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lotusleafSundhay ain't no weason f0ur duh sl4ckin off ya j1v3 turk3y!01:28
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Burgundaviahey01:47
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lotusleafhi01:59
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elkbuntumy monitor is dying :(08:23
elkbuntuit's less than 2 years old :(08:23
Madpilotnot cool08:24
elkbuntunot at all08:25
Burgundaviahmm, that sucks08:30
Burgundaviajeromes monitor on his canonical laptop died on him08:31
Burgundaviaand that mahcine is about the same age08:31
Burgundaviaok, compiz royally sucks08:31
BurgundaviaI would embarassed to give Ubuntu to somebody if we installed compiz by default08:31
elkbuntuyep08:31
elkbuntuwhat's it messing with now?08:31
Burgundavialittle minor things08:32
Burgundaviaonce and a while it just looses the window list08:32
Burgundaviaand sometimes the highlighting on drop down lists doesn't appear08:32
Burgundaviaplus all the confirmed bugs in LP08:32
elkbuntuheh08:33
Burgundaviaseems only to happen after been left running for many hours08:33
elkbuntuwell, at least i finally went and bought some new speakers today... so i can listen to musics now without increasing the temperature of my head by 10 degrees08:35
Burgundaviaheh08:36
elkbuntuthe monitor isnt completely dead yet. just 1/4 of it flickers08:37
Burgundaviayay! two new bugs filed08:40
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Burgundaviawhich brings my compiz total to 1508:40
elkbuntu:)08:41
elkbuntuwho other than mark is still pushing for compiz & associated crap decisions?08:41
Burgundaviathe beryl people08:48
Burgundaviaah,, bloody hell, apt-get is barfing all over the placwe08:49
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Burgundaviahmm, appears that apt's db is corrupted08:50
Burgundaviaok, that is funny08:53
Burgundaviahttp://www.google.ca/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=corrupted+apt+db08:53
Burgundavialook at most of the hits08:53
elkbuntu... wha...?08:54
tonyyarussoBurgundavia: I don't get it08:55
Burgundaviamost of the hits are for rpm db corruption08:55
elkbuntusince when... rpm... uh... ?08:55
Madpilotfinally got to pick up my Ubuntu posters that jenda sent - very, very cool design09:06
elkbuntuyeah09:07
elkbuntutheyre pretty awesome09:08
Burgundaviatime to blog my weekend with compiz09:14
MadpilotBurgundavia, a "Remind me again why we're planning on shipping these bugs by default" blogpost? ;)09:17
Burgundaviabasically09:18
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elkbuntulets see if you get a direct response from mark for this one09:39
MadpilotBurgundavia, that was a fairly restrained blogpost - no accusations of crack-smoking by the folks who proposed Compiz-by-default ;)09:39
Burgundaviathey are on crack, but I figured it would be more politic to point out why they are crack09:40
Burgundaviagoing to try beryl when it is packaged09:41
elkbuntuwell written post corey :)09:43
BurgundaviaI try09:44
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Madpilotlater all 10:46
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jenda11:20
danbuch929jenda: care to talk about spreadubuntu?11:25
jendamost definitely :)11:25
danbuch929I've been in conversation with the CMS developer more, and he lent me some very useful information...11:26
jendasuch as?11:26
danbuch929most of the CMS is written around Cheetah Template11:26
danbuch929http://cheetahtemplate.org11:26
danbuch929apt-get install python-cheetah11:27
danbuch929anyone hoping to help with the branch will greatly benefit from this11:27
danbuch929the developer, Amir, is also working to have his 1.0 release dpkg-ized11:28
jendahow that?11:28
jendaah, greatzorz :)11:28
danbuch929learn cheetah == learn skeletonz11:28
danbuch929hopefully in the near future, it will simply be a matter of "apt-get install skeletonz"11:28
danbuch929...but on a less technical note:11:29
danbuch929I wanted to restart the discussion about site construction, features, design, touchy-feely stuff11:30
jendahehe11:31
=== jenda thinks
=== danbuch929 thinks reciprocally
=== jenda reviews the wiki...
