Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 11:40 P.M.: I took two slices of Arnold multigrain bread, and I spread on both slices Hellmann's Just-2-Good mayonnaise that had been opened and refrigerated for about six months, and I put two slices of turkey folded in half on the bottom slice of bread, four slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 1/8 thick slices of onion, and about four leaves of spinach and seasoned it with ground pepper, and then I put the top slices of bread on it, and I cut it in half. I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea.
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday
10:45 P.M.: For those of you whom forgot, tomorrow is a Canadian Holiday
Canada
Day . I checked out faster processors such as AMD
Athlon XP 3000+ 333MHz FSB Socket A Processor - Retail at Newegg.com which
is 333 MHz, but my old friend Ming supposedly sells it in 400 MHz, which my new
motherboard will handle Shopping.com:
Product Features for the AMD Athlon XP 3000+, 2.16 GHz (AXDA3000DKV4D) OEM /
Unboxed Processor , but on his site Product
Detail (AMD ATHLON XP-3000 2.167GHZ 512K/333 OEM) , it says it is only 333
MHz, but at a better price for OEM, but Newegg is boxed for $13 more with .49
shipping. For my motherboard Gigabyte says that it will work with 400 FSB
AMD
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Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 8:30 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I mailed the $15 Viking rebate on the memory that I received today. I am now due altogether $60 in rebates, which includes the $15 memory card reader rebate, and the $30 Antec Case rebate. I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought for 50% off a six outlet power strip for $1.50 and a new SoHo LAN card for $3.75 for $5.25 total. I then went downtown, and I walked up Greenwich Avenue as far at the Greenwich Hardware store, and they have a nice $100 shower head on their 70% off rack for about $30 and tax. It is dual head multispray metal with chrome finish shower head, but to use it more than likely one would use more hot water which would be more costly. I then used the ATM machine at the Greenwich Avenue branch of Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then sat out for a while, and I chatted with another village watcher. I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I tested the faulty AMD Athlon XP 2400 CPU that I received today in the Northgate Syntax backup computer, and it does not work in it either at both the default 133 MHz and the alternative 100 MHz. I guess when I can afford it, I will have to order another processor from http://www.newegg.com/ which seems to be about the most reliable internet computer parts vendor in the New York City area. I put the new power strip on the bedroom sideboard to have available at that location, and it is connected to the power strip on the bedroom white chest. I then put the SoHo LAN card in my primary computer's last remaining PCI slot, and I connected the onboard LAN cable to it. When I booted the computer, I disabled the onboard LAN in the CMOS, and the computer recognized the SoHo LAN card, and now I have two PCI LAN cards in the primary computer, which should give me a little bit more internet speed with my cable modem. I also could use one of them to network my computers together, but I don't think there is any point in that, since I don't need to turn on more than one computer at a time. I have funds available to buy a similar processor as to the one that did not work, which I bought without warranty as a used processor. However, when I have more funds sometime in the future, I could buy an even faster processor which my new motherboard would take, and I could use its existing AMD XP Athlon processor 2000 in the Northgate Syntax backup computer. CIO
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 2:05 P.M.: I was up at 9 A.M. when a relative called. At that same time the Buy.com - Viking VC Value - Memory - 256 MB x 1 -- DIMM 184-pin - DDR SDRAM - 133 MHz / DDR266/PC2100 arrived via FedEx. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I threw out some garbage, and I picked up my mail. My replacement AMD XP Athlon 2400 CPU arrived via Priority Mail. I tested it in my primary computer, and it did not work either. I put back in the original AMD Athlon XP 2000. I will have to email the person who sold it to me. While I had the primary computer opened, I noticed I had not connected the CD to sound card wires, so I connected them. I then filled out the Viking $15 rebate information. I have it ready to mail. I put the bad CPU on the bedroom sideboard with the Viking memory, which I won't install until I get a good CPU for the backup Northgate Syntax computer. I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 2:30 A.M.: I saw this launch, when I was down in Florida this past January 2005 BBC NEWS Science Nature Animated Guide: Deep Impact . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 1:50 A.M.: I broke three large eggs in a metal mixing bowl, and I added a few tablespoons of milk, and I used a metal whisk, and I mixed them together. I then put two tablespoons of olive oil and a pad of margarine in my omelet pan, and I heated it on medium electric burner heat until the fat began to bubble, and I added the egg mixture. Before doing this I sliced three ounces or half a package of America's Choice Monterey Jack cheese into ten 1/8th inch thick slices by .5 inch by 2.5 inch, and I also opened up a package of Philadelphia low fat cream cheese. Once the omelet began to puff up, I flipped it over with a spatula, and I turned the heat to medium low. I also started to toast two slices of Arnold multigrain bread. I spread the Monterey Jack cheese across the omelet and then four 1/4 inch thick by .5 inch by 2.5 inch slices of the Philadelphia cream cheese, and after about a minute the omelet was even more puffed up, and I slid it onto a microwave proof plate, and I spread around on it ten grape tomatoes, and five pitted California black olives, and I put it all in the General Electric microwave oven with a microwave lid on top of the plate on the reheat cycle for about half its normal cycle or about 90 seconds. I then used my pot holders, and I put the hot plate on another larger plate, and I spread grated parmesan cheese over the omelet, and I spread margarine on the toast, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. Since it is a damp night out Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast , which not unusual around the ocean, and since gasoline is more expensive recently, and since I have a 3 P.M. appointment today, I will not be going out this evening for a cruise. CIO
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 12:40 A.M.: By the way Tropical Depression Bret is visiting the Gulf of Mexico National Hurricane Center Tropical Prediction Center . CIO
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 12:40 A.M.: Case solved, my wireless mouse batteries were crapping out. I replaced them with two new Energizer AAA batteries, and the mouse seems to be working just fine. Wireless mouse batteries usually need to be replaced every two to three months. CIO
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 12:35 A.M.: The hacker mouse problem happened again, so it is not caused by Microsoft Messenger. From past experience having investigated this sort of activity before in this area, it comes from a cleaver group of people whom appear thin in appearance physically in this area when they show up, and they usually are staying at the Hyatt Hotel in Old Greenwich, where they hack into our local computer systems. Of course it could always be coming from half way around the world, but from halfway around the world who would really care. CIO
Note: <888> 06/30/05 Thursday 12:20 A.M.: I went through the same web pages again plus Yahoo Geocities, and with Ad-awareSE, I got two critical tracking cookies and four other tracking elements. I also shut down Microsoft Messenger, which from past experience leads me to believe that is how the hacker intrudes into my computer system. I might try uninstalling it soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.: I just rebooted after the last message. I logged onto the New York Times, Microsoft Investor, and then I logged onto the National Hurricane Center, suddenly my mouse quit functioning properly like a hacker had taken control of my computer system, and I quickly turned off the router, and the mouse started functioning again. Thus despite my Norton Internet Security 2004, my Siemens router firewall, someone was able to hack into my system, although Norton Internet Security said it was shielded. Possibly one of the three sites permitted a hacker to intrude into my rather secure system. When I ran Ad-awareSE again, three tracking cookies were added along with 11 other tracking elements, which since I had just run it before, they were not there. Thus although these computer systems are suppose to be fairly secure, somehow an intruder is gaining access to my system. I have had it happen before, and it usually starts with the mouse malfunctioning. It is all very strange. I advised a local law enforcement officer last night, that these computer systems are more like church computer systems, and they are not secure systems. I suggested that he read James Bamford's books on the National Security Agency. I will now try to post this message and hopefully the problem will not occur again. It would seem rather strange that either of those three web sites would permit a hacker to intrude. Also if it were a U.S. government agency or local computer company with advanced expertise, it would be against the law as spelled out by the Federal Communications Agency. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 11:25 P.M.: I tried to use the Windows XP Professional backup program to backup my data files to CD/R media, but it will not do that. However, I already have most of the data files copied to CD/R media. I also have the Windows XP Professional Automatic System Recovery ASR backup from the C: drive to the D: drive. Thus I think I have my system backed up well enough for now. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.: After the last procedure, I and Norton WinDoctor 2003 and Ad-awareSE. I also had about 650 cookies on my computer, which I don't think were necessary, so I deleted them all. I did a System Restore Backup. I also scanned the computer with Symantec Security Check , and it just fine. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 9:45 P.M.: I put away the laundry. I will now uninstall the IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Domino server programs, and I will then do a System Restore backup restore to the system setup before I installed them. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 8:00 P.M.: After breakfast I started two loads of laundry, which are now about to go in the dryer. I threw out some garbage. I put clean linens on the bed. I got a telephone call from Horse Magazine Horse Illustrated Magazine Subscription : Magazines.com Magazine Subscriptions about renewing by subscription which I get for free, and I explained to them that I never have time to read it, but since I get it for free, I keep it around for my equestrian friends to read when they visit, and I explained that I can not afford to pay for it. I gave them the name of an equestrian friend. I will now put the laundry in the dryer. I received my 40 photographs in the mail from Kodakgallery.com The easiest way to share your photos and get high-quality prints with .15 a picture with this coupon Online coupons and coupon codes Of course Digital Photo Printing and Free Online Photo Sharing at Snapfish now has 12 cent prints, and http://www.costco.com/ is now starting up photo service. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 6:00 P.M.: Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT . CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 5:50 P.M.: I was up at 12:30 P.M., when FedEx delivered the SONY Black Internal Floppy Drive Model MPF920 Black - OEM at Newegg.com for $10 and a 10 pack of Fuji floppy disks FUJI 25130714 3.5" Floppy Diskette - Retail at Newegg.com for $6.50 plus $3.49 FedEx SuperSaver shipping for $19.99 total from http://www.newegg.com/ . I went back to bed until 3:30 P.M.. I then got up, and I have not eaten breakfast yet. From the AMD backup computer in the bedroom, I took the 1.2 meg 5.25 inch floppy drive out of it, and I put a face plate in its place. I then opened up the primary computer, and I took out the white 3.5 inch floppy drive that I had installed in it, and I put it back in the Northgate Syntax backup computer that I am building. I then put in the new black Sony 3.5 inch floppy drive in the primary computer. I moved the CD/RW drive from the fourth 5.25 inch bay up to the third one down, and I put the mounting rails on the 1.2 meg 5.25 inch floppy drive, and I put it in the fourth drive bay down. The 5.25 inch drive has a flat floppy ribbon connector, so I got one out from the lower left desk drawer in the living room and a flat ribbon to pin adapter for the Sony 3.5 inch floppy drive, and I removed the existing floppy cable with pins, and I installed the cable with the flat connector and adapter to the two floppy drives, and I connected the power. I changed my CMOS setting to recognize the 5.25 inch 1.2 meg. floppy drive as the B: drive, and I booted the computer, and it was all recognized, and both floppy drives work just fine. I decided to put in the 5.25 inch 1.2 meg. floppy drive for archival purposes, since I had room for it in the case, and sometimes individuals using older computer equipment might want to transfer their files from older 5.25 inch floppy disks to newer media. I will now have breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I put the new box of ten 3.5 inch Fuji floppy disks in between the primary computer CPU and the printer stand that holds the right center monitor. After breakfast, I think I will uninstall the IBM Domino and Notes preview software that I installed last night, and I will do a system restore backup restore to before I installed the IBM software. I have looked at the IBM Domino and Notes software, but I do not need it on my computer, and it will time expire after 90 days, and I do not have the ability to run a server with Domino anyway, because Optimum Online locks the IP addresses, so one can not run a server. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 7:45 A.M.: Designer would not install because I have a multi-user system, and it says I need another version. Possibly I should have tried installing it as an Administrator on my system, but my default is Administration under my name in XP. I was able to find some system administration functions under domino server, by starting the domino server, and then starting my web browser, and looking at: "http://servername/", "http://servername/ADMIN4.NSF", and "http://servername/webadmin.nsf". I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 6:40 A.M.: I downloaded the IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0 beta 3 for Windows from IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 7.0 Beta for all betas available. I also figured out the Designer program is also the Administrator program for Domino Server, so I downloaded it for V6.5.4 demo. I will now install it, but I will wait to install the 7.0 betas. I researched DVD /RW dual layer drivers, and one can be had for about $40, but they are only 16X/8X, and I figure faster ones will be out in a year or so. I also don't really need one, since I have plenty of CD/R disks that I can make backups to of data files, when I get around to it. I have not quit smoking cigarettes yet, but although I have 5 cartons of cigarettes left, I have to allow for that in my budget in the future. CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 3:50 A.M.: I installed and configured Lotus Notes beta without any problem. However, after I installed and got Lotus Domino beta running, I noticed it is not very useful without the Lotus Domino Administrator beta, which does not seem to be available for download from IBM Trials & betas , which seems sort of strange on IBM's part to not make it available, since the Lotus Domino program is not much good without the Administrator. I suppose IBM is such a big company, they lose track of minor details. Fedex tracking on my http://www.newegg.com/ floppy drive and floppy disk order is FedEx Track on Scott's www.newegg.com floppy drive and floppy disk order . CIO
Note: <888> 06/29/05 Wednesday 12:45 A.M.: I downloaded IBM Lotus Notes Client V6.5.4 beta and IBM Lotus Domino V6.5.4 which are both together about a half of a gigabyte download, which one can do fairly fast with a high speed connection. I will now install them. It will be interesting to see how they show up on my larger monitors, but about two years ago, when I last tested them, the fonts were too small on my 19 inch monitor to be able to read the programs easily. I will do a System Restore backup before I install them. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 11:50 P.M.: If Microsoft is not offering anything for you to play with, one can always try IBM Trials & betas , of course in this area, one has to be careful about beta testing IBM products, in case somebody from IBM tries to move in on you. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.: Interesting beta FileForum PowerStrip beta . CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.: I guess with the backup computer that I am building, if I put about 512 megabytes of memory in it, I could test this if Microsoft put me into their beta testers which I am already signed up for Tom's Hardware Guide: Tom's Hard News . CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 10:30 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I broke three large eggs in a metal mixing bowl, and I added a few tablespoons of milk, and I used a metal whisk, and I mixed them together. I then put three tablespoons of olive oil and a pad of margarine in my omelet pan, and I heated it on medium high electric burner heat until the fat began to bubble, and I added the egg mixture, and turned down the heat to medium. Before doing this I sliced four ounces or half a package of America's Choice Monterey Jack cheese into ten 3/16th inch slices, and I also opened up a package of Philadelphia low fat cream cheese. Once the omelet began to puff up, I flipped it over with a spatula, and I turned the heat to medium low. I also started to toast two slices of Arnold multigrain bread. I spread the Monterey Jack across the omelet and then four 1/4 inch thick slices of the Philadelphia cream cheese, and after about a minute the omelet was even more puffed up, and I slid it onto a microwave proof plate, and I spread around on it ten grape tomatoes, and three pitted California black olives, and I put it all in the General Electric microwave oven with a microwave lid on top of the plate on the reheat cycle for about half its normal cycle or about 90 seconds. I then used my pot holders, and I put the hot plate on another larger plate, and I spread grated parmesan cheese over the omelet, and I spread margarine on the toast, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 9:10 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought a #30 Lucky Doubler scratch card for a dollar, and on the way up Greenwich Avenue, I scratched it, and I lost. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 7 ounce packages of black licorice twists for $1.19 each plus .14 tax for $2.52 total. After my walk, I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice for $2.50 each for $5 total. I then returned home. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 4:55 P.M.: I took two slices of Arnold multigrain bread, and I spread on both slices Hellmann's Just-2-Good mayonnaise that had been opened and refrigerated for about six months, and I put two slices of turkey folded in half on the bottom slice of bread, three slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 1/8 thick slices of onion, and about four leaves of spinach and seasoned it with ground pepper, and then I put the top slices of bread on it, and I cut it in half. I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea. I also have a $15 mail in rebate due soon on the memory card read and a $30 mail in rebate due soon on the new Antec case. The photographs that I uploaded to Kodak shipped today. Since I have a car, I think it is safe for me to brave the outside weather risk Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast of thunderstorms. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. What is happening on the other side of the pond CNN.com - UK marks 200 years since Trafalgar - Jun 28, 2005 . CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 4:10 P.M.: However, it is a very good deal with the $15 rebate, and it already has shipped FedEx Track buy.com 256 meg. memory order . I also don't think I really need faster memory with the slower processor speeds that I will be using. Thus I will use just 256 megs in the backup computer, and the existing 758 megs. in the primary computer. Judging from the shipping times, of the http://www.newegg.com/ floppy drive which might arrive tomorrow or the next day, and the memory which is suppose to arrive two days from now, and the CPU being sent Priority mail in 2 to 3 days, we technically could have the backup computer running by the weekend. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 3:55 P.M.: The reason I was thinking about canceling Buy.com - Viking VC Value - Memory - 256 MB x 1 -- DIMM 184-pin - DDR SDRAM - 133 MHz / DDR266/PC2100 which is back ordered is that it is slower PC 2100 memory, which I already have a 512 meg. and a 256 meg. PC 2100 memory chips in my primary computer with the new motherboard that will take PC 3100 memory. I could cancel it, and save $26.42 before the $15 mail in rebate, and when I can afford it, put faster memory in the primary computer and put the slower memory in the backup computer. I can buy a gigabyte of faster PC 3200 memory at http://www.newegg.com/ for about $80 CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail at Newegg.com or 512 megs. PC 3200 for about $42.50 CORSAIR ValueSelect 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory - Retail at Newegg.com . When I get the second processor, I could use my current memory in both systems, until I can afford to upgrade memory. Thus the order for the slower memory might not be needed in the long run. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 3:40 P.M.: I registered my Costco card at http://www.costco.com/ , and I studied their web site. I think their web site offers more products than at their warehouses. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 3:05 P.M.: If you are think about planning a picnic this week, you better look at this weather.com - Local Severe Weather Alerts Details . CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 2:45 P.M.: I received email that the vendor messed up and did not send the used replacement AMD XP Athlon 2400 Mhz processor, and the vendor is now sending it Priority Mail. I finished going through my email. I could still cancel the order for Buy.com - Viking VC Value - Memory - 256 MB x 1 -- DIMM 184-pin - DDR SDRAM - 133 MHz / DDR266/PC2100 which is back ordered, and buy larger or faster memory at http://www.newegg.com/ . http://www.compusa.com/ has memory on sale, but their memory with a $20 mail in rebate is the same as http://www.newegg.com/ without a rebate, so why wait for a rebate. Also gasoline to CompUSA in Norwalk, Connecticut costs money. Also there is no point buying any more memory, until I know the replacement CPU works on the backup computer. CIO
Note: <888> 06/28/05 Tuesday 1:35 P.M.: I was awake at 7:30 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until noon. I threw out some garbage. I picked up my mail. I emailed the person in San Jose, California as to whether they sent me the AMD XP 2400 MHz Athlon processor for my computer as a replacement for the one that did not work that they sent me. I paid $20 and $9 shipping for it originally. I chatted with a relative. On this story Crash Claims Wal-Mart Heir John Walton - Forbes.com a relative who reads a lot told me that it is very dangerous particularly in an ultra light to fly around Jackson Hole, since there are a lot of dangerous air currents in the mountains. I think the Rockefeller family also vacation in Jackson Hole, when they can afford it. I once read that the Rockefeller family started the Walton family out in business. As the story went, some of the Rockefeller family members were vacationing in the Adirondacks Mountains in upstate New York, and there was a flash flood, and the Waltons showed up with a canoe and rescued them, and the Rockefeller said they would be eternally grateful, and thus the Waltons prospered. However, it was the Scott family that started both Carnegie and Rockefeller off in business, since the Scott family were able to barrow money from the Warburg bank, whom were able to barrow money from the Rothschild family, whom were able to barrow money from the Kaiser of Germany whom was able to raise taxes. Well I am going through my email, and I still don't speak German, so I can not ask the Kaiser of Germany for a loan, but I have quite a few friends that speak German. CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 10:25 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 10:20 P.M.: BBC NEWS Programmes Click Online French answer to Google library . Bibliothèque nationale de France and Gallica, bibliothèque numérique de la Bibliothèque nationale de France and NOUVELLE-FRANCE, HORIZONS NOUVEAUX / NEW FRANCE, NEW HORIZONS and La Louisiane française 1682-1803 and Gallica France-Amérique . CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 10:10 P.M.: I chatted with a relative and a friend. Wal-Mart Heir John Walton Dies in Crash - Yahoo! News and CNN.com - Wal-Mart heir dies in plane crash - Jun 27, 2005 . CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 9:05 P.M.: Wal-Mart Heir Dies in Plane Crash - New York Times . CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 8:45 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 7:50 P.M.: I went outside, and I threw out some garbage. It was beginning to rain. I uploaded 40 digital pictures to Kodakgallery.com The easiest way to share your photos and get high-quality prints and I used the 20% off $10 or more coupon at Online coupons and coupon codes when I should have used the 15 cents a picture coupon at the same site for even more savings, for a cost of $10 less $2.50 coupon plus .45 tax and $2.49 shipping for $10.44 total. I would have saved another $1.50 plus tax, if I had used the other coupon. Of course reading the fine print on coupons on the internet is not always easy. Tracking on my http://www.newegg.com/ order for the floppy drive and the disks is Newegg.com - Track Order Scott's order for floppy drive and floppy disks . CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 5:20 P.M.: Today when I was driving back from the East side of town, there was a dead deer on the north side of the road on East Putnam Avenue by the Greenwich High School playing fields, thus with the shortage of meat during the war, I suppose the volunteer fire department retrieved the deer to have some extra meat to keep their crew strong enough in case of an emergency. CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 5:00 P.M.: Town of Greenwich, Connecticut is considering building more public housing where I live at McKinney Terrace of 71 Vinci Drive, Greenwich Time - Officials push for more units . CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 4:50 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin of sardines that I chopped. For the cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Monterey Jack cheese. I used 10 grape tomatoes on top of the salad. I used all of the other usual ingredients. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. My http://www.newegg.com/ order has shipped, but tracking on it is not working yet. My http://www.buy.com/ order has been sent to their warehouse. CIO
