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

Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 5:20 A.M.:  At the moment, we only have about an inch of snow.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 5:05 A.M.:  I ordered from Cheap Stingy Bargains: Lexmark E238 Laser Printer and Staples.com®. that was easy™. Lexmark E238 for $179.98 less $36 online coupon and $80 online Easy Rebate for $64 plus tax and free shipping and I ordered it for $143.98 plus $8.64 tax for $152.62 with free shipping and I filled out the $80 Easy Rebate online Staples Easy Rebates , so after I receive the $80 rebate in a month, it will cost me $72.62 total.  I will put the Lexmark E238 laser printer to the left of my Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W laser printer on the printer cart, and I will move the HP PhotoSmart P1000 to the lower shelf, and I will move the EpsonStylus Color 880 from that position, and I guess I will put it on top of the HP LaserJet 6L laser printer to the right of the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  When I get the AMD Athlon XP 3000 processor, I will put it in my primary computer, and I will move the AMD Athlon XP 2000 processor from it to my Northgate Syntax backup computer, and I will removed the AMD Duron 1600 from it, and I will save it for backup purposes.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/09/05 Friday 4:00 A.M.:  I was awake at 3 A.M..  Since I built a new computer this summer www.geocities.com/mikelscott/computer.htm , I still had not bought a new CPU for it.  I did a search, and it is hard to find, but I finally found a good price on a new CPU for it AMD Athlon XP-3000 2.167GHz 512K 400MHz CPU OEM, Consumer Electronics, PC Accessories .  I bought it OEM for $88.40 plus $16.15 priority mail shipping and handling for $104.55.  If one looks at this pricewatch ® - The Web's first and best price comparison search engine , it is hard to find, and its price has been going up recently.   CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 8:35 P.M.:  I surfed the internet for a while.  I chatted with a relative.  Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 6:20 P.M.:  I opened a 19 ounce can of Hormel Steakhouse beef stew, and I put it in a plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I microwaved it twice on the reheat cycle.  I put it in a large soup bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 5:25 P.M.:  I had a telephone call from a relative at 9:30 A.M., and I called the relative back on my line.  My order from www.ordersmokesdirect.com arrived containing 6 cartons of Seneca Ultra Lights 100 cigarettes in a box for $11.49 a carton and $10.50 Priority Mail shipping for $79.44 that I had already paid when I ordered them.  I woke up at noon.  I prepared and ate a Betty Crocker 2.8 ounce Bowl Appetite garlic parmesan dish, which I ate with iced tea.  I showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, and I went downtown, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I next went to my usual 3 P.M. appointment.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought five 21 ounce Maria Callender frozen meat lasagna dishes for $2 each, Dole organic bananas at .69 a pound for $1.43, and a 3 liter container of Bertolli BERTOLLI extra virgin olive oil for $21.99 for $33.42 total.  I then returned home, and I chatted with a neighbor, and I picked up my mail.  I put away my purchases.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 8:35 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap until noon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 8:10 A.M.:  Amazon.com: Huffy Pulsator Men's 26-Inch Mountain Bike: Sports & Outdoors .  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 7:55 A.M.:  I toasted two pieces of Arnold multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both slices.  I put six 1/32nds thick slices of rare roast beef on the sandwich and then four 1/32nd thick slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese and then I added six 1/8th thick slices of onion and six medium spinach leaves, and I seasoned the sandwich with salt and pepper, and I put the top piece on, and I cut it in half, and I ate it with a glass of ice tea.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 7:20 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went to the Valley Road post office, and I used the automated postal center, and I bought 18 U.S.A. .37 Christmas stamps for $6.66.  I then put one stamp on the two envelopes that needed stamps.   I then mailed them at the mail slots in the lobby which was opened for maintenance a little bit earlier.  I thus used 51 .37 stamps on my Christmas cards. Two of the envelopes to England and Holland were over an ounce, so I used 5  .37 stamps on each for the $1.60 air mail postage, and the other envelope under an ounce to Denmark air mail, I use 3 .37 stamps for the .80 postage.  I had 14 other envelopes with domestic postage of over an ounce for two .37 stamps each and 8 one ounce domestic envelopes with one .37 stamps each.  