Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date

Note: <888> 02/14/04  Saturday 1:55 A.M.:  Happy St. Valentine's Day.  I went out after the last message, and I went downtown.  I drove by the train station area and down by the waterfront.  I then walked the length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I then drove by the waterfront again.  I next went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York.  I then drove by the Food Emporium, but they are closed tonight.  I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I have 20 minutes to go on the first *.iso file which is the complete install of Windows XP Professional with SP2 beta 1.  I will also download the *.iso file for the XP SP2 beta 1 upgrade and the *.iso file for the utility configuration program, which should take a few more hours.  I have already downloaded the *.exe file for the upgrade of Windows XP upgrade SP2 beta 1.  Once they are downloaded to the different folders on the D: drive, I will burn them to CD to have them available for future use.  I will eventually delete the three *.iso files from the D: drive, since I will probably need the space for C: to D: drive backups in the future.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 11:35 P.M.:  I will now shower and cleanup.  I will go out after midnight, so I will not be going out on Friday the 13th.  I will leave the computer running with the download process of the *.iso files.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 11:10 P.M.:  I am downloading one large Microsoft Windows XP SP2 *.iso file and I have two more queued for download.  It will probably take several hours to six hours.  I am just about to eat the spaghetti and tomato sauce that I refrigerated last night with some grated low fat parmesan cheese along with iced tea. 

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 10:35 P.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  CIO 

End of Scott's Notes week of 02/13/04:

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 9:50 P.M.:  I am the process of downloading some Windows XP beta SP2 files to have available, but I will probably not be installing them on the primary computer, since when I installed it before the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer would not work.  However, I can get a CD key to have them temporarily put on one of the backup computers.  The downloads seem to take over an hour, and I will probably also download the *.iso file for Windows XP Professional SP2 beta too, but I would also need to register for a CD key for that too.  I guess I could beta test the Windows XP SP2 beta on my backup computer to give them performance reports, but it would not be as fast as the primary computer, which I should keep for regular work.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 9:10 P.M.:  I was awaken at 1 P.M. this afternoon by a call from Microsoft about the TS2 conference, and I was asked if I would be interested in purchasing the Microsoft Action pack.  I told them I would not be.  I did tell them about the TS2 DVD not working, and they gave me a number to call at 800-630-6740 about getting another one.  I then ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched a bit of television.  I then slept until 6 P.M..  I checked the mail.  I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder which I had with about 15 Arnold large cut croutons.  I also ate it with a glass of iced tea.  I then did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I did the vacuuming first, so I would not disturb my neighbors later in the evening.  I just threw out the garbage.  I listened to the stereo system on radio 107.6 FM with my Emerson Wireless headphones while doing the cleaning.  I just put a fresh pair of fully charged rechargeable Radio Shack Nickel Cadmium batteries in the wireless headphones, and I am charging the pair that I used.  They should be fully charged at 4 A.M..  CIO

