== May 2007 ==
-'''Tip:''' as always, start from the bottom and proceed bottom up to keep time flowing in one direction.
+=== Wed, 16th ===
+
+=== Office Space ====
+
+Here are a few pictures of the OlpcOffice!
+
+==== Hack Hack Hack ====
+
+I've been assigned a problem with an invalid serial port baud
+rate after resume from software suspend.
+
+I started investigating the hard way, until ChrisBall pointed
+me on IRC to talk with the KernelHacker DavidWoodhouse, who
+obviously had a solution in a few seconds. Unfortunately,
+it didn't work as we expected and MitchBradley of OpenFirmware
+joined the conversation to help.
+
+Having all the subsystem gurus available to fix your bugs makes
+things a lot easier... Hehe, I think I like it ;-)
+
+And so tomorrow I'll get back to work on a MandelBug with the Xorg's
+driver for the AMD chipset. When XVIDEO is enabled and you
+rotate the display with XRANDR, sometimes the X server crashes,
+sometimes it just hangs and sometimes it survives with a corrupted
+display. And the bad news is that gdb also hangs.
+
+How will I fix this? Easy: I'll go looking for the driver authors
+first thing tomorrow and beg them to send me a fix :-)
+
+By the way, lately I've been hanging regularly in #olpc on FreeNode.
+My nick is _bernie. Come over to see what's going on!
+
+
+=== Mon, 14th ===
+
+==== All Night Long ====
+
+At 9PM, I'm still here and plan to stay as long as I can :-)
+
+<please link to the song "All Night Long" here>
+
+
+==== Buried In Work Already ====
+
+'''WARNING''': Technical AbraCadabra ahead!
+
+Today I met most of the team members and bothered a few of them,
+starting from DanWilliams who helped me debug a problem with a
+simple mesh networking scenario involving three laptops.
+
+Today I've also been assigned some work from ChrisBall, who also
+helped me out with many small things such as a dead battery,
+accessing the serial console, etc. I'm currently adding a
+KernelDebugger command to display the ModelSpecificRegister's
+of the AmdGeodeCpu.
+
+But it seems like I will also refer to RedHat's ChrisBlizzard
+to be assigned more work. We talked about optimizing the
+video driver for the AmdGeodeCpu, getting the resistive
+tablet to work and maybe adding "tapping" support to the
+capacitive touchpad.
+
+As you know, I like it even more when I'm allowed to ramble
+through a zillion different things like this!
+
+
+==== Sneaky Preview ====
+
+I'm writing this from within the OLPC headquarters. I came today for
+a second interview and to get a few tasks assigned to me :-)
+
+I have no time to be more specific. Will tell you the details a little later.
+
+
+=== Sun, 13th ===
+
+ '''TODO''': will tell you later
+
+=== Sat, 12th ===
+
+ '''TODO''': will tell you later
+
+=== Fri, 11th ===
+ >MUM< creepy mummy virus it's taking control here.... :-) WRITE SOON OR IT/SHE WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING!
+==== Quite a Trip ====
+
+Today I'm leaving the safe and familiar BostonCity to boldly go where I've
+never been before.
+
+The current plan is to drive south to ProvidenceCity, BrdigeportCity, NewYorkCity,
+PhiladelphiaCity, BaltimoreCity and, finally, WashingtonCity. Maybe I'll even
+push myself down in FloridaState to go see the SpaceShuttle!
+
+I could use a GPS. I've seen a few TomTom's, but $299 seems way too
+much to me for a talking map. Maybe I'll buy a traditional map for
+$10.
+
+Ah, and I will sleep frugally, of course. Hostels and motels when I find
+them. So, over the next few days I'll be lucky if I have intermittent
+Internet access and, consequently, I won't probably be able to sync the
+BrainDump.
+
+
+=== Thu, 10th ===
+
+ '''Babbo''': Ma fino ad oggi con quali danari hai vissuto dato che sei partito con 10€ liquidi?
+
+ '''Bernie''': Ho prelevato i soldi dall'ATM... con il bancomat delle poste! E vedo dai movimenti
+ sul conto che hanno applicato un buon cambio e nessuna penale strana.
+
+==== Car Rental ====
+
+Today I finally rent a car. It's a SaturnIon, a brand and model I never heard
+of before.
+
+http://www.edmunds.com/media/seo/500/2006.saturn.ion.jpg
+
+I felt very comfortable driving all over Europe: Italy, Swiss, Spain, France,
+Germany, Belgium, and even Greece... But, for some reason, I was quite afraid
+of driving a car here in the States.
+
+Maybe it's because the road signs are somewhat different and there are a few
+subtly different rules, such as turning right on red, not parking in front
+of hydrants, etc. Most probably, it's because I've seen way too many movies
+where people get stopped by police and thrown in jail quite easily!
+
+Well, so far everything went very well. I mean, except for parking. Parking
+in downtown is easy if you're willing to pay $10-12 for a few hours.
+It's a big pain in the ass otherwise... The best way I've found so far
+is to park near a minor T station and then get the T to downtown :-(
+
+And, of course, the car has AutomaticTransmission, which I managed to learn
+quickly: the trouble comes when you switch the other way around ;-)
+
+Ok, today I've driven all around Boston just to get used to it. Tomorrow
+I'll probably dare getting on the highway to see around.
-=== Fri, 10th ===
==== Business Visa? ====
Isn't it a good idea? Costs less than renting a car and is almost
as versatile.
+<rasky> http://www.carsharingfirenze.it/ :)
+
Today I walked to their offices to give them my documents
and get the magnetic card. They said they will enable it
first thing tomorrow *if* the "insurance risk declaration"
shop names are simply dumb: '''Pay Less''', '''Save-A-Lot''',
'''Big Deal''', and so on.
+''Sounds very '''meno tasse per tutti''' to me... -- PiroPiro''
+
Second, they try to subtle deceptions such as: "take 2 for $24.xx",
and, next to it: "take 3 for $21.xx", Which of course is
impossible. It's a trap! The little figures placed
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