Note:<888>10/31/99 Sunday 8:20 P.M. EDT: I went out about 2 P.M., and I drove down town. I noticed lots of people out enjoying the warm weather today. I sat out in front of the senior center and lots of people think the Pear Sculpture looks out of place, but I personally don't mind it since I like Pears. Pear Liquer is also very tasty. I chatted with a few local telling them about www.dialpad.com . After sitting out enjoying the sun, I returned to my car and I drove down by the waterfront and chatted with some of the local people. When I showed up at sunset lots of people were gathered at the end of the road, and incoming launch flying a red and white penant with "R" in the insignia exchanged what seem to be a informal 20 gun salute with the Indian Harbor Yacht Club's sunset canon exchanging about 20 rounds. The incoming Launch seemed be firing something like a Shot Gun and I could not believe the Indian Harbor Yacht Club fifteen inch long canon could be reloaded so fast, so maybe they were firing some other type of weapon back like a shot gun. It was all very noisy and no projectiles flew in the direction of the Steamboat Road crowd. The usual fishemen were out there. I chatted with one gentleman from New Jersey who was interested in buying my old Volvo because he drove a car that was a white Volvo about ten years newer than my Volvo. He looked quite a bit like a Head of State I have seen in Switzerland and he appeared with his wife just at sunset. He looks quite a bit like the actor that plays the modern day Count Dracula or Vlad the Impaler from Romania, so maybe he flew over here for Holloween and the Yacht Club gave him a 20 gun salute. Who knows in this town with all the holleywood types around. I briefed on the state of my Volvo and he lost interest, and he said he and his wife were hungry and they had to go get a bite to eat and they drove off in the old White Volvo. I noticed a young couple downtown dressed up in Holloween Costumes and the young lad was wearing a Spider Man costume. I suppose it is another normal fall day in Greenwich. I found on of those old plug electric plastic antennas by the dumpster that you plug into your wall outlet, and I replaced the rabbit ears on the shortwave antennae with the modern electric plug in device. I am too tired to test the reception on the Shortwave Radio to see if it works any better. I chatted with a couple of family members and they were getting ready for Holloween tric or treaters. A few of my neighbors are gathered downstairs with Tootsie Rool Pops for any kids that drop by. Well not much else is happening, I am quite tired; so I guess I will go to bed to be up for my usual first of the month routine. Well have an enjoyable evening, and since Holloween falls on a Sunday, it should be a bit quiet. Best of all from me to any foreign heads of state whom may be visiting the area, but I have to get some rest. I might have some Ramen noodles myself and ice tea, before going to bed. CIO

Note:<888>10/31/99 Sunday 11:20 A.M. EDT: Well I finished house cleaning and watering the plants. I chatted with a few night time people. I made a few more calls this morning. I heard about the Egypt Air Flight Disaster about 9 A.M.. I checked into it, and since I use to cover the south shore of Nantucket, I called the Nantucket Police department, and told them they should get personnel from New London, Connecticut to start combing the beach on the South Shore of Nantucket. I watched a little bit of television coverage on the event. While I was vacuuming I fixed the Elctrolux vacuum attachment, so it works when you turn on the vacuum. I guess I will place more of my late morning calls, before I got out for a while after I clean up. I also had reheated spegehetti sauce with reheated speghetti noodles and ice tea and coffee for my early morning meal about 6 A.M.. I told a few other people about www.dialpad.com . Not much else to report on. I still can not go out until I clean up. Well have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>10/31/99 Sunday 1:15 A.M. EDT: Well I went to bed at 6 A.M. on Saturday Morning, and at around 9 A.M., I recieved two no answer telephone calls from somebody trying to bother me. I complained to the telephone company, and I checked *69, and no number was returned; so maybe somebody is bothering me through an internet gateway like www.dialpad.com . I crossed notes with another local representative, and I did not fall back asleep until about 2 P.M.. I was finally up at 11 P.M.. I had breakfast of Post Raisin Bran, Toast, Coffee, Orange Juice, and Vitamins. I am just finishing my coffee now. I called a few local people and told them about www.dialpad.com . Well time for my weekly house cleaning and watering the plants. CIO