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 3:20 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 3:10 A.M.:  I went through part of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I did a System restore backup.  I then tried running a registry maintenance utility which shall remain nameless, and when I rebooted the Norton Anti Virus protection and Norton Internet Security 2004 did not boot up.  I did a system restore, and the system is now running fine.  The registry repair utility found 440 errors, but I figured it was best to restore the system before I used the utility.  I uninstalled the utility.  I then ran Norton Win Doctor.  I then changed in the System Properties of My Computer under Advanced and then Performance, I changed it to "Adjust for Best Performance" with "Smooth Edges of Screen Fonts" selected as the only option.  Thus although my system does not look as good with as with all the other settings selected, it is a lot faster and more responsive.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/13/04  Friday 12:10 A.M.:  Friday the 13th.  I just ate 12 Nabisco saltine crackers with 1/8th inch thick slices of Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese on them along with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 11:10 P.M.:  I went through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 10:55 P.M.:  I ate a piece of Cherry pie with iced tea.  I set up the newsgroup for the Microsoft beta, but I have to wait 24 hours for the password to clear.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 9:50 P.M.:  I chatted with a friend and a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 9:10 P.M.:  I tried watching the DVD movie, but the DVD was defective, and it would not work.  I returned it back to the Greenwich Library, and I looked for another DVD or videotape, but there was not anything I felt like watching.  I just now returned home.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 8:00 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue.  I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at the Senior and Arts center.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Time and P.C. Magazine.  I checked out the DVD movie "Lord of the Rings, the Two Towers".  I then went by Val's Liquor pantry at the Stop and Shop plaza, and I bought a 10 ounce bottle of Angostura bitters for $8.79 plus .53 tax for $9.32 total.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought three half gallons of Tropicana premium orange juice with calcium for $5 all, a bunch of broccoli at .79 a pound for .94 and plum tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $2.81 for $8.75 total.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I heated a large pot of water to boiling, and I boiled a 16 ounce package of Mueller's thin spaghetti noodles for 9 minutes.  I also heated a half of a quart jar of Ragu primavera tomato sauce in a microwave proof container in the microwave oven on reheat.  I put Ragu sauce on half of the cooked spaghetti noodles along with a few tablespoons of Stop and Shop no fat grated parmesan cheese topping.  I had it all for dinner with iced tea.  I put the remaining noodles in a Rubbermaid container with the remaining Ragu sauce, and I put it in the refrigerator.  I will now watch the movie.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 3:25 P.M.:  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked the mail.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up and go out.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 2:25 P.M.:  I just woke up.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 4:55 A.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I use 1/8th thick slices of the cold baked garlic herbal chicken that I made a couple of days ago instead of tuna fish.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese.  I used twice the regular amount of Danish blue cheese, and I also used Stop and Shop no fat grated parmesan cheese topping.  I did not use any broccoli.  I had the salad with iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will rest a bit.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 3:45 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I received this link http://www.connect-ms.com .  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 2:50 A.M.:  I put the laundry away.  I tried watching the Microsoft DVD TS2 disk on my DVD player.  However, the TEAC DVD player would not work.  I tried resetting it by unplugging the plug from the rear plug on the right most power strip in the left bookcase to the left of the right stereo bookcase, but it still would not work.  I took all the items off the TEAC DVD player top, and it worked just fine.  Usually if one puts too much weight on it, it does not work.  I moved the wooden remote control holders to the left back of the blue couch.  I put the MP3 CDs on the other CDs in the left bookcase.  I put the videotape rewinder on the rear right arm of the long green couch.  I left the Emerson wireless headphones on the TEAC DVD player.  It works fine, but the Microsoft TS2 DVD disk gives a disk error, although the Windows XP DVD disk works just fine.  I put both Microsoft DVD disks in the black Microsoft tote bag, which I put on top of the spare Rubbermaid hamper at the bedroom entrance with the old laptop computers and their cases.  Thus the TEAC DVD player is ready to use.  To use it one has to turn on the Orion television with the remote control on the brass and glass coffee tables by turning on the cable box and then the Orion television.  One then uses the Orion television remote on the same brass and glass coffee table to switch the TV/AV switch to AUX1 and the TEAC DVD feed comes through if turned on.  Of course one has to use the TEAC DVD remote control to control the TEAC DVD player, and it is kept in the wooden remote control holder.  CIO   

