X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=blog%2F2007%2FMarchBlog;fp=blog%2F2007%2FMarchBlog;h=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hp=ac3cec59adfea5cbf63a4e862c5f7800fc524692;hb=93c70a2e9b211662033c967a1178a0eb7968822b;hpb=20332db49d81018287a68bce389d75c6088e7207 diff --git a/blog/2007/MarchBlog b/blog/2007/MarchBlog deleted file mode 100644 index ac3cec5..0000000 --- a/blog/2007/MarchBlog +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -The story continues at [[April2008Blog]]. - -== 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. - - -=== 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}}