Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 10:25 A.M.: I have not made it to the pier on Steamboat Road today Address Imagery View Steamboat Road Pier, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 . Since when I first returned to Greenwich, Connecticut over 20 years ago after living out on Nantucket, after about six months, I lived at 700 Steamboat Road for four and a half years. Since I moved away to Byram over 15 years ago, I have still driven down there most every day to enjoy the view of Long Island sound and to do a bit of nautical bird watching. During the colder months, it is not too busy down there, but in the summer months, it can be quite busy and hard to find a parking place. Thus, although I do not live there anymore, I have kept an eye on the area. However, Royal Bank of Scotland Greenwich Capital http://www.gcm.com/ is in residence at 600 Steamboat Road, so more than likely there might be some financial expertise there, that I have not managed to accumulate while I have been bird watching. Since they seem to afford such pricey real estate, they must be a fairly profitable operation and since they are owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland http://www.rbs.co.uk/ which is the oldest company in the Americas, they are more than a small business operation. Just like "VOC" is the oldest company in the world, and it is a Netherlands company. Whether any of these old colonial companies have managed to retain assets and remain profitable is subject to debate. I suppose it is the administrative oversight of their home base operations that know the real story. Thus from a certain technical point, we are still a colonial enterprise, but other than knowing that RBS is 10% owned by the largest bank in Spain, I am not sure whom the other owners might be. I suppose, it could be someone like Scrooge McDuck sitting up at his bank in Scotland. However, since the Scottish are a thrifty group, they will have be to be on the lookout for lavish spending Irishmen at this Sunday's St. Patrick's Day parade on Greenwich Avenue. Of course in Scotland, Robert Burns' birthday is a similar holiday, if one happens to remember it. I gave up drinking Scotch whisky when I was about 15 years old, when I drank a 50 year old bottle of Scotch that did not really agree with me, but I occasionally tried a little bourbon while I was in college, and I switched to wine when I lived in Europe, which when I returned to America during the economic recession of the early 1970s I drank mostly coffee and an occasional Perrier. When I first came off Nantucket, I met someone whom was a doctor that worked for one of the many Rockefeller groups, and his job was to try to prevent people at the United Nations from drinking so much alcohol. I recall the doctor drank Perrier with a few dashes of Angostura bitters and smoked Benson and Hedges 100 ultra light cigarettes. Thus since more than likely he would have a sober viewpoint of New York City all of these years, it would seem to me that the same doctor would probably know more. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 8:30 A.M.: I woke back up at 7:30 A.M., and I ate two bowls of corn chips, I drank some iced tea. I then drank a cup of coffee. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 3:30 A.M.: I watched a bit of television. I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 2:30 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 1:55 A.M.: I downloaded and installed Microsoft Office Assistance: Using the Microsoft Outlook Personal Folders Backup tool . CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 1:45 A.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used a 4.25 ounce can of pink crab instead of tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used 1/3 Wisconsin white cheddar and 2/3 Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/11/04 Thursday 12:35 A.M.: At the moment, I pay about $52 a month for the Cablevision Family package, I also pay about $46 a month for my Optimum Online cable modem service. Their business solution which I think would permit one to run a server is available for $60 a month with cablevision http://www.lightpath.net/solutions/internet/business/pricepage.html , so for about $15 a month more if one were a not-for-profit, one could have unlocked IP addresses, so one could one a server. However, I am not sure what their qualifications are for not for profit. Also having run a server before besides the hardware and software expenses, there is also the time and effort to provide content, which most people would probably ignore anyway, since most people are attuned to professional content and are not keen on home movies. Still, it is an option and not to much of a significant price increase. Also a server could be run on an older computer, since it would not need all of the advanced features of a newer computer. However, one would also have to run it and maintain it, but one would be able to have logs to know about one's user base, and one could try Microsoft's or Apache's or Real's server software and other content creation software. I suppose if one were a musician or amateur video film maker, one could also provide content, but once one became involved in the activity, there would be additional costs that more than likely along with the time, one would suddenly find it is a little bit more expensive than the additional $15 a month, but it still would be part of a learning experience, if one were willing to create content. Of course, if one were selling a product or service, one would not be not for profit, and one would have to pay the higher rate. