X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Blog%2F2008%2FOctober;h=42238dcc30bc0b38872ac1484387cc155cd0ad6c;hp=ccbc77c7c7d72bbbd70a9451241f840ef93e9ffb;hb=05b87dd805ba33aa17bbe8e8ca63d79e06a430df;hpb=c304e750d20ff166cd946cf319d9fe6fe3fa7668 diff --git a/Blog/2008/October b/Blog/2008/October index ccbc77c..42238dc 100644 --- a/Blog/2008/October +++ b/Blog/2008/October @@ -1,3 +1,40 @@ +=== 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|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 +time, I'm planning to give a talk, finally nail down the SugarLabs server infrastructure +and meet with the OLPC folks to discuss common goals. + +I'll be staying at the [[http://www.acetarium.com/ | Acetarium]], the most exclusive +hacker accomodation in Cambridge. + === Fri, 10th October - ENEA research center === Me and my uber-geeky Italian friends went to visit the ENEA Research Center on the Brasimone