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

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 2:00 A.M.:  Local weather alert Weather Hazards for Southern Fairfield, CT .   Since Prime Minister of Canada / Premier ministre du Canada Paul Martin lost his majority in Canada, the Conservatives will be challenging him in new elections this January 2006 Elections Canada On-line | Élections Canada En-ligne and The Globe and Mail: Election set for Jan. 23 .  I guess all of the Canadians who go south for the winter will have to vote by absentee ballot.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 1:35 A.M.: Yesterday morning I ordered the Intel Create and Share Software Shop Intel(SM) - Intel® Create & Share® Software Upgrade CD  for $5.95 and .36 tax for $6.31 total, which will upgrade my software that came with the Intel web cam that I bought at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop for $5.  The software upgrade lets it work with Windows XP.  It has shipped, and the UPS tracking number is UPS Package Tracking Intel Create and Share Software CD upgrade shipment to Mike Scott .  What is strange is that I entered the Intel order in my notes yesterday morning when I ordered it, and now they do not appear in my notes.  It would seem to me that somehow somebody is tampering with my web log and my notes and probably my computer system through the internet.  I do use Norton Internet Security 2005, but since it does not work with Vista beta 1, that is another reason I have not been beta testing it that much.  Since I am the only person that knows the CMOS password on my computers, and it has not been written down anywhere.  It would seem to me that a hacker is gaining access to my computer systems through the internet.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 1:05 A.M.:   I logged onto www.ezinkjets.com , and I ordered for the Lexmark X1185 all in 1 printer, 2 black and 1 color professionally remanufactured ink cartridges Lexmark (2) 10N0016 Black & (1) 10N0026 Color for $56.85 less 40% discount code "FALL40" that ends soon probably at the end of this month for $22.74 off for $34.11 total.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/30/05 Wednesday 12:10 A.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 10:05 A.M.:  To make room for the new Lexmark X1185 All-In-1 Printer, I moved the Lexmark X85 printer from the center of the oak dining table to on top of the HP LaserJet IID printer.  I then used a 15 foot and two 4 foot USB extensions, and I connected it up to the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I tried reinstalling the Lexmark X85 software on it, but it would not install.  I finally figured out the two 4 foot USB extension cables were not compatible with the 15 foot USB cable.  I connected the 15 foot USB cable directly, and the software installed fine.  I then tested the Lexmark X85 printer, and the color cartridge was not working, and the black cartridge was faint. I decided not to use it.  I went ahead and repackaged the three cartridges that I got from www.ezinkjets.com yesterday that they had not charged me for with the RMA for refund information, and I left them in the mail room for the mail person to pick up this morning.  I might try to return the Lexmark X85 printer to the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop for a $10 refund, since it does not seem like a workable unit.  I have the sale receipt, and then the net cost of the new Lexmark X1185 printer would be $29.80.  I will have to see if the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop will take back the Lexmark X85 printer.  It might work with Lexmark cartridges, but with the cost of new ones with new cartridges being so low, it does not make sense to maintain the old one.  While working on the Northgate Syntax backup computer, I noticed the top front USB 2.0 port porcelain divider had come out in a USB cable.  I tried to reinstall it, but the small wires inside the recess seems to be bent.  I have a four port USB 2.0 port device installed to the lower USB 2.0 port on the front of the Northgate Syntax backup computer.  I taped the porcelain divider to the left side of the Northgate CPU.  Thus we are pretty much back to square one.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will eat two scoops of Edy's slow churn low fat coffee ice cream.  I will then go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 6:15 A.M.:  Since the Lexmark X85 All in 1 machine does not work that well, I found this bargain for $69.80 Lexmark X1185 All-In-1 Printer, Scanner Copier and Fax with Paper Pack - $10 Mail-In Rebate - HSN and with new customer discount code Home Shopping Network Coupon Codes for HSN.com, Home Shopping Network Coupons and Discounts - CouponCabin.com of "229901" for a $20 discount on a $60 plus purchase and with free shipping , it cost me $49.80 plus there is a $10 mail in rebate, so it will eventually cost me $39.80.  Thus I will have a new machine, and I guess I will use the X85 on my backup computer system or in the bedroom.  Maybe if I am lucky, www.ezinkjets.com will not charge me for the ink cartridges that I ordered that were voided.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 4:20 A.M.:  I paid my Optimum Online and Optimum Voice bills for December 2005.  