Richard Rathe's Reading Room

Hello, I am Richard Rathe, MD, Associate Dean for Information Technology and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine. My non-medical interests include collecting quotes and back-country canoeing in the Everglades. My professional pages are located at rathe.medinfo.ufl.edu. Feel free to contact me about this site. Enjoy! RR

"How many goodly ideas are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't!" [With apologies to the Bard]

 

I started this site in 2004 as my journal of ideas, a place to catch glimpses of what I'd been thinking about over time. Some topics go way back and appear near the bottom of the 2004 page. Starting with 2005, the postings are in reverse chronological order as they were entered. I will continue to add new postings at the top of the "Current" page from time to time. The lists of favorite podcasts, blogs, etc. will always appear at the bottom of the main page. An RSS feed is also available.

 

In late 2006 I rebuilt the site from the ground up using XHTML and CSS. The original page was getting too long, so I broke it up by year. I'm reasonably happy with the design and it seems to behave well on most browsers. I've also included a print style sheet to improve the appearance on paper. Support Web Standards!

This site uses the following conventions: Plain text is my own commentary. Italicized text is a direct quotation. Links to original authors and sources are provided whenever possible. If these are not available, then links to biographies and reviews are substituted. The icon indicates an RSS/XML news feed. indicates a podcast. Additional credits and permissions appear below.

Camus photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson reproduced on the Washington Post Website. The use of a camel image in association with Perl is a trademark of O'Reilly Media, Inc., used with permission. Book and movie covers are from the Barnes & Noble Website. Physical exam graphic by Christopher Hurt from Basic Clinical Skills. Other photos are from the various websites referenced in the text. Rockwell's Girl at the Mirror illustration from The Artchive.

These pages are a complex mixture intellectual property from many sources. The site itself is copyright by yours truly. That said, I encourage linking, quoting, and unaltered reproduction. Various small graphics found on public Web sites have been incorporated in the spirit of "fair use" for purposes of review and criticism. The opinions expressed here are mine alone.