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 == Bernie's brain dump as of September 2009 ==
 
+=== Sep 9th: XO 1.5 unveiling ===
+
+I joind the XO 1.5 unveiling cerimony in DC... and got the opportunity to rip one of
+the prototypes apart.  Wayan of [[http://oplcnews.com | OLPCNews]] was next to me,
+so this enjoyable exercise made the news!
+
+ * [[http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo15/olpc_news_exclusive_xo-15_laptop.html | OLPCNews article ]]
+ * [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/sets/72157594232448993/ | Filckr photo stream]]
+
+{{http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2542/3919811479_fd68350f71.jpg | "I void warranties" | class=thumbright}}
+
+
+=== Sep 7th: Class Acts ===
+
+I'm in DC for a sprint called [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs | Class Acts]]
+([[http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157622056452421/ | Flickr coverage]]).
+
+{{http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/3893514667_26655c8908.jpg|First day meeting}}
+{{http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3895420980_f53a4ebc4c.jpg|Dinner event}}
+
+=== Sep 5th: Goodbye Aids ===
+
+Our housemate [[Adelaida]] (aka Aids for reasons we don't care to know) is
+going back to Hampshire college tomorrow so we organized a great party at
+the [[Acetarium]].
+
+{{pictures/party/Goodbye_Adelaida_2009/00043.jpg|maxwidth=800|The usual bunch of weirdos}}
+
+Photos here: [[pictures/party/Goodbye_Adelaida_2009]]
+
 === Sep 3rd: Calculus ===
 
-{{HarvardHannenbergHall.jpg}}
+{{HarvardHannenbergHall.jpg|maxwidth=640|Hannenberg Hall @ Harvard}}
 
 Ok, today it was precalculus.   I arrived on time, but I still had no paper with me, so I had to
 ask to someone next to me for a bunch of sheets.   Quickly filling up a dozen of pages with
@@ -23,14 +53,14 @@ I have one week left to change my course plan without loosing any money.
 
 === Sep 1st: Back to school ===
 
-{{HarvardYard.jpg}}
+{{HarvardYard.jpg|maxwidth=800|The Harvard Yard}}
 
 Today I attended my first class of **discrete matematics** (E-104).  I was too optimistic in estimating the
-time to bike from the FSF to the Harvard Science Center, and as a result I arrived 5 minutes
+time it takes to bike from the FSF to the Harvard Science Center, and as a result I arrived 5 minutes
 too late.  Next, I entered the wrong classroom, and it took me another 5 minutes to figure out
 that kinetic laws had nothing to do with my course.
 
-When I finally got sited in the correct classroom, I realized I had no paper!  So I started
+When I finally got seated in the correct classroom, I realized I had no paper!  So I started
 taking notes on my laptop, but I was really the only one doing so.  Not much because it's
 not customary for Harvard, but mostly because ASCII is not very well suited for writing math.
 Luckily, the first class was about logic operations, whose notation is very easy to transcribe