Note: <888> 08/31/07 Friday 10:10 A.M..:  BBC NEWS | UK | Prince Harry leads Diana tributes

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CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/07 Friday 9:50 A.M..:  I finished the house cleaning.  I threw out the garbage and old periodical literature, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I heard and saw a small rocket launch in the back yard baseball field, and I saw its capsule successfully land via parachute.  I did not see whom the rocket launchers were, but possibly we have some aeronautical engineers in the area.   I have a leather sewing awe with my Norwegian back pack that I sewed up in Nantucket back around 1977, and I can use it to repair my moccasins.   It seems like it might be a warm today, so I will stick around the air conditioner.   I have to pick up a relative with the Audi later on this afternoon or early this evening, so the relative can depart for Kennebunkport, Maine, so I might try to get a nap in since I have been up since midnight.  It sounds like there is a bit more traffic, so possibly this area is getting back to its normal level of activity, but more than likely it is just people leaving early for the Labor Day weekend.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/07 Friday 6:35 A.M..:  SlipperStore.Com - Men's Slippers, Women's Slippers, Sheepskin Slippers .  This like my old pair I have worn around the building for years Amazon.com: Slippers International Men's Suede Moccasin Slipper: Apparel .  I ate a couple of handfuls of dry roasted peanuts.  I ate two scoops of maple walnut ice cream.   I have not done my regular house cleaning in over a month, since before I went up to Kennebunkport, Maine for the first two weeks of August 2007, so in the long tradition of Dutch cleanliness, I will now start my house cleaning chores.  Since the Dutch have been around New Amsterdam for close to 400 years, they know to clean up this area.  There are plenty of Dutch people over seven feet tall whom seem to get their way when it comes up to cleaning up New Amsterdam.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/31/07 Friday 5:05 A.M..:  I woke up at 8 P.M. yesterday.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, two toasted English muffins with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I chatted with a relative.  I went back to bed until midnight.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with potato chips and a sliced dill pickle with iced tea.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I put a new sponge on the dishwashing wand.   I watered the plants, and I put out some white vinegar in the scent bowl.  I chatted with somebody in Manhattan about a crime that happened 16 years or more ago.  The Queen Mary II QM2 - Itinerary - 2007 is back in Manhattan today on its way to Halifax, Nova Scotia.  I think the Russian KGB has its Super Computer headquarters for North America in Nova Scotia, so possibly some of them travel on the Queen Mary II.  I paid my bills on line to www.cablevision.com for Digital Cable TV, Optimum Voice, and Optimum Online Cable Modem, www.cl-p.com for electricity, and www.verizon.com for local telephone service.  I also paid www.newegg.com for the High Definition TV antenna connected to my computer TV card.  I ordered from www.ordersmokesdirect.com four cartons of Native Ultra Lights 100s in a box for $12.99 a carton and $7.99 USPS Priority Mail shipping for $59.95 total.  The order for a relative for free Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Free Cultured Freshwater Pearl Necklace worth $19.99 for free with $2.95 shipping shipped on August 29, 2007 to my relative at their home address and not their post office box, so I hope they receive it, depending on the postal service.  The order for the cables from www.directron.com is suppose to arrive today UPS: Tracking Information .  Since they are longer cables, I might be able to install each of my two different hard drives on a separate cable with each cable also having a DVD drive, and since they are on separate IDE buses, they would work a lot faster when backing up hard drive to hard drive or copying DVDs to DVDs, which I do not do frequently.  Thus the only bill I still owe for this coming month of September is my rent bill to the Greenwich Housing Authority which has not arrived yet.  Usually once my bills are paid, it is usually Greenwich, Connecticut on $10 a day or less depending on what else I buy.  I chatted with a local security group, and from what I can tell not much is happening around here.  Maybe when people get back from vacation after Labor Day, the level activity might pick up, but with the higher prices of fuel, I do not think it will be all that busy.  CIO         

Note: <888> 08/30/07 Thursday 11:40 A.M..:  According to News 12, the crane story is an old story, and it should have been fixed by this past Wednesday morning.  Last night like many other nights when I have returned from downtown, there were several police department cars returning from my area, when I returned.  Obviously somebody from the local Greenwich Police department knows whom is using my computer equipment.  Since it is government housing I do not apparently have the right to prevent local government officials from using and messing up my computer equipment.  Representative Chris Shays visited the Senior Center yesterday according to News 12, so possibly he paid another visit here.  He should try visiting here in February, when people are dying instead of sun bathing.  From my viewpoint, if they dealed with me directly based on what I know instead of dealing with computer technology like it was television, they would learn that from what I know the news is only public relations, and from what I know some older people prefer not to be bothered by the younger generation whom are too adventuresome.   It is my professional viewpoint that when key computer setting change when the computer is turned off, that more than likely somebody has tampered with the computer for ulterior motives.  Having such skills with a relatively secure setup using a stealth mode of operation with out my permission would lead me to believe that the parties involved have some sort of separate agenda from the general welfare of the community at large.  Whatever the case if they have bothered me at my rather low obscure position of internet activity and computer usage, it is more than likely they have bothered people at a higher level of professional usage for whatever purposes that they might have.  The only reason my computer systems seem to work with out much problem is that I work at it all the time, and the fact that somebody tried to disable keyboard encryption would lead me to believe that somebody has installed a keyboard Trojan logger program on my computer.  A U.S. government official would not be able to legally do that, so more than likely it is somebody working for some other group with diverse interests.   I am tired, and it is hot outside, so I will now go to bed, and I will skip my 3 P.M. appointment today.  I do better with rest than tea and sympathy.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/07 Thursday 10:10 A.M..:  I chatted with a relative and a friend and a local security group.  I also chatted with two other government security groups.  From what I can tell not much is happening in Greenwich locally.  Possibly after Labor Day when some people might come back, it might get a bit busier.  I need to take a couple  of hours nap, and I have a 3 P.M. appointment.  I do not like stressful activity during my normal computer activity at night, but I felt some people might be interested in this story which does not seem to have generally covered by the media The Advocate - Experts work to disassemble crane .  From my professional point of view most of our home computer problems in my neck of the woods are caused by Scientology - Church of Scientology Official Site and their German engineering associates whom seem to enjoy reverse engineering and causing problems.   I will now put the computer in sleep mode and take a two hour nap.  I munched on a couple of pieces of cheese, and I finished off the potato chips.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/07 Thursday 8:00 A.M..: 