jendaWell, the site is intended for people who wish to help Ubuntu to spread.11:35
jendaIt's very probable that these people aren't browsing the web for the first time, so we can expect some experience.11:35
jendaCome to think of it, that doesn't mean anything for the touch and feel of the site anyway ;) We still have to make it as easy to understand... so...11:37
jenda(/me might be thinking outloud a bit too much :) )11:38
danbuch929hehe11:41
=== danbuch929 is reviewing design spec @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/SpreadUbuntu/GraphicalDesignSpec
danbuch929"We have decided that we want to use the idea of Nestor Diaz's suggestion, polish it, and use Kassetra's very fine icons."  11:43
danbuch929is this opinion still valid?11:43
jendadanbuch929: not really11:45
jendaat the time, SU was intended also as the flashy site for new users11:46
danbuch929:-)  ....    so will we be starting from scratch?11:46
jendathe one you point them to when they ask you what is Ubuntu?11:46
danbuch929and we now point them to ubuntu.com ?11:47
jendawe always have, I guess.11:48
jendaWe can make that flashy site some time in the future, or work on making Ubuntu.com that flashy site...11:49
danbuch929excellent11:49
jendaalthough ubuntu.com is quite good as it is for the businesses to look at, so I'd be more inclined to a spread.ubuntu.com splash-screen type thing :)11:49
danbuch929yes - that'd probably do it11:50
danbuch929with SU, we're trying to address the DIY marketing need, so it's okay to be more familiar with the user11:51
danbuch929...less business-y, that is11:51
jendayes11:52
jendathat's true.11:52
danbuch929...but still very accessible to the new GNU/Linux convert11:52
danbuch929(like myself :-))11:53
jendaThe DIY part - the part of SU I'd like to focus on, and what we're mainly making progess on right now, should distribute marketing Ubuntu into the masses.11:53
jendavery much so.11:53
jendaThe people shouldn't have to be technically too advanced to benefit from diy.ubuntu.com11:53
danbuch929...just trying to make Ubuntu a familiar word, for starters :-p11:53
danbuch929right11:54
jenda"Gleefully resurrected by new wave of Ubuntu converts.  Might be11:54
jendapermanent."11:54
jenda:)11:54
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jenda11:56
danbuch929on the subject of the diy site:11:56
danbuch929I've only gotten feedback from you, jenda :-D11:56
jendahehe :)11:57
danbuch929I'm sure there have been plenty of folks who have visited diy.devubuntu.com and have gotten the same knee-jerk reaction:11:57
danbuch929"...but it should also have $FEATURE_INTENDED_FOR_SPREADUBUNTU.COM"11:58
jenda(/me remarks that he understood the current diy.devubunt.com only as a placeholder for teh future skeletonz site in its place)11:58
danbuch929and I hate to pour even more energy into diy when I really want to see SpreadUbuntu up11:58
danbuch929right11:58
jendahehe :)12:06
jendaHonestly, once DIY is up, we'll be able to get the rest of SU up better, because we'll have a start...12:06
jendaand people pouring in...12:06
jendaand, BTW, I like your 'crappy sense of humor' ;)12:06
danbuch929thanks :-D ... it's honed from years of cynicism and apathy12:07
danbuch929...but about getting DIY up and running...12:07
danbuch929I really haven't touched the thing in two weeks, mostly because I don't know exactly what else should be added12:08
jendaaha12:08
jendahmm12:08
jendaHow long do you think it would take till we had a skeletonz ready to use for the purpose?12:09
danbuch929meaning... there's a LOT that *could* be added...12:09
danbuch929skeletonz for DIY?12:09
danbuch929...or for SU?12:10
jendawell...12:12
jendaI thought we were to use it for DIY :)12:12
jendaIf that wasn't your plan, then I'm OK with that too o12:12
danbuch929right... sorry...   Do we want to CMS-ify the current diy design?  or is it okay if I hold off on CMS until the full SpreadUbuntu?12:13
jendaperfectly ok12:13
