22 October 2008, 1:16 UTCExample HW1
I've posted a sample HW1 answer on the Examples page. Comments included.
18 October 2008, 1:11 UTCWebCT Down? -- update 2: I'm back
I'm back online now and will start grading etc. Monday night.
15 October 2008, 0:43 UTCEdward Jenner and Vaccination
Below is a link to a more detailed history of vaccination, by Stefan Reidel, who is both an MD and a PhD. This particular story is relevant to Weeks 4 and 5. However, there is a general pattern: history gets fuzzy when we look closer.
15 October 2008, 0:39 UTCFavorites
My favorite news items from previous terms.
Misc:
Computing:
Writing:
Germs:
This is worth the 6 minutes to watch, especially if you keep a notepad handy to try to track the dates, as she goes forth and back a few times.
Note: there is mistake where she says "by 1955 IBM was selling more personal computers...." But as the picture shows, in 1955 IBM was selling mainframes -- room-filling computers.
See also the Computer Timelines on our Timelines Page.