Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date

Note: <888> 07/08/04  Thursday 11:50 A.M.:  I had a telephone call from a relative at 10:30 A.M., which woke me up.  I ran "bootvis" to decrease the boot time.  Yesterday, when I had the computer case opened, I put in a new lithium #2032 CMOS battery.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/08/04  Thursday 8:25 A.M.:  I installed the Windows XP updates.  The system froze during the process, and I reinstalled the Microsoft Intellipoint mouse 5.0 driver, and that seemed to solved the problem.  I chatted with a neighbor outside while installing the updates.  I just threw out the 18 inch tall stack of computer technical magazines, since I do not have the time to read the old issues.  I ran Norton Win Doctor.  The computer is running just fine as far as I can tell.  It does seem to take longer to boot up, but in a week when I run Norton Speed Disk, it will probably boot faster.  I will now shut down the computer.  I will go to bed until 12:30 P.M., when I will get up to get ready for a 3 P.M. appointment.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/08/04  Thursday 6:20 A.M.:  I finished installing XP SP1A, and it fixed the problem that I had with Microsoft Office Suite 2003 not starting, so it works fine now.  Also the NVIDIA program loaded, so it is still working on the computer.  I will now eat a piece of apple pie with iced tea.  The computer is running just fine, and even better, since I refreshed the system.  I will now run Norton Win Doctor.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/08/04  Thursday 5:25 A.M.:  I checked with the Microsoft Knowledge base, and it said the Office Suite 2003 has that problem when one has not rebooted after installing XP SP1A, since I had not installed SP1A yet, I downloaded, and I will now install it, and see if that fixes the Office Suite 2003 problem.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/08/04  Thursday 5:05 A.M.:  I tried installing XP SP2 RC2, but it froze.  I was able to uninstall it when the computer rebooted by selecting the monitor initial boot as AGP instead of PCI where it would freeze.  I then when the computer rebooted uninstalled XP SP2 RC2.  When the system rebooted after that, my monitors were out of left right alignment, and I fixed this problem by uninstalling the AGP card drive, and booting with video init of PCI, and then rebooting, and the monitors are now left #1 right center #2.  My Microsoft Office Suite 2003 programs are not working, so I will now have to work on that.  I could do a restore from my backup last Saturday, but the current system seems more stable, so I will try to fix Microsoft Office Suite 2003.  Also I need to install the Nvidia program, if I want the television to work as a third monitor.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/08/04  Thursday 1:20 A.M.:  I sorted out the computer technical magazines on the magazine rack at the right side of the day bed.  If I do not get around to looking at the 18 inch tall stack of computer technical magazines soon, I might throw them out.  I went through the last three weeks of the Greenwich Post and the Greenwich Citizen.  I threw out them out.  I finished running Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive.  The computer seems a little bit slower booting than before.  I do not want to take the chance of putting XP SP2 RC2 on the computer until the final version comes out.  The computer is running just fine.  I have a 3 P.M. appointment today, so I will probably work on the computer this morning and then rest.  I will now go through my email.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/07/04  Wednesday 11:40 P.M.:  I had a call from a friend at 7:30 P.M..  I was up at 10:30 P.M..  I will eat breakfast of blueberries and strawberries, orange juice, vitamins, and supplements.  I installed the Creative Live sound drivers and programs.  I tried running the AT&T CD lens cleaner on the 58X CD player, but I guess the player is defective, and it froze the computer.  Thus one should not use it, until I replace it with the DVD/CD player next week.  I ran the lens cleaner on the CD/RW player without any problem.  I will now run Norton Speed Disk  on the C: drive.  I will stay in and read periodical and technology literature while Norton Speed Disk runs on the C: drive.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/07/04  Wednesday 4:05 P.M.:  I have all of the Windows XP updates installed except XP SP2 RC2, which I might install at a later time.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed directly.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/07/04  Wednesday 2:45 P.M.:  I installed Windows XP SP2 RC2, but the system would not boot.  After a lengthy period of troubleshooting, I discovered my CD player was defective, so it produced a faulty install.  