X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Blog%2F2008%2FOctober;h=65316253c4c94a638032770330cab996f54c1c10;hp=42238dcc30bc0b38872ac1484387cc155cd0ad6c;hb=70a60cf55211d17e0f202a146e1690e75536d414;hpb=05b87dd805ba33aa17bbe8e8ca63d79e06a430df diff --git a/Blog/2008/October b/Blog/2008/October index 42238dc..6531625 100644 --- a/Blog/2008/October +++ b/Blog/2008/October @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ === Fri, 31st October - Critical Mass === -{{CriticalMass.jpg | The Boston Critical Mass}} +{{CriticalMass.jpg | The Boston Critical Mass (stock photo)}} A few friends from 1CC invited me to this subversive event called the [[http://bostoncriticalmass.org/|Critical Mass]]. I used the complimentary Acetarium bicycle. @@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ idea of walking to the middle of the road. It was a lot of fun :-) +=== Tue, 28th October - Daneel and Giskard == + +{{Daneel.jpg|Daneel, my faithful Apple iBook}} + +My old PowerPC iBook served me well for over 5 years, accompanied me around the +world twice or so, carrying three Linux distros on the same hard drive. Not to +mention all the stickers, which conferred it great hacker value. One month ago, +the integrated ATI GPU broke beyond any possibility of repair. + +Such a great loss had to be compensated with something at least half as cool. +I chose a lightweight Lenovo Thinkpad X200s, with a LED backlit 12" display, a +low-voltage U9300 processor and **no** stupid CD reader or writer. + +Today my package was delivered home and I installed Ubuntu 8.10 Interpid, just +one day before the official release. + +{{http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2932872936_c7a3b17a95.jpg | Giskard, my new Lenovo Thinkpad X200s}} === Mon, 27th October - Embedded Systems Conference Boston ===