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 11:55 P.M.: Windows XP Professional full install can be obtained for $154 down from the regular $300, when one orders it with a hardware system from Accessmicro Computers Motherboards and Laptops Windows XP Full Install for $154 when ordered with computer system from www.accessmicro.com . CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 11:40 P.M.: My stock market index www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scopor01.zip which works with the portfolio in http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/home.asp was down 1.53%, so I guess the stock market is going through a period of readjustment. My index is not meant to out perform or under perform the market, it is simply meant to track the market. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 11:00 P.M.: I put a three plug adaptor in the HP LaserJet control panel plug, so both the HP LaserJet IID and HP LaserJet 6 P turn on when one turns on the HP Laser switch on the lower control panel. I suppose my apartment is getting a bit cramped with all of the electronics and other items, but since all my computer activity is not for profit, I can not afford to expand to a larger environment. Still, it is comfortable and workable for me. I suppose, I have reached the point, where if anything new comes into the apartment something else will have to go out. However, having paid money for what I potentially might give back to a thrift shop, I am somewhat hesitant at disinvesting my investments. I once met someone from Denmark whom had graduated from Columbia business school, and in his apartment, all he had in his living room was a chrome and glass table with a laptop and a chrome lamp and chrome and leather chair on a white rug, so I guess there is also the Spartan school of office design. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 10:35 P.M.: I was awake at 7 P.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I opened up my last 34 ounce bag of Eight O'clock hazelnut coffee beans, and I filled the Braun coffee grinder, and I filled the mason jars that I keep my coffee beans in. Next month, I will have to keep an eye out for Eight O'clock coffee on sale at the Food Emporium. I have enough for this month. Well, anyway I have paid all my bills. I also watched a bit of television. I find the television news a bit vexing. It seems that when one does not watch television, one has a more relaxing life. I suppose that is why more people prefer to read. Of course, I am still reading mostly technical information off the internet. I suppose if one wants to be entertained, one can read one of the many new books in the Greenwich Library. Whatever the case, with all the publishing that goes on in this area, it is really sort of amusing that nothing much is ever written about this area except the advertisements in our local paper. I suppose with all the diverse groups here, no one wants to try to project a consensus viewpoint for fear of alienating the other groups. Still, still since the Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com is owned by the Tribune Company out of Chicago, and since the movie theatres tend to represent Hollywood, I suppose one has the option at looking at the Greenwich Post or the Greenwich Citizen. However, it is the nature of this area being a corporate bedroom community that a great many of the residents do not live here for extended periods of times, so one frequently knows more from talking to the retired people whom have chosen to stay here for an extended period of time. Of course Greenwich magazine also has local information. However, it is the nature of our local publications that they tend to cater to the Carriage Trade. Still since we have a great many younger people whom are educated elsewhere including New England, we tend to see the younger population reflecting those areas, where they have been educated before they returned here to start their careers. Part of my original idea in publishing my web site and downloadable directory was to encourage more younger people to work in the high technology area in this area instead of gravitating out to the West Coast where so much of this technology has its origins. Since we are on the East Coast, we frequently are in touch with those whom first show up from the west coast of the Eastern Hemisphere with new products or ideas. Since I have invested so much time and money in my computers and my internet activity, I guess I should try to work with it more instead of simply exercise walking and observing on Greenwich Avenue. I frequently see a lot more people whom I know from Greenwich over in Port Chester, since quite a few people in Greenwich need to buy other items besides fashion off of Greenwich Avenue, particularly if one is maintaining a house. However, the local Greenwich Hardware store beside its store on Greenwich Avenue also has a large warehouse store in Banksville, New York, so frequently one will find there what one is looking for in terms of professional home maintenance. Since it is over 20 years since I have done home maintenance other than my individual apartment, I imagine the nature of the business and industry has changed considerably. However, working on a keyboard all of these years, I am not really in shape to do the heavier work that home improvement and maintenance involves. Still, computer skills are useful in this area, since we have a lot of businesses and offices, which seem to use this equipment. I recently noticed that the Wachovia bank is still using older systems with six inch monitors at their teller stations, so there is always room for improvement, if one can convince the head office to upgrade their equipment. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 1:55 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Greenwich Hospital Laboratory, and I had my post physical laboratory work done. I then sat out briefly downtown. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop. I next went by Charles Stuttig Locksmith, Inc. on Greenwich Avenue, and I had two keys cut for "The Truck Club" steering wheel lock for $5 each plus .60 tax for $10.60 total. