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Le Carrefour de l'Arbre is a cobbled farm track which indirectly links the two villages of Camphin-en-Pevele and Gruson, near Lille in northern France. I imagine on most days it would be deserted, alone and unseen from no more than a few metres across the flat agricultural landscape, especially when the crop is high.
You'd see tractors or other farm vehicles bouncing over the uneven pavé, maybe you'd see the odd walker strolling, there may even be a cyclist going who-knows-where, clattering noisily over the widely spaced and uneven stones. All in all though, I guess it's a quiet place, foreboding under the heavy skies of winter, joyous when the skylarks sing above. This is one of many such quiet tracks in this part of northern Europe, though this and some others are lovingly maintained by a dedicated group who are committed to their upkeep. Why? Because this is hallowed ground. For these are the cobbles of one of the World's most famous and arduous bicycle races: Paris-Roubaix. The Queen of the Classics. The Hell of the North.
Walk along the Carrefour de l'Arbre on the early morning of the second Sunday in April and you'll see the fabric advertising barriers fluttering in the spring wind on the right-angled bend half way along, and outside the Restaurant de l'Arbre there will be sponsor's flags and perhaps an intimidating looking doorman. Already small groups of people will be setting themselves up for the day ahead. Deck chairs erected at prime viewing points, the odd barbecue if the weather is favourable, packed lunches, flasks of coffee and bottles of beer. Some will be wearing cycling jerseys or cloth cycling caps - casquettes - their peaks turned up, emblazoned in the colours of their favoured rider or team. But it will be quiet still. Stand a moment and you will feel the atmosphere whipping across the cobbles like the breeze which bends the short green shoots of winter wheat that surround you. There is soul here. There is history to be revered. This place brings flutters of excitement for hours, the depth of anticipation building to a crescendo before, at last the race passes.
The race approaches and the crowd builds. People mill around, some watch the big screen, others scan the horizon for the TV helicopters which buzz above the distant trees and fields, a tell tale sign that the race is approaching. Gendarmes stand in ones and twos, chatting amongst themselves. The promotional caravan has passed, leaving behind coloured plastic trinkets, thrown from contrived vehicles by bored but attractive young women. The only traffic on the pavé consists of the advance party: photographers motorbikes, the odd team car stops on the main road, preparing bottles and spare wheels for their riders. Kids gather round hoping to cadge a souvenir, while their parents look on. Now Gendarmes speed along the cobbles, standing on the foot pegs of their off road motorcycles, blowing hard into whistles, warning of their coming. The atmosphere is tense. We know what is happening; the screen is showing the race as it unfolds. As the riders get closer it seems strange seeing via the TV cameras just what is kicking up the plumes of dust we see across the fields. Soon they will be here.
First run in 1896, Paris-Roubaix is one of the five Monuments of road racing, one day races which have entered into legend and captured the hearts and imaginations of fans. Roubaix is an unremarkable small town just outside the city of Lille in the industrial north of France, the French part of Flanders. The race was born after two Roubaix businessmen decided a road race from Paris would be the ideal way to publicise the Velodrome that they had constructed in their home town. They initially proposed holding the race on Easter Sunday, but relented under pressure from the church, and the first race happened two weeks later. In the modern, globalised world of cycling it has found its place on the second Sunday of every April, the last race in a series of cobbled events in Flanders and the only Monument in France. Many of the top riders of history have tackled and failed to conquer these races. The careers of those that win are defined, reputations and fortunes made.
The race's history is littered with legend and stories of derring-do, but also of luck and tactical nous. Last year was a victory for tactics: everyone feared Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara following his strong showing in the preceding weeks, so no-one was willing to help him bring back the breakaway. It was left to Johan Vansummeren to ride into the velodrome alone and lift the mounted cobblestone trophy. The year before, in one of those legendary rides, Cancellara had shown his strength, attacking with 40kms left to race. He rode on alone for a victory so remarkable it sparked accusations that he had an engine fitted somewhere on his bike; he would have been one of the favourites for the this year's race had it not been for a quadruple fracture of his collar bone sustained during last week's Tour of Flanders, a race won by the man the pundits predicted as his main rival: Belgian Tom Boonen.
Belgians have dominated the race throughout its history, winning 54 editions of Paris-Roubaix, and Boonen started this year's race hoping to join his compatriot Roger de Vlaeminck as the only men to have won the race four times. De Vlaeminck's wins came in the 1970s, during a period of 10 successive Belgian wins, including those by the great Eddy Merckx. Despite all that Belgian dominance, only two men have won three consecutive races; Frenchman Octave Lapize in 1909, 10 and 11, and Francesco Moser of Italy from 1978 on.
There's a prickle of anticipation, of another Belgian win. Boonen, seeking to cement his place in cycling legend, is off the front having attacked with 50 kilometres to go and, as he enters the start of the Carréfour, some 2 kms away, he has about 55 seconds of a gap over his pursuers. If he pulls this off it will remarkable.
