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Tuesday January 10, 2006 9:10 am Ballina NSW

The following tables are intended to provide a way for me to keep track of progress in the different categories of Learning that I have identified.

Last Date
Project
Active
Description

06.01.09
06.02.01
06.06.30
06.06.30

 Technology
Yes

Stylus Studio tutorial
Digital Photography
"Switching to the Mac" book
"iPhoto" book

  Psychology
No
  
 

Education
No
  
  Research
No
  

05.01.05
05.12.31
06.01.01
06.03.01
06.04.15

 Mathematics
No

Calculus: Larson text
Number Theory: Dr. Riemann's Zeros
General: Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant
Omega: Chaitlin's writing

06.01.07

History
No
 Ideas
  Art
No
  
  Science
No
  
  Philosophy
No
  
06.01.08 Food
Yes
 Recipes from "The Complete Stir-Fry Book"
  Drawing
No
 Exercises from Barrington chap. 1
  Go
No
  
06.01.09 Birds
Yes
 Add to XML file
06.07.23 Model Trains
Yes
  


Individual Project Details

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 2006.03.10 Yes
Notes for chap 1.4 Continuity and One-Sided Limits [p. 67 - 78] 2006.03.23    
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
Make Notes for chap. 1 Unbridled Coincidences
2006.01.31 2006.01.31 Yes
Make Notes for chap. 2 Chaos Reigns
2006.01.31 2006.02.01 Yes
Make Notes for chap. 3 Digesting Life's Data
2006.02.02 2006.02.02 Yes
Make Notes for chaps. 4 - 6
2006.02.03 2006.02.03 Yes
Read chaps. 7 - 9 2006.02.03 2006.02.03 Yes
Make Notes for chaps. 7 - 9
2006.02.04 2006.02.04 Yes
Read chaps. 10 - 12 2006.02.04 2006.02.04 Yes
Make Notes for chaps. 10 - 12 Completed
2006.02.05 2006.02.05 Yes
       
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity.      

Read chap. 1 [p. 1 - 43]

2006.02.06 2006.02.08 Yes
Read chap. 2 [p. 43 - 90] 2006.02.08 2006.02.14 Yes
Read chap. 3 [p. 91 - 125] 2006.02.14 2006.02.14 Yes
Read chap. 4 [ 125 - 145] 2006.02.14 2006.02.14 Yes
Read chap. 5 [146 - 197] 2006.02.14    

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 2006.01.17 Yes
Read chap 4 Indian summer 2006.01.17 2006.01.17 Yes
Read chap 5 'Very probably' 2006.01.17 2006.01.17 Yes
Read chap 6 Proofs and refutations 2006.01.17 2006.01.17 Yes
Read chap 7 The Bieberbach Conjecture 2006.01.17 2006.01.17 Yes
Read chap 8 In search of zeros 2006.01.17 2006.01.17 Yes
Read chap 9 The Princeton tea party 2006.01.17 2006.01.17 Yes
Read chap 10 A driven man 2006.02.23 2006.02.23 Yes
Read chap 11 The physics of mathematics 2006.02.26 2006.02.26 Yes
Read chap 12 A laudable aim 2006.02.25 2006.02.25 Yes
Read chap 13 'No simple matter' 2006.02.25 2006.02.25 Yes
Read chap 14 Taking a critical line 2006.02.25 2006.02.25 Yes
Read chap 15 Abstract delights 2006.02.26 2006.02.26 Yes
Read chap 16 Discovered or invented? 2006.02.26 2006.02.26 Yes
Read chap 17 'What's it all about?' 2006.02.26 2006.02.26 Yes
Make notes for chap 1 Prime Time 2006.02.27 2006.02.27 Yes
Make notes for chap 2 'Gorgeous Stuff ' 2006.02.28 2006.02.28 Yes
Make notes for chap 3 New numbers for old 2006.03.01    
       
Gamma - Exploring Euler's Constant      
Read chap 1 The Logarithmic Cradle 2006.03.01    
       
Omega      
Read "The Limits to Reason" by Gregory Chaitlin in March 2006 Scientific American 2006.04.12 2006.04.20 Yes
Purchase "Godel's Proof" revised edition by Nagel, Newman and Hofstadter 2006.04.15    
     

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
Reread "3. Working With Stylesheets - Getting Started"
2006.01.12 2006.01.11 Yes
Reread "4. Stylesheets That Generate HTML - Getting Started"
 2006.01.12    
Download & install new version of Stylus Studio "Build 501f"
2006.01.16 2006.01.16 Yes
Make notes for creating a complete XML data file, an XSLT stylesheet file, and a final HTML file for displaying the data
2006.01.24 2006.04.28 Yes
Download & install new version of Stylus Studio "Build 501i"
 2006.04.28    
Make notes for "Chap 1 Getting Started with Stylus Studio" documentation
2006.04.29    
Create an XML file for daily Journals
     
       
iPod      
Download music for Harry Belafonte and Woody Guthrie [purchased CDs]
2005.11.15 2006.01.28 Yes
Receive Harry Belefonte CD for Christmas
2005.12.25 2005.12.25 Yes
Review classical music selections
2006.01.04 2006.01 10 Yes
Copy Inya CD to laptop
2006.01.11 2006.01.12 Yes
Buy two classical music CDs: Haydn symphony #94, Beethoven symphony #9. I will not put them on the laptop as I want to conserve hard drive space. They can go on the iPod after we return to Lethbridge.
2006.01.19 2006.01.19 Yes
Purchase new iPod as park of MacBook Pro purchase
2006.06.25 2006.06.25 Yes
Transfer iTunes files to new iPod
2006.07.09 2006.07.09 Yes
 
