+The story continues at FebruaryBlog
+
== Bernie's brain backup for January 2008 ==
+=== Sun 27th ===
+
+==== Down Under ====
+
+Yesterday I had to clear my room, pack my stuff at OneCambridgeCenter, and
+say goodbye to many, many good friends and colleges. I don't even know when
+I'll be able to see them again. Not exactly a happy day, you may have guessed.
+
+Today, after 22 hours of flight, I started to have visions. At the baggage reclaim,
+I thought I was talking with the kernel god LinusTorvalds. He said that userspace
+is easy and that he cannot exactly agree iwith some of the choices made in Python.
+We'd really get along if it wasn't just a dream :-)
+
+Later on, I reached the hotel and got into the elevator with a ginger guy
+that looked vaguely familiar. I asked if he was going at LCA.
+
+ -- //Yes.//
+
+ -- //Are you a software developer?//
+
+ -- //Well... not primarily...//
+
+Blink!
+
+ -- //Oh, you must be JonathanCorbet, the editor of LinuxWeeklyNews!//
+
+ - //Indeed.//
+
+Today was a really exciting day! I needed something like this to compensate,
+at least partially, for leaving Boston.
+
+----
+
+Hi Bernie! Just stepped here looking for the photos of XOs hanging from the ceiling (i wanted to show them to my father) and found you leaving!
+
+So, have a nice journey, enjoy conf.au and see you soon!
+
+-- PiroPiro
+
+=== Sat, 19th ===
+
+==== Another trip to NY ====
+
+I'm planning to go to NewYorkCity tomorrow with a bunch of friends.
+But this time I guess we'll catch a different transportation:
+we were booking the FungWah (aka ShittyBus), when ChrisBall came
+and looked at us funny. "Are you sure? Those buses have a habit
+of catching fire on the highway".
+
+Apparently, it is really true:
+
+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fung_Wah_Bus_Transportation_Inc.#Safety
+
=== Sun, 13th ===
=== Bernie the rockstar ====
* [[BernieIronMaiden.ogg]] - [1.8MB] if you have the free OggTheora codec
* [[BernieIronMaiden.mov]] - [3.6MB] if you're stuck with proprietary QuickTime codecs
- * nothing - [0MB] if you're stuck with the proprietary MediaPlayer or RealPlayer codecs
+ * //nothing// - [0MB] if you're stuck with the proprietary MediaPlayer or RealPlayer codecs
+
+
+**Q:** why doesn't my browser play the link right away rather than asking me to download it? \\
+**A:** because my wiki doesn't support mime-magic yet
+
+**Q:** why don't you just let apache serve media files? \\
+**A:** because a CGI has no way to "handoff" a file to the web server once they've been invoked
==== Food and Power ====
Here's a stupid movie by SamuelKlein, ArjunSarwal and myself:
+ * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerHigh.ogg]] - [62MB] OggTheora stream, quality 10
+ * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.ogg]] - [26MB] OggTheora stream, quality 7
* [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerLow.ogg]] - [16MB] OggTheora stream, quality 5
- * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerHigh.ogg]] - [26MB] OggTheora stream, quality 7
- * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.ogg]] - [62MB] OggTheora stream, quality 10
If your computer cannot play the above links, you should really consider installing
a free media player, or just switching to Linux which comes with all the free media
players and codecs out of the box. Meanwhile, here's a workaround:
- * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.avi]] - [103MB] original AVI stream from our shitty camera
+ * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPower.avi]] - [103MB] original AVI stream from our shitty camera
These also prove the quality of the OggTheora codec. After seeing this, I think
I'd recommend using it for its technical advantages in addition to its legal advantages.
The guy cranking is DanielDrake, Gentoo kernel maintainer
and wireless guru.
-[[OlpcCrank/ArjunCrankingSmall.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking]]
-[[OlpcCrank/ArjunCranking2Small.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking]]
-[[OlpcCrank/StephenCrankingSmall.jpg | StephenReilly cranking]]
-[[OlpcCrank/StephenCranking2Small.jpg | StephenReilly cranking]]
+{{OlpcCrank/ArjunCrankingSmall.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking}}
+{{OlpcCrank/ArjunCranking2Small.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking}}
+{{OlpcCrank/StephenCrankingSmall.jpg | StephenReilly cranking}}
+{{OlpcCrank/StephenCranking2Small.jpg | StephenReilly cranking}}
Larger versions of these pics are available at OlpcCrank.
==== The little computer that just won't die! ====
OneLaptopPerChild is not enough. There should definitely be
-[[OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChild | OneAmigaPerChild]]!
+{{OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChild | OneAmigaPerChild}}!
-[[OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChildSmaller.jpg]]
+{{OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChildSmaller.jpg}}
Look [[OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChild | here]] for additional details.
A big thankyou to MicheleConsoleBattilana for providing a free copy of
to Japan for further inspection by ALPS. Just before closing up the plastic case,
I've left inside a little fortune cookie for them:
-HaikuXoSmall.jpg
+{{HaikuXoSmall.jpg}}
If you're wondering what it means, it's a piece of japanese poetry called a HaikuPoem.
Google for it.
place, where the famous American poet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau|Thoreau]]
lived in complete isolation for 2 years in a cabin made of wood.
-[[WaldenPond1Small.jpg|Arjun (left) and Me (guess who?)]]
+{{WaldenPond1Small.jpg|Arjun (left) and Me (guess who?)}}
On this very nice lake, I stupdily tried to run on the ice and fell badly, hitting my jaw
and cheek on the hard ice. Little cut, big bump... no permanent consequences. Maybe I
should consider a health insurance?
-[[WaldenPond2Small.jpg|Me (the really crazy one) and Adam (the really worried one)]]
-[[ThoreauCabinSmall.jpg|The there of us in the site of Thoreau's cabin]]
+{{WaldenPond2Small.jpg|Me (the really crazy one) and Adam (the really worried one)}}
+{{ThoreauCabinSmall.jpg|The three of us in the site of Thoreau's cabin}}
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