Nowadays the race winds through the countryside, seeking the stretches of cobbles that give it its character. It wasn't always like that; initially it was run on main roads, though those of the day were either muddy tracks or cobbled. It was after the First War it assumed one of its alternative names, The Hell of the North. In 1919 a group of race organisers and journalists set off to check what was left of the route. What they found was a scene of such utter destruction and horror, with the legacy of human death and deprivation, the stink of broken drains and rotting animals thickening with every kilometer they travelled north. The epithet l'enfer du Nord was given to what was witnessed that day, but soon became synonymous with the race itself, where the riders finish the day covered in mud and grime, with broken bodies and machinery: perhaps the race is the nearest thing you can get to war in sport.
After World War 2, as France began rebuilding herself, these stretches of cobbles were replaced by asphalt and the race was in danger of losing the very thing which made it special, as the number of kilometers on tarmac increased. At one stage local towns wanted nothing to do with it, thinking that its passing would only highlight their old and rutted streets, so if the race was due to pass through, they would Tarmac over the hallowed cobbles. Now it is the very opposite. Town Mayors regularly contact the race and the keepers of the cobbles, a charity called Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix, telling them of new found cobbled roads. The stretches of pavé are cherished by the race and les amis, who not only find new stretches but maintain the ones the race already uses. Only this year, one of the hardest, roughest pieces of road, where the race can very definitely be lost, if not won, was under threat. It was feared that the Trouée d'Arenberg had become so covered in moss to be unsafe for the riders to pass, especially if wet. Step in Les Amis, who scoured and cleaned the road, ensuring its 2.4 kilometres remained among the 51.5 of cobbles in the 257km race.
More frequent now the traffic passes, headlights shine brightly through the dusty murk, the odd drop of rain begins to fall; horns blare, a woman puts her hands over her ears. I've moved and can no longer see the screen, I don't need to. Above the cloud of brown dust two helicopters swoop, noisily dipping and diving, their noses point to the ground as they race to find the next vantage point for the viewer sat in his living room, gripped by the drama. The side of the road is crowded now, two or three deep, all of us peering down the road, trying to see through the wall of humanity and between oncoming vehicles, cameras primed.
Then he's there. His face crusted with dust, his mouth open, gasping, eyes show concentration and fatigue. The crowd lean into his space, shouting their support, he can't fail to hear, to be spurred on by them. He slows, leans his bike round the corner, then is gone towards his glorious fate.
Other riders approach, the line of spectators at the roadside ripples like a Mexican wave as they lean back, avoiding the riders who pass so close you have to try not to touch them. No other sport allows such proximity to its heroes. This happens over and over, the cheers and support imperceptibly diminishing as the lower order rides by, their commitment no less than Boonen himself, their position not reflecting the work they have put in. Ramon Sinkeldam and Reto Hollenstein ride past us. Dusty and tired, they glance up at the giant screen to see Boonen, hugging his Directeur Sportif, victorious, in the Roubaix velodrome 15 kilometers down the road. They ignore the winner and ride on, like the fans ignoring them, drifting away to their cars. Both finish together, outside the time limit, their day's ride will count for nothing. No one will remember their efforts. Only 86 riders – less than half – will make it to the velodrome in time to feature on the official result.
Paris-Roubaix is an anachronism, a contradiction; modern bicycles worth thousands ridden by modern athletes, thunder across roads from another age, accompanied by literally hundreds of cars and motorbikes full of people, who broadcast the day's events across the World as it happens. That this race has remained, survived, through globalisation, modernisation and in spite of sense is glorious. It remains a challenge that thousands come to witness and far fewer battle through, giving their all, like Hollenstein and Sinkeldam, to play an often tiny part in the history of a truly great event. If this race is the Queen of the Classics, long live the Queen.


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Travis' performance at the Wiltern Friday night was among the band's most captivating local shows to date, thanks to some literary touches and moments of brutal honesty.
Before the Glasgow group played "Re-Offender," frontman Fran Healy explained that the inspiration came from witnessing domestic violence as a child. Then the singer recited "This Be the Verse," a profane yet popular 1971 lyric poem by late English bard Phillip Larkin. The subject matter, about shoddy parenting, was completely relevant.
Paving the way for Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Keane, Elbow and other U.K. outfits who often wear their hearts on sleeves, Travis reached a commercial peak back home with its second effort, 1999's multimillion-selling and award-winning album The Man Who. That successful run continued abroad for several follow-ups and a dozen Top 20 singles. Stateside, the quartet achieved more modest sales and radio airplay (locally on KCRW and KROQ) yet has amassed a large cult following.
Now Travis is back after a five-year hiatus, during which the guys spent time raising families and Healy presented his first solo album and tour. New release Where You Stand was partially recorded at Berlin's famed Hansa Studios (host for quintessential albums from Bowie and U2, among others) as well as on an island off the coast of Norway. Various members took a more active role in the creative process, resulting in their most intriguing and consistently satisfying album since 2001's The Invisible Band.
