From: Bernie Innocenti Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:07:19 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Add missing files X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b81c610e7a96d8a26ceb4aaa4ec502d0856343a1;hp=6b62473edff19b06b10572d91fb8e330ff79bdbe Add missing files --- diff --git a/blog/2008/01 b/blog/2008/01 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1451385 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2008/01 @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ +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}} diff --git a/blog/2008/02 b/blog/2008/02 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2158e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2008/02 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +== Bernie's brain backup for February 2008 == + +=== Sun, 25th === + +==== Fosdem OLPC Team ==== + +FosdemOlpcGroupTaggedSmall.jpg + +=== Sat, 9th === + +==== Red Panda ==== + +Today I visited the Cairns tropical zoo. They have this cute red panda: + + http://www.wildlifearchives.com/images/red-panda.jpg + +And I could feed kangaroos and wallabies and even cuddle a koala! I have +a picture to prove it, but it's not digital. + +==== Photos ==== + +Arnd has flickr'd a few photos form our visit to the HealsvilleSanctuary: + + http://www.flickr.com/photos/22355135@N05/sets/72157603863399336/ + +I like this one with the both of us caressing a Wallaby: + + http://www.flickr.com/photos/22355135@N05/2241324490/in/set-72157603863399336/ + +=== Fri, 8th === + +==== So long, and thanks for all the fish! ==== + +Back from diving. I've seen plenty of small fish and medium fish, including the ClownFish (best known as Nemo). +I had little luck with the big ones: I've seen only one shark, around 2.5 mt long, but it was really +shy and ran away too quickly for me to follow. Yes, sharks do not attack man. If you know otherwise, +you must have seen it in a movie. No sea turtles for me, although my travel mates did see many and +even touched them. + +I've also seen two dolphins, but those don't count because I was on board. And, for +some reason, they soon decided that we were uninteresting and swam away. + +But now for the amazing thing: during my night dive, *lots* of big fish came around us. +I'm ashamed to admit I can't remember their name: they were mostly gray, as big as +medium sized dogs, with a bump on their heads, and big lips. They have learned to +follow the torch lights at night. They're absolutely not interested in us, only what our +beams were pointing at. Every once in a while, I'd spot a small fish in the dark, and +the big ones would swim really quickly and smash it! And then spit the little bones! +So cool! + +We played like this for a while. Poor little fish! But those big ones ought to eat somehow, +shouldn't they? + +The reef is one of the seven natural wonders of the world for a reason. A zoological +garden underwater. Highly recommended to divers and snorkelers. + + +=== Thu, 7th === + +==== Crusade on the reef ==== + +I'm boarding on a ship to the GreatBarrierReef. I'll be diving all day (and night!) to +see the wonderful fish and coral. As a secondary objective, I'll be doing an SSI +advanced diving course. + +http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG + +=== Wed, 6th === + +==== Tropical paradise ===== + +I just arrived in CairnsCity, a small town in the northern part of Queensland. +The flight was AU$99 plus taxes (about AU$115): you fly cheap in OZ! + +The climate here is clearly sub-tropical: very warm and wet even at 7AM. +A rain forest surrounds the city. The sea is 28 degrees Celsius, even at night! + +http://www.destination360.com/australia-south-pacific/australia/images/s/australia-cairns.jpg + +=== Mon 4th === + +==== Sydney ==== + +I'm SydneyCity! :-) + +But the weather is crappy :-( + +I took a domestic flight from Melbourne to Sydney for just AU$79 plus the usual taxes. +It rained all day, but the hostel is huge and has a covered swimming pool at the 8th floor. + +Finally, I managed to walk around the city. The parks are as remarkable and well kept as those +in London, but with sub-tropical vegetation. The OperaHouse is as impressive as you would +expect. The bridge is even more impressive. If you liked BridgeConstructionSet, you'd love +this one! + +=== Sun 3rd === + +==== Zoo ==== + +Along with a bunch of other hackers from the LCA, we went to the HealsvilleSanctuary zoological garden. +They had all the "usual" animals: kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, along with the Tasmanian devil +and many others. + +The kangaroos were not protected by a fence, but they were too scared to come close to us +and would just jump away when we got too close. + +One wallaby, instead, liked being caressed on the head. They are peaceful animals, +very much like grown up rabbits, but with a big tail, clever little forehands and... of course, a pouch :-) + +http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Bennetwallaby.jpg \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/blog/2008/03 b/blog/2008/03 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f3aeec1 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2008/03 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +The story continues on [[blog/2008/04|April 2008]]. + +== Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 == + +=== Thu, 20th === + +==== More blogs ==== + +Our friends of OLPC Austria also reported on the event: + + http://christoph-d.blogspot.com/2008/03/olpc-presence-at-acp-eu-meeting-in.html + +I've finally distributed all the remaining laptops, and I'm flying back to Brussels. + + +=== Wed, 19th === + +==== The laptops arrived! ==== + +{{LaptopsHaveArrivedSmall.jpg | Our Deus ex Machina got the laptops released}} + + +=== Tue, 18th === + +==== OLPC demoed to the EU president Danilo Türk ==== + +Today we have been received by the President of Slovenia [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_T%C3%BCrk | Danilo Türk]], +and **President in charge of the European Union**. I was told to show him some of the unique features of the XO. Somehow, +I contained my emotion and managed to do a decent presentation. + +Before leaving us, the President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals. +This means our project is likely to receive support within the European Parliament. + +**Update**: President Türk knows about the shortage of Internet addresses, and +was impressed by our laptop being IPv6-ready. We mentioned that the infrastructure +is currently a show-stopper in most places, but the President said this issue will +have to be addressed if we want the Internet to scale to the point required by our +ambitious project. + +Media coverage: + http://www.up-rs.si/up-rs/uprs.nsf/dokumentiweb/8759FD3D80235E44C1257411003580E0?OpenDocument + +{{TurkMeeting1.jpg | L2R: Giulia, Deva, Türk, WdB, Bernie}} +{{TurkMeeting2.jpg | L2R: Deva, Walter De Brouwer, Türk}} +{{TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting}} + + +=== Mon, 17th === + +==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ==== + +{{AcpHallSmall.jpg | The ACP-EU conference hall}} + +The newly born OLPC Europe team attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]] +conference in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]]. + +Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed here on very short notice to +help with the OLPC booth. We demoed the laptop to 79 delegations of the African countries, +members of the EU parliament and dignitaries of the United Nations +Development Programme. Not surprisingly, the laptop was called +"**the killer event at the ACP-EU meeting**". + +Media coverage: + * Meeting opening cerimony: [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLKK-ZYEsuk]] [[AcpOpening.flv | local copy]] + * [[http://www.nirjdeva.com/ | MEP Nirj Deva]] interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMiVtUOT97E [[DevaInterview.flv | local copy]] (<- **GREAT STUFF!**) + * OLPC press conference: [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=tHYdpsNTQIg]] [[AcpPressConference.flv | local copy]] + * [[http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953]] + * TODO: add everything else + +{{AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting}} + +=== Fri, 7th === + +==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ==== + +{{PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg}} diff --git a/pictures b/pictures new file mode 120000 index 0000000..bde13e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/pictures @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +../../../Pictures \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/sys/footer b/sys/footer new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f20e48b --- /dev/null +++ b/sys/footer @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ + diff --git a/sys/syntax.png b/sys/syntax.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7ffcaa Binary files /dev/null and b/sys/syntax.png differ