United States of America is suppose to run out of domestic oil in five to seven years.  I got the information together for my Renter's Rebate, and one needs the rent receipts for 2007 or a statement from the Greenwich Housing Authority for 2007, one's utility bills in particular one's electric bills, which one can get from www.cl-p.com , and ones proof of income which the Social Security Administration sends to one every year.  Thus I have it all set for my 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow.

Tracking is UPS: Tracking Information on the order for Newegg.com - pqi POWER Series 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory for $31.99 and $5.99 shipping for $37.98 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/05/08 Monday 2:45 P.M..  I baked two breaded boneless breasts of chicken and two baked large potatoes with steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots and two small ears of fresh corn.  I refrigerated in a flat Rubbermaid container one of the baked boneless breasts of chicken and 1 of the large baked potatoes, and I ate the rest with a cup of steamed vegetables and corn on the cob with a glass of iced tea.  I put a few pads of butter on the baked potato and a little bit of olive oil on the steamed vegetables and butter on the corn on the cob.  I frozen two of the uncooked chicken breasts, and I have a baked breaded chicken breast and baked potato cooked and ready for tomorrow.  I will now throw out the garbage.  Not much happening out here in Greenwich, California.  CIO  

Note: <888> 05/05/08 Monday 12:55 P.M..  April is always the cheapest month for electricity.  My electricity bill that I have already paid at www.cl-p.com for the month of April 2008 was $122.09 or 634 KWH or 21 KWH per day for 30 days of usage for the month of April 2008 compared to 834 KWH in April 2007 or 28 KWH a day, thus I have reduced my April electricity usage from last year by about 25%.  Of course that means sitting in a dark apartment most of the time.  CIO

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I threw out the old UPS device.

Note: <888> 05/05/08 Monday 11:10 A.M..  After the last note, I noticed the 650VA Two Outlet 110VAC UPS for $24 that I bought in June 2006, and I was using on the primary Vista computer was overheating, and it was quite hot.  I have the same UPS on the primary Vista server, so I removed the one from the primary Vista computer, and I put the one from the primary Vista FIC server on the primary Vista computer.  I connected it to the lowest control panel, second switch from the left, and I labeled it "computer".  Possibly it started to overheat because it was beneath the keyboard drawer in a cramped area, so it did not get enough ventilation.  To be on the safe side, I put the replacement one in front of the keyboard on the floor where it gets plenty of ventilation, but when one sits at the keyboard, one has to straddle it on both sides.  I took the fuse out of the defective one, so it can not be used, and I will probably throw it away shortly.  I chatted with a relative, and I went to bed about 12:30 A.M..  I woke up at 6 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I showered, and I cleaned up, and I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I noticed they are now using new www.nec.com computers.  I then returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I have to get my paper work ready to apply for this year's Renter's Rebate.  CIO     

Note: <888> 05/04/08 Sunday 9:35 P.M..  Microsoft Look for the Logo

I chatted with a relative about the price of tea in China.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/04/08 Sunday 8:05 P.M..  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I retrieved the missing can of tuna fish from the Audi.  I ate a baloney and cheese sandwich with a dill pickle slice, and about 1/3rd of a tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/04/08 Sunday 5:50 P.M..  I went out after cleaning up.  I found the missing can of tuna fish in the trunk.  I forgot it on the driver's side floor in the car when I returned.  I picked up my guests at the East Side bound side of the Greenwich Train station.  I dropped one of them off at a private gathering.  I then drove over to Old Greenwich, and the other guest, and I went to the Greenwich Food Mart.  I was wrong, the gasoline at the Exxon station in Old Greenwich is only a dime cheaper than central Greenwich.  My guest bought me a roast beef sandwich on a Kaiser roll with mayonnaise, horseradish, and Bermuda onion and a small bag of potato chips.  We then drove out to the Southwest Parking area at Tod's Point, and we ate our lunches at one of the picnic benches in the parking area.  We then walked around and returned about half the south shore of Tod's Point.  I noticed some interesting pieces of drift wood along the south shore.  There were about fifty sail boats sailing off Oyster Bay, Long Island.   We then stopped by the Southeast concession area, and my guest used the rest room.  We then picked up the other guest and another visitor, and I dropped all three of them off at the Greenwich Train station, and I waited for them to catch the 4:12 P.M. train back into Manhattan.  I then returned home.  My guest put down the passenger side window on the Audi, and it is used so little, it seems not to want to go up right away, but if one runs it up and down a little bit for a short distance, it eventually goes up.  I chatted with two other friends.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/04/08 Sunday 11:35 A.M..  I showered, and I cleaned up after the last note.   I went out, and I threw out some garbage.  I emptied the ashtray on the north end of the building.  I gave a neighbor a ride over to St. Catherine's in Riverside.  I went by the Chase Bank on Mason Street.  I went by the Greenwich Automotive Services Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $8 or 1.860 gallons of self service premium gasoline for $4.299 a gallon for 27.9 miles driving since the first of May for odometer reading of 59867 miles at 15 miles per gallon average at higher speeds on the Putnam Avenue instead of Greenwich Avenue.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought four pounds of unsalted America's Choice butter for $2.50 each, a package of six boneless breasts of chicken for $8.94, a one pound package of Kraft white singles for $2.50, a golden pineapple for $3.99, two mangoes for .99 each and ten small ears of corn for $2 for $28.41 total.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a loaf of Stop and Shop whole wheat bread for $1.50, buy one get one free of Thomas's whole wheat English muffins for $3 both, a dozen large jumbo eggs expire June 5, 2008 for $2.49, two 59 ounce containers of Simply orange juice with calcium for $3 each, sliced German wondabar baloney for $2.99 a pound for $4.50, sliced Swiss cheese for $5.99 a pound for $5.90, 10 six ounce cans of Bumble Bee solid white albacore tuna fish for $1 each, four 16 ounce boxes of Barilla linguine for $1.25 each, four 26 ounce jars of Barilla roasted garlic tomato sauce for $2 each, a 12 ounce container of Nature's Promise wild flower honey for $3.59, two 48 ounce containers of Quaker old fashioned oatmeal for $4.49, a 12 ounce container of Stop and Shop grated parmesan and Romano cheese for $2.50, a quart jar of Vlassic polish dill pickles for $2, a 33.5 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm whole wheat goldfish crackers for $7.99, a two pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, a pound bag of onions for $1.99, broccoli crowns for $2.99 a pound for $2.31, a bulb of garlic for .30, a 5 pound bag of Russet potatoes for $2.99 for $82.03 total.  I put my groceries in the rear of the Audi, and then I brought them home, and I brought them up to the apartment with my folding wire cart that I hang on the bathroom door.  I put away my groceries.  Somehow, I lost one of the cans of tuna fish.  I have to get ready to meet my guest, and I will leave to pick them up after that.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 05/04/08:

