Friday 6: 45 P. M.: I installed this driver

Note:<888> 12/30/05 Friday 3:25 P.M.:  I put the Christmas letter from the Vice President and the Second Lady in the Plexiglas frame over their last year's Christmas letter, and I hung it back on the wall to the right of the primary computer.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/30/05 Friday 3:15 P.M.:  I finished my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I threw out the garbage, and I picked up my mail.  I had a Christmas letter from Vice President and Lynne Cheney Vice President of the United States - Richard B. Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney .  Last week, I received a Christmas letter from Buckingham Palace Welcome to the official web site of the British Monarchy , so I hung it in the same place in the hallway, where the letter from Sandringham Estate was hung last year.  It is sort of an inside joke about Buck house that the Buck stops here.  I toasted two pieces of frozen multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both pieces, and then I put three 1/32nds inch by 7 inch by 5 inch slices of baked turkey and five 5 inch by 5 inch by 1/32nds inch slices of Jarlsberg lite cheese, and I put the top toasted piece of bread on the sandwich, and I cut it in half cross the vertical, and I put the sandwich on a dinner plate, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I then showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Wachovia Bank on Benedict Place, and I paid my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  I then went by the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a six pack of New York Everything bagels for a $1.85.  I then returned home.  I sold a package of Seneca Ultra light 100 cigarettes to a neighbor whom needed a package of cigarettes for a dollar.  I am still waiting for my www.fedex.com delivery, so I could not linger downtown with the exciting crowd that always seems to be around Greenwich Avenue.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/30/05 Friday 9:50 A.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  My order for Sale at L.L.Bean,  I ordered a Dress Thomson color Scotch Plaid Flannel Shirt regular size XX large for $19.95 Scotch Plaid Flannel Shirt: Chamois, Flannel, Wool and Lined at L.L.Bean and a Rain Forest color Chamois Cloth Shirt, Buffalo Plaid, Tall size XX large for $16.95 Chamois Cloth Shirt, Buffalo Plaid: Chamois, Flannel, Wool and Lined at L.L.Bean plus $5.95 UPS ground shipping for $42.85 total is out for delivery to me FedEx | Track Mike Scott L.L. Bean order for shirts .  I will now do my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I will shut down the computer.   CIO  

Note:<888> 12/30/05 Friday 9:20 A.M.:  I paid my Cablevision www.cablevision.com Optimum Digital Television, Optimum Voice Digital Telephone, and Optimum Online Cable Modem bills, my Connecticut Light and Power www.cl-p.com electricity bill, and my Verizon www.verizon.com telephone bill.  In mid December 2005, I paid my GEICO www.geico.com automobile insurance payment for January 2006 which pays up the premium on my automobile  insurance policy through March 2006, when the new policy will be issued in April 2006.  Thus all of my bills are paid except for my rent to the Greenwich Housing Authority.  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/30/05 Friday 8:00 A.M.:  I was awake at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I installed the old AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor in the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I put the AMD Duron 1.6 in the AMD Sempron 3000 packaging, and I left it on the right side of the bedroom sideboard on top of the old cable modems.  I put it in a zip lock bag with it inside the AMD packaging.  I changed the CMOS Bios settings for the processor CPU-World: AMD Sempron 3000+ - SDA3000DUT4D (SDA3000BOX) and this is my motherboard GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Products 7VT600P-RZ . According to the motherboard manual for my Frequency/Voltage control for my Bios setup, which I had set on auto, I could increase my system's performance by changing "CPU Host Control" from disable to enable, which I did.  I then set my "CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) to 166.  Then since I have DDR400 memory in my computer, I changed "Fdram Clock (Mhz) to "200-DDR400".  I am not overclocking the computer, I am just setting it for the components that I am using.  One has to have the right memory in the computer before changing the last setting, or one could damage the computer.  With the current setting, the computer seems to run a bit faster.  The Northgate Syntax backup computer is running just fine, and I am installing updates on it.  CIO     