A poetry recording served as an introduction in Los Angeles, then Travis launched its 95-minute set with an exhilarating "Mother," the first of five new impressive tracks aired, with an appropriate key lyric: "Why did we wait so long?"
Healy and bassist/backing vocalist Dougie Payne were all smiles throughout the performance. The sincere lead singer vigorously strummed an acoustic guitar and frequently interrupted his keening vocals with exhortations to get fans in the well-attended venue more riled up.
"It's good to be back in this room," Healy noted about the Wiltern, where Travis had played several previous gigs. An enchanting "Driftwood" prompted a few enthusiasts to raise their hands like a religious event; the breezy "Reminder" (a list of rules aimed at Healy's young son) found three of the musicians whistling in unison. Listening to the dreamy "Closer" was akin to being wrapped in a warm blanket.
Andy Dunlop and Healy really got to rock out on electric guitars during the conclusion of "Writing to Reach You" and an energetic "Side," both to rousing responses. Later, they pulled out the stops again for "Turn" (by jumping around) and "Blue Flashing Light," another household abuse tale, complete with harrowing feedback. At the latter's finish, Healy referred to Breaking Bad: "That was a real Walter White moment."
Come encore time, Travis came to the front of the stage and gathered around one microphone for a rendition of the folky "Flowers in the Window" featuring only acoustic guitar and keyboard. The slow churn to abrasion that is "All I Want to Do Is Rock" was dedicated to aspiring bands; Dunlop even went into the audience, flashlight strapped atop his head, and played guitar raised above it.
Finally, Healy stressed the importance of live music and they launched into signature song "Why Does It Always Rain on Me," accompanied by vigorous singing and pogoing along by devotees in every tier of the venue. All in all, a most welcome return.
Luke Rathborne and his self-named Brooklyn-based band served as warm-up, showcasing their album Soft, produced by Emery Dobyns (who also has handled efforts for Travis) and Albert Hammond Jr. of the Strokes (Rathborne opened for that group in 2011).
The winsome half-hour set here was characterized by taut, economical power-pop and alt-rock songs that at times recalled Ben Kweller and Brendan Benson. A strident "I'm So Tired" and "Wanna Be You" were standouts. The title track from their latest disc found the lanky singer showing off his falsetto, "So Long NYC" was adrenaline-fueled, and Rain Phoenix added some inspired vocals to the peppy "Last Forgiven."
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From Giada to Mario to Morimoto, there was no shortage of big food names at the Food & Wine Classic. But no one was more popular than regional Mexican expert Rick Bayless. When I attended his seminar one afternoon, I sat shoulder to shoulder with literally hundreds of attendees crowded under the cooking tent just to see the Top Chef Master in action. The affable TV host captivated the crowd by preparing ayocotes, or runner beans, in coloradito, a Oaxacan chocolate sauce. He explained that the Mexican region of Oaxaca is known as the "land of the seven molés" for its many indigenous sauces made by blending chiles with nuts or seeds. As he worked on the dish, Bayless also offered a primer on dried chiles. Learn how to better utilize them when you read on.
- "Get over your fear of dried chiles," Rick urged the crowd. When buying dehydrated chiles, the Chicago chef suggested paying attention to details. Because chiles are a fruit, they should smell like dried fruit, still bear their stems, and be flexible rather than brittle in texture.
- Ancho and guajillo chiles are a good starting point. Rick explained the difference between ancho chiles (which have a heart shape, wrinkled skin, spicy prune-like scent, and a sweet flavor) and guajillo chiles (which have a smooth, tough skin, very little flesh, and a tangy flavor). Because the two are so contrasting, they pair ideally with one another.
- To rehydrate dried chiles, cover them with hot water and allow them to soak for 20 to 30 minutes. Don't be surprised when they lighten in appearance and begin to give off a smoky aroma.
- Because molé dishes possess a lot of dried fruit characteristics, enjoy them with wines that will draw out these flavors. For instance, an herbal and dry Muscatel goes well with bright, lemony green molés.
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Hitting woes at forefront, Marlins can't back LeBlanc
MIAMI -- Starting pitching continues to be a strength, which makes the Marlins' struggles so frustrating.
For Miami, it was more of the same on Tuesday night.View Full Game Coverage
MIAMI -- Starting pitching continues to be a strength, which makes the Marlins' struggles so frustrating.
For Miami, it was more of the same on Tuesday night.View Full Game Coverage
Wade LeBlanc gave up two runs in six innings, but the Braves were able to prevail, 3-2, in front of 14,222 at Marlins Park.
The big mistake LeBlanc made proved to be the difference. Evan Gattis connected for a two-out, two-run homer in the first inning, and it held up thanks to Braves starter Kris Medlen.
Medlen yielded just one unearned run on three hits in seven innings.