Note:<888>10/30/99 Saturday 5:55 A.M. EDT: I had some Ramen noodles and ice tea for dinner about 10 P.M. I cleaned up, and I did a little internet work. I went out about 12:30 P.M., and I parked in the center of Greenwich Avenue. I walked up to the top of the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. I observed a few ambulences on manuvres. I saw a few college kids having beverages at the Dome Restaurant. I walked back down the Avenue, and I observed the two decorative lights in front of the veterans monument are now working. They now have a new bronze pair sculpture at the Senior Center that looks from the backside like a Horse's Ass. I walked down the Avenue, and I told a local night watchman about the www.dialpad.com internet site. I sat out in front of the post office a while. I walked back up the Avenue a bit and sat at the veteran's monument. I then walked down towards Steamboat Road, and I noticed a diesel locamotive coming in at the train station about 2:30 A.M. in the morning. It was Metro North train, and each car had names on it, and one of them said "Nelson Rockefeller". I observed a group of youngsters coming off the train in Holloween costumes. I suppose they were working late in Manhattan. I continued on walking down Steamboat, and I walked down to the end and observed the night sky from the end of the pier. There is suppose to be a Metior Shower around November 17 that could knock out satellite communications Meteor Storm Could Damage Satellites - Air Force. I guess a number of astronomers will be trying to observe the night sky. I walked back up the road and noticed a few tenants out and about. I stopped by at Greenwich Capital Associates and told them about the www.dialpad.com site, although they have one of the heaviest telecommunications cables in town, I doubt if they need it. I chatted with the night watchman there about a few minor details. I suggested when they remodel the new Greenwich Harbor Inn, they put multi tiered parking on the southeast corner of the property with all harbor through suites accessable from the tiered parking through parking area to corridor, and corridor doors to rooms. I suggested that there be no parking underneath the building to prevent any accidental automobile problems affecting the guest areas. I suppose a cleaver architect could come up with a cleaver enough plant. I also think where the North Parking Lot is, they could eliminate it and put in a private Maze garden. I suppose they are consulting with a few individuals trying to keep it within budget. I suppose Greenwich Zoning would have to be shown a presentable plan which would stay with the town restrictions against too much development along the waterfront. I next walked back up the Avenue, and I sat out for a while. About 3:45 A.M., I head over to the Shell Station and bought a half gallon of Hood whole milk for $1.99. I returned home, and I had a glass of ice tea. I relaxed a bit, and I then filed this report. Well have an enjoyable morning. I suppose I will be doing my house cleaning today when I get up late this afternoon or early this evening, so I will probably not be out before about midnight. Well have a good day. CIO

