X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2007%2F01;fp=blog%2F2007%2F01;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=14513855e5165e6ab4a1cc9c935636a8b239966e;hb=345c684f1d437c8e770f0c1fefd2c3c4ad0a952f;hpb=7a345edd6fa889907853fb5ea7850503d414ee61 diff --git a/blog/2007/01 b/blog/2007/01 deleted file mode 100644 index 1451385..0000000 --- a/blog/2007/01 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,184 +0,0 @@ -The story continues at FebruaryBlog - -== Bernie's brain backup for January 2008 == - -=== Sun 27th === - -==== Down Under ==== - -Yesterday I had to clear my room, pack my stuff at OneCambridgeCenter, and -say goodbye to many, many good friends and colleges. I don't even know when -I'll be able to see them again. Not exactly a happy day, you may have guessed. - -Today, after 22 hours of flight, I started to have visions. At the baggage reclaim, -I thought I was talking with the kernel god LinusTorvalds. He said that userspace -is easy and that he cannot exactly agree iwith some of the choices made in Python. -We'd really get along if it wasn't just a dream :-) - -Later on, I reached the hotel and got into the elevator with a ginger guy -that looked vaguely familiar. I asked if he was going at LCA. - - -- //Yes.// - - -- //Are you a software developer?// - - -- //Well... not primarily...// - -Blink! - - -- //Oh, you must be JonathanCorbet, the editor of LinuxWeeklyNews!// - - - //Indeed.// - -Today was a really exciting day! I needed something like this to compensate, -at least partially, for leaving Boston. - ----- - -Hi Bernie! Just stepped here looking for the photos of XOs hanging from the ceiling (i wanted to show them to my father) and found you leaving! - -So, have a nice journey, enjoy conf.au and see you soon! - --- PiroPiro - -=== Sat, 19th === - -==== Another trip to NY ==== - -I'm planning to go to NewYorkCity tomorrow with a bunch of friends. -But this time I guess we'll catch a different transportation: -we were booking the FungWah (aka ShittyBus), when ChrisBall came -and looked at us funny. "Are you sure? Those buses have a habit -of catching fire on the highway". - -Apparently, it is really true: - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fung_Wah_Bus_Transportation_Inc.#Safety - -=== Sun, 13th === - -=== Bernie the rockstar ==== - -If you were considering hiring me, or entrusting me to do anything serious, you'd better watch this first: - - * [[BernieIronMaiden.ogg]] - [1.8MB] if you have the free OggTheora codec - * [[BernieIronMaiden.mov]] - [3.6MB] if you're stuck with proprietary QuickTime codecs - * //nothing// - [0MB] if you're stuck with the proprietary MediaPlayer or RealPlayer codecs - - -**Q:** why doesn't my browser play the link right away rather than asking me to download it? \\ -**A:** because my wiki doesn't support mime-magic yet - -**Q:** why don't you just let apache serve media files? \\ -**A:** because a CGI has no way to "handoff" a file to the web server once they've been invoked - -==== Food and Power ==== - -Here's a stupid movie by SamuelKlein, ArjunSarwal and myself: - - * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerHigh.ogg]] - [62MB] OggTheora stream, quality 10 - * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerMed.ogg]] - [26MB] OggTheora stream, quality 7 - * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPowerLow.ogg]] - [16MB] OggTheora stream, quality 5 - -If your computer cannot play the above links, you should really consider installing -a free media player, or just switching to Linux which comes with all the free media -players and codecs out of the box. Meanwhile, here's a workaround: - - * [[FoodAndPower/FoodAndPower.avi]] - [103MB] original AVI stream from our shitty camera - -These also prove the quality of the OggTheora codec. After seeing this, I think -I'd recommend using it for its technical advantages in addition to its legal advantages. - -In producing these movies, I found out that: - - * mencoder has bad support for ogg-theora - * transcode kinda sucks - * ffmpeg seems the best command-line encoder of the three I tried - * The easiest solution if all you need is encoding anything to Theora is ffmpeg2theora. - All you have to do is: - {{{ - ffmpeg2theora FoodAndPower.avi - }}} - - -=== Sat, 12th === - -==== Cow power! ==== - -My good friend ArjunSarwal recently made the [[http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/26/0541205 | Slashdot front page]] -with his story about [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cow_Power| Cow Power]]! - -=== Fri, 11th === - -==== Crank, Crank! ==== - -Today we got this pleasant surprise. - -See the movie: [[OlpcCrank/StephenReillyCranking.mov]]. -The guy cranking is DanielDrake, Gentoo kernel maintainer -and wireless guru. - -{{OlpcCrank/ArjunCrankingSmall.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking}} -{{OlpcCrank/ArjunCranking2Small.jpg | ArjunSarwal cranking}} -{{OlpcCrank/StephenCrankingSmall.jpg | StephenReilly cranking}} -{{OlpcCrank/StephenCranking2Small.jpg | StephenReilly cranking}} - -Larger versions of these pics are available at OlpcCrank. - -=== Sat 5th === - -==== The little computer that just won't die! ==== - -OneLaptopPerChild is not enough. There should definitely be -{{OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChild | OneAmigaPerChild}}! - -{{OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChildSmaller.jpg}} - -Look [[OneAmigaPerChild/OneAmigaPerChild | here]] for additional details. -A big thankyou to MicheleConsoleBattilana for providing a free copy of -AmigaForever, a fine tribute to the coolest platform ever! - -=== Thu 3rd === - -==== The XaoS strikes back! ==== - -I enjoyed bundling this OldSkool activity for the XO: - -http://wiki.laptop.org/images/8/8c/XaoS-screenshot4.png - -See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XaoS - -It certainly needs some more sugarization work for which I have no time. - - -=== Wed 2st === - -==== Haiku Laptop ==== - -Today we shipped our machine affected by dlo#5575 (touchpad mostly unfunctional) -to Japan for further inspection by ALPS. Just before closing up the plastic case, -I've left inside a little fortune cookie for them: - -{{HaikuXoSmall.jpg}} - -If you're wondering what it means, it's a piece of japanese poetry called a HaikuPoem. -Google for it. - -=== Tue 1st === - -==== Trip to Walden Pond ==== - -This really happened on Monday 31st Dec, but who'd go read last year's blog entry now? - -So, Adam, Arjun and myself went to this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_Pond|Walden Pond]] -place, where the famous American poet [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau|Thoreau]] -lived in complete isolation for 2 years in a cabin made of wood. - -{{WaldenPond1Small.jpg|Arjun (left) and Me (guess who?)}} - -On this very nice lake, I stupdily tried to run on the ice and fell badly, hitting my jaw -and cheek on the hard ice. Little cut, big bump... no permanent consequences. Maybe I -should consider a health insurance? - -{{WaldenPond2Small.jpg|Me (the really crazy one) and Adam (the really worried one)}} -{{ThoreauCabinSmall.jpg|The three of us in the site of Thoreau's cabin}}