Today's soundtrack is Sigur Ros: Kveikur, which I'm really digging. I'm feeling much better today, and am now going to tackle part two of Chapter 21 of Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies. I fell asleep while working on it during the writing of yesterday's post, so I'm back to finish this one off. Algebraic … Continue reading 05.17.2018: One Chapter of Math
05.16.2018: One Chapter of Math
Today's soundtrack is Foo Fighters: Foo Fighters. I've finally made it to the fifth section of Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, "The X-Files: Introduction to Algebra"; I'm starting the first part of the first chapter of this section, chapter 21 of the book: "Enter Mr. X: Algebra and Algebraic Expressions." Introduction What is algebra … Continue reading 05.16.2018: One Chapter of Math
05.15.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Grand-Lee Phillips: Mobilize. This afternoon, I've only got a bit of time to get this done before I need to take my son to his piano lessons, so I'm reading the third chapter of the first book of Aristotle's Ethics. Political science looks at what is good and just, and since these … Continue reading 05.15.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
05.14.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is John Fogerty: Centerfield. This evening after work, I did some yardwork in the backyard. I'm tired now. The Randomizer hasn't done anything to help me out today, so I'm going to do whatever I want to do, and what I want to do is read the next chapter of Selections From Walden, … Continue reading 05.14.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
05.13.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Todd Rundgren: Something/Anything? This afternoon, I'm continuing Selections From Walden, by Henry David Thoreau. I'm now on the second chapter, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For." Thoreau quotes Cowper: "'I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute'" (p. 57). Thoreau says that a poet … Continue reading 05.13.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
05.12.18: One Chapter of Nonfiction (2/2)
Today's soundtrack is Lights: Skin and Earth. This morning's reading is the second part of my journey through the first chapter of Henry David Thoreau's Selections from Walden, "Economy." While I was reading the first part of it last night, I started getting sleepy and didn't want to continue if I was too drowsy to … Continue reading 05.12.18: One Chapter of Nonfiction (2/2)
05.11.18: One Chapter of Nonfiction (1/2)
Today's soundtrack is The Highwaymen: Highwayman. This afternoon's reading is the first chapter of Selections From Walden by Henry David Thoreau, "Economy; it is a large chapter, so I will read up to page 37 of the book today. Thoreau begins by saying that he wrote this book while living in a house that he … Continue reading 05.11.18: One Chapter of Nonfiction (1/2)
05.10.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Jelly Roll and Struggle Jennings: Waylon & Willie. This evening I'm working on the next lesson in Coding Projects in Python, "Caterpillar." This is the first lesson in the last section of the book, "Games in Python"! The game that I'll be making in this lesson is like the classic game "Snake." … Continue reading 05.10.2018: One Lesson of Python
05.09.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is The Taste of Chaos Ensemble: Performs Mastodon's Leviathan. This evening's reading is the preface and the prologue of the National Geographic book Exploring the Deep Frontier: The Adventure of Man in the Sea. Jacques-Yves Cousteau introduces the book by painting a picture of the ocean world as he's come to see it … Continue reading 05.09.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
05.08.2018: One Chapter of Math
Today's soundtrack is Marc Papeghin: When Dream and Horn Unite, a horn-based cover album of many different Dream Theater songs and motifs. It's a really cool little album (under 15 minutes in length); it neither underplays nor embellishes the original works: I think that they've done very well with the arrangements. This evening, I'll be … Continue reading 05.08.2018: One Chapter of Math
05.07.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is William Danze: Makin' Sunshine, a pleasant album that I came across recently on Reddit. Today's I'm working on a little side project: setting up ReaSynth to get a sound I want. I ended up getting totally into it; it's a very intuitive little synth. I came up with a few that I … Continue reading 05.07.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
05.06.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Epica: The Holographic Principle. This afternoon, I'm reading the introduction of Alain Stephen's This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean, titled "Introduction: What Is Philosophy?" I will then read the introduction to the first section of the book, "On Happiness." Every person holds a philosophy (or several), … Continue reading 05.06.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
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