X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Blog%2F2008%2FOctober;h=abe237b16dd78fd4cd498f1c538ffdfa3dcf1575;hb=0d4b025820c494d486eca0f150d87b264bb4dfd2;hp=0e9193ca9cdd4af9ca795136ca97c9119f2a4ec8;hpb=1247eb8e18d288db8379b3990b0a6ffa22eca1a6;p=wiki.git diff --git a/Blog/2008/October b/Blog/2008/October index 0e9193c..abe237b 100644 --- a/Blog/2008/October +++ b/Blog/2008/October @@ -1,6 +1,31 @@ +=== Fri, 31st October - Critical Mass === + +{{CriticalMass.jpg | The Boston Critical Mass (stock photo)}} + +A few friends from 1CC invited me to this subversive event called the +[[http://bostoncriticalmass.org/|Critical Mass]]. I used the complimentary Acetarium bicycle. + +While our group of 200+ bikes was riding on a roadway, we went into a road block. They knocked +down a couple of bikers and tried to stop others. I also ran into a young cop who had the bad +idea of walking to the middle of the road. + +It was a lot of fun :-) + + +=== Mon, 27th October - Embedded Systems Conference Boston === + +{{http://beagleboard.org/static/images/beagle-home-promo-left-2008-07-01.jpg | the awesome Beagle Board}} + +Today I gave a talk about porting Sugar to the [[http://www.digikey.com/beagleboard|Beagle Board]], +a nice development system for Texas Instrument's OMAP3530 processor. + +Slides here: [[http://www.codewiz.org/pub/olpc/slides/SugarBeagle.odp]] + +Details of the talk here: [[https://www.cmpevents.com/ESCe08/a.asp?option=G&V=3&id=625476]] + === Tue, 21st October - Back to Boston === -[[BostonSkyline.jpg]] +{{BostonSkyline.jpg|Cambdrige (left shore) and Boston (right shore) - stock photo}} I have greatly missed this place ever since I had to leave earlier this year. My visa is still a temporary B-1, which means I'll have to leave within 3 months. During this