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@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@
 
     <div class="entry">
       <div class="title">Debian Edu interview: Shirish Agarwal</div>
-      <div class="date"> 6th April 2015</div>
-      <div class="body"><p>It was a surprise to me to learn that the computer system for
-schools I've involved in, <a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian
-Edu / Skolelinux</a>, was being used in India.  But apparently it is,
-and I managed to get an interview with one of the project members
-there, Shirish Agarwal.
+      <div class="date">15th April 2015</div>
+      <div class="body"><p>It was a surprise to me to learn that project to create a complete
+computer system for schools I've involved in,
+<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Debian Edu / Skolelinux</a>, was
+being used in India.  But apparently it is, and I managed to get an
+interview with one of the friends of the project there, Shirish
+Agarwal.</p>
 
 <p><strong>Who are you, and how do you spend your days?</strong></p>
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ anything for schools or education. I had worked / played with free
 educational softwares such as Gcompris and Stellarium for my many
 nieces and nephews so researched and found Debian Edu or Skolelinux as
 it was known then.  Since then I have started using the various
-education meta-packages provided by the project.
+education meta-packages provided by the project.</p>
 
 <p><strong>What do you see as the advantages of Skolelinux / Debian
 Edu?</strong></p>
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@ figuratively).  Even if I take the simplest software which is
 gcompris, the number of activities therein are amazing. Another one of
 the softwares that I have liked for a long time is stellarium. Even
 pysycache is cool except for couple of issues I encountered
-<ahref="https://bugs.debian.org/781841">#781841</a> and
-<ahref="https://bugs.debian.org/781842">#781842</a>.</p>
+<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/781841">#781841</a> and
+<a href="https://bugs.debian.org/781842">#781842</a>.</p>
 
 <p>I prefer software installed on the system over web based solutions,
 as a web site can disappear any time but the software on disk has the
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ However, saying that I do acknowledge the fact that the canvas is
 pretty big and there are lot of interesting ideas that could be done
 but for reasons not known not done or if done I don't know about them.
 Let me share some of the ideas (these are more upstream based but
-still) I have had for a long time :-</p>
+still) I have had for a long time :</p>
 
 <p>1. Classical maths question of two trains in opposing directions
 each running @x kmph/mph at y distance, when they will meet and how
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ far would each travel and similar questions like these.
 <p>The computer is a fantastic system where questions like these can
 be drawn, animated and the methodology and answers teased out in
 interactive manner. While sites such as the
-<ahref="http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.two.trains.html">Ask
+<a href="http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.two.trains.html">Ask
 Dr. Math FAQ on The Two Trains problem</a> (as an example or point of
 inspiration) can be used there is lot more that can be done.  I dunno
 if there is a free software which does something like this.  The idea
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ one train and the BSD or GNU mascot on the other train and they
 meeting somewhere in-between. Characters from blender movies could
 also be used.</p>
 
-<p>2. Loads of crossword-puzzles with reference to subjects :- We have
+<p>2. Loads of crossword-puzzles with reference to subjects: We have
 enormous data sets in Wikipedia and Wikitionary.  I don't think it
 should be a big job to design crossword puzzles. Using categories and
 sub-categories it should be doable to have Q&A single word answers
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ is aimed at.
 
 <p>Me and my friends did teach on week-ends in a government school for
 around 2 years, and
-<ahref="https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/sharings/">gathered
+<a href="https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/sharings/">gathered
 some experience</a> there.  Some of the things we learnt/discovered
 there was :</p>
 
@@ -193,8 +194,8 @@ there was :</p>
    you have objects falling down and you have to name them and let's
    say the falling object is a hat or a fedora hat, this would not be
    as recognizable as say a
-   <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puneri_Pagadi">Puneri
-   pagdi</a> so there is need to inject local objects, words wherever
+   <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puneri_Pagadi">Puneri
+   Pagdi</a> so there is need to inject local objects, words wherever
    possible. Especially for word-games there are so many hindi words
    which have become part of english vocabulary (for instance in
    parley), those could be made into a hinglish collection or
@@ -227,7 +228,17 @@ there was :</p>
 
 <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/03/">March (1)</a></li>
 
-<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/04/">April (3)</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/04/">April (4)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/05/">May (3)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/06/">June (4)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/07/">July (6)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/08/">August (2)</a></li>
+
+<li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/archive/2015/09/">September (1)</a></li>
 
 </ul></li>
 
@@ -437,29 +448,31 @@ there was :</p>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/chrpath">chrpath (2)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (109)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian">debian (111)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu (152)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/debian edu">debian edu (153)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/digistan">digistan (10)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/dld">dld (15)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/docbook">docbook (13)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/docbook">docbook (17)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/drivstoffpriser">drivstoffpriser (4)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (274)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/english">english (287)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fiksgatami">fiksgatami (23)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/fildeling">fildeling (12)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freeculture">freeculture (15)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freeculture">freeculture (19)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/freedombox">freedombox (9)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/frikanalen">frikanalen (14)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/frikanalen">frikanalen (16)</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/h264">h264 (20)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/intervju">intervju (42)</a></li>
 
@@ -477,19 +490,19 @@ there was :</p>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/mesh network">mesh network (8)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/multimedia">multimedia (32)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/multimedia">multimedia (36)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk (260)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/norsk">norsk (264)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/nuug">nuug (176)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/nuug">nuug (177)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn">offentlig innsyn (16)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/offentlig innsyn">offentlig innsyn (19)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/open311">open311 (2)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/opphavsrett">opphavsrett (51)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/opphavsrett">opphavsrett (53)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/personvern">personvern (83)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/personvern">personvern (86)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/raid">raid (1)</a></li>
 
@@ -513,13 +526,13 @@ there was :</p>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/skepsis">skepsis (4)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/standard">standard (46)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/standard">standard (48)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/stavekontroll">stavekontroll (3)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/stortinget">stortinget (9)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/surveillance">surveillance (30)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/surveillance">surveillance (33)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/sysadmin">sysadmin (2)</a></li>
 
@@ -527,11 +540,11 @@ there was :</p>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/valg">valg (8)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/video">video (50)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/video">video (54)</a></li>
 
  <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/vitenskap">vitenskap (4)</a></li>
 
- <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/web">web (35)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/tags/web">web (37)</a></li>
 
 </ul>