Note: <888> 06/27/05 Monday 3:35 P.M.: I was awake at 8 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went outside, and I threw out some garbage. I then showered and cleaned up. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then drove over to http://www.thehaircutplace.com/ in Old Greenwich, and I got my summer hair cut for $18 plus $5 tip for $23 total. I went by the Old Greenwich Rummage Room thrift shop. I then went by CVS. I then drove out to Tod's Point, and I sat out at the southwest parking area, and I also used the bathroom at the restroom at that location. It needs to be cleaned. I then finished my ride around Tod's Point. I stopped by Staples, and I bought a Antec 80 mm Blue LED case fan for $7.99, a package of Staples laser and inkjet paper for $3.94, and a package of Staples clamp binders for $5.99 and $1.08 tax for $19 total. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went back by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went downtown, and I sat out for a while. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I put the package of clamp binders on top of the clamp binders with printouts in the left hallway bookcase. I put the laser and inkjet paper on the bottom right shelf of my printer stand to the right of the computer. I then opened up the Northgate Syntax backup computer case after putting the blue blanket from the back of the down sofa on top of the bed quilt for a working area. I moved the existing case fan to the front of the computer inputting air into the computer, and I connected it up with a power supply splitter cable that I had. I then put the new Antec 80 mm Blue LED case fan in the rear of the computer exhausting air out of the computer. I connected it to the motherboard case fan power supply. One can test which way the air blows on a case fan after connecting them by holding a piece of tissue in front of them to see which way the air blows. I then closed it up, and I put it back on the floor at the bedroom entrance. I am still waiting for the AMD Athlon XP 2400 replacement CPU to come from San Jose, California. I picked up my mail, when I returned home. CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 11:35 P.M.: After I placed the order, I found this link Buy.com - 10% off through today Pacific Time.. I ate about a half dozen Old Dutch pretzels. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. There is suppose to be rain through the Fourth of July, so get use to spending more time inside on rainy days. CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 10:10 P.M.: I went to Buy.com - Viking VC Value - Memory - 256 MB x 1 - DIMM 184-pin - DDR SDRAM - 133 MHz / DDR266/PC2100 and I bought it for $22 plus I used this link Buy.com - 5% off to get it for $20.90 with shhipping of $5.52 for $26.42 total, and it also has a $15 mail in rebate http://ak.buy.com/buy_assets/retail/pdfs/05Q2/0613-0630ml_15vkDRAM.pdf , so it will eventually cost me $11.42 with shipping. However, the item is backordered, so it may not come right away. CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 9:35 P.M.: I did some routine computer work. I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 6:15 P.M.: I am making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 5:40 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I took two slices of Arnold multigrain bread, and I spread on both slices Hellmann's Just-2-Good mayonnaise that had been opened and refrigerated for about six months, and I put two slices of turkey folded in half on the bottom slice of bread, three slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 1/8 thick slices of onion, and about four leaves of spinach and seasoned it with ground pepper, and then I put the top slice of bread on it, and I cut it in half. I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 2:45 P.M.: I have all the components that I have installed in the Northgate Syntax backup computer. I put the 50X CD drive from the Gateway backup computer in the Northgate backup computer. Along with the motherboard, case fan, all the cables, two 20 gigabyte Maxtor hard drives, the PCI LAN and Sterling PCI X2 modem are installed. It has onboard sound and AGP 4X video and a onboard LAN as well. I still need to install the 3.5 inch floppy drive that I ordered yesterday. I also need to install the AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor when the other one comes which I will transfer to the primary computer, and I need to transfer the 256 Meg. 266 DDR memory when from the primary computer and install the CPU cooler that I have. It is basically set to go, once I have those parts. Since it is using older proven components, but since it won't be used as much, it should be a very good backup computer. I put in an older 28X CD drive in the Gateway backup computer, but it might not be good, and I have not tested it, but since it runs Red Hat Linux, I never use it much anyway. CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 10:55 A.M.: I was up at 8 A.M.. I watched some of the remaining part of the vintage movie "Key Largo". I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I washed the breakfast dishes. I will make my bed in a few minutes. I think I will start building the backup computer. I will put the Syntax SV266M motherboard back in the Northgate Case with 250 watt power supply. I have the old 20 gigabyte hard drive with the system on it, and I also can take out the 20 gigabyte second hard drive from the Dell backup computer, and put it in the new backup computer. I have an IDE cable for the hard drives. I have a CPU cooler and case fan. I will also put in the Sterling PCI X2 modem from the Dell backup computer. I think I have a spare PCI LAN card to put in, but there is also onboard LAN. I will use the onboard 4X AGP video, and the onboard sound. Unless I buy more memory, I will use the 256 meg. SDRAM 266 DDR from my primary computer, but eventually I think I might buy faster memory for the primary computer making more memory eventually available for the backup computer. I think 512 megabyte SDRAM 266 DDR memory chip is enough for now for the primary computer. I will not take the memory out, until I get the AMD XP Athlon 2400 CPU from San Jose, California, and I will probably put it in the primary computer, and use the AMD Athlon XP 2000 CPU in the backup computer. This will all take a while, but I don't have much else do on a hot day in Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast , and since I am paying for the air conditioning, I might has well be comfortable and use it. If anyone else has any ideas, I obviously have very good communications, and thus nobody feels like communicating. CIO
Note: <888> 06/26/05 Sunday 12:25 A.M.: Well not much seems to be happening on the internet in the areas that I normally look at. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 11:50 P.M.: I ate a toasted bagel with margarine, and a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 10:30 P.M.: I posted nine more pictures from my trip up to Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm .
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/river-club-kennebunkport-maine-062105.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/new-hampshire-turnpike-information-center-061606.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/maine-turnpike-information-center-061605.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunkport-maine-information-center-062205.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunkport-maine-harbor-062206.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunkport-maine-east-breakwater-062205.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunk-maine-beach-low-tide-6pm-062205.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/amtrak-train-station-wells-maine-061605.JPG
CIO
End of Scott's Notes week of 06/25/05:
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 9:05 P.M.: I went through my email. I will now send out my weekly notes for the last two weeks. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 7:50 P.M.: Today when I was doing my house cleaning, I filled the shampoo, conditioner, and liquid soap dispenser on the back side of my shower tub wall. A couple of days ago, I also received the Ronald Reagan Foundation Summer 2005 catalog RonaldReagan.com and RonaldReagan.com Gift Shop . I guess they think I need more conservative clothes out west. One of the last things I did at Kennebunkport, Maine the night before I left before dinner, was to raise the United States of America flag for the season in front of my relative's house on the 30 foot flag pole. It is a bit faded, but I think it will last another season. It is a cloth flag, which does not last as long, like the synthetic fiber one that I have hanging in my living room. I also always say the United States of America flag is the most expensive interior decoration around. After the last message, I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I bought a Gemini duplex telephone adapter for $2.45 less 10 percent discount plus .13 tax for $2.37 total. I then went by the CVS, and I bought the two 16 ounce bottle set of European Mystique shampoo and conditioner for $1.79 both, and a Southwestern Bell 25 foot telephone cable for $4.99 plus .41 tax for $7.19 total. I then completed my walk. I chatted with another regular walker. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I connected the duplex telephone adapter to my Verizon telephone junction on the bedroom wall, and I strung the 25 telephone cable from that junction to the right side of my bed, and I reconnected the white princess style telephone that hangs on the side of the speaker on that side of the bed, so there is now a Verizon telephone connection on both sides of the bed. I noticed they had a number of new Buick automobiles http://www.buick.com/ downtown that are being used at the nearby Welcome to the Barclays Classic , and usually after the golf tournament is over, and they turn in the almost new courtesy cars, the local Buick dealer offers them at a substantial discount. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 3:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 3:00 P.M.: Current temperature in Greenwich, Connecticut is 87 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm . For the garlic portion, I used one large clove of elephant garlic, and for the olive portion, I used two 4.25 ounce cans of California chopped black olives. I then made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . For the cheddar cheese portion, I used America's Choice Monterey Jack cheese, and I used 10 grape tomatoes on top of the salad. I used all of the other regular ingredients. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 1:05 P.M.: I went to http://www.newegg.com/ , and I need another floppy drive when I rebuild the backup computer out of the spare parts, so I ordered SONY Black Internal Floppy Drive Model MPF920 Black - OEM at Newegg.com for $10 and a 10 pack of Fuji floppy disks FUJI 25130714 3.5" Floppy Diskette - Retail at Newegg.com for $6.50 plus $3.49 Fedex SuperSaver shipping for $19.99 total. I am still waiting to received the AMD XP Athlon 2400 replacement processor that is being sent by regular mail from California. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 12:35 P.M.: I was up at 7:30 A.M., and I chatted with a friend. I ate breakfast of a toasted bagel only toasted on the top half sides only with margarine, oatmeal with a sliced banana, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I chatted briefly with a friend. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I refilled the kitchen Glade plug-in refill with a 50% English leather cologne mixture and 50% 70% Isopropyl alcohol mixture. I threw out the garbage. I picked up my mail. CIO
Note: <888> 06/25/05 Saturday 1:25 A.M.: I search the internet for bargains, but alas this time of year, they do not seem to be giving much away. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/24/05 Friday 11:55 P.M.: I opened up the computer case, and I adjusted the third case fan sensor on the lower front intake fan, so it now shows the temperature instead of "LLL". CIO
Note: <888> 06/24/05 Friday 11:15 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note: <888> 06/24/05 Friday 10:50 P.M.: I went out after the last message. When I was in the parking area outside my building, I saw on the lawn to the east a doe deer and a grey fox. I went to Cumberland Farms on the Port Chester, New York border, and I used the ATM machine there at a $1.95 cost. I then bought a $16 money order for .99 cost, and I then went to the Valley Road Post Office, and I filled out the money order form, but I decided not to mail it there, because Saturday pickup is at 5 P.M.. Instead I went downtown, and I mailed it at the central Greenwich Post Office where Saturday pickup is at noon. I then returned home, and I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note: <888> 06/24/05 Friday 8:50 P.M.: For the Rio 800 player, I went to eBay item 5768924271 (Ends Jul-18-05 18:13:25 PDT) - Rio 600 800 AC Adapter Power Charger 9V 1.2A - NEW , and I order it for $10 and $6 shipping and handling for $16 total. I have to send them a $16 money order. CIO
Note: <888> 06/24/05 Friday 8:00 P.M.: I froze half the sliced turkey in a freezer bag. I then took two slices of Arnold multigrain bread, and I spread on both slices Hellmann's Just-2-Good mayonnaise that had been opened and refrigerated for about six months, and I put two slices of turkey folded in half on the bottom slice of bread, four slices of Jarlsberg Lite cheese, four 1/8 thick slices of onion, and about four leaves of spinach and seasoned it with ground pepper, and then I put the top slice of bread on it, and I cut it in half. I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/24/05 Friday 7:10 P.M.: I went to my dental appointment after the last message. The dentist filled the upper left on the patients side rear molar which needed a crown, but the state won't pay for crowns, so he gave me Novocain, and then he drilled it, and then he put an epoxy compound in it to fill it, and then he polished it. He might have done another smaller one near the same location. He said I have a very strong jaws, and that my chipped teeth are not from cavities, but from biting down on my teeth, probably caused by stress. He said I could wear a rubber cushion device at night to reduce wear and tear on my teeth. I next went back by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then returned to my apartment, and I picked up the Costco http://www.costco.com/ membership information. I then went over to Costco in Port Chester, New York, and I got my Costco membership card that a relative had paid for. They took my photograph on the card. I then chatted with their tire department. They do not do alignments there. Currently through June 26, 2005, they have $60 off a set of Michelin or Bridgestone tires. He could order the Bridgestone tires for my car, if I wanted them during the sale, and they would be about a $140 a tire less the $15 a tire sale off. However, he carries a B.F. Goodrich tire that will fit the metal alloy low profile wheels on my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon for about $100 a tire, and they stock it all the time. There is also a $11 installation and balancing and tire valve charge plus I guess tax. He said they might have another sale in the fall, when I probably will get them there then. I then toured all the areas on both levels of the Costco store to see what items I might need in the future and know where to look for them. The don't sell many computer parts there anymore. It would be quite an enjoyable exercise walk on a cold winter's day. I was given a $10 off card on my new membership, so I bought 16 ounce container of Kraft grated parmesan cheese for $4.99, two 31 ounce bottles of Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce for $4.49 both, a 2 pound package of Jarlsberg Lite sliced cheese for $7.39, and a 1.78 pound package of sliced Foster Farms honey roasted and smoked turkey for $4.79 a pound for $8.53 less the $10 off new membership coupon card for $15.40 total. One has to remember to get a cart, because they don't give you bags or boxes. The have a Emergency medical kit there for $20 too. I then went back to the Arnold Bread outlet in Byram, and I bought two loaves of Arnold Multigrain bread for $1.45 each loaf for $2.90 total. I then drove down by the waterfront in central Greenwich, and I gave a former neighbor a ride to the Greenwich Tobacco shop on Railroad Avenue and back, and he gave me $5 for gasoline which was not really necessary, but it always helps. I then spent some time on the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Exxon http://www.exxon.com/ Service station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $18.75 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.759 a gallon for 286.5 miles driving since I filled up at the Massachusetts Turnpike rest area driving down from Kennebunkport, Maine for 25.5 miles per gallon averaging driving 38 miles per hour. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases. I chatted with two relatives. I gave a neighbor another pack of Seneca cigarettes, and the neighbor will give me $5 for the cigarettes that I have given to her tomorrow. CIO
Note: <888> 06/24/05 Friday 11:45 A.M.: I was up at 6:30 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I showered and cleaned up. I went out, and I went downtown briefly. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I sorted through the power adapters, and I did not find one for the Rio 800 Player. I bought a Micronta Cat. No. 63-668 electronic pedometer for .50. I then went by Radio Shack at the Riverside Shopping plaza. I found a like new 12 inch Regal frying pan in the trash can in front of the store that someone had left. I bought a LR43 #386 23-106 Silver Oxide 1.5 volt battery for $3.19 plus .19 tax for $3.38 total. I put it in the pedometer, and it works just fine. I set its settings. I then returned to central Greenwich, and I drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with one of the regular fishermen, and I gave them the information on Maine tourism that I got at the Maine welcome center, and my Greenwich Harbor tide chart. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two half gallons of Florida Natural orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, a 24 ounce bottle of Hunts ketchup for $1, a pound of baby carrots for $1.99, fresh Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $1.64, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.83, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $1.50, and a pint of grape tomatoes for $2.99 for $17.94 total. I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought two six packs of Arnold all types of seeds New York bagels for $1.75 each bag for $3.50 total. I then returned home, and I brought up my purchases, and I put them away. I picked up my mail. I got the Costco membership information. When I have time, I have to go over to the Port Chester, New York store to have my picture taken for the card. I put the pedometer on the dining table. I put the Regal 12 inch frying pan on the stove. I brought up the new yellow RayoVac flashlight, and I will put two D alkaline batteries in it, and I will set it out on the tea table by the telephones with the other flash light. I left the black rubber RayOVac at my relative's in Maine. I have a 1 P.M. dentist appointment, so I will shut down the computer, and I will get ready to go over there. CIO
Note: <888> 06/23/05 Thursday 9:50 P.M.: I scanned my email briefly. I chatted with two relatives. BBC NEWS UK William graduates from St Andrews and BBC NEWS In Pictures In Pictures: Prince's graduation . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have a 1 P.M. appointment tomorrow with the dentist. The specifics of the oil and oil filter change I had done on my Volvo on in Kennebunk, Maine on June 21, 2005 at http://www.saabandvolvo.com/ were a Volvo oil filter B18F/B2 for $10.93, 5.8 quarts of Castrol Synthetic Blend 10W/30 oil at $3.10 a quart for $17.98, a oil drain plug washer for $1, for $13.60 labor, $30.04 parts, $1.55 tax for $46.09 total. CIO
Note: <888> 06/23/05 Thursday 8:15 P.M.: To use the Rio 800 Player, I need a 9V 1.2A charger, which I can get here eBay item 5784029252 (Ends Jun-28-05 15:40:01 PDT) - Rio 600 800 AC Adapter Power Charger 9V 1.2A - NEW . However, I will first look in the Hospital Thrift Shop to see if they have it. Also, until I try it, I will not know whether the device is good or not. CIO
Note: <888> 06/23/05 Thursday 6:55 P.M.: I chatted with three relatives. I gave a neighbor a package of cigarettes. I microwaved a Pepperidge Farm Premium 16 ounce chicken pot pie, which I am just about to eat with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/23/05 Thursday 6:05 P.M.: I was awake last night until about 11 P.M.. I watched television with my relatives, and I chatted with them. I was up at 6 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of Cheerios with a half of a sliced banana, two pieces of toast with butter, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I showered and cleaned up. I packed my remaining items. I said good bye to one of my relatives. I left my relative's house at 7:05 A.M.. I stopped by the Big Apple Mobil gasoline station in downtown Kennebunkport, Maine, and I bought $4 of premium unleaded gasoline $2.389 a gallon. I then drove out of town, and I took a break at the Amtrak railroad station in Wells, Maine. I then got on I-95 or the Maine Turnpike South. I paid a $1.75 toll at the end of the turnpike. I then paid a $1 toll on the New Hampshire turnpike south. I took a break at the Massachusetts welcome center. I then got off I-95 south onto I-495 West. I took a break at the Lowell rest area. I then drove to I-290 West, and I got onto the Massachusetts Turnpike I-90 West. I stopped at the rest area that was a few miles after I got on, and I ate two Nature's Valley trail mix bars. I filled up the car with $10.22 or premium unleaded gasoline at $2.449 a gallon. I then drove a few miles, and I got off at I-84 West. I paid .50 toll. I then took another break at the Connecticut welcome center. I then before Hartford, Connecticut, I took I-91 South to the Wilbur Cross Parkway I-15 West. I took a break in Easton, Connecticut. I got off the Merritt Parkway at North Street in Greenwich, Connecticut, and I drove south to downtown Greenwich. I went to Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. It took about 6 hours exactly and 250 miles which is 15 miles shorter than the northern route that I took up. Of course either route can have traffic problems which effect one's time. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I bought a Realistic portable Compact Disc Player with Sony headset for $2 and a Rio 800 Digital Audio Player with USB cable for $2 for $4 total. I still have to test them. I then went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I picked up my mail. My AMD processor has not arrived from California yet. It should come any day. I returned home to my apartment. I brought up my luggage. I turned on the air conditioner, the toilet, the air purifier, and the allergy purifier. I drank some cold water. I then went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I then returned home. I unpacked my luggage. I sorted through my mail. I threw out some junk mail, and I put the mail box in the mail room. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 8:00 P.M.: I went for a drive with a relative after the last message. We went by another relative's. We then drove along Kennebunk beach. With the full moon, at the summer equinox, it was the lowest low tide that I had ever seen there. We then returned to my relative's house. We had dinner of tacos with ground beef and onion, cheese, salsa, lettuce, and taco chips. I had iced tea with dinner. I then packed most of the items into the Volvo that I brought. I still have to pack my toiletries and a few other items. I am leaving the IBM Netvista and its accessories along with the wireless device up here for others to use. I will now shut down the computer, and I probably will go to bed in an hour or two. I will leave to go back down to Greenwich, Connecticut tomorrow morning after I have breakfast, and I clean up. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 3:55 P.M.: I posted five more pictures:
