Note 09/21/97 Sunday 7:00 AM EDT: I chatted all night and morning on Iphone. I am chatted out. Off to bed. CIO

Note 09/20/97 Saturday 5:30 PM EDT: Last night I walked around downtown Greenwich with the French military. There were lots of New York city people out from town having dinner and going to movies. I noticed in the old Pickwick Plaza across from the new library, they have a new mini mall with a patisserie, dress shops, spa, and a Kinkos. The Kinkos has IBM computers to use, scanning facilities, curtousy telephones, free coffee, and of course the usual copy services. They are open 24 hours a day seven days a week. The French soldier suggested a Kinkos would be handy to have at the French airports not to mention any other airports that might be busy. I chatted with our rep from the University of Alabama and told him about my travels around America. I mentioned that Lady Bird Johnson was still around down in Texas, and I believe Susan Ford was living in Tulsa. There was a young fellow sleeping on a bench downtown about midnight, I suppose he had to much to drink. The weather was good for strooling. I noticed a number of stores are under renovation on Greenwich Avenue. I believe the Baccarat Crystal Glass showroom is throwing a $400 a plate fund raiser for the Greenwich library tonight across from their showroom at the bank. It should bring the black tie crowd downtown. There should be a hightened security presence in town this evening if I have my dates right. I chatted with the wife of an Italian general about volcanoes at the Grand Union. Planet Pizza next to the train station has pizza downtown, however I usually buy a Tony's frozen pizza at the Grand Union at the end of the night. I have not seen many young people downtown, so I suppose they are all watching television and using the internet. CNN reports that this years El Nino is suppose to cause coastal flooding in California and other unusual weather patterns around the world. I keep having a recurring nightmare or a vision of a tidal wave some place in the world, lets hope it is not real. I keep thinking the conventional wisdom that Long Island was formed by a glacial deposits migth not be right, since there is mostly sand deposits out there, and thus it could have been formed by some huge tidal wave before European settlement hundreds of years ago. I also worry about the Valhalla Dam not holding back the resevoir and having most of Westchester County flooded if it ever gave way. I suppose after over a hundred years and enlarging the the resevoir, the Valhalla Damn might not be as strong as some people would like to believe, although I assume it was built on bedrock. Still there is quite a bit of water behind it that could flood out all the new office complexes around Terrytown, if it ever did give way. Greenwich seems the same as ever, with the usual level of weekend evening activity. Also not to mention the old twenty plus year old Nuclear Reactors in Connecticut are a constant state of worryment, since no one knows how safe they are, and they are probably long due to be shut down. However with General Electric and Asea Brown Boveri in the area, I would assume some of their personnel would know the real state of the nuclear reactors. I did notice when I went to the Watson Research facility in Fishkill, New York two years ago, there were signs posted along the highway the said "Warning, Nuclear Contamination Area". Perhaps it was some sort of joke, since there has been nothing about it in the papers. CIO

Note 09/19/97 Friday 1:50 PM EDT: I deleted Microsoft Publisher beta to free up hard disk space. I also deleted all Netscape Cache files, and mail trash files, and c:\windows\temp and c:\windows\temporaryinternetfiles and thus freed up 150 meg hard disk space and now have 190 meg hard disk space free. I backed up my system. I am having a lazy day not doing much. CIO

Note 09/18/97 Thursday 8:00 PM EDT: I posted my biography "Scott's Biography" that I wrote a number of years ago, and have not updated in several years. CIO

Note 09/18/97 Thursday 8:45 AM EDT:I added The 7am News Ticker to the top of my homepages. I also looked at www.ttalk.com new internet site. I need to free up some disk space on my hard drive, and then I will go out a bit this morning.

Note 09/18/97 Thursday 6:15 AM EDT:Ttalk IBM John Partick audio interview on the Future of Internet Technology. Excellent interview. Must listen. CIO

Note 09/18/97 Thursday 4:30 AM EDT: I was woken up at noon and 4:30 PM yesterday by a relative who wanted me to check Southwest Airlines Home Gate where you can buy tickets over the net. I finally got up at midnight this morning. I had breakfast at 6:30 PM earlier and had lunch at 1:00 AM. I went for a walk on Greenwich Avenue at 2:00 AM to 4:00 AM. I chatted with the night desk clerk at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. They have two nice yachts in port. I noticed the underpass lights on Steamboat Road underneath the turnpike are not working and it is quite dark there. They need to be fixed. While walking the upper part of Greenwich Avenue, I noticed the dumpster in front of the old "Favorite Shoe Store" does not have night lights behind it at night which could be a traffic hazzard. I noticed several street lights on Greenwich Avenue were not working. Also the street light on the end of Steamboat Road by the rear of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club was not working. Only a few people were out and about. I stopped by the all night Grand Union. Soda is $1 a six pack plus deposit. Mums are $3.50, boneless breat of chicken is $2.99 a pound, brocolli is $1 a head. I like Tony's deep dish froozen pizza for $2.50. I had ham steak florentine for lunch, and I probably will have a pizza for dinner about 6 AM. I will be out this morning for a while possibly from 8 AM to noon. The Greenwich Library has lots of new information on their site along with Community Answers Databases at the Greenwich Libraries . I noticed the new Mercedes Benz Imported Cars of Greenwich showroom is completed and has the new Mercedes four wheel drive vehicle on display. I also found a site http://www.navigation-station.com/princess-diana-conspiracy.htm which you conspiracy theorists might find interesting, but it is busy most if the time. I posted a copy of the Princess Diana funeral web cast http://www.mikescott.net/dfuneral.ram on my web site. I took the *.wav file from Britain in the USA: Radio Services and use the Win95 Recorder to increase the volumne, and I then encoded it with the RealAudio encoder and posted it. Now you can hear it the broadcast and save it if you desire. The flowers on Greenwich Avenue are still in bloom and look very nice around the post office and the veterans monument downtown. The Greenwich Police are maintaining their usual high level of surveilance. The Food Emporium is also open 24 hours along with the Grand Union, Colonial Diner, Cumberland Farms, Kinkos, Shell and Texaco Gas Stations. Of course the hospital, police, EMT, and hotel employees along with the fire department are awake at night along with U.S. postal employees. Today looks like it will be humid in the mid 80's along with early morning fog. Their was a very light drizzle this morning. The roofers are still working on my building along with drainage work. Most common question on Greenwich Avenue is "How to get to I-95?". CIO

