Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 7:20 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $4.65 of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.359 a gallon for about 27 miles per gallon usage.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 7.4 ounce boxes of six Nature Valley Trail Mix fruit and nut bars for $1.99 each box plus two 13 ounce bottles of Palmolive ultra antibacterial dish washing liquid for $1.59 for both buy one get one free plus .10 tax for $5.67 total.  I then completed my walk.  I then went down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a local observer.  I noticed the skies today show evidence of the volcanic activity recently in Indonesia http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm where there are three active volcanoes currently.  I was told this past Monday that a jet flying over Indonesia had lost power in a volcanic ash cloud, and had descended to 12,000 feet to restart its engines and then once back up at the higher altitude, it had lost power again, and then when it descended to 12,000 feet, it was able to restart its engines once again.  However, with the high mountains in Indonesia, I am not sure cruising at 12,000 feet would be safe.  Whatever, the case the volcanic cloud cover has made it cooler here for this time of year.  Currently it is 64 degrees Fahrenheit Weather Underground: Greenwich, Connecticut Forecast .  I suppose this activity might mean a colder winter too.  I next drove by the Greenwich Library parking lot, and I observed the same volcanic clouds in the skies coming out of the southwest.  I noticed the Fuji Blimp was flying over the Buick Classic PGATOUR.COM - Buick Classic .  I saw an old peach colored 1956 Buick Roadmaster downtown from California.  I also think after the Buick Classic is over, some of the local Buick www.buick.com car dealers offer discounts on the Buicks that were used in the tournament.  I next returned home, and I drank some cold water out of the Brita water filter container in the refrigerator.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 3:00 P.M.:  I will now clean up, and I will go out to enjoy the nice blustery day.  It is probably a good day for sailing or wind surfing today.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 2:45 P.M.:  I woke up at 1:30 P.M..  I just finished watching former President George Herbert Walker Bush #41 make his second parachute jump of the day.  I threw out some garbage.  One of the alarms have been going off in the building for the last 20 minutes.  I will now eat a piece of cheese cake with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 8:05 A.M.:  I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm .  For the garlic portion, I used one clove of elephant garlic.  I then made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Cabot's Cheese www.cabotcheese.com 50% less fat Vermont white cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  I will now put the computer on standby, and I will rest a while.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 6:25 A.M.:  I did a System Restore backup of the C: drive, and then I did a Disk Cleanup of the C: drive including eliminating all but the most recent system restore backup.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 6:20 A.M.:  I finished going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 5:10 A.M.:  I went through the last three weeks of the Greenwich Citizen and the Greenwich Post.  I sorted through the other periodical literature.  I went through the non computer and non technical periodical literature.  I threw out what I read through.  I still have a large stack of technical and computer periodical literature to go through.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 3:45 A.M.:  I read up to page 50 of the Northern Trust 2003 Annual Report.  It seems to be a very well managed bank and trust company.  I ate half of a 9 ounce can of Walgreen's smoked almonds with some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/13/04  Sunday 1:35 A.M.:  I slept since the last message.  I had a telephone call about 4 P.M. from a friend.  I was up at 11:30 P.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I watched some television.  I threw out some garbage.  I picked up my mail.  I will now start reading the Northern Trust annual report some more.  I set the air conditioner at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, since it was a bit warm in the apartment.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/04  Saturday 2:15 P.M.:  I read the first 20 pages of the Northern Trust Bank annual report.  I thought Northern Trust was just a small Chicago, Illinois bank, but it seems to have gotten a bit bigger, since I graduated from Lake Forest College www.lfc.edu in Lake Forest, Illinois back in 1972.  They now have New York City and Stamford, Connecticut offices along with other offices elsewhere.  I chatted briefly with a relative.  I turned the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control up to 74 degrees Fahrenheit setting from 68 degrees Fahrenheit.  It seemed a bit cool in here, but I guess after the cold winter, it is actually a bit warmer.  I am a bit tired, so I will put the computer on standby, and I will take a nap.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/12/04  Saturday 12:55 P.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I cut two 5/16 inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I cut them into half inch wide strips, and I used them in the salad.  That was the rest of the beef eye round.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I use Cabot's www.cabotcheese.com 50% less fat Vermont white cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/04  Saturday 11:25 A.M.:  I went through most of my email.  I still have some of the more detailed email to go through.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/04  Saturday 11:00 A.M.:  I logged onto the Northern Trust Bank http://www.ntrs.com , and I logged onto their Annual Report site http://www.ntrs.com/aboutus/investor/annual/index.html , and I logged onto their annual report site for 2003 in *.PDF format http://www.ntrs.com/aboutus/investor/annual/2003annualreport.pdf , and I printed it out the 108 page report on my Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W printer.  I bound it in a Staples Clamp binder, and I put it on the center of the side maple table at the apartment entrance side of the blue sofa.  I have printed 991 sheets on the printer of the 1250 sheets on the starter cartridge, but of course I have the 7000 sheet cartridge still available that I bought last month from http://infinityimaging.com/ for $72 Compatible Minolta Pageworks Pagepro 8E 8L 1100 1250w Toner Cartridge - Replaces Minolta 1710405-002,1710399-002,1710511-001. .  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/04  Saturday 10:20 A.M.:  I chatted with a relative.  I am still going through my email.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/12/04  Saturday 8:40 A.M.:  According to the Connecticut Light and Power web site www.cl-p.com my $535 CRT energy assistance has been put into my account and after paying off the existing amount owed which was higher after this winter's higher electricity bills, I have a remaining credit left of $271.69.  I am in the process of going through my email.  CIO

