Note:<888> 6/07/98 Sunday 9:20 P.M. EDT: I was up at about 12:30 P.M. today. I chatted with a family member. I had breakfast. I cleaned my apartment and watered the plants, while listening to www.ttalk.com 's weekend broadcast over my sterio. I had dinner of Stauffer's frozen lasagna about 7 P.M. and then cleaned up. I went downtown and walked around the bottom of the Avneue. I noticed a number of strollers. The town seems quiet, I guess with the cooler weather not many people from the city are coming out. I noticed quite a few youngster like riding the bronze statue Yak in front of the senior center for brief entertainment. I returned home and am now doing my laundry. I plan to have a quiet night for the rest of the evening. CIO

Note:<888> 6/07/98 Sunday 3:10 A.M. EDT: I went downtown about 10 P.M. this past evening. It was not to busy, just a large number of young yuppies out on the town. They seemed fairly well behaved. I noticed one chauffer in a Black Lincoln Continental kept putting bottles in the trunk of the car while he was parked. I was not sure whether the chauffer or some unknow occupant of the Lincoln in the car might have been drinking out of the bottles. It was hard to tell what type of bottles they were. I walked the entire length of the Avenue. I noticed many of the pubs up and down the Avenue seem to be playing ventage 1970s music. I suppose the young yuppies can't afford to buy any new music with all the money they're spending at the pubs. This past aftenoon I listened to some classical music for a diversion. I suppose my amplifier has just about had it. The balence is way out of whack, I have to put it all the way to the right to get just a little sound out of the right speakers. I guess I will have start looking for used amplifiers in the thrift shops. Presently at the moment I am on limited expenses having expended money on upgradng my computer system in May. I guess those that go down on Greenwich Avenue for entertainment must find it interesting since there are obviously a lot of other places in the New York area. One local pedestrian advised me the Stanley Cups were still going on, so there is no outcome yet. I have not seen any stories in Yahoo Reuters about the Stanley Cup, it just goes to show the Yahoo boys from Japan are a little out of touch with America, although they have some expertise in computers. Of course Stamford University was never a hockey power, but it is rumoured up in Canada one or two individuals seem to have a small interest in hockey when they aren't planting flowers to decorate the cities. I remember out in Illinois standing out in minus fifty below zero Ferenheit weather watching college hockey matches at the Winter Club was enjoyable entertainment on quiet weekends. I guess now that we have so much electronic entertainment, people don't like many live events, so we will probably have to surrender our season passes that have been handed down from generation to generation for comfortable passtimes like 50 inch flat screen televisions in couch potatoe atmosphere. Well I guess we're getting too comfortable in our old age, but at least it is nice and peaceful in town for a change. We all like a quiet town. Well off to read a little of todays news. CIO

Note:<888> 6/06/98 Saturday 5:25 P.M. EDT: I listened to net broadcast until 2 P.M. when I went back to sleep. I awoke at 4 P.M. and listened to more broadcasts. The BBC links don't seem to be working from my Deno heads, so I changed them. The one on the left works from www.broadcast.com , but the one on the right is waiting for an industrial action over in the U.K. to be resolved. The way I figure it with the President of the U.S. at the United Nations on Monday along with another dozen heads of state, this area is going to be busy this weekend and Monday. I am spending more time inside to relax, but probably will go out a little bit this evening. CIO

Note:<888> 6/06/98 Saturday 12:45 P.M. EDT: I surf the net and listened to tech news until 1 A.M. this morning. I downloaded, installed, and ran ZDNet Software Library - Microsoft RegClean . I went out about 1 A.M. and walked around and sat out until about 3 A.M.. I came back and relaxed and had a Coors. I stayed up relaxing until 6 A.M. I got up just now. CIO