Note:<888>10/29/99 Friday 9:35 P.M. EDT: I went out and chatted with one of my neighbors. I was reading the tech news, and I saw this site mentioned Dialpad.com Free Internet Computer to Telephone Calls Anywhere in the USA . You log onto the site, and it puts an Active X plugin on your web browser and you can talk anywhere in the United States free through their gateway in San Francisco. The have advertising on their dialpad. They should have the Alphabet numbers with the telephone numbers on the Key Pad. There is advertising on the Key Pad from groups like the United States Air Force. I had one problem starting the plug in and got an error message. There was a Voxware File in my C:\Windows\System directory "Vct32150.dll" that caused the programs not to work, so I removed it from the directory and put in a backup folder in case another program needed it to work. I chatted with a few friends and family and it works quite well. I use my old Radio Shack headphones which I keep with the computer, so I don't get feedback off the computer speakers when talking. Well now I can really justify the expense of the Cable Modem. I spent a while adding names and telephone numbers to the Dialpad.com Free Internet Computer to Telephone Calls Anywhere in the USA telephone directory. Well I guess this means that people outside of the country could call home through the internet or elsewhere if they have highspeed connections. I imagine it might be a bit choppy with a telephone connection to the internet. Well it is the best thing I have seen on the internet for a while since it is for free. Well I have to clean up and have a bite to eat and possibly go out for some fresh air. Have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/29/99 Friday 2:50 P.M. EDT: I rested until noon, and then I worked a bit on the directory adding links to www.fortunebrands.com categories. Well I guess I might have some more reheated speghetti and tomatoe sauce and then clean up and get some fresh air. Have an enjoyable afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/29/99 Friday 7:40 A.M. EDT: I was up at 6:30 A.M. this morning. I had breakfast of Post Raisin Bran, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I updated scott007.zip linked from download.htm by adding IBM promo1.htm and Microsoft promo2.htm to the downloadable directory. I asked a family member to order me a copy of Windows 98 Second Edition Upgrade. Happy Birthday to a friend somewhere east of us. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/28/99 Thursday 10:55 P.M. EDT: Well I am still awake. I went out after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront and chatted with a group from Switzerland. One of Poggies handlers were around. I stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I asked them to reserve a roll of hemp webbing for me for $1.75 to use for furniture repair. I made my 3 P.M. appointment. I drove back to the center of town. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I chatted with a retired IBM executive running for First Selectman. I chatted with a some gals about St. Johns, in the U. S. Virgin Islands and they recommended I use the Puritan Products brand of arthritis formula. I am not sure where they are available. I walked back up the Avenue, and I observed lots of individuals enjoying the nice weather. I drove down by the waterfront. I stopped by the Greenwich Library and they were having a reception for the new library administrator. I did not attend since I was not properly dressed. I read three computer newsweeklies and the local paper. I have to remember to bring my Polarized sunglass clipons to put on my reading glasses since the new library is so bright. I noticed CompUSA has a special with 3COM and @HOME selling Cable Modems for $100 after a $200 rebate. I returned home. I decided to print out last summer's IBM and Microsoft annual reports. The Microsoft Report in Word format printed out quickly, but the IBM Annual report in *.PDF format took four hours to print out for the 96 pages. I updated the IBM promo1.htm and Microsoft promo2.htm pages which took a while. Well I am really bushed, so after being awake for 24 hours, I will have a bite to eat and get some sleep. Have an enjoyable evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/28/99 Thursday 12:40 P.M. EDT: I went down and checked the mail while about 11 A.M. and got a breath of fresh air. I chatted with some of my neighbors. I updated the JAVA script in my opening home pages Scott's Internet Hotlist and the links to not show the old Florida site. I posted a page of the non working links that LinkSweeper removed from my directory favorites when I used it three months ago Scott's Internet Hotlist Favorites with Broken Links's Bookmarks . Well I have been working at this for about 14 hours, so I think I will begin to slow down. Have an enjoyable afternoon. I have a 3 P.M. appointment. CIO

Note:<888>10/28/99 Thursday 10:45 A.M. EDT: I downloaded and installed some IBM ViaVoice SDKs and other developer programs. They did not work since, I did not let the installs overwrite my c:\windows\system\mfc40.dll file which lots of programs try to overwrite. I uninstalled them and they left lots of Active X registry entries in the registry which I used WinDoctor to remove. Howver IBM Software : Groupware - Productivity and Lotus : ViaVoice : News is suppose to offer a free demo soon for those of you whom feel like fiddling with it. I believe it will work with Microsoft Word 97 for Speech dictation into the WordProcessor. Well not much else happening. Since it is the end of the month and I am low on funds, I am just relaxing at home. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/28/99 Thursday 6:25 A.M. EDT: I have been doing routine work. I signed up for an offsite storage account at http://www.driveway.com to store my key files off site. One gets 25 megs for free, 5 more megs the second time you logon, 5 megs for filling out a survey, and 2 megs for each friend that registers. It is a good deal for free to backup your key files off site, or at least your critical files. You can also share files this way with other users. Well have a good morning, time for some speghetti and reheated tomatoe sauce. CIO