End of Scott's Notes week of 06/12/04:

Note: <888> 06/12/04  Saturday 7:55 A.M.:  I watched some of Ronald Reagan's funeral procession in California after the last message, and I went to bed.  I woke up at 9:45 P.M., and I ate a piece of cheese cake with iced tea.  I then watched Ronald Reagan's grave side service.  I went to bed at 11 P.M..  I was up at 5 A.M..  I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I took out the bag of old and ripped linens from above the false ceiling above the bedroom bed, and I went through them again, and I took out some good items and put them in the top drawer of the white bureau in the bedroom, and I threw out the old and ripped linens along with the Brita water filter box.  I saved the parts for the Brita refrigerator mount water filter that I did not use in the right top cabinet in the blue bureau in the kitchen.  There was a Packard Bell Windows 95 computer in the dumpster that I do not need.  There was a Princeton 15 inch monitor that I took out, but it did not work, so I put it back in the dumpster.  I have enough spare and backup computer systems and monitors at the moment.  I chatted with a neighbor.  I will now send out my weekly notes.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/04  Friday 8:15 P.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/11/04  Friday 7:35 P.M.:  I resorted the bed linens again, so the ones that I can use are in the top drawer of the white bureau, and the older ones are in the plastic bag above the false ceiling above the bed.  I put two green linen dinner napkins in the top drawer of the mahogany bureau in the living room.  I am microwaving a Maria Callender 14 ounce grilled chicken tenders dinner, which I will eat with iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/04  Friday 7:00 P.M.:  In my bedroom closet, I took my summer shirts from the far left side, and I put them in the left center of the closet, and I moved my winter shirts from the left center to the far left.  I also emptied the center white bureau drawers of bed linens, and I put them in a plastic bag, which I put in the false ceiling above the bed.  I put my summer shorts that fit me along with the bathing suits that fit me in the center drawer.  The bottom drawer is full of summer shorts and bathing suits that are too small for me.  I also have the top drawer full of linens that I regularly use on the bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/11/04  Friday 8:50 A.M.:  I was up at 4 A.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I did my house cleaning and watering the plants.  I also cleaned the Honeywell Hepa air purifier outer charcoal filter with soapy water, and I cleaned its case.  I put my Michael Scott name plate on the maple side board table, and I also put the little Brazilian stone map pen holder that a friend gave me on the right side of the Maple table.  It use to have a silver Mark Cross pen, but when I lived on Steamboat Road, I invited three visitors from Ireland whom I did not know over for beer, and the pen disappeared.  I have a Harvard pen in it that I bought at Staples.  I also put a Post It Note holder on the right end of the table for telephone notes.  I also to go with all of the other flags of convenience, on the right side I put a glass paper weight with a little confederate flag in it.  I chatted with a relative.  I ate a piece of cheese cake with iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go out and enjoy the day.  I will not watch Ronald Reagan's funeral, although it will be quite historical, I tend to get depressed watching funerals, and I would rather remember him when he was alive.  Today is a national day of mourning, so it is also a holiday for government facilities and services.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 7:30 P.M.:  I microwaved and ate a 16 ounce Maria Callender chicken pot pie, which I ate with a glass of iced tea.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed shortly.  I am tired, since I have been awake over 24 hours.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 6:30 P.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I mail my CTE grant information to the Connecticut Light and Power www.cl-p.com credit department.  I then made my 3 P.M. appointment.  I next went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop.  I bought a 4" by 6" French flag with plastic pedestal for a dollar.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I next went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought plum tomatoes at $1.99 a pound for $3.24, 10 ounces of fresh spinach for $1.99, a box of fresh mushrooms $1.99, and a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.99 for $9.21 total.  