At 1-7, the Marlins are off to the second-worst start in franchise history, topped only by the 1-11 start by the 1998 club.
The losing is beginning to wear on this youthful team that is searching for positives to build upon.
"The longer this thing goes like this, guys are getting frustrated," first-year manager Mike Redmond said. "They're getting tired of getting out. They're getting tired of losing ballgames. They've just got to keep at it. We're going to hit. Don't panic. We just need that one big hit from one of these guys, any of them, and get this thing turned around, and get that good feeling back."
Justin Upton, 0-for-3 off LeBlanc, delivered an RBI double off A.J. Ramos in the eighth.
In the first two games of the series, the Braves have scored five runs total. Yet they have clinched the three-game series while sending Miami to its fourth straight loss.
Offensively, the Marlins have not been able to generate much of anything. They have two runs in the series.
On the plus side, the starting pitching has performed. Miami's pitchers entered Tuesday with a 2.50 ERA, which is third in the National League and fourth in the Majors. After LeBlanc's outing, the starters' ERA raised a hair to 2.56, and they now have a 1-5 record.
"That's basically the goal of the starting pitcher, giving your team a chance to win," said LeBlanc, who has a 1.98 career ERA in six April starts. "Unfortunately, you run into a guy like Medlen. You've got to keep the game closer than that, especially the first inning."
Looking to shake things up, Redmond changed his lineup a bit. Placido Polanco moved from hitting second to cleanup, getting the nod behind Giancarlo Stanton. Polanco hit an RBI single in the eighth to bring the Marlins within one.
The 37-year-old Polanco is a prototypical second hitter, but because of his professional approach and ability to hit in any situation, Redmond has turned to him to offer protection in case teams pitch around Stanton.
The Braves did just that in the eighth inning, intentionally walking Stanton. Not looking to do too much, Polanco took an opposite-field approach and swatted the run-scoring single to right.
"He's a guy who can hit the ball out of the ballpark and tie the game," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Polanco could do it. But the chances are that he might hit a single or a double. I didn't like [walking Stanton]. But you've got to pick your poison a little bit. Knowing that (Greg) Dobbs was behind Polanco with (Eric) O'Flaherty on the mound, that gave you a little comfort he would get the lefty."
Miami had a chance in the ninth inning off closer Craig Kimbrel, who walked Donovan Solano to open the inning. But Rob Brantly's sacrifice bunt attempt was popped to third base, and Atlanta doubled up Solano at first base for a double play.
"When you're not winning, you get frustrated," Polanco said. "We're all here, obviously, for the same purpose, which is winning games. We're not doing it right now.
"We've got to put a couple of hits together and start scoring runs. I mean, we're close. We're not getting blown out. It's by one or two runs. That means pitching and defense has been there. It's a matter of getting the key hits."
Having Polanco hitting fourth enabled Redmond to set up alternating right-handed and left-handed hitters from the middle to the bottom of the order.
In the second inning, the Marlins snapped a streak of 15 scoreless innings. They pushed across an unearned run on Brantly's sacrifice fly. Miami capitalized on a mistake when Atlanta's B.J. Upton dropped Dobbs' fly ball to center. Dobbs ended up on second, and an infield single by Solano put runners on the corners with no outs.
Brantly brought Dobbs home with his fly ball to center.
"The Marlins are a quality team," Medlen said. "They have some guys that own me. Polanco owns me. Any time I can get him out, it's a success for me. You see the uniform over there and you know you just have to mix some pitches and execute some pitches. That's kind of what happens. You take it a start at a time. I could get absolutely shelled the next time we play them."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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American Mo Martin won the Ricoh Women's British Open in stunning fashion on Sunday, firing an eagle on the 72nd hole to finish a shot ahead of Norway's Suzann Pettersen and China's Shanshan Feng.
Martin's approach to the 18th ran into the flag and finished six feet from the hole to set up a closing round of 72 in windy conditions at Royal Birkdale.
"The second shot is one I'm going to remember. I actually heard it hit the flag and said 'Oh my God'" said Martin, who had recorded just one top-10 finish in 63 previous LPGA starts.
"This was a full three wood. I was off a little bit of a left-to-right lie, which let it feed. At this point, I'm saying 'sit.' And then I said 'go.' And then I said 'I don't know what else to say.'"
Martin had to wait for an hour to see if any of the later starters could match her total of one under par, but Feng and Pettersen both shot 75, although Pettersen did finish with birdies on the 17th and 18th.
"Is this real life?" Martin added when told that she had won. "It was a tough day of golf today. It was very windy and this course is very challenging. So I stayed patient and I fortunately played some really good golf today.
"From the first time I saw Royal Birkdale, I fell in love with it. I think the layout is absolutely phenomenal."
Overnight leader Inbee Park finished fourth after a closing 77 while English teenager Charley Hull was joint 12th after a disappointing 78. A closing 73 meant Dame Laura Davies, 50, was the best-placed home player in a share of ninth.
