Note: <888> 08/19/01 Sunday 9:55 P.M.: My friend showed up and 3 P.M.. We chatted a while. I made dinner of roasted chicken boneless breast like I made last night and a smaller salad like last night with out the chicken and steamed corn on the cob and cantaloupe for desert along with ice tea. I just finished packing. I will turn off the server now, and it will be off the entire time I am away.   We will be leaving tomorrow morning. CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/01 Sunday 2:40 P.M.: Well I had a 12 one inch square by quarter inch squares of Swiss cheese and 50 croutons with ice tea. I then went out, and I sat out by the waterfront for a short spell. I then walked upper Greenwich Avenue. I just returned home. A local citizen gave me a copy of the Greenwich Times, which I hope I have time to read. I am expecting a friend to show up shortly. In looking at the Storm Alert weather program, I have noticed the weather servers in Connecticut and New York have not been working for the last day. Perhaps this area is getting to be like France in August when they just shut down everything, and everyone goes away. It seems rather strange that the National Weather Service regional servers are not working in this area, or perhaps there is something wrong with the storm alert program. Most peculiar no matter which way one looks at it. CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/01 Sunday 10:20 A.M.: I put a new blue toilet tank tablet in the toilet water holder, so it has blue water. I cleaned up, and I went out. I drove down by the waterfront. I chatted with some of the regulars. I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I sat out a while. I returned home. I checked all the lights on my car. I put new gray duct tape on my passenger side rear tail light which has a crack, so it does not leak moisture into the bulb area. Once a few years ago in the winter before I did that, moisture leaked in and froze around the tail light bulb causing it to crack. I also cut my finger trying to get it out in the winter. I also checked the oil in the car. I checked the repairs that I could see that I had done recently on the car. The rear muffler tail pipe seems to hang a bit low. Whenever, I drive out of the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop parking lot and the Board of Education Parking lot, I have to go very slowly so as not to have the rear tail pipe hit the pavement. Well the old Volvo seems to be running just great. Of course since I don’t have many destinations, I have not been driving as much. The way I figure it, by saving money on energy on not driving as much, one has more money for energy to be comfortable at home. CIO

Note: <888> 08/19/01 Sunday 6:30 A.M.: I went to bed at 11:30 P.M., and I was up at 4:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. When I go away on Monday for a few days, I am going to turn off the computer which means the server will be down. I don’t like leaving the computer going when I am gone for more than a day. I hope this does not cause inconvenience to any users. I will be traveling up to Maine with a friend, and we will probably be staying in Oconquit, and will be visiting with a relative in Kennebunkport http://mrscott.com/kport.htm . More than likely we will be touring some of the sights along the Maine shore.  This time of year there are a lot of French speaking Canadians on vacation in that area along with a cross section of other visitors.  It can also be a bit chilly at night, so I intend to take a wind breaker and a sweater along with other informal vacation clothes. CIO

Note: <888> 08/18/01 Saturday 10:15 P.M.: I changed the server settings on the Storm Alert program to MWIN/Internet/Lan, and it is running more smoothly. I went to bed at 9 A.M..  A friend came down to visit about 2 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I cleaned my apartment and watered the plants while the friend took a nap. I then baked a package of boneless chicken breasts by washing them, and then I coated them with olive oil, and put them in a olive oiled Pyrex dish. I put chicken poultry seasoning, celery salt, ground black pepper, garlic powder, Basil, Oregano, Italian spices and then barbeque sauce on the top sides of the chicken breasts. I then baked them in the convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for a half hour. I then set the three half chicken breast in the refrigerator to cool. I cleaned up. I chatted briefly with a relative. I went for a drive down by the waterfront with the guest. We returned home. I put a bed of washed romaine lettuce on each of two dinner plates. I then sliced lengthwise laterally the chilled chicken breasts. I added half to each of the two plates. I then sliced into thin sections one and a half tomatoes and put them on the plates. I then sliced thin and sectioned into quarter inch square sections about a quarter of pound of Swiss cheese and added it to the plates. I diced 2/3 thirds of a medium onion and added it. I then diced 20 olives and I added it. I added two  homemade dill pickles to each plate, and then I added about 20 croutons to each plates, and then I sprinkled a thin layer of Parmesan cheese over each chicken club salad. We had the two salads for dinner with Italian balsamic vinegar and Italian Bertolli  olive oil along with ice tea. My dinner guest just left. The dinner guest will be back down tomorrow afternoon for dinner and to spend the night. We will leave on Monday morning for a few day trip. Well I have to be sure to be on a daytime schedule which I think I am now. CIO

