Today's soundtrack is Hank Williams, Jr.: Family Tradition. This afternoon, I'm continuing to learn about basic HTML and HTML5 on freeCodeCamp. We can nest things within other things: for example, a link can be put inside of a paragraph. This isn't clickable, but this is! If we are designing a website but don't yet know … Continue reading 08.08.2018: One Lesson of Coding
08.07.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Immortal: Northern Chaos Gods, the grimmest and most frostbitten album that I've heard in years. It's an incredible return to form after the recent departure of co-founder Abbath, and can easily go toe-to-toe against any other album in their catalogue. The last time the Randomizer told me to do songwriting, I set … Continue reading 08.07.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
08.06.2018: One Lesson of Coding
Today's soundtrack is Timothy Brindle: The Restoration, a rap album filled with hope, forgiveness, and solid reformed theology. It's quite a change of pace from his debut, "Killing Sin." I started learning Python solely because it was easy to pick up and I wanted to make games; however, I found that I preferred making actual … Continue reading 08.06.2018: One Lesson of Coding
08.05.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Electric Sound Continuum: Songs Dissolved in the Dawn, a really cool experimental solo project that I came across on a Reddit post; some of the lyrics are in English, others are in Greek. Musically, it's beautifully structured; the overall vibe is very chill. It would be the perfect album to listen to … Continue reading 08.05.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
08.04.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Elmo Karjalainen: Age of Heroes, a very cool album by this guitar virtuoso. Coincidentally enough, today's project was setting up my little studio for the next stage of my project: tracking guitars. I set up my amp and pedalboard for recording, ensured there would be no latency while recording in Reaper, and … Continue reading 08.04.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
08.02.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Lili Poe: Amours Fragiles. This afternoon marks my completion of my math course! As such, I'll be adding Khan Academy's math courses back into my Randomizer. I'll now be reading the fifth chapter of Coles Philosophy Questions and Answers, "Ethics." We study ethics to discover "the life worth living" (p. 18). Ethics … Continue reading 08.02.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
08.02.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is John Fogerty: Centerfield, which is such a great album. I say this in the best way possible: the drums on this album are hilarious. It sounds like they were recorded on the Rock Band drum kit. This afternoon, I did an original metal cover of the Old School Runescape theme song. This … Continue reading 08.02.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
08.01.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Five Finger Death Punch: And Justice For None, which is as basic as a pumpkin spice latte but so, so delicious (to my ears). This evening, I'm reading the third chapter of Brooke Gladstone's The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time, "Out There." George Orwell and Aldous … Continue reading 08.01.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
07.31.2018: Special Edition: Facebook Marketing
Today's soundtrack is Billy Talent: Billy Talent III. I remember first hearing these guys back when 104.9 FM was X-FM in Vancouver; this album shows that these guys still know how to rock. This afternoon, I did some more site updates to the footer, then finished the session with a bit of marketing: I used … Continue reading 07.31.2018: Special Edition: Facebook Marketing
07.30.2018: One Lesson of Math – Linear Conversions
Today's soundtrack is Years & Years: Communion. This evening, I'll be focusing on three of the linear equations: Slope-Intercept form, Slope-Point form, and General form. This post will begin by defining the forms; by the end, we'll learn how to convert between each of the forms. Forms and Examples The first form, Slope-Intercept form, is … Continue reading 07.30.2018: One Lesson of Math – Linear Conversions
07.29.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Zao: The Well-Intentioned Virus. When I first started listening to heavy music, Zao's "A Parade of Chaos" was one of my favourite cassettes. This album sees them coming back to the sound they reached on their classic album "The Funeral of God," which was my favourite period of theirs. This evening, I'm … Continue reading 07.29.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
07.28.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is ChuggaBoom: Zodiac Arrest, a really fun nü-metal album with tongue-in-cheek lyrics, solid production, and great musicianship. This afternoon, I'm working through the fourth chapter of Al Sweigart's Automate the Boring Stuff With Python, "Lists." We use lists to hold information. If we make a list, each item inside of it is automatically … Continue reading 07.28.2018: One Lesson of Python
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