      
Dreamweaver 8      
Install Dreamweaver 8 on DELL laptop
2005.12.31 2005.12.31 Yes
Examine XML features
     
Install Dreamweaver 8 on MacBook Pro
2006.06.24 2006.06.24 Yes
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
       
Review & Purchase a Digital Camera      
Use google to find and view a few web sites
2005.02.01 2005.02.01 Yes
Visit camera store
2005.02.02 2005.02.02 Yes
View web info on Canon Powershot S2 IS
2005.02.03 2005.02.03 Yes
Discuss ideas with Allan
2004.02.03 2005.02.05 Yes
Complete purchase of camera & memory card Completed
2006.02.06 2006.02.14 Yes
Purchase tele-conversion lens and monopod
2006.05.27 2006.05.27 Yes
Digital Photography      
Purchase small book: "Digital Photography"
 2006.02.08 2006.02.08 Yes
Read & make notes about "Digital Photography"
 2006.02.09 2006.02.10 Yes
Purchase "The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers"
2006.02.17 2006.02.17 Yes
Purchase, download & install Photoshop Elements 4
2006.02.21 2006.02.21 Yes
Read chap. 1 "Managing photos using the organizer" [p. 1 - 48]
2006.02.22    
Purchase book "iPhoto: The Missing Manual"
2006.07.06 2006.07.06 Yes
Read & make notes for "iPhoto: The Missing Manual"
     
CSS in 10 Minutes      
Purchse small book: CSS in 10 Minutes"
2005.12.06 2005.12.06 Yes
Read & make notes for chaps. 1 - 2
2006.04.21 2005.04.21 Yes
Read & make notes for chaps 3 - 4
2006.04.22    
MacBook Pro      
Purchase MacBook Pro
2006.06.15 2006.06.20 Yes
Purchase book "Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual"
2006.07.06 2006.07.06 Yes
Read & make notes for "Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual"
 2006.07.06    
       
     


Birds      
Description
Start
End
Done
Update website for this visit to Australia 2005.12.02 2006.02.06 Yes
Complete web page for Striated Heron 2006.02.08    
Complete web page for Darter 2006.02.11    
Complete web page for White-headed Pigeon 2006.02.12    
Complete web page for Clamorous Reed-Warbler 2006.02.21    
Complete web page for White-breasted Woodswallow 2006.02.21    
Complete web page for Sacred Kingfisher 2006.02.21    
Complete web page for Royal Spoonbill 2006.02.21    
Complete web page for Great Cormorant 2006.02.24    
Complete web page for Regent Bowerbird 2006.02.28    
Complete web page for Satin Bowerbird 2006.02.28    
Complete web page for Yellow-throated Scrubwren 2006.02.28    
Complete web page for Bassian Thrush 2006.02.28    
Complete web page for Large-billed Scrubwren 2006.02.28    
Complete web page for Brown Honeyeater (#119) to Eastern Whipbird (#144) 2006.04.15    
     

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 2006.01.08
Yes
Stir-fry: Beef with Leeks and Snow Peas [p. 39] 2006.01.04 2006.01.07
Yes
Stir-fry: Coriander Pork with Fresh Pineapple [p. 68] 2006.01.08 2006.01.10
Yes
Stir-fry: Chicken with Lemon and Capers [p. 105] 2006.01.08 2006.01.11
Yes
Cook white fish fillets with lemon juice and pepper 2006.01.12 2006.01.12
Yes
BBQ: Cajun Chicken with Pineapple Salsa 2006.01.13 2006.01.13
Yes
BBQ: Mustard and Thyme T-bone Steaks with Honey Sweet Potato and Kumara 2006.01.14 2006.01.14
Yes
Stir-fry: Chicken Sausage Stir-fry [p. 136] 2006.02.05 2006.02.05
Yes
       
     

 

Model Trains
Description
Start
End
Done
Review present status of layout
Review layout and supplies
2006.05.27
2006.05.27
Yes
Install scenery groundcover
2006.05.30
2006.06.04
Yes
Learn about DCC
Visit Trains & Such in Calgary
2006.06.12
2006.06.12
Yes
Visit local model train club
2006.07.04
2006.07.04
Yes
Visit Roundhouse shop in Edmonton
2006.07.21
2006.07.21
Yes
Join local model train club
     
