Sunday, July 1, 2012
Got up at eight-thirty in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate pieces of Central Market's pizza for dinner.
Rainfall this morning has somewhat reduced the risk due to drought.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Today's maximum temperature was 97 degrees F (36.1 degrees C).
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Today is Independence Day. Got up at eight-fifteen in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a few glasses of California wine and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Today, CERN announced that its experiments detected the events suggesting the presence of a new subatomic particle, which could be the Higgs boson. Currently, however, the existence of the Higgs boson hasn't yet been verified officially. Only the real truth revealed should be reported.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Got up at eight-fifteen in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner. Stayed at home for the entire day.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Got up at nine o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate pieces of California Pizza Kitchen's pizza for dinner. It's cloudy with outbreaks of rain.
The following books in English that deal with the several areas of condensed matter physics at the graduate school levels are what I would like to read next for the purpose of my self-enlightenment and the translation of the technical terms in these areas in my brain from Japanese into English. In my senior year at Science University of Tokyo, I studied the basis of solid-state physics under Prof. Kei Yosida at his one-year seminar. When I specialized in surface science at the graduate school of Tokyo Institute of Technology, I read several Japanese textbooks on advanced quantum mechanics and surface physics. Long after graduation, I read 'Theory of Magnetism' written in Japanese by Prof. Kei Yosida. This book comprehensively explains the theories about the electronic and nuclear properties of magnetic substances.
< Condensed Matter Theory >
Condensed Matter Field Theory: Second Edition
Alexander Altland (Author) and Ben D. Simons (Author)
and/or
Basic Notions Of Condensed Matter Physics
Philip W. Anderson (Author)
and/or
Principles of Condensed Matter Physics
P. M. Chaikin (Author) and T. C. Lubensky (Author)
< Superconductivity >
Superconductivity: Second Edition
Charles P. Poole Jr. (Author), Horacio A. Farach (Author), Richard J. Creswick (Author) and Ruslan Prozorov (Author)
and/or
Introduction to Superconductivity: Second Edition
Michael Tinkham (Author)
and/or
Handbook of High-Temperature Superconductivity: Theory and Experiment
J.S. Brooks (Adapter) and J. Robert Schrieffer (Editor)
< Magnetism >
Theory of Magnetism, Second Edition
Kei Yosida (Author)
< Surface Physics >
Solid Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
Hans Lüth (Author)
< Polymer Physics >
Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics
Pierre-Gilles Gennes (Author)
Monday, July 9, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner. Dark rain clouds began to cover the sky this evening. Small hail kept impinging on the roof and walls of our house for a while. However, no noticeable damage was done to our property.
After graduating from university and entering a company in the semiconductor and telecommunication industries, I have read many Japanese textbooks, English textbooks, and English technical papers on the physics of semiconductor devices and processes. Therefore, the technical terms in these areas are retained in both languages in my memory. In general, these areas can be categorized into the application of solid-state physics, which I studied at universities long ago. It's my belief that the researchers and developers who engage themselves in the area of technology should have knowledge ranging as wide as possible, not only in their expertise in technical areas but also in basic sciences, marketing, and other worldly matters. It's highly desirable that all of the matters studied should be understood, but there is no necessity to memorize them by rote. It's enough to be able to refresh their memory when necessary.
It seems that an expert who has no common sense in the area of technology can't stand out conspicuous. On the other hand, however, in the area of the basic sciences especially at purely academic places, an expert who has no common sense may often be able to avoid being criticized. Here, instead of widening their intellectual horizon, deepening their research in a limited area is expected.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Obviously, there are some differences in the courses of the difficulty between assimilating wide-ranging knowledge in order to improve the device or to invent the new one best in terms of various aspects, and delving deeply into a topic in order to discover the scientific truth. It's hard to tell which is more difficult. It should depend upon the aptitude and the situation of either a developer or a researcher.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a Western-Japanese meal for dinner.
My original intention about three decades ago was to become a scientist who should seek the scientific truth as a profession. However, my situation didn't allow me to continue to set my mind on becoming a researcher for the scientific truth.
Reading the books on condensed matter physics that I listed three days ago will enable me to promote wider, deeper, or newer understandings. This should build up the armor of basic knowledge for a researcher who can deal with technology development more flexibly.
When the conditions are satisfied, I may be able to delve deeply into a science topic, at least as a hobby or self-enlightenment, after reading a number of the latest technical papers related to a topic.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a Western-Japanese meal for dinner.
Day after day of rainy weather had relieved slight damage from drought. The dry ground due to drought drank in plenty of rain. Currently, the lawns and the trees in our yards are in healthy condition.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Got up at eight forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner. Stayed at home for the entire day.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Got up at nine forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this evening. Drove home through a severe thunderstorm with torrential rains. Ate pieces of California Pizza Kitchen's pizza for dinner.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Got up at six forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a dish of Japanese noodles for dinner.
Both my wife and I were inoculated against many infectious diseases including whooping cough as a part of the process of obtaining permanent residence in the US in 2001.
With age, phlegm tends to obstruct the throat. I gargle my throat with Listerine daily in order to avoid the increase in phlegm due to tonsillitis and so on.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner. Stayed at home for the entire day.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Looked after the front and backyards of our house this morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate pieces of California Pizza Kitchen's pizza for dinner.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and an Oriental meal for dinner.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Got up at seven forty-five in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a Japanese meal for dinner.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Got up at nine o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a Japanese-Western meal for dinner. Stayed at home for the entire day.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Got up at nine o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of rice porridge for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate a BBQ meal for dinner.
Today's maximum temperature was 100 degrees F (37.8 degrees C).
Monday, July 30, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning.
A DSL router at home has been coaxed for the last few months. This morning, its AC/DC adapter got broken. The regulated DC voltage from the output of the AC/DC adapter, which is supposed to meet the standard voltage of 5 volts, oscillates about 4 volts with an amplitude of 0.5 volts. However, it seems that the router itself doesn't malfunction.
Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch. Went out shopping at a grocery store this afternoon. Ate a Japanese meal for dinner.
During dental flossing tonight, the ceramic dental crown came out from the abutment attached to the screw implanted into the socket of my tooth #7. Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with the crown that had fallen on the washstand, and the abutment and the dental implant that were left in my mouth. Currently, my smiling face reflected in a mirror has a certain charm. It may be a consciousness of the mutability of the world.
Today's maximum temperature was 99 degrees F (37.2 degrees C).
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Got up at eight o'clock in the morning. Ate a bowl of noodle soup for lunch, and a dish of Italian pasta for dinner.
Today's maximum temperature was 101 degrees F (38.3 degrees C).
