X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2009%2F09;h=32d041ae7ff7c5be8c50e08d0bf0c86782f47131;hp=6b24f217f9ed1d4772c1eb20eb1b4abd70297653;hb=HEAD;hpb=e852b2fbcee2a26fb0aaa036e6632241f6a48e4f diff --git a/blog/2009/09 b/blog/2009/09 index 6b24f21..32d041a 100644 --- a/blog/2009/09 +++ b/blog/2009/09 @@ -1,5 +1,55 @@ == Bernie's brain dump as of September 2009 == +=== The Yard === + +I've not been blogging much lately... at least not here! Now I'm supposed to blog +weekly for my [[http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k63125 | Educational Technologies]] class: + + * [[http://cte.dce.harvard.edu/elgg10/pg/blog/bernie | my blog posts]] + * [[http://cte.dce.harvard.edu/elgg10/pg/blog/bernie/friends | my classmates' posts]] + +=== Sep 15th: Yet another geek party === + +I'm really too busy to go to parties... but the parties come to me all the time! ([[pictures/home/acetarium/20090916-star-party/ | see all photos ]]) + +{{pictures/home/acetarium/20090916-star-party/00022.jpeg|maxwidth=480}} +{{pictures/home/acetarium/20090916-star-party/00009.jpeg|maxwidth=480}} +{{pictures/home/acetarium/20090916-star-party/00006.jpeg|maxwidth=480}} +{{pictures/home/acetarium/20090916-star-party/00003.jpeg|maxwidth=480}} + +Let's party arriba! + +=== Sep 9th: XO-1.5 unveiling === + +{{http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2542/3919811479_fd68350f71.jpg | "I void warranties" | class=thumbright}} + +I joined the XO-1.5 unveiling ceremony in DC... and got the opportunity to rip one of +the prototypes apart. [[http://www.olpcnews.com/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=4&username=wayan | Wayan]] +of [[http://oplcnews.com | OLPCNews]] was next to me, so this enjoyable operation made the news! + + * [[http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo15/olpc_news_exclusive_xo-15_laptop.html | OLPCNews article ]] + * [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/sets/72157594232448993/ | Filckr photo stream ]] + * [[http://www.youtube.com/v/9N4PD219fcE&hl=en&fs=1 | XO-1.5 vs XO-1 boot comparison]] (You Tube) +{{http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3919814287_4eef4b64e6.jpg}} + +=== Sep 7th: Class Acts === + +I'm in DC for a sprint called [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs | Class Acts]] +([[http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157622056452421/ | Flickr coverage]]). + +{{http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2619/3893514667_26655c8908.jpg|First day meeting}} +{{http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/3895420980_f53a4ebc4c.jpg|Dinner event}} + +=== Sep 5th: Goodbye Aids === + +Our housemate [[Adelaida]] (aka Aids for reasons we don't care to know) is +going back to Hampshire college tomorrow so we organized a great party at +the [[Acetarium]]. + +{{pictures/home/acetarium/20090905-goodbye-aids/00043.jpg|maxwidth=800|The usual bunch of weirdos}} + +Photos here: [[pictures/home/acetarium/20090905-goodbye-aids]] + === Sep 3rd: Calculus === {{HarvardHannenbergHall.jpg|maxwidth=640|Hannenberg Hall @ Harvard}} @@ -26,7 +76,7 @@ I have one week left to change my course plan without loosing any money. {{HarvardYard.jpg|maxwidth=800|The Harvard Yard}} Today I attended my first class of **discrete matematics** (E-104). I was too optimistic in estimating the -time to bike from the FSF to the Harvard Science Center, and as a result I arrived 5 minutes +time it takes to bike from the FSF to the Harvard Science Center, and as a result I arrived 5 minutes too late. Next, I entered the wrong classroom, and it took me another 5 minutes to figure out that kinetic laws had nothing to do with my course.