I used my CD/RW player, and I reinstalled Windows XP with the restore function, and it booted properly.  I did some minor configurations, and the system is back up and running fine.  I now have to install the updates.  I will not try to install Windows XP SP2 RC2.  I guess it is just as well that I ordered the new DVD CD player.  I reheated the remaining spaghetti noodles and sauce, and I added some grated parmesan cheese, and I ate it around 11 A.M. with some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/07/04  Wednesday 4:05 A.M.:  I went to www.outletpc.com , and I ordered a Norcent 16X read for DVD and 48X read for CD media drive for $15.99 http://www.outletpc.com/c1231.html ,  10 fourteen foot RJ45 Cat5 Ethernet network cables for .99 each http://www.outletpc.com/c0289.html , six 25 foot RJ45 Cat5 Ethernet cables for $2.25 each http://www.outletpc.com/c0293.html , one 4 port USB 114 mini USB hub for $4.89 http://www.outletpc.com/c4607.html plus $9.39 United Parcel ground service shipping for $53.67 total.  Once I receive them, I will be able to play DVD disks on my computer, and I will also have enough cables in an emergency to use the Ethernet hubs for multiple users.  I had the computer freeze a couple of times, so I turned the air conditioner down to 70 degrees Fahrenheit from 72 degrees Fahrenheit, so maybe the problem will not occur with a cooler room.  However, I think the problem might be caused from when I used RegSupreme which might have changed a system setting.  To try to fix the problem, since I have already removed previous backups of System Restore, I am going to install Windows XP beta SP2 RC2 to see if it eliminates the problem.  I will have to uninstall it once the final release comes out.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/07/04  Wednesday 2:50 A.M.:  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  I used all of the regular ingredients, and for the cheddar cheese portion, I used Land-O-Lakes Monterey Jack cheese.  I had the salad with a glass of iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/07/04  Wednesday 1:15 A.M.:  I was up at 4 P.M., and I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I checked the mail.  I went back to sleep until 10:30 P.M., when I chatted with a relative.  I cleaned up, and I went out.  I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  It was not to busy this evening, and they had live music at the Thataway cafe as I strolled by.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  I received in the mail, a 8 inch by 10 inch photograph of President George W. Bush and his wife First Lady Laura Bush.  I put it in the frame where I had just the picture of President Bush, which hangs above the magazine rack at the right side of the day bed beneath the photograph of Queen Elizabeth, President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush with the picture of Abraham Lincoln to the left of the other two pictures.  I made a campaign contribution  of $5 to the Republican National Committee online at www.gop.com/victory2004/ .  This is to support other republican candidates in the general election this November.  I used my Bank of New MasterCard debit card to make the donation.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 9:45 A.M.:  I sorted the programs in my start menu into subfolders.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 8:55 A.M.:  I went out after the last message.  I drove down by the waterfront in central Greenwich.  I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I used the bathroom at Starbucks coffee shop.  I then sat out for a while down by the waterfront, and I chatted with one of the regular fishermen.  I then went back downtown, and I sat out for a while.  I used the bathroom again at Starbucks.  I then went to the Stop and Shop, and I bought a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29, a 3 pound bag of onions for $2.79, a 16 ounce bag of baby carrots for $1.50, fresh broccoli crowns at $1.99 a pound for $2.23, a 10 ounce bag of fresh spinach for $1.99, two pints of fresh blueberries for $1.50 each pint for $13.80 total.  I then returned home, and I drank some iced tea, and I put away my purchases.  I then microwaved a Weight Watchers Smart Ones 9 ounce grilled garlic chicken dinner, and I ate it with a glass of iced tea, and then I ate a small piece of apple pie.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 4:05 A.M.:  I ate the ice cream and strawberries.  Specifically, the sound settings on my Plantronics headset were changed when I returned from Kennebunkport, Maine, which would indicate to me that somebody was chatting on the internet with my computer.  Whomever, the mysterious individual is, he or she must be very cleaver like Spiderman.  Whatever, the case since I smoke cigarettes, the smoke from cigarettes and the nicotine in my blood tend to keep mosquitoes away.  I will now go back outside for a while.  