Note:<888> 6/05/98 Friday 10:15 P.M. EDT: I took a four hour nap and then listened to a little bit of tech news. I still have to clean up, unless I decide not to go out. Well it is sort of fun to stay inside all day, when one is use to going out everyday. I suppose not much is happening outside, since people are in their summer doldrums waiting for their summer plantings to come up. President Clinton visited MIT today, so maybe he has some better ideas about how to improve this technology, particularly since his plane was lost on radar traffic control today. I suppose not much else exciting is happening since, I have not bothered to go outside. If I don't go outside, I might get up early tomorrow, but since I just had a cup of coffee, I might be up all night. Well who knows what is happening, I guess we are all still prisoners in China, it just looks like America. Beware of Chinese paper dragons. Realistically all the net content on the internet represents less than one percent of the world's population, so you all are really a minority. Well at least I have not turned on the television yet, but we all know it is reruns, but since I have not watched much television in ages, it is all fairly new to me. I suppose there will be some midnight rendevouses and parties tonight, but who knows, in Old Vienna the party always starts at midnight. Of course I am too young to show up at midnight balls. Yet still somewhere in the world, somebody is probably throwing a good party. Maybe we should have a site www.elegantparty.com or www.whitetie.com or www.oldguard.org . Still I don't think they're be waltzing on the streets of Greenwich, since they basically seem to have lost track about the old world aspect of life. We're all in the brave new modern world, for what it is all worth, but I suppose somewhere in the world it is still old world rules. Well have a good evening, and enjoy yourselves whatever you do this evening. CIO

Note:<888> 6/05/98 Friday 5:00 P.M. EDT: I upgraded my Server Stats www.mikescott.net/stats.htm . There seems to be quite a bit of interest in Scott's Internet Hotlist Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 beta Installation Note and http://www.mikescott.net/mlsnote1.txt my text file of Scott's Notes this past May. CIO

Note:<888> 6/05/98 Friday 4:40 P.M. EDT: I was up at 9:30 A.M. this morning after a good nights sleep. I spent all day surfing the net looking at news and tech information. I finally got around to putting some newsgroups in my News program. I found an interesting Cryrix 6X86 configuration control program which costs $20, but at the moment I can't tell any difference Sysenhance 6x86 Configuration Control . I read an interesting Windows 98 story about setting up the new OS Cover Story: Win98: The Essential Upgrade Guide - July 1998 . I noticed that Slate's Slate - Today's Papers is still for free. On-line Help Confernce - Europe '98 is ending today. Update on Current Volcanic Activity has all the latest Volcano news. Memento Mori has the latest on Silcone Valley faults. SPACEZONE • NASA TV has the NASA shuttle video. The June 1998 Hurricane Season forecast is available at http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/1998/june98/index.html . Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm was up quite a bit today. Well I still have to shower and eat lunch or dinnner, and then go out for a little sunlight. Have a good weekend. CIO

Note:<888> 6/05/98 Friday 12:15 A.M. EDT: I did a little net work, and I added Scott's Microsoft Internet Start to the homepage. CIO

Note:<888> 6/04/98 Thursday 10:30 P.M. EDT: I got up at 11:30 A.M. this morning when the housing authority called me about my rent. It was straightened around. I listened to the NASA Shuttle docking manuvers on RealAudio www.mikescott.net/nasa.htm . SpaceZone has live VDO feeds. I also watched it on CNN. I went out at 2 P.M. and stopped by the Housing Authority, and then paid my rent at First Union Bank at Lafayette Place. I noticed they had bought new IBM equipment being brought in at the bank. They are building a new wall in front of the Presbyterian Church. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I mentioned the should put tornado warnings on the beeper systems. Appartently a lot of people use them. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop. The IBM laptop sold. I drove down by the Sound. I went by the library and read the local paper. I met up with a friend who came down for dinner. We had boneless ribeye steaks, Ramen noodles, and zuchinni along with ice tea and coffee. We watched ABC evening news and a film on the history channel about the Korean War. I went out to Port Chester after he left and stopped by Odd Job and bought a package of Shampoo and Conditioner by St. Ives for $1.99. I browsed Staples. I went to Caldors and purchased two polyester firm queen size pillows two for $21.35 with tax. I figured since the sleep cycle takes a good portion of ones life, one might as well have new pillow, I left the down pillows on top of the new pillows for the feather feel. I drove back downtown and walked around the bottom of Greenwich Avenue. They now have a pair of stop signs in the middle of Greenwich Avenue at Elm Street. I noticed lots of Ryder Rental trucks being dropped off at the Sunoco station by graduating college students who seem to be moving here. Lots of new young faces around town. Scott's Index is at www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . Well I will do a little net work and go to bed before midnight and be back on a day schedule. CIO

