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Heat, exactly. The theme of the last days, a trip to the southern coast of India after Tamil Nadu get updated very often only in combination with 36 degrees to 40 degrees at noon, was added. Wirds cool evening, as does a T-shirt already sense the day it is but forced cultural adaptation. Well seen, except a lot of sweat, hard to put everything.

Already at the beginning of the trip we went with the action going on. Classic Indian too late for Dinesh broken in Bangalore, during the ride to jam, getting off at last arrived, and also there ten minutes late. The train was also delayed, however, so we grade on the second station and the train still on track Two! Tunnel or bridge? Exactly, Indian, across the tracks, dark in the distance a train on track 1, spontaneous fall between the tracks, doing nothing, look in the eye, great Indian with good eyes, and go off to train. Wow. Next time, more important, well, forget it.

Tags on it, so Tuesday arrived in Tarangambadi, Tamil Nadu. Even at 8 incredible heat, well, is just south of here right. Reason for our visit is a wireless network on the coast. After the tsunami, who has demanded not only a lot of lives, but also provided the basis for crass resettlement under the label of coastal protection, was this shared network of ner NGO that cares for the construction of houses and NER community of fishermen along the shore up. 140km, 14 form the tower the network. Quite a few, but nothing more. Very expensive, but money was just there at the time, but now if it were just as nice to make something out of it locally, low.cost.

Well, everything sounds great, but the talks were less' as we get going now 'because' what is this about überhaupt'-oriented. Been clearly must be, Dinesh had but should be just like me the impression that the folks there were already informed in advance, would have been, or something like that, well, but was just Nich Sun So what will come of visit, everything is open.

Then after Pondycherri, and in Auroville met Jason, who is working on school NER and a meeting with ner Anglo wobbles local wireless group. First, the school met many interesting people, including Mano, with whom I could share stories from Berlin. The world is small, and so offered sichs on the chestnut trees, particularly the 71 to blabber (na? exactly, Salvation Army) and what became of all is. Auroville in general seems an interesting place, so ne way squat, only in size. And to experience the idea, perhaps even a plenary session with 170 people, has indeed something.

Problems are in large and small changes in the cohesion problems in the discussion style (broken english Machts Nich better), but scheints to work somehow. And the first impression is overwhelming, leaves you wanting more.

The meeting was then WLAN great too, there is a net with 6-7 or wasweissich how many central nodes operated about 150/200 (?) Users hang in there to it via WiFi. However, Nich with NEM Access Point, which makes administration more difficult. But access points are expensive for the conditions here, consider Nich really ne option. Problems, or better, some challenges gibs, so breaking the network together with vigorous upload regularly. Hard to say worans lies hidden nodes? In any case, the folks would be happy there, if I pop in for a while, and your knowing it, I'd also like to take a quick look a little more and there are probably a lot to do and learn.

Auroville, envisioned as a vision of peaceful coexistence, in the next year forty or so older than me, maybe we fit together? And I remember the moment that I do not really miss Bangalore. Indian cities are really really my thing, that was clear from the outset. One specific project is not (yet) in sight, which is in Tamil Nadu wenns to do is right around the corner, so go. Schedule update: back to Bangalore, then do not get some stuff with Dinesh, then to Goa bike, and then test it in three / four weeks for a while Auroville. And finally what makes it active, wireless hack, yeah!

PS: Although not driven motorbike, scooter for it, and I was now finally swim. Quite warm water, yah

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