Note:<888>10/28/99 Thursday 3:25 A.M. EDT: I went after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront. I drove through Bruce Park and over to CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza. I said good evening to two of the patrol officers. I bought six packs of Phillie Sweet light cigar cigarettes for $8.34 less $1.50 in .25 off coupons plus .41 Ct. sales tax for $7.25 total. I then drove back to the center of town. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. It is cooler outside. My window thermometer says it is 40 degrees F.. I chatted with one of the Starbucks delivery people about coffee. I drove back down by the waterfront. I stopped by the Shell Station on West Putnam Avenue and lower the air in my tires from 32 PSI to 30 PSI, since in the cooler weather it helps to have a little better traction, and when one drives on the highway which I hardly ever do; the tires warm up a bit and the PSI goes up. I chatted with the friendly night manager at the Shell Station. Well not much else happening. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/28/99 Thursday 1:10 A.M. EDT: I was up at 11 P.M.. I reinstalled two Windows 98 System Update files from Windows 98 Update. I ran Speedisk on Drives D: and E:. The whole system is running fine. I have MDM running when I first start the computer, but it is not running now. It runs in the background. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I made my bed and cleaned up. Well I guess it is another night on the net. The system is running fine, and I guess on Saturday, I might do another tape backup. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/27/99 Wednesday 2:35 P.M. EDT: I reinstalled Outlook 98 and downloaded the addons. I installed the addons and updates from the Symantec Live Update Pro. I then ran Regscan, Norton WinDoctor, and Norton Speedisk. Basically I have the system tweaked around, and it seems to be running better. I will make another C: drive to E: drive backup now. I just had some microwave popcorn and ice tea. I chatted with a friend from Eastern Connecticut. It is cool in the apartment, and I am a bit tired. I guess it is time to start slowing down and possibly going to bed. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/27/99 Wednesday 9:05 A.M. EDT: I just finished backing up the C: drive to E: drive. I had a Stauffers five cheese lasagna for a meal with ice tea. I just finished making up a batch of icetea.htm . I have another half hour or a little bit more to finish three quarts of speghetti sauce that I made up with eight gloves of garlic chopped, three diced medium onions, three cans of plum tomatoes, three cans of tomatoe paste, a third of a pound of diced ham, 10 oz. of frozen chopped brocolli, 2/3 cups of white wine, four beef boullion cubes, dashes of tabasco sauce, Lea and Perrins worsteshire sauce, Angostora bitters, Angostora terriyaki sauce, garlic powder, Italians spices, oregano, basil, celery salt, ground pepper, Hungarian pepperika, Chinese five spice, parsley which I simmers for one hour fifteen minutes, and I still have a half hour to go. Well have a good morning. I might take a nap after I have refrigerated the spehetti sauce. CIO

Note:<888>10/27/99 Wednesday 6:45 A.M. EDT: I was up at 11 P.M. last night. I had breakfast of Kelloggs Corn Flakes, toast, orange juice,vitamins, and coffee. I tried reinstalling Microsoft Network MSN 2.6 to fix it when my www.msn.com page comes up it comes up with http://msn.co.uk instead. I can get the MSN USA page by clicking on Welcome to MSN.COM USA . I also reinstalled the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 that came with MSN from a download. I reinstalled the downloadable updates and the Microsoft Windows 98 system and internet explorer 5.0 updates. The system is running fine. I tried changing a couple of setting in the registry to make the right MSN page come up to no avail. Needless to say this all took a bit of time. I added the MSN links to 075.htm , news.htm , and first1.htm . I also put them in the downloadable group of files at download.htm to get scott007.zip . I will run RegClean, Norton Disk Doctor, and Windoctor and then Norton Speedisk and then reboot the computer and start the server and do another C: drive to E: drive backup. Time to relax a bit. CIO

Note:<888>10/26/99 Tuesday 6:05 P.M. EDT: Well I went out after the last message. They are working on the Post Road removing a layer of asphalt possibly for more underground cable repairs. I drove down by the waterfront, and I viewed the harbor and I chatted with a few locals. I stopped by the Greenwich Town Hall, and I chatted with the host of the Greenwich Year 2000 Party at the Hyatt Hotel in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. I made my 4 P.M. appointment. I returned back down by the waterfront briefly. I returned home and I pointed out to my neighbor what I had noticed along the waterfront. There is a large 100 mile wide swath of clouds heading southwest to northeast with a very sharp straight edge along the northern side. It looks like it could be possibly a volcanic erruption cloud formation coming from the southwest. I am now helping someone with AOL dial Norton Update which seem to be tricky. I am very tired and going to bed. CIO

