Michael Louis Scott June 1997 to Date
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Note: <888> 02/26/04 Thursday 10:20 P.M.: About 10:05 P.M. the lights blinked for a split second, but my computer did not go off. I relaxed for a bit after the last message. I put the tea in the refrigerator. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 02/26/04 Thursday 8:35 P.M.: Over the last 15 years that I have lived in my current location, I have made my apartment very comfortable, although it is a bit cramped, since I am always buying items at our local thrift shops. I have never had any security problems, and my neighbors respect my privacy like I respect their privacy. Occasionally some friends visit but not very often recently. I have never had any personal property disappear, and since it is a quite small apartment which I keep well organize, I would notice if anything were amiss. Occasionally I misplace or hide items from myself. On my personal computer setup, since the modern systems are very complex, about the only irregularity is that the volume control on my audio is frequently turned up to the maximum, when I normally keep it at about 50%. Thus if someone were cleaver enough to gain entrance to my apartment, and bypass the password security on my computer systems, the only evidence would be that they are probably deaf. However, with a cable modem it could be an outside hacker or some other system irregularity. For someone to gain access to my apartment, it would have to be with cooperation of my neighbors whom would notice right away and whom are very vigilant. If not it would have to be someone whom looked like me, which is unlikely, since then they would have to have a car like mine with the same license plate and other irregularities. Thus it is highly unlikely someone would go through such complex activities to gain access to a modest apartment for no reason what so ever. The fact that the inkjet cartridges ran out of ink after three months without hardly any use could mean that they might have dried up, which they can do, if they are not used regularly, particularly since they were generic cartridges. The $15.86 missing in my accounts could have been a transaction error, but with all the simple transactions, I do it is highly unlikely. All, I can think about is that I must have bought something that I forgot about. One could think like Sherlock Holmes, and one could say that someone is using my computer for some subterfuge, and they are gaining admittance to my apartment using disguises, and that they turn the volume up, since they are listening to remote broadcasts of inferior audio quality, and that being hard up Russian type spies from the old cold war school of espionage, their weakness is cheap Vodka, and they somehow pilfered funds from me to buy a 1.5 liter bottle of cheap Vodka. However if this were the case, it is more than likely someone would have taken note. More than likely the systems are complex and they occasionally change their system settings, the ink in the inkjet printer dried up from lack of use, although I have left ink cartridges in it for longer periods with use, and $15.86 was part of an even sum of money such as $15 for a cab ride to Westchester airport, so the individual could flee the country by whatever type of aircraft they might have available. However, since it is highly unlikely that a person with a private aircraft would need to use my apartment, it is more than likely the individual might have needed the money to travel locally on our train system. Since only once this month, I can recall having kept that much money in the apartment, and my records showed that I spent it the following day without going to the bank again, it is hard to imagine anything more complex or obscure. Still, with all the cleaver types of people in this area, I have made note of the facts, which is basically part of the routine of maintaining a log. Whatever, the case I can not imagine anything out of the ordinary unless I am just getting older and absent minded. CIO Note: <888> 02/26/04 Thursday 8:05 P.M.: I heated on both sides at 12 minutes a side in the Farberware convection oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit six America's Choice fish filets from one box, 15 America's Choice onion rings and 15 America's Choice potato puffs. I also mixed three tablespoons of horseradish with a third of a cup of Heinz ketchup for a condiment to go with the baked food. I had it all for dinner with a glass of iced tea. I am now making up a batch of iced tea www.geocities.com/mikelscott/icetea.htm . I am not using sugar in it, but I am using a couple of teaspoons of Angostura bitters. I am also using 10 Salada orange pekoe tea bags, 5 Lipton green tea bags, and one each of the five different types of Twinings five type variety pack. CIO Note: <888> 02/26/04 Thursday 6:35 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I made my 3 P.M. appointment which was a bit later today. I then went downtown, and I sat out briefly. I then drove down by the waterfront. I next returned home. I tried to figure out in my accounts for the $15.86 that I can not account for missing. Since I usually only take out from the bank as much as I need for a day's expenses, I never have that much in my wallet at the apartment, so it would not have disappeared from the apartment. I never have anyone visiting here anyway. I keep track of my expenses daily on the computer, and I was balanced out at the first of the month. Since it is not too hard to keep track of $20 withdrawals and one's daily expenses, it is hard to figure out what happened to it or what expense I forgot to record. I checked my accounts, and they all seem to be in order. Besides grocery expenses which are already high this month, I have not made too many expenses besides my regular ones. In other words, I have not bought that much at the thrift shops this month. It is highly unlikely that someone picked my pocket downtown and put back my wallet. Since my transaction processes are usually very simple, I can not figure out the reason for the imbalance. Since I like to be precise in my accounting, it is still a mystery. Basically when one studies in accounting and when one has worked in a bank, frequently it is an imbalance that shows some accounting error or transaction error. Still from my records, I can not figure out the reason for the discrepancy. I chatted with a relative. CIO Note: <888> 02/26/04 Thursday 2:05 P.M.: I will now shut down the computer, and I will go back out. CIO Note: <888> 02/26/04 Thursday 1:50 P.M.: I watched some television after the last message. I ate a piece of apple pie. I went to bed about 10 P.M.. I woke up at 4 A.M., and I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I went back to bed until 6:30 A.M., when I chatted with a friend. I then cleaned up, and I went downtown about 7:30 A.M.. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought five 8 ounce bags of Necco candy tart hearts for .09 each plus .03 tax for .48 total. I then completed my walk, and I ran into another regular walker. We walked back up to the top of Greenwich Avenue, and then we walked east on East Putnam Avenue as far as Christ Church. We then walked down Milbank Avenue as far as the center of town, and we parted company. I used the bathroom at the senior center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I walked out onto the pier. I then went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift Shop. I bought a wicker and wood rack about two foot by two foot by five inches deep with a center shelf in brown color for $1.50. I then went by the Stop and Shop, and I bought a quart of Stop and Shop strawberry preserves for $2.99, a three pound bag of organic Spanish yellow onions for $1.99, two half gallons of Tropicana premium orange juice with double vitamin C for $2 each, Rosenburg blue cheese from Denmark at $7.05 a pound for $4.93, a 10 ounce box of fresh mushrooms for $2.29, and 10 ounces of fresh spinach for $1.99 for $18.19 total. I use a couple of tablespoons of crumbled Danish blue cheese in my salads, since I think the mold is good for you. I then went by the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a loaf of Hearty Health Nut nutty grain bread for .99 and a 5.5 ounce box of Arnold large cut garlic and herb croutons for .99 for $1.98 total. I then returned home. I put the brown wicker and wood shelf rack on the floor to the right side of my primary computer chair. I took out all the computer CDs from the left wall rack behind the left monitor, and I put them in the shelf rack on the floor along with my computer tool kits and WWF digital camera. I also took out the driver CDs from bags and boxes in the bedroom, and I put them on the floor shelf rack too. I moved the empty ink cartridges in their boxes from the right wall shelf rack to the left wall shelf rack. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I used a tin of sardines that I chopped instead of tuna fish. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I had the salad with all of the other regular ingredients. I am throwing out a number of plastic packaging boxes that I had on the white bureau in my bedroom. When I balanced my accounts on the computer, I came up $15.86 short, which I can not figure out where it disappeared to, since I keep exact record of my expenses. I have a 3 P.M. appointment today. I have the 5 bags of Necco candies on the floor in a bag in the left living room closet, and I have another three bags in the top drawer of my mahogany bureau in the bedroom. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 8:15 P.M.: I finished going through www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm . I will now shut down both computers, and I will go to bed soon. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 8:00 P.M.: I finished running the maintenance utilities on the Dell backup computer. I also did a three part backup from the C: to the D: drive, and I ran Norton Speed Disk on the C: drive. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 7:45 P.M.: I finished going through my email. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 7:35 P.M.: I received notification from Microsoft that my copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Professional shipped today via Airborne Ground, so I guess it will be a while before it arrives. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 7:00 P.M.: I am heating a 18.8 ounce can of Campbell's New England clam chowder, which I will have with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 6:25 P.M.: I have the Dell backup computer configured, and it is running just fine. I now have to run the system utilities. Then I will do a C: drive to D: drive backup. Then I will run Norton Speed Disk. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 3:40 P.M.: I am installing programs on the Dell backup computer. I checked my mail again, and I did not get any mail. I had a telephone call to change an appointment next week to a day later. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 1:40 P.M.: I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . Instead of tuna fish, I used a 4.25 ounce can of flaked pink crab meat. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used 50% Kraft Cracker barrel baby Swiss cheese and 50% Stop and Shop Vermont extra sharp cheddar cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with iced tea. I will now drink a 50% Folgers' instant and 50% Folgers' decaffeinated instant coffee. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 12:30 P.M.: On the Dell backup computer with Windows XP SP2 beta 1 #2082, I was able to successfully install Norton System Works 2003 and Norton Personal Firewall 2003, and I also installed the updates. They are running just fine. I ran Norton Win Doctor. The XP firewall seems to work with them also. However, the XP beta startup security program does not indicate that the XP Firewall is working when it seems to be working. I am restoring my data and other files to the C: drive from the backup on the D: drive. I checked the mail again, and it has not arrived. I also installed the Siemens router port. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 11:05 A.M.: The test of the NOAA weather warning radio which is scheduled for this time on Wednesday went off at 11:02 A.M.. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 11:00 A.M.: I threw out some garbage outside. I have the XP SP2 beta 1 #2082 installed on the Dell backup computer. I turned off indexing on the C: drive. I also disabled automatic updates. I disabled the XP Firewall, until I try to install Symantec Firewall 2003. I installed the updates and rebooted, and the second time I ran the updates, it took a few minutes to find and install the last update. I then made a backup with System Restore, and I will install Norton System Works 2003 run the updates and then install Norton Firewall 2003 and run the updates and then enable the XP SP2 beta firewall. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 10:15 A.M.: I finished going through my email. Yesterday, I went through most of www.geocities.com/mikelscott/scotwork.htm , before I started working with the new XP beta on the Dell backup computer. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 9:55 A.M.: I have XP installed on the Dell backup, and I did some minor configuration, and I am in the process of installing XP SP2 beta 1 #2082 from the local hard drive install file that I copied to its C: drive. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 8:55 A.M.: I formatted the C: drive on the Dell backup computer. I am now installing Windows XP. I will then install Windows XP SP2 beta 1 #2082 upgrade, which I have the full 350 meg. file for on CD. I will then do some minimal system configuration, and I will restore the data files from my backup files on the D: drive. This still will take most of the day. I imagine the Symantec Norton System Works 2003 and Norton Firewall 2003 will work on a clean install, since the problem was probably with old registry entries. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 8:25 A.M.: The beta #2082 is downloaded. I can not get the Symantec programs to install on the Dell backup computer. I will now format the C: drive on it, and I will do a new install and configuration. This should take some time like most of the day. I think what I will do is do a new install, and then put the betas on it, but I will not waste all of the time configuring it. However, it is my backup computer, and I have other backup computers. The question is whether to configured it as a stable backup computer or a beta machine, either way will take a bit of time. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 7:55 A.M.: On the Dell backup computer with Windows XP SP2 beta 1 #2082, I could not get Norton System Works 2003 and Norton Firewall 2003 to install after I had uninstalled them all and removed their entries including running Norton Win Doctor from the CD to clean up the registry. Since the beta seems to be a bit of a problem, I am uninstalling it right now. I will then have the basic Windows XP setup, and I could either configure it, or I could restore the backup of Windows XP SP2 beta 1 #2055. I will see how the system works after uninstall. When I was trying to install Norton System Works, it would not do a full install, but kept changing back to a few megs. of files to install for some odd reason. It might be a Symantec problem and not a XP beta problem. I will see if it installs after uninstalling the XP beta. I could always format the drive and do a clean install and configuration from scratch which would take a day or two, but I do not think I would want to put the XP beta on again. CIO Note: <888> 02/25/04 Wednesday 6:40 A.M.: I was up at 5:30 A.M.. I had breakfast of oatmeal, toast with raspberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I am downloading the XP SP2 beta 1 #2082 install file which has about an hour and a half to go. I will now work on configuring the Dell backup computer. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 9:50 P.M.: I can not get Norton System Works 2003 and Norton Firewall 2003 to work with the beta on the Dell backup computer. I tried reinstalling them, and some of their updates will not install. I am tired, so I shut down the Dell backup computer. I will now shut down the primary computer. I will eat a piece of apple pie with some iced tea. I will then go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 8:10 P.M.: I have the new XP SP2 beta 1 #2082 installed on the Dell backup computer with the updates. I now have to do some configuring and reinstallations of programs. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 7:15 P.M.: I am installing the new beta #2082 of Windows XP SP2 beta 1 on the Dell backup computer. I had to reinstall Windows XP overriding my existing Windows XP settings, but I did not reformat the drive, but I will have to reconfigure it after installation and reinstall some of the programs. However, that is part of beta testing. The download from the small install file is going fast. I have 11 minutes to go on the download. It is not suppose to a stable beta, but it does have a lot of new features supposedly. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 4:30 P.M.: Microsoft Adds More Features to XP Service Pack 2 and Microsoft Adds More Features to XP Service Pack 2 . The beta site is busy now, and I have not been able to get it to download. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 3:50 P.M.: I used my pill cutter, and I cut 50 aspirin in half, and I put them in my bottle of half size aspirin, and I take one every day when I wake up with my vitamins and supplements. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 3:25 P.M.: I checked my mail. I found this link to check my Microsoft shipment https://status.microsoft.upgrade.com/orderstatus/default.asp , however it returns an error message, when I use it. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 2:25 P.M.: I chatted with a friend. I took a 10.75 ounce can of Campbell's condensed mushroom soup, and I put in a microwave proof pot with lid, and I added three ounces of Rene Junot white wine and six ounces of milk and 1/4 teaspoon of parsley and 1/4 teaspoon of basil and a tablespoon of olive oil and five 1/8th inch thick sliced medium mushrooms, and I mixed it all together. I then heated it in the General Electric microwave oven on medium level for seven minutes. I served it with about 12 large cut croutons and parsley sprinkled on it. I ate the soup with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 12:35 P.M.: I checked outside. It is 33 degrees Fahrenheit outside, one degree above freezing, and it is snowing lightly outside, but at the moment, it does not seem to be accumulating. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 12:15 P.M.: I went through my email. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 11:55 A.M.: I woke up from my nap about 10:30 A.M., when I had a telephone call about a charity basketball game at the Greenwich High School on May 7, 2004 with spin off team from the Harlem Globe Trotters. I explained to them that I would not be able to attend. I watched a bit of CSPAN television that had Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd whom we hardly ever hear about here in Connecticut. I will now do some regular computer work. I also ate a piece of apple pie which I had with iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 8:10 A.M.: I will now put the computer on standby and take a nap. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 7:55 A.M.: I chatted with a friend. The friend mentioned an internet company in his real estate building at http://www.country-living.com/ in Wilton, Connecticut called Greenfield Online - Leading the Research Revolution . I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . I made the salad with a tin of King Oscar sardines instead of tuna. For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Kraft Cracker barrel baby Swiss cheese. I used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 6:20 A.M.: I went out after the last message. I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I noticed a Starbucks employee had to wait an hour for someone to open up the shop at 5:25 A.M.. I guess the shop manager is not as punctual as the early rising employee. I also sat out at various locations. I found a champagne cork with VCP and a anchor on top and on the bottom it has the same with VEUVE CLICQUOT PONSARDIN, so I guess someone was in a festive mood last night. I found it across the street from the Ginger Man restaurant. I completed my walk, and as usual the various sanitation trucks were out. I also walked the train station area. I drove down by the waterfront. I walked out onto the pier, and I could see a few ducks in the water. I then returned home. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 3:50 A.M.: I put away the laundry. I will now shut down the computer, and I will clean up, and I will go out for some fresh air. CIO Note: <888> 02/24/04 Tuesday 3:05 A.M.: I was up at 1 A.M.. I started two loads of laundry. I have 15 minutes to go on the dry cycle. I ate breakfast of oatmeal, toast with strawberry jam, orange juice, vitamins, supplements, and coffee. I put clean linens on the bed in the bedroom. CIO Note: <888> 02/23/04 Monday 4:30 P.M.: I chatted with a relative. I will now shut down the computer, and I will go to bed. CIO Note: <888> 02/23/04 Monday 3:50 P.M.: I made up a fresh batch of homemade hummus www.geocities.com/mikelscott/hummus.htm . I used two 4.25 ounce cans of California black crushed olives for the olive portion, and a clove of elephant garlic for the garlic portion. I made and ate my usual salad www.geocities.com/mikelscott/salad.htm . For the cheddar cheese portion, I used Kraft Cracker barrel baby Swiss cheese. I also used all of the other regular ingredients. I had the salad with a glass of iced tea. CIO Note: <888> 02/23/04 Monday 2:05 P.M.: I went out after the last message. I went by Putnam Trust Bank of New York on Mason Street. I saw a DHL truck in their parking lot, so maybe today, they will be delivering my Microsoft Airborne package, since DHL uses the Airborne title. I then went by the Greenwich Hospital Thrift shop, and everything continues to be half price. I then went downtown, and I walked the entire length of Greenwich Avenue. I sat out at various locations. I stopped by CVS, and I bought buy one get one free of Reach Performance medium full head toothbrushes for $2.99 both and from the 90% off rack, I bought four 8 ounce packages of Necco tart conversation heart candies for .09 an 8 ounce bag plus .20 tax for $3.55 total. I used the bathroom at the senior center. I then drove down by the waterfront. I walked out onto the pier with the sea gulls. I then drove over to the Arnold bread outlet, and I bought a Entenmann's home-style apple pie for $1.89 less 10% senior discount of .19 for $1.70 total. I then went by Smoke for Less in Byram, and I bought a carton of Seneca Ultra Lights 100s for $31 total. I then returned home. I drank some ice tea. I will fill up the candy dish on the right side of the mahogany bureau with a bag of the NECCO hearts. I will replace my two current two brushes with the Reach tooth brushes. CIO Note: <888> 02/23/04 Monday 10:35 A.M.: I rested until 9:30 A.M.. I cleaned up. I will now go out. I will shut down the computer before leaving. CIO Note: <888> 02/23/04 Monday 7:20 A.M.: I made and ate a serving of onion soup www.geocities.com/mikelscott/onionsoup.htm . This time I used one peeled and sliced three inch yellow Spanish onion and one two inch peeled and sliced red Bermuda onion along with all of the other usual ingredients. I ate the onion soup with iced tea. I also ate a piece of apple pie. I will now put the computer on standby, and I will rest for a while. CIO Download 3.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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