Sunday February 4, 2007 6:50 am Edmonton

A. Morning Musings

6:50 am

Yesterday was one of mission accomplished. The recycling was handled before the lineups formed. We mounted a brass wall hanging and a large mirror without mishap and the furniture people assembled the dining room table. It looks gorgeous. We celebrated by having dinner in an East Indian restaurant. My weight loss efforts definitely took a nose dive.

From a Learning perspective, I am definitely beginning to understand the various features on my digital camera. The big breakthrough was when I Learned about the P-mode. The P stands for Program exposure mode and allows one to change the focus mode to high speed one spot. The camera then established the best aperture and shutter speed settings.

I like the list of major activities that I composed yesterday, and will add it to my Planning table (below). This will provide a daily reminder of my main areas of focus.

I will begin the morning by continueing to make notes from the iPhoto 5 book.

B. Plan

Immediate
Technology	Review & edit iPhoto files for 2006	1 hr
	Continue reading & making notes for "iPhoto 5"	2 hr
	Play with settings on digital camera	1 hr
Literature	Continue reading "The Big Why" by Michael Winter	1 hr
Later
Technology	Read manual for cell phone
	Make notes for chap. 4 of "Switching to the Mac"
	Burn backup of images onto DVD
Mathematics	Make notes for "Mathematics: A Human Endeavor" ch 1
	Read "Fearless Symmetry" chap 9: Elliptic Curves
Model Trains	Add ground cover to oil refinery diorama
	Continue assembly of coaling tower
	Follow tutorial for version 8 of 3rd PlanIt
	Purchase DCC system
History	Read Watson "Ideas"
Philosophy	Read & make notes for "Breaking the Spell"
GO	Complete reading "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go"
Puzzles	The Orange Puzzle Cube: puzzle #10
Major Goals
Technology	Become proficient with iPhoto software
	Review & edit iPhoto files for 2006
	Become proficient with cell phone
Model Trains	Become proficient with 3rd PlanIt software
	Install DCC on model train layout
GO	Learn to play GO at something better than a beginner level
Drawing	Learn to draw!! (I keep saying this, yet I have yet to put a pencil to paper).
Mathematics	Continue to play with mathematics.
Literature	Continue to read Literature
Bird Watching	Continue to engage in bird watching activities.

C. Actual/Note

	Technology 11 February 4
Technology Notes
8:05 am I am now about to begin making notes for chapter 2 "Composing Brilliant Photos" of "iPhoto 5", which I read yesterday. Here is my concept map so far, using MindManager: Here is my map with chapter 2 included (chapter one notes are collapsed in the display): Here is my map with chapter 3 included:   SUMMARY of the session: 9:00 am

6:15 PM Dinner:

D. Reflection