Note:<888>10/26/99 Tuesday 1:50 P.M. EDT: I drove down by the waterfront after teh last message and viewed the harbor. It is a very nice day. I parked in the center of town and I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I stopped by the Hospital Thrift Shop and viewed the merchandise. I notice they have a nice baby changer there. I also saw a walking cain. I went by the Greenwich Library and they have the statue of Andre back up in the lower courtyard, but they have not put up the plaque that use to be with it. I read the local paper and chatted with a couple of patrons. I checked out the Speed Test at MSN Computing Central - Bandwidth and they are getting about 130 Kbytes a second at the library in the morning. I am getting a 1000 Kbytes a second right now on the cable modem with people out on a nice day and kids still in school. I recommended to a couple of patrons that Gold might be a good hedge against stockmarket deflation although it has not done anything in fifteen years. I mentioned that Malichite was an interesting material to construct a building out of. I then drove downtown, and I stopped by the Mews thrift shop and toured the merchandise. I bought a brass roll stamp holder for $1 plus .06 Ct. tax for a total of $1.06. I chatted with the usual friendly staff. I next went down by the harbor and chatted with a knowlegable fisherman about gator and crock watching. I drove through Bruce Park and I stopped by ELDC thrift. I notice they have an old Rockwell circular saw there for $10 that you could cut off your fingers with. One regular patron bought an oval French inlaid table circa late 18th century to early 19th century for $40 with pedistal and three legs. They have an old beat up Windsor chair at the antique shop at the other end of the plaza from ELDC. There were lots of dealers touring the shops today. I returned to town and spent .50 on parking for an hour. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue, and I chatted with the Perrier deliverymen who were delivering foreign beer. Their truck is out of Bethel, Connecticut. I chatted with painter painting the people's bank and told them about painting an old house in Nantucket with epoxy paint from St. Louis, but it took a lot of prep work. On the way down the Avenue, I studied the Mitchell's construction site. I noticed they are laying the reinforcing rods for pouring the front part of the first floor. I saw one gal in a antique Oldsmobile drop a plastic medicine bottle underneath her car which I retrieved. I noticed quite a few senior using walkers with bicycle brakes and small baskets in front. About noon the yuppies started appearing. I chatted a bit of French with some french speaking people around town. I headed back home at 12:30 P.M., and I fixed a Tony's cheese pizza for lunch with two german dill pickels and ice tea. I heard loud noises in the hallway, and the plumbers are replacing the hot water tanks nearby. They said they have 14 more hot water tanks to go. Well it is a very nice day, so I guess I will go out and float around some more. I have a 4 P.M. appointment. Well have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/26/99 Tuesday 8:00 A.M. EDT: Well I did some regular internet work. I chatted in the Italian chat room on AOL, but I don't think they could understand my Italian. I showed one of my neighbors what I had done in straightening up the apartment. Well not much happening, now that the sun is up, I might go out for a little fresh air and day light. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/26/99 Tuesday 5:05 A.M. EDT: I did a little systems maintenance. I an Regscan, Norton WinDoctor, and I Norton Speedisk on the C: drive. I changed the Video multiplier to from 4 to 12 in the CMOS. On on the AOL Network Drivers TCP/IP->AOL Dialup Adaptor , I set "Wins Configuration" to "Disable Wins Configuration". I was viewing the television cabinet area and with certain decorative accessories on the bar, it looked too busy; so I stored certain of the items behind the Nixon and Kennedy books behind the television and speaker cabinets in the book case. I guess it is all right to display mixers and a little wine. Since I don't drink it make an impression that I am a lush having the hospitality bar set up, but that is a copy of the Billy Baldwin style of decorating. A few years ago there use to be a lot of old silver cocktail shakers in the thrift shops, so I will have to keep an eye out for one of those. Well the system is running fine. I will do another tape backup and more systems maintenance at the end of the week. I have a 4 P.M. appointment this afternoon. I also mailed a letter at the West Putnam Avenue new post office when I went out earlier this evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/26/99 Tuesday 3:20 A.M. EDT: I finished the laundry. I chatted with Cablevision up in Bridgeport. Since I have to pay the bills by November 3, I will go up to Cablevision in Norwalk and pay them on November 1, and stop by CompUSA there. The Cablevision person seems to think that Spanish is a secondary language here. I tried to explain to them with thirty million people living in French Canada, that there are quite a lot of French speaking people in New England and the New York area to no avail. Well so much dealing the Cablevision propaganda agency. I guess if you don't want to deal with a communications agency in English geared towards Spanish speaking population, one could try DirectTV, but the satellite dishes do not work well when it snows or snow is on them. Conversely Optic fibre of Cablevision tends to fail when it gets extremely good, since glass or glass fibre gets brittle the colder it gets. Well so much for being shook down the Mafia in Westbury, Long Island to the tune of about $1,200 a year and another $900 a year for GEICO insurance from Melville, Long Island. I guess the local Connecticut people should start charging the New Yorkers and Long Islanders more when they are in this area. First we should start charging out of towners for using our very fine library. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/26/99 Tuesday 2:15 A.M. EDT: I went out after the last message. I drove down by the waterfront and it was quiet. I parked in the center of town. I found a one dollar bill on the street in front of the senior center. I walked the lower section of Greenwich Avenue. I returned home. I had a cooked sliced of frozen pizza and a Stauffers five cheese lasagna. I started my laundry. I am having my coffee, and I have about twenty minutes to go on the laundry. I put the dollar bill I found in a little silver tone frame I got with a two pack of Kent cigarettes as a novelty decorating item. I guess I will do a little internet work this morning. I have to call up cablevision to see if I can defer payment on the Optimum online TV and the Cable modem until a few days after the third of November when they are do. Well have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/25/99 Monday 10:55 P.M. EDT: I had a phone call about 3 P.M.. I was up about 5 P.M.. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, four strips of bacon, toast, orange juice, and coffee. I watched the ABC evening news. I went back to bed until about 8:30 P.M.. I put fresh sheets on my bed and I cleaned up. I updated Scott's Broadcast sound.htm . Well I guess I might be going out for some fresh air in a while. Also Scott's Site in Florida is no longer available since, I feel the site here in Connecticut is adequate. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/25/99 Monday 9:40 A.M. EDT: My "Motherboard Resources" drive was not working, so I deleted it and restarted the computer, and it worked. I set my Intel Card driver to defaults and it is working faster. I put the original S-571 motherboard driver on my computer or an earlier one and it is working much faster. Overall the computer seems to be running as good as it ever has. Well I am tired, so time to go to bed. Also with the faster Intel Ethernet Card defaults, I am getting my home page to load in the AOL browser. I also installed the AOL Network drivers from the Win98 Cdrom which are older, but they seem to go faster. Well I am bushed have a good morning; time for me to go to bed. CIO