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I chatted with a number of security people in the area and around the country.  I finally figured out the computer security problems that I have been having and possible intrusions into my apartment to cause computer problems is probably being caused by agents of the Syrian government probably working with agents of the Russian government and other unknown parties they are able to bribe or buy off.  It does not make sense to me unless they are interested in stealing my Microsoft betas or other information off my computers which are basically generic setups.   One of the first people to have keys to my apartment 18 years was a jogger who still jogs this area and he is an associate of a well known Syrian in this area, and I once saw somebody about five years ago come out of my next door neighbors apartment who looked like the former president of Syria the father of the current president of Syria.  Thus it would seem to me by conjecture that more than likely the computer system problems that I have been having are caused by agents of the Syrian government.  When I go for a walk or an errand in downtown Greenwich, it is not to hard for somebody to spot me at one of my usual locations and with a cell phone call their contact to check out my apartment and cause computer mischief.  Since they are very cleaver at over riding the motion detection on the server and gaining access through the CMOS password, it would lead me to believe the only other person who knows the password told somebody which includes amongst his associates the President of IBM, and they do not consider my work important, so they tell other people and word gets around.  They are all Westport, Connecticut liberal who work in this area probably robbing us blind.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/07 Thursday 4:05 A.M..:  This is the local news stories that some of my neighbors are concerned about and other people do not know about The Advocate - Experts work to disassemble crane .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/30/07 Thursday 3:40 A.M..:  I chatted with an out of town security agency.   There is a big buck deal if you have got $500 you can get this for $500 after $300 instant rebate and $200 mail in rebate and $70 shipping, so at first it would cost you $770 and after the $200 mail in rebate it would be $570, but in this neck of the woods with the internet, I do not have time to watch television Newegg.com - ASTAR Silver 37" 16:9 12ms LCD HDTV w/ Built in ATSC Tuner Model LTV-37LS - Retail , but they will only get cheaper in the future.   If that out of town security agency does not start looking into some sort of social security benefits, I could always stay here until the town gets so expensive that only people from Saudi Arabia can afford to live here and their help, in which case I would be stuck volunteering for Saudi Arabia in a Jewish community which is much their attitude anyway around here as far as they think about me.  I still have my old copy of "Lawrence of Arabia" , but I am not big on Muslim religious law.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/07 Thursday 1:15 A.M..:  From the lower right bookcase shelf on the bedroom side board, I took out the computer parts plastic wrapping holders, and I put them in a grocery bag in the false ceiling above the bed in the bedroom.  I think I need them in case of any warranty claims.  I put the small books from the floor behind the bedroom door on that book shelf with some odd electronic components.  I moved my balsa wood air plane to on top of the Lindbergh radio, so I have repositioned my Air Force. You can buy one up at the Ridgefield, Connecticut hardware store for a couple of dollars.  Ridgefield, Connecticut is where Queen Beatrice of the Netherlands's nephew Eric use to live when he was not flying flowers around the world for www.klm.com .  He did not like Greenwich, Connecticut, since he thought the people were too uppity.   His family has lived in the same Schloss in Inchgiday in the Netherlands since the 14th century, so I guess you could say he is an Old Guard pilot.  I earlier had taken down the mahogany display stand from the wall to the right of the Orion television in the bedroom next to the bedroom thermostat, and I just put it on the left side above the bedroom closet.  It has room to display a few small items way up high.  I will now make my same baked breaded boneless breast of chicken dinner with vegetables and rice that I have been eating recently, which I will eat with a glass of iced tea.  I stock up on tea too when it is on sale.  A lot of old women in the New York area supposedly live on tea and toast, so we do a bit better out here, since we have a bread factory, and tea tends to be on sale a lot, and we have a nuclear power plant about 20 miles away to keep the tea warm and the toast toasted.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/30/07 Thursday 12:20 A.M..  I was awake today about noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I slept some more until 4 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I picked up my mail.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with potato chips and sliced dill pickle with iced tea.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I stopped by Zen stationary, and I played a #26 Super Match 3 scratch card for a dollar, but I lost.  I stopped by CVS during my walk.  I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought six 20 packs of Twinings www.twinings.com for $2.50 each for $15 total.  I got one box each of Earl Grey, Prince of Wales, Darjeeling, China Oolong, Indian Spiced Chai tea, and Ceylon tea.  The Food Emporium told me they might be installing a coffee roaster.  I then returned home.  I chatted with a relative.  In the small white bookcase at my bedroom entrance, I arranged the top two shelves of Software CDs and DVDs.  The second shelf is mostly old betas and old backups.  The first shelf is device drivers, software, and current operating systems and betas and other current programs.  The small books that were on the second shelf, I put on the floor behind the bedroom door.  Thus it will be easier to find computer CDs and DVDs in the future, when I need them.  CIO        

Note: <888> 08/29/07 Wednesday 3:20 A.M..  I ate some more goldfish crackers.  I watched some television.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go back to bed.  Have a good morning.  I think the Greenwich, Connecticut schools go back in session today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/29/07 Wednesday 2:15 A.M..  I ate the last of the Moose Tracks ice cream.  The Arkansas solution to high energy prices and cold weather Everest Mummy 0 to 5-Degree Sleeping Bag - Wal-Mart .

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Well not much going on in the world.  It is not all right to smoke cigarettes, but it is all right to fight massive wars, which I suppose are more expensive and do cause other people problems.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/29/07 Wednesday 1:25 A.M..  I ate some goldfish crackers. 

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Maybe when www.ibm.com sold their personal computer business to the Chinese computer company Lenovo select a country, they also sold me, so I am now a prisoner in a Chinese skunk works project.   There are other interesting things in the neighborhood besides computers.  I noticed today that where the www.porsche.com dealership use to be before moving into a larger Infiniti dealership, there is now a New Country Motor Car Group : Greenwich, Hartford CT : Mechanicville, Spring Valley, Latham, Saratoga Springs, Clifton Park, New York Lamborghini dealership, so if you got the bucks, Greenwich, Connecticut seems to have the wheels.  Usually if you have the bucks for high ticket cars, you can afford the fuel.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/07 Tuesday 11:45 P.M..  I rested after the last message.  I chatted with a friend who was kayaking today.  I woke up at 9:30 P.M..  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  I checked out the Leadtek TV card in the Epox computer, and it does not work any better in that, when it use to work fine in it.  All I can think of is that www.cablevision.com changed its cable TV signal recently.  The Hauppauge 1600 HVR TV card I got last January 2007 works just fine in the Vista computer.  I reconnected the Epox computer speakers to its sound card instead of the onboard sound, so the sound now works on it.  I am installing the XP updates on the Epox computer.   I ate a ham and cheese sandwich with potato chips and sliced dill pickle with iced tea.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

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I think I will rest some more.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/28/07 Tuesday 5:05 P.M.:  This morning, I ate a bowl of goldfish crackers before going to bed.  I was awake at 11 P.M., when I had a telephone call from a relative.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.    I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went to my 3 P.M. appointment early.  I returned from my 3 P.M. appointment, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I am making up a batch of Formula Two http://mikelouisscott.com/icetea.htm .  I ate two bowls of goldfish crackers.  I will now go through my email.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/28/07 Tuesday 6:55 A.M.:  I took out the Leadtek TV card from the FIC server, and I put it back in the Epox computer.   I did not bother trying to put in the Hauppauge TV card in the FIC server, so it will now not have one.  I restored the Vista Server beta 3 backup to the FIC server, which also includes the XP Professional partition.   I installed the Microsoft drivers for the recently changed keyboard and mouse, and I am not installing the XP updates on the server.   I will then start the server running again.  I have straightened up my work area in the apartment, so it is a little bit neater.  I will now finally shut down the Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.   CIO 

