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+The story continues at [[April2008Blog]].
+

 == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 ==
 
 === Thu, 20th ===
 
 == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 ==
 
 === Thu, 20th ===
 

-My friends of OLPC Austria also reported on the event:
+==== 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
 
 
   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 ====
 === Tue, 18th ===
 
 ==== OLPC demoed to the EU president Danilo Türk ====


@@ -17,19 +31,25 @@ 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 our project is likely to receive support within the European Parliament.
 
 Before leaving us, the President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals.
 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
 
 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 ====
 
 
 
 === 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 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]].


@@ -41,16 +61,16 @@ Development Programme.  Not surprisingly, the laptop was called
 "**the killer event at the ACP-EU meeting**". 
 
 Media coverage:
 "**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!**)
  * [[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
 
  * 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 ====
 
 
 === Fri, 7th ===
 
 ==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====
 

-PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg
+{{PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg}}