X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MarchBlog;h=aa0e51b1c3e90e1297b8eb418d74e0ab9e217ed5;hp=de93d94543ca802063c2a05352b0460bf4d65381;hb=4815a317afb7631e78d5862d65797792423c16d4;hpb=1960633171f69d4a904c7d298d1408542f073ac5 diff --git a/MarchBlog b/MarchBlog index de93d94..aa0e51b 100644 --- a/MarchBlog +++ b/MarchBlog @@ -1,22 +1,55 @@ == 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. + + +=== 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. -The President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals. +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 -TürkMeetingSmall.jpg +[[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 +[[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]]. @@ -34,7 +67,7 @@ Media coverage: * http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953 * TODO: add everything else -AcpBoothSmall.jpg +[[AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting]] === Fri, 7th ===