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunkport-maine-river-062205.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunkport-maine-post-office-square-church-062205.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunkport-maine-dock-square-062205.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunk-maine-beach-062205.JPG , .CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 3:20 P.M.: After the last message, I went to Port Hardware in Kennebunkport, and I bought a package of two A23 batteries for $3.59. I tested the remote door bell there, and it worked fine. I then went by the Kennebunkport post office. I then took pictures in downtown Kennebunkport, Maine for about a 45 minutes. I then returned to my relative's house. I then cooked hot dogs and hot dog buns on the grill, and for lunch I had two Ball Park hotdogs on toasted buns with Dijon mustard and chopped onion with a glass of iced tea. Before lunch I installed the remote door bell, and it works fine ringing from the front door to the master bedroom. I then went out for a drive. I went by the Colony Hotel beach, and then I drove to Cape Porpoise, and then I returned to the Colony Hotel beach. I then returned to my relative's house. Two painters stopped by, and they will be by on Friday to paint some new repairs on the back side of the house. They think the Sherwin Williams color "Composed" will be the right color. I swept the driveway. I showed my relative the paint color. My other relative is out for a drive. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 10:25 A.M.: I checked the remote door bell switch for the master doorbell, and it needs an A23 12 volt battery which is about an inch long. I will now shower and clean up, and I will then go downtown to see if they have it at the Kennebunk hardware store. The sun is trying to come out. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 10:05 A.M.: I posted this picture from yesterday http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/kennebunkport-maine-harbor-062105.JPG . CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 9:45 A.M.: CNN.com - Royals cost each Briton $1 a year - Jun 22, 2005 . Maybe we should cut back on the Washington D.C. government expenses too www.whitehouse.gov . Of course if you want to run you train off the potty BBC NEWS | Europe | Sweden tests first biogas train . CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 9:35 A.M.: BBC NEWS | Technology | Supercomputers step up the pace and BBC NEWS | Technology | Fastest supercomputer gets faster . http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm for the latest Tropical Weather information. Since I am away from my primary computer down in Greenwich, Connecticut, I am working on the older slower IBM Netvista http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-living-room-ibm-netvista-computer-on-brass-and-glass-coffee-table-042705.JPG which I brought up with me to Kennebunkport, Maine. It has a 500 MHz processor and two 128 megabyte memory chips, but it does the job, and I am able to pick up wireless internet with best price with low USPS postage Xterasys XN-2133G USB Ethernet Adapter IEEE 802.11G Wireless with is using it. Remember at this location I have a 15 foot USB cable on the device is now using it. I think this device might be picking up the wireless connection better, possibly because the 15 foot USB cable also acts as an antenna. One can get a 15 foot USB cable here CCT 15ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable - for USB Scanners, Printers, Cameras, etc. (Fifteen Feet) or 15-Foot USB 2.0 Device Cable / Cord; Type A to B - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas or best price here Black 15 Foot USB 2.0 Device Cable Cord Type A to B - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas . Thus I am online. However, I am also trying to help out around the house here, while I am up here, so I am not spending full time on the computer. However, during a rainy day, I have more time for the computer. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 9:25 A.M.: I had my coffee. One of my other relative is awake. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 8:25 A.M.: If you are near Lincoln Center in New York City or one of these other stores, this a good deal on Reebok and Rockport shoes Save @ Reebok & Rockport Concept Stores! . CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 8:15 A.M.: Microchip Pioneer Jack Kilby Dies at 81 - Yahoo! News . Of course back in the summer of 1968, while working in Polaroid's research laboratory at the Osborne Street laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I came up with the idea of taking a photograph of a large circuit grid, and then reducing it in a photographic process, so the circuits would be miniaturized, such as in microcircuits or x-ray lithography, however Intel claims to have perfected the process back in 1963. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 8:00 A.M.: I ate breakfast of Cheerios with a sliced banana, two slices of toast with butter, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and I will have coffee in a little while. I chatted with a friend. CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 7:05 A.M.: Remember not to forget our old friend Mount St. Helens (Johnston Ridge Observatory) Webcam Loop . Also I saw this sad news in the Greenwich Time today Greenwich Time Obituary Claire Frances Vanderbilt . A few years ago, when I last read the membership directory at the Greenwich Country Club, Claire was the longest serving member having been a member of the Greenwich Country Club since 1954. The web site for the Greenwich Historical Society is Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich | Home . CIO
Note: <888> 06/22/05 Wednesday 6:50 A.M.: I went to bed at 10 P.M., and I was up at 6 A.M. this morning. We have showers this morning, and it is 69 degrees Fahrenheit, and occasional showers are to continue until 7 P.M. this evening Kennebunkport, Maine, US - Local Weather & Forecast . I chatted with a neighbor yesterday, and they had 22 rainy days here in May 2005. Thus I think we could use a little sun up here. I noticed when driving around here yesterday that most of the houses have steeply pitched roofs with no gutters, so the snow can slide off more easily in the winter. Thus I would say southern Maine is an entirely different weather area than southern New England. There is a Yacht at the Marina in the harbor with the same name as the cigarettes that I am smoking called "Seneca". CIO
Note: <888> 06/21/05 Tuesday 8:40 P.M.: For crowded summer vacation homes Save on the The Original AeroBed by Aero at SmartBargains.com . I will now shut down the computer, and I will watch some television and read the New York Times. CIO
Note: <888> 06/21/05 Tuesday 8:10 P.M.: After the last message, we went by the Garden Market in Kennebunk, Maine, and I returned $2.30 in empty bottle and can returns. We then went by http://www.saabandvolvo.com/ , and I paid for my Volvo oil and filter change, and I picked up my Volvo, and we returned to my relative's house. I then took a nap until about 6:30 P.M.. We watched the NBC evening news. I had dinner of two homemade salmon cakes, Rice-A-Roni, mixed salad, and a mixture to drink of orange juice and sparkling water. I chatted briefly with a relative whom was going to the San Antonio Spurs THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS , and whom said "Go Spurs, Go Spurs". I washed the dishes, and I cleaned up the kitchen. CIO
Note: <888> 06/21/05 Tuesday 2:40 P.M.: My Volvo is ready having had its oil and oil filter changed at http://www.saabandvolvo.com/ . The total cost is $47.09. We will leave shortly to pick it up. I will now shut down the computer. CIO
Note: <888> 06/21/05 Tuesday 2:20 P.M.: My relative and I went up to New England College in Biddeford, Maine. We then went by the Kennebunkport, Maine post office. We then returned to my relative's house. I planted a pink flower plant in the back yard railroad tie garden. I pulled some other flowers that were spreading too much. I went out for a walk along the harbor shoreline, and I took some pictures. I then returned back to my relative's house, and I made lunch of sliced ham, sliced turkey, and sliced provolone cheese on whole grain bread with Hellmann's mayonnaise. I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea. I then watered the plants in the front of the house, and the new grass seed on the side of the house. I have a half hour to go on a load of laundry on the dry cycle. I also emptied the dehumidifier. CIO
Note: <888> 06/21/05 Tuesday 8:10 A.M.: I had breakfast of Cheerios with a sliced half of a banana, two slices of toast with butter, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will now shut down the computer. I will clean up. My relative has a 10 A.M. appointment. CIO
Note: <888> 06/21/05 Tuesday 7:10 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO
Note: <888> 06/21/05 Tuesday 6:55 A.M.: I was awake at 6 A.M.. I was able to get the wireless internet to work by plugging the Wireless USB adaptor into another USB port, and it reinstalled the software drivers, and it is now working fine again. CIO
Note: <888> 06/20/05 Monday 10:10 P.M.: I was awake from my nap at 6 P.M.. We had dinner of filet mignon cooked on the gas grill outside, corn on the cob, and sautéed grape tomatoes, and I also had a glass of orange juice mixed with Poland Spring sparkling water. After dinner, I started up the computer, and I tried to log onto the wireless connection, but I did not have the WiFi device plug all the way into the USB cable. It changed my configuration, and once I had it plugged in properly, it would not recognized any networks. I tried reinstalling the WiFi device drivers, and it still does not work. Either the wireless network is not up, or there is something wrong with my system. I chatted with a relative. I will now go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/20/05 Monday 3:50 P.M.: I went out with one relative, and the other relative went for a bicycle ride. We went by the Kennebunkport, Maine post office. We then dropped my Volvo off at http://www.saabandvolvo.com/ in Kennebunk, Maine, and they should have the oil and oil filter changed by tomorrow afternoon at 4 P.M.. It should cost about $40. We then went by Shaws in Biddeford, Maine, and we did some grocery shopping. We then returned back to my relative's house. We unloaded the groceries. A relative researched the tires that I need, and they would be about $500 in Bridgestone tires at Costco with the $60 discount. My relative is sending me a Costco card, so I can check it out at Costco in Port Chester, New York when I get back. I am not sure if that included alignment or not. I ate a turkey, ham, provolone cheese, onion sandwich with mayonnaise on whole grain bread with a glass of cold Perrier citron. My other relative returned from the bicycle ride. I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap. CIO
Note: <888> 06/20/05 Monday 11:40 A.M.: After I cleaned up, I cut two purple irises and a few blooms of Persian lilacs, and we put them in a vase in the kitchen. We watered some living room plants, and I tightened a living room vase lamp fixture. I hoed three rose bushes in front of the house, and I fertilized them, and watered them and sprayed them with rose spray. I planted some more Scotts grass seed around the area on the side of the house that I prepared yesterday, and I watered it. I also took down and watered the three hanging plants in front of the house and the other four plants on the sidewalk. One relative went for a bicycle ride, and the other relative read the New York Times after breakfast and is now cleaning up. I chatted with another relative about getting tires at Costco in Port Chester, New York, when I get back down to Greenwich. They have a tire sale on now through June 26, 2005. I will now shut down the computer, and we are going out to drop off my Volvo to have its oil changed at Swedish Imports in Kennebunk, Maine. CIO
Note: <888> 06/20/05 Monday 9:30 A.M.: I drank my coffee. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
Note: <888> 06/20/05 Monday 8:50 A.M.: My relative and I will drop off my Volvo at Swedish Imports in Kennebunk, Maine this afternoon about 2 P.M., and we will pick it up tomorrow after they have changed the oil and oil filter. They said it would be about $40 for an oil and oil filter change. One of my relatives is awake. I just ate two slices of toast with butter and a bowl of Cheerios with blueberries on them. I still have to have my coffee. CIO
Note: <888> 06/20/05 Monday 8:25 A.M.: I called up http://www.saabandvolvo.com/ at 1-207-985-2117 , and they said they would be able to take my 1995 Volvo 850 Turbo station wagon on Tuesday or Wednesday this week for an oil filter and oil change. I did not make an appointment yet. I will have to leave it there, so I will have to find out when a relative can drive with me there to drop off the Volvo. CIO
Note: <888> 06/20/05 Monday 7:55 A.M.: I read the New York Times after the last message, and I watched television. I went to bed about 11 P.M.. I was awake at 7:30 A.M.. I drank my orange juice with vitamins and supplements. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 9:15 P.M.: I took a nap. We then ate dinner of slices of pork tenderloin with barbeque sauce, steamed fresh asparagus, and baked potato. I ate my dinner with a glass of cold water. I watched a bit of television. I will now shut down the computer, and I will read some of the Sunday New York Times. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 6:00 P.M.: I straightened out the rear cargo area of the Volvo station wagon and the sub compartment. For a spare tire, I have a donut type spare tire, so I hope it is inflated, since I can not tell. I still have the two Elvis Presley, three Beatles, and one Frank Sinatra Duets CDs in my 6 CD player in the Volvo. They were enjoyable listening to on the way up. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 5:25 P.M.: Local tides in southern Maine can be found at http://www.maineharbors.com/tide1.htm . Of course Maine is quite a large state, so we gets lots of people traveling through this area on their way further north, which I would assume includes Canada. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 5:20 P.M.: People should appreciate the nice cool pleasant weather here in Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm compared to India BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indian heatwave deaths top 125 . If one wants to know the weather elsewhere in the United States of America weather network, one can download and use this free weather program http://tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.php . Of course some of our winter friends from down south are around us up here, so they are obviously worried about http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . It looks like it is raining in the Florida Keys. Trust Me when it is minus 25 degrees below zero degrees Fahrenheit in the winter in the Northeast of the United States of America, one would prefer to be in Key West or some other tropical oasis. It is currently raining in Key West, Florida at www.liveduvalstreet.com . In the old days of my existence in Nantucket and Key West a lot of people seemed to go back and forth to those locations with the seasons before both locations became overbuilt and quite busy. Here in Kennebunkport, Maine where I have family to stay with, it is a bit more relaxing instead of being downtown all the time. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 4:40 P.M.: Greenwich Time - Estate tax may do a number on town and Living With Social Security: Small Dreams and Safety Nets - New York Times . CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 4:10 P.M.: I went out by the side of the house where I planted the grass seed last year at this time, and there were about three square yards of linear patches of dirt where the grass seed did not come up. I used a hoe, and I tilled the soil, and I then raked it with an iron rake. I then spread fresh Scotts www.scotts.com grass seed over the fresh soil, and I watered it. Hopefully this will patch up the areas where the grass did not grow from last year. Alas the old grey chip monk that seems to have been around for years watching my handy work around the house has not appeared around the house this year. The chipmunk holes use to be on the upper terrace above where I planted the grass seed. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 3:05 P.M.: I showered and cleaned up. I went outside after the last message, and I swept the pine straw off the driveway and the garage. I chatted with my relative. I went out, and I took some pictures around the waterfront of Kennebunkport, Maine.
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I drove as far as Cape Porpoise, but there was no place to park there on the waterfront. I then went by the Big Apple Mobil gasoline station in downtown Kennebunkport, Maine, and I put the container of Pennzoil high mileage fuel injector cleaner in my Volvo, and I filled up the tank with $15.10 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.399 a gallon for 325.5 miles, since I left Greenwich, Connecticut at 26.1 miles per gallon averaging driving at 36 miles per hour. Of course it is only about 265 miles here, so I drove a bit locally. I then returned back to my relative's house, and I made a sliced turkey, sliced ham, sliced provolone cheese, and sliced onion sandwich on whole grain bread with mayonnaise. I ate it with a tossed salad with Ken's steakhouse raspberry flavored dressing. I also had to drink a mixture of orange juice with Poland Spring sparkling water. I then chatted with my relative some more. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 10:45 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will pursue some nice sunny day activities. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 10:00 A.M.: I emptied the dehumidifier in the downstairs guest bedroom where I am staying. It is easier to empty it in the bathroom shower. Both downstairs bathroom window fans are now working. I replaced the burned out 100 watt bulb at the bottom of the stairs outside my bedroom with a 60 watt GE bulb. I retrieved the New York Times from outside the garage area. My relatives are both awake and one headed off to work at the beach. I ate breakfast of Cheerios with blueberries, toast with butter, and coffee with half and half. I watered the hanging plants at the front of the house along with the plants that still need to be planted. It is easier to water the three hanging plants by taking them down and watering them on the sidewalk with the short coiled hose available from inside the garage. We forgot to run the dishwasher last night, so we are running it now. I was told in the local media that former President and Barbara Bush are back in residence in Kennebunkport, Maine having returned from their cruise of Greece with Nelson Doubleday on his private yacht. The only sea voyage I have ever been on is when I was studying ancient Greece in the spring of 1972, and I took a ferry boat to and from Piraeus to Crete, which was a rough crossing in April 1972. Of course I did take the Nantucket ferry a number of times from Hyannisport or Woods Hole in the old days, and I think I recall taking the Staten Island Ferry a couple of times. Although I lived near the docks on the west side of Manhattan the last time I lived there in 1982 on West 74th street, I never sailed any of the many cruise ships I saw coming and going. I guess I am still a wharf rat. CIO
Note: <888> 06/19/05 Sunday 8:25 A.M.: I chatted with a relative after the last note. I went to bed at 11 P.M.. I woke up this morning at 7:30 A.M.. I just drank my orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. It is a nice sunny day today, and the current temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit Kennebunkport, Maine, US - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 9:40 P.M.: I am now shutting down because my relative that I swap the Best price with low USPS postage Xterasys XN-2133G USB Ethernet Adapter IEEE 802.11G Wireless with is using it. Remember at this location I have a 15 foot USB cable on the device is now using it. I think this device might be picking up the wireless connection better, possibly because the 15 foot USB cable also acts as an antenna. One can get a 15 foot USB cable here CCT 15ft USB 2.0 A to B Device Cable - for USB Scanners, Printers, Cameras, etc. (Fifteen Feet) or 15-Foot USB 2.0 Device Cable / Cord; Type A to B - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas or best price here Black 15 Foot USB 2.0 Device Cable Cord Type A to B - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas. I would say that I am picking up the wireless signal from about 500 feet away. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 9:25 P.M.: Of course this link at www.buy.com has free shipping with their promo link Panasonic KX-TS550B 2-Line Integrated Telephone System(Black) (KXTS550B) - PriceGrabber.com for a two line phone, but neither have memory dial features. I frequently look at www.pricegrabber.com for the best prices, and www.shopping.com has bargains in seconds. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 9:10 P.M.: For people with two telephone lines Save on the Unisonic 9742 Two-Line Conference Phone at SmartBargains.com . However, at www.smartbargains.com if one orders a larger order the shipping is still usually $6.95 for the entire order, so it pays to make a larger order. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 9:00 P.M.: Of course I once read in the local Maine press ten years ago that the Japanese buy 50 million dollars in Sea Urchins from the state of Maine every year, so possibly sooner or later the Japanese will try to sell the citizens of Maine something they produce. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 8:40 P.M.: Basically I look regularly at http://www.techbargains.com/ for computer items regularly. I also have my own directory of user friendly links http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/compline.htm . Of course the whole purpose my web sites was this downloadable directory http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotlist.htm available for download from www.geocities.com/mike2scott2003/scott008.zip , and unzip it into c:\scott8 and open "scotlist.htm" in one's web browser to have it available on one's own hard drive, and one can set it as one's default opening page. Of course having competed against the more expensive web programs like AOL and Yahoo, I know my web site is a little bit too technical and obscure, but that is the way the original internet was intended to be. I have to remind people when I worked in Polaroid's research laboratory and computer labs back in the summers of 1968 to 1971, I heard rumors they had 300 baud teletype machines linked together on a network, and they were such valuable tech objects, they kept them locked up in small closets, so the general public would not know about them. My original idea for the new internet 20 years ago when I was living next door to the IBM Yacht club called the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, Connecticut was a way to link up all the world's yacht clubs together. I think it is more like the Chinese Navy anymore. Remember the Chinese Navy was a marble ship that never went anywhere. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 8:10 P.M.: When I was at Wal-Mart today waiting for the car service, they had the store employees do a safety inspection of their work areas. I guess we all should do that in our own environments. Frequently, we are so close to our own environments, we do not notice safety hazards in our everyday work routines. I recall when I first returned back to Nantucket around 1976, a lot of people were upset because the son of a prominent newspaper publisher from Louisville, Kentucky had been driving to the beach with his surf board sticking out the window of his Volkswagen, and the end of the surf board hit a telephone pole along the road and swung around in the car and killed the surfer. I suppose when we take off on vacation, and we are not in familiar locations, and we frequently are more at risk, since we are not as familiar with our new environments. Still, any safety expert would tell one, that the most dangerous place is one's own home. I am always urging people to buy Rubbermaid or other similar types of rubber bath mats for their bath tub shower areas, and I once tried to get Exxon to send all of their stockholders and customers Rubbermaid bath mats with the Exxon logo printed on them. Of course not many people ever seem to listen to me, because it is always not the most cost efficient way to do things. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 7:30 P.M.: I woke up at 5:30 P.M.. I chatted with one relative whom went out to a party. The other relative cooked hamburgers on the gas fired grill outside, and I made a tossed salad, and we had hamburgers cooked outside on the grill with grilled hamburger buns and tossed salad for dinner, and I also had a glass of iced tea. My other relative is watching television, while I am doing some internet activity. Today at the small computer department at www.walmart.com , they have a number of basic computer accessories that one might need. They also sell a version of the Linksys wireless 802.11 g wireless USB 2.0 adapter. I have never been to Wal-Mart except for about a half dozen times, and I noticed every time I go they have a larger variety of household items that one never thinks of, until one sees them for sale in their stores. Of course during the colder weather, it is also a good exercise walk in their stores. I keep wanting them to building one near where I live in Byram, Connecticut on the New York border and put it in Port Chester, New York where they have a new Costco, so I would not have to drive all the way to Norwalk, Connecticut where they have two Wal-Mart stores. I guess with the population density where I live and competing merchants and expensive commercial real estate in the Port Chester, New York area, Wal-Mart has not found the right location yet. Of course since Fairfield and Westchester counties are two of the more affluent counties in the country, they might venture into my area sooner or later. They do have a www.samsclub.com in Elmsford, New York which is about 20 miles away from me like the Wal-Mart stores in Norwalk, Connecticut which are about 15 and 20 miles from me. However, living in a small simple apartment, I do not buy that much, so I usually find a lot of what I need at CVS on Greenwich Avenue. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 3:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 2:20 P.M.: I went back downtown Kennebunkport, Maine after the last message, and I walked around the downtown area. They now have a Lilly Pulitzer shop next to the Kennebunkport, Maine information center. I next drove west across the bridge and north to Kennebunk. I turned right at the big church in downtown Kennebunk up Route 1. I was looking for the Swedish Automotive dealership that services Volvos and Saabs, but it was not on the road. I went as far as the construction on Route 1 south of Biddeford, Maine, and I then turned left, and I drove back down south on the wider road, and I drove into the Wal-Mart Automotive service center www.walmart.com , and I asked them if they would be able to change my oil and oil filter, and they said they had a Fram oil filter for my 1995 Volvo 850 turbo wagon. They said it would be about $20, and it would take about an hour. I toured the store for an hour looking at the grocery department, and the computer department, and the automotive department. I bought a loaf of Arnold hearty grain bread for $2.47 and a Rayovac flashlight for .92 plus .05 tax for $3.44 total. After touring the other departments, an hour later, I was told by the automotive center that they could not get my old Volvo oil filter off, and since it was attached to an aluminum housing they did not want to force it, or they would be liable. They did not charge me, and they were not able to do the oil change. I thanked them for their effort, and I bought a blue street reflector marker on a metal stake for $1.94 and a bottle of Pennzoil high mileage fuel injection cleaner for $3.48 plus .27 tax for $5.69 total. I then returned back to my relative's house. This next week, I will try to have the Swedish automotive dealership in Kennebunk, Maine to change the oil and put on a new Volvo oil filter. If not I only have 2,000 miles and 8 months since the last oil change, so I could always wait until I get back to Greenwich, Connecticut. I put the blue street reflector marker out by the post with the street number on it. It might be partly obscured by the weeds, but I did not want to put it too close to the road because of piled up snow in the winter. I put the new flashlight and the fuel injector cleaner in the rear of the Volvo. I will leave the heavy rubber RayOVac flashlight that I brought with me for my relative at this house. I will now eat lunch of reheated Progresso tomato and lentil soup along with a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread with mayonnaise and slices of provolone cheese, and I will have it with a glass of water. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 11:10 A.M.: I went over the family beach cabana, and I dropped off the five beach chairs from the back of the Volvo. I then stopped by the post office. I then returned home, and I took the dark navy blue carpet remnant out of the back of the Volvo, and I put it down by the three folding chairs in the basement that I had moved over by the windows. I now have the rear cargo area of the Volvo station wagon mostly cleared out except for snow brushes, a gallon jug of windshield cleaner, a Black and Decker automobile 12 volt vacuum, a folding cart for moving items, a towel, and a few other items on the shelf between the cargo area and the back seat. Thus the rear cargo area of the Volvo station wagon can be used for carrying other items. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 9:35 A.M.: My relatives are awake, and one left for work at the beach as a life guard. I had breakfast of Cheerios with a sliced half of a banana, toast with butter, and coffee with half and half and sugar substitute. I will now shower and clean up. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 8:30 A.M.: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4099802.stm . CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 8:15 A.M.: My relatives are still asleep. I threw out the garbage, and I made my bed. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 7:55 A.M.: I went through my email, which I am able to download from Optimum. However, I can not send out email to the Optimum server, so I used www.hotmail.com . CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 6:55 A.M.: Telegraph | News | The Earl of Essex . CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 6:50 A.M.: TCPalm : Edenlawn buyer shares old-Florida vision for property . CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 6:45 A.M.: Chasing Summer in Norway - New York Times . CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 6:35 A.M.: Old. Smart. Productive. . CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 6:30 A.M.: I have been sitting at the desk in the downstairs bedroom, and I moved the smaller antique Windsor style chairs that I was sitting in at the desk with the IBM Netvista computer to the left of the desk, and I moved one of the more sturdy wicker chairs to the desk, so it accommodated my 205 pounds of weight more easily. CIO
Note: <888> 06/18/05 Saturday 6:10 A.M.: I was awake at 5:30 A.M., and I drank my orange juice with vitamins and supplements. It seems to be another damp morning and overcast Kennebunkport, Maine, US - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 10:50 P.M.: We had dinner of baked potato, steamed fresh broccoli, sautéed grape tomatoes in olive oil and garlic salt, and baked filet of salmon baked in vermouth and a little liquid smoke, and I drank ice water with dinner. I helped clean up after dinner. Then we watched television and read the New York Times. I saw on relative off to bed, and the other one was already in bed. I will now shut down the computer shortly, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 7:20 P.M.: Best price with low USPS postage Xterasys XN-2133G USB Ethernet Adapter IEEE 802.11G Wireless . Remember at this location I have a 15 foot USB cable on the device. CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 6:50 P.M.: I tried to fix the HP V40 fax printer, but when I did a search at www.google.com apparently lots of people have had the problem, and it always seems to occur a week or two after the year warranty expires which is our case. A relative whom has better persuasion powers than myself will contact HP about the problem. I chatted with two relatives. We ate lunch of a mixture of two 18 ounce cans of Progresso tomato and one of lentil soup with crackers. I put the blue and the black directors chairs along with the folding nylon chair from the back of my Volvo station wagon down in the basement next to the washing machines. I installed a new 100 watt light bulb in the master bathroom. I setup the AT&T answering machine. I showered and cleaned up. All three of us drove up US1 to Scarborough, Maine to www.samsclub.com and we put in a lot of food for the house. I noticed at Sams they sell a Linksys wireless USB Ethernet 802.11 G adaptor for $90. We then returned back to Kennebunkport, Maine via I-95 south. I pulled down the screen in front of the basement bathroom fan. Only one of its two fans now work which is enough. I am going to put the other three blue and white canvas low folding and the two long folding plastic beach chairs in the cabana when we get over to the beach. Thus I will have the back of the Volvo station wagon freed up for usage of more normal transport of items. I don't sit out at the beach anymore in Greenwich, but I just walk around. Thus there is no point having eight beach and folding chairs in the back of the Volvo wagon. After we returned from Sams, I took a nap. The sun has finally come out, but it is still a bit cool here. CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 9:40 A.M.: I tried to fix the broken HP fax machine that is about a year old. It keeps prompting to do an alignment cycle, but it won't feed the paper or print, but it does feed the paper when it starts up. After working on it for a while, there is nothing that I can figure out to do with it, and the instructions don't tell one anything. I suppose we could send it back to HP for repair. My relative woke up at 8 A.M., and we all had breakfast. I ate Cheerios with a sliced banana, two slices of toast with butter, orange juice, and coffee. My relative's house keeper has arrived to help out. According to her it was the worst winter in 25 years up here with one snow fall after another, and the snow at my relative's house was piled up to the windows. One relative went for a jog and the other relative is reading the printed version of the New York Times. I took the Sony Handycam battery out of the charger, and I put it back with the Sony Handycam. I have about a half hour of video left on it with the first 1.5 hours from the last several trips here. CIO
Note: <888> 06/16/05 Thursday 7:55 A.M.: Greenwich Time - Storm sends grads running for cover . CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 7:50 A.M.: CNN.com - Fourth quake shakes California - Jun 17, 2005 and Real-Time Forecast of Earthquake Hazard in the Next 24 Hours . CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 7:40 A.M.: If one has a wireless card in some computer like a laptop, possibly if one's wireless card has an antenna connection, one can improve range with this device XTERASYS AN-EXT 2.4GHz Wireless Antenna Extension - Retail at Newegg.com . CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 7:15 A.M.: I am drank some orange juice with my vitamins and supplements. I am charging up the rechargeable battery on the Sony Handycam which will take about two hours. It is a bit rainy today Kennebunkport, Maine, US - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO
Note: <888> 06/17/05 Friday 6:45 A.M.: I was away yesterday at 7 A.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I showered and cleaned up. I packed the car. I chatted with a relative. My $36 from my Asus motherboard return RTM was put back into my debit account. I left for Kennebunkport at 10 A.M.. I brought along a six pack of Nature's Valley trail mix bars in the car. I drove up King Street, and I drove east on I-684 East. I then got onto I-84 East, and I stopped at the Connecticut welcome center, and I took a break. I then drove east on I-84, and there was construction around Waterbury which slowed down the traffic. I then stopped at the Southington, Connecticut rest area. I then drove east, and I stopped at the last rest area in Connecticut on I-84 around Vernon, Connecticut. I then got onto the Mass. Turnpike, and I stopped at the rest area. I took pictures of the welcome center. I ate a trail mix bar. I put $16 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.589 a gallon in the car. I then got off at the first exit for I-290 north. I then got onto I-495 East. I stopped at the Lowell rest area. I then got onto I-95 North to the New Hampshire Turnpike. I stopped at the New Hampshire rest area. I took pictures of the welcome center. I paid a dollar toll on the New Hampshire turnpike. I stopped at the Maine Turnpike welcome center, and they have lots of information there for vacationers going to Maine. I paid a $1.75 toll on the Maine turnpike, and I got off at the Well exit. I stopped by the Amtrak station, and I took pictures of it. I then took an east left on U.S. 1, and at the first left, I drove into the car wash which was closed, but I used the self service bays for $2 for 5 minutes for $4 total if one is quick, and I washed my car with the power sprayer. I then drove east on U.S. 1 to the right turn for Kennebunkport, Maine www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm, and I drove to my relative's house which is near the Colony Hotel. I said hello to my relatives. I brought in my luggage. I set up the IBM Netvista computer in the downstairs guest bedroom. With this adaptor http://www.xterasys.com/xn2133g.htm , I am able to get three wireless networks two of which work well, one from a nearby Linksys connection, and the other from the Green Heron, and the Colony signal is weak at this location. The adaptor is still available on the internet if one looks, but there are newer devices that might work better. I bought mine for $20 at www.newegg.com this past Christmas. They have them at Wireless IEEE 802.11g 2.0 USB Ethernet Adapter . I put mine on a 15 foot USB cable that I brought with me, so it reaches up into the window with a clear sight to the hotels with wireless internet that one can access. I chatted with my relative. Both of my relatives will be staying here for the summer, and one of them will be using the wireless adaptor on his computer. It works just fine. I also have other relatives coming to visit that might need to use the IBM Netvista computer. Thus we will be swapping the wireless adaptor between computers, since it plugs in to a USB port easily. It works better with a longer USB cable, so one can put it in the window. Of course there are other similar devices that one can buy on the internet too, but this was the least expensive. I am getting about 250 Kbytes a second wireless connection. We all went out to dinner at the Wayfarer restaurant in Cape Porpoise, Maine, and I had blackened swordfish for dinner with salad and rice and iced tea. We returned back to my relative's house, and I unpacked. My other relative used the wireless adaptor. I went to bed about 11 P.M., and I was awake at 5:30 A.M.. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 10:50 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I will not be logging on to the computer, until I return from Kennebunkport, Maine www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm on Thursday June 23, 2005. BBC NEWS Business 'Son of Concorde' plans unveiled . CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.: I chatted with a relative, and I left a message with another. I put the remain half of the cooked vermicelli from last night which was in a Rubbermaid container, and I put the remaining half of the Francesco Rinaldi tomato, basic, and garlic sauce, and I put it in plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I reheated both on the reheat cycle twice in the General Electric microwave oven, and I put it all on a dinner plate with grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. The third temperature censor for the air intake fan on the lower front of the Antec case is back on "LLL" according to the case fan monitor. I will fix it when I get back. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 9:55 P.M.: I chatted with my relatives in Kennebunkport, Maine. I will try to leave here about 10 A.M. in the morning. It should be about a six hour trip, if I stop at most of the rest areas. I will drive up King Street to I-684 East to I-84 East-to the Massachusetts Turnpike, and then take the first exit to I-290 North to I-495 East to I-95 North to the New Hampshire Turnpike to the Maine Turnpike, I usually get off at the Wells exit and drive North on Route 1 turning off to the road to Kennebunkport. I finished packing. I put the Radio Shack rechargeable metal hydride AA batteries in the Vivitar digital camera. I watered the plants. Tomorrow is suppose to be mostly cloudy down here in the morning, and there are suppose to be a few showers in Kennebunkport in the afternoon, so it should be a cool drive, and my Volvo air conditioning is working just fine. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 8:20 P.M.: I put away my laundry. I have the IBM Netvista computer configured to work with the Epson C60 printer. Besides the black and color ink cartridge that I bought today, I also have another generic color cartridge, but the C60 printer has a new black and color ink cartridge installed in it. I have my wireless 802.11 g adaptor configured with the IBM Netvista computer, but it won't work as fast since the IBM Netvista computer only has USB 1.0 ports and no USB 2.0 ports. I also configured the IBM Netvista computer for Juno free access which is only available in Portland, Maine, but I am not sure whether it is a toll call from Kennebunkport, Maine. I also put in the bags with the cables, AOL disk in case one of my relatives has AOL. I disassembled the IBM Netvista computer, and I put it in the back floor of my Volvo along with the Epson C60 printer. I put in plastic bags the cables and accessories at the same location. I disconnected the white princess style phone next to the bed, and I am bringing with me its 50 foot telephone cable and its dublex adapter along with a 15 foot extension cord, spare black Dell USB mouse, LAN cable, wireless adaptor, LAN cable, power cable, 15 USB cable, a 6 outlet power strip, Ezonics USB camera, Net2Phone headset, and a full package of Staples printing paper. I still have to pack and eat dinner. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 4:50 P.M.: I went out after the last message. They are painting the community room downstairs. I went by the Valley Road Post Office, and I stopped my mail for a week. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought new Epson TO29 and TO28 color and black ink cartridges for the Epson C60 printer that I am taking to Maine for .50 each for a dollar total. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by CVS, and I picked up a prescription. I then sat out briefly downtown. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. I started two loads of laundry, and I have five minutes to go on the wash cycle. I have to configure the IBM Netvista computer that I am taking to Maine for WiFi and Juno free access providing there is a local Juno number in Kennebunkport, Maine. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 2:05 P.M.: I was up at noon. I chatted with my relatives in Kennebunkport, Maine. I will be driving up there tomorrow Thursday June 16, 2005 to visit with them until Thursday June 23, 2005, when I will drive back down here. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went outside, and I threw out some garbage. I picked up my mail. I put clean linens on my bed. I washed my breakfast dishes. I am charging up the Radio Shack AA metal hydride rechargeable batteries that I use in my Vivitar digital camera. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. I have to stop my mail while I am gone. I will probably be taking the IBM Netvista computer up to the house in Kennebunkport, Maine. A neighbor has Wifi that we can log onto. I will take my Wifi adaptor with it, the Epson C60 printer, spare ink cartridges, a USB cable, a extension cord, a telephone line, and I will also configure it for Juno Free dialup. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 2:55 A.M.: I went through my email. If I am going to spend a week in Kennebunkport, Maine, I should probably get up there soon, since I have to be back by Friday June 24, 2005 for a dental appointment for a filling unless I cancel it. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. Maybe I will wake up earlier, where I get a chance to head up there in the daytime. However, there is suppose to be occasional rain here and there until this Sunday according to Weather Pulse http://www.tropicdesigns.net/weatherpulse.html . I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 2:35 A.M.: Of course there is always this Etext Center: Collections at University of Virginia Library and more free audio books http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/ , if you can not afford to join the New York Public Library. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 2:15 A.M.: EAudio The New York Public Library, The Branch Libraries - Search Results and NYPL Launches Audio Book Collection and Ebooks The New York Public Library, The Branch Libraries from that big building with the two stone lions in front on the southwest corner of 42nd street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York, New York, better known as the Big Apple The New York Public Library . CIO
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Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations: . CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 1:10 A.M.: I received email from the person that I bought the AMD Athlon 2400 MHz XP processor from, and the individual is sending me another one from San Jose, California, which if any place should have used processors. I should thus be able to build my backup computer when I receive it. Of course, I might some time soon be gone for a week to Kennebunkport, Maine Kennebunkport, Maine to visit relatives, whenever I get back on a day schedule to drive up there this week or next. Of course I will have to stop the mail while I am gone. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 1:00 A.M.: I got the Uniden 900 MHz two line cordless telephone working with both telephone lines. I disconnected both telephone lines, and I disconnected the 9 volt power transformer for about a minute. I then plugged in Optimum Voice to the first line and Verizon to the second line and I plugged in the 9 volt power transformer, and both lines now work just fine. I enabled caller ID on the first line with Optimum Voice. I guess disconnecting the power and telephone lines resets the circuitry of the base unit. I then connected the telephone on the bedroom side board back up to Optimum Voice. CIO
Note: <888> 06/15/05 Wednesday 12:30 A.M.: I cleared out the food items from underneath the swivel chair in the kitchen, and I put them in the bookcase pantry shelf. Now it will be easier to move out, should someone want to move it. I put three quarts of water in a four quart Revere pot, and I also put in a dash of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil, and I brought it all to a boil. I boiled a 16 ounce package of Ronzoni vermicelli noodles for 8 minutes, and I drained the water off into a colander sitting in a six quart Revere pot. I poured the discarded hot water down the bathroom sink drain to clean it out. I put half the contents of a Franceso Rinaldi tomato, garlic, and basil sauce in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and halfway through the spaghetti boiling process, I reheated on the General Electric microwave proof oven the tomato sauce, and I put the tomato sauce on half of the spaghetti on a dinner plate, and I added grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I put the remaining jar of tomato sauce in the refrigerator along with the remaining half of the spaghetti in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I drained the hot vermicelli water into another pot, and I threw it down the bathroom sink to clean it out. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 11:20 P.M.: Once the kitchen swivel chair is dry, I will put the blue and yellow cushion on it to make it even more comfortable. I posted a picture to show how it will look. In the picture the swivel chair is still a bit damp from the cleaning http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-apartment-kitchen-swivel-chair-for-smoking-cigarettes-by-the-stove-061405.JPG . I do not smoke cigarettes in my apartment except at that location using the kitchen fan to exhaust the smoke, so the apartment is more user friendly to non smokers. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 11:05 P.M.: I chatted with a relative after the last message. After cleaning up, I went out. I went by CVS, and I bought a Southwestern Bell S60006 Dublex Jack for $3.49 plus two 7 ounce packages of black licorice twists for $1.19 each plus .35 tax for $6.22 total. I then drove down to the center area of town, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I sat out at various locations. I then went by the lower level south parking garage area at the Greenwich Train station area, and the custodian said I could have a dirty swivel office chair that they had put out to be thrown away. I put it in the back seat of my Volvo station wagon, since the rear station wagon area has the 8 beach chairs. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue. I then returned home. I brought up the chair which is a grey heavy duty fabric swivel chair on a pedestal with five wheels. It tilts back and is similar in style to my computer chair. It possibly originally came from Staples. I took out the stainless chair from the kitchen that I put in today, and I put it with the others by the dumpster. I then put some CVS cold water wool washing detergent in my dishing washing bin with some hot water, and I washed the chair fabric and the black plastic hard parts with a damp cloth, and then I rinsed them off with damp water on a hand cloth, and I towel dried it. I put it in the same location in the kitchen against the side wall between the bookcase and the stove. I have some items stores underneath it, but since it is on wheels, when the items underneath it are moved, it can easily be moved out of the way, if one wanted to use the stove or gain access to that area. It is a very comfortable chair, and it will hold a much larger person than the one I threw out. It still has to dry a bit. I moved the New Zealand tiki from behind that chair to the wall to the right of the toaster at the kitchen entrance. I then tried to install the Verizon telephone line with the duplex jack to the Uniden 2 line cordless 900 MHz telephone, but it still malfunctioned with both different telephone lines connected, so I disconnected the Verizon telephone line to it. I tested it with another telephone line, and the same thing happened. I will study the manual later to see if there is something wrong with the Uniden phone settings. I disconnected the telephone on the bedroom sideboard from Optimum Voice, and I used the duplex jack at the Verizon junction to connect it up to Verizon. Thus it makes a Verizon line more accessible from the bedroom desk. I still have two Verizon line phones on either side of the bed. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 5:35 P.M.: I installed the latest Microsoft Windows XP updates released today. I rebooted. I will now run Norton WinDoctor 2003. I will then do a System Restore Backup. I will then run Microsoft Windows XP Backup Automatic System Recovery from the C: drive to the D: drive. While doing this, I will eat the remaining bowl of Royal gelatin and fruit mixture that I made a few days ago with some iced tea. I will then shower and clean up, and once the backup is complete, I will shut down the computer, and I will go out and enjoy the warmer evening on Greenwich Avenue. Possibly I might meet some people from the warmer part of the world whom might invite me down south during the winter to enjoy their warmer winters. However, with all of my mass communications skills, nobody except family members seem to want snow birds visiting them during the winter. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 5:05 P.M.: I went through my email. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 4:50 P.M.: Current temperature in Greenwich, Connecticut is 90 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . I went outside, and I threw out some garbage. I put my small collapsible cart in the back of my Volvo station wagon. They waxed the community room floor today, and they threw out four of the stainless steel and cloth community room chairs. I salvaged the best one from the dumpster area, and I also took two screws out of another one to use to attach to the back of the one that I salvaged. I put it upstairs in my kitchen for my smoking chair next to the oven replacing the one that I just threw out which was the broken antique reproduction mahogany chair that I found this winter on Greenwich Avenue thrown out in front of Best and Company. The new chair in the kitchen is more stable for sitting on. I put the blue and yellow cushion back on it. I took the quilted chair back off the one that I threw out, and I put it on the back of the blue bent wood dining chair at my dining room table. I chatted with a relative in San Antonio, Texas whom is excited about the San Antonio Spurs THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS being in the NBA playoffs. They apparently are playing in Detroit tonight, and they have won two games of four needed to win the finals. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 3:00 P.M.: I was up at 9 A.M. to open my door for the workmen laying the new linoleum in hallway outside of my apartment. I went back to bed until 2 P.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with grape jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went out, and I picked up my mail. They are still working on laying the linoleum on the floor outside of my apartment. It looks really nice, and it is lighter mostly white. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 4:55 A.M.: I ate five Old Dutch pretzels along with some iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 3:35 A.M.: I went through my email. I emailed the person that sent me the defective AMD Athlon 2400 processor about if I have any chance of getting a good one. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 2:50 A.M.: I rested a while. I guess I will now work on the computer some more. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 12:35 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. I hope to be on an earlier schedule for whenever I travel up to Maine. CIO