Note:<888> 6/04/98 Thursday 8:00 A.M. EDT: I have been up all night again. I went out at 4:30 P.M. and mailed a birthday card. I found a disgarded Mitsubishi 14 inch monitor at the office park about five years old. I brought it home and tested it, and it worked. I cleaned it up, and put it with the backup 486 computer in the bedroom. I had dinner and went out about 9 P.M.. I walked around downtown for exercise. It was not busy for a Wednesday night. I came back about 11 P.M. and started tinkering with backup 486 computer. I decided to delete Win 3.1 in the C: drive and install Win95. After completing installation I installed the updated files and configured the dialers. I am using the Opera software to download Netscape 3.04 which I will put on the system. The C: drive only has 80 meg, so I limited to what I can put on it. I have OS/2 on the D: drive. I am having trouble bringing up the bootable OS/2 disks to reactivate the OS/2 D: drive with Fdisk. I will try once again once I finishing downloading Netscape 3.04. I should have room for RealAudio also. Although it is small C: drive, the rest of the system is up to snuff with older parts. Netscape installed fine and working. I will also install RealAudio 5. I should have a reliable backup system, I just need to get OS/2 going. Well I finally activated the OS/2 boot manager, by diabling the cache cmos while I boot the two boot disks, and reactivated the bootmanager with fdisk. I am really bushed, time to go to bed. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 4:30 P.M. EDT: I updated Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm , the portfolio made a little money today in a down market. I am out of here again shortly. CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 4:05 P.M. EDT: I went out and stopped by the bank. I went by the Greenwich Housing Authority because they had made a mistake on my rent bill. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop and they have an older IBM PS/2 laptop with printer for $300. I don't think it is even worth half that price. I went by the Exxon station and filled up the car with $12.50 of gasoline. I went by the Grand Union purchased four half gallons of Lucky Leaf Apple Juice at .75 each, 4 half gallons of GU orange juice @ .99 each, two Ragu parmesian cheese sause @ $1.50 each, Angostora bitters for $2.99, two boneless ribeye club steaks @ $4.99 a pound for $6.95, 2% half gallon milk for $1.55, two Tony's pizza @ $3.19 with $1.00 off coupon for two, 20 packs of Ramen noodles at 8 @ 4 for a $1, and 12 @ 6 for a dollar, for a total of $4, for a total of $31.81. I returned home and put away the groceries. I wanted to watch Barry Goldwater's funeral at 3:30 P.M., but it must be on at that time in a different time zone either 4:30 P.M. here or 5:30 P.M. here on CNBC. Stockmarket is down 87.44. CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 1:35 P.M. EDT: I had lunch of Ramen noodles and diet Sprite. I made www.mikescott.net/icetea.htm . I took a shower and cleaned up. I listened to www.mikescott.net/nasa.htm NASA's shuttle realaudio broadcast while doing this. CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 12:25 P.M. EDT: NASA shuttle feed is at SPACEZONE • Schedule of SpaceZone's Audio/Video Broadcasts or at www.mikescott.net/nasa.htm . CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 12:20 P.M. EDT: If you use MCI long distance, you can go to MCI's homepage www.mci.com and if you have a credit card, you can signup for MCI's 9 cents a minute long distance all the time and 5 cents on Sunday. Of course to get this offer you need a credit card and internet access. CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 11:55 A.M. EDT: There is a new UK News site NewsNow: NewsFeed and also KhepOnTheWeb: Visual Remote Control of a Khepera Mobile Robot. CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 11:35 A.M. EDT:Windows 98 review CNET Reviews - Comparative Reviews - Windows 98 performance preview . CIO

Note:<888> 6/03/98 Wednesday 11:30 A.M. EDT: I was up at 9:30 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast and listened to the NASA shuttle while they were trying to upgrade a computer system onboard the system. I wrote a letter and then went through www.mikescott.net/scotwork.htm Scott's Daily Work List. I listened to yesterday's www.ttalk.com daily broadcast. I will read my email and then probably go out. CIO

Note:<888> 6/02/98 Tuesday 11:30 P.M. EDT: Lots of thunder in the distance, I guess we have a thunder shower coming into the area. My barometer is at 30.4 down .15, well I paid 50 cents for the Jansen barometer set at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. CIO