Note: <888> 08/28/07 Tuesday 3:25 A.M.:  I had a call yesterday morning at 11 A.M., but I did not answer it properly, so I missed the call.  I chatted with a relative.  I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.   I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I checked the oil on the Audi and the Buick.  I picked up my mail.  On the FIC server, neither the LeadTek or the Hauppauge TV card work in it properly.  I exchanged the LeadTek card into it, and I tried changing its software and troubleshooting the cables.  I finally tried restoring my backup from last December 2006, but the FIC server seems to have some sort of static problem with the TV cards.  I can always restore a more current backup once I have finished troubleshooting the problem.   I reheated and ate the same dinner as last night.  On my order from www.directron.com , tracking is UPS: Tracking Information .  I will now shut down the Vista computer, and I will not run the FIC server for now, until I finish trouble shooting it.  It might be the video on the motherboard, but the problem appears on two different installations.  It does not happen with either card in the Epox computer.   From the splitter going to either primary Vista or FIC server computer, I tried a different cable to the FIC computer, and it did not work.  I will have to try to trouble shoot it later on today.  I will now shut down the Vista computer.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO     

Note: <888> 08/27/07 Monday 2:45 A.M.:  This looks like Jimmy Eldert T-Mobile Hot Spot @ Home , so he must still be in the communications business.  When I lived down in Key West, Florida, he was the only person who could afford a telephone, so he managed to stay in the communications business.   I thought he was Elizabeth Taylor's hair dresser.   Come to think of it Franklin Roosevelt always said he was an Apple farmer, so I guess since the Roosevelts started the Bank of New York The Bank of New York Mellon Mellon way back when, there was not much money in this country, they must have had other profitable side lines besides Apple farming.   Maybe Rope, Hemp, Cannibis, Marijuna in North America Expose was the second thing the American Indians gave to the Europeans after introducing them to tobacco.  Basically thinking like a reference librarian on the internet, my resources are only as good a published material.  It says here that Walter Chrysler Walter Chrysler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia had a relationship with Alfred Vanderbilt II Alfred G. Vanderbilt II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and his father was torpedoed by the Germans Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , so beware of Greeks Baring Gifts.  I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I ate a couple of bowls of Goldfish crackers.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/27/07 Monday 1:20 A.M.:  The www.adobe.com flash plug-in was causing problems with Internet Explorer and causing it to crash.   I reinstalled it, so possibly it is fixed now.  When I chatted with www.cablevision.com tech support the last time, they told me that the Internet Explorer Active X add ins usually cause problems, which is why he uses other web browsers that do not support them.  The Greenwich Water Company which has offices nearby on Holly Hill Lane gives away water restrictor kits which have a mister shower head, but since I did not use it, I think I gave it to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I could always get another one if I feel I need to install it to conserve on funds. I still have the large Admiral's shower head that has two broken spouts, and the original shower head that has about the same flow as my present generic Pollenex shower head that seems to do a better job.  When washing one's hair, one has to have enough water to rinse off the soap.   On the In re Epson Ink Cartridge Cases, I never received the $40 discount code to use at Buy Epson Printers, Scanners, All-In-Ones from the Official Epson Store - Epson America, Inc. which was suppose to be active June 20, 2007.  Since in that same period I had the email from Microsoft about beta testing SP1 for Vista disappear while I was up in Kennebunkport, Maine in June, possibly also the Epson Settlement email was also stolen.  I will contact them at In re Epson Ink Cartridge Cases Contact .  It sort of makes me think what other email or communications or ideas that might have been stolen from me during my many years on the internet.  I once received two emails from Bill Gates many years ago, but they were in PGP encryption which I did not know how to use in an older email program that no longer works, but I might still have copies of them.  Basically since Home Computers and Internet Technology is what I deal with in my spare time which I have quite a bit of, it is what I deal with, just like if you drove a car, you would have to deal with its expenses, maintenance, and hazards.  CIO  

Note: <888> 08/27/07 Monday 12:20 A.M.:  Well, when I lived at the Pensione Adria on the Santa Trinita bridge in Florence, Italy back in the winter of 1972, they had a hot water meter on the bath tub, where one had to put in a 100 lire coin every couple of minutes, about 18 cents.  I suppose the company might be more advanced, so they would have machines to monitor hot water usage, as one uses it in a public or private facility, thus when one takes a shower, it might shout out $1 every two minutes or so, or keep a running count, $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, etc. with advertising such as "for that price you could have bought a drink at the bar" and charge customers for hot water usage or even water usage in locations where water is less plentiful.  Who knows, maybe if your spouse or guest takes long showers or baths, it would automatically give them a warning and cut off the water.  With today's technology it is possible.  Maybe, they could just come up with a clever shower head flow control attachment, and one could use some sort of clamp to make the shower feature active all of the time, and the bath tub dispenser not work.  Of course, if I thought some clever intruder was using my hot water, I could always turn off the hot water at the fuse box, but then I would not have hot water for my personal use.  CIO    

