Dear Squeakers,
welcome to the The WeeklySqueakSummary, a weekly report on what's going on in the world of Squeak based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
It's been quite a while since the last summary, for various reasons. Several low-traffic weeks didn't make summarising them look sensible, and then there were the holidays... here we are again.
Highlights of the past weeks:
The OLPC project is still being (sometimes heatedly) debated. Nicholas Negroponte, the project's founder, pointedly discusses the project opponents' opinions in a video [1] that also contains some educators' comments.
Another video contains a talk on Exupery by Bryce Kampjes [11]. The slides are readable in the video, but unfortunately, the video itself is incomplete because the tape ran out during recording.
Finally, there is a tutorial on setting up a SqueakSource image to create your own SqueakSource server [9], making available project-oriented version control for everyone without the need for having access to the server at squeaksource.com itself.
The past weeks' news items:
[1] Extra! Gemstone Goes Seaside! http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/extra-gemstone-goes-seaside/
[2] Touring Seaside. Creating a Blog with Magritte http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/touring-seaside-creating-a-blog...
[3] Breaking Barriers http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/breaking-barriers/
[4] CallBacks! http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/callbacks/
[5] Storing ImageSegments Outside the Image http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/storing-imagesegments-outside-t...
[6] What are my Options? http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/what-are-my-options/
[7] OOPSLA there it is! oopsla 2006 http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/oopsla-there-it-is-oopsla-2006/
[8] Gjallar demo at OOPSLA 2006 http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/gjallar-demo-at-oopsla-2006/
[9] Creating SqueakSource http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/23/creating-squeaksource/
[10] Sun Rise or Sun Set? http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/sun-rise-or-sun-set/
[11] Exupery Talk http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/exupery-talk/
[12] Croquet Edit and Create 3d Objects http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/croquet-edit-and-create-3d-obje...
[13] Nicholas Negroponte discusses OLPC http://weeklysqueak.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/nicholas-negroponte-discusses-o...
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Happy squeaking,
Michael
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