I then went by the Arnold Bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of nine grain bread for $2.59 and a Entenmann's cheese cake for $1.89 for $4.48 total.  I then returned home, and I put the French flag that I bought where the larger French flag was on the center maple side board.  I move the larger French flag beneath mirror above the dining room table on the wicker rack.  I then relaxed for a while.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 1:25 P.M.:  I ate a peanut butter sandwich.  I turned the air conditioner down to 68 degrees Fahrenheit because I have a relative visiting up around Fiords in Norway to the Artic Circle, so in case any of them come down this way and look me up, they will be cool.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment, so I will now shut down the computer.  I think I will wear my Hemingway shirt today to go with the tropical weather.  It is currently 75 degrees Fahrenheit weather.com - Local Weather Greenwich, Connecticut Page , so supposedly for the next ten days, the weather in this area will be mild.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 12:45 P.M.:  I could not rest, so I watched some television.  I sat outside briefly.  I picked up my mail.  I gave my calling card to two people in the building.  I decided with the international G8 Conference http://www.g8online.org/ and http://www.g8usa.gov/ going on to make my apartment look a little bit more international looking with what I have available, and I could afford.  I have hanging over the three living room windows a from left to right, the U.S.A, Dutch, and British Union Jack.  I took the smaller U.S.A. flag and British flag from the bedroom, and I hung them off the lamp shades beneath each of the respective similar flags.  I then took the smaller flags and on the Maple side board table, I put the French flag in the back at center in the mahogany and glass ash tray, and then along the back from left to right the Swiss flag, the Canadian flag, the Belgium flag, the Scottish flag, the Norwegian flag in front of the French flag, the Swedish flag, the Danish flag, the German flag, and then on the right end the other Swiss flag.  I also took out from the long mahogany bureau the large Saudi Arabian flag, and I hung it over the center hallway bookcase with two OOK nails.  Thus we have put out our official symbols that we could afford.  I figure since it is mostly cold in this area most of the time, we probably know more cold weather people, but since the Saudis make so much money off keeping us warm during the colder periods, they probably can afford to show up in this area, when it is warmer.  Of course the printed press around here claims more of our energy comes from Canada for heating in terms of natural gas and coal tar sands derived fuel products, but I am rather sure a lot of the oil being consumed in transportation is probably coming from the Middle East.  Whatever, the case I usually change some of the decor of the apartment with the seasons.  I have the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control set at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, which cools the room down to about 74 degrees Fahrenheit and also takes some of the moisture out of the air.  As I said before, when running computer equipment, it is important to try to keep it cooler, since electrical components tend to generate heat.  I also moved the Steuben style glass vase and small Chinese vase to the left of the center living room window ledge lamp with Victorian lamp shade and the family picture in front of the Wayfarer restaurant in Cape Porpoise, Maine on top of the Dell backup computer CPU behind the 8 port hub.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 8:05 A.M.:  I went through some of my email.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 6:25 A.M.:  I saw in the news that Margaret Thatcher was at the Capitol Memorial for Ronald Reagan.  I recall seeing her at the Hyatt Hotel reception in Greenwich about 14 years ago.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 6:15 A.M.:  I printed out the calling cards on the Minolta Laser printer in black and white since the cost of printing on the laser printer is neglible, each calling card costs me $.01462 or about 1.5 cents a card.  Earlier I adjusted the color settings on my CompUSA 19 inch monitor that I got about five years ago for $429 plus tax.  It was one of my major investments in my entire internet setup, and about two thirds of the price was a Christmas gift from a friend.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 5:40 A.M.:  I made up a calling card that is vertical, and for the top half is the picture of myself underneath I.M. Pei's glass pyramid at the Louvre 12 years ago, and the bottom half has this text:

______________________________________________

Michael Louis Scott

71 Vinci Drive, Apt. # 206

Greenwich, CT. 06830 U.S.A.

mikescot@optonline.net

www.geocities.com/mikelscott/

203-531-6754

Personal Computer Systems

Technician and Volonteer

Reference Work on the Internet

__________________________________________  

I know I spelled Volonteer wrong, but I think it looks better that way.  I printed out five sheets of 10 calling cards for 50 total.  I will keep 10 in my wallet and 40 in reserve.  I put the remaining 95 sheets of calling cards in their moisture proof packages in their box underneath the table underneath the Minolta QMS PagePro 1250W laser printer.  CIO 

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 4:25 A.M.:  I scanned and copied my CTE energy grant letter, and I printed out a cover letter, and I put both in an envelope to mail to the Connecticut Light and Power www.cl-p.com credit department.  I will now use Microsoft Home Publishing 2000 to print out some calling cards.  I will try to do a fancier design.  CIO

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 3:55 A.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I cut two 5/16 inch thick slices of cold eye round of beef, and I cut them into half inch wide strips, and I used them in the salad.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I use Cabot's www.cabotcheese.com 50% less fat Vermont white cheddar cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 2:30 A.M.:  I went out to my Hyundai hatchback, and I got the collapsible luggage cart out of the back of the car, and I brought it up to my apartment.  I used it to bring down the 19 inch Iiyama monitor downstairs, and I put it on the right inside front of the dumpster.   I then put the luggage cart in the back of my Hyundai.  I then went back up to my apartment, and I moved from the AMD backup computer in the bedroom the Hewlett Packard Ultra VGA 1280 monitor to the Dell backup computer, and I connected it.  I then moved one of the Dell backup monitors from the left HP backup computer to the AMD backup computer.  I then moved the Dell monitor from the right HP backup computer to the left HP backup computer.  I then moved the Royal monitor from the IBM Cyrix backup computer to the right HP backup computer, and I connected them all.  When I started the AMD backup computer, I had to set up the CMOS properties.  I just put in a new CMOS battery about three months ago, and the one before that was less than six months old.  Possibly since I hardly ever turn it on, something is draining down the CMOS battery.  I put the Priority Mail box with my Seneca cigarettes on the IBM Cyrix computer CPU.  I started up the Dell backup computer in the living room, and it is running just fine with the HP Ultra VGA 1280 monitor.  I took the Norwegian flag off the Dell backup computer monitor, and I put it on the Dell CPU in front of the German flag.  One the Dell backup computer monitor, I still have the Canadian, Scottish, Swedish, and Danish flags.  Thus the apartment is pretty much back in order again.  CIO  

Note: <888> 06/10/04  Thursday 1:05 A.M.:  I did not get around to printing out my calling cards yet.  I started up the primary computer, and the right IIyama 19 inch monitor would not start.  I tried my usual procedure of trying to start it with out the video cable connected, but it would not start.  The green power light would come on for a split second if I had the video cable removed, and I disconnected and reconnect the power cable.  Since it was not working, I disconnected it, and I took the cover off and looked at the components, and I removed the main circuit board briefly, and it all looked in order.  I checked the cable connectors, and the small fuse underneath the main circuit board was fine. After fiddling with it for some time and testing it, I put it back together, and tested it one more time to no avail.  I put it by the apartment entrance door to be taken out and dumped some time soon.  I bought if from the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop in February for $30.  I move my CompUSA 19 inch monitor to the right center of the primary computer connected to the Mad Dog AGP 4X 64 meg video card.  I took the Dell Trinitron 17 inch monitor off the Dell backup computer, and I put it to the left of the primary computer and set it to boot off the Diamond Multimedia PCI 32 meg video card.  I have the PCI video card set to boot first and the AGP video card as the secondary video card.  Thus my desktop with the icons are to the left, and the right monitor with the larger monitor and higher resolution video card is for web browsing or what ever else I want to move over to the front and center monitor.  I moved the US Robotics Sportster Voice 56K Faxmodem to on top of the left monitor, but I still do not have it hooked up, and it is just for backup.  I also have the X10 wireless remote control mouse on the right side of the left monitor.  Thus it is still basically the same setup, but the left monitor is a 17 inch monitor.  CIO