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 11:20 P.M.:  For a change of pace in my laid back lifestyle in America, I decided to take a bath instead of a shower for a change, which I think is a lot more expensive.   We have small bath tubs in our public housing project or council housing as one calls it back in the Old Country.  I put in a my www.lnt.com deluxe bath mat Linens 'n Things - Bath: Accessories: Bath Mats/Pillows: Deluxe Bath Mat which is probably the most practical thing available in America, if you ever have time to take a bath or a shower.  I then filled the bath tub half way up with hot water,  which in my case with the low temperature hot water setting on my hot water tank is at the maximum faucet temperature, and I then soak in the hot water filling up the bath tub most of the way with my body.  When one sinks their head under water, one has to remember to hold one's nose, so as not to breath in the water and choke to death.  Yes, people do die in bath tubs which is probably the most dangerous thing in America.  I then washed my hair with shampoo and rinsed it off the same way.  I then used hair conditioner on my scalp, and then I lathered by body with soap, and then I rinsed off the same way.   I then soaked in the bath tub enjoying a hot muscle relaxing soak in a hot tub, and I then stepped out of the bath tub, and I towel dried myself and my hair.  I then cleaned the bath tub with Comet scouring cleaner and I let the water run out of the tub.  I do not leave the shower curtain in the bath tub when taking a bath.  Thus I feel a bit cleaner and refreshed.  I am not going out tonight, since I was up at 1:30 P.M. this afternoon, and I am just beginning to end my day.   Even if we had bigger bath tubs here, we would not be able to afford the extra expense of more hot water to clean up.  The way I figure it a bath in a shallow bath tub uses five times as much water as a hot two minute shower that I usually take which costs about 50 cents, so a bath costs me about $2.50 with the bath tub half filled plus the cost of shampoo, conditioner, and soap, so from the cheap way of doing it, a bath costs about $3 in the United States of America.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 9:50 P.M.:  After dinner, I went out and checked the motor pool.  One white Army jeep dropped off two residents.  When I knew Wiley Middleton, he claimed that Walter Chrysler was homosexual, so I guess since Chrysler makes jeeps there must be a connection between them and the Army.  Wiley is still known down south as the Swamp Fox, but somebody told me the Swamp Fox's real name was Frances Marion.  Whatever the case, I have a feeling that some of these Liberal Democrats who are apple farmers are growing a product that is more profitable than apples as a side line, which is why they can afford to go into politics.  It could be much the same with other farmers.  I know Caroline Kennedy lives on a farm in North Salem, New York near the Haight Apple orchards, and her family has already established a reputation of dealing in contraband over many years.  Whatever, the case it is the nature of people around the railroad, they pretty much see everything around the tracks, so they generally wait to see what comes next.  Obviously all the various schools in the area will be going back to classes soon, so possibly we have some families in the area dropping off their children at the local boarding schools in the area.   I generally having been on a night time schedule for so many years, I do not get involved in local town politics, since the day time people always seem to run everything, since they sit in comfortable offices in the day time, and they are paid well by national standards, however if every one whom is not paid decided to go back on a daytime schedule, some of the night people with far more experience are better qualified than some of the younger daytime people whom are looking to get ahead too easily in terms of networking with individuals whom they think can advance them on their career paths as they decide whether they want to continue residence in this area or move on to greener pastures.  Frequently some of the summer people prosper in this area around the sports activities, but we all know they also work the winter resort activities down south, so sooner or later they fold their tents like Ahab the Arab and head back down south for the Winter Season.  The expense of going back and forth plus living in resorts in the high season around wealthy people frequently leaves them in less than profitable circumstances when they can not keep up with the younger generation that always comes along, thus they end up doing more full time maintenance in the areas they chose to settle in.  I don't know much about the military, but I do know around Army bases, a lot of people spend a lot of time cutting the grass and maintaining the facilities, so they are somewhat expert in it.  Whether they actually have any combat capabilities is opened to debate.   A lot of our political military heroes seem to have been limited to clerical duties in the military, so since they know how to type, you hear more about them.  Basically although the military has a budget, there are so many individuals involved that the funding does not go very far for the mass of the personnel, and from what I know War is suppose to be organized chaos, so unless one is used to dealing with the front line troops, I would advise any civilians whom have more peaceful back grounds to think twice before they start touring the front lines of any sensitive areas.   CIO 

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 8:35 P.M.:  I did a Vista Complete PC backup from first hard drive to the second hard drive.  I am making, and I will eat the same dinner as the last two nights.  CIO 

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Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 6:50 P.M.:  My Microsoft Wireless 6000 mouse has been terribly slow in Vista, since Vista was released.  For the Logitech LX 500 keyboard and mouse system on the FIC server, the Vista drivers were not released.  They are now, so I switched the Logitech LX 500 mouse and keyboard to my primary Vista system, and I put the Microsoft Wireless 6000 mouse and Comfort Keyboard on the FIC XP server.  I uninstalled their drivers before switching them around, and after switching them around, I installed their drivers.  The Logitech LX 500 wireless keyboard has keyboard encryption so it is probably better security.  The Microsoft system has 64,000 frequencies, but it was not as responsive as it should have been in Vista.  I thus now have a more responsive Vista system.   CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 5:25 P.M.:  When I last lived in New Canaan, Connecticut, I knew Roy Scott was the chief of police, and there was another Michael Scott in town whom was in the local newspaper for setting off fireworks in the downtown area.  When I returned from Ronald Reagan's inaugural in 1980 on the Time Magazine private jet into Westchester County airport, I gave my name to a young fellow on the train from Greenwich to New Canaan, and he told me he was from Brazil and lived in New Canaan, Connecticut.  What is strange he was pale and blond haired and blue eyed.  Even J.F.K. Jr. was building a house in New Canaan, Connecticut before his plane did a belly flop off of Martha's Vineyard.  Whomever still lives up in New Canaan, more than likely still has contacts with Manhattan.  I once saw Alexander Haig in New Canaan, Connecticut, and I use to see him all of the time around the Franklin Delano Roosevelt post office building on Third Avenue where he parked his black U.S. Army www.army.mil Nash Rambler on the North Side of the Post Office building where it said "RESERVED FOR FEDERAL PARKING".  He also wore an Army General's Uniform coming and going to work, so more than likely he was not alone.  That was in the Good Old Days when Military Intelligence had it headquarters for the Northeast in Manhattan before moving to Fort Devens, and there was a large group of friendly fellows that worked for the "Anti Terrorism Task Force" that was assigned to Manhattan until about 1982.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 4:45 P.M.:  I woke up at 1:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with two relatives.  As it stands now, this Friday a relative will pick up his Audi and drive it up to Kennebunkport, Maine for the Labor Day weekend.  Then he will return it here Labor Day or the Tuesday after Labor Day to return the Audi.  Then on Friday September 14, 2007, I will drive it back up to Kennebunkport, Maine for a week's stay in Maine, and I will help my relative close up the house.  The following Friday on September 21, 2007, I will drive my relative down in the Audi, and two other relatives will pick up my relative here at my apartment along with the Audi and take it further south to where they live.  I am beginning to feel like Scott's Pit Stop headquarters.  If one has gasoline to waste, it is always a nice drive up the Merritt Parkway to New Canaan, Connecticut.  New Canaan, Connecticut has the Waverly Nature Center for outdoor walks across from its Y.M.C.A., and it also has two www.cvs.com stores in downtown New Canaan, Connecticut along with a Starbucks.  On week days, I used to shop there at the Visiting Nurse thrift shop across the street from the New Canaan fire house.  There are quite a few antique shops in New Canaan, Connecticut with a wide variety of items such as New Yorker look for on weekends.  Karl Chevrolet has a dealership there.  There is a Food Emporium and Stewart's Market.  Also there are a number of Christian Churches around the Town Green, which they call "God's Little Acre".  The President of Mobil oil used to live in New Canaan, Connecticut, so people could afford to drive around.  Maple Lamb real estate seems to know the local market there.  There are inexpensive apartment buildings and houses in the downtown area of New Canaan, Connecticut.  It has a very good school system.  Alas a lot of old time Yankee types still live there, so they try to get younger people to do house painting for less than the established wage rates.  New Canaan, Connecticut is about a hour and a half commute out of New York City each way, and one has to change for the New Canaan branch line at the Stamford, Connecticut train station.  A lot of people in New Canaan, Connecticut use to read a lot with the hour and a half commute each way into Manhattan, unlike the Greenwich people who only have time for a 40 minute drink in the bar car on the way out from Manhattan.  However, it is colder there in the winter and hotter in the summer, since it is not on Long Island Sound.  There was a popular movie made there about Wife Swapping that took place during an Ice Storm in the winter around 1980.  CIO     