Read "DCC Made Easy" by Lionel Strang
2006.06.12
2006.06.13
Yes
 
Lower Level Mainline
Clarify overall plan
2006.07.10
2006.07.12
Yes
Tack down track for Lower Mainline loop
2006.07.13
2006.07.13
Yes
Run a test train on the Lower Mainline loop
2006.07.14
2006.07.14
Yes
Wire Lower Mainline for Power Districts
Build a Lower Mainline control panel
Wire Lower Mainline turnouts to control panel
Tack down Lower Mainline reversing loop
Run a test train on the Lower Mainline reversing loop
 
Lower Level Switching Areas
Tack down yard track near oil refinery
Run a test train on the yard track near oil refinery
Tack down yard track for main town
Run a test train on the yard track in the main town
 
Upper Level Mainline
Clarify overall plan
2006.07.19
2006.07.19
Yes
Insert wooden trestle into Upper mainline loop
Tack down track for Upper Mainline loop
Run a test train on the Upper Mainline loop
Wire Upper Mainline for Power Districts
Build an Upper mainline control panel (will need to be revised when Upper Level Extension is added)
Wire Upper Mainline turnouts to control panel (will need to be revised when Upper Level Extension is added)
Tack down Upper Mainline reversing loop
Run a test train on the Upper Mainline reversing loop
 
Upper Level Switching Areas
Tack down yard track near lumber mill
Run a test train on the yard track near lumber mill
Tack down yard track near coal mine
Run a test train on the yard track near coal mine
 
Assembly of roadside structures
Complete Oil Tank kit
2006.07.15
Complete Oil Loading Platform #1 kit
2006.07.15
2006.07.18
Yes
Create oil refinery diorama
Complete Oil Loading Platform #2 kit

Complete wooden trestle kit

2006.07.19
 
Extension of Upper Mainline
Build table structure for high level bridge
Build table structure for furnace room
Build table structure for second small town
Tack down track for Upper Mainline extension
Run a test train on the Upper Mainline extension
Wire Upper Mainline for Power Districts
Build an Upper mainline revised control panel
Wire Upper Mainline turnouts to revised control panel

 

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 Completed
 2005.12.18 2005.12.18 Yes
       
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
Ideas (2005) Peter Watson      
Read Introduction "The Most Important Ideas in History: Some Candidates" [p. 1 - 11]
2006.01.07 2006.01.07
Yes
Read Prologue "The Discovery of Time" [p. 12 - 18]
2006.01.18 2006.01.18
Yes
Read chap. 1 "Ideas Before Language" [p. 21 - 38]
2006.01.18 2006.01.19 Yes
Notes for chap. 1 "Ideas Before Language"
 2006.01.20 2006.01.21 Yes
Read chap. 2 "The Emergence of Language and the Conquest of Cold" [p 39 - 52]
2006.01.22 2006.01.25 Yes
Notes for chap. 2 "The Emergence of Language and the Conquest of Cold"
2006.01.26 2006.01.30 Yes
Read chap. 3 "The Birth of the Gods, the Evolution of House and Home"
2006.01.31    
       
In Search of the Dark Ages (1981) Michael Wood      
Read & make notes for chap 1 Boadicea
2006.04.13 2006.04.13 Yes
Read chap 2 King Arthur
2006.04.13 2006.04.13 Yes
Read chap 3 The Sutton Hoo Man
2006.04.13 2006.04.16 Yes
Make notes for chaps 1 - 3
2006.04.17 2006.04.17 Yes
Read chaps 4 - 5
2006.04.17 2006.04.18 Yes
Read chaps 6 - 7
2006.04.18 2006.04.18 Yes
Read chaps 8 - 9 Completed
 2006.04.19 2006.04.19 Yes
       
Medieval Lives (2004) Terry Jones      

Begin reading "Medieval Lives"

2006.04.21 2006.04.21 Yes
Continue reading "Medieval Lives" - chaps. 1 - 3
2006.04.29 2006.04.29 Yes
Continue reading "Medieval Lives" - chaps. 4 - 6
2006.05.20 2006.05.20 Yes
Continue reading "Medieval Lives" - chaps. 7 - 8 Completed
 2006.05.21 2006.05.21 Yes
       

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]
     
       
     

Philosophy      
Description
Start
End
Done
Wordplay (2005) John Langdon      
Read pages 1 - 60
2006.02.04 2006.02.04 Yes
Create Philosophy web site
2006.02.05 2006.02.05 Yes
Make notes for pages 1 - 60
2006.02.05 2006.02.05 Yes
Read pages 61 - 137
2006.02.06 2006.02.08 Yes
Make notes for pages 61 - 137
2006.02.09 2006.02.09 Yes
Complete reading and making notes. Completed
2006.02.09 2006.02.09 Yes
       
The President of Good & Evil (2004) Peter Singer      
Read & make notes for chaps 1 - 5
2006.03.10 2006.03.16 Yes
Read & make notes for chaps 6 - 10 Completed
 2006.03.16 2006.03.19 Yes
       
     

Drawing      
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]