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

Note: <888> 09/09/05 Friday 11:10 P.M.:  I had a telephone call from a friend at 8 P.M. that woke me up.  I chatted with two relatives and a friend.  I ate a toasted bagel with olive oil and couple ounces of America's Choice 1/3 less fat Philadelphia Style cream cheese.  I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  If one looks at www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm .  It looks like according to tracking on Hurricane Ophelia that South Carolina might get some rain Hurricane OPHELIA 3 Day Cone and  Hurricane OPHELIA 5 Day Cone .   I will now print out my last four months of notes, which should take a couple of hours.   CIO  

Note: <888> 09/09/05 Friday 1:35 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/05 Friday 1:10 P.M.:  I am microwaving a 16 ounce Pepperidge Farm roasted chicken pot pie which was made in Canada, so they probably have some extra food up in Canada in the winter that is frozen.  I will eat it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/05 Friday 12:40 P.M.:  I went outside, and I picked up my mail downstairs.  I then sorted through the periodical literature, and I threw out some of the old periodical literature.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/05 Friday 12:05 P.M.:  I looked on the web for bargains, but there are none that I need.  I put the tea in the refrigerator to become iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/09/05 Friday 11:10 A.M.:  I was up at 4 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of Florida orange juice and filtered cold water, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I also cleaned some items like my Water Pik, my comb and brush, and I filled the shower liquid holder with shampoo and conditioner.  I mixed the European Mystique shampoo with the Suave shampoo.  I also took most of the regular and decaffeinated coffee beans out of my two Braun coffee grinders, and I mixed them into a 50% to 50% mixture, which I have in a mason jar and in the Krups coffee grinder.  I left a minimal amount in each Braun coffee grinder, in case someone does not want the mixture.  I threw out the garbage, and I also threw out three shipping boxes.  I am now making up a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  CIO   

Note: <888> 09/08/05 Thursday 11:00 P.M.:  I will shut down the computer.  I will go to bed soon.  I will do house cleaning when I wake up tomorrow.  I have to remember not to bump into the bike when I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, but the only place to put the bike is in the bedroom entrance way which makes it more narrow.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/05 Thursday 10:00 P.M.:  According to this How old is my Schwinn Traveler? , my number is "2046", so my Schwinn Traveler bicycle was made on the 204th day of 1986 or July 23, 1986, so it is just about 19 years old.  It has True Temper 4130 Chromolly tubing, and it was sold by the Schwinn bicycle shop in Bloomington, Indiana, where the University of Indiana is located.  I once visited Bloomington, Indiana on a trip across country, and it was documented in the movie, "Breaking Away" about Italian bicycling.  I use to know John Barrett in Manhattan whom lived on Minneta Place in a Carriage House, where both Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner lived at other times.  Last I heard John was the manager of Tavern on the Green in Manhattan.  He introduced me to Thomas Watson's daughter Olive Watson, and we use to hang out in Greenwich Village in the old days during the oil embargo in the early 1970s.  Back then John worked at the Spring Street restaurant on Spring Street in SoHo.  In those days, when we had money, we would occasionally eat stuffed Dover sole at the Spring Street restaurant.  John knew a lot about the theatre, since he was raised by George Bernard Shaw's mistress out in Indiana.  He had three older brothers, and his family owned the limestone quarry in Bloomington, Indiana where the limestone for the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., and St. John the Devine Cathedral in Manhattan came from.  It also was used in quite a few other public buildings.  The masons working on St. John the Devine Cathedral for close to a 100 years are not suppose to work on it during times of war, so I guess they are not getting any work done.  John's roommate Michael Bright and he also use to work at Daly's Dandelion on First Avenue next to the Ford Modeling agency, and I use to have drinks with them there, and Shawn Hemingway was one of their regular customers.  I recall John Lindsay's going away party at the end of his term was also there.  Michael Bright was from Stonington, Connecticut, and he had an uncle whom was head of neurology at Sloan Kettering, and once when Shaun Hemingway fell off of a bar stool, we took him there, and they all knew Michael Bright's uncle.  Of course the Chinese in the bar across the street were always keeping a close eye on us.  They also use to do some free lance work for CBS.  I do not recall John ever riding a bicycle in Manhattan or seeing one at his apartment.  He was not very happy when they started building McDonalds restaurants in Manhattan as I recall, particularly when they put on in his back yard in Greenwich Village.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/05 Thursday 9:30 P.M.:  I chatted with one relative twice and another relative once.  I opened a 15 ounce can of Dinty Moore beef stew, and I put it in plastic microwave proof pot with lid, and I heated it on the reheat cycle, and I then put it in a bowl, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

