Today's soundtrack is Alter Bridge: AB III. These guys show the world what rock is supposed to sound like. Like I've mentioned before, I've been a fan of Creed for a long time; after Creed broke up, their drummer, their original bassist, and their guitarist, Mark Tremonti, joined forces with singer Myles Kennedy. Alter Bridge … Continue reading 03.21.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 5/5: Graphs of Polynomial Functions
03.20.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 4/5: Solving Polynomial Equations
Today's soundtrack is Tim McGraw: Live Like You Were Dying, a solid country rock album. Its title track is still sing-along good. I had the pleasure of seeing Tim McGraw perform with Faith Hill in Vancouver a decade back; it was a great show! This afternoon, I'm learning about solving polynomial equations. There are two … Continue reading 03.20.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 4/5: Solving Polynomial Equations
03.19.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 3/5: Factoring Polynomials
Today's soundtrack is Our Lady Peace: Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, an album that I like well enough, but it's never really clicked with me for reasons that I can't quite put my finger on. Today's been great so far; we took the kids out to a local show in the morning, … Continue reading 03.19.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 3/5: Factoring Polynomials
03.18.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 2/5: The Factor Theorem
Today's soundtrack is Crytopsy: Whisper Supremacy, the first technical death metal album that I ever bought. I remember that when I first listened to it, I was not sure what to make of its chaotic assault on my ears, especially since there was a contrast between the hardcore-style vocals and the tech-death instrumentation. I couldn't … Continue reading 03.18.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 2/5: The Factor Theorem
03.17.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 1/5: The Remainder Theorem, Part 2
Today's soundtrack is S.O.: So it Begins, a criminally underrated rap album. I love everything about it: the reformed lyricism, the skillful rapping, the lush samples. Yesterday, I started learning about the Remainder Theorem. Today, I'm going to work on the assignment portion of the lesson and go through some examples of the different exercises. … Continue reading 03.17.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 1/5: The Remainder Theorem, Part 2
03.16.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 1/5: The Remainder Theorem, Part 1
Today's soundtrack is Reg Downey: You're Not Alone (Not Quickly Broken), a thoughtful album with worshipful lyrics. This morning, I'm learning how to solve polynomial division equations by using both polynomial long division and synthetic division, the latter of which I touched on in the past. By solving polynomial division equations through the two above … Continue reading 03.16.2019: One Lesson of Math – Polynomials, 1/5: The Remainder Theorem, Part 1
03.15.2019: One Chapter of Nonfiction – Aristotle's "Ethics"
Today's soundtrack is Blackfield: Blackfield, a must-have for any fans of Porcupine Tree! This afternoon, I'm reading the seventh chapter of the second book of Aristotle's Ethics. Here, Aristotle considers the terminology that we ascribe to various virtues and their excesses or their absences. Some virtues, such as fearlessness, have no term describing their excess, … Continue reading 03.15.2019: One Chapter of Nonfiction – Aristotle's "Ethics"
03.14.2019: An Experiment With the Adobe Photoshop Slice Tool
Today's soundtrack is Amon Amarth: Fate of Norns, another incredible album from the kings of viking-themed melodic death metal. Today's post isn't going to be a typical one. This afternoon after work, I had a large-scale project I needed to complete: taking hundreds of screenshots from a learning resource, cutting each page apart into three … Continue reading 03.14.2019: An Experiment With the Adobe Photoshop Slice Tool
03.13.2019: One Lesson of Math – Exam Day
Today's soundtrack is Kutless: Kutless, a solid rock album that I must have listened to hundreds of times over in the early 2000s, and I still enjoy it today. This afternoon, I went in to write my Module 1 Precalculus 12 exam. I don't feel like I did as well on it as I should … Continue reading 03.13.2019: One Lesson of Math – Exam Day
03.12.2019: One Lesson of Math – Pre-Test Review
Today's soundtrack is Enya: Shepherd Moons. I love the serenity that Enya's music brings to my soul. This afternoon, I wrote my online tests and studied in preparation for tomorrow's exam. I put together all the questions that I had trouble with in my pre-exam tests and I've been practicing them.
03.11.2019: One Lesson of Math – Radical and Rational Functions, 6/6: Equations of Rational Functions
Today's soundtrack is Mozart: Classic Gold, a collection of some of the great composer's concertos and a selection from Symphony No. 16. This evening, I learned how to solve rational functions for x., both algebraically and graphically. I also got a chance to work on solving word problems, which was really helpful.
03.10.2019: One Lesson of Math – Radical and Rational Functions, 5/6: Analysing Rational Functions
Today's soundtrack is Andrew W.K.: The Wolf, an epic party rock album that is both self-assured in its grandiosity and awash in fun. This morning, I'm learning how to analyse rational functions. If a factored function has common factors in the numerator and denominator, we will get a point of discontinuity. If the factored function … Continue reading 03.10.2019: One Lesson of Math – Radical and Rational Functions, 5/6: Analysing Rational Functions
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