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Year to Date
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Time Tables 2008
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February
March
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December
It is -10 C with a high forecast of -1 C. Sunrise 8:27 Sunset 16:49 Hours of daylight: 8:22
2:30 PM
One of my top priorities at the moment is to complete the opening web pages for each of the categories of non-fiction that I have in my new Books web site. At the moment I have History, Philosophy, and Technology completed. I still have Psychology, Science, Mathematics, Art, Birds, Trains and Drawing to work on. In large part this is simply a case of collecting together a number of books that I have bought over the last few years and then identifying a few that I would like to begin reading in the next few weeks.
| Learning Category | Planned Activities for Today | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | Begin reading "The World of Zen" by Stephen Hodge | 1 hr |
| Drawing | Complete Jan 2 calendar watercolor activity | 1 hr |
| Model Trains | Redesign part of web site, particularly the Activities section | 2 hr |
| Model Trains | Review web sites for high level ground throws for turnouts | 1 hr |
| Literature | Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett | 1 hr |
| Technology | Make necessary changes to code for the Model train web site | 3 hr |
| Technology | Continue "Wikinomics" by Tapscott | 1 hr |
| Technology | Examine some mass collaborative web sites | 1 hr |
| Science | Create web page in Books 2008 web site for this non-fiction category | 1 hr |
This has been a very productive day. I spent 3 hours early this morning reviewing my Model Train web site. It took awhile for me to come up with a better way of describing the various activities that I am involved in with this hobby but I think I have made a few improvements. It then took 2 more hours to revise all of the links in the new web site. But I think I have it all taken care of at the moment.
Now to sit back and enjoy a little reading from "The World of Zen". I like the sub-title: The Way to Inner Calm.
The first chapter of the zen book provided an excellent summary of the roots of Buddhism. I recognized the material but would be unable to repeat all of it without serious study and the making of a few notes. I may well do this tomorrow.
I then switched to the Follett novel. It is progressing nicely. A pleasant story.
I have spent about an hour searching the web for information on Caboose Industries high level ground throws for my non-mainline turnouts. I now know how to install them, what they cost, and where I can order them in Canada.