That is all the bills that I can afford to pay until the first of December 2005.  I will fill up my Volvo gasoline tank before December 1, so the gasoline that I have used this month is reflected on my November 2005 expenses instead of December.  I still have to pay my December 2005 Cablevision Digital Television bill, my Connecticut Light and Power bill, and my Greenwich Housing Authority bill.  Thus it is pretty much the same old routine. Although I was refunded the $33.59 from www.ezinkjets.com on my Lexmark X85 ink order that arrived yesterday, I am still carrying the expense on my accounts assuming sooner or later, they will rebill me.  On the Connecticut Light and Power web site http://www.cl-p.com/ and the www.cablevision.com web site and the Verizon www.verizon.com web site, their accounting does not always reflect the fact that my bills are paid up to date on the first of each month.  In other words, I am paying my bills ahead of time not behind time.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 3:55 A.M.:  I paid my December Verizon telephone bill.  I have the Intel Create and Share Software program that came with the Intel web cam that I bought for $5 at the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop that I attached to the Northgate Syntax Backup computer.  However, the software does not work in Windows XP on my primary computer, so I ordered this upgrade for $5.99 plus .36 tax for $6.31 total with UPS ground shipping.  Of course to use the upgrade one needs the original install program which I have.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 3:05 A.M.:  I paid my www.geico.com automobile insurance for December 2005.  I still have a fourth payment in January 2006 for my six month policy that I renew every six months.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 2:50 A.M.:  On this page NETGEAR Wireless Networking Products , they have this new for half price NETGEAR WGM511 Pre-N Wireless 802.11g Network PC Card - WGM511 , but I do not need it, since I already have this NETGEAR WG121 802.11g USB 2.0 Wireless Network Adapter - WG121NA for my Toshiba laptop.  I have found that using a USB wireless device with a long USB cable which acts like an antenna, one gets better wireless range than with a card.  In Kennebunkport, Maine this summer using a USB wireless device with a 15 USB cable, I got wireless internet from over a thousand feet away direct line of sight.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/29/05 Tuesday 1:05 A.M.:  After I chatted with two relatives after the last message, I took a nap.  www.ezinkjets.com  refunded me the $33.59 on my Lexmark X85 order that I received anyway.  I better not spend it in case they take it back again, and that would cause me to possibly be overdrawn depending on how much I have in my account which if I did overdraw there would be a overdraw fee that I would not want to incur.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 9:20 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend.  I took a 14.5 ounce can of Bumble Bee pink Alaska wild salmon, I opened it, and I picked through it removing any small bones.  I then put it in the Cuisine Art with a uncooked egg and two heaping tablespoons of my Scott's Stuffing Recipe for Arnold Premium Stuffing , and I mixed it all together, until it was an even consistency.  I then shaped four paddies out of the mixture, and I put two in a Rubbermaid container in the refrigerator, and I then put a couple of tablespoon of olive oil and a couple pads of margarine in a frying pad, and I heated it on medium heat until it bubbled.  I then cooked the two paddies for five minutes on each side.  I also took half of the remaining cooked stuffing, and I put it in a microwave proof bowl, and I put a microwave proof lid on it, and I heated it on the reheat cycle of the General Electric microwave oven.  I ate it all with a glass of iced tea.  It is a nice night out, so I will now shut down the computer, and after I chatted with two relatives, I will shower, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 7:45 P.M.:  I went out after the last message, and I checked the Holiday Christmas Italian lights in front of the building, and there is nothing that I can do to get the lights working at the front entrance and the east side of the building, but they do work at the north side of the building.  I picked up my mail, and my order that I had cancelled from www.ezinkjets.com arrived.  It contained the two black ink cartridges that I ordered for the Lexmark X85 all purpose printer, fax, copier and scanner for $34.99 , but they sent a Canon color cartridge by mistake for the color Lexmark replacement cartridge that I had ordered for $20.99 less the 40% discount for the entire order with the "FALL40" coupon for $33.59 total Lexmark X85 EZinkjets.com - Compatible Ink Jet and Toner Printer Cartridges for Canon, Lexmark, HP and Epson Stylus Printers..  I installed one of the black ink Lexmark replacement cartridges, and it worked fine enough.  I cleaned the existing color cartridge, and it now works fine enough.  Lexmark posts this page Customer Support Lexmark cleaning ink cartridges , but I just soaked the Color ink cartridge that I had cleaned last week in a little bit of isopropyl alcohol, and it worked fine.  