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There is a youth movement going on in Arlington; that's no big secret. But this is getting ridiculous.
On Sunday afternoon, the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington was teeming with enthusiasm. Texas beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 to overtake the lead in the wild card by half a game. But some of the loudest cheers that erupted on that balmy afternoon had nothing to do with what was happening on the field.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Josh Hamilton fouled off Junichi Tazawa's offering down the left field line. C.J., a young fan from Cedar Hill made a backhand grab over the row of seats directly behind him, resembling a big league second baseman going back on a fly to shallow right-center. It was a great catch.
But the kid wasn't done.
Three pitches later, Hamilton smoked a fastball from Tazawa down the line again, only to be snagged by C.J again.
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington exploded as fans around the park noticed what had happened. Players, no doubt, were befuddled by the chorus of cheers as it spread throughout the park.
C.J. made ESPN's SportsCenter, likely making him the most famous grade-school fan since Jeffery Maier. Only C.J. didn't irreparably change the outlook of a postseason series.
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SAN FRANCISCO — California is known for its cool vibe, healthy cuisine, great wines and above all, laid back approach to life. To Californians, it's all about the attitude, which to them means living life to the fullest. The holidays are a time of stress for many harried hosts and hostesses but with a few hassle-free tips, you can breeze through a holiday dinner, California-style!
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- With so many different dishes on the table, don't worry too much about wine pairing. Trust your own taste buds! Have a red and a white wine: try California Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc for white, Cabernet Sauvignon or Zinfandel for red.
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- Keep table arrangements fresh & simple too: try small pots of kale, cabbage or fresh herbs, pretty bowls of clementines, or harvest bouquets.
- Californians love the outdoors and being active—if weather permits, take a leisurely walk between dinner and dessert. Even modest exercise is a great stress reliever!
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EL PASO — Starbucks Coffee Company violated federal law by denying a reasonable accommodation to a barista with dwarfism at its El Paso café and then firing her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Elsa Sallard has a physical impairment, dwarfism. She was hired by Starbucks to work in a customer service position July 2009, but was only allowed to train for 3 days before she was fired. The job description for the barista position stated that no prior experience was required. Soon after being hired by Starbucks, Sallard asked to use a stool or small stepladder to perform the essential functions of preparing orders and serving customers at the counter. Starbucks disregarded Sallard's request and refused to consider her use of a stool or stepladder, the EEOC said. On the same day that Sallard requested the accommodation, Starbucks terminated her employment, claiming that she could pose a danger to customers and employees.
Such alleged conduct violates Title I of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in hiring, firing, job application procedures, advancement, compensation, job training and other terms and conditions of employment. The ADA requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to employees' and applicants' disabilities as long as this does not pose an undue hardship. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
"Starbucks has become a virtual icon of modern American culture, appealing to an incredibly diverse customer base," said Robert A. Canino, regional attorney for the Dallas District Office of the EEOC. "We'd hope that when considering hiring a person with a disability, Starbucks would choose to enhance its brand with the mark of equal opportunity and access."
The EEOC seeks injunctive relief, including the formulation of policies to prevent and correct disability discrimination. The suit also seeks lost wages and compensatory damages for Sallard and punitive damages against Starbucks Coffee Company. The EEOC filed suit (Case No. 3:11-CV00195-FM) in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas after first attempting to reach a voluntary pre-litigation settlement.
"Employers cannot blithely ignore a request for a reasonable accommodation by a qualified individual with a disability," said Joel Clark, trial attorney for the EEOC. "Starbucks flatly refused to discuss Ms. Sallard's reasonable request. Instead, they assumed the worst and fired her. The ADA was enacted to prevent that kind of misguided, fear-driven reaction."
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I'm using a FreeRunner, with Qt-Extended on the flash but mainly using Debian on the microSD. Currently I'm experimenting with SHR as well.
I'm in Boston.
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Blogging and Writing
I'm blogging a bit about my experiences and hacking on the FreeRunner at http://journal.wjsullivan.net. Posts tagged with "freerunner" are syndicated to http://planet.openmoko.org.
I started a microblogging group for FreeRunner users at identi.ca.
This is a personal page, but related articles I've written for the FSF include:
- Is the Google phone free as in FreeRunner? (FSF Bulletin, Fall 2008, will be available online soon)
- 5 reasons to avoid iPhone 3g
- Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix
- Altec Lansing 2.5mm headphones (which have a mic too, though I don't know if it works)
- 8GB microSD card
- GSM firmware version moko11-beta1
I'm using Qi. This was installed from here with:
dfu-util -a u-boot -R -D qi-s3c2442-master_a2d11c4dd18c9517.udfu
The kernel then needs to be renamed/linked to /boot/boot/uImage-GTA02.bin.
We also need a /boot/boot/append-GTA02 file containing:
root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 console=tty0 loglevel=8 rootdelay=1
I'm experimenting with the andy-tracking kernel, testing d1a9cf85c8608601 (2.6.29) and f2d78193eae5dccd (2.6.28).