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought three 5.5 ounce boxes of Arnold garlic and herb large cut croutons for .99 each and a loaf of oat multigrain bread for .99 less 10% senior discount of .40 for $3.56 total. I then went by the ATM machine at the Bank of New York in Port Chester, New York. I then went by Home Depot, and I bought five Duracell #2032 3 volt lithium batteries for $1.18 each plus .44 tax for $6.34 total. I then returned home. I put the Lithium computer CMOS batteries in my top left living room desk drawer. I put one of the club keys in a hidden place, and I put the other one with a second spare car key I keep in my apartment. I now have four The Truck Club keys. I then reheated the other half of spaghetti noodles that I made a day ago along with reheating the other half of the 26 ounce jar of Ragu parmesan and Romano tomato sauce which I put a few tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese on. I had the meal with iced tea. I then went back out, and I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Central Greenwich Post Office, and I obtained two money orders at .90 cost each to pay my Verizon telephone bill and my Northeast Utilities bill. I mailed both bills. I then went by the Merry Go Round Mews thrift shop. I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea. I chatted with a relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. I have a 3 P.M. appointment tomorrow. I spent a dollar on parking today. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 7:30 A.M.: Since I have not eaten since before midnight, I will now shut down the computer. I will then go out and get my physical follow laboratory work done at the Greenwich Hospital laboratory which I believe the laboratory opens at 8 P.M.. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 7:20 A.M.: I took the HP LaserJet 6P laser printer from the right side of the bedroom AMD backup computer, and I put it on the oak table between the Minolta QMS 1250W laser printer and the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer. I connected it to the D port on the Port box to the right side wall of the primary computer on the top wicker rack right side, and I disconnected the power cable for the HP LaserJet IID printer from the lower control panel switch, and I connected the HP LaserJet 6P to it. I have it set up to work with all of the computers with the Siemens router port with leads into the port box. I left the Port Box on D, and for the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer, it is A, and for the HP LaserJet II D, it is C. On all of the backup computers, the HP LaserJet 6 P is the default printer. I filled it with paper. However, I moved the HP LaserJet 4 L printer from the left side of the bedroom mahogany bureau to the right side of the bedroom AMD backup computer, and I set it up on the LPT1 port as the default printer. Thus when one turns on HP Laser from the lower control panel of the primary computer, the HP LaserJet 6 P is setup to work. I will have to change the port box to A whenever, I want to use the Epson. I moved the Lindbergh radio from the right side of the bedroom mahogany bureau to the left side. I put the backup NOAA weather radio on the green box on the right side. I moved my recent print outs from the small oak table where I put the HP LaserJet 6 P printer to the blue cane oak chair to the left of the primary computer on the right side of the dining room table along with my recent receipts. Although the primary computer work area is a bit crowded, it still is a workable setup. I have the spare laser printer paper underneath the small mahogany table the Minolta laser printer sits on. I also had to put a World Book encyclopedia yearly update book underneath the Minolta laser printer to raise it higher, so its feed tray clears the HP LaserJet 6 P laser printer. I only use the HP LaserJet IID for printing out my Scott's Notes every four months. I still have about 2,000 pages on its relative new cartridge. On the Minolta laser printer, I should have about 850 pages on its half full starter cartridge. On the HP LaserJet 6 P and 4 L, I do not know the amount of cartridge use on them, but they both have good printouts, although slower than the Minolta. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 5:30 A.M.: I finished going through my email. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 5:10 A.M.: Estate planning considerations Forbes.com: Florida or Bust , of course on might die sooner down there, if one were hit by a tropical storm www.geocities.com/mikelscott/weather.htm . CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 4:50 A.M.: I have not checked in a few years to see if Perrier U.S.A. www.perrier.com is still across the street, since they were bought out my Nestle http://www.nestle.com/ . However, I did read that one of Nestlé's primary stockholders is Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2004 #11 Liliane Bettencourt . Well, I still have two virtually new bottles of L'Oreal shampoo in the bathroom that I never used. I bought them on sale at CVS a couple of years ago. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 4:35 A.M.: Of course for the frugal traveler, this might be handy L.L.Bean: Rolling Adventure Duffle . CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 4:30 A.M.: I guess if one could afford this Forbes.com: Will Rolls Drop The Top? , one could afford a hat and sunscreen and some place warm to drive it. I suppose it would look sort of smart in pink in one of those tropical hideaways. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 4:15 A.M.: I installed Microsoft Office 2003 updates SP3. In installing it, I was prompted to put in the Office 2003 Professional CD and the FrontPage 2002 CD. This link was mentioned in the Greenwich Time www.greenwichtime.com this week http://www.lillianvernon.com/ for a prosperous local web site. I saw two deluxe charter buses from Boston downtown this evening having a dinner at the Gaiety restaurant. They had a web site on their sides from Boston, but I can not find it or remember it. Locally the Fjord Fisheries charters has merged with the Delamar Hotel http://www.thedelamar.com/, so now the Delamar has seaside and bus charters for visitors. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 3:25 A.M.: I read this article CNN.com - Study backs coffee as diabetes protection - Mar 9, 2004 , so I decided I better drink more coffee. I just had another cup of coffee. Maybe if I drink more coffee, I will not sleep as much, but rest is also good for one, and too much coffee drinking supposedly is linked to other problems. I filled out a form to mail to Northeast Utilities. I still have not received my Northeast Utilities bill this month, so I have not yet paid my electricity bill this month. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 2:25 A.M.: I finished the updates on the five backup computers. I also did some minor configuration changes. CIO Note: <888> 03/10/04 Wednesday 1:00 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. It is still bit cold and damp out. I used the bathroom at the Senior and Arts center. I drove down by the waterfront. I then went by the Food Emporium, and I bought a two pound bag of yellow onions for $2.29, two 18 ounce cans of Progresso cream of mushroom soup for .99 each, two 12 ounce packages of San Georgio spinach pasta for .89 each, two 26 ounce jars of Francesca Rinaldi tomato sauce one garlic and onion and the other basil and herb for .99 each, a quart of America's Choice lemon juice for $2.19, a 12.5 ounce bag of Snyder's 40% less fat tortilla chips for $1.69, broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $1.91 for $13.82 total. I then returned home. I put away my purchases. I drank some iced tea. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I use a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I use Wisconsin white cheddar cheese. I had the salad with all of the other usual ingredients. I had it with iced tea. I then started running updates on the five backup computers. The AMD backup computer on the Danish desk needed a new disk #2032 CMOS battery which I put in. I am still installing the updates. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 7:55 P.M.: I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I then rested some more. Now that I am rested, I will shut down the computer. I will clean up, and I will go out. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 5:15 P.M.: I just woke up. I checked my mail earlier, and I have not received any mail for the last two days. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 4:00 A.M.: I will now take a nap. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 3:50 A.M.: I watched another Sherlock Holmes movie. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 2:05 A.M.: I will now put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap and maybe watch some more Sherlock Holmes on the bedroom television. It is warmer watching television in bed. However, the cold English weather in the Sherlock Holmes movies does not make one fell warmer. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 1:40 A.M.: I put three quarts of water in a five quart Revere pot along with a teaspoon of olive oil and a half teaspoon of salt, and I am in the process of bringing it to a boil with the lid on it. I will then boil a package of Mueller's thin spaghetti noodles for eight minutes. I will reheat half of a 26 ounce jar of Ragu parmesan and Romano tomato sauce in a microwave proof plastic pot with lid, and I will add the heated sauce to half of the drained spaghetti noodles. I will put about three tablespoons of grated parmesan sauce on top of the sauce. I will have it for dinner with iced tea. I will refrigerate the remaining noodles in a Rubbermaid container along with the remaining tomato sauce in the jar. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 12:30 A.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 03/09/04 Tuesday 12:05 A.M.: I finished watching the Sherlock Holmes movie. Before I watched it, I finished off eating the bag of corn chips along with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/08/04 Monday 10:50 P.M.: I watched parts of two Sherlock Holmes movies on the Turner movie channel 76 this evening. I suppose another one is coming on now and another after that. I guess will watch some more. CIO Note: <888> 03/08/04 Monday 9:55 P.M.: Today is Commonwealth Day http://www.thecommonwealth.org/. The Commonwealth includes one third of the world's population. I was up at 5 P.M. today. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements. I went out, and I went by the Fleet Bank across from Smoke for Less in Byram, and I used their ATM machine at $1.25 cost. I then went to Smoke for Less, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then returned home, and I drank my coffee. I watched some television. I went back to bed until 9 P.M.. I watched some more television. The snow showers have quit, but it is still cold and damp out, so I do not think I will be going out this evening. CIO Note: <888> 03/08/04 Monday 6:15 A.M.: I ran Ad-aware 6.0, Norton Win Doctor, RegClean, Registry Mechanic, SpyBot, and I deleted the Programs Allowed settings in Norton Internet Security 2004, and then I rescanned them. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon. Note: <888> 03/08/04 Monday 4:05 A.M.: I ate two large bowls or corn chips along with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 03/08/04 Monday 3:20 A.M.: I put the 15 day demo of StarryNight www.starrynight.com on my computer, and I set it up for the latitude and longitude of Greenwich, Connecticut Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA. , but alas it is overcast out, so I can not check to see if it is correct with the current sky. CIO Note: <888> 03/08/04 Monday 2:20 A.M.: I did some regular computer work. I used two cups of concentrated bleach, and I washed my shower curtain, the shower curtain liner, and the bath mat, and they are back in the tub shower area. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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