Note: <888> 06/14/05 Tuesday 12:25 A.M.: I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks . I ate them with a glass of iced tea. Instead of a 11 ounce can of Campbell's baked beans, I used a 16 ounce can of B&M maple flavored baked bean. In the CMOS, I set the Mouse to wake up the system when the screen saver is activated. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 11:40 P.M.: I finished cleaning up my computer assembly work area. I left the two motherboard boxes and their spare contents on the bedroom desk. The Gigabyte motherboard CD and manual are on the lower wicker rack on the dining table. The RMA on the ASUS motherboard that I returned to http://www.newegg.com/ has been approved, so in a day or two my $36 refund should be back in my debit account. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 11:15 P.M.: I started to make a telephone call to a relative, and Optimum Voice would not work. I troubleshooted the problem. At the Verizon telephone junction in the bedroom, I have a faulty two splitter, and I do not have one to replace it. When I disconnected it, and left the princess telephone by the bed connected to Verizon, and the Uniden 2 line cordless not connected to Verizon, Optimum Voice started working fine. I will leave the Uniden 2 line phone not connected to Optimum Voice, until I get another two splitter. I chatted with a relative. On the primary computer, the hard drive light kept working, and I finally figured out a couple of the Gigabyte applet programs were keeping it going like it was indexing. I uninstalled them, and the hard drive light now does not come on, when the hard drive is suppose to be idle. The Gigabyte applet programs were not important for my use. I checked the online bios utility, and I have the latest bios. I will now clean up the work area in the bedroom. I also removed the Syntax motherboard CMOS battery briefly to clear its BIOS, so it starts up with AGP Init. I will not put the Syntax motherboard in the Northgate case yet, since it probably will be a while before I get a CPU for it, or upgrade my primary computer CPU to a faster one, and use its CPU in the Syntax motherboard. I am using both memory chips in the primary computer the 512 meg. 226Mhz and the 256 meg. 266 Mhz. I ran Norton WinDoctor 2003 and Ad-awareSE on the primary computer. The primary computer with the new Gigabyte motherboard is running just fine. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 8:55 P.M.: On the new Gigabyte motherboard, I downloaded the updates from http://download.gigabyte.com.tw/ . In the CMOS, I disabled the Raid feature, since I am not using serial hard drives, and I set the Raid SATA to IDE. The computer seems to be running just fine. I still have to clean up my work area in the bedroom. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 7:20 P.M.: It took about two hours to install the new Gigabyte http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_7VT600P-RZ.htm motherboard. It is all working fine. However, when I first tried using the used AMD Athlon XP 2400 MHz processor that I bought off Ebay, it would not work, so therefore it is defective, and I am using my original AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor. Thus I will not be able to build a faster backup computer, until I get a good second processor. However, the primary system with the new gigabyte motherboard is working just fine. It booted up with Microsoft Windows XP Professional, and it recognized the new configuration without any problems. I did have to reactivate it online though, because of the major system configuration change. I set the settings in the CMOS too. I installed the Gigabyte versions of their drivers, although Microsoft installed their own versions. I am now installing the software that came on the Gigabyte Cdrom. The Gigabyte Cdrom also comes with Norton Internet Security 2004, which I already have, but when I build a faster backup computer, I will install it on that. I am using four of the five PCI slots. In addition to the AGP card, I have a PCI video card for dual monitor support, a USB 2.0 card, and a sound card. I also installed a LAN card, and I am also using it and the onboard LAN. It came with an additional two rear USB 2.0 ports that fit into the lowest rear part of the case. Thus I have six USB ports on the rear plus the four USB ports on the USB card and the two front USB ports, and I think all of them are USB 2.0. I also have two serial ports, I have my external modem connected to one, and the X10 wireless remote mouse to the other. I will now install the other software on the Gigabyte CD. Thus I have room to increase my system performance as I can afford to buy parts to increase its performance. All temperature sensors on the case fan monitor are working fine. Since it is a new motherboard, it came with all of its parts including the case flange. However, it did not come with extra mounting screws, which I already had. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 4:10 P.M.: After breakfast I threw out some garbage. I chatted with some neighbors, and I picked up my mail. I then washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I put another two line splitter on the Verizon telephone junction in the bedroom, so now the Verizon princess telephone by the bed and the Verizon line on the two line Uniden 900 MHz cordless telephone both work properly. I had another two line splitter at the Verizon junction which caused Optimum Voice to work on the phone by the bed. I went back outside, and I got my cart out of the rear of my Volvo station wagon, and I brought it up my apartment. I will use it for moving my primary computer CPU which weighs over 30 pounds. I will now shut down the computer, and I will install the new motherboard. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 2:30 P.M.: The Gigabyte motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128281&ATT=Motherboards+AMD&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me just arrived via FedEx Track Gigabyte Motherboard from www.newegg.com . I rested while the backup ran. I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 11:40 A.M.: I will now do a Microsoft Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup from the C: drive to the D: drive. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 11:30 A.M.: I watched a television movie until 6 A.M. on Teddie Roosevelt and the Rough Riders capturing San Juan Hill in Cuba back during the Spanish American war, which seemed to be an accurate depiction of the event. I went to bed after that. I was awake at 9 A.M. by the floor people laying new linoleum in the hallway, and they needed to have my door open to take up some of the old tile. My door is now closed again, but it is still a bit noisy with the work outside. I then had a another telephone call from a relative with a computer problem. I then had a telephone call from my relative in Kennebunkport, Maine. The basement toilet had back up, so another relative is busy cleaning the basement floor where the toilet backed up. It seems that relative has been doing that for three days. My relative in Kennebunkport, Maine said it is not necessary for me to come up this week and possibly next week would be better. However, we have not made up our minds yet. I am still sort of on a night schedule, and although yesterday I had plenty of sleep, today I have not had much sleep. Optimum Digital Television called up to say there are new features when one presses the digital IO button on the remote control. According to FedEx Track Gigabyte Motherboard from www.newegg.com , it is out for delivery at 6:49 A.M. this morning, so it should come sometime today. I am not sure whether I will try to go back to sleep or get back on a day schedule. I should be a bit rested to install the new motherboard. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 3:15 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 3:00 A.M.: I had one of my 15 watt frosted candelabra bulbs burn out on the far wall left living room sconce. I replaced all four bulbs in the pair of sconces on the far living room wall with four new Philips frosted 25 watt DuraMax candelabra bulbs, and I saved the three good used ones in my second down mahogany bureau drawer in the bedroom which has other specially light bulbs. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 2:35 A.M.: I found information on the White Star Line at TheShipsList: Passengers, Ships, Shipwrecks . I have a 14 inch by 11 inch gold frame, so I put five of the family pictures that I took while I was down at the John's Island Club, at Indian River Shores, at Vero Beach, Florida during the first two weeks of this past May 2005, and I put them in the frame. I set the frame on top of the TEAC DVD player to the left of the 8 inch by 10 inch frame with pictures of the same relatives from the trip down to the same location during the first two weeks of this January 2005. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 1:40 A.M.: I keep and old place mat underneath my computer keyboard. I scanned it, and I placed it on my web site at: http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/white-star-clipper-ships-place-mat-mike-scott-apartment-061305.jpg and at the bottom of this notes page. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 12:50 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO
Note: <888> 06/13/05 Monday 12:20 A.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I did not use broccoli, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop New York extra sharp cheddar cheese. I also used 20 grape tomatoes on top of the salad. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 10:55 P.M.: I chatted with a relative after the last message. 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 another regular night person. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by Greenwich Automotive Service's Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $11.50 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.659 a gallon for 13.9 miles per gallon usage, driving on average 13 miles per hour for 61.6 miles driven this past week. I then returned home. I ate about two ounces of dry roasted peanuts along with some iced tea. The good news is that my weight has gone down from 210 pounds to 204 pounds, so I guess being more active in the warmer weather, I have lost a bit of weight. CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 7:45 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I ate a large bowl of the gelatin mixture with fruit along with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. Currently it is 86 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast with a chance of thunderstorms. CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 6:45 P.M.: I watched some television which seems to be getting better now that the kids are getting out of school. I washed the breakfast dishes. I opened new bottles of CVS antacid tablets, CVS Glucosamine Chondroitin, CVS non-aspirin, Advil, CVS B-12, CVS garlic oil, and CVS MSM. I updated my inventory of stored items in the apartment at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/inventory.htm . CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 5:25 P.M.: I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I went back to bed, but this time I slept on the floor behind the down living room sofa with a light wool blanket. Sleeping on the floor helped get the kink out of my back from sleeping on the sofa. I will now reheat the coffee that I made for breakfast and did not drink, and then I will drink it. CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 12:55 P.M.: I woke up from my nap. My back is a little stiff from sleeping on the long green sofa. CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 3:20 A.M.: I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week of 06/12/05:
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 2:45 A.M.: I will now send out my weekly notes, and then I might take a nap. CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 2:30 A.M.: I ate a large bowl of the Royal gelatin mixture that I made a few days ago, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea. I checked outside, and it is bit damp outside, so I doubt if I will be going out for a walk. I printed out test pages on the three inkjet printers that I had not used in a while, and they all work fine. All four of my inkjet printers have plenty of ink for usage. CIO
Note: <888> 06/12/05 Sunday 1:35 A.M.: If the Uniden EXI2926 2 line 900 MHz cordless telephone ever needs to have its battery replaced, it uses this one 3.6V/700mAh Ni-Cd Battery . I read the manual, and I programmed the limit of 30 numbers into its memory dial function. I placed the manual with the other ones at the end of the down sofa by the French reproduction sitting chair. Local weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast 70 degrees Fahrenheit with mist. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 11:05 P.M.: I had the Uniden 2 line 900 MHz cordless telephone on the left side front of the bedroom desk hooked up to two Optimum Voice connections, so I changed it so the first line is Verizon and the second line is Optimum Voice. I labeled both connections. It is model #EXI2926. I printed out its manual http://www.uniden.com/pdf/EXI2926om_VA.pdf . I had a paper jam in the Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W laser printer, so I followed the instructions, which I keep on the lower left shelf of its printer stand. One removes the toner cartridge and drum, and gently slides out the jammed paper. I am out of clamp binders, so I used a metal clamp to bind the manual together. The telephone seems to be fully charged and functional. Since it has two lines, it could be used to receive or place a local telephone call on Verizon, and then one could place a long distance telephone call with Optimum Voice, and press the conference button and connect all three parties together. Thus with it too, one can place a long distance telephone call for a local party. I will now look at the manual and program the telephone and its memory dial buttons. A couple of friends wanted me to meet them at Conyers Farm for the polo match tomorrow http://www.greenwichpolo.com/ , but since I am on a night schedule, I won't be awake for it. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 9:40 P.M.: I finished going through my email. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 8:45 P.M.: CNN.com - Royal pomp for queen's birthday - Jun 11, 2005 . CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 8:40 P.M.: BBC NEWS UK Prince William gains 2:1 degree . CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 8:35 P.M.: I was awake at about 6 P.M. from a call from a relative. I was told the Belmont horse race was on television, so I watched it. I then ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went outside, and I picked up the mail. I went back to bed until about 8 P.M.. I chatted with a relative and a friend. My relative in Kennebunkport, Maine wants me to come up early next week. I guess if my package arrives on Monday, I could drive up there on Tuesday, and I don't have to install the motherboard right away or configure the backup computer right away. Of course now that I am on a night schedule to stay cooler in the hot weather, I would have to get back on a day schedule to drive up there. However, I have switched from night to day time schedule, so many times I get use to it. The Asus motherboard has been received back by http://www.newegg.com/ , and the RMA is being processed, thus in two to three days, the $37 should be put back in my debit account. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 9:30 A.M.: Basically the air temperature raises 8 degrees Fahrenheit in the process of going through the computer. I have all four case fan monitor speed dials turned to the maximum. The instruction say they will handle up to 9,000 RPM, but I don't think my case fans will go that fast. I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Trooping of the Color story on http://news.bbc.co.uk/ . CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 8:50 A.M.: My third case fan monitor started showing "LLL" again. I logged onto Enermax Technology Corporation Taiwan in English which makes my computer's Multifunction Panel UC-A8FATR4 Case Fan and CPU cooler monitor , and I looked at their manual http://www.enermax.com.tw/download/a8.pdf , which I already had, but it did not say anything about "LLL". I then searched Google and I translated from Brazilian Portuguese this note Translated version of http://www.ocbrasil.com.br/testes/enermaxrack/enermaxrack.htm which said that when it shows "LLL" it means that it is minus 40 degree Celsius, which is also minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. I doubt it was that cold inside of my computer probably at one of the warmest locations, unless I have a hacker who somehow got into it from Antarctica. Anyway, I opened up the case, and I move the uppermost rear Antec variable speed fan from its position to the lower front bay in taking air. The front two case fans intake air, and the rear two case fans exhaust air. I moved the Antec fixed speed blue light fan to the top of the rear position beneath the 500 watt power supply internal exhaust fan. It goes all the time, and it is not monitored. I put the temperature probe in front of the lower front intake fan, so it shows the room temperature at intake on the third case fan monitor. Since the fourth case fan monitor already shows the temperature, I figured I do not need two at that location. Thus on the CPU fan monitor on case fan monitor 1, I am showing with the temperature probe on top of the CPU cooler fan 77.9 degrees Fahrenheit and 2200 RPM. On the second case fan monitor with the temperature probe on top of the rear of the top hard drive mounted in the lower front of the computer, I am showing 79.8 degrees Fahrenheit at 1700 RPM, and on the third case fan monitor in the front lower compartment of the computer beneath the hard drives with the temperature probe in front of the case fan intake, it shows the room temperature at intake of 73.2 degrees Fahrenheit at 1600 RPM, and on the fourth case fan monitor with the temperature probe mounted in front of the case fan intake exhausting air inside the computer about half way up the rear of the computer inside, it shows 80.7 degrees Fahrenheit at 1800 RPM. For now all four case fan and CPU cooler fan monitors are working correctly showing both temperature and RPM. If they fall below 1000 RPM a alarm will go off, and if the temperature rises above 113 degrees Fahrenheit at its lowest setting, a alarm will go off. I have the temperature set to Fahrenheit instead of Celsius. Thus with my computer the parts are built in China and Taiwan and Malaysia and where ever else the hard drives and memory and cards and power supply come from, but from my point of view it is assembled in the United States of America by a volunteer on a cheap budget. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 5:45 A.M.: Of course locally if you happened to want to go spying on the so called rich Rockefeller family in North Tarrytown, New York, I know a friend of the Aka Khan His Highness the Aga Khan's 68th Birthday who once lived near a simpler engineering project in Valhalla, New York by the dam http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott20061/mike-scott-and-friend-new-york-1987.jpg , and since he was from Brazil, and since his grandfather owned over a million acres of coffee plantations in Brazil, we have had a lot of coffee showing up around here since then. However, since he was connected up with the Aga Khan, and since at the time the Aga Khan was the high commissioner for refugees at the United Nations, and since the Aga Khan is a Swiss Neutral citizen, and since he is also a world renown medical doctor, more than likely my friend ended up becoming a physician too. However, the last time I chatted with him, he was still working for "TBA" as opposed to "TVA" or "TWA", which if you speak Portuguese is Trans Brazilian Airlines. However, since his mother was from Milan, Italy, and since his father was Brazilian Portuguese, more than likely he will be showing up at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Torino, Italia Torino 2006 , and if he made it to Albertville, France, when I was there, nobody probably recognized him, but the weather in the valley during that event was quite warm for that time of year, and there was no snow in the valley to speak of at Albertville, France back in 1992. So in other words, since he is also an Italian citizen besides being a Brazilian citizen, he might be one of your hosts at the upcoming winter Olympics. However, it seems like a long way to go for a cup of coffee. I think the world's largest dam is suppose to be in Brazil, and he showed me pictures of it. I also once studied the Aswan dam in Egypt. According to this, there are other larger dams World's Largest Dams . Thus somebody must be making money off of whatever goes into making a dam, not to mention the electricity that they produce. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 5:00 A.M.: If anyone wandered why everything is falling apart in America because of the lack of those big boys whom are always improving our local environment by pouring more cement, I think one can look at this page to see what happened to them http://3gorgesdam.info/ . Of course having lived near the Tennessee River where there are quite a number of large dams which are part of the http://www.tva.gov/ , and since one of my best friends in high school was the son of the treasurer of Wolfson Construction that helped build Hoover Dam, and since I saw a lot of cement poured for the Florida Keys bridges and a few power plants, it would seem to me that somebody around the family knows something about construction and energy on a larger level than I am use to dealing with. I also have a good friend from East Aurora, New York which is near Buffalo, New York whom because his family was connected up with Queen Victoria seemed to know more about what was going on in the real world through his race horse connections. Whatever the case, they still are not giving away electricity here, so although I run the electricity for the air conditioner at night, it is to keep it cooler in the apartment in the daytime when the outside temperature heats up. In the old days, they use to give people whom used electricity at night a discount, since there tends to be surplus generating capacity at night. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 4:00 A.M.: Of course one of the least expensive rental real estate locations on the waterfront in Greenwich, Connecticut is the old rental apartment building next to the Indian Harbor Yacht Club run by the Barney and Jenkins real estate cartel here in Greenwich, Connecticut. Their telephone number is 1-203-869-0800, and Morgan Jenkins usually answers their telephone in the daytime, when he is not busy repairing the building. Their building is on the left in this picture http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/indian-harbor-yacht-club-from-grass-island-2-021305.JPG , and although it can be a bit busy down on the waterfront in the summer, once it gets cold in the winter, it tends to bit warmer down by the waterfront, when one sees the sea gulls walking on the ice. I lived in the small red brick house on the far left in the picture for the first five years when I returned back to Greenwich, Connecticut from Nantucket 21 years ago. I had a one room studio with full bathroom and half size refrigerator, and I was paying $450 a month when I moved out 16.5 years ago. The larger apartments in the larger white building attached to it rented for about $1,250 a month back then, but that was many moons ago. However, the smaller brick house that I lived in had a large furnace in the basement that heated the entire apartment complex, so there was always plenty of heat drifting up from the furnace room in the basement, so my small studio apartment was actually quite warm most of the time in the winter. I now have a more comfortable spacious colder apartment of 450 square feet in Greenwich Public Housing, but I originally applied for Greenwich, Connecticut public housing back in 1975, but I did not get in until 1988. Thus there can be a considerable wait for Greenwich, Connecticut public housing, and I lived other places where Greenwich, Connecticut people happen to live during that time such as Nantucket, Massachusetts and Key West, Florida, and I traveled around a bit, and I stayed with more established family friends out on Long Island and Manhattan. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 3:30 A.M.: Since I did not make any money off my internet activity or paypal donation links for the last couple of months, I eliminated them. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 3:00 A.M.: I chatted with a relative. I tried calling the relative back with Optimum Voice an hour ago down to Vero Beach, Florida, and all the telephone circuits were tied up down to Florida. My relative called me back, and told me the her telephone rang the four times I called, but on my end, I just got a message saying through Optimum Voice all circuits were tied up, which I doubt at this hour of the morning. My relative called me back with her free cell phone minutes on my Verizon line, and we chatted for about an hour about computer technology as I know it. CIO