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 9:05 P.M.:  I ate a piece of pumpkin pie with a few tablespoons of Kraft Cool Whip lite frozen topping, and I also ate a couple of handfuls of smoked almonds.  I had the snack with a glass of iced tea.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 8:15 P.M.:  On a microwave proof plate, I put two sheets of paper towels, five strips of Oscar Meyer thick bacon and two more sheets of paper towel and the microwave plastic plate cover, and I put it in the microwave oven for five minutes.  After cooking the bacon, I also heated a portion of the left over stuffing in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid on the reheat cycle.  In my omelet pan, I put two tablespoons of olive oil and two pads of margarine, and I brought it to a simmer over medium electric heat, and I cracked three large eggs into the hot fat, and I fried the eggs until they were done medium.  I used a dinner plate on top of the pan to keep a little heat inside and warm the plate, and then I slid the three fried eggs onto the plate with five strips of cooked bacon and the stuffing, and I ate it all with a glass of ice tea.  I wiped the seasoned omelet pan clean with a paper towel, and I washed the dishes.  I chatted with a friend, and I chatted with a relative.  CIO   

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 6:35 P.M.:  I showered, and I cleaned up after my last note.  I went out to my 3 P.M. appointment.  I saw a couple of my former neighbors from down by the waterfront.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and everything continues to be half price.  I then drove over to www.costco.com in Port Chester, New York.  I bought a 40 ounce bag of Kirkland smoked almonds for $7.49, two six packs of 19 ounce cans of Hormel steakhouse beef stew for $9.69 each six pack, a 8 pack of 18 ounce cans of Progresso New England clam chowder for $10.59, a 16 ounce container of Kraft www.kraft.com grated parmesan cheese for $4.99, a two pound package of Kirkland Honey Roasted sliced turkey for $7.46 at $3.99 a pound, and a two pound package of Jarlsberg Lite sliced cheese for $7.39 for $57.30 total.  I then returned home, and I used the cart that I keep in the back of my Volvo to bring up my purchases.  Since Costco is a membership club, they try to keep expenses down, so they do not give one bags, but one uses old corrugated cardboard case boxes.  I put away my purchases, and I stored the three cases of food behind the Harvard Veritas chair in the kitchen.  I noticed one can buy a 1000 packages of Splenda for $20,  for $9 one can get two pounds of breaded butterfly shrimp, one can get 16 ounces of Dutch Gold honey for $6, and a Dutch Gouda cheese is $8 a pound.  One can get a cable modem surge protector power supply strip for $20.  One can buy vitamins in large bulk containers.  One can get a 4 gigabyte USB type storage device for $70.  One can get a 80 gigabyte external drive for $110.  A 19 inch Princeton LCD flat panel monitor is $300.  Of course at Costco, it is not really what you need, but what one can afford.  One can also get a three pack of smoke detectors.  I then put the cart back in my station wagon.  At the new shopping mall next to Costco in Port Chester, New York, they have a Lowes movie theatre complex, a Panaera restaurant, and a new Marshalls Womens Clothing - Retail Womens Clothing - Mens Clothing wholesale clearance shopping store.   Thus as Port Chester, New York shopping get more upscale, the state of Connecticut tax department loses money and New York gains.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 1:35 P.M.:   I ate breakfast of a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out to my 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 1:15 P.M.:  I was awake at 12:30 P.M., when I had a no person telephone call.  I booted the primary computer CMOS, and I changed the "Frequency/Voltage Control" setting to "Spread Spectrum Modulated" to enabled, "CPU Host Clock Control" to disable, and "FDRAM Clock (MHz) to "200-DDR400" for my DDR400 memory.  The last setting that I changed, one has to be careful, because if one does not have DDR400 memory, one can damage the computer.  