The postage calculator on the internet USPS - The United States Postal Service (U.S. Postal Service)  shows only one pound rate to Europe which is much higher, but if you look at Country Conditions for Mailing - Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Includes England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and the Isle of Man) , it shows an 80 cent an ounce rate via air mail.  I then went downtown, and I drove down by the waterfront.  For all of you nautical buffs, the Queen Mary II returns back to Manhattan today from the southern Caribbean QM2 - Itinerary - 2005 for a return trip back down to the Caribbean, and it will not be back to Manhattan until Tuesday December 20, 2005.  I then returned back home.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 5:45 A.M.:   I have the Christmas Cards and letters ready to mail.  I was two .37 stamps short, but I can get those at the post office.  I will now put some warmer clothes on, and I will go to the Valley Road Post Office to mail the Christmas cards and letters.  I will put the computer on standby while I go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 3:45 A.M.:  I have the 25 Christmas letter card envelopes printed out.  Basically on my setup, I used the Lexmark X1185 to print out the envelopes with it set as the default printer in XP.  In the printer settings, one sets the printer for the custom size envelope size, and in Microsoft Office 2003 Word in the Envelope and Label program one sets it to the custom size envelope to feed with the stamp corner in the upper left corner position lengthwise face up on the Lexmark X1185 with the paper guide set to the envelope size.  On my computer, I have a list of 25 names and addresses in one long Microsoft Word file, and as I highlight each entry, it appears in the address box of Microsoft Office 2003 Word envelope utility, and the return address is saved after the first entry.  Every time I print an entry I set the font of the return address larger and bold.  The envelope address is the same font as the list.  One sets the Word 2003 envelope program for the correct envelope size, orientation, and I enable printing an address bar code.  The Lexmark X1185 handles the thicker envelopes used for Christmas cards.  I now have to sign the cards and letters and folder the letters and stuff the envelopes and seal and stamp them.  Most of the difficult work is done, and it is now time for the repetitive grunge work.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/08/05 Thursday 2:00 A.M.:   I used to the Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 to makes my Christmas Letter Michael Louis Scott's Christmas 2005 Letter . I printed out 28 copies on the HP Deskjet 842C.  I am using envelopes for my Christmas cards that are thin enough to print out on the inkjet printer.   I will now print out the envelopes, and then I have to sign the letter and cards and then I have to stuff the envelopes and seal and stamp them.  I made www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm , and I put it in the refrigerator.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/07/05 Wednesday 11:20 P.M.:  I was awake at 8:30 P.M..  I checked my mail.  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 chatted with a relative.  I threw out the Lexmark X1185 box and some other garbage.  I will now write and print out my Christmas letter, and I have to prepare the Christmas cards to go with it.  Since some of the Christmas card envelopes are thick, I will print out address labels to go on them instead of printing out the address information on the envelopes.  CIO   

Note: <888> 12/07/05 Wednesday 9:20 A.M.:  On the Vista beta partition, I installed the Creative WebCam drivers and software.  I also did some minor tweaks.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 12/07/05 Wednesday 5:25 A.M.:  I sliced six 1/4 inch by 2.5 inch by 1.75 inch slices of low fat mozzarella cheese, 6 medium mushrooms into quarter inch thick slices, and I set them aside.  I then put about .75 inch of water in the plastic microwave proof pot, and I put in about 3 ounces of spinach and the sliced mushrooms, and I put the lid on, and I put it the microwave oven to have ready to cook.  I then put two bagel halves in the toaster to have ready to cook.  I then put two tablespoons of olive oil and three pads of margarine in my omelet pan.  I then broke three extra large eggs in a metal mixing bowl, and I added two tablespoons of milk and  a tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese.  I whisked the egg mixture together until it was bubbly.  I then turn on the electric heat on the omelet pan to medium high.  I turned on the vegetable cycle of the General Electric microwave oven to heat the spinach and mushrooms.  I ran this cycle twice, and once they were heated I drained the water out with a wire strainer.  I started the bagel halves toasting on the inside half only with my Rowenta toaster that will toast on only one side feature.  