X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MarchBlog;h=6231611d3fbd68b746a9e8e5a37f02ac2c381bbe;hp=15f086a8625bf64f03ae634f269693c4004cefdb;hb=5818a7ff31da19a4ecd911f1ab456706fb79e45e;hpb=9a6cd1ce7cf600f7c9663c8d293969b5b87f995b diff --git a/MarchBlog b/MarchBlog index 15f086a..6231611 100644 --- a/MarchBlog +++ b/MarchBlog @@ -1,26 +1,61 @@ == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 == +=== Thu, 20th === + +My friends of OLPC Austria also reported on the event: + + http://christoph-d.blogspot.com/2008/03/olpc-presence-at-acp-eu-meeting-in.html + +=== 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, +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. + +**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]] + + === Mon, 17th === +==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ==== + +[[AcpHallSmall.jpg | The ACP-EU conference hall]] -We 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]]. -Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed in on short notice -to help with the OLPC booth. We demoed the laptop to 79 delegations of the African -countries, members of the EU parliament and dignitaries of the United Nations +Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed here on very short notice to +help with the OLPC booth. We demoed the laptop to 79 delegations of the African countries, +members of the EU parliament and dignitaries of the United Nations Development Programme. Not surprisingly, the laptop was called "**the killer event at the ACP-EU meeting**". Media coverage: - * [[http://www.nirjdeva.com/ | MEP Nirj Deva]] interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMiVtUOT97E [[DevaInterview.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 * TODO: add everything else -FLV video file locally downloadable for your convenience: +[[AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting]] -=== Sun, 25th === +=== Fri, 7th === ==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====