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 1:25 A.M.:  I have 35 minutes to go on the dry cycle.  I received email from Microsoft Beta testing that I have been accepted for the Windows Update beta and the Windows XP SP2 beta, but they are not posted on their web site yet.  However, since I already have tried Windows XP SP2 beta, I will not be installing it again on my primary computer, since my Epson Stylus Color 880 printer did not work with it.  I guess I could put the Windows Update beta on the backup Dell computer.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/12/04  Thursday 12:50 A.M.:  I started two loads of laundry.  I am just about ready to start the dry cycle.  I also put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 11:55 P.M.:  I woke up from my sleep, and I finished eating the can of smoked almonds.  I was up at 9:45 P.M. when a relative called.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some television, and I rested briefly some more.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 2:05 P.M.:  I just ate a piece of cherry pie with some iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 1:35 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total.  I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a fresh loaf of whole wheat natural oat bread for $2.39 and two 5.5 ounce boxes of Arnold large cut garlic and herb croutons for .99 each, and a Entenmann's cherry pie for $1.89 less senior discount of 10% of .63 for $5.63 total.  I then went by the Valley Road post office, and I mailed a letter.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop.  I then went downtown, and I went by the Merry Go Round Mews Thrift Shop.  All clothes are 50% off.  I bought the Random House Audiobook of 6 tape cassettes of "Dutch a memoir of Ronald Reagan" by Edmund Morris for $3.  The box had some water damage, but the tapes looks all right.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and I walked out on the pier.  I then went by the Greenwich Library, and I read the Greenwich Times and P.C. World magazine.  I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I put the Reagan audiobook to the right of the stereo system on top of the videotapes.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 9:40 A.M.:  I printed out a Valentine's Day card for a relative, and I have it ready to mail.  I had to reset the black ink cartridge in the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer.  The ink cartridges are fairly new in it.  However, the black ink cartridge indicator light was flashing, so I took it out, and I put a small piece of Scotch tape over the bottom opening and reinserted it, and the light went out.  I ran the Head Cleaning Utility 3 times and the Epson Stylus Color 880 printer is working just fine.  I do not use it that much, since I have the Minolta QMS Page Pro 1250W laser printer, but I have to remember to run the Epson print head utility once a month to keep it clean, so it does not clog up.  I will now go out shortly.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 9:05 A.M.:  I rested.  I have a call from a friend at 6:45 A.M. this morning.  I heated and ate a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder with 12 Arnold large cut croutons.  I also had drank a cup of Lipton green tea with about an ounce of lemon juice in it.  I watched some television.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 3:15 A.M.:  I read some news.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will rest.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 2:50 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I then used the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then returned home.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/11/04  Wednesday 12:20 A.M.:  I rested for a half hour after the last message.  I ate a few handfuls of smoked almonds while reading with some iced tea.  I read about two dozen back issues of Computer and Technology magazines.  I threw out all the old magazines and periodicals including the four foot stack including alumni magazines on the right side of the day bed.  I used my grocery wire cart to carry them down.  I will now clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air.  I will put the computer on standby.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 8:00 P.M.:  I reheated the garlic herbal chicken along with the steamed white rice and chicken cooking juices, and I ate it with steamed fresh broccoli with a small bit of olive oil and a glass of iced tea.  I also ate about a half of a 16 ounce jar of CVS lightly salted dry roasted peanuts.  I will not put the computer back on standby and rest a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 7:00 P.M.:  I removed Cacheman from my computer.  I ran Ad-aware 6.0, Spybot, RegCleaner, Norton WinDoctor, Disk Cleanup, and I did a backup of the System with System Restore.  I also installed two Microsoft Windows updates.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 5:35 P.M.: I finished going through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 4:55 P.M.:  I fell back to sleep until about a half hour ago.  I turned off the water on the toilet, and I flushed it.  I then used a potato brush and tooth brush that I keep in the top left drawer of my mahogany bureau in the bedroom to clean the inside of the back tank of calcium build up.  I then turned on the toilet water again, and I flushed it a number of times to flush out the reside and make sure it functioned properly.  I put in a new CVS Clorox toilet tank tablet in the tank.  Ever since I had the problem with the toilet overflowing last July, I now wait whenever I flush for the toilet to run its complete cycle and quit filling the tank.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 1:30 P.M.:  I was up at noon, when someone from IBM called me to do a survey, which I answered.  I then ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I received another survey from www.npca.org .  I was thinking about staying in this afternoon and doing some computer work.  I have a lot of computer work to catch up on.  Particularly I have a couple of dozen computer periodical news weeklies to catch up on.  However, today is very nice, and the temperature is 47 degrees Fahrenheit, so maybe I will go out.  I will have to think about it.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 3:25 A.M.:  I went through some of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm .  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 3:10 A.M.:  Yesterday, I ate a Nature's Valley granola bar before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 2:45 A.M.:  I just finished going through my email.  I checked the Lindbergh radio in the bedroom and National Public Radio 88.5 FM is now working.  I changed the plug on it from the power strip on the Danish end table on the Danish desk to the wall plug that turns on with the bedroom lights.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 1:40 A.M.:  MenuetOS.org OS bootable from a floppy.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 1:05 A.M.:  Wired News: Stay Fat and Live Long .  CIO