Once the omelet pan fat began to bubble, I added the egg mixture, and I let it cook until it was hard enough to flip over to the other side, and then I let it cook briefly to harden up the reverse side.   I put it on a  microwave proof dinner plate partially cooked unfolded flat on the plate, and I spread the six pieces of mozzarella cheese on top of it andthen the heated spinach and mushroom mixture around the omelet and then the 11 black pitted olives and 15 grape tomatoes, and I covered it all with a microwave proof plate lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of General Electric Microwave oven for about half of the reheat cycle or about three minutes until the cheese began to melt.  I then sprinkled a couple of tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on top of the open face omelet, and I also put a little bit of olive oil on the toasted bagel halves.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  It was quite enjoyable.  I then washed the dishes, and I do not wash the omelet pan, but I wipe it clean with a paper towel to keep it seasoned.  I will now boot into Vista, and I will install the Vibra webcam drivers and its software.  CIO  

Note: <888> 12/07/05 Wednesday 4:15 A.M.:  I have the Visioneer 7600 One Touch USB set up on the bedroom Dell L1000R computer.  It will fax, scan, copy, and print documents.  It took a while, but it works fine.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/07/05 Wednesday 12:55 A.M.:  I did some system maintenance after the last message.   On the primary computer, I uninstalled the Lexmark X85 software that was still on the computer after I had moved the Lexmark X85 to the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I then uninstalled the Visioneer Paperport software and the Lexmark X1185 software and the Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W software.  I then ran Norton Win Doctor 2003.  I disconnected the Visioneer 7600 One Touch USB scanner from the primary computer, and I connected it up to the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom, and I moved the Visioneer 4400 scanner back to the primary computer.  I installed the Visioneer 4400 Paperport software and driver, and then I installed the Visioneer 4400 Print driver update.  I then installed the Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W drivers.  I then installed the Lexmark X1185 software, and I reset the ink cartridges to new.  I then ran Norton WinDoctor 2003.  I rebooted a number of times, and then I did a System Restore backup.  I do not need the fax capable Visioneer 7600 One Touch USB on the primary computer, since I have the X1185 which scans, copies, and faxes.  On the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom, I changed the modem connection back to Optimum Voice.  I will now install the Visioneer Paperport software and drivers for the Visioneer 7600 One Touch USB on the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom.  I also chatted with a relative whom traveled and arrived safely today.   Since I do not have the time to watch television, my relative told me that they were watching a new television program called, "Commander and Chief".  With the Visioneer 4400 scanner, the Minolta laser printer does not have enough memory to print out high resolution copies, but the X1185 at 300 DPI does print out on the Minolta laser printer.  I have printed out about 2500 sheets on it, and since it came with a 1250 sheet starter cartridge that means that I have used up 1250 sheets on the replacement generic refilled 6000 sheet cartridge, so I have about 4500 sheets left on the current toner cartridge.  According to a search on Ebay, I can buy replacement toner for it for about $8.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 8:20 P.M.:  There is a catch on the Lexmark E238 laser printer on sale.  It comes with a 1500 sheet starter cartridge, but a replacement 2,000 sheet cartridge costs about $110 to $130.  Of course one could try to refill it with a toner cartridge refill kit.  Thus it looks like it would be expensive to maintain, since none of the toner cartridge remanufactures seem to have a generic replacement cartridge, and one would need to buy the new one.  CIO     

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 7:20 P.M.:  I woke up at 2 P.M..  I toasted two pieces of Arnold multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's low fat mayonnaise on both slices.  I put five 1/32nds thick slices of rare roast beef on the sandwich and then four 1/32nd thick slices of Stop and Shop Swiss cheese and then I added three 1/4th thick slices of onion and five medium spinach leaves, and I seasoned the sandwich with salt and pepper, and I put the top piece on, and I cut it in half, and I ate it with a glass of ice tea.  I picked up my mail.  I then showered, and I cleaned up.  I went out, I cleaned the snow off my windshield of my Volvo.  I then went by the  Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a six pack of onion bagels for $1.85.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital thrift shop.