danbuch929that is:   diy.devubuntu.com is based on MenZa's work12:13
danbuch929and is written entirely in php12:13
jendain that case, I'll start thinking what we want on diy.du.com12:13
danbuch929with _no_ MySQL backend12:13
danbuch929okay :-)12:13
danbuch929when I said that the only feedback I got was from _you_, I left out one other person12:14
danbuch929Toby Smithe sent me some feedback12:15
danbuch929...and his disappointment in the site's flexibility echoed my own reservations12:16
danbuch929which should say nothing about MenZa's design - it's elegant and simple12:16
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jendahehe ok :)12:17
jendaMenZa: we weren't discussing you at all.12:17
jendaNor your work.12:17
jendaNope.12:17
danbuch929HA!12:17
MenZalol12:17
danbuch929Hi MenZa!12:18
MenZaI shall demand logs for the past hour12:18
MenZaeya :)12:18
MenZaHeya*12:18
danbuch929and you shall have them12:18
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MenZaXD12:18
MenZaMmm, home made soup12:18
danbuch929MenZa:  have you any experience with Python web dev?12:19
danbuch929sorry... I'll let the soup work its magic :-)12:20
MenZanone at all12:20
MenZa:)12:21
danbuch929very little over here :-) ...    mostly php12:21
danbuch929I was wondering because...12:21
danbuch929I'd like for SpreadUbuntu to be written in Python, if possible .. for the sake of a common tongue amongst Ubuntu sites12:22
MenZalol12:23
MenZaI only do XHTML/CSS12:23
danbuch929hehe ...   (my first loves...)12:23
danbuch929CSS is still my fave (design bg)12:23
=== jenda lets the devs take the stage
danbuch929I got into web programming because nobody at my workplace knew a lick about the stuff12:24
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danbuch929so know I might know half a lick about it :-D12:25
MenZaCSS is evil12:25
jendaflame war flame war flame war!!!12:25
danbuch929hehe12:25
danbuch929anyway:  I've been led into all things MarketingTeam by jenda here12:25
MenZaxD12:26
MenZajenda: it's powerful12:26
MenZabut EVIL.12:26
danbuch929and I gladly took your excellent work for the DIY site and mod'd it here and there12:26
MenZa:D12:26
MenZaI think I saw that mod12:26
MenZavery nice12:26
jendaMenZa: anything in your mail yet?12:27
danbuch929and we're now talking about what else to add before letting it fly12:27
danbuch929thanks :-)12:27
MenZajenda: nowt.12:27
MenZajenda: and I apologise for not having printed the buggers yet12:27
MenZajenda: I imagine I'll do it today12:27
jendano problem12:27
MenZaAnd ship them tomorrow12:27
jendaI'm out of posters to ship anyway :)12:27
danbuch929jenda: that's good news, right? ;-)12:27
MenZa:D12:27
jendagood :)12:27
jendaA little sad, but good.12:27
MenZadanbuch929: well show me again12:27
MenZajenda: what's happening with the A2s ;)?12:28
jendaMenZa: might have a printer do that commercially :)12:28
MenZafantastic12:28
jendamet the guy at Linux Weekend.12:28
MenZaoh awesome12:28
danbuch929MenZa: have you been?  diy.devubuntu.com12:29
MenZathere we go12:30
MenZaI like those shiny boxes12:30
danbuch929hehe...    I'm a sucker for gradients12:30
MenZawaaaaaait12:30
MenZado I spot a table?12:30
danbuch929'tis yours, good sir12:31
MenZaI did a table?12:31
danbuch929and I'll gladly be rid of it, if you're amenable12:31
MenZaThank you12:31
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danbuch929so says the code12:31
danbuch929:-D12:31
MenZaI don't like your menu boxes, they're too big12:31
MenZareduce the feather a tad12:31
danbuch929<tr>'s be gone12:31
danbuch929noted :-)12:31
MenZadigging the highlight12:32
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MenZa(of as)12:32
jendadanbuch929: please remove the order form from the poster page :) no more to give.12:32
danbuch929jenda: will do12:32
MenZaYou had 1,000 printed, didn't you?12:33
jendaIt also seems to me that the menu boxes don't really fit in with the rest of the thing, do they?12:33
