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Entries for Saturday, March 17, 2007

March 17, 2007

A gathering of OLPCs

A gathering of OLPCs

Several prototypes from the One Laptop Per Child program were brought along for geeks to play with. While I'm not going to give up my MacBook any time soon, they are beautifully designed for what they're needed to do.

BarCampBoston2 Programming Contest topic board

BarCampBoston2 Programming Contest topic board

To inspire programmers taking part in the 24-hour Programming Contest, a list of topics was drawn up and ten were drawn at random.

(This board was later amended to say "Convince us that you used at least 4...")

And no, I have no idea what "BBQ Calculator" means either.

OLPCs bring joy

OLPCs bring joy

Alan Taylor with a OLPC laptop.

OLPC Draws the Crowds

OLPC Draws the Crowds

SJ Klein of OneLaptopPerChild draws a big crowd during an impromptu demonstration over afternoon break.

Geek Debris

Geek Debris

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BarCampBoston2 - Uploaded with a demo version of FlickrExport 2.

Populating the Schedule

Populating the Schedule

The chalkboard -- or "physical wiki" as I prefer to call it.

Programming Contest suggestion board

Programming Contest suggestion board

BarCampBoston2 - Uploaded with a demo version of FlickrExport 2.

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BarCampBoston2 - Uploaded with a demo version of FlickrExport 2.

BarCampBoston2 Schedule (Saturday morning)

BarCampBoston2 Schedule (Saturday morning)

BarCampBoston2


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This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.