Teaching in a Time of Plague

I have now begun posting online material for my students in all three classes.

All of the material will be asynchronous; my students can view it at their leisure, but there will be no immediate feedback. This is primarily because some of my students have limited access - spotty internet, phone access only, and so on. Partly it's due to technical and supply difficulties; I haven't worked out how to do audio yet (but should get that cleared up soon) and I still don't have a webcam (Amazon says it'll arrive in another few days).

The two history of math classes, I'm so far handling via PowerPoint slide shows. Differential geometry doesn't fit that motif well, so I'm posting Word documents expanding on the text and offering exercises. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle the humongous calculations that pop up a few times in the next sections; I planned to use my Wacom tablet, but I still have to get it registered, which means I have to get some ID numbers off the back, which I can't make out. I've ordered another magnifying glass from Amazon, but it'll be a couple of weeks before it gets here.

I'm trying, folks. I really am...

Cildhood Memories

Today, I made a batch of Rice-a-Roni, for the first time in my life. (I'm reasonably sure we had it on occasion when I was a kid, but I haven't had it as an adult.) I am now being earwormed by their old jingle ("Rice-a-Roni! The San Francisco treat!", complete with trolley bells). It was cheese and broccoli flavor, so I could eat it today; I ate half, and put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow.

I wouldn't call it delicious, but it met my three criteria: hot, filling, and tasty. I've got two more boxes, plus two more cans of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and two cans of Bush's Baked Beans; each should provide me with two dinners, so another couple of weeks before I'll have to get more or similar.

I'll probably try again to get some milk tomorrow.