jendaMenZa: 50012:33
MenZaah12:33
danbuch929pretty much all of the design stuff was slapped together haphazardly - taken from other ubuntu sites12:33
MenZa:D12:33
danbuch929...I stopped tweaking after iteration(2) :-) ... figured I'd wait for more feedback12:34
MenZaIt's great12:34
MenZaWell done :)12:34
danbuch929thanks for laying the tracks :-)12:35
jendajust yesterday, I had a look at: http://devubuntu.com/12:36
jendaAnd thought... wow, that site looks great.12:36
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danbuch929...looks like we can thank elkbuntu for the design12:37
jendaaaah12:37
elkbuntuhehe12:37
danbuch929sorta reminds me of http://pandora.com (without the flash and ads)12:38
MenZabit.12:38
MenZaNice work, elkbuntu12:38
MenZaNot usually my style, but looks nice12:38
MenZanot my usual style*12:38
jendaI like the shaded-like border.12:38
jenda*shaded-3D-like12:39
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jendawow, that rocks :)12:56
MenZait does12:56
elkbuntuhmm? did he change it or it still the spaceman?01:00
MenZaSpaceman.01:00
elkbuntui was wondering about jenda's amusement.. i would have thought jenda would have seen it by now :|01:01
jendaelkbuntu: I did see it, many times...01:02
jenda...but my memory is short :)01:02
elkbuntulol01:02
jendaWhich allows me to rejoice over things over, and over, and over again...01:02
MenZaxD01:03
jendaYay, MenZa :) glad to see you again...01:03
danbuch929hehehe  ....  the bliss of the amnesiac01:03
jenda:)01:03
MenZa:D01:03
jendatrademarks @u.c doesn't respond :/01:04
jenda(regarding roughcut posters/t-shirts)01:04
MenZaoh they will01:06
elkbuntuhow long ago did you ask?01:07
MenZatwo minutes ago01:07
MenZa:d01:07
MenZa:D*01:07
elkbuntuwell, i need to ask regarding having some ubuntu 1" buttons made for LCA01:09
elkbuntus/ask/mail them/01:10
MenZahttp://img447.imageshack.us/img447/571/getphpma9.png01:10
elkbuntui hope to all that is good in the world that whoever did that did it in a VM01:11
MenZanope01:11
MenZa:D01:11
elkbuntuthen they deserve what they get01:11
MenZaXD01:11
MenZa101 extensions01:11
elkbuntuthat would take like.. an hour to load01:11
MenZapretty painful01:11
MenZaminutes.01:11
MenZaand several of them.01:12
elkbuntuthat is YOU?01:12
MenZaoh no01:12
elkbuntugood01:12
MenZaXP? Firefox 1.5?01:12
MenZanooo waaay01:12
elkbuntui was about to book the plane ticket01:12
MenZato?=01:12
elkbuntuwhoop your ass01:12
MenZaXD01:12
MenZayou're welcome to drop by01:12
MenZaxD01:12
elkbuntulol01:13
jendaelkbuntu: I asked 2 weeks ago, and again yesterday.01:15
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danbuch929later, y'all - off to work :-) ...  I'll bzr push and ftp revisions to DIY tomorrow morning01:42
jendalater :)01:43
jendaGuys, I need an opinion :)02:23
jendaDo you think 200 A2 posters @ $2/piece would sell? :)02:23
MenZaoh yeah02:24
elkbuntui'd hit it02:25
jendaand if it were $3 apiece?02:37
elkbuntui'd probably still hit it, but is that you covering cos or you making money02:40
elkbuntus/cos/cost/02:40
jendathat's the printer making money.02:40
jendaprobably.02:40
jendaI'm still not sure if I should buy it from him in bulk and send myself - and make more money for Ubuntu...02:40
jenda..or just let him do his thing.02:40
jendaHe would, of course, top the price towards maximum revenue.02:41
jendaWhereas I gear the price towards highest number of posters out there.02:41
elkbuntui wouldnt go much higher than 3/poster if you then have to cover postage, people could get them done themselves for cheaper02:44
jendaelkbuntu: in A2?02:45
jendaI doubt it.02:45
jendaI'm definitely not going _over_ $3, though.02:46
jendathe shipping will be $6 or $7, though, because this time, it would include a tube.02:46
elkbuntuthat's what i thought. a single poster = $1002:47
jendaI gotta go to the post office :)02:47
jendasend the last few shipments.02:47
jendaYES! :)03:04
=== jenda got himself a deal.
