Today's soundtrack is One Bad Pig: Swine Flew. This afternoon, I'm reading the second chapter of Charles Darwin's The Illustrated Origin of Species, "Variations Under Nature." We often see varieties within species of communal descent. We less often see "monstrosities" (p. 61), which Darwin says refers to "some sudden and considerable deviation of structure, generally … Continue reading 09.11.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
09.10.2018: One Lesson of Coding
Today's soundtrack is MGMT: Little Dark Age, which kind of sounds like what I'd imagine a collaboration between Shiny Toy Guns and Modest Mouse might sound like. This evening, I'm learning how to size images using CSS with the freeCodeCamp lessons. In the same way that we can make font classes with CSS, we can … Continue reading 09.10.2018: One Lesson of Coding
09.09.2018: Handwriting One Poem
Today's soundtrack is Ghost: Prequel, probably my favourite of the albums that my Randomizer has introduced me to yet. This morning, I'm scribing the third part of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself."
09.08.2018: One Lesson of Coding
Today's soundtrack is Buddy Guy: The Blues is Alive and Well. This morning, I'm continuing with the lessons on freeCodeCamp; today, I'll be learning more about CSS styling. I've already learned how to use CSS style classes to modify the colour of a piece of text; now, I'll be learning how to use CSS to … Continue reading 09.08.2018: One Lesson of Coding
09.07.2018: Handwriting One Poem
Today's soundtrack is VAPERROR: Mana Pool, a chill vaporwave album with lots of a e s t h e t i c c . This afternoon, I'm writing out the second part of Walt Whitman's "Song Of Myself."
09.06.2018: Handwriting One Poem
Today's soundtrack is Uniform: Peaceable Kingdom, a metal album with production that is super raw and very refreshing. This morning, I'm handwriting the first part of Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself."
09.05.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is LMFAO: Party Rock, an album that I decided to check out after hearing it referenced on MBMBAM, which I checked out after seeing the acronym referenced on Reddit. My favourite track on the album is definitely "Shots." This evening, I'm reading the fourth chapter of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, … Continue reading 09.05.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
09.04.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Tengger Cavalry: Sunesu Cavalry, an interesting fusion of melodic death metal, traditional Chinese folk music, and Mongolian throat singing. This evening, I'm reading the first chapter of Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope, "Republicans and Democrats." Obama begins by describing a problem that he observed on the Senate floor: things were very … Continue reading 09.04.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
09.03.2018: Looking Back on the Last Day of Summer
Today's soundtrack is Jazz Cartier: Fleurever. This fellow Canadian's major-label debut has gorgeous production, well-flowing lyricism, and lush soundscapes. Today is the last day of summer break; tomorrow, the school year begins. Today's post will be a bit different from normal; this morning, I will pause and reflect on what I've accomplished in the past … Continue reading 09.03.2018: Looking Back on the Last Day of Summer
09.02.2018: One Guitar Lesson
Today's soundtrack is Trivium: The Sin and the Sentence. This afternoon, I'm continuing with the lessons on JustinGuitar.com; I'll now be working on the lesson "Rhythm Guitar Basics 2." The difficulty level is "yellow." In this lesson, I'll be learning two guitar strumming patterns. In the first, the strumming pattern is D, D, DUDU, which … Continue reading 09.02.2018: One Guitar Lesson
09.01.2018: Handwriting One Poem
Today's soundtrack is Snoop Dogg: Neva Left. You may have noticed that I'm doing something new today. I've been wanting to do two things for a while: read more poetry, and practice handwriting. Then I had an idea: why not kill two birds with one stone and start scribing poetry in cursive? I've added it … Continue reading 09.01.2018: Handwriting One Poem
08.31.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Xasthur: To Violate the Obvious. This morning, I'm reading the first part of the second chapter of John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, "Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion." We know that having a free press is one of the ways that we can protect ourselves from a "corrupt or tyrannical government" … Continue reading 08.31.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
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