At that setting with the "CPU Host Clock Control" set at Disable, the "CPU Host Frequency (MHz)" automatically sets to 166.  Thus there is no real change, but it is a safer setting and one can have "Spread Spectrum Modulated" set at enable.  The system runs slightly cooler with Current System Temp at 33 degrees C. instead of 36 degrees C., and the Current CPU temp 51 degrees C. instead of 53 degrees C..  This is for my motherboard GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Products 7VT600P-RZ with CPU-World: AMD Sempron 3000+ - SDA3000DUT4D (SDA3000BOX) CPU.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 6:05 A.M.:  I worked with Vista beta 2 build 5270 for the last few hours www.geocities.com/mikelscott/visbeta.htm .  I ate a piece of pumpkin pie with a few tablespoons of Kraft lite frozen cool whip topping.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.   CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 2:45 A.M.:  On Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 USB WebCam Video Web Camera - 961239-0215 for $49.95 and normally it is twice the price Logitech QuickCam® Pro 4000 and it is USB 2.0 and 1.3 megapixel, but I am not sure if that is on the net or not, but it is a good price, and it is not refurbished but new with full Logitech guarantee, and I also ordered 2 Netgear 10/100Mbps PCI Network Interface Card FA311R for $7.95 each refurbished, since I only have thrift shop network cards in my primary computer at the moment.  Thus the total order was $65.85, and UPS tracking is UPS Package Tracking Justdeals.com Logitech 4000 USB Webcam and 2 Netgear LAN cards .  Is Windows Vista Out of Sync? .  I went through my email.  My Sale at L.L.Bean still has not shipped yet.  I will now boot into Vista and check out some Vista Newsgroups.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 2:15 A.M.:  When I got the new motherboard this past June, I updated the Bios to October 10, 2004, which is the most recent bios.  Since the Bios was updated, the AMD Sempron 3000 processor works with it.  It is necessary to have the updated bios for it to work.  I rebooted in the CMOS setup, and according to the PC Health status information in the bios, my current system temperature is 36 degrees Celsius, and my current CPU temperature is 53 degrees Celsius.  I think the CPU warning shutdown temperature is set at 55 degrees Celsius, but during warmer months, it could be set to 60 degrees Celsius.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/29/05 Thursday 1:45 A.M.:   I searched for some bargains to now avail.  I then did some research on my computer.  This is the information on the processor CPU-World: AMD Sempron 3000+ - SDA3000DUT4D (SDA3000BOX) and this is my motherboard GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Products 7VT600P-RZ . According to the motherboard manual for my Frequency/Voltage control for my Bios setup, which I had set on auto, I could increase my system's performance by changing "CPU Host Control" from disable to enable, which I did.  I then set my "CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) to 166.  Then since I have DDR400 memory in my computer, I changed "Fdram Clock (Mhz) to "200-DDR400".  I am not overclocking the computer, I am just setting it for the components that I am using.  I will now reboot again to check what the CPU temperature is from the BIOS.  It all seems to be running just fine, and a little bit quicker with the Bios change.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/28/05 Wednesday 10:00 P.M.:  I cut off the last two 3/8th inch thick slices of the Boars Head cooked boneless breast of turkey white meat, and I put them on a microwave proof dinner plate with a double portion of my stuffing and the last portion of the Near East rice pilaf with wild mushrooms, and I put the plastic microwave cover on the plate, and I put the plate in the General  Electric microwave oven.  I ran it on two reheat cycles.  Before doing that, I steamed a combination of broccoli crowns, baby carrots, and a small fresh mushrooms, which I put in  a dish with a little bit of olive oil.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO  