Note:<888>10/25/99 Monday 5:55 A.M. EDT: I had dinner about 11 P.M. of reheated chicken, steamed defrost brocolli, microwaved potatoe, ice tea and coffee. I rested from about midnight until 1:30 A.M.. I did a bit of internet work going through last weeks email. I changed the IRQ for the SoundBlaster 32 from 10 to 7. I can not get the Fox News video clip to work with it from @home. I changed the @home shortcut to load the web browser. For some odd reason, my MSN page keeps loading with www.msn.co.uk . I must have set it up improperly. Not a lot happening. I think I might have some microwave popcorn and relax and go to bed. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/24/99 Sunday 9:20 P.M. EDT: I rested a bit this afternoon. I chatted with family members. I wrote a letter to a family member. I printed out some envelopes on the laser printer with Microsoft Word 97. It prints the recipient bar code. In bold text I only got three lines on the return address, when initally I got four lines. Well I guess I will have a bite to eat, clean up, and possibly go out for some fresh air. I did the internet update on Microsoft Money 99. My visitor had to cancel out today. Well have a good evening. Computer and server all up to snuff. CIO

Note:<888>10/24/99 Sunday 1:55 P.M. EDT: Well the tape backup completed successfully in 6 1/2 hours. I went for a drive about 4 A.M. and a short walk on the Avenue. I bought a half gallon of 2% milk and margerine for $2.98 at Cumberland Farms. I went to bed about 8 A.M. and just awoke now. Have a good afternoon. CIO