Note: <888> 05/04/08 Sunday 6:45 A.M.. Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo - New York Times

Note: <888> 05/04/08 Sunday 5:15 A.M..  I went to bed after the last note.  I had a telephone call from a relative about 9 P.M., but I was too tired to talk.  I woke up at 3 A.M..   I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed. 

This is available Microsoft Money 2008 Plus Deluxe (Special Offer) published by Microsoft Corp. $29.99 plus shipping, and 10% discount with coupon code "qwr2xy29".  However, it now has product activication, and I like to use Microsoft Money 2006 on all of my computers, and the I would not be able to use the 2008 file with Money 2006 on the other computers.

Staples.com®. that was easy®. Samsung CLP-300 Color Laser Printer $249.98 less $150 mail in rebate for$99.98 final price

For the Northgate Syntax backup computer which has PC2100 memory in it, with one 512 meg. and one 256 meg. memory chip, to beef it up, I ordered a Newegg.com - pqi POWER Series 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 266 (PC 2100) Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory for $31.99 and $5.99 shipping for $37.98 total, so it will soon have 1.5 gigabytes of memory. 

Note: <888> 05/03/08 Saturday 6:30 P.M..  I chatted with two relatives.   I watched the Kentucky Derby.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Have a good night.   CIO 

Note: <888> 05/03/08 Saturday 4:35 P.M..  I lowered the refresh rate on all four LCD monitors from 75 MHz to 60 MHz to possibly stabilize the system.  Not much happening around here.  Since Greenwich, Connecticut is a lot of older people with money who could not be bothered with computers and the public media, more than likely they are pursuing their more expensive luxury recreations as opposed to typing on dirty old keyboards.  Once you get big money, computers are something the low paid clerical staff spend their time doing.  Of course, since I majored in economics and not computers, I tend to have a larger overall picture of the economic reality here as opposed to the tabloid press vision of reality.  Well, on the high end of things, I ate a hamburger with cheese on a bagel with ketchup and steamed broccoli and baby carrots with a little bit of olive oil and a glass of iced tea.  Since we live on the coast of America, we always have foreigners visiting  around here.  I picked up my mail, and I said hello to some neighbors, and I threw out some garbage.  TBS is showing one of those ancient computer type movies about the way computer systems were in the old days.  Of course the super rich people can afford robots and automated systems that are controlled by secure systems, so they do not have to worry about children hacking them.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 05/03/08 Saturday 2:20 P.M..  I woke up at 4 A.M. this morning.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with honey and a sliced banana, a toasted English muffin with olive oil, orange and grape and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements and coffee with milk and splenda sweetener.  I washed the breakfast dishes.  I made my bed.  I chatted with a relative.  Happy Birthday to another relative.  On my primary computer and FIC server http://mikelouisscott.com/computer.htm , I have on the primary Vista computer, the EVGA GE Force 6200 AGP video card and the PNY PCI GeForce FX5200 video card.  However, occasionally the primary Vista computer crashes, and from what I can tell, it is the two video cards are not totally compatible.  I tried exchanging the ATI Radeon 9600 Video card from the FIC server to the primary Vista computer, but after a number different efforts, it will not work, so I return the hardware on both computers back to their original state, and I restored the backups.  Possibly this will fix the conflict problem, I ordered FRYS.com | EVGA 6200 Video Card 256 MB, PCI for $59.99 and $6.32 shipping for $66.31 total, and it also has this $40 mail in rebate http://images.frys.com/art/rebates_pdf/5516940_060308.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $26.31.  CIO      

