The Mad Philosopher

Jason writes a fun essay entitled “Mentors”.

Elver sees the world in a whole new way. Literally.
Wil begins podcasting, and the heavens rejoice.
Dave tells us a bedtime story about him giving up on Wikipedia. And then some second thoughts.

Michelle comes “om” for the holidays.
Jason notes how user interfaces affect the work that we produce.
Ravi explores the variety of Linux distributions, based on user needs.
Steven makes a few remarks about traveling.

Jason manages to collect a million files.
Michelle earns her Master’s, and a job.

Keera loses her eBay virginity.
Jason writes an essay about filmmaking that’s too hard to summarize.

To preface this week’s “This Week Online”, I just want to point out that I am pleased to find that, by doing this, I’m building quite a nice resource for myself, namely a brief history of people and ideas I’ve found interesting and useful over the weeks. Here’s the latest installment:

Tony is impressed by an innovative, new stapler.
Joanne discloses the Chinese government’s real stance on trademark violations.
Jim finds a new way to express himself online.
Tom shares a great audio conversation with the blogosphere’s Robert Scoble.
Bruce drops several gloves as he recounts the Sony root kit story.
Allan instructs how to speak Chinese to a non-Chinese person.

Tony has trouble explaining what he does for a living.
Chris announces the arrival of the Beijing 2008 Olympic mascots.
Joanne does too.

Tony is confused by Google’s preference for Windows over Linux.
Keera is still processing. And she asks, why death?
Merlin tells us how to write sensible emails.
Bruce cries out for the creation of lots of new hash function designs.
Tom yawns about Microsoft’s most recently announced services.
Michelle discovers paradise, and its name is Nelson, British Colombia

Michelle writes about why she quit hockey.
Mandi finds joy in a huge paper clip.
Elver pulls a “Newton” with his falling alarm clock.
Dave chastises Apple and Odeo for pissing in the podcasting commons.
Peter questions whether corporate Google is the right “person” to build our digital future.

Today marks the beginning a new regular feature here called “This Week Online”, which offers a summary of the blogs and podcasts that most grabbed my attention during the week. Expect one every weekend. In doing this, I’m directly imitating James at MacManX.com and his weekly “Blogroll” that I enjoy reading so much.

APOD tells the beginnings of Robert Goddard and liquid-fuel rocketry.
Chris explains restrictor plate racing and what he thinks about it.
Joe interviews Michael Stanat on marketing to China’s Generation Y.
Michelle tells the story of how her greatest weakness is her strength.
Jason blows the doors wide open on his next documentary.
Bob estimates the amount of electricity required to power Web 2.0.
Clayton gets married under a New Orleans sunset.