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Wednesday January 4, 2006 6:10 am Ballina NSW

Morning Musings

6:10 am We had a fair amount of rain and thunder during the night. Looking at my schedule for the day, I have 2 hours for Mathematics and 2 hours for Technology (XML). At the moment I cannot think of any chores that require attention. Now for some maths. 6:20 am

3:10 PM I have spent a very enjoyable afternoon with calculus and Mathematica. I have two topics that I am still ignoring: Technology (XML/CSS) and Food. Tonight I will make my first stir-fry meal from a recipe book that I bought a month ago. 3:15 PM

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Tue
Wed
Thu
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5 - 6 am              
6 - 7     Tech Math Tech Math  
7 - 8     Tech Math Tech Math  
8 - 9              
9 - 10              
10 - 11 Math     Tech      
11 - 12 am Math     Tech Math    
12 - 1 PM Math            
1 - 2 Math   Draw   Draw    
2 - 3     Draw Math Draw    
3 - 4 Literature Exercise Exercise Exercise Exercise Exercise Exercise
4 - 5 Literature Literature Recipe     Literature  
5 - 6              
6 - 7              
7 - 8 Draw       Literature   Literature
8 - 9 Draw Literature          
9 - 10 PM              

8:10 PM Evening Reflections

Date
Learning/Professional Activities
Y/N
Jan 4 Create Morning Journal
Y
Jan 2 Mathematics: Refocus my efforts on calculus
Y
Jan 4 Literature: "The Story of the Stone: The Golden Days" (vol. 1)

Y

Jan 1 Art: Exercises from Barrington ch 1  
Dec 31

Technology: Begin notes for XML and CSS

Dec 15 Technology: Begin following documentation for Stylus Studio
Dec 31 Mathematics: Begin notes on number theory  
Dec 15 Birds: update website for this trip (using XML)
Dec 07 Food: update website for this trip
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Aug 18 History: "The Collapse of Globalism"  
Aug 06 Psychology: Continue reading "Constructivism"  
Aug 26 Post a message to my blog on "Self-directed Learning and the Web"  
Jul 08 Education: ?
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Jul 03 Research: ?
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Jul 03 Art History: Read "The Secret Language of Art" by Sarah Carr-Gomm
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Jul 03 Philosophy: Read "The Mystery of Things" by A. C. Grayling
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Apr 24 History: Scan pencil & paper Mind Maps of "Studying History" and insert into an April 24 webpage
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Jul 17 Trains: Visit train store about DCC
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Aug 20 GO: Play one game of IGOWIN  
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Mathematics      
Description
Start
End
Done
Calculus (1998) Roland Larson, Robert Hostetler & Bruce Edwards      

Read chap 1 Limits and Their Properties [p. 39 - 88]

2005.10.15    

Notes for chap 1.1 A Preview of Calculus [p. 41 - 46]

2005.10.15 2005.10.15 Yes

Notes for chap 1.2 Finding Limits Graphically and Numerically [p. 47 - 55]

2005.10.15 2006.01.04 Yes
Notes for chap 1.3 Evaluating Limits Analytically [p. 56 - 66] 2006.01.05    
Notes for chap 1.4 Continuity and One-Sided Limits [p. 67 - 78]      
Notes for chap 1.5 Infinite Limits [p. 79 - 86]      
Review Exercises for chap 1 [p. 87 - 88]      
       
Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz (2005) Edward Burger & Michael Starbird      
Read chaps. 1 - 6 2005.12.02 2005.12.14 Yes
Make Mind Genius notes for chap. 1 -2 2005.12.15 2005.12.15 Yes
       
Dr. Riemann's Zeros      
Read chap. 1 Prime Time 2005.12.29 2005.12.29 Yes
Read chap. 2 Gorgeous Stuff 2005.12.30 2005.12.30 Yes
Read chap 3 New numbers for old 2005.12.31    
       