Note:<888> 12/28/05 Wednesday 8:00 P.M.:  For bright light big city folks without night vision Surplus Computers CES11033  - Ultra Bright 28 LED Compact Flashlight (Blue) w/case $17 free shipping .  CIO

Note:<888> 12/28/05 Wednesday 7:50 P.M.:  While I was at Staples in Old Greenwich, Connecticut today, I saw someone driving a new German foreign car BITTER AUTOMOBILE Germany .  It sort of looks like a souped up Camaro.  Since it is on the road here, I guess one is allowed to drive them here.  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/28/05 Wednesday 7:45 P.M.:  I put away the laundry.  I really can not afford to buy anything more on the internet.  I really should get over to Costco www.costco.com in Port Chester, New York some time, and I could buy a case of Hormel steakhouse beef stew and maybe some a case of olives or some other food items that I use regularly.  The do not sell a case of beans, since Costco it is sort of an upscale clientele, although they do have good prices on bulk items.  A steak is out of the question, particularly since in the winter, my air conditioner is sealed up, so I can not exhaust cooking smoke from the kitchen broiler, and I do not want to risk setting off the central building fire alarm.  They have filet of salmon there, but at I do not really want buy it in three pound packages.  The best thing for a quick meal for four people is two broiled medium size chickens for about $7.  Of course walking through Costco's vast warehouse on two levels can take a bit of time, so I do not have the time to go over this evening.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/28/05 Wednesday 6:50 P.M.:  I woke up at 11 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  I picked up my mail downstairs, and I threw out some garbage, and I brought up the small cart from my Volvo.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I used the cart to take down the case of paper from Staples 84 bright and not 92 bright Staples.com®. that was easy™. Staples® 8 1/2" x 11", LETTER-Size Copy Paper, Case for $22.94 and a $1.38 tax for $24.32 total  that was delivered by UPS yesterday when they had free shipping.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and everything is half price.  I then drove over to Staples in Old Greenwich, and for a $1 more and .06 tax for $25.38 total with the returned paper, I got Staples.com®. that was easy™. Staples® 8 1/2" x 11", LETTER-Size Bright White Multiuse Paper, Case which is 97 bright instead of 84 bright.  I then bought a box of Staples.com®. that was easy™. 9" x 12" Recycled Envelopes, Clasp Closure, Brown Kraft for $4.79 plus .29 tax for $5.08 total.  I then drove out to Tod's Point, and I chatted with some dog walkers and bicycle riders at the southeast parking area.  I then went back to Staples in Old Greenwich, and I bought a 2006 calendar with photographs of different horses each month for $9.99 plus .60 tax for $10.59 total.  I then went downtown in central Greenwich briefly, and I used the bathroom at the senior and the arts center.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home.  I used my cart to bring up my purchases.  I started two loads of laundry, and I have 15 minutes to go on the dry cycle.   I put clean linens on the bed.  I put $5 on my MacGray laundry card, and I have $16.65 left on it.  I took down the old 2005 Norman Rockwell calendar from the back of my apartment entrance door that last year was free from the West Putnam Avenue Shell station, and I put up the 2006 horse calendar.  I opened up the case box of paper, and I put the ten 500 sheet packages of paper inside the chest underneath the television in the living room.  One has to move the chair, telephone books, and spare Perrier to access it.  However, it is safely stored in a dry place off the floor.  The clamp binders that I received yesterday, I put in a red Smead box on top of the center hallway bookcase, and the clasp envelopes are in their box on top of the left hallway bookcase.  I threw out the blue and yellow Staples case box, since I have no room to use it for  storing files.  One of these days, I should clean out my file cabinets.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/28/05 Wednesday 12:10 A.M.:  I went through my email.  The computer seems to be running just fine with the new AMD Sempron 3000 processor and the additional PNY 512 MB 3100 memory chip for 1536 MB total.  I am a bit tired, so I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will first eat piece of pumpkin pie with Kraft lite cool whip frozen topping.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 11:40 P.M.:  NASA - NASA TV Landing Page .  CIO

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 11:15 P.M.:  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe set to launch Galileo era  and count down one hour SSTL Website .  CIO

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 10:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I cut off two 1/4 inch thick slices of the Boars Head cooked boneless breast of turkey white meat, and I put them on a microwave proof dinner plate with a double portion of my stuffing and a portion of the Near East rice pilaf with wild mushrooms, and I put the plastic microwave cover on the plate, and I put the plate in the General  Electric microwave oven.  I ran it on two reheat cycles.  Before doing that, I put out the remaining quarter of Ocean Spray cranberry sauce in a bowl.  I also steamed a combination of broccoli crowns, baby carrots, and a small fresh mushrooms, which I put in  a dish with a little bit of olive oil.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  I chatted with a relative in the Philadelphia area, their whole household has come down with colds.  CIO      