jendaI can buy the posters at $1.6003:06
jendaAnd the printer will be selling them as well, independently on me.03:06
elkbuntucool03:07
elkbuntuso back to $2/poster then?03:07
elkbuntuor. $2.50?03:08
jendadepends.03:09
jendaIf I make it $3, I'll have some serious budget to work with.03:09
jendaMeaning I could start doing projects that don't have to make a profit.03:09
jendaNot having to go by what people buy, but by what spreads Ubuntu.03:10
elkbuntuyou should do some button badges03:10
jendabutton badges?03:10
elkbuntu1" badges03:10
elkbuntusec03:10
elkbuntuthis is one of the places im considering getting some done through for LCA http://www.custombadges.com.au/03:11
elkbuntuignore the js crap at the top03:11
elkbuntuso im thinking just the ubuntu logo on a white circle would rock. i've got a creative commons one i got at UDS in front of me. it's what gave me the idea03:12
jendaLCA?03:13
elkbuntulinux.conf.au03:13
jendaaaahh03:13
jendabutton badges... neat.03:13
jendaI could get that done.03:14
elkbuntuyeah. i think you'll find they'll move like rockets03:14
elkbuntui should have been greedy and got a couple at UDS, but i was too slow03:15
jendahehe :)03:16
jendaelkbuntu: what's a good price on those?03:16
jendaI probably wouldn't be doing this, but I would give it as a tip to the printer guy.03:16
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elkbuntuwell, i can see them being done for <$1 here, so dunno what they'd be going for over there03:17
jendawelcome, jono03:17
jonoheya03:17
jendaelkbuntu: that seems ubeatable03:17
elkbuntujenda, 10c componants, they're making their fair share03:18
jendaI'll have to ask about that.03:18
jendaAnd I'll have to run off for Czech History lessons...03:18
elkbuntuenjoy!03:18
jenda...or should I, if I really don't want to? :)03:18
elkbuntuyou have wireless there, right?03:19
elkbuntucompromise!03:19
jendalemme check... room 30603:20
jendanot sure if we do.03:20
jendaDon't remember :)03:20
jendaBut it's not easy to use IRC with only 5 or 6 people in the room :)03:21
jendaanyway, I'm off, laters.03:22
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jonoBurgwork, ping!06:28
MenZapong, pang, peng!06:29
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Burgworkjono: pong06:57
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jendajono, what brings you to our humble channel?07:06
jonojenda, just seeing what is going on07:06
jonoI am keen to help the marketing team grow07:06
jendaneat ;)07:11
jendajono: I sent a summary of what the team is doing to the mailing list for Christina. It might be of interest to you too (and might not, of course :) ).07:24
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ompaulnixternal, there is a pm there for you when you come around to IRC again :)09:25
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