X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Blog%2F2008%2FOctober;h=42238dcc30bc0b38872ac1484387cc155cd0ad6c;hp=bb977ce1a457a03a3077e8c279927dd71317cdb6;hb=05b87dd805ba33aa17bbe8e8ca63d79e06a430df;hpb=208dd264845f73e7902878166036f77a7e32e8ea diff --git a/Blog/2008/October b/Blog/2008/October index bb977ce..42238dc 100644 --- a/Blog/2008/October +++ b/Blog/2008/October @@ -1,6 +1,31 @@ +=== Fri, 31st October - Critical Mass === + +{{CriticalMass.jpg | The Boston Critical Mass}} + +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|Stock Photo}} +{{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