I will put the computer on standby.  I did raised the air conditioner setting from 70 degrees Fahrenheit to 72 degrees Fahrenheit, so maybe with the warmer apartment, the computer is warmer.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 3:45 A.M.: Mosquito magnet web site http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/ and CNN.com Specials West Nile Mosquito Virus.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 3:30 A.M.:  I am letting the ice cream soften, so it will be creamier with the strawberries.  I still have another quart of fresh strawberries.  Since I started the computer this morning, it has frozen up three times when I ran a *.bat file that opens the DOS prompt.  I had to restart each time, but it does not do it every time I open the DOS prompt or run the *.bat file.  It is most curious that it would happen.  I did detect that some sound settings had changed on my computer while I was away two weeks ago as if someone were tampering with it.  However, it is the nature of a cable modem despite my three firewalls that it is open to tampering from anywhere in the world.  I suppose with the children out of school locally they could also be practicing their hacking skills.  Whatever, the case I will have to remind individuals whom use Optimum Online, that Optimum does monitor such hacking attacks, so if they are local they will be caught sooner of later and have their optimum service terminated.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 3:15 A.M.:  The Queen Mary II was here this past weekend http://www.qm2.org.uk/itinerary.html and they will be back on July 28.  I cut off the tops of 17 medium to medium large strawberries, and I split them lengthwise into quarters, and I rinsed them in a wire strainer underneath cold water.  I put in a bowl one large ice cream scoop of Ben and Jerry's butter pecan ice cream, and I covered it with the strawberries.  I will eat it all with a glass of iced tea shortly.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 2:15 A.M.:  One can order a .750 liter bottle of Balmoral 15 year old whisky over the internet for 30 British pounds and 17 British pounds air freight to the United States Balmoral Castle 15 year old Scotch whisky , but if they thought you had that type of money, they might bring it personally and start charging to you name at one of the local clubs.  Of course the British and the Scottish generally save the whisky for the colder winter months Climate of England / Britain and Scotland .  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 1:55 A.M.:  I went through my email.  I noticed on a sign posted downtown that the Cambridge University Choir was at Christ Church locally on Saturday July 3, so I guess we had some limey visitors.  At the moment, it does not seem like they are around, unless they are saying their prayers or meditating.  I suppose with all of the people away, this area seems pretty slow, but from past experience the first three weeks of August are usually slower, when more people are away.  However this week during the last week of August and the first couple days of September before Labor Day, New York city will host the Republican convention, so maybe some fat cat republicans will come out here and spend some wampum.  At the moment, not much is going on after a holiday.  I suppose one could go to the Glory Days diner and have a cup of coffee, but they generally prefer one to order and pay for a whole meal.  I also suppose the teenagers that spend time around the diner late at night might be put off by having adults invade their turf.  Since my apartment is cool and comfortable with the General Electric Profile 15,500 BTU air conditioner with remote control, I do not feel like moon watching this morning.  However, if one needs and air conditioner, Wal-Mart at two locations in Norwalk, Connecticut or Route 7 on the Wilton border and on U.S. 1 west of downtown Norwalk was selling General Electric 5,000 BTU air conditioner for $77 plus tax and I suppose for about $129 plus tax, one could get a 10,000 BTU model.  I also noticed at Home Depot in Port Chester, New York that they sell Maytag 15,000 BTU air conditioners for $359 plus tax, and they also have 10,000 BTU and 5,000 BTU models.  Also Costco locally in Port Chester, New York sells a Panasonic 10,000 BTU air conditioner for $219 plus tax and a Carrier 10,000 BTU air conditioner for $229 plus tax.  Thus I guess with the warmer weather summer has finally arrived.  The current temperature is  74 degrees Fahrenheit http://www.weather.com/weather/local/06830 , so it is not exactly hot yet, but it goes up into the 80s during the day.  I suppose the British Royal family are up in Balmoral castle http://www.balmoralcastle.com/ , where it is cooler http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/scotland/index.shtml , so I guess the British and Scottish being frugal do not have to buy air conditioners in their cooler weather and would probably settle for a cool frosty ale.