Note: <888> 05/02/08 Friday 10:40 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.   A neighbor knocked on my door, and the neighbor needed to know where to get American made suspenders.  The information is at the bottom of this page Suspenders Accessories from American Workwear - Wick Dry socks, gloves, suspenders, etc. .   I guess as food gets more expensive in the United States of America, more people might find their pants are getting a little loose around the waste, and they might need suspenders, particularly if they are like me and have a pot belly.  If one orders two pairs, one gets them for the same price shipping as one pair.  I went outside, and I brought my umbrella up from the Audi.  I ate a three egg omelet with three slices Kraft white cheese with some grated parmesan and Romano cheese on it along with a toasted bagel with butter and five strips of fried maple flavored bacon with a glass of iced tea.

Note: <888> 05/01/08 Thursday 10:05 P.M..  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a toasted bagel with olive oil and a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with some friends.  My friends are coming out this Sunday, May 4, 2008.  I will pick them up at the Greenwich Train station in the early afternoon.  One of them has an engagement elsewhere that I will drop the individual off at and pick up later.  The other party and I will do something depending on the weather.  It is suppose to rain the next three days with thunder showers on Sunday.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  Well, I guess I am back on a day schedule.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/01/08 Thursday 6:25 A.M..  Microsoft TechNet Plus

Note: <888> 05/01/08 Thursday 4:20 A.M..  Happy May Day.  I paid my www.cablevision.com bill for Digital Cable Television, Optimum Online Boost Cable Modem, and Optimum Voice unlimited telephone service, my www.geico.com insurance payment which I think is the second payment in the four monthly billing cycle for the six month policy, my www.cl-p.com electricity bill, my www.verizon.com local telephone bill.  I also ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com seven cartons of King Mountain Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $14.99 a carton and $17.46 shipping for $122.39 total.  I also ordered Remanufactured Brother TN-560/570 Universal Cartridge W/SCC Toner for $31.19 less 20% discount with coupon code "BR20PER" for a $6.24 discount with free shipping for $24.95 total.  I have a surplus in my www.cl-p.com account, because my energy assistance grant of $675 was put in the account, but I am paying the monthly average amount less 1/12th of the Energy assistance grant to keep my monthly bill less for the whole year.  I changed my six wall calendars in the apartment to May 2008.  I will now reheat and eat the same dinner as last night.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/01/08 Thursday 2:55 A.M..  I rebooted the FIC server.  This remanufactured Brother 570 toner cartridge is available with a 20% discount and free shipping Remanufactured Brother TN-560/570 Universal Cartridge W/SCC Toner which would be about $25.  I will probably order it later on this morning.  CIO

Note: <888> 05/01/08 Thursday 1:55 A.M..  I printed out the last four months of notes, and they are 263 pages long, and I bound them in two clamp binders, and I have them laid on the back of the near end of the down sofa at the apartment entrance.  My notes are now 6525 pages long.

The most recent notes for the last four months are in "mlsnote12.doc" available in the downloads from:

Scott's Notes from September 2005 through April 2008, 3.35 Mbytes http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote2.zip contains "mlsnote5.doc" and "mlsnote6.doc" and "mlsdoc7.doc" and "mlsdoc8.doc" and "mlsdoc9.doc" and "mlsdoc10.doc" and "mlsdoc11.doc" and "mlsdoc12.doc" pages 4335 - 6525

Scott's Notes from September 2005 through April 2008, 3.35 Mbytes http://geocities.com/mike2scott20062/mlsnote2.zip contains "mlsnote5.doc" and "mlsnote6.doc" and "mlsdoc7.doc" and "mlsdoc8.doc" and "mlsdoc9.doc" and "mlsdoc10" and "mlsdoc11" and "mlsdoc12" pages 4335 - 6525

And of course the earlier sections of my notes are still available from:

Scott's Notes from June 1997 through August 2005, 4.81 Mbytes http://mikelouisscott.com/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 January 1997 to December 2001 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December 2003 pages 1583 - 2855" and "mlsnote3.doc" January 2004 through December 2004 pages 2856 - 3605" and "mlsnote4.doc" January 2005 though April 2005 pages 3711 -4259"

Scott's Notes from June 1997 through August 2005, 4.81 Mbytes http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/mlsnote1.zip contains "mlsnote1.doc" pages 1 - 1582 January 1997 to December 2001 and "mlsnote2.doc" January 2002 through December 2003 pages 1583 - 2855" and "mlsnote3.doc" January 2004 through December 2004 pages 2856 - 3605" and "mlsnote4.doc" January 2005 though April 2005 pages 3711 -4259"

The notes are also in *.pdf format at:  http://mikelouisscott.com/notepdf.htm .  CIO