I'm currently using it with T-Mobile. I'm using e17 and Illume for the window manager environment.
- gmpc/mpc/mpd/mpdscribble as a scrobbling music player
- I have gotten a Nokia BH-208 bluetooth headset to pair, and to make the beep that it should make when calls start and stop, but there is no sound other than hissing.
- I'm working on getting A2DP going with another headset, but haven't had success yet.
- I tried gpodder as a podcasting application, and it works okay but for some reason it doesn't like the URL for the main podcast I want to listen to, which is Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. Do I really want a dedicated podcast app anyway?
Currently experimenting with http://www.pimlico-project.org/dates.html. I built it from svn on 2009.02.04 and it seems to be working very nicely. It does not seem to have an alarm for appointments, though, and there are some font issues with the yearly calendar view that are causing the numbers to overlap.
I built http://www.pimlico-project.org/contacts.html from svn on 2009.02.04. I successfully imported all 177 of my contacts. From my Nokia phone, I sent them all over bluetooth to the FreeRunner (with obexpushd), and then cat'd them all into a single vcf file. I pointed Contacts toward this, and it imported them. Took a few minutes to do the import, but it worked. However, upon opening Contacts recently, all my contacts were gone. I have no idea how this happened, but I'm certainly not trusting it without constant backups for the forseeable future.
- Tethered via bluetooth to my Nokia E61, which gets it a T-mobile EDGE connection.
- wifi-radar for connecting to wifi networks
I was having trouble with wifi recently -- I could get an address, and do dns lookups, but couldn't reliably ping any host including the gateway. If I left ping running long enough, it would eventually get a few successful ones, but overall it was unusable. I tried a few things including setting the rate with iwconfig and making sure power management was off, but that didn't help. I installed Wmiconfig and did:
wmiconfig -i eth0 --power maxperf
Now things seem to be working again. But that massively increases power consumption, so I'm still trying to debug the root of the problem. It seems to have something to do with channels and interference, since I can connect to the AP at work, where there are fewer other APs around to crowd the airwaves.
To disable wifi:
wmiconfig -i eth0 --wlan disable
As of M5, in FSO you have to activate the WiFi resource in order to use it. For example (on one line):
mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy WiFi enabled
This will activate it for multiple clients -- you could also request it instead of setting a different policy, and since the default policy is auto, it will go back off again when you release it.
I'm using bluez 4.32 compiled from source, and bluetooth-gnome 1.8 also compiled from source. I use obexpushd for receiving bluetooth files.
I'm using xserver-xglamo.
The illume theme was using the default ugly X crosshairs mouse cursor. I installed the crystalcursors package and made sure via update-alternatives that it was in use, but it didn't work in e17 until I went into Settings => Look => Mouse Cursor. I selected "Use X cursor", "Show cursor", and changed the cursor size to 16px (under Advanced). Now it's a more pleasant arrow.
The default font size in illume was far, far too small. To increase it, go to Settings => Look => Scaling => Advanced. Set custom scaling on, and then increase the personal scaling factor. Mine is currently set at 2.3. You'll need to restart in order for things to fully settle.
By default, the AUX button is not configured to lock the screen. I changed this by going to Settings => Input => Keybindings. Highlight the first entry, click Modify Key, then press the AUX key. Set it to execute "Desktop Simple Lock".
Claws (apt-get install claws-mail) is working well for e-mail. It has a small screen setting that is very usable.
Sending mail didn't work at first. Turns out you have to create a queue folder in order for that to work -- go to File => Add Mailbox and make a local mailbox called Queue. Then under Configuration => Edit Current Account => Advanced under Folder, check the "Put queued messages in" and then select that folder.
- Xboard seems to work for chess.
- I tried Gnubik, but the software OpenGL is just too slow.
- Enigma was not playable
- Nethack works in the terminal :)
- linball is a little pinball game, start with ./linball -f
- Mokomaze is awesome! Work through various mazes, using the accelerometer for control. Installable in Debian with "apt-get install mokomaze".
- Acceleroids also uses the accelerometer, but so far seems very difficult to control. Maybe I'll get the hang of it. Note that you start it with sdlroids-launcher.sh.
- I use a PaperMate PhD Multi pen, which has a pen, pencil, and stylus. It also happens to be the same kind of pen I've used for years anyway -- I just switched the multi version when I got the FreeRunner.
- This Cowon stylus looks interesting, and the idea of having something attached to the device is appealing.
- The illume keyboard is quite usable, especially rotated horizontally. To get it to use the full available space after rotating the screen, go to settings, turn the keyboard off and back on again. Or, just check the "Restore after login" box in the screen rotation settings. Then you don't have to toggle the keyboard.
- I change the the "small" dictionary (by clicking the upper left corner of the keyboard) -- I find the full dictionary to be too slow.