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 1:20 A.M.:  After dinner, I took two of the three ounce Stop and Shop parmesan and Romano grated cheese containers, and I cut off their tops, and I transferred their contents to the larger 8 ounce Stop and Shop grated parmesan cheese container which is easier to pour from.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/06/04  Tuesday 12:55 A.M.:  I am boiling four quarts of water in a Revere pot in which I added a teaspoon of olive oil and a few pinches of salt.  I will boil a 16 ounce package of Stop and Shop vermicelli for six minutes.  I will eat half and refrigerate half in a Rubbermaid container.  I will reheat in the microwave oven in a microwave proof container half of a 26 ounce jar of Classico four cheese tomato sauce.  I will refrigerate the other half.  I will put the tomato sauce on the vermicelli and I will cover it will about 2.5 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese, and I will eat it all with a glass of iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/05/04  Monday 11:55 P.M.:  I was up at 4 P.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I went back to bed until 9 P.M..  I cleaned up, and I went out.  Both the Food Emporium and the Stop and Shop are closed.  I drove down by the waterfront.  I then walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront, and I just now returned home, and I drank some iced tea.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/05/04  Monday 4:50 A.M.:  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/05/04  Monday 4:45 A.M.:  BW Online | November 4, 2003 | The Many Shapes of Tomorrow's PC .  CIO

Note: <888> 07/05/04  Monday 4:30 A.M.:  I went ate six pieces .25 inch by 1.5 inch by 1.25 inch of Land-O-Lakes Pepper Jack cheese with some iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/05/04  Monday 3:50 A.M.:  I went through some more computer hardware web sites.  I went through my email.  The computer hardware web sites that I looked at are www.tigerdirect.com , http://infinityimaging.com/ , http://www.compuforms.com/ , http://www.nextag.com/ , http://www.directron.com/ , http://geek.pricegrabber.com/, http://www.globalcomputer.com/ , http://www.hmcomp.com/ , http://www.myinks.com/ , http://www.lasertonerstore.com/asp/home/home.asp , http://store.yahoo.com/outletpc/ , http://www.gotoforms.com/ , http://www.provantage.com/ , http://www.systemax.com/divisions.htm , http://xtremetoner.com/ , www.compusa.com , www.staples.com , www.circuitcity.com , www.jab-tech.com .  Of course, since I have looked at these web sites regularly, and since I am on a modest budget, what I have managed to accumulate in terms of computer technology is all that I need.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/05/04  Monday 1:00 A.M.:  My Scott grandparents used to live in Champaign, Illinois, where my grandmother was a school teacher, and my grandfather was a railroad engineer on the Illinois Central railroad.  My grandfather also owned two farms comprising about 2,000 acres of land near Robinson, Illinois http://www.city-data.com/city/Robinson-Illinois.html , and as I recall, he sold them to my grandmother's relatives of the Gard family that lived in that same area.  I recall visiting that area a number of times.  I was once told that James Jones wrote the book "From Here to Eternity" in a cabin on my grandfather's farm near the Wabash river.  I recall, they raised corn, soy beans, pigs, and chickens on the farms.  Of course being Illinois, it was mostly corn.  My grandfather Scott around 1958 spent $50,000 to buy a bull dozer, so he could build a levy to prevent flooding on the farm from the Wabash river.  I recall, a furniture maker in Greenwich, Connecticut once went out there, and bought a stand of hard wood trees off my grandfather Scott's farm to make some furniture.  I think my mother's desk is made from those same trees.  Of course city people whom venture that far out into the country, frequently feel a bit isolated amongst their more rural cousins.  I recall playing with pet wolf pups and fighting with my cousins in the chicken coop.  I once read that Marathon oil built a refinery there that refines about 365,000 barrels of oil a day coming mostly from those old slow oil pumpers all over down state Illinois that pump a couple of barrels per day.  Before mideast oil, they were a valuable source of oil.  CIO  

