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Friday January 6, 2006 8:00 am Ballina NSW
Morning Musings
8:00 am It rained most of the night. We received a text message from Gayle this morning - she is in the departure lounge in Sydney, waiting for her long trip home.
Looking at the following table, it is obvious that I am not meeting my original expectations for Learning activities. We plan to drive up to Lismore this afternoon to visit the Sawkins. I have a fair amount of time before then, but I am not in high gear at the moment. I will give Maths a go and see what happens. 8:20 am
11:30 am I did an hour of maths and we then made a quick trip to k-mart, but didn't see the clothesline we were looking for. Now to do some reading from "Beginning CSS". I am still having difficulty separating the actual understanding of XML and CSS from the use of specific authoring software packages such as Dreamweaver 8 or Stylus Studio.
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| 6 - 7 | Math | Tech | Math | ||||
| 7 - 8 | Tech | Math | Math | ||||
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| 10 - 11 | Math | ||||||
| 11 - 12 am | Math | Tech | Math | ||||
| 12 - 1 PM | Math | Tech | |||||
| 1 - 2 | Math | Draw | Draw | Tech | |||
| 2 - 3 | Draw | Math | Draw | ||||
| 3 - 4 | Literature | Exercise | Exercise | Exercise | Exercise | Exercise | Exercise |
| 4 - 5 | Literature | Literature | Recipe | Tech | Literature | ||
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| 7 - 8 | Draw | Literature | Literature | ||||
| 8 - 9 | Draw | Literature | |||||
| 9 - 10 PM |
8:10 PM Evening Reflections
Date |
Learning/Professional Activities |
Y/N |
| Jan 6 | Create Morning Journal | Y |
| Jan 5 | Mathematics: Refocus my efforts on calculus | Y |
| Jan 4 | Literature: "The Story of the Stone: The Golden Days" (vol. 1) |
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| Jan 1 | Art: Exercises from Barrington ch 1 | |
| Jan 6 | Technology: Begin notes for XML and CSS |
Y |
| Jan 6 | Technology: Begin following documentation for Stylus Studio | Y |
| 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: ? | . |
| Jul 03 | Research: ? | . |
| Jul 03 | Art History: Read "The Secret Language of Art" by Sarah Carr-Gomm | . |
| Jul 03 | Philosophy: Read "The Mystery of Things" by A. C. Grayling | . |
| Apr 24 | History: Scan pencil & paper Mind Maps of "Studying History" and insert into an April 24 webpage | . |
| Jul 17 | Trains: Visit train store about DCC | . |
| 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 |
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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 |
Review classical music selections |
2006.01.04 | ||
| Dreamweaver 8 | |||
Install Dreamweaver 8 |
2005.12.31 | 2005.12.31 | Yes |
Examine XML features |
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| 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 | ||
| Stir-fry: Beef with Leeks and Snow Peas [p. 39] | 2006.01.04 | ||
| 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 - |
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| 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 |
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| The Collapse of Globalism (2005) John Ralston Saul | |||
Read chap 4 What somebody forgot to mention [p. 26 - 35] |
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Notes for chap 1 A serpent in paradise [p. 3 - 14] |
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Notes for chap 2 A summary of the promised future [p. 15 - 16] |
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Notes for chap 3 What they said they would do [p. 17 - 25] |
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| Dark Age Ahead (2004) Jane Jacobs | |||
Read chap 1 The Hazard [p. 3 - 26] |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| Science | |||
| Description | Start |
End |
Done |
| Annus Mirabilis (2005) John Gribbin | |||
Read chap 1 The first twenty-five years [p. 1 - 42] |
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