Note:<888> 6/02/98 Tuesday 11:20 P.M. EDT: CNBC is covering Barry Goldwater's funeral tomorrow at 3:30 P.M. EDT. I made a tape backup of the system. I watched an hour of television while making the tape backup. I suppose the television media covers a lot of different stories than the internet does. I noticed Microsoft's Windows 98 event is in the Copacabana in Manhattan across from CBS broadcast center where I use to work. I threw a party at the same location during the winter of 1975 when we had a severe snowstorm. It was for the "Once Gallery" with a mixed crowd of dignitaries including the Crown Prince of Japan who said he was a concert pianist. I recall one my friends at the partying reminding me of the blizzard of 1888, when Manhattan had ten feet of snow. I believe the same location also had a General Motors showroom and once had the nightclub the "Red Parrot". I have seen news shows recently about an inexpensive tornado alert radio one can buy, which must be handy. I suppose one also has to think about a "safe" location one could evacuate to. I guess I would go in my bathroom since it does not have any windows. Unfortunately we don't have a basement here, but it is a fairly strong brick building. I remember one of my parents best friends from Champaign, Illinois was the Godmother of Barry Goldwater's children. I believe if she is still around she lives out in Lake Tahoe, where a lot of pilots live. I think the U.S. Air Force should do a full scale alert formation fly over Barry Goldwater's funeral like when they have a Red Alert. One of my neighbors' son is an Air Force general apparently. She likes viewing the sound from Steamboat Road, and that view also offers a vista of air traffic in the area like the Southwest corner of Tod's Point, for you fellow sky watchers out there. I remember people living in Manhattan penthouses in the old days use to be Air Raid wardens, so I guess since this is the highest level of our two story building, I can appoint myself honorary "Air Raid Warden". Well enough random thoughts for today. Lots of walkers and joggers were out this evening. I don't sit out on the bench until midnight when I get up in the morning. Remember I am usually on a night schedule, so frequently the day time schedule for me is a little strange. If you want to experience a gourmet treat in the area, try shopping at the Food Emporium or Grand Union at 3 A.M. in the morning when they are open all night on week days, but not on weekends. Well I guess it is time to start relaxing. CIO

Note:<888> 6/02/98 Tuesday 8:55 P.M. EDT: I installed Iphone 5.0 from www.vocaltec.com . It works pretty well. I chatted with a pilot from Southern California. He told me about the Microsoft Windows 98 launch site Microsoft Events - - Corporate Events Windows 98 Launch . I had a problem with the Iphone 5.0 sound test freezing the program on my system, but it all works fine when one does not do the test. I went out at 4:30 P.M.. I stopped by a new store on Greenwich Avenue "Omnipoint" Omnipoint What's the 'Point? that offers Cellular devices and service. They sell a laptop cellular modem there for $359. I drove down by the Sound on Steamboat Road. I chatted briefly with the fellow off the sailboat from the Gurnsey Islands, and he said they were headed down into the Carribean. I went over to Grass Island and viewed the harbor. I stopped by McDonalds and had two double cheese burgers at .99 each with tax at $2.10. I went by the library and read P.C. Magazine. I chatted with a regular and explained I was busy working on my computer for the last month, which is why he had not seen me. He said he like Gulf Steam, Florida. I went back downtown and walked the bottom of Greenwich Avenue. I sat in front of the senior center, and one of the regulars said there were a lot of fire engines last night when I was not out. I walked to the top of Greenwich Avenue and purchased two boxes of Kelloggs Raisin Bran for .99 each at CVS for a total of $1.98. I walked back down to the bottom of Greenwich Avenue and around the train station and returned to the senior center. All the restaurants were moderately busy with the fine weather we have this evening. Lots of AlFresco diners. I noticed a long horse trailer from Greentree Farms stopping by Starbucks for coffee. The horses looked to be in good shape. One of the British regulars at the Greenwich Harbor Inn said that it would be an adventure for the Guernsey Island sailboat to sail down into the Carribean during the hurricane season. I returned home and filed this report. I will also update Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . I might watch a movie "Nell" for the rest of the evening for a change of pace. CIO

Note:<888> 6/02/98 Tuesday 12:55 P.M. EDT: I found the IBM Lou Gerstner Harvard Conference link from last week Second Int'l Harvard Conference on Internet & Society . There is a link to RealAudio of his speech. I also read my fifty email messages. CIO

