Soma Purana

I had stopped making the updates. I was not recording daily run miles properly in the previous few weeks. Anyway, in the last few weeks I did not meet my quota of 40 miles per week. I know I will be motivated to meet my quota if I record every day's miles and report here. What I have decided is to start this post and just edit it week after week rather than write a new post every week. Some learnings from previous weeks running. Got new running shoes. makes a huge difference. Was getting a lot of pain in the knees initially. Over weeks of running, it has gone away. Cold does not bother me.  It had been 27 deg F one morning. But I was OK after a couple of minutes with just a jersey. Each number is for Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat Week of Nov. 4, 2012: 8+5+7+6+0 +0+8 =34 Thurs there was snow. Fri, I was just tired.   Week of Nov. 11, 2012: 6+7+7+0+5+0+6=33 Week of Nov. 18, 2012: 0+8+0+0+0+0+0=8   Pretty dismal week! Cannot blame it on weather. It was co

It was a thrilling ride! The professor Keith Devlin (Stanford) was superb! I also received a certificate of completion with distinction! I cannot believe I obtained some quality education from a prestigious school. This is the power of MOOCs. Makes it available to anyone; then it is up to you. These courses are tough! Require a lot of work. But they are exciting and you do learn. Now I am deep in my Genetics & Evolution MOOC. It is getting a little bit beyond my abilities but I am hanging in there.

I finished my first MOOC course "Introduction to Mathematical Thinking" taught by Keith Devlin of Stanford, an outstanding professor. It was a tough course! I am almost half done with "Introduction to Genetics and Evolution" taught Mohammed Noor, another outstanding professor from Duke. I have already learned a great deal from this course. This is a tough course too. Believe it or not, I have signed up another 16 MOOCs! Within a month, three courses will be starting; Think Again: How to Reason and Argue , Introduction to Astronomy , Drugs and the Brain .  The New York Times called 2012, the year of the MOOCs, see http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&.