X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MarchBlog;h=ac3cec59adfea5cbf63a4e862c5f7800fc524692;hp=a2812d0aa8ee1b58c5ec1fb88058039bb9f11d17;hb=96651bc67259efd60359f7d257350265bdd16c62;hpb=92c5b9340146d5dec4d4bb9d957406541f58093b diff --git a/MarchBlog b/MarchBlog index a2812d0..ac3cec5 100644 --- a/MarchBlog +++ b/MarchBlog @@ -1,7 +1,76 @@ +The story continues at [[April2008Blog]]. + == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 == -=== Sun, 25th === +=== 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, +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, 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}} + +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 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: + * 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 + +{{AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting}} + +=== Fri, 7th === ==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ==== -PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg +{{PalazzoVecchioOlpcConfSmall.jpg}}