I ran the alignment and cartridge cleaning cycles, and I set the printer defaults.  The Lexmark ink cartridges do not have ink level monitors, so on my ink level software check, it shows both new cartridges are nearly empty, which is not correct.  I tried to fix that be reinstalling the driver, but that did not work.  The Lexmark X85 printer, copier, scanner, fax machine is now working just fine enough.  I have a spare black ink cartridge, and I packaged up the Canon ink cartridge to be sent back postage free for replacement.  I will keep the old empty Lexmark ink cartridge in case, I ever buy a black ink replacement system, and I might try to refill the cartridges myself.  I left the test printout on top of the Lexmark X85 machine.  Thus I should not be getting a refund from www.ezinkjets.com .  I now have to wash my breakfast dishes and make my bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 2:45 P.M.:  I woke up at 1:30 P.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.  CIO  

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 3:35 A.M.:  The next four days are suppose to be warmer and moist Greenwich, Connecticut (06830) Conditions & Forecast : Weather Underground .  I went through my email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 2:05 A.M.:  I ate an old 2.8 ounce can of French's Onion rings.  Well not much happening in this neck of the woods.  There was a lot of jet traffic this evening overhead heading into nearby Westchester County Airport, or what we locally refer to as the Rockefeller's potato patch, so maybe the nearby movers and shakers have returned from their Thanksgiving Holiday journeys.  Since I have lots of friends and family in Florida, I would imagine they probably see what they are up to down there, when they venture out of this area.  Of course with all of the exotic tour destinations in the world and with more international travel, it is hard to tell where people journey to anymore beyond the more traditional destinations.  Generally people on Holiday travel to where they have friends of family, so possibly some of the unfamiliar faces here in town this past weekend were visiting with relatives.  Nobody ever looks me up, since most of the locals know I am frequently on a night schedule, and since we have so many people whom also visit in Greenwich from neighboring communities, it is hard to tell whom actually lives here or not from the downtown perspective.  You are more likely to see our local long term citizens in the grocery store on Monday morning, since if the weather is nice the seniors tend to shop on Monday morning.  And despite the rumors that little old ladies lives on tea and toast, some of them seem to have big fat husbands whom never have seen the inside of a grocery store, and their perspective is from the dinner table.  Whatever the case, Greenwich Avenue and downtown Greenwich is only a small portion of a much larger community.  A great many of the movers and shakers are never seen downtown, and once in a blue moon, one might see them in the local Greenwich Library in the morning while they are having their cars serviced at one of the many nearby automobile dealers.  The fact that they can afford to own expensive cars and that they can afford to have them serviced at some of our expensive automobile dealers would lead me to believe they are also possibly tax payers in our local community whom also pay for such services as the Greenwich Library.  The fact that they are involved in the Corporate business world would lead me to believe they are not too chatty of a group, and they generally do not grant interviews on the street or in the library.  Most of the time when I chat with people whom I know locally, I chat about the weather or birds sightings or any other unusual events that might seem out of the ordinary in this area based on my experience.  In other words if I see a Mountain Lion lounging in the tree at Greenwich Common, I might try to remember it when I make casual conversations.  CIO 

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 1:10 A.M.:  I moved the old candy from the left living room closet to underneath the smoking chair in the kitchen.  I probably should give it to the Christ Church Neighbor to Neighbor food bank along with some other canned items that I have that are still good.  I tend to eat fresh food, and I keep a lot of the canned items around for snowy days or when I am short of money, and since they can get old in time, it might be better to give them away before they get too old to be worth eating.  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 1:05 A.M.:  The baby panda went on display at the National Zoo Animal Planet :: Panda Video Cam .  CIO

Note: <888> 11/28/05 Monday 12:50 A.M.:  I washed my Steuben style candy dish that I keep on the Eiffel Tower brass trivet.  I filled it with a 10 ounce bag of Reese's miniature peanut butter cups, and I put it back on the small brass end table across from the far end of the down sofa.  I do not munch on much candy myself, except for black licorice, so my inventory of candy from nearly a year ago is probably getting a bit stale.  I also have a number of older food items in my www.geocities.com/mikelscott/inventory.htm .  CIO