Note:<888>10/24/99 Sunday 3:40 A.M. EDT: I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants and straightening items around. I have tried to make two backups, both of which have failed about half way through. I tried between them to lower the refresh rate on my onboard video from 75 mhz to default. I lowered the Video Multiplier in my CMOS from 8 to 4. I reinstalled the onboard VGA drive for Win95 instead of Win98. This all did not make a difference. This time I deleted the Sound Blaster 32 driver and changed the CMOS setting for the LPT1 port to EPP, and I set the IRQ to 5 and the other setting to 378. I rebooted and it loaded the Sound Blaster 32 to IRQ 7 and the LPT1 port to IRQ 1. I will now installed the Seagate Tape backup software again, and run it on its default install SCSI setting to see if that works. About midnight I made baked boneless beast of chicken in wine with herbs and spices, chopped garlic, and chopped onion, with a tab of Angostora Terriyki sauce, steamed frozen brocolli, and baked potatoe, ice tea and coffee. I tried watching a bit of television, but it was boring. I rested about an hour. Well back to trying to backup. I will possibly go out for some fresh air during this attempt. Have a good morning. I won't run the server while trying another backup. CIO

Note:<888>10/23/99 Saturday 8:40 P.M. EDT: I went to bed about 8 A.M.. I started another tape backup which failed when I checked at 9 A.M.. I went back to bed, and I recieved a call from a friend who said he would visit tomorrow afternoon. I started another tape backup which failed. I had breakfast of three fried eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. I decided to return the tape drive to Staples in Old Greenwich. I packed up the tape drive, and I cleaned up. I took the tape drive back to Staples. I could not return it, but they exchanged it for a new one since Sony said that 7% of merchandise is defective. The one I bought originally came in shrink wrap, and the Sony SuperStation does not come in shrink wrap, so the original drive I bought was a returned item already and probably defective. I returned home, and I chatted with one of my neighbors whom just returned from the Mohecan Sun Casino. I setup the new tape drive with the same Seagate software. I will now start the server, and try another full tape backup with EPP settings. Let's keep our fingers cross that it all works. Well have a good evening. I will start my house cleaning while the tape backup runs for about 5 1/2 hours. CIO

Note:<888>10/23/99 Saturday 7:40 A.M. EDT: I tried making a Tape Backup with SCSI fast EPP, but both times it fail, so I reset the SCSI drive to BiDirectional, and like last weekend it should run continually for about 28 hours, and hopefully I will have another complete tape backup. I will run the server while it is running. Well I am really bushed, so time for bed. CIO

Note:<888>10/23/99 Saturday 5:00 A.M. EDT: I decided to reinstall Windows 98, and then I reinstalled the Updates and a few other necessary drivers. I ran Norton Disk Doctor, RegClean, WinDoctor, and also reinstalled the Seagate Tape backup software. I did a C: drive to E: drive backup. I just started the faster EPP full tape backup and hopefully it work since I reinstalled Win98. Netmeeting still does not work. Well I will relax a bit and go to bed. I am tired. Have a good morning. CIO

Note:<888>10/22/99 Friday 10:20 P.M. EDT: Well I had a bite of reheated pasta mixture, and I had to restart the C: drive to E: drive backup, since there was not enough room on the E: drive. I moved the D: drive backup to the C: drive. I then went out and I drove down Greenwich Avenue, and I stopped by the waterfront and I said hello to a couple of the fishermen. I then went over to Staples in Old Greenwich and I exchanged the defective SonySuperstation Tape for a good one. I then stopped by the Hyatt Hotel in Old Greenwich, and I chatted with Hotel Security for a while. A number of guests as usual were arriving for a wedding reception. I used the Bank of New York ATM at the Hyatt Hotel, and I withdrew funds. I then stopped by CVS at the Riverside shopping plaza, and I bought a carton of Philie Cigar cigarettes for$11.94 plus .72 CT. tax for $12.66. The carton was $12.19 but each package had a .25 off sticker, but the scanner would only take one, so I have nine .25 off stickers to use. I then returned home. I had to make another C: drive to E: drive backup, since the one I started did not complete. Apparently one has to have enough space for the previous backup plus the current one to get a complete backup, so I deleted the previous and ran the backup again and it finished after about an hour and fifteen minutes later. I had two German pickles while doing this. I then changed the settings on my SCSI tape backup to EPP and restarted the computer and started the server. I will try to run a faster backup now with the new tape with the server running, let's see what happens. CIO

