The Mad Philosopher » This Week Online http://madphilosopher.ca Because being mad is all the rage. A personal weblog of Darren Paul Griffith. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:13:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 This Week Online: Week 52 http://madphilosopher.ca/2006/01/this-week-online-week-52/ http://madphilosopher.ca/2006/01/this-week-online-week-52/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 11:40:48 +0000 Darren http://madphilosopher.ca/?p=247 Jason writes a fun essay entitled “Mentors”.

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Wil begins podcasting, and the heavens rejoice.
Dave tells us a bedtime story about him giving up on Wikipedia. And then some second thoughts.

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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.

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Michelle earns her Master’s, and a job.

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Jason writes an essay about filmmaking that’s too hard to summarize.

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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.

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Chris announces the arrival of the Beijing 2008 Olympic mascots.
Joanne does too.

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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

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