- I'm now using this layout. It can be extracted on Debian with ar x, and then tar on the data.tar.gz file. See the screenshot from Shashank Bharadwaj who designed it. I've also made it available in my git repo.
- cellwriter won't work easily with illume, because it shows up as a separate window rather than what the illume keyboard does.
I'm testing one of these credit-card sized bluetooth keyboards. It pairs and types and the form factor is excellent.
- The FrogPad works well, but if frameworkd is in charge of the screen blanking, the screen will go blank while you're typing. I solved this by commenting out the "Idleness Brightness Handling" section of /etc/freesmartphone/oevents/rules.yaml file. Now screen blanking is just handled by X, and so it stays on while I'm typing.
I'm working on getting acceptable audio quality. I can get audio through my wired headset by manually loading the state file after the call connects, but it's far too soft by default and the microphone on the headset does not work.
Echo issue
I am currently not experiencing any complaints about echo.
Things to try if the problem appears:
For sound out of the handset, the Improving_user_experience page says to set control.4 Speaker Playback Volume to 95.
I do get complaints about buzzing sometimes, but often it is okay too.
This is my project to create an Emacs interface to the freesmartphone API. It's what I will be using for the time being to make and receive calls, and send and receive SMS.
The home page with information about getting the code is http://wiki.wjsullivan.net/collaboration.cgi/FsoEl.
Zhone requires python bindings, from https://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/BINDINGS/python ? Installing this requires python-setuptools. The default path should also be changed because it tries to install things to /root/usr...
I'm suffering from the infamous buzz and so far am not able to use the device as my regular phone.
Build deps
These are packages I needed to install in order to build Zhone. apt-get build-dep zhone didn't work -- no source package available.
- cython
I'm using epdfview to read PDFs. I had problems with it crashing on larger PDFs at first, but I haven't seen that in a while. I think it's probably because I added a swapfile. xpdf and evince are also options.
Google's mobile book search works great.
fbreader is also good, even just the version installed from Debian. It supports ePub books.
I use ntpdate-debian -u to sync the time, then hwclock --adjust immediately to fix the hardware clock. I also have ntpdate-debian -u run as an ip-up script on ppp/GPRS connect.
I haven't found a good alarm clock app yet.
Time is displayed in small analog clock form in the e17 toolbar. It's not ideal but it's okay for now.
Web browsing
Iceweasel configuration
- Set my home page to http://delicious.com/johnsu01/mobile, which will have frequently used bookmarks, but I have the start page set to blank.
- Remove the search from the navigation toolbar. (Right-click, customize toolbar, drag the search box to the dialog.)
- Disable autocompletion in the address bar -- makes typing impossible. I had to do this (and other iceweasel configuration) over X forwarded ssh, because iceweasel config windows keep coming up larger than the screen.
- Probably need to install Adblock and add a filter to block all of these javascript form field suggesting scripts (like google.com or youtube.com) -- they really slow things down and make typing frustrating.
I tried the delicious extension but it seems to make things too slow. I might try again. The reason I'm using iceweasel instead of midori is because I'm hoping that one of the mouse gesture extensions will be useful.
w3m in Emacs
I'm experimenting with using this more. With an Emacs X frame open, I can display the images as well and it seems like a reasonable way to look at most pages.
Other options
Fennec doesn't build easily yet, though some people apparently have it working.
NetSurf was too buggy for me -- very strange things were happening in input fields. Plus, it doesn't support JavaScript, and seemed a little sluggish.
Boot time with u-boot was about 3 minutes. Switching to Qi has brought it down to about 2. I'm currently starting mpd and mpdscribble at boot, which I will stop by writing a shell script that starts them if they are not already started when I actually open the music player.
I'm also using exim4, which was adding almost a full minute to the boot time. Doing:
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
And answering "Yes" to the "Keep number of DNS-queries minimal" question helped reduce this.
I'm currently experimenting with using a swap file, to see if that improves stability. I made that with:
dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=524288 mkswap swapfile
Then added to fstab:
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
And to start using it immediately:
swapon -a
/sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-0073/pcf50633-mbc/ is where the chg_curlim file lives.
I edited /usr/local/etc/enlightenment/sysactions.conf to use apm instead of acpi to handle suspend, and commented out the suspend event in the rules.yaml frameworkd file. This way I can use the e17 menu to handle things.
Resume wasn't working for me -- when I tried to resume, I got a blank gray screen. I could still do things over ssh, but there was no display. I've fixed that by adding this script to /etc/apm/resume.d.