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 6:30 A.M.:  Of course every one in this area knows "Money Follows Money".  From this maybe I should try living in Monaco World's Most Overpriced Real Estate Markets - Forbes.com , and since I know a little bit of French, I would more than likely survive.  However, I do not approve of gambling, but realistically Greenwich, Connecticut has more gamblers with all of the Wall Street people around.  Bon Soir, Mes Amis.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 6:15 A.M.:  I cut a Kaiser or Bulky roll in half, and I put a generous portion of Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both sides, and then I put two 1/16th inch thick slices of Wilson's Virginia ham and four 1/16th of an inch thick slices of Stop and Shop white American cheese on it, and I cut it in half.  I put it on a dinner plate with a Lay's sour cream and onion potato chips and a sliced dill pickle, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  When I chatted with AT&T wireless up in Toronto, Canada the other day, I told them I thought they should make it a nickel a minute outgoing and free incoming, but AT&T has always been one of the greediest American companies, so they were polite, but I do not think they will change their rates.  A lot of the former wealthier residents of Greenwich, Connecticut now live in New Canaan, Connecticut where they now have more privacy, and many of them no longer need to commute into Manhattan having established themselves a long time ago.  However, as one gets older New Canaan does not have a hospital, and since it is away from Long Island Sound, it is hotter in the summer and colder in the winter.  More than likely they can still afford to pay their utility bills.  Since the last place I lived in New Canaan, Connecticut was nearby the New Canaan, Connecticut police department, I did not worry too much about security, but when driving back and forth into Manhattan during the early morning hours, I worried about any wild animals that might be along the Merritt Parkway, if one ever broke down there in the back woods of Connecticut in the middle of the night.  Basically, I no longer cover Manhattan anymore, since it costs too much to cover Manhattan, and since I am more interested in computer technology than the news, I do not pay much attention to the local news anymore, since with 40 million people in the New York City area, there is always news, but more than likely not many people have time to pay much attention to it, except the retired community and the younger generation.  Many people travel through this area, so I enjoy seeing the diverse cross section of individuals from around the world as opposed to the local Village Idiots that every town seems to have.   If anyone is starving in this area, across the street from the new Mobil www.exxon.com gasoline station that they are rebuilding on West Putnam Avenue, there is an apple tree that is dropping its apples, and apples are not cheap anymore.  Since it is on a public roadway by a public sidewalk, I assume they are public property until the worms get them.  Just east of that apple tree is where the orange sign on metal stake use to be that said, "Do Not Dig Trans Atlantic Cable".  However, it was probably not removed for security purposes, if you know the area, more than likely it was knocked down by a snow plow pushing snow and ice in the winter.  It is just on the north side of the United Jewish Appeal, so more than likely other people over the years noticed it was there.  Whatever, the real cost of communications in this area, it seems sort of strange when visitors show up here, there are not that many visitor activities except for the sports activities at the private clubs which cost money.  They town is like any other upscale suburb catering to family life and women's shopping habits.  From a maintenance stand point the town is well maintained, but since the town is quite large, one never knows the over all picture.  It is the responsibility of the public servants to look after the town, and not the free press.  CIO     

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 5:05 A.M.:  About the only thing else besides the internet that people in Connecticut are good at is raking leaves.  Here is a handy item I just saw on television The Cyclone Rake leaf and lawn vacuum .  Basically the people in Connecticut are the landed gentry of New York State whom moved out here to our agricultural environment to escape the high taxes of New York State.  However, since Connecticut is mostly rocks, there is not much use to try farming.  We use to make a bit of money off the Insurance Industry in Hartford, Connecticut, but there are so many Insurance Companies, anymore it is not a very profitable business.  Basically the well to do people in Connecticut were so comfortable for so long of a period of time that once they had to learn how to make a living, they out sourced the jobs, and they continue to wait for the profits to be returned, which does not make much sense in a real economic world, where the world markets tend to dictate the price of goods and services.  Sure you think you know it all because you watch California television in Connecticut, but California television is not really relevant to day to day living in Connecticut.  About all California knows about Connecticut is "Christmas in Connecticut" which had Bing Crosby in it, whom was from Coure De Laine, Idaho, and he actually invested his money in the orange juice business in southern California and Spain, so I am not sure how much he really knew about real life in Connecticut.  The television personalities of New York television are frequently from California where they make the "Talkies", since there are more sunny days in California, unlike the New England area.  Since I had my high school education in Connecticut which is a colder climate, and since I had my college education in Illinois which is an even colder climate, I tend to think in terms of Yankee fundamentalism, and not in terms of the Robert E. Lee school of public journalism or where ever the old southern families finally decided to settle in after they figured out that they could not live off Government contracts forever.  Yankees whom actually live in this area are not easily intimidated by physically large people, since there are quite a few large people in this area, whom do not bother to exercise walk downtown observing the General Public.  We still can arrange for Walter Hudson to steal a bag of potato chips, if you know anything about Hudson Valley Armor Car Company.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 08/26/07:

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 4:05 A.M.:   I ate a few handfuls of Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers, which are about the only product produced in Connecticut that I can afford to buy.  Connecticut has another group of people, and those are the people who network in New York City around social functions, and then because they met somebody at a social function, they think they know as much as that person when they go elsewhere.  Whatever, the case hacking capabilities are not a very useful job function in the Real World, so more than likely most hackers end up becoming homeless and sooner or later their laptop batteries run out.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 3:15 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | Technology | The Tech Lab: Vint Cerf

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/

NCSA, FBI launch National Center for Digital Intrusion Response

National Center for Digital Intrusion Response (NCDIR)

Well, as I was reading these latest links, somebody crashed my computer.  I chatted with a few different security groups.  I have a theory the hackers are monitoring my computer activity, and they randomly crash my computer when they do not like the content that I am working on.  It is the nature of the internet that it could be coming from anywhere in the world, but why would somebody from half way around the world bother me.  More than likely it could be someone in this area whom has the capability of monitoring internet activity.  To have that capability they would have to have assets, and thus if one found whom it was, they could be prosecuted and sued in a court of law.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/26/07 Sunday 12:35 A.M.:  I woke up at 2 P.M., when a relative called today.  I then went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I chatted with two relatives and two friends.  I went back to bed until 8 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by the Stop and Shop.  I bought a 10 pound bag of Carolina enriched rice for $5.69, two 12 ounce containers of Stop and Shop honey bear U.S.A. clover honey for $1.50 each, two 15 ounce bottles of Kikkoman soy sauce for $2.19 each, a 2 pound bag of baby carrots for $2.99, broccoli crowns at $1.29 a pound for $2.35 for $18.41 total.  I then went by the Greenwich Automotive Service Exxon gasoline station, and I bought $28 of self service premium unleaded gasoline at $3.529 a gallon for 7.935 gallons for 106.4 miles driving since I returned from Kennebunkport, Maine a week ago this past Thursday for 13.409 miles per gallon at current odometer reading of 115,260 miles.  I checked the air on the front tires at 30 PSI and the air on the rear tires at 35 PSI.  I washed the windows with the window cleaner.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  It was not too busy, but it was later in the evening.  I chatted with one stroller that had lived in Milan, Italy.  I then drove down by the waterfront on Steamboat Road.  There were about a half dozen fishermen on the waterfront.  The modest size yacht the Utopia III was moored at the The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor .  Their restaurant The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor - L Escale Restaurant and Bar was quite busy.  I then returned home, and I put away my groceries.  I will now reheat and eat the same meal as last night.  CIO    

Note: <888> 08/25/07 Saturday 7:15 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Under the hood of the $100 laptop

I posted it at http://mikelouisscott.com/bbc-cheap-laptop.rm  .