Technology      
Description
Start
End
Done
StylusStudio XML software      
Download and install StylusStudio free trial
2005.11.13 2005.11.13 Yes
Print documentation
2005.11.14 2005.11.14 Yes
Read "Updating an XML Document - Getting Started"
2005.11.15 2005.11.16 Yes
Read "Working with Stylesheets - Getting Started"
2005.11.17 2005.12.10 Yes
Download, install & pay for StylusStudio Professional Edition
2005.11.30 2005.11.30 Yes
Read "2. Updating an XML Document - Getting Started"
2005.12.08 2005.12.08 Yes
Read "3. Working With Stylesheets - Getting Started"
2005.12.10 2005.12.10 Yes
Read "4. Stylesheets That Generate HTML - Getting Started"
2005.12.11 2005.12.12 Yes
Read "5. Using the XSLT Mapper - Getting Started"
2005.12.13 2005.12.13 Yes

Read "6. Debugging Stylesheets - Getting Started"

2005.12.14 2005.12.14 Yes
       
       
iPod      
Download music for Harry Belafonte and Woody Guthrie
2005.11.15    
Receive Harry Belefonte CD for Christmas
2005.12.25 2005.12.25 Yes
       
Dreamweaver 8      
Install Dreamweaver 8
2005.12.31 2005.12.31 Yes
Examine XML features
     
       
Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design      
Read Chap 1 Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
2005.12.31 2005.12.31 Yes
Read Chap 2 Document Standards
2005.12.31 2005.12.31 Yes
Read Chap 3 The basics of CSS Anatomy and Syntax
2005.12.31 2005.12.31 Yes
       

Literature      
Description
Start
End
Done
Literature: "The Story of the Stone" vol. 1 2005.12.30    
       

Birds      
Description
Start
End
Done
Update website for this visit to Australia 2005.12.02    
       

Food      
Description
Start
End
Done
Update website for 2 new cookbooks I purchased 2005.12.02 2005.12.05
Yes
Purchase one more cookbook "The Complete Stir-Fry Cookbook" 2005.12.06 2005.12.06
Yes
Update website for the stir-fry cookbook. 2005.12.07    
       

Psychology      
Description
Start
End
Done
A Whole New Mind (2005) Daniel H. Pink      
Read chaps 1 -2
2005.12.08 2005.12.08 Yes
Read chaps 3 - 6
2005.12.12 2005.12.12 Yes
Read chaps 7 - 9
2005.12.13 2005.12.13 Yes
Notes for chaps 1 - 4
2005.12.18 2005.12.18 Yes
       
Wordplay (2005) John Langdon      
Read p. 1 -20
2005.12.08 2005.12.08 Yes
Read p. 21 -
     
       
Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives, and Practice (2005) Catherine Twomey Fosnot (Ed.)      
Read chap 8 A constructivist perspective on the role of the sociomoral atmosphere in promoting children's development [p. 132 - 149]
2005.09.25    
Notes for chap 1 Introduction: Aspects of constructivism [p. 3 - 7]
2005.09.25    
On Intelligence (2004) Jeff Hawkins      
Read chap 6 How the Cortex Works [106 - 176]
2005.09.25 2005.09.28 Yes
Notes for book
     

History      
Description
Start
End
Done
The Peloponnesian War (2003) Donald Keegan      
Read chap. 1
     
       
The Collapse of Globalism (2005) John Ralston Saul      
Read chap 4 What somebody forgot to mention [p. 26 - 35]
     
Notes for chap 1 A serpent in paradise [p. 3 - 14]
     
Notes for chap 2 A summary of the promised future [p. 15 - 16]
     
Notes for chap 3 What they said they would do [p. 17 - 25]
     
Dark Age Ahead (2004) Jane Jacobs      
Read chap 1 The Hazard [p. 3 - 26]
     
       


Art      
Description
Start
End
Done
The Fundamentals of Drawing (2005) Barrington Barber      
Read chap 1 First stages [p. 9 - 42]
2005.09.24 2005.09.24 Yes
Notes for chap 1
     
Exercises on lines & circles [p. 12 - 13]
2005.09.24 2005.09.24 Yes
Exercises on lines & circles [p. 12 - 13]
2005.09.25    
Drawing Step-By-Step (2002) Gerhard Gollwitzer      
Read chap 1 Before You Begin [p. 9 - 10]
2005.09.24 2005.09.24 Yes
Notes for chap 1
     
       

Science      
Description
Start
End
Done
Annus Mirabilis (2005) John Gribbin      
Read chap 1 The first twenty-five years [p. 1 - 42]