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then went to Staples in Old Greenwich.  I bought from the clearance section a Xerox HP 95A toner cartridge for $8.50, a set of 75 sheets of 10 blank business cards for 750 total for $5.50, a www.jettecusa.com Lexmark black ink cartridge refill kit for $11.99 and a www.jettecusa.com Lexmark color ink cartridge refill kit for $14.99 less a $10 discount card on over a $20 purchase plus $1.86 tax for $32.84 total.  I went out, and I put my purchases in the car.  I then went back in the store, and I bought a 500 sheet package of Staples 92 bright printing paper for $4.98 plus .30 tax for $5.28 total.   I noticed they have this store deal Staples.com®. that was easy™. Lexmark X3350 Color Sheet-fed All-in-One for $17 less for $63, but although it is a better machine that the one that I bought it does not seem to have fax software included, but maybe it is not mentioned.  I have a $20 off coupon for over a $100 online purchase at www.staples.com , so if I bought this Cheap Stingy Bargains: Lexmark E238 Laser Printer , I would get it for $44, but currently I do not have enough money in my account to lend Staples $80 for six weeks.  However, at $44 it would be a give away.  I am not sure how many sheet toner cartridge it comes with, since some laser printers come with starter cartridges.  I got the two Staples discount cards in the mail for using my Staples card.  I might have enough money to buy it at the end of the week, but I do not really need it, but at that price it is hard to turn down.  I then went downtown briefly, and I used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Greenwich Avenue.  I then returned home.  I put the Xerox cartridge underneath my dining table with the other spare HP 95A cartridge.  I put the business cards with my other blank business cards on the lower shelf of the printer stand, and I put the spare paper there.  I put the ink replacement kits on the wicker rack behind the left monitor.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 6:45 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap.  Stay warm.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 6:25 A.M.:  On sale but $17 shipping Surplus Computers TOL10130  - 2 in 1 Jumpstart/Air Compressor $19.99 and $17.95 shipping .  I already have one, but a jump start would cost you that much.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 5:40 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I ate the last 3 ounces of a bag of Arnold regular cut seasoned croutons.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 4:50 A.M.:  I mailed out the $10 Lexmark rebate on the Lexmark X1185 in the mail room yesterday.  I just made and ate Michael Louis Scott's Pork and Beans with Franks  which I made with a 16 ounce can of B&M baked beans with bacon and onion flavor, which I had with a glass of iced tea.  I will now go through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 3:30 A.M.:  I checked outside, and we do not seem to have gotten any snow.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 3:25 A.M.:  Earlier today I moved the Lexmark X1185 paper work and manual to the metal file holder on top of the mahogany bureau in the bedroom, and I moved its CDs to the CD holder on the right side of the bedroom desk.  I also put a afghan throw on the far end of each couch in the living room and on the back of each couch I have a medium weight comforter and blanket.  Although the living room my be a bit cool and drafty with the Lasko fan on low blowing the heat around the apartment, I do have the heat turned on in the living room, whereas I do not have it turned on in the bedroom.   The warmest place in the apartment is probably the kitchen of the living room, since it is surround by heavy brick walls and I have two layers of carpet and a area rug on the kitchen floor and the refrigerator seems to generate a little heat.  Thus one could sleep underneath a comforter on the kitchen floor and be fairly warm.  I am comfortable enough in the bedroom with the electric blanket and heavy comforter.  Of course one can always wear long underwear http://www.geocities.com/mikelscott/lj.htm inside, and I also have a heavy bathrobe that I can wear if it gets very cold.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 2:45 A.M.:  Here is a good deal on a laser printer, if you do not mind waiting for the rebate Cheap Stingy Bargains: Lexmark E238 Laser Printer .  CIO

Note: <888> 12/06/05 Tuesday 2:35 A.M.:  I studied the Intel Ivista SE program, and it seems to be out of date, and it will not work with XP or on my computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 12/05/05 Monday 1:45 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I picked up my mail.  I ate two scoops of Edy's low fat slow churn coffee ice cream.   I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back to bed.  If one is colder in these colder temperatures, one can always dress more warmly.  Being a cold weather person, I like colder weather since it tends to wake me up and make me a bit more alert.  CIO