Grok This!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862291909709380482011-04-21T15:52:57.159-05:00Grok This!Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-50763188860783328662008-03-25T21:22:00.001-05:002008-03-25T21:26:15.720-05:00Servers

The UW servers have been down for several hours, which means no posting of lecture slides. I'll upload them as soon as I see the servers go back up.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com215tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-3653228889660762202008-01-04T15:55:00.000-05:002008-01-04T16:15:03.168-05:00BIOL432

This entry is for students in Biology 432, Molecular Biotechnology 2, to leave feedback on the course; this feedback can be anonymous if desired and will allow me to tailor my teaching style in both the long-term and the short-term, including any adjustments or clarifications that become appropriate through the course of this semester.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-41386436428471175742007-12-13T15:00:00.000-05:002007-12-13T16:58:20.845-05:00Unboxing

We bought a new TV this week, a 42" Sharp Aquos 1080p LCD. It was delivered today! It had been suggested that at least I wasn't a big enough dork to do an officially documented Unboxing. I am so that big a dork! Here we go!Unboxing: BeforeThe empty spot where a TV will be!First look in the boxThe goodiesThe standThe TV itself, hermetically sealed for your protection!Unboxing: AfterIt works!

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-41398461197275972112007-10-10T11:28:00.000-05:002007-10-10T11:34:34.828-05:00Assignment

I've been giving writing assignments in my class (4th-year Environmental Microbiology at the University of Waterloo) to help the students with their written communication, leading up to a group term project. Last week, I asked students to choose and summarize a scientific journal article; this week, I asked the class to critique another student's summary. I solicited feedback on the assignment

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-34077307986091993002007-09-26T09:28:00.000-05:002007-09-26T09:57:18.373-05:00Asterisk

The ball that Barry Bonds hit to break Hank Aaron's career home run record was bought by fashion designer Marc Ecko for $752 467 (that's $756 385 Canadian!). On his website, Ecko put to a vote the three fates of the ball: Bestow it to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown; Brand it with a red asterisk, and then donate it to Cooperstown; or Banish it to outer space.According to an article on MLB.com,

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-2741054754549491512007-09-24T08:08:00.000-05:002007-09-24T08:09:34.890-05:00Comments

This entry is for my students in Biology 447 to leave anonymous comments regarding the lecture from Sept 24 2007, or any other lecture, really. Thanks for your feedback, guys!

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-39546740211439457072007-09-20T10:24:00.002-05:002007-09-20T11:20:56.241-05:00Parity

Image stolen from CBC News.As of Thursday morning, with the US Dollar continuing to plummet, the Canadian dollar achieved parity with the US greenback for the first time in 30 years.Now, will this translate into lower prices on goods in Canada? According to analysts (like this one writing for the Globe and Mail) recent appreciation by the Loonie of 15% has been accompanied by only a 6.4%

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-8639030034741128582007-09-20T09:44:00.001-05:002007-09-20T09:45:55.694-05:00Telemarketing

Stolen from Matthew Good's blog.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-55455299606900346702007-09-19T13:07:00.000-05:002007-09-19T13:09:40.042-05:00First!

Stolen from Kung Fu Grippe who stole it from someone else.Pwned!

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-4001947124020478272007-07-18T11:05:00.001-05:002007-07-18T11:19:39.146-05:00Punny

From KXCD.comI like puns.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-80527543222174833872007-06-20T12:29:00.000-05:002007-06-20T12:32:55.405-05:00Joss speaks

Joss Whedon posted this on the Whedonesque board and it's worth reading by anybody who isn't a raging misogynist. Reprinted without permission, but I don't think he'd mind. (If he is, he can let me know, and that'd be the best thing ever.)Let's Watch A Girl Get Beaten To Death. This is not my blog, but I don’t have a blog, or a space, and I’d like to be heard for a bit.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-13827561458177309022007-06-18T11:33:00.001-05:002007-06-18T11:33:15.162-05:00What Colour Are You?

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-52386043727311372272007-05-28T11:57:00.001-05:002007-05-28T11:57:55.349-05:00How Well Do You Know Me?

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-21876734464908224022007-04-30T20:21:00.000-05:002007-04-30T20:45:38.593-05:00Puzzling

I'll tell you what I'm not doing right now, and that's playing Puzzle Quest. Let me explain.Puzzle Quest is excellent.Wait, you need more? Puzzle Quest is that special type of excellent that takes somebody who doesn't play a lot of video games, and makes them steal your DS. Maria likes video games fine, but she doesn't have a lot of patience and has never managed to get more than five minutes

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-73807905778690301522007-04-05T16:34:00.000-05:002007-04-06T01:44:15.306-05:00Content?

So, I was reading somewhere on the Internets that apparently when you have a blog, you need to generate content for it.Because nobody will read your blog if there's no content.But if nobody's reading my blog, why should I bother generating content?It's like a koan. (If you do crossword puzzles, you're going to need that one eventually.)...I didn't say it was a good koan.Anyway, I need some

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04352902336433343398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586229190970938048.post-42432814993592192872007-04-04T13:50:00.000-05:002007-04-04T23:13:34.495-05:00Grok what now?

I started by trying to grok Twitter. (Don't look that up in the Urban Dictionary, by the way.) Twitter is a service for publishing micro-blogs over an RSS feed - in other words, for allowing others to subscribe to constant updates on the minutiae of your life. Why would anybody want to do that? For that matter, unless you have something specific to say, why would anybody bother to keep a blog

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