The 555 Timer


Date: 12th January 2004

Rating:  72  (Better).


Weather: Cloudy and Average.

Prepared for school. Breakfast: Krushed Oat Krunchies. Got the planner signed. Read more of ‘The Silmarillion’.

Went to school on the bus and by walking.

Science lesson - Heat Conduction and Energy Transfer (Thomson was the new science teacher for Class A1).

Maths lesson - Internal and External angles of regular polygons.

Break.

English lesson - 1st draft of assignment coursework (Romeo and Juliet).

I.T. Lesson - Testing task 2.

Dinner - in the queue at first, then had tuna mayo and cucumber bun, egg cress and mayo bun, lime juice and a KitKat.

Registration.

Technology double lesson - Crocodile Clips version of alarm circuit. Tested the alarm circuit and put a 555 chip in it.

You can learn about 555 timers too if you look them up on Wikipedia.

Went to the library by bus and walking.

Made a document in the library and walked home.

Tea: Horrible beans and fish, with chips and garlic.

Pudding: Rice pudding.

Played Command & Conquer - GDI Mission 1.

The Viscount made the Cover-Sofa in 3rd Headquarters. I watched new bits of The Two Towers Extended DVD.

I helped the Emperor play ‘Quake’.

Prepared for bed and went to bed, then chatted to the Viscount about Ungoliant (the giant spider from ‘The Silmarillion’).