Thursday November 20, 2008 5:00 am Lethbridge

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A. Morning Musings

I am up early this morning, for no obvious reason. But a fresh cuppa would hit the spot.

Once again the main choice is between playing with the Ship It! software and reading. I would like to get the Ship It! under some form of control so I could switch back to actually running my trains. I have ordered two decoders for two of my diesel locomotives and hope to have them next week.

Learning Category	Planned Activities for Today	Time
Model Trains	Work on using Ship It! software.	4 hr
Model Trains	Do some background reading on DCC	1 hr
Literature	Continue reading "The Flying Troutmans" by Miriam Toews	1 hr
Psychology	Continue reading "Proust and the Squid" by Maryanne Wolf	1 hr

B. Actual Learning Activities

7:30 am

I am making some progress with Ship It! but have not yet been able to set up a routine that is self-sustaining.

9:00 am

We are off to Edmonton. Driving conditions are superb - the roads are bare and there is no ice or snow anywhere on the highway.

7:00 PM

I think I finally have Ship It! working. Now it is a matter of adding detail and records. But I feel that I am on the right track. It is amazing what one small change to one parameter can make. But the effort involved over the last week has been time well spent. I now understand the program much better than I would if it had worked well the first time.

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