I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

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The Cable Lock is back ordered until September 5, 2007, so I do not know if the order will ship right away or not.

CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/07 Saturday 4:00 A.M.:  Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America

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So Much for the Spaghetti Version of the Internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/07 Saturday 2:50 A.M.:  Where to find the bargains Slickdeals.net and xpdig.com- dig + share hot deals & coupons .  I finished my chores.  I am now in low light conditions, and I will now go through my email.  I downloaded the beta of Vista Server 2008 June release last night, but I did not bother to install it on my FIC server, since I have the previous release installed on it, and I am currently running the XP IIS server, since it has footers, so I can display my footer Mike Scott's Stats and Ads .  However, since I chat to much www.ibm.com is not user friendly to me in the area, since I told Michael Dell www.dell.com about 15 years ago at the Knights of Columbus flea market how www.ibm.com made money off Personal Computer by buy less expensive parts in Asia.  Of course what www.ibm.com ignores like www.microsoft.com is enough to keep me busy in my spare time.  I guess after going to the Watson debutant ball at the St. Regis hotel in Manhattan back around 1970, I forgot to throw them a party in return.  However, I had other friends throw parties that I showed up at there were equally well attended.  There was the Tall Ships in New York Harbor back in 1976 and there was the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France back around 1992, so possibly I rubbed shoulders with them elsewhere in the world.  Who knows Bill Gates originally worked on developing Windows into OS/2 in Boca Raton, Florida where I worked at the Le Vielle Maison restaurant until New Years 1978, and I lived out in Long Island for a while near where the IBM country club was located in Sands Point, Long Island, and I had a roommate in Manhattan who was the head of word processing in Cyrus Vance's law firm across the street from IBM's Manhattan headquarters, so possibly besides the Greenwich, Connecticut area, I have bumped into IBM people elsewhere in the world.  Alas if they never bothered hiring me after all of these years, I guess I do not have any of the skills they need in their work around Super Computers compared to the at Home Personal Computer user.  I will now go through my email.  Well, at least I can type.  It comes in handy for writing a web log.  It does not look like the heavy rain in the Midwest is coming our way Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  I also opened up a new ten pound bag of Carolina Enriched rice.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/25/07 Saturday 1:40 A.M.:  I opened up the package of six boneless chicken breasts, and I put four of them in a large flat Rubbermaid container.   I then rinsed off the other two in cold water, and I dried them with a paper towel.   I then put a thin coat of olive oil in a Pyrex pie dish, and on a separate plate, I rubbed the bottom side of the boneless chicken breasts with olive oil, and then I spread a thick coating of seasoned bread crumbs on it, and then I did the same with the top side and the other boneless chicken breasts.  I then seasoned the top side generously with garlic powder, ground black pepper, Old Bay Seasoning, and Italian spices.   I then put them in the Pyrex pie dish, and I baked them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.  I also made up a batch of http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsrice.htm to which I also added two teaspoons of Kikkoman soy sauce and Italian Seasoning and chicken bullion seasoning.  I ate half, and I put the other half in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I also steamed in a two quart Revere pot with steamer tray and lid about 1.5 cups of baby carrots and broccoli crowns for 15 minutes on medium high electric burner heat, and I put some olive oil on the vegetables.  I put the other baked boneless chicken breast in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I will now water the plants, and I will throw out the garbage and the old periodical literature.  I will also put out more white vinegar in the scent bowl underneath the Sony television.   The apartment is not really too dirty, so I did not bother doing house cleaning today.  While using the Farberware convection oven to cook the chicken, its power went off.  The power strip behind the Panasonic television in the kitchen malfunctioned, so I disconnected it from behind the refrigerator, and since I could not reach the wall socket behind the refrigerator and since the spare power strip had a shorter cable, I strung it from the center of the kitchen wall plug along the wooden shelf above the kitchen sink with the same electrical cords plugged into it for the Farberware convection oven, the clock radio, and the Panasonic television.  Some times the www.ibm.com six socket electrical adapter on the center kitchen walk becomes disconnected, so one has to make sure it is pushed in all of the way for it to work properly.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/07 Friday 11:30 P.M.:  I went out on a Top Secret Mission after the last message.  I went west on West Putnam Avenue, and I noticed some young fellow on a motorcycle doing a wheely up the hill riding east.  The Port Chester beer distributor had already closed at 10 P.M., so I drove through the center of downtown Port Chester over to the A&P grocery store in the Port Chester shopping center near I-287.    They are opened 24 hours except weekends, and they can sell beer until 4 A.M..  They have lots of beer on sale including the Heineken DRAUGHTKEG at room temperature for $19.99.  They have 12 packs of 12 ounce bottles of Heineken regular and light on sale for $3 off for $13.99 a twelve pack, so I bought a 12 pack of refrigerated cold regular Heineken for $13.99 and .60 bottle deposit and a 33.5 ounce box of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers for $6.99 for $22.61 total.  I then returned home.  I put the sealed 12 pack in the refrigerator on the top shelf behind the Brita water holder.  I do not drink alcohol myself, but I keep it around for guests should the occassion ever arrive.  The current beer in my refrigerator and stored elsewhere around the apartment is two to five years old, so it might not be good, but it is still good for cooking hot dogs.  Obviously the large A&P has a lot other food, but I can not use my Connecticut Food Stamps in New York, and they are not good for alcohol anyway.  Possibly http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm 's real name was Freddie Heineken Junior, which might be why he never ran out of money, and is also why he knew out to speak Dutch along with about a dozen other languages.  Since Freddie Heineken Senior was retired in Jamaica, they might have gotten darkly tanned down there.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/24/07 Friday 9:50 P.M.:  I had a buzz on my phone at 10 A.M. this morning for another neighbor.  I got back up at noon.  My order for 4 cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s from www.ordersmokesdirect.com had arrived.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I ordered for a relative a free Overstock.com, save up to 80% every day! Free Cultured Freshwater Pearl Necklace worth $19.99 for free with $2.95 shipping .  I then showered, and I cleaned up.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I went downtown, and I went by the Chase Bank on Mason street.  I then chatted with the Bank of New York security guard at the same location.  The security guard thinks I look like Prince Charles The Prince of Wales , but he is from Haiti, so he probably thinks all northern European males look the same. I then chatted with a relative on my wireless telephone downtown.  I might be going back up to Kennebunkport, Maine for another two weeks after labor day and driving my relative down after that period, where they would transfer my relative to another's relative's car to go further south.  During my walk, I stopped by CVS, and I bought a five pack of www.bic.com lighters for $2.99 and .18 tax for $3.17.  I noticed somebody having dinner at the Gingerman restaurant up at the top of Greenwich Avenue, and they were driving a Range Rover that said the The Barclay InterContinental NEW YORK CITY Hotels | THE BARCLAY NEW YORK | Welcome .  The Barclay is were airline flight crews use to stay just behind the Waldorf Astoria.    I completed my walk.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a six pack of White Gem boneless breasts of chicken for $1.79 a pound for $6, buy one get one free of six packs of Thomas' English muffins for $2.99 both six packs, a 12.5 ounce bag of Lays sour cream and onion potato chips for $2.50, two 64 ounce Kedem grape juices for $2.50 each, fresh Chiquita bananas for .54 a pound $18.01 total.  I then bought a two pack of 1.7 ounce Stop and Shop Pure Power Blue Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaner tablets for $2.69 and .16 tax for $2.85 total.  I noticed at the Stop and Shop they sell what looks to be 5 liter kegs of Heineken draft beer Heineken DRAUGHTKEG in small draft containers that are at room temperature that are suppose to last 30 days for $19.99.  There is no deposit on the container, so they are not returned to the Netherlands.  Whenever, I can afford to drive down to the waterfront on Steamboat Road, I will have to see if any of the local wharf rat are discarding them around the waterfront.  However, you can not buy beer from the store after 8 P.M. in Connecticut, but more than likely they have it at the nearby Port Chester, New York Beer distributor, which as I recall stays open until 11 P.M..  I was told there is a Brazilian grocery store on Main street in Port Chester, New York that sells fresh coffee beans.  I was told they are near the Cuban meat market across the street from Radio Shack in downtown Port Chester, New York.  I chatted with a relative.  I picked up my mail, when I returned home, and I received the www.ge.com Service Contract that I have paid one third of for the next year through September 12, 2008 on my General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control.   I made two copies of it, and I put the copies and the original in the front of my metal file holder on the right side of my bedroom desk.  CIO  

