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 == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 ==
 
+=== Thu, 20th ===
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+==== More blogs ====
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+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.
+
+
+=== Thu, 20th ===
+
+====  The laptops arrived! ====
+
+An //Deus ex Machina// got the laptops released from the customs.
+
+[[LaptopsHaveArrivedSmall.jpg | The Laptops have arrived!]]
+
+
 === 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 given the honour of showing him some of the unique features of the XO.
+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 our project is likely to receive support within the European Parliament.
 
-The President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals.
+**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]]
+[[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]]