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.:   I cleaned up the bedroom work area.  I will not change the Northgate Syntax backup computer processor, until I have tested the new one for a few days or week.  I put the AMD XP Athlon 2000 in the Sempron 3000 packaging.  I noticed on the case of paper that was delivered, it is 84 bright and not 92 bright Staples.com®. that was easy™. Staples® 8 1/2" x 11", LETTER-Size Copy Paper, Case for $22.94 and a $1.38 tax for $24.32 total with free shipping.  They have this item on sale this week Staples.com®. that was easy™. Staples® 8 1/2" x 11", LETTER-Size Bright White Multiuse Paper, Case , which I could check with Staples in Old Greenwich to see if I can exchange it.  It is not worth sending back.  I have a cart that I can use to move it around.  I also got the 10 clamp binders.  I will now boot in Vista beta 2 build 5270 to install the Sempron, and then I will reboot back into XP.  http://www.bnyonline.com/ has not worked most of this afternoon.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 7:40 P.M.:  I opened up the primary computer in the bedroom, and I installed the third PNY 512 MB 3200 memory chip.  I used a grounding strap to ground myself to the CPU chassis, and I also wore my slippers with the rubber soles without socks.  I then waited for UPS, and I watched some television about the Triple Crown of Horse racing and the landscaping of the Capitol grounds.  At about 6:40 P.M., UPS delivered my three packages.  I opened up the AMD Sempron 3000+ 512K Cache 333MHz FSB Socket A Processor SDA3000BABOX at TigerDirect.com that I had purchased for $109.99 plus $6.99 UPS ground shipping for $116.98 total, and it was packed with warnings that once one opened its plastic packaging, one could not return it.  I then removed the CPU cooler from the old AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor, and I removed the old processor while wearing the same grounding strap connected to the CPU chassis and the rubber sole shoes without socks.  I then opened up the new CPU packaging, and I installed the new CPU.  I cleaned off the old CPU grease from the CPU cooler base with some medical gauze.  I then opened up a new tube of CPU grease, and I put enough on to cover the small square in the middle which touches with the cooler.  I handled the CPU by the edges when installing it.  I then reattached the CPU cooler carefully making sure it is positioned properly.  I then did a test starting up the CPU to make sure the fan worked properly which I had not detached.  After a few seconds the CPU Beeped, which means that it was working properly.  I then turned it off, and I double checked the wires inside the case.  I then put the cover on it, and I carried it back to the living room.  I first attached the primary AGP monitor cable and the keyboard and mouse cables along with the power cable, and then I did a test, and I got the CMOS screen showing a Sempron 3000 with 1.5 gigabytes of memory.  I then shut down the computer, and I reattached all of the cables at the rear, which is easy when they are labeled, but one still has to fish for some of them.  I then repositioned the CPU back in its normal position, along with the other items around it.  I then started up the system without any problems, and it all seems to be working just fine.  Windows XP Professional recognized the AMD Sempron 3000 with plug and play without any problems.  I was asked for my CD for Product Activation for FrontPage 2002, but XP did not ask for product activation.  Thus I have completed the primary elements of my new computer building project www.geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm which started last May 2005.  It all seems to be running just fine.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 5:00 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer.  I will then disconnect it from its cables, and label the USB cables for easy reinstallation.  I will then move it to the bed in the bedroom to have it ready to install the new processor.  I have the backup computer to work with while I wait for UPS to arrive.  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 4:25 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  At Sale at L.L.Bean,  I ordered a Dress Thomson color Scotch Plaid Flannel Shirt regular size XX large for $19.95 Scotch Plaid Flannel Shirt: Chamois, Flannel, Wool and Lined at L.L.Bean and a Rain Forest color Chamois Cloth Shirt, Buffalo Plaid, Tall size XX large for $16.95 Chamois Cloth Shirt, Buffalo Plaid: Chamois, Flannel, Wool and Lined at L.L.Bean plus $5.95 UPS ground shipping for $42.85 total.  CIO

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 3:25 P.M.:  Earlier, I charged up the four Radio Shack AA metal hydride rechargeable batteries in the Radio Shack battery charger, and I put them back in the Vivitar digital camera.  I just showered, and I cleaned up.  By 6 P.M., if UPS is not here yet, I will disconnect the primary computer, and have it set out on the bed in the bedroom to install the new CPU.  CIO 

Note:<888> 12/27/05 Tuesday 2:00 P.M.:  I was up at 11:30 A.M., when I had a telephone call from Trans Western publishing about whether I received my telephone book delivery, which I said I thought I did.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with cinnamon, milk, and a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, vitamins, supplements, a 75% mixture of cold orange juice with a 25% mixture of cold filtered water, and a cup of coffee with a package of Splenda and a little bit of milk in the coffee.  While eating breakfast I did a C: drive to D: drive backup of the primary computer partition with Microsoft Windows XP Professional Automatic System Recovery.  I washed the breakfast dishes, and I made my bed.  I threw out some garbage, and I picked up the mail.  I guess I will spend the rest of the afternoon waiting for UPS UPS Package Tracking On Case of Paper and Clamp Binders from www.staples.com and UPS Package Tracking TigerDirect AMD Sempron 3000 .  When installing the new processor and memory, I have to label the USB cables with the white masking tape when I disconnect them, so I can replace them in the same order when I reattach the CPU.  I will take off my socks and wear my rubber sole house slippers and the grounding strap.  It should not take too long to install.  Once I have the primary computer back up and running, I will install the AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor in the Northgate Syntax backup computer removing the AMD Duron 1600.  The hardest part of the whole procedure is moving the primary computer CPU to the bedroom bed to work on it, since the primary computer CPU weighs about 50 pounds.  CIO