+The story continues at [[April2008Blog]].
+
== Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 ==
+=== Thu, 20th ===
+
+==== More blogs ====
+
+Our friends of OLPC Austria also reported on the event:
+
+ http://christoph-d.blogspot.com/2008/03/olpc-presence-at-acp-eu-meeting-in.html
+
+I've finally distributed all the remaining laptops, and I'm flying back to Brussels.
+
+
+=== Wed, 19th ===
+
+==== The laptops arrived! ====
+
+{{LaptopsHaveArrivedSmall.jpg | Our Deus ex Machina got the laptops released}}
+
+
=== Tue, 18th ===
==== OLPC demoed to the EU president Danilo Türk ====
Today we have been received by the President of Slovenia [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_T%C3%BCrk | Danilo Türk]],
-and President in charge of the European Union. I was told to show him some of the unique features of the XO. Somehow,
+and **President in charge of the European Union**. I was told to show him some of the unique features of the XO. Somehow,
I contained my emotion and managed to do a decent presentation.
Before leaving us, the President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals.
-This means we will likely be proposed for adoption to the European Parliament.
+This means our project is likely to receive support within the European Parliament.
+
+**Update**: President Türk knows about the shortage of Internet addresses, and
+was impressed by our laptop being IPv6-ready. We mentioned that the infrastructure
+is currently a show-stopper in most places, but the President said this issue will
+have to be addressed if we want the Internet to scale to the point required by our
+ambitious project.
Media coverage:
http://www.up-rs.si/up-rs/uprs.nsf/dokumentiweb/8759FD3D80235E44C1257411003580E0?OpenDocument
-[[TurkMeeting1.jpg | L2R: Giulia, Deva, Turk, WdB, Bernie]]
-[[TurkMeeting2.jpg | L2R: Deva, Walter De Brouwer, Turk]]
-[[TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting]]
+{{TurkMeeting1.jpg | L2R: Giulia, Deva, Türk, WdB, Bernie}}
+{{TurkMeeting2.jpg | L2R: Deva, Walter De Brouwer, Türk}}
+{{TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting}}
=== Mon, 17th ===
==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ====
-[[AcpHallSmall.jpg | The ACP-EU conference hall]]
+{{AcpHallSmall.jpg | The ACP-EU conference hall}}
The newly born OLPC Europe team attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]]
conference in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]].
"**the killer event at the ACP-EU meeting**".
Media coverage:
- * Meeting opening cerimony: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLKK-ZYEsuk [[AcpOpening.flv | local copy]]
+ * Meeting opening cerimony: [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLKK-ZYEsuk]] [[AcpOpening.flv | local copy]]
* [[http://www.nirjdeva.com/ | MEP Nirj Deva]] interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMiVtUOT97E [[DevaInterview.flv | local copy]] (<- **GREAT STUFF!**)
- * OLPC press conference: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tHYdpsNTQIg [[AcpPressConference.flv | local copy]]
- * http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953
+ * OLPC press conference: [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=tHYdpsNTQIg]] [[AcpPressConference.flv | local copy]]
+ * [[http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953]]
* TODO: add everything else
-[[AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting]]
+{{AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting}}
=== Fri, 7th ===
==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====
-PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg
+{{PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg}}