Archives for January 2009

Energy Monitoring Progress

Published on 30 Jan 2009 at 7:48 pm. No Comments.
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Thanks to @phoebebright for reminding me to post an update. When I did version 1 of the gas meter it was crude to say the least.  I was posting the pulses and handling everything on the server.  Then I had fun with apparent bugs in the Ethernet Shield and lost interest for a week or two.  […]

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OLPC makes the big bold move to open source

Published on 30 Jan 2009 at 10:09 am. No Comments.
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Wonderful news that OLPC’s XO-2 is going to be open source hardware (crunchgear). This is a brilliant example of s*** happening, facing reality and adjusting course.
I’m not a critic of the project but it’s been a victim of success and the goalposts have completely moved.  This change of course engages the maximum breadth of resources on […]

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