[17:34] <joey> oh man
[17:34] <joey> who let akgraner in here?!?!
[17:34] <joey> :-)
[17:34] <joey> Hi akgraner! It's like suddenly you got fired up with FOSS. I love it!
[17:34] <akgraner> Hi joey
[17:35] <joey> johnc4510, do you know what Dave Bush's IRC nick is?  He's applied to the Fridge team.
[17:35] <akgraner> Well I always had an interest..just didn't know where to start
[17:35] <joey> johnc4510, I was hoping to have someone mentor him as a condition of addition.
[17:35] <akgraner> joey, I hopped in here when you weren't looking...:-P!
[17:36] <joey> akgraner, I'm glad you found SEVERAL starting points. :-)
[17:36] <tyche> joey: Dave Bush is myrtlebeachbums
[17:36] <joey> thanks tyche
[17:37] <akgraner> yep I did...:-) now I just have to narrow it down a bit...:-)
[17:38] <tyche> johnc4510 hasn't surfaced yet.  I was in no condition yesterday (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/22090195@N03/3582980322/sizes/o/ for an example), and he put the UWN together.  boredandblogging helped with the publishing.
[17:41] <joey> tyche, surgery?
[17:42] <joey> akgraner, my only suggestion is start with something you like and see if you fit well personality-wise with existing team.
[17:42] <joey> akgraner, in my case I decided to start a LoCo group :-)   But that's overkill
[17:42] <akgraner> joey, thanks yea I am working with the NC one...:-)
[17:42] <tyche> I don't know.  I'll have to see an ophthalmologist.  The right eye is a cataract, I know.   I don't know WHAT'S happening with the left eye, but it's gotten progressively worse over the course of 5 or 6 years, to the point where I could create that "artists rendition" of what I see.
[17:44] <akgraner> and there is SELF this month, Leadership Summit in July, BarCamp in August, ...I enjoy the community aspect of the community while learning more about the technical side...:-)
[17:44] <joey> tyche, well, do take care of your eyes.  I have to take 250mcg of Lutein daily to fend off the eye strain.
[17:45] <joey> akgraner, I hear SELF is good, but I've never been. BarCamp is usually interesting. It's like burning man for computer junkies :-)
[17:46] <tyche> This is occasional, which makes it harder to diagnose.  The trouble is that it's never appeared when I had eye tests.  It could be anything from pressure on the eye to tumor.  Delightful thought, isn't it?
[17:46] <akgraner> joey,  I went to the LUG meeting here in RDU and got invited so I thought what the heck...can't hurt and I just might learn something...:-)
[17:49] <joey> tyche, well, run over to walgreens and pick up one of the eye formulas to see if it helps. There are a couple really good ones there but I personally use a multivitamin with Lutein in it. It can't hurt but it sure might help.
[17:49] <joey> akgraner, yeah really! You might like it too! :-D
[17:50] <tyche> joey: Yea, I'll talk to my wife about that when she gets home.  She's got my Jeep (we're down to one car, now that she's retired).
[17:51] <joey> tyche, for me, I'm on the computer for about 16 hours a day so I had no choice. If I don't take the stuff I get headaches. My qlink has helped a lot too but YMMV with it.
[17:52] <akgraner> :-)  joey thanks again for the encouragement...catch you later...
[17:54] <joey> tyche, oh the other thing I did was to cut out sugar and limit caffeine.  I found that after a nice liter of coffee my eyes would blur :-)
[18:06] <tyche> I rarely get that problem.  Comes from having been a truck driver.  My eyes get tired before they start to blur normally.
[19:41] <newz2000> I haven't stopped thinking about or working on the new theme, though effort did have to slow because of release and my preparations for Canonical's annual employee meeting...
[19:41] <newz2000> but just saw something really nice come through wanted to give it a shout: http://www.ubuntu-fl.org/
[20:10] <joey> newz2000, we just need anything at this point. :-)
[20:24] <newz2000> I've got a theme