Note: <888> 08/18/01 Saturday 8:15 A.M.: I relaxed a bit. I went out at first light. I stopped by the waterfront, and I chatted with some of the regular fishermen. One of them had caught a large blue fish and another also caught a seagull that they had some difficulty freeing. I then went by the Stop and Shop, but they don’t open until 7 A.M., so I walked lower Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a local. I stopped by Greenwich Cigar across from the Greenwich Train station, and I bought two quick picks on the Power Ball for $125 million for a dollar each. I then went by the Putnam Trust Bank of New York ATM on Mason Street. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a dozen extra large eggs for $1.79, a large 42 ounce container of Quaker Old Fashioned oatmeal for $3.89, S&S 10 pack of powdered milk $5.49, two packages of buy one get one free of Purdue boneless breast of chicken $5.49 and a free $5.29 one, Nathan’s beef franks buy one get one free $3.99 both for a total of $20.55 .  I used the EDS ATM at Stop and Shop for a dollar charge. I returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. Well, it is time for bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 08/18/01 Saturday 2:30 A.M.: I rested a bit. I then made up two slices of toast with margarine. I next took the seasoned omelet pan, and I put it on the electric burner between medium and medium low with two teaspoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine. I cracked three cold eggs and added a tablespoon of milk and mixed them together with a wisk adding dashes of Basil, Italian spices, and oregano.  I put the mixture in the omelet pan, once the margarine had melted and covered it.  After a few minutes, I flipped the omelet carefully, so the liquid on the uncooked side would cook, and I turned down the electric burner to low. I then added three tablespoons of cold whipped cream cheese on one side of the omelet and covered it briefly until it puffed a bit more. I then folder it together and placed it on a plate with the toast. I seasoned the omelet with a little grated parmesan cheese, and I had it for a meal with toast and ice tea. I then cleaned the omelet pan by wiping it with a steel pad to remove any burnt material in the cooking area, and then I wiped it with a paper towel seasoning it with the remaining oils; and I hung it up until I use it next time. It is important to have a seasoned omelet pan when making omelets, and also to not turn the heat too high. CIO

Note: <888> 08/18/01 Saturday 12:30 A.M.: I went out for a drive. I drove by the waterfront. I stopped by the Food Emporium, and I bought MC Swiss cheese at $5.09 a pound for $3.16.  Well it is time for bed. I hope you all have a good morning. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 11:25 P.M.: I set up the Storm Alert 21 Day demo for warnings for Fairfield County, Connecticut; York, Maine; and Indian River, Florida. I set up the InstaWarn plugin to relay these alerts to a Java Script link from my homepage at every five minute intervals when they are put out by Storm Alert. I set it for all alerts on the Storm Alert program. I set the storm alert program to automatically boot when booting the computer, but one has to remember to activate the InstaWarn plugin for the alert messages to be relayed to my server. Alas, I am not sure whether I will buy the program within 21 days. I am not sure if anyone using the net would trust my setup and using the program since there are so many other weather services on the net. I have some interesting links at http://mrscott.com/weather.htm . Still weather alerts frequently can be regional, so I am posting the three regions of alerts where I have friends and family living near the ocean.  I just had some cantaloupe and ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 9:05 P.M.: I downloaded and installed Storm Alert 21 day demo http://www.interwarn.com . It seems to be an excellent program for the computer, if one can afford it. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 8:00 P.M.: I rested from noon to 5 P.M.. I then drove downtown by the waterfront. I next walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by Lecters, they have 40% off kitchen items hanging on the south wall and Rubbermaid containers buy two get one free. I stopped by CVS. I then used the ATM at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then stopped by CVS again, and I bought a 60 tablet box of Wisk with the store coupon was $4.99 plus .30 tax for $5.29 total. I then returned to the car. I drove around the waterfront again. I then stopped by  Exxon, and I bought $13.75 of premium at $1.859 a gallon. I checked the air in my tires at 28 PSI. I returned home. I had a frosted Barq’s rootbeer in a frosted mug. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 11:30 A.M.: I went out, and I drove by the waterfront. I chatted briefly with two employees of NOAA driving one of their GMC vehicles. I then stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I next stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I then stopped by the Arnold Bread store outlet, and I bought 3 six packs of Arnold hotdog buns, two loaves of Branola whole wheat bread, and two boxes of Arnold cheese and garlic croutons for $6.60 total. I then stopped by Smokes for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Lights 100s for $19. I then went by the vegetable market in the Cumberland Farms shopping plaza just across the boarder in New York state, and I bought 4 vine ripen tomatoes at $1.49 a pound for $1.77, a two pound bag of onions .89, and a head of Romaine lettuce .99 for $3.65 total. I then returned home. I opened a can of Star-Kist tuna, and I rinsed it and I flaked it, and then I added a tablespoon and a half of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and mixed it together. On a large dinner plate, I laid out a bed of washed and ripped Romaine lettuce, then I scooped the tuna fish into the middle. I sliced one tomato in sections and laid it out around the tuna fish. I then put two homemade dill pickles on either side of the plate. I put a fourth of diced onion on top of the tomatoes. I then diced 12 olives and spread them on top. I next added about 25 croutons. I then added grated parmesan cheese. I next had it all for lunch with Italian balsamic vinegar and Bertolli Italian olive oil along with a glass of ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 8:05 A.M.: I had a cup of cappuccino. I have cleaned up, and I will now go out for some daytime activity. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 6:40 A.M.: I relaxed a bit. I peel and removed the seeds from two cantaloupe, and then I diced them and put it all in a large round Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I had some with ice tea. CIO