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Note: <888> 09/08/05 Thursday 1:00 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  I noticed the other night, when I was out for a walk that the Thataway Cafe at the bottom of Greenwich Avenue now has wireless internet, and they will give the password to their customers.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/08/05 Thursday 12:30 A.M.:  A Solution In Alaska - Forbes.com .  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.:  This is still a good deal if one needed a wireless keyboard and mouse Amazon.com: Electronics: Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 700 .  Of course one would still need a monitor, and www.newegg.com always has monitors on sale, but one has to make sure it would work with one's computer, but one might be able to get one cheaper at Costco www.costco.com locally.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 11:30 P.M.:  I chatted with three relatives.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 10:55 P.M.:  When I bought the used computer at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop yesterday, I told the Bank of New York Security guard about it, and he told me he needed a computer.  I told him unless one knows what they are doing with older computers, it is less hassle and cheaper in the long one to buy a new computer, and one can get them for as low as $200.  I don't think he believed me, but if one looks at this link Great Deal on HP small profile computer Compact Computer, Compact Price @ Geeks.com for $226 refurbished ! , I think you would believe I am right.  That is pretty good deal considering that Windows XP Professional retails for $300 let along getting it with a computer.  I could not build that unit with those parts at wholesale prices for twice the price.  How do they do it?  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 9:50 P.M.:  I woke up at 8 P.M..  I chatted with a relative and a friend.  I will now go through my email.  My www.cl-p.com electricity bill this past August 2005 was $154 or about $20 less than July 2005.  Of course, I paid my monthly average budget amount of $111 at the first of the month.  I guess staying cool by the air conditioner is costly, but starting about now for the next two months, I will not be using air conditioning or heat.  I usually turn on the heat in mid November, when it starts to get a bit damp in the apartment.  Around here, summer are enjoyable, but by the time, it arrives, it is gone, and one generally is more accustomed to colder weather.   Although the Dell Dimension 4100 that I got from the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop dumpster did not work, its Pentium III processor might still be good, so I have a spare Pentium III processor which is the same as the one in the Dell Dimension L1000R computer.   I have not set up the Dell Dimension V350 computer, which I put the 4 gigabyte hard drive in from the Dell Dimension L1000R computer, but possibly the old operating system on it might work plug and play.  I have not checked it out.  I should sort out the box of LAN cables and other cables by my bed in the bedroom, so I can make room at that location, but I might need some of the cables in the future.  I guess I could give away some of the LAN cables, but I am not sure if the local Hospital Thrift shop would want to be bothered with them.  The big box that contains them is sort of unsightly in the bedroom.  My relative is recovering from hip surgery just fine.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 1:35 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Kraft Cracker Barrel 2% low fat milk Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I ate the salad with all of the usual ingredients.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will take a nap.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 12:05 P.M.:  I went outside, and I picked up my mail.  I got a $15 rebate on the Viking memory that I ordered a few months ago.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 10:55 A.M.:  I went outside, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I took three pictures of the current backup computers. 

Note: <888> 09/07/05 Wednesday 10:05 A.M.:  I was awake a 4 A.M. when I got two fax calls, which do not work on my telephone line, since I do not use a fax machine.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of Florida orange juice and filtered cold water, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some news.  I went outside, and I chatted with some neighbors.  I took one of my two oak dining room table expansion leaves from the bedroom closet, and I put it on top of the Northgate backup computer keyboard drawer.  I opened up the Northgate backup computer, and I put in the SIS 300 16 meg. PCI video card from the Dell Dimension 4100 computer.  I installed and updated the software for it.  I then took the second 19 inch Dell M990 monitor from the Dell L1000R computer in the bedroom, and I put it on the right side of the other 19 inch Dell M990 monitor with them both centered on the oak dining room table leave on the living room desk.  I moved the power control panel to the far right side of the oak leave with the Northgate Syntax CPU on top of it.  I had to mount the Belkin surge protector on the second lower right desk drawer, so the power control panel power cord would reach it.  I put the Kensington wireless mouse and keyboard base unit in between the two monitors.  I have the cable modem on the left side of the left monitor with the telephone junction on the desk beneath it, and I left the Linksys 8 Port Switch which I don't use on the right side of the desk beneath the oak leaf.  I moved the Panasonic 2.4 GHz cordless telephone from the right top desk drawer on to the right front of the desk, so there is room to put a right hand mouse pad on the book on the top right desk drawer for right hand use.  I started up the Northgate Syntax backup computer, and I set it up, so the left primary Dell monitor connected to the 32 meg. onboard AGP is the primary icon monitor, and the right monitor connected to the 16 meg. SIS PCI 300 video card, is available for a web browser.   Thus it is now a two monitor system.  I put the Dell 17 inch Ultima Sony Trinitron monitor that came with the Dell Dimension L1000R computer with it on the bedroom desk.  Thus I have two computers each with two monitors for four monitors total in my primary living room corner computer work area.  I will post some photographs in a little while.  CIO      

Note: <888> 09/06/05 Tuesday 9:10 P.M.:  I chatted with two relatives.  I was told by Dutch intelligence that apparently the Duke of Windsor met Wallace Simpson through Gloria Vanderbilt's mother, so more than likely the Duke of Windsor spent more time in Greenwich, Connecticut than just dedicating a statue at the Electrolux Factory in Old Greenwich in 1926, since occasionally the Vanderbilts have also lived here amongst their many homes.  It is all getting quite confusing.  Maybe Wallace Simpson was related to the Vanderbilts.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/06/05 Tuesday 6:50 P.M.:  I am still tweaking the Dell Dimension L1000R computer.  I toasted two slices of Arnold Multigrain bread, and I put Hellmann's Just-2-Good mayonnaise on both slices.  I put on four 1/32nds inch thick slices of Purdue turkey, four slices of Jarlsberg Lite Cheese, four 3/32nds inch thick slices of onion, baby spinach leaves, and pepper and salt and the top slice of bread, and I cut it in half across.  I ate the sandwich with a glass of iced tea.  The power just blinked for a split second.  CIO 