Note: <888> 08/24/07 Friday 1:40 A.M.:  I did some regular internet work, and I watched some television.  I ate three scoops of Moose Tracks ice cream.  I will now shut down the primary computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 11:00 P.M.:  3 foot IDE cables Yellow Modware Round ATA133 IDE Cable 36" 2 Device Mesh PVC Covered Modware 2A36YEL-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com $3 .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 10:35 P.M.:  Optimize your computer for peak performance

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I watched a television program about young royals around the world, alas the new rich in America seem to be richer.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 8:10 P.M.:  I chatted with four relatives and a friend.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 7:10 P.M.:  I cancelled the AT&T Motorola travel charger for $15.89 more available on my debit account.  I made and ate the same ham and cheese sandwich, which I ate with a sliced dill pickle, potato chips, and ice tea.   I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 4:30 P.M.:  I ate a sliced bulky roll with margarine before going to bed.  I woke up at noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I went out, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment.  I returned home, and I picked up my mail.  I will now go through my email.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 3:30 A.M.:  The best multivitamin for you -- and 11 to steer clear of - CNN.com

I will now shut down the primary Vista computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.

CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 3:10 A.M.:  By switching the Radio Shack Cable Switch to the right switch for the Digital Cable Box, one can disable the cable input the Cable input into the computer, if the Digital Cable box is turned off.  I did that.  I then moved the Terk antenna on to a small flat place mat situated between on the rear sides of the two Dell monitors of the FIC server.  I then provided extra stability to it by using to metal book ends to stabilize the Terk antenna.  I did a WinTV channel manager scan of it, and with the Terk antenna pointed out the left living room window to the west, I found one analog channel, and eight HDTV digital channels.  They come in well including two www.abc.com channels.   Once can use Antennaweb Address to locate the orientation of the antenna, and in my case I have it pointed west towards New York City where the most High Definition Digital Channels would come from.

The Channels are:

Analog:

3, Ant-3

Digital:

1091, WWOR DT

1092, WNYW DT

1411, WXTV DT

1051, WNYW-DT

1052, WWOR-DT

1071, WABC-HD

1072, WABC+

1073, WABCnow

I have the WinTV2000 TV view program setup to view all of the Digital Cable Channels available without the Digital Cable Box along with the Terk antenna channels.  Of course one can view a lot more channels from Channel 3 when the Digital Cable Box is turned on and the Radio Shack cable switch is switch to the right for the Digital Cable Box.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/23/07 Thursday 12:50 A.M.:  I have ordered with the AT&T Motorola Go Phone that I have received a $14.99 plus tax Motorola travel charger, which I have not received or been billed for.   I need to contact them at Contact AT&T | Wireless from AT&T, formerly Cingular , so either they send it or I cancel it, so I can free up the money in my debit account.  You can buy them cheaper elsewhere on the internet.  I need one of these Motorola C139 Protector Case  HoneyNavyBlue  (TF) .  This is suppose to work with the non blue Motorola C139 tooth phone JABRA FREESPEAK BT200 CORDLESS HEADSET NON BLUETOOTH - (eBay item 170129931398 end time Sep-08-07 12:20:20 PDT) , but I would not use it much at 25 cents a minute.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 11:50 P.M.:  I think this is the specific car Porsche 2007 Transsyberia. parked in front of the Porsche dealership on West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, Connecticut New Country Porsche of Greenwich .  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 11:25 P.M.:  There was an orange and black Porsche like the one in this picture Home - Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG parked in front of our local Porsche dealership on West Putnam Avenue this evening without the racing logos.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 11:15 P.M.:  I ate the same dinner as last night.  I chatted with a relative and a friend.

Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report

Possibly the Chikurachki Kuril Islands, Russia volcano activity has caused our more recent cooler weather.

Or Pavlof in Alaska Alaska Volcano Observatory

I finished the XP Professional ASR backup from the first hard drive to the second hard drive on the FIC server.

Where you fall in poll of U.S. reading habits - CNN.com

Volcanoes 2008 Wall Calendar

BrownTrout Calendars | Volcanoes 2008 Wall Calendar <b class="orange">2008</b> Calendar

CIO 

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 8:45 P.M.:  I chatted with my relative in Kennebunkport, Maine.  My relative reported on their news, there was a report of a unknown submarine off the coast, but it did not say where or what type or whose.  Maybe we have finally been invaded.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 8:25 P.M.:  15 Ways to Reinvent Your PC - Review by PC Magazine

» Can Vista SP1 help polish Vista’s tarnished image? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Perfect Places To Dine Solo - Forbes.com

Amazon.com: Classic Greenwich Style: Books: Cindy Rinfret

http://view.ed4.net/v/27N6/40KLW/5PNM5C/6MNDOE/MAILACTION=1&FORMAT=H

Totalidea TweakVI - Review by PC Magazine

Vista Test Drive

Microsoft TS2 Event Rocky Hill, Connecticut, October 23, 2007

» Building an energy efficient home computer | Storage Bits | ZDNet.com

Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program

Windows Home Server

rename music – RenaMusic: Take the Hassle Out of Renaming Your Music Files - Downloads by PC Magazine

PC Troubleshooter Resource Guide, Fifth Edition, from TechRepublic Pro - Downloads - TechRepublic