Note: <888> 02/10/04  Tuesday 12:45 A.M.:  I finished off eating the bag of corn chips, and I also ate a bowl of lightly salted dry roasted peanuts.  I just remembered when I was mentioning in my notes the other night about the disposition of various geopolitical groups, there is another geopolitical group that the United States of America does not belong to.  It is the Commonwealth of Nations, and because it also includes the billion people of India, there are roughly about 2.5 billion people in the Commonwealth of Nations.  I think the Commonwealth of Nations was formed out of the remains of the old British Colonial Empire, so many of them have long held ties with the British.  If I am not mistaken the Monarch of England Queen Elizabeth II is also the Head of State of a number of Commonwealth Countries.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/09/04  Monday 11:30 P.M.:  I am running the updates on the other three backup computers.  I chatted with a relative.  I put the ice tea in the refrigerator.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/09/04  Monday 10:05 P.M.:  I rinsed in cold water the three remaining halves of boneless breasts of chicken, and I dried them with a paper towel.  I put in a Pyrex pie dish, and I rubbed all sides with a couple tablespoons of olive oil.  I then turned them bottom side up, and I seasoned them with Old Bay Seasoning, garlic powder, celery salt, chicken and meat seasoning, ground black pepper, basil, oregano, Italian spices, parsley, and Hungarian paprika.  I then turned them bottom side down, and I poured on about three tablespoons of La Choy low sodium soy sauce and about a quarter of a cup of Rene Junot White wine.  I then seasoned the tops of the boneless chickens breasts with the same herbs and spices as the bottom, and I minced one clove of Elephant garlic, I spread the pieces over the tops of the chicken.  I then baked them in the Farberware convection oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes.  I had one of the chicken breasts with steamed white rice with the cooking juices from the chicken and steamed fresh broccoli with a small bit of olive oil.  I refrigerated the other two cooked chicken breasts with the remaining rice and cooking juices in Rubbermaid containers, to be reheated tomorrow for dinner and one cold with a salad the day after.  I had the dinner with iced tea.  I chatted with a relative.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/09/04  Monday 9:35 P.M.:  I normally keep my Lindbergh radio in the bedroom tuned to National Public radio for the Stamford and Greenwich, Connecticut area at 88.5 FM, but at the moment since I checked two hours ago and presently, they are only putting out a signal, they are not broadcasting http://www.wnpr.org/ .  There must be some technical difficulty.  CIO

Note: <888> 02/09/04  Monday 8:30 P.M.:  I also put the family portrait file holder on the AMD backup computer CPU, and I put the Radio Shack electronic clock and silver plate portrait frame of the Canadian quarter with Queen Elizabeth II on it on the IBM Cyrix CPU.  I am now making a batch of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  I am put 9 Salada orange pekoe tea bags, five Lipton green tea bags, and one each of the five variety pack of Twinings tea, and the last one of the Bigelow orange pekoe tea bags that I bought at Staples in Port Chester, New York a couple of years ago as a clearance item.  However, I still have plenty of other tea in the apartment along with coffee.  I will now put my little folding suit case cart by in my Hyundai rear area of the hatch pack compartment in the rear of the car.  I used it to move the monitor.  CIO  

Note: <888> 02/09/04  Monday 7:50 P.M.:  I was up at 1 P.M. this afternoon.  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop, and I bought a Hewlett Packard HP Ultra VGA 1280 17 inch monitor manufactured in 1999 for $20 and a World Wildlife Federation www.wwf.org 2004 calendar for $1 for $21 total.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue and the train station area.  I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and I walked out on the pier, and I checked out the harbor front vista.  I then returned home.  I installed the HP Ultra VGA 1280 17 inch monitor with the AMD backup computer on the brass and glass coffee table on the Danish desk in the bedroom, and I put the 17 inch Royal monitor on top of the IBM Cyrix 233 MHz with 64 megs of memory CPU on the Danish end table on the Danish desk.  I moved the Lindbergh radio to on top of the green leather case on top of the right side of the mahogany bureau.  Connecticut Public radio does not seem to be broadcasting at the moment.  I put the backup Radio Shack NOAA weather radio on top of the stack of scrap paper in the bedroom window.  I put pewter bowl with all the spare pairs of sun glasses on top of the right speaker on the right side bedroom chest of drawers on the right side of the bed.  I moved the 41st Presidential souvenir cups to the center area of the bedroom Danish desk.  They contain various pens.  I hung the World Wildlife Federation 2004 Calendar on top on the right side panel of the hallway closet in the hallway, so I now have three calendars in the apartment.  One is also on the apartment inside door of the USGA calendar and the other is on the refrigerator of horses.  I also am installing the updates on the two computers that I worked with.  I have four backup computers in the bedroom, but with the NetGear Hub, one can only run three online with the cable modem at the same time.  However, I can also run the primary and the living room backup computers at the same time with the cable modem, so that I can have five on line at the same time with the high speed cable modem.  I also have two backup cable modems.  I technically could also run a sixth computer from the Siemens router in the living room, since it has a spare port.  Although there is not room for a third computer in the living room, with a long enough LAN cable one could run a laptop computer.  I also drank some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 02/08/04  Sunday 11:00 P.M.:  This is a picture of the Farm House in Knollwood, Illinois that I rented from the fall of 1970 through December of 1971 www.geocities.com/mikelscott/mlsfarm70.jpg .  CIO