End of Scott's Notes week 08/17/01:

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 4:55 A.M.: I sifted through my email. I went through http://mrscott.com/scotwork.htm .   I looked at some old pictures I have posted on the net http://mrscott.com/picms/ . Alas, I have not taken any new pictures recently. Well time to send out the weekly email. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 4:00 A.M.: I did a little preventive maintenance. I took my E: hard drive out of the primary computer, and I installed it temporarily into the backup computer. I then copied the entire root directory of my server including favorites from the E: drive to the C: drive on the backup computer. I then returned the E: drive to the primary computer. I then installed the “httpd.conf” file from the primary computer Apache server to the backup computer apache server along with one module. I now can run my entire server from the backup computer should the need ever arise including all its contents and favorites. CIO

Note: <888> 08/17/01 Friday 12:20 A.M.: On Thursday morning, I had four fax calls wake me up. A friend arrived about noon. We chatted. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. I went out and made my 3 P.M. appointment. I returned, and we then went for a drive in back country up Lake Avenue, Round Hill Road, and down North Street from Banksville, New York back to central Greenwich.  We stopped by the Stop and Shop and bought a 26 ounce jar of Ragu tomato, onion, and garlic sauce for $1.59. We returned home, and we chatted. About 6 P.M., I reheated the homemade egg noodles and the Ragu sauce, and we had the Ragu sauce on the noodles with parmesan cheese and ice tea for dinner.  We watched the ABC evening news. My dinner guest departed at 7 P.M., and I fell asleep until now.  I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup and ice tea. CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/01 Thursday 7:10 A.M.: Internet Explorer 6.0 was suppose to come out yesterday, but it has not. I reinstalled Internet Explorer 6.0 beta, but first I had to remove the archive attributes from the folder containing it “C:\program files\internet explorer” which had some of the folder attributes active. I had to do this to get the install program to work. Well, the system is working fine. It is time for bed. CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/01 Thursday 5:45 A.M.: I tried resting a bit to no avail. I watched a presentation on CSPAN-2, by Stuart Lynn about ICANN www.icann.org  which was very interesting. I had a bowl of microwave popcorn with a glass of ice tea. Well it is time to try to sleep. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/01 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: I tested Windows XP beta RS2 on the backup computer for a while. I installed Zone Alarm on it. I also installed the Apache Server 1.3.20 on it, with a copy of my downloadable directory, so I can run a backup server when using the backup computer. Well back to some regular work on the  main computer. CIO

Note: <888> 08/16/01 Thursday 12:10 A.M.: I finished my laundry about 11 P.M.. I sifted through my email while doing the laundry. I then made up a pound of fresh egg pasta one quarter inch wide flat noodles eight to twelve inches long. I then fried a boneless center cut pork chop in olive oil and margarine with a few slices of onion and seasoning of ground black pepper, celery salt, garlic powder, Basil, Oregano, and Italian spices. While the boneless center cut pork chop was cooking, I boiled the fresh egg noodles for five minutes in boiling water. I drained them, and I then put them in a large bowl, and added pads from a stick of margarine and mixed it all together. I then added generous dashes of ground black pepper, celery salt, garlic powder, Oregano, Basil, and Italian Spices and mixed it all together. I then added about a quarter of a cup of olive oil and mixed it all together, and I then added about a third of a cup of grated parmesan cheese and mixed the noodle mixture all together. I covered a large dinner plate with a thick layer of the noodle mixture, and I put the rest in a large flat Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator. I then put the cooked boneless center cut pork chop in the middle of the noodles on the plate, and I put the fried onion on the pork, and I poured the frying juices and oils onto the pork and the noodles. I then did a light sprinkling of grated parmesan cheese. I had this for dinner with ice tea. I will now turn off the main computer server, and I will beta test on the backup computer Microsoft XP beta RS2. I will put the Apache server on it with a page saying, the main computer is down for testing on the backup computer. I am a bit stuffed. CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/01 Wednesday 8:50 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I put clean sheets on the bed. I am in the process of doing laundry. CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/01 Wednesday 7:10 P.M.: I rested until 6 P.M.. I had a couple of hotdogs with buns and mustard and ketchup along with ice coffee. I watched the ABC evening news. I now have the BBC World News on now. CIO

Note: <888> 08/15/01 Wednesday 2:50 P.M.: My guest left around 10 P.M. last night. I went to bed, and I slept until 2 P.M. this afternoon. I guess I was tired. I had breakfast of three medium boiled eggs, toast, orange juice, coffee, and vitamins. CIO