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 == June 2007 ==
 
+=== Tue, 26th ===
+
+==== Long time, no C++ ====
+
+The title was inteded to be a joke on "long time, no see", because I've
+not been updating the blog for some time.
+
+But this reminds me that, yes, indeed I've not been doing any C++ for a few
+months now. That's probably irrelevant to most of you... but this is my blog
+and I get to decide what goes in.  Except when *you* edit it.  Damn WikiWikiWeb!
+
+The reason we don't have any C++ in the OLPC is that, in the Linux world,
+C++ never flied that much.  The kernel hackers say it's not well suited
+for kernel programming, and I partially agree.  Of course, C++ can't be
+used for glibc and POSIX system libraries.  Even MicrosoftCompany uses C
+for those.
+
+This leaves us with three more layers to exclude: windowing server,
+desktop and applications.
+
+X11 is written in C for historical reasons.  Since its internals mostly
+deal with interfaces and specialization of interfaces, C++ would have
+been very beneficial.
+
+Gnome also uses C, for no good reason.  KDE is older than Gnome and
+was entirely written in C++, although I clearly remember g++ 2.7.2 being
+quite a painful experience.  The GObject crap in glib and GTK is expecially
+ugly, hard to use and error prone due to lack of good OOP support in the
+language.
+
+And applications?  Well, applications in the OLPC are written in Python
+anyway, like many higher level applications in regular Linux distros.
+
+There's a few exceptions: Mozilla is written in C++ and eToys is written
+in SmallTalk.  I don't know about TamTam.
+
+
+=== Wed, 13th ===
+
+==== Under pressure ====
+
+Miletstone B4 was expected to ship today.  I don't care because my work
+is for due for Trial2.  But many of my colleagues were extremely
+under pressure.
+
+There is one last bug with some laptops not coming out of resume.
+And it's still not fixed at 21:00.  Kernel hackers are scraping
+their heads.
+
+We had pizza together and, seeing so many tired faces, I casually asked:
+"when do we close for summer?".
+
+People look at me puzzled: "What do you mean exactly by ''close''?".
+
+"Err... companies don't close for summer here in the States?".
+
+They look at each other, trying to guess if it's some kind
+of joke: "Why would companies ever ''close''?  They're not schools."
+
+I quickly added: "Oh, I'm asking because, you know, most
+companies in Italy do close a few weeks for summer".
+
+At this point everybody laughed like if companies closing
+was an extremely funny idea.
+
+This is one reason why we have a strong economy here: people
+are extremely committed at work.  Will I ever catch up?  Hope so.
+
+
+=== Tue, 12th ===
+
+==== Eutelia Voip ====
+
+I have a new public phone number: {{055-3984187}}.
+
+It's Eutelia's VOIP service, formerly Skypho.  People told me
+that the quality is good.  All the previous phone numbers remain
+valid.
+
+I've also switched from Ekiga to a SIP client that doesn't
+totally suck:
+
+ http://www.twinklephone.com/
+
+Actually, the user interface is horrible.  But if you close
+your eyes, it works beautifully.
+
+
+=== Mon, 11th ===
+
+==== Sleeping At The Office ====
+
+We have a futon here.  And it's quite comfortable.  Sleeping
+at the office has its pros and cons, hereby listed by Dillinger:
+
+OfficeSleep.jpg
+
+
+==== Bender Down ====
+
+There has been a longstanding outage of our wiki server since yesterday.
+Today, my sister finally fixed the problem by rebooting both the modem
+and the computer.
+
+http://bender.codewiz.org/bender.jpg
+
+I'm planning to move bender here one day, so I can properly maintain
+it, but first I need to consolidate my visa position.
+
+
 === Fri, 8th ===
 
 ==== More laptop news ====
 
-Are here:
+Available here:  http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=News
+
+Some links to videos in the end.  There's not much about me, mostly because I've not done
+much this week besides chasing bugs.
 
-  http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=News
 
 ==== Father and son private business ====