Kristian Paul's Blog

I got a nanonote some moths ago, it is a copyleft device, well you can read more about in qi-hardware website. There are many ideas of posible uses with the device there is wikipedia, ogg player, some games and thre is open street maps. The last one is now accesible offline trought the nanonote and also is linked to a gps so you can now where you are. I saw that before? surelly yes but now in a copyleft device. If you want read more check the link bellow

GPS on the nanonote

I have been listening some recordings from Eben Moglen last days, now i remenber the words "Pratical Revolution".

I agree the fact that an Utopia like many we face today from socialism to capitalism, and more are just dreams, that tend to be polluted in its process, like power that get out control from those who said have the capabillity own it. so..

In my interest about learning/reading sort of human history, somethimes we used to forgot the role of technology in this way of looking for freedom, but as Monglen pointed, techonlogy it self, is ireversible, and our society depends on technologies more than hundres years ago.

The right to read, to think, to make reflexion about our enviroment is essencial freedom to humans understand, what we are, and what is around us, unfortunatelly diferents economies rise in diferents situations and now we are here facing this issues.

Technology is the point from wich must (i think), start changing how we acess, share and create So lets see technology not like something we just pay for it and use.

La flisol (Festival latiomerica de instalacion de sofware libre) que se realizo en la ciudad de buga, el sabado 24 pasado fue todo un exito !

La asistencia comparada con el año pasado fue mas del doble, mucha mas gente se acerco por un disco distro libre o para una instalacion o explicacion del proceso de instalacion.

Con la participacion de Alta Impedancia y Orlando Ricon, se dio pie a discusiones variadas sobre el sofware libre, la etica hacker y otros temas

Las tecnologias de fabricacion libre hacen su aparicion de nuevo, RepRap la fabrica libre no puede faltar a estos eventos y seguira asistiendo

Muchas gracias a todos por su asistencia, nos vemos el siguiente año

Fotos cortesia Alta Impedancia

Flisol

Algo de tiempo sin escribir y menos en español, bueno estoy actualizando la galeria principal con nuevas fotos, espero en este año sean otras mas

Hace unos meses antras, en noviembre del año pasado llego el makerbot cupcake una maquina de prototipado de codigo libre que me permitiria inciar la construccion de un reprap, que es una maquina de prototipos o impresora 3D que puede copiar la mayoria de sus partes en plastico. Bueno RepRap va muy bien asi como lo indican las fotos de la galeria, y como van las cosas espero este trabajando a mediados del mes de abril. Luego de esto nuevo protectos iniciaran.

Este año inicio con hardware copyleft, hay una propuesta muy interesante de la gente de QI Hardware, una compañia que esta generando un nuevo ecosistema de hardware que puede ser fabricado sin importar el fabricante original, ya que sus diseños son libres y pueden ser mejorados, mas aun se espera en unos años poder tener chips que han sido fabricados por cualquiera y de los cuales podremos saber como fueron echos ya que hay fuentes, estariamos hablando de un nuevo paso al conocido hardware libre, amenos para ya no depender de intel u otras compañias que fabrican chips :). EL primer producto de Qi es llamado Ben Nanonote, tiene un bajo costo y sus diseños estan echos usando sofware libre, asi que hay buenas cosas por venir.

Por ultimo comentar sobre el Hack Lab que se ha iniciado en mi cudad (Buga), por ahora somos 4 personas que estamos trabajando alrededor de tecnologias libres, arte intercambio de conocimiento y bueno mucho mas por venir. Aun no tenemos un espacio fisico definido para acceso al publico pero se espera tener uno pronto. LLegar a mas personas interesadas en compatir, crear y modificar su entorno

Eso es todo por ahora, espero estar escribiendo mas amenudo (aparte del micronlogging)

New Gallery

RepRap Gallery

Makerbot

RepRap

QI Hardware

Liure Hack Lab

Finally today, when i think that it may be just was lost, after two moths waiting, it is here, is the XMOS XC-1 kit for my project "XMOS at Home" wich i hopefullty will document on my wiki soon, post more pictures and blog entries

XMOS is a company wich make a new multi core chip wich could change how we work right know with embedded devices, this chip is multi thread capable, XC-1 kit by example can speed up to 1600MIPS, wich is fantastic and have 60pins I/O :D, well, there are lots applications areas like robotics, audio, LED signs and Displays, and of course networking. Also in some way XMOS chips can replace FPGA in some areas, cause you can get software modules to implement ethernet cores, usart, i2c, memory controllers and more as you know is posible on FPGA.

My project is about bring XMOS at HOME, how?, well, i want to control lights (hopefully LED based) and mix it with background sounds, and if is posible connect it to the internet. So i just domotics stuff. Now i must start buying some LEDS, and Audio stuff, but i really hope XMOS could sell those addons too, so i can improve and add it to my kit faster.

There is big issue too, is that some software components in XMOS Sofware are not free software, thats too bad cause my laptop is mips based, and due there is no source code i cant compile it and devel from the netbook, so, asking at xmos irc i get this answer "If/when we get XC working fine on LLVM then I expect it will (have to) be open sourced properly and easier to port to other back-ends as well", thats really great :), i hope will be true in a near future (i really need it), but is the same issue with FPGA Softare too, i know patents are there, but if we free the source, the improvements that will get and benefits are really big, like gnu/linux is so far.

Now i have the Makerbot Cupcake 3D printer may be i can make some stuff, at least cases for xmos too btw :)

KC-1 Pics

Wiki

Xmos Website

At saturday 15 i went pick up my makerbot cupcake cnc package, i was waiting for it long time, it was great to know soon, i'll join 3D printer revolution and in near future i'll build a Self Replicant Machine called RepRap

Is not just a toy, is more than that, is a small free/libre factory in my desk, wich will give me autonomy to build stuff, and in a future may be computers chips and more. So far is mostly assembled, i just make some mistakes, one, i cracked the tiny thermistor, so i had ordered a new one but must wait until arrives to start printing, so, in the mean time i'll make some software test, arrange cables, and try to fix an endstop wich i think i damaged by mistake too :P

So, this is my big blog post so far, because i'm so happy and proud of a future wich will involve free software, factories and networks, why?, not just for me and get fun, wich btw is good, but also to support develop in my conutry, allow people access to knowledge and then play with it as i do, and then make a better society posible, in wich every one could be free to learn, live, play and share with others.

Cupcake Pics

Hoy salgo a las Jornadas de Software Libre Nacionales en mi pais, dare una charla sobre reprap y su economia junto con un amigo, espero hacer mas contactos, aprender y discutir un poco, nos vemos en Cucuta :)

JSL 2009

I decided to document some improvements i did to the streambox/alix from the locusonus project

Streambox Hacks

Finally after some weeks of wait, i receive the Lemote Yeeloong netbook from FSF to make test around gNewSense port

to to MIPS archicterure wich is 100% compatible with Free Sofware including the BIOS/Bootloader

So is great computer for people wich value Freedom

I also have to point that the pictures were taken with a canon a470 digital camera wich run also Free software for cameras, wichs really gives the real power to this device

Some pictures

gNewSense to Mips

Lemote

Canon CHDK

Estare el proximo 22 de octubre en la Universidad Cooperativa en Cali hablando de Hardware de Diseño libre y RepRap

Reference: Cronograma del Evento