Monday March 06, 2006 6:55 am Ballina NSW

A. Morning Musings

6:55 am The storm appears to be over. There is a light breeze instead of strong winds and the sky is a mix of cloud and blue sky. The last three days have been a bit of an adventure with gale force winds, heavy rain and strong waves. The coffee tastes good this morning.

I think I am back on track with my mathematics Learning and calculus. That is a good feeling. However I need to add another activity to my daily activities. I will continue reading "Ideas" by Peter Watson. Then when I get to the part about Ancient Greece I will switch to two other books that I have on that topic. That should keep History on the front burner to accompany Mathematics. But I need a good yarn to accompany this non-fiction. I will keep my eyes open. I am also looking for a good book on digital photography.

Thinking about photography reminds me of an idea I had while living in Byron Bay a few years ago: to create a book on the fences and houses of Byron Bay. I also need to continue to learn how to use my camera under different conditions. So far I have learned to:

• remove the lens hood when using the flash
• open the flash when the Backlight message appears on the viewfinder
• do not use digital zoom on the camera (do this with the computer)
• keep the quality setting on high jpeg - this gives maximum megapixels
• let the camera determine focus and aperture by using the AE setting (Auto Exposure)

Not a very impressive list. I must try a few images using TIFF and RAW to see if I can see when I might want to use this. It might be a good idea to actually read the manual that came with the camera.

We will definitely have a cappuccino at The Pelican 181 today. Now for a little math. 7:35 am

Chores: a few groceries

Mathematics: continue making notes for "Calculus".

History: read chap 3 of "Ideas"

C. Actual

7:35 am Begin exercises for chap 1.3 of "Calculus". I have completed numbers 1 -4 using Mathematica. 8:35 am

1:00 PM Begin reading chap 3 of "Ideas". Done. 2:00 PM

D. Reflection