1 == Bernie's brain backup for January 2008 ==
5 === Bernie the rockstar ====
7 If you were considering hiring me, or entrusting me to do anything serious, you'd better watch this first:
9 * [[BernieIronMaiden.ogg]] - [1.8MB] if you have the free OggTheora codec
10 * [[BernieIronMaiden.mov]] - [3.6MB] if you're stuck with proprietary QuickTime codecs
11 * nothing - [0MB] if you're stuck with the proprietary MediaPlayer or RealPlayer codecs
13 ==== Food and Power ====
15 Here's a stupid movie by SamuelKlein, ArjunSarwal and myself:
17 * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerLow.ogg]] - [16MB] OggTheora stream, quality 5
18 * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerHigh.ogg]] - [26MB] OggTheora stream, quality 7
19 * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.ogg]] - [62MB] OggTheora stream, quality 10
21 If your computer cannot play the above links, you should really consider installing
22 a free media player, or just switching to Linux which comes with all the free media
23 players and codecs out of the box. Meanwhile, here's a workaround:
25 * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.avi]] - [103MB] original AVI stream from our shitty camera
27 These also prove the quality of the OggTheora codec. After seeing this, I think
28 I'd recommend using it for its technical advantages in addition to its legal advantages.
30 In producing these movies, I found out that:
32 * mencoder has bad support for ogg-theora
33 * transcode kinda sucks
34 * ffmpeg seems the best command-line encoder of the three I tried
35 * The easiest solution if all you need is encoding anything to Theora is ffmpeg2theora.
36 All you have to do is:
38 ffmpeg2theora FoodAndPower.avi
46 My good friend ArjunSarwal recently made the [[http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/26/0541205 | Slashdot front page]]
47 with his story about [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cow_Power| Cow Power]]!
51 ==== Crank, Crank! ====
53 Today we got this pleasant surprise.
55 See the movie: [[OlpcCrank/StephenReillyCranking.mov]].
56 The guy cranking is DanielDrake, Gentoo kernel maintainer
59 [[OlpcCrank/ArjunCrankingSmall.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking]]
60 [[OlpcCrank/ArjunCranking2Small.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking]]
61 [[OlpcCrank/StephenCrankingSmall.jpg | StephenReilly cranking]]
62 [[OlpcCrank/StephenCranking2Small.jpg | StephenReilly cranking]]
64 Larger versions of these pics are available at OlpcCrank.
68 ==== The little computer that just won't die! ====
70 OneLaptopPerChild is not enough. There should definitely be
71 [[OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChild | OneAmigaPerChild]]!
73 [[OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChildSmaller.jpg]]
75 Look [[OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChild | here]] for additional details.
76 A big thankyou to MicheleConsoleBattilana for providing a free copy of
77 AmigaForever, a fine tribute to the coolest platform ever!
81 ==== The XaoS strikes back! ====
83 I enjoyed bundling this OldSkool activity for the XO:
85 http://wiki.laptop.org/images/8/8c/XaoS-screenshot4.png
87 See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XaoS
89 It certainly needs some more sugarization work for which I have no time.
94 ==== Haiku Laptop ====
96 Today we shipped our machine affected by dlo#5575 (touchpad mostly unfunctional)
97 to Japan for further inspection by ALPS. Just before closing up the plastic case,
98 I've left inside a little fortune cookie for them:
102 If you're wondering what it means, it's a piece of japanese poetry called a HaikuPoem.
107 ==== Trip to Walden Pond ====
109 This really happened on Monday 31st Dec, but who'd go read last year's blog entry now?
111 So, Adam, Arjun and myself went to this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_Pond|Walden Pond]]
112 place, where the famous American poet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau|Thoreau]]
113 lived in complete isolation for 2 years in a cabin made of wood.
115 [[WaldenPond1Small.jpg|Arjun (left) and Me (guess who?)]]
117 On this very nice lake, I stupdily tried to run on the ice and fell badly, hitting my jaw
118 and cheek on the hard ice. Little cut, big bump... no permanent consequences. Maybe I
119 should consider a health insurance?
121 [[WaldenPond2Small.jpg|Me (the really crazy one) and Adam (the really worried one)]]
122 [[ThoreauCabinSmall.jpg|The there of us in the site of Thoreau's cabin]]