Note: <888> 06/11/05 Saturday 1:30 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. While I was sitting up at the top of Greenwich Avenue in front of the United States Trust Company and the Morgan Stanley Company, I noticed that all of the lights and electricity north on Lafayette Place were out as far as one could see toward the hospital. When I returned down Greenwich Avenue, I chatted with another regular walker. I then was told by another walker that they were working on the electricity problem. I used the bathroom at Starbucks. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned home. I made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks . I ate them with a glass of iced tea. I also added a couple of teaspoons of La Choy low salt soy sauce. I had a message from a relative on the answering machine when I returned home. I then opened up my primary computer case, and I adjusted the four temperature sensors for the Enermax UC-A8FATR4 Aluminum 5.25" Fan Speed Controller, 4 Fan RPM & Temp. Display, Retail box - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas with the four Antec 80mm SmartCool Thermally Controlled Case Fan, Retail box. - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas . All four of them now work. Since the Enermax Case fan monitor not only reports the temperature around the case fans and CPU cooler, but it also controls their speed depending on the temperature, it is important to have the temperature sensor close to the case fans or CPU cooler to monitor the more exact temperature without the temperature sensor being at risk from the moving fan blades. Also it seems if the temperature sensors are near other electrical cables or electrical junctions, it can cause electrical interference with their monitoring. Thus the CPU temperature sensor is just above the CPU cooling fan running at 77.5 Fahrenheit 2200 RPM. I moved the hard drive temperature sensor from in front of the case to above and at the rear of the top most hard drive, and its temperature is 73.5 Fahrenheit at 1700 RPM, and I figured there is no point having it in front of the hard drives where the air is entering the computer, since it would not reflect the inside computer temperature. The top rear case fan sensor is at 82.5 Fahrenheit at 1900 RPM, and it is a bit warmer since it is higher up than the lower one, and the 500 Watt power supply has a rear fan exhaust and a internal downward exhaust at that location above the top rear case fan. The lower rear case fan is at 83.3 Fahrenheit at 1800 RPM. Since I have my General Electric 15,500 BTU room air conditioner with remote control at night set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit with Energy Saver on low fan, it is about 74 degrees Fahrenheit in the apartment, but in the day time when it is warmer, I turn it down to 68 degrees Fahrenheit, Energy Saver on low fan, and I also keep the exhaust vent closed all of the time. I have the maintenance contract paid up on it through September 12, 2005. I generally pay about $74 a year for the maintenance contract, since it weighs about 85 pounds, and it is four to five years old, and if something went wrong, it would be simpler for General Electric to take care of, instead of shopping for one in the summer when they are hard to find, and it would be troublesome for me to install a new one. It is working just fine after all of these years, and it was made in South Korea. I also keep it installed all winter, so it gets wear and tear from the outside winter elements. I do cover it up on the inside with Styrofoam to keep it insulated in the winter, and I block any drafts around it. On the Enermax Case Fan monitor, it will speed up the case fan RPM, if the air gets warmer. I have also used variable speed case fans. I also have a fourth Antec blue lite case fan in the front, which is not monitored. Thus in my larger Antec server case, I have four top quality new case fans, along with the CPU cooler, and a 500 watt power supply with two fans on the rear and inside. However, one has to remember, my computer tends to be running on average 12 hours a day or more for most every day of the year, so it does need to have its moving parts serviced. The CPU cooler is 13 months old, so it should be good for another 11 months or more as is the power supply. The two hard drives are five months old 160 megabyte Maxtor hard drives. This Monday, I will be installing the new http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128281&ATT=Motherboards+AMD&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me motherboard with an existing replacement AMD 2400 Athlon XP processor that hopefully will work, and if not, I will use the existing AMD 2000 Athlon XP processor. The new motherboard can take the latest fastest processor from AMD up to 3000 Mhz. I also have a 512 megabyte and a 256 megabyte 266 Mhz DDR Sdram chips, that are about two years old. The Antec server computer case is a month old. I have a 18 month old Mad Dog 4X 64 meg. AGP video card, a four port USB 2.0 card about six months old, a Diamond Stealth 32 meg. PCI card about 4 years old, and a new Macronix 10/100 Lan card, which I will put in. With the fifth PCI slot, I could put in the Sterling 56Kbyte X2 PCI card that I have in my Dell backup computer, but since the Gigabyte motherboard will have two serial ports, I think I will continue to use the external U.S. Robotics 56K fax modem, and with the second serial port, I can connect my X10 remote mouse, which is presently disconnected. I still have the 20 inch and the 19 inch Dell CRT monitors, and the entire system is running on Microsoft Windows XP Professional. I have two laser printers and four inkject printers connected up to the system, with a Siemens router and Motorola cable modem, which also powers Optimum Voice telephones, and in reserve, I have an AT&T wireless router. I have a standard DVD and CD R/W players installed in the computer with a 3.25 inch floppy. Thus although it is not an exotic state of the art computer, it is more of a work horse of a computer. Since the parts are common generic computer parts, they are easily replaced should they fail at anytime, and one can usually buy them for less on sale or on the internet. CIO
Note: <888> 06/10/05 Friday 7:55 P.M.: I ate a large bowl of the Royal Jell-O mixture that I made two nights ago. I chatted with a relative. I put the link to www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm on the top of my homepage. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air. There is the chance of isolated thunderstorms this evening, so I may not take my usual walk while I am out. Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO
Note: <888> 06/10/05 Friday 7:05 P.M.: I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants. I threw out the garbage. I found a folding tripod metal and nylon type chair in the dumpster, so I put it in the back of my Volvo station wagon, so I now have 8 folding chairs in the back of the Volvo for the beach or pier watching. I called FedEx http://www.fedex.com/ at 1-800-GO-FEDEX, and they told me that the package containing http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128281&ATT=Motherboards+AMD&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me has not arrived at the FedEx Stamford, Connecticut sorting center, and they don't deliver on Saturday, unless the shipper pays an extra charge, so I guess it will not be here until Monday at the earliest. CIO
Note: <888> 06/10/05 Friday 4:05 P.M.: I threw out some garbage, and I picked up the mail. I will now start my house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO
Note: <888> 06/10/05 Friday 2:35 P.M.: I was awaken by maintenance personnel at 11 A.M. whom wanted to know if I needed to have my air conditioner installed. I told them it was already installed. I finally woke up at 2:15 P.M.. I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will then wash the breakfast dishes, and I will make my bed. I will then start my house cleaning and watering the plants. While doing this I will be waiting to see if FedEx Tracking on Mike Scott Gigabyte Motherboard possibly arrives today. It left Newark, New Jersey at 11:20 P.M. this past evening, and there is FedEx sort facility on the Stamford Greenwich border by Exit 6 on I-95. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 11:10 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: I went through my email. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 10:10 P.M.: The FedEx tracking on my Gigabyte motherboard is FedEx Tracking on Mike Scott Gigabyte Motherboard . Although the scheduled delivery is for Tuesday June 14, 2005, it has been my past experience with FedEx and NewEgg that they come sooner. Since it left Edison, New Jersey at 11:14 A.M. today, it could even arrive tomorrow earlier on Friday or Saturday if FedEx delivers on Saturday. I will thus have to wait around to see if they arrive sooner. Recently I have been spending less time downtown, since as I spend more time at home, I get more work done, and I am more relaxed compared to the stress of downtown activity with all of the activity. Many people in back country Greenwich, only go downtown once a week for errands. I studied the Gigabyte manual http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/Manual/Manual_7VT600P-RZ.htm , and it looks like it should work with my components without any problems. The Gigabyte motherboard is made in Taiwan, and it also has a download center http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Motherboard/Support/DownloadCenter/DownloadCenter_1.htm and http://download.gigabyte.com.tw/ for upgrading one's drivers and bios. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 9:10 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used all of the regular ingredients. I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop New York extra sharp cheddar cheese. On top of the salad, I used 18 grape tomatoes. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 7:35 P.M.: I ran Ad-awareSE. My order for http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128281&ATT=Motherboards+AMD&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me has not shipped yet, but it probably will today. The good news is that it is shipping from the New Jersey Warehouse at South River, New Jersey, so technically it might be here tomorrow or Saturday if FedEx makes delivery on Saturdays. Thus sometime in the near future, I could have a busy time installing it all. Since I have been sitting around in Greenwich, Connecticut for 44 years twiddling my thumbs after I studied science around NASA in Decatur, Alabama nearby to Huntsville, Alabama, what is a day or two. Of course, since I use to shop regularly at Egghead Software in Old Greenwich and Westport before it became http://www.newegg.com/ , they might remember me. I still have my Egghead stainless steel coffee mug that I bought from their clearence bin for a couple of dollars. I will put it on the left hallway bookcase next to the Microsoft mug. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 7:05 P.M.: I downloaded and installed and ran Spyware Doctor, which a free download from http://www.download.com/ listed under most popular. On my Windows XP machine, Spybot 14 does not work. I am still doing a full system scan with Spyware Doctor. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 5:55 P.M.: I drank a cup of coffee. I ate the remaining four ounces of a jar of CVS dry roasted peanuts lightly salt. I watched some television. From my perspective having monitored television for most of my life, it is that the current news casts are like the old commercials, where they use to turn the volume up too high to get one's attention. I think the news would be more interesting if the commentators did not shout so much and much could be said of many of the people whom are interviewed. Perhaps most of the regular listening audience is retired and older people whom are partially deaf, so they broadcast to a mostly hearing impaired audience. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 4:55 P.M.: I was awake at 11 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I chatted with a relative. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I chatted with another relative. I showered and cleaned up. I went out, and I drove by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a black Microsoft 16 ounce coffee cup for a dollar. I then went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment. I then returned home, and I picked up my mail. I did not walk today, because it is hot at 84 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . I put the black Microsoft coffee cup on my left hallway bookcase shelf in front of the print of Alexandra, Virginia. My order http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128281&ATT=Motherboards+AMD&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me is packed and ready for FedEx shipping, but it has not shipped yet. The power just flicked on and off for a second about 4:35 P.M.. I had to restart the computer. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 2:05 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: I went ahead and ordered http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128281&ATT=Motherboards+AMD&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me for $48 and .99 Fedex shipping for $48.99 total. In a few days when they get the Asus motherboard back, I will get a $36 refund, and to ship it there cost $8.55 for Priority Mail, so ultimately the Gigabyte motherboard will cost me $21.54 more. Let's hope it works. It will probably be here on next Monday. I can always run the primary computer with 512 megabytes memory chip and use the 256 megabyte memory chip for the backup computer if we get that far and the AMD Athlon 2400 XP processor works with the Gigabyte motherboard. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 1:20 A.M.: If I ordered another motherboard, this looks like it would work, and it is reasonable http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_7VT600P-RZ.htm and http://www.shopping.com/xPC-7VT600_RZ and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128281&ATT=Motherboards+AMD&CMP=OTC-d3alt1me . I could afford it, since I will be getting a $36 refund from http://www.newegg.com/ in a couple of days. However, I think it can wait, the item should be available for a while, and I can always wait until the first of the month, when money is a little bit more plentiful. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 12:45 A.M.: I looked at various motherboard prices at http://www.shopping.com/ , but although once again, it might be better to do a bigger upgrade in about a year. Biostar and Gigabyte motherboards might be more friendly as far as memory, since I have 266 MHZ DDR memory, but if the AMD 2400 XP Athlon processor did not work with one of them, for the Athon XP 2000 processor, one would use a different motherboard, but some would work with both. Thus memory and CPU determine certain motherboard shopping factors. Thus at moment, I feel like waiting before spending anymore money on upgrades. CIO
Note: <888> 06/09/05 Thursday 12:05 A.M.: I did some more thorough research on the AMD Athlon XP 2400 processor that I ordered, and it is AMD part #AXDA2400DKV3C . According to http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/Electrical_Specification_Rev04_ENG.pdf , it has a 256KB level 2 cache, and according to http://www2.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/1,,30_182_869_4348^7923,00.html , if it is a AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Model 10 with 256K cache, which it seems to be, which use these motherboards http://www2.amd.com/us-en/recmobo/ResultsHandler/1,,30_182_869_4348^7923~63674,00.html , it would use these ASUS motherboards http://www2.amd.com/us-en/recmobo/ResultsHandler/1,,30_182_869_4348^7923~63674,00.html , and the four listed run about $50 to $90 with http://www.newegg.com/ being competitive. Since the AMD Athlon XP 2400 Processor might work with these four motherboards, I might order one in the future. However, I would have to either buy memory for use in the backup computer that I would build or take memory from the primary computer. A list of the Asus Socket A motherboards is available here http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/mbindex.htm , but not all of them would work with the processor if it is good, which it might be. Thus I could spend about $30 more when I get my refund on the motherboard that I mailed back today, and I might be able to get it working the with processor that I have and build a backup computer. However, for now I think I might wait, since the longer one waits other prices tend to come down. At the moment I don't feel like going through the hassle of installing a new motherboard which may or may not work with my existing parts and system. Since my primary system is working just fine, I think I will leave well enough along for now. I will need funds to drive up to Maine sometime after June 17, 2005, and I also have to have funds to live on this month. Thus for now I may or may not have a good second processor available for use with the right motherboard. http://www.pricegrabber.com/ or http://www.newegg.com/ would show the prices for the motherboards, and I think I prefer to use http://www.newegg.com/ since the advertise they send the complete kit with near free Fedex shipping and not just the motherboard. I put the AMD Athlon XP 2400 processor in its chip holder, and I scotched taped its electrostatic wrapping around it, and I put it in a plastic bag, and I put it in its shipping box with some foam peanuts, and I put it on the sideboard in the bedroom. I put a new roll of Scotch Magic tape in the Scotch tape dispenser in the bedroom. I went through my email earlier. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 9:15 P.M.: I threw out some garbage. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 9:00 P.M.: I shut chatted with my relatives, and they are in Lowell, Massachusetts, and it is raining there, so they have about two more hours to Kennebunkport, Maine. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 8:45 P.M.: I took a pint of fresh strawberries, and I cut the tops off them, and then I rinsed them underneath cold water in a wire strainer, and I then cut them into 1/3 inch thick slices, and I put them in a metal bowl. I then opened a 11 ounce can of Madame Mandarin oranges, and I strained the juice into a two cup measuring cup, and I put the Mandarin oranges in the metal bowl. I then opened a 8 ounce can of Geisha pineapple rings, and I strained the juice off into the pint measuring cup making about a cup of fruit juice, and I then cut the pineapple rings into quarters, and I put them in the metal bowl with the strawberries and Mandarin oranges, and I mixed them all together. I put the contents of a 2.75 ounce package of Royal strawberry flavor gelatin and a 2.75 package of Royal cheery gelatin into a 3 cup Pyrex bowl with lid. I then boiled 1.5 cups of water. I put four ounces of cold Rene Junot white table wine into the fruit juice measuring cup making 12 ounces of liquid. I then put the 12 ounces of boiling watering into the Pyrex bowl with the gelatin, and I mixed it until dissolved. I then added the 12 ounces of the cold white wine and fruit juice mixture to the Pyrex bowl, and I mixed it with the warm gelatin mixture. I then added gently, so as not to splash the fruit mixture. I mixed it all together a bit. I then put on the glass Pyrex lid, and I carefully moved it to the refrigerator. I should have a gelatin fruit mixture ready in about four hours, or to enjoy eating for the next three or four days. I will now throw out the garbage. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 7:45 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went downtown, and I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Subway sandwich shop on lower Greenwich Avenue on the east side of the street, and I bought for $6.03 a 12 inch turkey, ham, roast beef, Swiss cheese, green peppers, tomatoes, fresh spinach, sliced black olives, and mayonnaise on a 12 inch onion loaf of subway sandwich bread cut in half. I then walked back up Greenwich Avenue, and I ate half of the sandwich in front of the senior and the arts center. I then put the other half in my car, and I walked upper Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 7 ounce package of black licorice twists for $1.19, and two six foot three outlet extension cords for $1 each plus .19 tax for $3.38 total. I then completed my walk up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out for while. I then returned back down Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at the veterans monument, and I ate the other half of my sandwich. I then use the bathroom at the senior and the arts center, and I drank a couple of cups of cold water at the water jug dispenser in the cafeteria there. I then drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought fresh Chiquita bananas at .69 a pound for $1.34, and a 48 ounce can of Stop and Shop tomato juice for $1.50 for $2.84 total. I then returned home. I put another year old 48 ounce can of Stop and Shop tomato juice in the refrigerator. It should be still good. On hot days, one can put an 1/8 of a teaspoon of India hot curry in a 4 to 6 ounce glass of cold tomato juice, and the curry helps one not feel the heat. I then took the 15 foot extension cord off the bathroom G.E. cordless telephone, and I connected it up with a 6 foot extension cord. I then put the spare 15 foot extension cord along with the new 6 foot extension cord in the cable box underneath the living room desk. I drank some iced tea and cold filtered water. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 4:20 P.M.: My relatives stopped by at 3:30 P.M.. I chatted with them. Two of them used the bathroom upstairs, and the other relative did not want to climb the six steps on the landing because she is on a cane. I gave them my Panasonic 2.4 GHz cordless telephone with speaker phone to use the in the house up north in Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm . It has a longer range for a larger area than an apartment such as a house. We chatted with some neighbors. They left at 4 P.M.. One my relatives gave me two Ralph Lauren Chaps short sleeve cotton regular shirts from T.J. Max. tjmaxx.com . They are extra large size, so they will fit me. One is white blue and yellow check, and the other one is white, brown, black, and red check. I put the Panasonic 2.4 GHz cordless telephone from the bathroom on the living room desk, where the other one was located. I put the General Electric 900 MHz telephone back in the bathroom. Both of them are on Optimum Voice. I will now go downtown for a walk. I will shut down the computer. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 3:05 P.M.: I am waiting for my relatives to visit. I went out after the last message, and I mailed the Asus motherboard back to http://www.newegg.com/ for $8.55 Priority Mail. I picked up two more priority mail boxes including shipping labels. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and I bought for $5 a Uniden 900 MHz 2 line cordless telephone. I then returned home after driving part way down Greenwich Avenue. I took the General Electric 900 MHz cordless telephone out of the bathroom, and I put the Panasonic 2.4 GHz telephone in its place connected to Optimum Voice. I put the General Electric 900 MHz cordless telephone which has a new battery on the hutch shelf where the batteries are. I installed the Uniden 900 MHz cordless 2 line telephone on the left front of the bedroom desk. It is connected to both Optimum Voice and Verizon. It takes 18 to 24 hours to charge up, but the battery seems to be holding a charge. I will program it once it is charged up. I put a new 9 volt battery in Radio Shack NOAA weather warning radio on my side table in the bedroom. When I picked up the mail, my order from http://www.jab-tech.com/ for Arctic CERAMIQUE 2.5g arrived, and I put it in my computer tool case to the left of my primary computer on the floor. My relatives called, and they will be here in 10 to 15 minutes. I will now go downstairs and wait for them. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 12:40 P.M.: I called http://www.newegg.com/ , and I got a refund RMA from them on the Asus motherboard. They emailed it to me. I put the Asus motherboard box with motherboard in the Priority Mail box, and I labeled it with the Newegg RMA label. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out and mail it. I received a call from a relative, and they will not be stopping by here until about 3 P.M.. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 11:20 A.M.: I was awake at 9 A.M.. I chatted with a relative. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. While eating breakfast, I did a Windows XP backup Automatic System Recovery backup from the C: drive to the D: drive.. I had to reopened the computer case to attach the floppy drive power cable which came unattached. It is now working fine. I adjusted the third case fan temperature censor, so all four case fan monitors are now working correctly. I washed my breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I will now shower and clean up. My relatives are due to arrive here about 1:30 P.M.. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 2:40 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. I will be awake about 9:30 A.M.. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 2:20 A.M.: When I say the Asus motherboard would not boot, I mean it would show the startup screen or anything when I turned on the computer. I microwaved a Maria Callender 14 ounce turkey dinner with stuffing that I will now eat with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/08/05 Wednesday 2:05 A.M.: I have been busy. I put together the Symantec backup computer to test, and I took out a memory chip from the primary computer to test it, but the new AMD XP Athlon processor did not work. I then put the memory chip back in the primary computer, and the primary computer would not boot. I disconnected a number of times, and I tried reseating the memory in a number of configurations, and it still would not work. I tested the processor on the Symantec computer, and it was fine. I tried clearing the CMOS with the cards removed as Asus suggested, but this did not fix the problem. I finally gave up, and I took the new Asus motherboard out of the primary computer, and I removed the old Symantec motherboard from the Northgate case, and I installed it back in the primary computer. I installed the cards and cables and memory and processor and CPU cooler, and I closed up the case, and I connected it back up, and I booted it, and it works just fine. I have to called Symantec for Internet Security 2004 product activation. I cleaned up the work area in the bedroom. The problem with the Asus motherboard might be a memory problem, but I tried all of the combinations, and it did not work. Thus I carried the heavy Antec case back and forth to the bedroom a number of times to work on it. I will check with http://www.newegg.com/ about returning it, and I will contact the AMD vendor about the bad processor. I am a bit tired. I have relatives coming by to visit at 12:30 P.M. today. The computer as configured is running just fine. However the third case fan LCD temperature light does not still does not work, but it worked when I tested it with the case open. Perhaps when the case fan hit the sensor while I was working on the computer yesterday, it messed it up, but it does work some of the time. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 5:15 P.M.: I put away the laundry. I installed Microsoft Money 2005 standard, Microsoft Picture It! Premium Edition 10, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Version 15, and the World Book Encyclopedia full install standard edition 2005 version 9.00. I ran Norton WinDoctor 2003. I will now do a C: drive to D: drive backup with Microsoft Windows XP backup automatic system recovery. While doing this, I will start building the Syntax backup computer, and I will first install the motherboard with processor and CPU cooler and PC133 memory from the Dell backup computer, and I will test it to see if the new AMD Athlon XP 2400 Mhz processor works in it, before I finished building and configuring it. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 3:30 P.M.: I have 35 minutes to go on the dry cycle of the laundry. I opened up the computer case, and I moved the temperature sensors around to better positions, and they all seem to be working now. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 2:50 P.M.: After breakfast I threw out some garbage. I started two loads of laundry, and I have 12 minutes to go on the wash cycle. I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom. I switched the computer audio back to the Plantronics DSP500 headset. I will now wash the breakfast dishes. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 1:35 P.M.: I reinstalled the Creative Live MP3+ drivers. The Creative mixer now works. I have a desktop icon for "Sounds and Audio devices" , and I enabled the computer speaker system with it instead of the Plantronics DSP500 headset. I am listening to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/live_news.ram , and it sounds just fine. I normally keep it set to the Plantronics DSP500 headset which is quieter. I will change it back after I eat breakfast. I guess if the American news media does not pay attention to me, I could say I run the local BBC news office as a volunteer here in Greenwich, Connecticut as opposed to Greenwich, England. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 12:50 P.M.: I read the Asus motherboard manual after I shut down the computer this morning. I had a telephone call at noon. I opened up the computer case without disconnecting it, and I reset the motherboard voltage dip pin to the lower default. I adjusted the Case Fan Monitor temperature sensors, and they all worked. I closed up the computer, and I booted it, but now once again the lower rear case fan temperature sensor does not work, and it just displays "LLL". Possibly it has something to do with the new motherboard settings for the CPU and case fans, since it happens after I boot. The upper rear one works just fine, so the lower temperature setting is not really necessary. Both RPM monitors work though. I will now make breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I will then wash the breakfast dishes and make my bed. I will have to be up earlier tomorrow morning, since I will be having some relatives stop by on their way north. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 4:10 A.M.: I ran Norton Update, Windows Updates, Office Update, Norton WinDoctor 2003, and Ad-awareSE. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 3:20 A.M.: Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 3:20 A.M.: I made up a batch of Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks . Instead of a 11 ounce tin of Campbell's pork and beans, I used a 16 ounce tin of B&M baked beans with bacon and onion flavor. I will now eat it with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 2:45 A.M.: My bios is version 1007, and I might need 1009 for the AMD XP Athlon 2400 to work in my computer, but first later on today after I sleep I will try it with the Syntax motherboard. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 2:20 A.M.: I hooked up the AT&T wireless router to the hub in front of the Dell backup computer, so it is available for use. I will study the Asus motherboard manual a bit more tomorrow. I put the voltage dip pin on the motherboard on the higher setting when I was testing the processor, but it does not change anything, but gives one the ability to increase the settings more in the CMOS which could be dangerous to the CPU. I put the Asus motherboard manual in its clamp binder on the Dell backup computer keyboard. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 1:50 A.M.: I thought I might have had a bent pin on the AMD 2400 processor, but after I straightened it out and tested it, it still did not work, so I put in the AMD Athlon 2000 MHz processor, and it is working just fine. I disconnected the AT&T wireless router from the Siemens router, and I connected up the onboard LAN as well as the LAN card to the router. All four temperature settings are working on the case fan monitor now. Possibly the AMD processor is a Barton or some other model that does not work with the Asus motherboard. I will try it with my Syntax motherboard tomorrow. I will now clean up my work area in the bedroom. I put the blue blanket over the quilt while I was working on the computer. The icons are now on the left monitor, and the tray is on the bottom of the right center monitor. Well in any event I have room to grow with my new motherboard. I also have the Creative Live MP3+ card in the case, which I don't have set to be active, but instead the Plantronics DSP 500 headset. I also have the Diamond Stealth 32 meg PCI card, and the four port USB 2.0 card, and the Macronix 10/100 LAN card, along with the MadDog 8X? 64 meg AGP card. Thus if one studies the motherboard at ASUS A7V880 motherboard , one will see I have room to increase the system power and features as I can afford it. CIO
Note: <888> 06/07/05 Tuesday 12:15 A.M.: I have the new ASUS A7V880 ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM refurbished at Newegg.com for $36 plus $1 FedEx Saver Shipping installed on the primary computer, and it is running just fine. I was not able to get the new eBay item 6774353505 (Ends Jun-02-05 08:07:11 PDT) - AMD Athlon 2400 XP Processor AXDA2400DKV3C to work with it, so I am using the AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor from my old Syntax motherboard. When I booted with all of my devices connected, Windows XP Professional recognized the new motherboard and installed all of my devices. I have it set it up for video init of AGP, so my icons are on the right or center monitor. Still the system is running just fine. It has an onboard high speed Marvel Yukon LAN, which I think I will connect up to my router. I also installed a regular 10/100 LAN card. I have four PCI slots used and one free one. The system seems to be running just fine. I will now shut down briefly and install the onboard LAN to my router. I will run the Dell backup computer from the Hub instead of the router. Thus until I can figure out the problem with new AMD processor, I might not be able to set up the second backup computer. Perhaps it is defective, since it was not tested, or perhaps it is not a compatible processor. The computer would not do anything with it installed. One of my rear case fan temperature readings is not working. I think it hit the fan, but the other one next to it works fine along with the two primary ones. I will check that out at some other time. Still the primary computer with the new ASUS motherboard is working just fine. I set up the CMOS with most of the BIOS defaults when I first booted the computer the first time. I will now straighten up my bedroom work area, and the rest of the areas that are disorganized. I did not use a rear case flange, since neither of the two that I had fit with the new motherboard. CIO
Note: <888> 06/06/05 Monday 7:55 P.M.: I rebooted the computer, and I set the Video Init in the CMOS to AGP, so when I reuse the Syntax motherboard, it will boot off the onboard AGP. I opened the ASUS motherboard, and it is just the motherboard with no cables, manual, CD, or other items that normally come with the motherboard. I am printing out the manual from the internet. It looks like my existing rear CASE flange might work with it, if not I won't use one. The original Antec case flange won't fit. I can order one off the internet, but I don't feel like waiting. I will now download the drivers to the C: drive, and I will also burn them to a CD to have available for installation. I will then start working on the installation. CIO
Note: <888> 06/06/05 Monday 7:30 P.M.: I was awake at noon today. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I showered and cleaned up. I checked my mail, and the AMD Athlon 2400 XP processor that I ordered for $20 and $9 shipping for $29 total eBay item 6774353505 (Ends Jun-02-05 08:07:11 PDT) - AMD Athlon 2400 XP Processor AXDA2400DKV3C arrived via Priority mail, and the order from http://www.5dollarsoftware.com/ that I bought for $5 each World Book Encyclopedia Standard 2005 , Microsoft Money 2005 & Picture It! 10 Premium , and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15 plus $3 USPS flat rate first class shipping for $18 total arrived. I put them in my apartment, and I went out to my 4 P.M. appointment. I then drove down by the waterfront, and I returned home, and I chatted with some neighbors. http://www.fedex.com/ had left an attempted delivery notice on my apartment door for ASUS A7V880 ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM refurbished at Newegg.com for $36 plus $1 FedEx Saver Shipping , and I called 1800GOFEDEX, and they told me it was at their Fedex depot by the Stop and Shop at Exit 6 on the New England Thruway on Adrmore Avenue across from the new Subaru dealership. I drove over there on the thruway to exit 6, and I picked it up. I noticed there was a new diner at that location called the City Limits diner, and there was also a Fairfield Inn where the old Days Inn once was. I then returned via the Post Road or Putnam Avenue since there was a lot of stalled west bound traffic on the turnpike. I did a Windows XP Automatic System Recovery backup of my primary computer system while I was away, so I am now ready to install the new motherboard and processor. I am pretty sure I have enough CPU thermal compound. The plunger still sticks out about .75 inch on the tube. CIO
Note: <888> 06/06/05 Monday 4:35 A.M.: I ate four ounces of Planter's dry roasted peanuts. The Greenwich Senior center has the sign up in front of their building saying the Greenwich Pops concert will be at Roger Sherman Baldwin park on Saturday June 11, 2005. It is always a festive occasion, and I have been to it many times. However, if one were security conscious, I would have to remind people that I was shot at with a high powered rifle at Tod's Point five years ago while I was bird watching during the last week of May, when it was cooler here. When I reported the incident nobody seemed to care, so I made another friend of mine that nobody knows here in Greenwich, the chief of security on certain matters relating to myself. Thus since the waterfront is an open area, more than likely it will be a secure event since they usually have plenty of police protection, but it would afford a target of opportunity that if someone were security conscious that I would advise against, since with today's modern weaponry, one could sitting there peacefully, and something could happen. Just like in Nantucket, it is such a small island that it is easy for any potential enemies to hunt one down even if one thought one had the protection of the United States Navy. If I felt security conscious, I would just move to Ashville, North Carolina, and take a low paying job, and I would let my hillbilly neighbors take care of the security problem. Of course since I am only half Dutch and only a distant relative of the Vanderbilt family, I would not be able to enjoy the hospitality of America's largest private home http://www.biltmore.com/ , and they obviously don't need somebody to help them with their computers. Currently their book is $5 off in June for $13.69 plus $9 shipping, and I would have bought it if it shipped via USPS book rate which is cheaper Biltmore Estate - Detail , plus they have this new book Biltmore Estate - Detail , but plenty of poor Dutch people over the years have tried to keep up with the Vanderbilts, only to end up wishing they had some money left over to buy tulips. Thus I will save my money and not order it. I went through my email. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Since I generally do not have any security problems as a most visible individual here in town, more than likely the individual shooter five years ago mistook me for someone else. Since the current President of the United States was in this area at that time, I would assume higher levels of security personnel are still looking into the matter. CIO
Note: <888> 06/06/05 Monday 3:25 A.M.: The liberal are still pushing Nantucket. Class Matters - Social Class in the United States of America - The New York Times . I checked out Nantucket for many years, and it has unsafe beaches, low wages, unsafe drivers, people who drink too much alcohol, people whom don't seem to know that there is a larger country out there, people whom don't seem to know their neighbors, people whom are basically from New York pretending to be old Yankees, since it is cheaper that way, people whom don't pay their bills, people whom gossip too much, people whom don't realize the Island is not really that exciting, and basically it is just a peaceful place, except for when one's neighbors get status conscious, and they start doing too much new construction. From my point of view, they are truly like the Grey lady waiting for their ships to return in life on some long forgotten dream that never returned back from the sea. Actually a lot of the long term residents were stationed there during World Wars for security reasons, and they kept coming back, and they never really seemed to realize the Wars ended, and there was no reason to be there anymore. Also from what I could tell 21 years ago, in an emergency Nantucket did not have adequate medical services at the hospital, and one might think one could fly off the island in an emergency, but frequently the island was fogged in. Thus the real Yankees were more practical, and they headed off to better fishing grounds. Of course the air is quite fresh there, but if one owns an automobile, one spends a lot of time in traffic, and since it is a small island, one does not really have much privacy, when one visits the small downtown area. I personally liked Biddeford Pool Visit Biddeford Pool, a charming coastal village in southern Maine. which is north of Kennebunkport, Maine http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/137.htm , but the ocean there can be just as dangerous. I suppose I spent so much time out on Nantucket that I view it as a remote island out at sea, and not as a tourist summer getaway. When one is there from April to December, the August vacation season goes by in a flash, and since it is so remote with not much happening, people always seem to need to know something to talk about. They younger generation whom I lived around thought the Hidden Forest was a big secret, but from what I could tell, the real estate speculators controlled the island, and a great many people quit going to the Cape Islands which included Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard because of the large amount of Lyme Disease from Deer ticks on the islands. However, even back in 1968 when I recall first visiting the island, people were frequently getting Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Thus the New York Times as usual is selling another kettle of fish, but more than likely on Nantucket one would not be bothered by wild animals, but there are plenty of dangerous fish in the ocean to worry about. CIO
Note: <888> 06/06/05 Monday 2:05 A.M.: I have noticed although he is younger by ten years, Jean Claude Van Damme has a bit of the same look that I had when I was younger, but he is 5 foot 8 inches tall, and I am 6 feet tall. So beware on picking on shorter people. His bio information is Jean Claude Van Damme Profile, Gossip, News, and Picture at CelebrityWonder.com and JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME . I once saw someone around here that looked like him, and he frequently was in the company of a white German Shepard dog that looked like it could take care of itself. Whatever the case, since I am 4 inches taller, hopefully we won't be mistaken for each other. My martial arts skills are limiting to calling "911" and sometimes I eat a lot of garlic in my hummus, so I occasionally stink like garlic. Of course out in Illinois in the Midwest of the United States of America, there are a great many people whom look like me, but they are substantially larger living near a large source of food. More than likely they work in heavy engineering projects such as farming and other more labor intensive jobs. I have noticed one person in this area over the years that I treat like the Boss since he looks like he travels here from the Midwest, and he has the look of an Illinois sheriff or other formidable type of person that would deal with larger people in the Midwest. As I recall, he is about 6 foot 8 inches tall, and he weighs about 300 pounds, and he is about 60 years old, and he tends to project a formidable appearance in this area, but in the Midwest he would probably be regarded as just another ordinary citizen going about his business. Of course some large men in the Midwest might have smaller wives, so they frequently are the diplomats and having smaller children whom don't notice the other giants in their neighborhood, they frequently assume everyone else around them is about their size. CIO
Note: <888> 06/06/05 Monday 1:20 A.M.: I went to http://www.jab-tech.com/ which is up north of us in Hanover, New York, and I ordered Arctic CERAMIQUE 2.5g for $3.99 which includes free first class mail USPS delivery for $3.99 total. I have some in my computer tool kit, but I don't want to run out when I do the new CPU and motherboard upgrade and the backup computer configuration. CIO
Note: <888> 06/06/05 Monday 12:20 A.M.: I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note: <888> 06/05/05 Sunday 11:20 P.M.: I chatted with a relative who has an IQ of 176, and the relative suggested that I take down the Saudi Arabian flag since they still practice slavery in Saudi Arabia. Thus I took it down for the umpteenth time. Of course slavery down in the southern United States in the old days and around the world has been advertised for many years. Of course up north in the more developed part of the world, we have a modern form of slavery. Well educated and well informed people whom are over qualified are cohered into volunteering their services as volunteers for various groups and organizations, and since they are never paid for their services, by a legal definition it would be considered slavery. Of course in Russia and China and some other less developed countries, they just called it Communism. Whatever, the case when the volunteers don't get paid, they are not in a financial position to pay other people for goods and services. Words from the wise. CIO
Note: <888> 06/05/05 Sunday 10:55 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used all of the regular ingredients, but I used 25 grape tomatoes along with all of the other regular ingredients. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop New York extra sharp cheddar cheese. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I chatted with two relatives. I used my toilet brush, my potato brush, and a old toothbrush, and I cleaned out all of the water scum from inside the toilet tank, so hopefully it will be fresher, and I added a new Stop and Shop blue toilet tank tablet. I am waiting for a relative to call back. CIO
Note: <888> 06/05/05 Sunday 8:05 P.M.: I had a telephone call from a relative about 10 P.M. this morning. I slept until 1:30 P.M.. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with margarine, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then showered and cleaned up. I went out, 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 the senior and the arts center. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 16 ounce jar of Planter's lightly salted dry roasted peanuts for $1.99. I completed my walk, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I drove down by the waterfront. They were just closing down the antique car show. I went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought four eight ounce bars of http://www.cabotcheese.com/ Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese for $2 each, a clear shower curtain liner for $1.50, a 30 count box of small 4 gallon plastic trash bags for $1.79, a pound of fresh strawberries for $1.78, for $13.27 total. I then drove across the street to the Food Emporium, and I bought four 16.9 ounce bottles of Monari Federzoni Balsamic Vinegar from Modena, Italy for $2.50 each, four 8 ounce bars of America's Choice 50% less fat cream cheese for .99 each, four America's Choice 8 ounce bars of two Monterey Jack and two Extra Sharp cheese for $1.29 each and two 5 ounce containers of Cardini croutons for $1.50 each, and a bulb of Elephant garlic for $2.50 for $28.21 total. I then returned home, and I put away my purchases, and I drank some iced tea. I chatted with a relative, and I then installed the new clear shower curtain liner in the bathroom, and I threw out the old liner. CIO
End of Scott's Notes week of 06/05/05:
Note: <888> 06/05/05 Sunday 2:10 A.M.: I went through my email. I will now send out my weekly notes. I will then shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO
Note: <888> 06/05/05 Sunday 1:40 A.M.: I sent a few more email back on the inquiry about Fred. My http://www.5dollarsoftware.com/ order has shipped, and its tracking for the USPS is available from USPS - Track & Confirm with tracking number "9101805213907757146743" . CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 10:30 P.M.: I reheating the remaining cooked vermicelli in its Rubbermaid container, and the tomato sauce which I put in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid for two reheat cycles on the General Electric microwave oven, and I put it on a dinner plate with a thin layer of grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I replied to an email about if I had any photographs from parties at the Le Jardin discothèque in Manhattan at about the time that I met www.geocities.com/mikelscott/fred.htm and Joe McDonald around October 1973. I suggested that John Addison the manager might have some or Carol Maytag who threw a birthday party there might have some. CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 9:55 P.M.: I set up and programmed the same 34 memory dial telephone numbers on the Panasonic 2.4 Ghz cordless telephone in the bedroom. I also setup and programmed the Uniden 2.4 Ghz telephone underneath the living room television, and since it is a Verizon local telephone number without long distance service, I only put on 8 local number including the 3 Net2Phone Access numbers that are local for me, which are Port Chester, New York; Stamford, Connecticut for 2.5 cents a minute for domestic long distance telephone calls including Canada I think, and for their 800 access number also for 6.9 cents a minute. Their cheaper local access numbers are at Net2Phone - Net2Phone Direct Calling Card - Access Numbers . I don't use Net2Phone much anymore for long distance except for when I travel, since I have Optimum Voice. CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 7:05 P.M.: I followed the instructions, and I set up the Panasonic 2.4 Ghz cordless telephone on the living room desk including programming its memory dial factions with 34 telephone numbers. I now have to set up the one in the bedroom. I chatted with a relative. CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 4:00 P.M.: I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea. I took my five 2.4 GHz cordless telephones, and I put them in my camera bag, and I went outside, and I tested them. All five work from the front entrance beneath my apartment building entrance. However, the two Panasonic ones work the best and as far on the driveway at the family apartments. The bedroom Panasonic 2.4 GHz model KX-TG2553B also works outside by the back east entrance to my building, and I tested it by calling my other telephone line. Since the bedroom unit is almost identical to the living room model, more than likely the reason it works at that location is that its base unit is in the bedroom, which might have less building airwave interference to that location. Of course I do not know how strong the battery life is on them as far as time of use, but with new rechargeable batteries, the Panasonic cordless model are suppose to be good for four hours use. Also possibly with the RadioShack more powerful batteries 1200 mAh instead of 700 mAh, they might have a longer range. However, the batteries in all five 2.4 Ghz cordless units are good for use in the apartment, which is their primary function. Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 72 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 3:10 P.M.: I went to Amazon.com: Electronics: Panasonic KX-TG2553B 2.4GHz DSS Cordless Phone with Caller ID (Black) , and I downloaded the manual for the one like it that I have in my bedroom, and I went to http://support.radioshack.com/support_phones/doc70/70173.pdf , and I downloaded the manual for the model # KX-TG2563S that I have on my living room desk. If I ever need batteries for them, I can get the Panasonic P-P510 battery here Panasonic P-P510 Battery or Panasonic P-P510 Cordless Phone Battery - BatterySavings.com or at our local RadioShack, they have a similar battery that is more powerful for it according to their battery finder RadioShack 3.6V/1200mAh NiMH Battery, and one would not have to wait or pay shipping, but right now the batteries on them seem to work just fine. It would seem that I should use the more powerful battery when I replace them in the future, when I need to. And here http://www.uniden.com/productsupport2.cfm?product=EXAI2248 I found the manual for the white Uniden EXA12248 2.4 GHz cordless telephone with answering machine. The Uniden has a BT-905 which is 3.6 V and 600 mAh, and it is similar to the Southwestern Bell batteries at CVS for $8.99, and the RadioShack battery finder suggests RadioShack 3.6V/700mAh Ni-Cd Battery . I printed out all three manuals, and I put the two Panasonic manuals in a new clamp binder, and I put the Uniden manual in the clamp binder that I have my Panasonic 2 line telephone manual in, and both manual clamp binders are on the end the down sofa by the French reproduction sitting chair by the 2 line Panasonic telephone. CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 1:45 P.M.: I am making up a fresh batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 1:20 P.M.: I was off on my inventory www.geocities.com/mikelscott/inventory.htm by 10 rolls of toilet paper, so I must not be good at keeping track of my spare toilet paper. CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 1:15 P.M.: After breakfast, I chatted with another relative again. I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed. I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors. I picked up my mail. My order from http://www.shutterfly.com/ of 15 free 4 inch by 6 inch pictures plus $1.99 shipping arrived. I put those pictures and the 10 free pictures from CVS in the far right photograph album in the center hallway bookcase behind the Saudi Arabian flag. CIO
Note: <888> 06/04/05 Saturday 11:45 A.M.: I chatted with a friend at 7:30 A.M., and the friend had just moved into the inexpensive condominiums up on the Bridgeport Fairfield, Connecticut border called St. Mary's By the Sea, and they have views of Long Island Sound, and the friend bought two 1 bedroom condominiums for $250,00 each with about $2,500 year taxes each and $250 a month common charges each. The friend is renting one to help pay for the other. The friend says he likes taking the three mile walk on Fairfield beach each morning. My friend is in real estate Country Living Associates Wilton, Connecticut Richard Van Marter sales associate , so he knows value in what he buys in real estate. I guess the taxes are lower, since they are located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is also able to keep his boat nearby. The princess phone fell off the night stand, so I used a 20 pound OOK nail and hook, and I hung the white princess style phone on the wooden speaker that sits on top of the night stand, so now it will not fall off the night stand. I went back to bed until 10 A.M.. I chatted with a relative. Another relative called, and I called back the other relative using the Panasonic two line telephone, and all three of us chatted with the conference feature. While talking my order of 10 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $11.49 a carton plus $19 first time shipping but regularly $1.70 a carton shipping for 5-14 cartons for less $5 first time order for $128.90 which I paid for when I ordered them. The first time orders take a little bit longer, because they have to setup electronic funds transfer from one's checking account, and they also charge $2 to verify with the post office that one is over 21 years old, and it arrived via the postal person via the United States post office from http://www.ordersmokesdirect.com/ . The sent along their advertising logo on a magnetic decal that I put on my refrigerator. Current weather in Greenwich, Connecticut is 66 degrees Fahrenheit Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Forecast . I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 11:30 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 10:35 P.M.: I chatted with two friends. I put three quarts of water in a four quart Revere pot, and I also put in a dash of salt and a teaspoon of olive oil, and I brought it all to a boil. I boiled a 16 ounce package of Ronzoni vermicelli noodles for 8 minutes, and I drained the water off into a colander sitting in a six quart Revere pot. I poured the discarded hot water down the bathroom sink drain to clean it out. I put half the contents of a Franceso Rinaldi three cheese tomato sauce in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and halfway through the spaghetti boiling process, I reheated on the General Electric microwave proof oven the tomato sauce, and I put the tomato sauce on half of the spaghetti on a dinner plate, and I added grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. I put the remaining jar of tomato sauce in the refrigerator along with the remaining half of the spaghetti in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I drained the hot vermicelli water into another pot, and I threw it down the bathroom sink to clean it out. CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 9:05 P.M.: Also at http://www.greenwichpolo.com/ they are having a match this Sunday June 5, 2005 http://www.greenwichpolo.com/Schedule.htm . I saw a large horse trailer from the Ten Mile River Farm in Texas downtown today. CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 8:50 P.M.: I was awake at 9:30 A.M. this morning. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I did my house cleaning and watering the plants. I threw out the garbage, and I also threw out the old periodical literature. I picked up my mail. I then ate a Swanson's 7 ounce chicken pot pie with a glass of iced tea. I then showered and cleaned up. I brought my cart that I carry large grocery loads with me down to the car. I then went downtown, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the drive in teller at the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, but they were closed today, because they were putting new asphalt on their parking lot. I then went downtown, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. I picked up two Metro North train schedules at the Greenwich train station. I chatted with another night person. I stopped by the Greenwich Hardware store, and I stopped by CVS. I sat out at various locations. I then used the bathroom again at the Senior and the Arts Center. They are going to have the Greenwich Pops concert in the park at the Roger Sherman Baldwin park on Saturday June 11, 2005. I am pretty sure that is the day according to the sign. They were setting up for Greenwich Concours d ' Elegance at Roger Sherman Baldwin park for this weekend. They have put up tents there and at the Royal Bank of Scotland Greenwich Capital Markets for some event. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Greenwich Exxon station Greenwich Automotive next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $15.75 of premium unleaded gasoline at $2.659 a gallon for 74.5 miles driving since a week ago last Tuesday, at 12.4 miles per gallon averaging driving 10 miles per hour downtown. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of Thomas' onion bagels for $1.69, a dozen cage free brown organic eggs for $1.99, a pound of Stop and Shop skim mozzarella cheese for $2.99, four 59 ounce containers of Simply Orange orange juice with calcium for $2.50 each, two 16 ounce bars of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese for $3.69 each, two 5.5 ounce boxes of Pepperidge Farm classic Caesar generous cut croutons for $1.59 each, three Stop and Shop toilet bowl blue drop-in tablets for .99 each, four 16 ounce packages of San Giorgio vermicelli for .50 each, four 16 ounce packages of San Giorgio #9 spaghetti for .50 each, a 15 ounce box of Stop and Shop low fat saltines for .99, a 4.25 ounce dry can of California black pitted medium olives for .99, a 28 ounce can of Goya chic peas for $1.19, a 3 pound bag of onions for $2.79, fresh Chiquita bananas for .69 a pound for $1.52, two pints of grape tomatoes for $2 each for $49.85 total. I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, but they closed at 7 P.M. before I got there. I have enough cigarettes for this evening. Possibly my cigarettes will arrive tomorrow. They were being sent by the Seneca Indian reservation store http://www.ordersmokesdirect.com/ yesterday via Priority Mail from up around Lake Erie, New York. If not I will have to wait until Monday. I then returned home, and I used my cart to bring up my purchases. I drank some iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 2:25 A.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 1:50 A.M.: I know members of the Cary family in New York State http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-with-distant-relative-whom-knows-about-horses-with-relative-whom-knows-about-railroads-putnam-hotel-in-saratoga-ny-about-summer-1990.jpg , and this is what they did before they got into the horse business in New York state Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg . CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 1:25 A.M.: BBC NEWS Technology Microsoft adopts web file styles . CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 1:15 A.M.: I printed out two sets of Greenwich, Connecticut tide charts for June to November 2005. I will keep one set in the apartment, and one set in my Volvo. I finished going through my email. CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 12:55 A.M.: For any waterfront observers, try http://www.maineharbors.com/ , and for Greenwich, Connecticut http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/tidectw.htm and for June 2005 http://www.maineharbors.com/ct/jungrw05.htm . CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 12:50 A.M.: Three times the price of normal postage, but interesting http://photo.stamps.com/ . CIO
Note: <888> 06/03/05 Friday 12:15 A.M.: MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com . CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 11:55 P.M.: I logged onto http://www.5dollarsoftware.com/ , and I bought for $5 each World Book Encyclopedia Standard 2005 , Microsoft Money 2005 & Picture It! 10 Premium , and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15 plus $3 USPS flat rate first class shipping for $18 total. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 11:40 P.M.: I made Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks . Instead of a 11 ounce can of Campbells pork and beans, I use a 16 ounce tin of B&M baked beans with bacon and onion flavor. I ate it all with a glass of iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 10:40 P.M.: My order from http://www.newegg.com/ for the ASUS A7V880 ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM refurbished at Newegg.com for $36 plus $1 FedEx Saver Shipping shipped via Fedex from Santa Fe Springs, California at 4:34 P.M. today, and it is due for delivery at Tuesday June 7, 2005 at 4:30 P.M. FedEx Express Tracking Results Detail Mike Scott Asus Motherboard . The tracking on the AMD Athlon XP 2400 Mhz processor from San Jose, California is USPS - Track & Confirm AMD CPU , but it is not in the system as of yet. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 10:20 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I put my air conditioner on Power Saver mode on low on 72 degrees Fahrenheit before I went out. I went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought two Panasonic 2.4 Gigarange Extreme cordless telephones for $7.50 each and a Uniden 2.4 gigahertz telephone for $3.75 for $18.75 total. Two of them came with their telephone cords, and they all came with their power adaptors. I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area. The new elevator on the cross over ramp still is not finished. I sat out at various locations. I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I stopped by CVS, and I bought a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts for $1.99. I then drove down by the waterfront. I reset my Volvo radio code, so it now works. It had a dead battery when I returned from Florida, and when ever the power is disconnected or run down, the Radio Security code needs to be reset. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnum Trust Bank of New York. I then returned home. I hooked up one of the Panasonic 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephones to Optimum Voice and put it on the open drawer in front of the Dell backup computer on the right side of the living room desk. I hooked up the other one to Optimum Voice, and I put it on the left side front of the bedroom desk. I put the Uniden 2.4 gigahertz cordless telephone on the arm of the long green sofa beneath the television in the living room, and it is hooked up to Verizon. They all seem to work just fine, and they seem to be charging up just fine. I moved the General Electric 900 Mhz cordless telephone from the location be the television to the left side of the bathroom bookcase beneath the black wall Verizon telephone, and it is hooked up to Optimum Voice. I moved the Uniden Spread Spectrum telephone from the bedroom desk, and I hooked it up to Optimum Voice at the kitchen entrance, and I place it on the small dark oak table at the kitchen entrance. I moved the Southwestern bell corded telephone from that location to the side board in the bedroom hooked up to Optimum Voice. I moved the General Electric big button telephone from that location, and I hooked it up to Verizon, by the telephone table at the apartment entrance. I move the generic white princess style telephone from that location, and I put it beside my bed on the right side on the night stand hooked up to Verizon. I used a 50 foot telephone cable that I had to hook it up from the bedroom wall junction. I labeled all the telephones Verizon or Optimum Voice. I use a 15 white extension cord to give the bathroom cordless telephone power, and I also ran a long telephone cable to it from the Optimum Voice bedroom junction. I will program the memory functions on the telephones at a later date. I chatted with a relative, and I chatted with a friend. I left a message with another friend. I now have six telephones in the apartment hooked up to Verizon, and I have 10 telephones hooked up to Optimum Voice for 16 telephones now connected. I also have two speaker phones and several of the telephones have speaker phone functions, and I also have telephone capabilities through the high speed internet cable modem. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 1:30 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 1:05 P.M.: I went outside, and I threw away a banana peel. I called up http://www.ordersmokesdirect.com/ , and they said my cigarette order was on the truck and ready to ship today Priority Mail, so I guess it should be here about Monday. I will have to sign for the first order to prove, I am over 18. They said the first order takes longer, because they have to process the online banking transfer. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 11:35 A.M.: I was awake at 10:30 A.M.. Since once I replace the Syntax SV266M motherboard with the new ASUS A7V880 motherboard , I will have the old Northgate case, original power supply, original CPU cooler, and memory, hard drives, and cards from my Dell backup computer, I ordered for $20 and $9 shipping for $29 total eBay item 6774353505 (Ends Jun-02-05 08:07:11 PDT) - AMD Athlon 2400 XP Processor AXDA2400DKV3C . Thus I will have the parts to build a second faster backup computer with my spare parts. I fell like the Dr. Frankenstein of computers. I will now eat breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 1:15 A.M.: I studied the ASUS A7V880 motherboard manual. It seems like it should work all right, of course one never knows. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
Note: <888> 06/02/05 Thursday 12:15 A.M.: I did a little bit of research on the ASUS A7V880 motherboard , and I found a refurbished OEM one at ASUS A7V880 ATX AMD Motherboard - OEM refurbished at Newegg.com for $36 plus $1 FedEx Saver Shipping , and I ordered it for $37 total. It has 5 PCI slots and other advanced features, so hopefully it will work with my existing computer configuration and parts without having to reinstall the operating system. http://www.newegg.com/ Fedex shipping from New Jersey generally arrives here in Greenwich, Connecticut fairly fast. I know I am taking a chance ordering a refurbished OEM motherboard, but it is all the I can afford at the moment. I ate 3 ounces of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts with some iced tea. CIO
Note: <888> 06/01/05 Wednesday 8:35 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on West Putnam Avenue, but they still do not have an ATM machine. I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next went by the Arnold Bread outlet, but they still do not have any croutons. I then went by Smokes for Less in Byram, and I bought four packages of Sonoma Lights cigarettes for $3.25 a package for $13 total. Sonoma is in the California wine country Sonoma County Wine Country Guide - Lodging, Wineries, Dining, Current Events . I guess the local west coast types are tired of me regularly smoking Seneca Ultra Lights 100 cigarettes which show the Canadian Rockies on their package. I then returned to my apartment. I chatted with a relative. I then went back out, and I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I bought a number 28 scratch card "Pay Day" for a dollar at Zen stationary. I scratched it, but I did not win. I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center. I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 7 ounce bags of black licorice for $1.19 a bag, and a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts for $1.99 plus .14 tax for $4.51 total. I then completed my walk. With the higher prices of gasoline, there is not much traffic after rush hour. I next drove down by the waterfront. I then returned home. It seems a bit cooler for this time of year, and the current temperature is 64 degrees Fahrenheit Greenwich, Connecticut, US 06830 - Local Weather & Forecast . Well, I guess it is, "All Quiet on the Eastern Front". CIO
Note: <888> 06/01/05 Wednesday 4:05 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used all of the regular ingredients, but instead of tuna fish, I use a tin of sardines that I chopped, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop New York extra sharp cheddar cheese. I also put 10 grape tomatoes on the salad with 8 pitted California black olives. I ate the salad with a glass of iced tea. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO
Note: <888> 06/01/05 Wednesday 2:30 P.M.: I surfed the net looking for bargains, but I can not really afford any this month. About 1:30 P.M., my full/queen size Rose Garden Embellished Quilts and Shams arrived via the United States Post Office delivery person, and in the mail box were my British and Canadian case badges that I ordered from *Free USPS Shipping* Case Badges - UK Flag, stickers, labels, tags, #R9 - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $2.99 and *Free USPS Shipping* Canadian Flag Case Badge (stickers, labels, tags), FL-2 - Best Computer Online Store w/ Discount Prices; Directron.com, Houston Texas for $2.99 with free USPS shipping for $5.98 total. I sat outside briefly, and I chatted with some neighbors. My cigarette order has not arrived yet, but I have two packs in the apartment, and one pack in the Volvo. I also can afford to buy them at regular price until the order arrives any day now. Since the front of the Antec case is slightly curves, I put the British flag case badge above the U.S.A. flag badge, and I put the Canadian flag case badge below the U.S.A. flag. Thus my computer is now more Anglophile. I took the old orange quilted bed spread off the bed in the bedroom, and I put it in the new quilt's packaging, and I put it on the top bedroom closet shelf. The new quilt is 90 inches by 90 inches, so I spread it over my full size bed. Since I have a double stack of king size pillows, it is just long enough to reach over the pillows lengthwise. I probably should have ordered the king size quilt which is 90 inches by 108 inches, but it will do and looks fine. I put the two of the sham pillows on top of the quilt on top of the king size pillows with the third one in front of the pillows, and I put the light blue blanket on the end with the two large blue and white bolster pillows on top of it at the end. Thus I call my apartment the Key West apartment, and I guess I could call the bedroom with the pink and green quilt, the Bermuda bedroom. It all looks very nice. I posted these pictures: http://www.geocities.com/mike2scott2006/mike-scott-bedroom-bed-with-rose-garden-quilt-060105.JPG
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Note: <888> 06/01/05 Wednesday 12:15 P.M.: I paid my GEICO http://www.geico.com/ , Optimum Online, Optimum Voice, Cablevision http://www.cablevision.com/ , and Verizon http://www.verizon.com/ bills online. My Optimum Voice and Optimum Online bill was $24 less this month, since I overpaid it last month. CIO
Note: <888> 06/01/05 Wednesday 11:40 A.M.: I went to bed after the last message. I chatted with a friend about 5:30 A.M.. I had a neighbor call asking for a pack of cigarettes about 9 A.M., and I explained that I would be low until I get my cigarette delivery possibly today. I answered a computer magazine telephone call. I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, English muffin with strawberry jelly, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with some neighbors and the building custodian. I watched the rebroadcast from May 12, 2005 of the Governor's National Hurricane Conference. I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes. CIO
Note: <888> 06/01/05 Wednesday 1:45 A.M.: I did some regular computer work. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. CIO