Note:<888> 6/02/98 Tuesday 12:45 P.M. EDT: I was up at 11 A.M.. I listened to www.dailybriefing.com . I also listened to IBM's link of Lou Gerstner's speech last week at Harvard. Unfortunately IBM deleted it before I could link it. I found a new link for the kids IBM News Games . I read my email. The net seems quiet, I guess with summer coming. I downloaded Netscape 3.04 which I will keep on my machine for occassional use, if I am not using Microsoft IE 4.01. I hope it does not corrupt my system files. Don't forget to listen to www.mikescott.net/nasa.htm launch this evening at around 6 P.M. .CIO

Note:<888> 6/01/98 Monday 11:25 P.M. EDT: I am downloading and installing the Bible on my computer. It is available from Free ONLINE BIBLE Software for download. CIO

Note:<888> 6/01/98 Monday 11:00 P.M. EDT: I stayed in this eveing. After watching ABC news, I napped until 8 P.M.. I did laundry and sat outside talking to my neighbors until 10 P.M.. I now have my chores done for the week. I chatted with my neighbors about local gossip. Some of my neighbors are worried about getting New York City medical treatment quality at the Greenwich Hospital. I explained most the New York Hospitals are specialized and certain ones offer better care in certain fields than other ones. I personally have to quit smoking and try to lose some weight. The Welbutrin does not seem to have helped to quit smoking. I have to check with my doctor about quitting the Welbutrin and trying the nicotine patch which worked for me before. I picked up a bottle of Niacimide at the Greenwich Health Mart today on Greenwich Avenue for $8. I have a bit of indigestion this evening from drinking sodas. I suppose I will be on a day time schedule tomorrow. It is cool out this evening. I got to see some of my new neighbors. The Little League is out in full force in the playing field in the back yard in the evenings this time of year. I recieved an invitation to a fund raiser from a high school classmate for Connecticut State treasurer event in Manhattan. I will not be able to attend. I basically lead a pretty simple life like a trappist monk, so I don't really travel long distances into Manhattan. My main routine is driving a mile downtown and back several times a day. I think I am allergic to highway fumes from I95 nearby, because when I am in Nantucket, Key West, or Kennebunkport along the ocean in fresh air, I feel much better. Perhaps I am allergic to something in my apartment like the 50 year old horse hair sofa, who knows. It could be I am just getting a little bit older. Well all quiet on the Western Front in Greenwich. I suppose I will turn in about midnight. CIO

Note:<888> 6/01/98 Monday 6:10 P.M. EDT: I updated www.mikescott.net/nasa.htm and www.mikescott.net/nasa-91.htm NASA STS-91 Discovery for tomorrow's launch. CIO

Note:<888> 6/01/98 Monday 5:55 P.M. EDT: I was went out at noon today. I stopped by the bank and withdrew funds. I went down to the post office and purchased and mailed money orders for my Geico Insurance, MCI long distance, Cablevision, and Electricity. I still have to pay my rent and Bell Atlantic phone bills. I went by the Mews Thrift shop and purchased four New York Yacht Club 40 metre cocktail classes and one Indian Harbor Yacht Club class all for $4.24. I sat in the park downtown and enjoyed the beautiful weather today. I went down by the water and observed the Sound. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop and found a fellow thrift shopper a Nautical Compass for his boat. I went by the library and read the local paper and the four weekly computer publications I usually read. I checked out the video "Nell". I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I came home and had chicken salad, Ramen noodles, green beans, diet Sprite, and a cup of coffee. I will post Scott's Index www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm . I will probably go out for a while and enjoy the evening. This morning I also changed my MCI dialing plan to 12 cents a minute all the time and 5 cents all day Sunday. One get this plan if you have over $15 a month on MCI long distance which I do with MCI internet. CIO

Note:<888> 6/01/98 Monday 10:30 A.M. EDT: I went out last night before the thunder showers. I walked downtown. I noticed somebody looking at some animal that looked like a baby pocupine. I watched the Hallmark television movie. It was thundering all night. A friend stopped by to celebrate his birthday. I gave him the Readers Digest Atlas first edition and the Leonardo DaVinci book. I have a 4 P.M. appointment today. CIO