Note 09/17/97 Wednesday 12:00 AM EDT: I was out at 6 PM this past evening. The roof is progressing well and they are digging a trench in front of the building. I read the computer press in the library. I noticed three comfortable yachts at the Greenwich Harbor Inn. They also have a bicycle group riding from Portland, Maine to Orlando, Florida. The number of Ryder Rental trucks dropped off in town is up, so more young people are moving in. Greenwich avenue was moderately busy this past weekend. My portfolio www.mikescott.net/scopor01.htm was up. Needless to say this is just a bellweather portfolio, I don't actually own the stocks. I put Pennzoil Gumout fuel injection cleaner in my car this evening and filled the car up at Greenwich Exxon. The library parking lot is still being worked on. The worst thing about today was there was a lot of pollution in town which was practically unbearable. The Greenwich Police are now maintaining foot patrols on Greenwich Avenue at night. Starbucks was not too busy this evening. There is a full moon tonight, so I imagine a few witches and warlocks will be prowling the town howling at the moon. I plan to catch up on a little internet work this evening. That is all folks. CIO

Note 09/16/97 Tuesday 5:00 AM EDT: Installed Publisher97 Trial Version for Windows 95 & NT 4.0 - US English Version - Download Page . I uninstalled Colorado 3.0 and put Colorado 1.70 back on since it is a more reliable backup program. 1.70 worked fine. I did my laundry this eveing and it was slow downtown this evening. Back to sleep. CIO

Note 09/15/97 Monday 5:45 PM EDT: Up at 2:30 PM and had breakfast and paid my telephone bill for $59. Bank of New York has online banking for $35 to $45 a month which is a little pricey if you are like me and only pay three bills a month. They are still working hard on the roof. Tomorrow they are digging a trench in the driveway to provide better drainage for the building, one will have to park by the skating rink. I have cleaned my apartment. After I post this message, I will shower and go out and enjoy the evening. I recieved a free IBM t-shirt today that I sent up to Maine. Greenwich seems busy as usual. If one hates waiting downtown at the post office, the post office off West Putnam avenue is much faster. I noticed Microsoft was down 7 1/2 points today. IBM was down only 1 1/2 points today. Last boat to island beach will be leaving in a few minutes. Mostly same old routine. CIO

Note 09/15/97 Monday 4:13 AM EDT: I had a relaxing weekend. I did not bother turning on the computer for a couple of days. I road the Island Beach Ferry out to the island. Monday today is the last day of the island beach ferry. The roof is progressing well. They are still working above my apartment. I had a dinner guest down. I chatted with an acquaintence about France. Lots of Greenwich people were out for the United Way party. Supposedly 10,000 people road bicycles by my building while I was asleep on Sunday. I am on a night schedule. Grand Union and Food Emporium have been closed after midnight for shopping. Greenwich was very quiet on Sunday evening. I have not surfed the net very much, so I don't have much to report. People have been asking me about Lake Forest, Illinois. I suppose they are looking for less expensive property or more private property than Greenwich. Perhaps the old wisdom of living in the interior of the country is occuring to some recent arrivals from Europe, or they just want to see it. Lots of Europeans at Tod's Point on Sunday evening. There seems to be a lot of Polish in the area. Relative has returned from Maine to Texas. Sailboat "Nordic Joan" was seen on Greenwich harbor. "Our Toy" is at Greenwich Harbor Inn along with "Glory". There is an old Chris Craft boat on the harbor. There are two new cigarette boats for sale on the Mianus River road. They have a new parking lot at the Bush Holley House. The library is still closed on Sundays until October, but it is open on Friday night. My doctor is still visiting in Spain. I need to get a prescription for pills to quit smoking. I am trying to figure out whether I should continue Cablevision since I never watch television, but I guess I can keep it around for guests for a while. Local friend made money on the stock market. Most houses in the area seem to have high Radon levels from large Rock formations in the area. Probably many former family houses have Radon problems. A Scottish bag piper was seen playing the pipes walking up and down Greenwich Avenue this evening. He seemed to be in pretty good shape. Lots and lots of little kids seen around town this weekend. Richie Havens did a United Way concert this past weekend. I chatted with a Jamaican about Bauxite in Jamaica, and he said there were lots of Germans in Jamaica. I believe Jamaica also has Cobolt that is used in Cobolt Steel. I don't know the status of Jamaica's current volcanic activity if any. I assume it is volcanic. The temperate is 70s in the day time and 50s at night. Lots of New York yuppies at the Dome Restaurant on Saturday night for beverages. CVS pharmacy in Riverside Shopping Center is now open all night for pharmacy prescriptions. It seems like many Latino workers have gone back south for the winter. Local Episcopal Chruch sent a trailer of supplies to a technical school in Hondurus for orphan boys. Greenwich police are maintaining usual excellent patrol in the area. I plan to clean my apartment and water the plants when I wake up on Monday afternoon. Former French soldier in the area seems to know quite a bit about France and speaks English well. All quiet on the Eastern Front. English historian spotted this weekend. CIO