Note: <888> 09/06/05 Tuesday 4:20 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I sat out briefly downtown.  I drove by the waterfront.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought for $12.50 a Dell Dimension L1000R Computer Power User Article - Dell Dimension L1000r computer with a Dell Ultimum 17 inch Sony Trinitron monitor and Dell keyboard and Microsoft Mouse.  I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I next went by the Greenwich Library, and I chatted with a regular library user.  I then returned home.  I used the cart I keep in the back of my Volvo to bring up the new Dell computer and monitor, and I returned the cart back to my Volvo.  I put the blanket on the quilt in the bedroom, and I opened up the Dell Dimension L1000R.  It had one 128 meg PC100 SDRAM chip, and a 4 gigabyte hard drive and a CD/RW drive.  I disconnected and opened up my old Dell 350V backup computer, and I transferred a PC100 128 meg. SDRAM from it to the new Dell.  I also exchanged its 15 gigabyte hard drive with it the 4 gigabyte hard drive.  I took out from the new Dell, the 3COM LAN card, and I put in a SOHO LAN card.  The new Dell has a telephone modem also.  Its onboard Intel Video is only 4 megs.  I also used the exhaust end of my Electrolux vacuum to blow out the dust from it.  I put in a new #2032 CMOS battery in it.  I then connected it up.  I had to reinstall the operating system with the repair feature, but it works, and I have my old Dell's computer configuration working on it.  It a very nice computer.  I set the Dell 17 inch monitor on the floor at the entrance to my bedroom.  I have the new Dell connected up to a Dell 19 inch monitor.  I am in the process of tweaking it.  It is 1 gigabyte speed Pentium III or three times faster than the old Dell. It has 256 megs of memory in it total.  I went outside, and I picked up my mail.  I put the old Dell on top of the other Dell by the bedroom door.  Since the memory from the old Dell works in the new Dell, there is probably something wrong with the Dell Dimension 4100 which new memory would not fix.  I tried using its PCI video card in the new Dell, but it would not work.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/05 Tuesday 7:25 A.M.:  I went outside, and I threw out some garbage, and I chatted with a neighbor.  I ate a toasted bagel with olive oil and cream cheese.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will shower and clean up and go out.  I think after being busy with the computer this spring and summer, I will try to resume my normal routine using the Greenwich Library for some other reading.  CIO

Note: <888> 09/06/05 Tuesday 5:45 A.M.:  I did not go out after the last message, but I slept until 9 A.M..  I then showered, and I cleaned up.  I went downtown.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  On the way down Greenwich Avenue, I stopped by Zen stationary, and I bought a #28 scratch card for a dollar.  On the way up Greenwich Avenue, I stopped and scratched it in front of the senior and arts center, but I did not win.  I also stopped by CVS, and I bought two 7 ounce bags of black licorice for $1.19 each and a two 16 ounce bottle pack of European Mystique shampoo and conditioner for $1.29 both bottles plus .22 tax for $3.89 total.  I then completed my walk, and I sat out for some more.  I then went by Zen stationary, and I bought a another #29 scratch card for a dollar, and I scratched it up by the senior and the arts center, and I won $2.  I then returned to Zen stationary, and I got my $2, so it was a net profit of 0 on the scratch cards for the day.  I then used the bathroom at Starbucks.  I chatted with a couple of regular walkers.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home. I chatted with a relative and a couple of friends.  I reminded my friends according to the news reports, the United States lost one third of its domestic supply of oil production in the hurricane, so there might be shortages of energy up north to stay warm this winter, and the prices will most certainly be higher.   I went to bed about 5 P.M..  I was called by a relative, and I was told to watch George and Barbara Bush on Larry King Live, and I watched part of it, and they have this web site Welcome to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund Official Web Site .  I then slept until 2 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal with a sliced banana, a toasted bagel with olive oil, a 50% to 50% mixture of Florida orange juice and filtered cold water, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I then went back to bed until 5 A.M. this morning.   I have been thinking recently, if Queen Victoria was not only Queen of England, but also Empress of India,  would that mean that win the Duke of Windsor abdicated his job of King of England, when Winston Churchill forced him to abdicate that he would have still been Emperor of India.  Thus technically since I saw the Duke of Windsor alive after he was supposedly dead, when I saw him at the Waldorf Towers in January 1973, possibly he might still be still alive living as the Emperor of India, and I suppose with over a billion people helping him out, he might still be alive at over age 110.  If he were not alive,  would that mean any of his descendants would be the Emperor of India.  Well, it is just food for thought.  Of course India besides having Emperors and Empresses also used to have Maharajas, and I am not sure which is more important.  CIO