Note:<888>10/22/99 Friday 4:30 P.M. EDT: I installed the parts of Microsoft Essentials 98, I did not have, since I had Microsoft Money 99, Microsoft Encarta 98, and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, and Microsoft MSN, I did not need those features. I also went to Microsoft Word Downloads and installed about 24 addons for Word 97 including the "SR2bOF97.exe" update file, which asked me for my registration number which I had from installing Microsoft Work 98, which is different thant the Microsoft Essential CD number. I ran Regclean, and Norton Disk Doctor, and Norton WinDoctor; and I am just about ready to start a C: drive to E: drive backup. I will have a bite to eat, and then clean up and shower; and then go out in about a hour. I might drive up to CompUSA in Norwalk; and get an exchange for my SonySuper Station which I bought from them which does not work. Well have a good evening. CIO

Note:<888>10/22/99 Friday 1:15 P.M. EDT: I went out yesterday at about 1 P.M.. I basically did have finished cleaning up my and rearranging my household. I got to thinking about the mosquito larvae and mosquitos I found growing in my bathroom toilet brush container. I figure they might have come down the bathroom fan duct above the toilet brush since we live near the Byram River which is basically a creek. I do have some luggage stored here of a friend whom returned from Cologne, Germany a year ago and whose girl friend's father worked in archeology in Egypt, so possibly he brought back mosquito larvae in his luggage that set off the West Nile mosquito encephalytus in this area. Another possibility is that a prmominent Egyptian has a house on Greenwich Harbor, and possibly he has an aquarium in his house that is breeding Egyptian mosquitoes since he might have imported objects or Aquarium life that might have contained Mosquitoe encephalytus. I checked with the House of Fins this morning about it, and they said more than likely the fish would eat the Larvae. I went out yesterday afternoon, and I stopped by Putnam Trust Bank of New York. I then stopped by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I found a copy of Microsoft Home Essentials 98 for $12.50 which I bought. I will install it after I post this message. It has all its material with it. I will now have Microsoft Word 97. I noticed they also have Microsoft Streets 98 there for $12.50. I stopped by the Exxon station and bought $12 of Premium gasoline. I chatted with a livery driver there driving a Lincoln Town Car, and I tried to interest him in buying a Cadillac. I then went to the Grand Union. They don't have the English china starter sets out at the moment. I did buy two bottles of Swiss Pine cleaner for $1.39 each, a bottle of dishwashing liquid for $1.79, a nylon scouring pad for .99, and a Sylvannia 7.5 watt light bulb there for $2.39, Angostora bitters $3.89 for a total of $11.84. I next went to my 3 P.M. appointment. I toured the new Greenwich Hospital cafeteria and the Nutmeg Grill is open from 6:30 AM to 10:45 AM, 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM and 3:30 PM to 7:00 PM. I use to eat there a lot before I had a kitchen since it is the most reasonably priced place to have a meal in town. I then drove down by the waterfront, and the regular fishermen have disappeared. I noticed the sea gulls and the cormerants were around the harbor and it was perfectly normal. I chatted with a couple of visitors about ornathology. I mentioned that occassionally birds can be dangerous. I next went by the Greenwich Library and read the local paper. I said hello to one patron that had had a back operation, and I told him I was using VIAXX for my back. I returned home, and I did some brain storming and chatted with a couple of people. I went to bed about 10 PM. I was up at about 10 AM this morning, and I had breakfast of Kelloggs corn flakes, toast, orange juice, vitamins, and coffee. I chatted with a family member, and told them a friend from Long Island would drive me out to McArthur airport on Long Island and back when I fly from there to Texas over Christmas. I noticed my Apache server log was not working when I went to restart it. I looked a the log, and somebody had locked the log with the Archive switch. According to the log the third to the last entry was

tcs-gateway6.treas.gov - - [22/Oct/1999:12:37:30 -0400] "GET /marine04.htm HTTP/1.0" 200 34298

and they hacked my server and locked the log, which seems very unprofessional; unless they are sending a message that the U.S. Treasury Department needs help from the U.S. Marine Corps. I unchecked the archive check box, so the log works again. It is rather strange here when I chat with the security personnel, they don't seem to know English very well as if it were there second language. I will now install the features of Microsoft Essntials 98 that I don't have. Well have a good day. I suppose I will go out in about an hour and a half. CIO