Important configuration files
My /etc/modules (for 2.6.24 -- this is not needed with the andy-tracking kernel):
snd-soc-neo1973-gta02-wm8753 g_ether bluetooth bnep ohci-hcd hci_usb
My .Xresources:
UXTerm*font: -bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-iso8859-1 UXTerm*background: black UXTerm*foreground: cyan XTerm*font: -bitstream-terminal-bold-r-normal--18-140-100-100-c-110-iso8859-1 XTerm*background: black XTerm*foreground: cyan
My .xsession:
export GTK_MODULES=libgtkstylus.so # enables right-click by holding down stylus in GTK+ apps enlightenment_start
My .gtkrc-2.0:
gtk-font-name = "Sans 6" style "scroll" { GtkScrollbar::slider-width = 25 } class "*" style "scroll"
(The small font and the large scroll bar are to help cope with dpi issues that xglamo has right now. For portrait orientation I use "Sans 14" for the font.)
FIXME: Need to add sources.list.
- Mailutils segfault
- Iceweasel windows for configuration are opening to a size larger than my screen, which makes them impossible to use.
- wifi-radar randomly deletes the contents of its configuration file and then won't start when the file is empty. (Debian bug filed.)
- Font dpi issue
Replicating my install
(I don't suggest you follow these instructions yet unless you are talking to me, they are in progress.)
- Install Qi
- Boot into SHR or whatever
- wget install script and make it executable
- QI=true QI_VERBOSE_BOOT=true HOSTNAME=claude ./install.sh all
- Reboot
- set root password
- apt-get install screen apt-utils subversion nano sudo distcc cvs ntp xauth
- screen
- cd /boot
- wget kernel
- rm uImage.bin
- ln -s NEW_KERNEL uImage.bin
- wget modules
- untar modules
- reboot
- dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
- fix resolv.conf
- edit sources.list -- remove experimental and change mirror to local (maybe this should be done in the install script option)
- Get my patched version of raster's e install script: wget http://git.wjsullivan.net/freerunner.git/get_e.sh
- chmod +x get_e.sh
- export CC="distcc arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc"
- export DISTCC_HOSTS="whatever"
- ./get_e.sh
- dpkg-reconfigure locales
- Put .xsession file from above in place over default one (copy the default out of the way if you want first)
- copy illume-desktop.menu file to /etc/xdg/menus/
- copy Default.kbd from my git repo to /usr/local/lib/enlightenment/modules/illume/keyboards/ (copy the current one out of the way if you want)
- copy .Xresources from my git repo to /root/.Xresources
- copy .gtkrc-2.0 file from git repo to /root/.gtkrc-2.0
- /etc/init.d/nodm restart
- make a swap file
- install some software: apt-get install tangogps iceweasel claws-mail wifi-radar ttf-bitstream-vera
- remove some software: apt-get remove --purge matchbox-keyboard openmoko-panel-plugin
- bluetooth?
- Modify /usr/local/etc/enlightenment/sysactions.conf to use suspend script instead of acpi.
- Put script to fix resume in /etc/apm/resume.d
- Comment out the suspend event in the rules.yaml file for frameworkd.
- Comment out the handling of the power/execute button in rules.yaml.
- Configure screen lock
- Set power button to call e17 shutdown menu.
- build emacs
- install fso-el
- Upgrade GSM firmware
Well, the first test did not go well. It looks nice and feels snappy, but it froze up completely within a few minutes of use. I had to remove the battery and reboot. Also, Midori did not show any address bar, and typing C-l did not help. So I was unable to actually enter a web address to browse to.
The freezing has stopped, but there are other issues.
The dialer crashes after pressing Call, with a resource not available error. Trac ticket explains that this is because SHR doesn't work / isn't tested with the andy-tracking kernel.


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Like most modern, large cities, San Francisco has no shortage of homelessness or panhandlers. What I was unaware of was the level of organization.
I had to do a mid-afternoon run to Walgreens to drop off some photos to be developed. While I was standing there the manager was detained by a guy pressuring him to "cut me a deal, man" such that the juice that was on sale would have a similar price discount applied to another juice. The manager insisted that that was not possible and after a bit of a give and take the customer relented and went on his merry way.
As luck would happen the price-conscious patron was headed to the corner by my office to meet up with his wife and daughter. As he approached the little girl, adorably perched on a retaining wall edge yelled: "It's Daddy! I want kisses!"
"My goodness," thought I, "the man was doing it for his family!" I was touched by the dream of a scrappy family minding the dimes and quarters in this Maybach and Cristal city. I headed back to the office slightly warmer from the emotional sunshine.
A few hours later it was time to leave and as I reapproached the same corner. There I saw the wife and the adorable daughter. Daughter was swinging on mom's leg, mom held a cup out, a sign was up asking for change.
As I lingered reconciling what I was seeing with what I had seen, I peeked quickly but keenly through the tall grasses in the garden behind the aforementioned retaining wall. There I could hear Daddy sniffling.
I suppose he was there to lurk out of scene to make sure that the girls weren't interfered with in their money-making.
I walked away a bit more jaded than I was before.
I came to a woman seated on the sidewalk with two dirty tots sitting next to her on a flattened cardboard box. The cup was out. An older gentleman in a find hat passed them and turned back with a dollar in his hand.