Things you should do before too much time passes:
In the spirit of the classic break weeks we used to value and enjoy- a time to relax, take a breath, and get caught up on any work fallen behind on, I wish to offer you that same benefit now- consider this week (now through the start of Week 6 this coming Wednesday) to be such a “break” week… I will be releasing no new batch of assignments, but instead hope you will use this time wisely to get caught up, ask questions, use the mailing list/irc, and breathe some life into the class (that's the only way it will truly become amazing).