Me.dium for Internet Explorer - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com

backup utility – InstaBack 2: Instantly and Automatically Back Up Your Data - Downloads by PC Magazine

I Hate My Website eBook - Web Site Development Tips for successful Ebusinesses

I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 6:50 P.M.:  Google Sky explore the Stars Google Earth Sky .  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 6:45 P.M.:  I was awake at 10 A.M., when somebody called me up that I can not remember.  I then went back to bed until noon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I went back to bed until 4 P.M..  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  I chatted with www.ordersmokesdirect.com , and they told me my order for 4 cartons of New York Seneca Ultra Lights 100s in a box are shipping today.  I might order the Natives in the future, since possibly they would not have the same smell as the Senecas.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read P.C. Magazine and P.C. World magazine.  I then returned home.  I ate the rest of the can of Planter's Spanish peanuts about one fourth of a can.  I am doing a XP Professional ASR backup of the FIC server, so it is currently not running.  I will now go through my email.  CIO   

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 2:45 A.M.:  Photovolcanica: Volcano Penguin Moai Photos

I am tired, and I will now go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 1:55 A.M.:  I have two of these I got last December 2006 US Military Cold Weather Mummy Sleeping Bag. N/R - (eBay item 270157387910 end time Aug-24-07 14:00:00 PDT)  and they have a couple here Premium Genuine Issue U. S. Military Surplus. Including, United States Army, U.S. Navy and U.S.M.C. New Old Stock, Current Issue And Also Some Used. .  Let's hope we don't need to use them this winter.  I did not need them last winter, but I figured if we lost our electric heat, they might come in handy.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/22/07 Wednesday 1:40 A.M.:  I finished the laundry, and I put it away.  I made ate my greasy spoon special of a sautéed hamburger with onions and Swiss cheese with steamed broccoli crowns and baby carrots and flavored rice, all of which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 11:45 P.M.:  BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt footprint 'could be oldest'

BBC NEWS | Europe | Denmark eyes North Pole riches

CIO 

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 11:35 P.M.:  I went outside, and I threw out the delivery box, and the garbage.  It has quit raining for now.  It is like a fall or spring evening.  It is about 55 degrees Fahrenheit outside, so I hope it will not be a colder winter.  If there is any volcano that erupted worldwide to cause the cooler weather for this time of year, I am unaware of it.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have ten minutes to go on the wash cycle.  I put clean linens on the bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 10:35 P.M.:  This morning before going to bed, I ate a toasted bagel with olive oil.  Earlier today, I ran the maintenance utilities on the FIC server.  New book Amazon.com: The Fortune Hunters: Dazzling Women and the Men They Married: Books: Charlotte Hays .  I chatted with a relative.  I will now throw out the shipping box and the garbage.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 10:00 P.M.:  About 7 P.M., the Terk HDTV amplified antenna arrived.  It is made for a HDTV, and I connected it up to my dual HDTV and Analog Hauppauge 1600 TV card in my Vista computer.  It seems to only recognize the lower 13 HDTV channels, but they come in clear as a bell.  I guess I could use it if the Cablevision System failed.  Obviously my TVs are not HDTV.  I have it set up behind the right Vista monitor.  Its power comes on with the control panel switch to the power strip that turns on the lights, and there is a small switch on its control to turn it on and off.  Basically, it seems to be an alternative to Cablevision if the Cablevision system fails, providing there is electricity for the computer, I would have HDTV on its lower 13 channels.  I put the Terk shipping box to the right of the Orion television in the bedroom.  I lefts its instructions on the dining table.  I tried it with the Sony analog television, and only a few channels come in.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 6:10 P.M.:  Norwegian Princess Talks To Angels | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Hard of hearing Buy.com - GN Netcom GN-5150 Professional Headset System - GN5150 $35

i-CAUGHT :: Hurricane DEAN Waves August 20th 2007  CIO

I ate the same ham and cheese sandwich as usual with one half of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle sour cream and onion potato chips and a sliced dill pickle and a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 5:05 P.M.:  Rainy Day Blues.  I woke up at 10:45 A.M.  I had a telephone call, and my appointment for today was rescheduled for next week at the same time.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a mixture of orange, grape with certo, and cranraspberry juice with vitamins and supplements, and a cup of coffee with milk and splenda.  I watched the space shuttle www.nasa.gov land.  I went back to bed until 3 P.M..  I watched some television.  I made my bed, and I washed the breakfast dishes.  On the order for Newegg.com - TERK HDTVa Amplified Directional Indoor HDTV Antenna - Retail for $39.99 plus $7.14 UPS ground three day shipping less $2.99 Rush Ordering plus $2.99 preferred account Rush ordering for $47.13 total, it is out for delivery UPS: Tracking Information .  I ran and am still running maintenance utilities on the FIC server.  CIO    

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 4:35 A.M.:  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Rare dead star found near Earth

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Shuttle undocks for early return

http://www.coffeefool.com/?Click=11749&gclid=CJGfqdaUho4CFQILPwodzGauCg

Locally in the good old days, when Port Chester, New York was less prosperous and more ethnic, for some reason, one use to find some interesting blends of fresh Latino coffee at some of the local neighborhood grocery stores.   Yes, I have had fresh coffee before.  I am a bit worn out, so I will now shut down the inferno bogging machine and try to figure out a ways to save more money and get back to what the back country rich people consider a more normal lifestyle for poor people.  However, sooner or later, I probably will be back on a night schedule.  That should happen a week from this Wednesday, when the local younger generation have to return to their educational duties as opposed to protecting the town from summer invaders.   Bon Soir.  I suppose one could take a modern laptop computer, and put an Etch A Sketch Program on it, and tell some older non tech type person, it is a Etch A Sketch, but then they would probably throw it away.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/21/07 Tuesday 3:15 A.M.:  Earlier I ate three scoops of Moose Tracks ice cream, and the rest of one fourth of a 5.5 ounce tube of Pringle Sour Cream and Onion potato chips.  The reason for using the LCD monitors, is that it is easier on my eyes, which after 20 years of the older CRT type monitors were much harder on my eyes.  My mother who is nurse, whenever she sees me is upset at the way my eyes look from all of my computer work.  Usually after a couple of weeks around her house with less computer activity, my eyes are back to looking normal. I recall this past Sunday while waiting for my relative at the Greenwich Train Station, I saw somebody arrive out the station entrance that looked like http://mikelouisscott.com/fred.htm . He was moderately darkly tanned by Caribbean standards, and he looked more like an African American in this area.  He was wearing a orange pull over shirt with big black letters on the front that read "PANTHER" and on the back was a big Panther Paw Print.  Thus I guess my old friend the "Pink Panther" finally got him back up north again.   Possibly he came out of Jamaica where his family of Meyers Rum fame are supposed to have substantial assets.   He possibly has departed the area, but since the J.P. Morgan bank www.chase.com bank has private banking in this area, he might be paling out some more, before he goes further north into northern Europe.  I once saw him in New York in February 1975, and he had a pale European look, and I had given him a grey sweater for Christmas on his birthday to thank him for his hospitalit