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This table contains a link to each Notebook web page created on the specified date.

Date
Activity
Description
Time
January 01/08 Technology Install updates to system.
1 hr
  Model Trains Clean mainline track; inspect for trouble spots,; program 6700
1 hr
January 02/08 Technology Design structure for Literature web site
1 hr
  Technology Begin "Wikinomics" by Tapscott
1 hr
  Technology Update Skype software
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Tender Bar" by Moehringer
1 hr
  Drawing Complete Jan 1 calendar watercolor activity
1 hr
  History Organize History books
2 hr
January 03/08 Technology Examine some mass collaborative web sites
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Tender Bar" by Moehringer
1 hr
January 04/08 Technology Design structure for Literature web site
2 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Tender Bar" by Moehringer
2 hr
January 05/08 Model Trains Clean mainline track; inspect for trouble spots,; program 6700
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Tender Bar" by Moehringer
1 hr
January 06/08 Model Trains Clean mainline track; inspect for trouble spots
4 hr
  Literature Complete reading "The Tender Bar" by Moehringer
1 hr
January 07/08 Model Trains Clean mainline track; inspect for trouble spots; run train
3 hr
  Literature Begin reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
  Philosophy Create web page in Books 2008 for this non-fiction category

1 hr

January 08/08 Model Trains Redesign web site, particularly the Activities section
2 hr
  Technology Make necessary changes to code for the Model train web site
3 hr
  Philosophy Begin reading "The World of Zen" by Stephen Hodge
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
  Model Trains Review web sites for high level ground throws for turnouts
1 hr
January 09/08 Science Create page in Books 2008 web site for this non-fiction category
1 hr
  Philosophy Continue reading "The World of Zen" by Stephen Hodge
1 hr
  Model Trains Read about MRC DCC turnout control
2 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
January 10/08 Philosophy Prepare notes for "The Essence of Buddhism"
1 hr
  Science Prepare notes for "Feynman's Rainbow"
1 hr
  Science Begin reading "Feynman's Rainbow"
1 hr
  Model Trains Buy foam roadbed, short pieces of track, #55 drill bit, piano wire
1 hr
  Technology Correct code for Journal pages in 2008
1 hr
  Psychology Create web page in Books 2008 for this non-fiction category
3 hr
January 11/08 Technology Add CSS code for Journal pages in 2008
1 hr
  Technology Prepare notes for "The Cathedral & The Bazaar"
1 hr
  Psychology Add to web page in Books 2008 web site for this category
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
  Technology Debug a problem with the code for this web site
2 hr
January 12/08 Science Organize science books
2 hr
  Technology Debug CSS code for this web site
2 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
January 13/08 Literature Add a review of a novel to my list of book summaries (#4) (#5)
2 hr
  Technology Continue reading "Wikinomics" by Tapscott
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
2 hr
January 15/08 Model Trains Visit store in Calgary about DCC turnout control
2 hr
  Technology Continue reading "Wikinomics" by Tapscott
2 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
January 16/08 Model Trains Purchase yellow paint & soldering gun; begin painting wheel stops
2 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
January 17/08 Model Trains Paint wheel stops
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
  Technology Download and install Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 trial version
2 hr
  Technology Make notes on "Wikinomics" by Tapscott
1 hr
  Technology Add a BookNotes link to all pages on this site
1 hr
January 18/08 Model Trains Paint wheel stops
1 hr
  Model Trains Sketch the mainline track plan; update web site with plan & photos
2 hr
  Model Trains Perform maintenance & repairs on 3 box cars, update data base
2 hr
  Model Trains Do some reading on modeling realistic train operations
1 hr
January 19/08 Model Trains Add wheel stops to layout
1 hr
  Model Trains Run two operating sessions
3 hr
  Model Trains Complete kit for making 27 trees
2 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
January 20/08 Model Trains Create a new plan for an extension to form a route around the room
6 hr
  Model Trains Lay track to form a second reversing loop
2 hr
  Technology Work on paper & workshop materials
1 hr
January 21/08 Technology Work on paper & workshop materials
5 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
2 hr
January 22/08 Technology Work on paper & workshop materials
3 hr
  Model Trains Purchase wood for benchwork
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
January 23/08 Literature Complete reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Follett
1 hr
  Model Trains Build benchwork
3 hr
January 24/08 Literature Begin reading "The Gum Thief" by Coupland
1 hr
  Model Trains Build benchwork
5 hr
January 25/08 Literature Continue reading "The Gum Thief" by Coupland
1 hr
  Model Trains Lay double mainline track around Black Diamond. Plan layout for Town1
5 hr
January 26/08 Model Trains Lay mainline track, including reversing loop around Jasper. Plan wiring.
7 hr
January 27/08 Model Trains Wire the newly added track in Jasper and Pine Ridge; set up steel bridges
5 hr
January 28/08 Philosophy Complete reading "The World of Zen"
2 hr
  Literature Complete reading "The Gum Thief" by Coupland
1 hr
January 29/08 Literature Begin reading "The Ripening Sun" by Patricia Atkinson
1 hr
  Technology Work on revisions to Ausweb paper
2 hr
  Model Trains Complete working on coaling tower kit
3 hr
January 30/08 Technology Work on revisions to Ausweb paper
2 hr
  Model Trains Determine track layout for Jasper, including location for Coal Loading Tower
1 hr
  Literature Continue reading "The Ripening Sun" by Patricia Atkinson
1 hr
January 31/08 Technology Work on revisions to Ausweb paper
2 hr
  Model Trains Buy paint, electric turnouts (4); nail down track in Jasper
3 hr
     

The numbers in each cell in the following table gives the number of hours devoted to that activity for each day. The values are obtained from the preceding table.

January
Psych
Tech
Math
Science
History
Art
Philosophy
Literature
Trains
Go
Birds
Draw
01
1
1
02
3
2
1
1
03
1
1
04
2
2
05
1
1
06
1
4
07
1
1
3
08
3
1
1
3
09
1
1
1
2
10
3
1
2
1
1
11
1
4
1
12
2
2
1
13
1
4
14
15
2
1
2
16
1
2
17
4
1
1
18
5
19
1
6
20
1
8
21
5
2
22
3
1
1
23
1
1
3
24
1
5
25
1
5
26
7
27
5
28
2
1
29
2
1
3
30
2
1
1
31
2
3
Totals
4
40
5
2
6
28
69
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