Note: <888> 07/05/04  Monday 12:40 A.M.:  I looked at some computer hardware web sites.  However, I did not see anything I need to purchase.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  Instead of tuna fish, I used a tin sardines that I chopped.  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Land-O-Lakes pepper jack cheese.  I used all of the other regular ingredients.  I had the salad with iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/04/04  Sunday 9:50 P.M.:  I ate a bowl of corn chips before going to bed about 8 A.M..  I was up at 4 P.M. when a relative called.  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I cleaned up, and I drove down by the waterfront in central Greenwich.  I chatted with a local waterfront observer.  I then drove back up to central Greenwich, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I stopped by CVS, and I bought two 6 ounce tubes of Crest www.crest.com Rejuvenating Effects energizing mint fluoride activity toothpaste for two tubes for $4.99 plus .30 tax for $5.29 total.  I then completed my walk.  I just now returned home, and I can hear the fireworks from nearby Port Chester, New York.  CIO 

Note: <888> 07/04/04  Sunday 6:45 A.M.:  I went back out after the last message.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I then drove down by the waterfront.  I chatted with a couple of fishermen at the Royal Bank of Scotland.  I then went by the ATM machine at Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street.  I then sat out at the Greenwich Library parking lot for a while.  I then drove over to Walgreens in Old Greenwich, and I bought a package of six AA Ultra-Alkaline  batteries for $3, a package of two 9 volt batteries ultra-alkaline for $3, and two bottles of Advil Liqui-gels 180 Liqui-Gels for $10 each bottle plus .36 tax for $26.36 total.  I then drove back to the center of town, and I sat out for a while.  I then drove back down by the waterfront, and I chatted with a couple more local fishermen.  I just now returned home.  I will now take a Advil Liqui-gel before going to bed instead of a CVS brand Tylenol, since Advil is suppose to be better for arthritis.  I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed soon.  I will eat a piece of apple pie with some iced tea before going to bed.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/04/04  Sunday 2:05 A.M.:  I will put the computer on standby, and I will now go back out and moon watch.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/04/04  Sunday 1:45 A.M.:  Happy Fourth of July.  I went out after the last message.  I went by the Food Emporium, and I bought four half gallons of Minute Maid children's orange juice with vitamins for $1.99 each for $7.96 total.  I then went by the Exxon gasoline station next to the Greenwich Library, and I bought $4 of regular unleaded gasoline at $2.299 a gallon for about 25 miles per gallon usage.  I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought two quart jars of Stop and Shop strawberry preserves for $2.99 each, three 28 ounce cans of Goya chick peas for $1.29 each, a three liter container of Bertolli extra virgin olive oil for $21.99, two eight ounce bars of Land-O-Lakes Monterey Jack cheese for $2 each, two 16.5 ounce bottles of Monari balsamic vinegar for $2.50 each, a four pack of Star-Kist solid white albacore tuna fish for $1.50, four 3 ounce containers of Stop and Shop parmesan and Romano grated cheese for .99 each, a pound of strawberries for $2, eight 6.5 ounce dry weight cans of Stop and Shop California medium black pitted olives for .99 each can for $63.21 total.  I then returned home, and I used the shopping cart from my apartment that I had brought with me to bring up the groceries.  I then put away the groceries.  I then made up a batch of iced tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm .  I left it to steep, while I went out.  I went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue, and I sat out at various locations.  I next drove down by the waterfront.  I then returned home, and I put the iced tea in the refrigerator.  I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm .  For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Land-O-Lakes Pepperjack cheese.  I had the salad with iced tea.  CIO

Note: <888> 07/03/04  Saturday 8:20 P.M.:  I finished running the computer maintenance utilities.  I watched a bit of television while doing it.  I ate a piece of apple pie with iced tea.  I printed out 50 more calling cards in color.  I cleaned up.  I will shut down the computer.  I will now go out and do some grocery shopping.  CIO    

Note: <888> 07/03/04  Saturday 4:40 P.M.:  After the last message, I ate a peanut butter sandwich with iced tea.  I went to bed, and I chatted with a friend from 6:30 A.M. to 7:15 A.M..  I was awake at 2 P.M..  I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry preserves, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee.  I picked up my mail downstairs.  I made out a check to pay my Verizon telephone bill.  I will now run Norton WinDoctor, Ccleaner, do a System Restore backup, run Disk Cleanup on the C: drive, run Norton Disk Doctor, and then I will do a Norton backup from the C: drive to the D: drive in seven parts.  Then I will run Norton Speed Disk.  CIO