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AlanBellcomments are invited on http://libertus.co.uk/8080 and the test pages linked from there00:20
AlanBelloops00:21
AlanBellhttp://libertus.co.uk:8080/00:21
AlanBelltry that one00:21
akgranercrap I have to fix the UWN template  - it still has contents twice - UGH!00:22
akgranerhey AlanBell so the line under "In this Issue" needs to be under each section00:23
akgraneris that just some markup that needs to be added?00:23
AlanBellthat is an <HR> tag caused by ------00:24
akgranerok that's what I thought but just wanted to make sure00:24
akgranerI left it on there when I was playing with it00:24
AlanBellthe number of -- used between 4 and 10 indicates the fatness of the line00:24
akgranerI like how the links show up00:25
akgranerpretty :-)00:25
akgranerbut how will it look on the new theme?00:25
AlanBellum, are you not seeing the new theme there?00:25
akgranernope00:26
AlanBelloooh because I am logged in, one sec I will change the default!00:26
AlanBellyou must think I am mad!00:27
akgranernope00:27
AlanBellakgraner: now try :)00:29
akgraneropen week has a huge white space at the top00:30
akgranerand it looks like there is supposed to be an image but I get just the square00:30
akgranerhmm why is it numbering the Calendar events00:31
akgraner1. Start00:32
akgraner2. End00:32
akgraner3. Location00:32
AlanBellhttp://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/Screenshot-UbuntuOpenWeek.png00:32
AlanBelllooks like that for me00:32
AlanBellyes, I know it is doing numbers where it should to bullets00:33
akgranerhttp://people.ubuntu.com/~akgraner/Screenshot-UbuntuOpenWeek%20-%20Ubuntu%20Wiki%20-%20Chromium.png00:34
akgranerthat's how it looks for me00:34
akgranerand UWN isn't showing the UWN Logo for me :-/00:34
akgranerweird00:35
akgranerbut I like how it looks00:35
akgranerbut do you think the print is too small00:35
akgranerI think it might hurt some people's eyes00:36
AlanBellah the big gap and broken image is in chromium but not firefox00:37
AlanBellyes, I think the fonts are too small as well00:37
akgranerhmmm ok00:38
akgranerso will I need to use Firefox for Ubuntu Wiki pages :-/00:39
AlanBellno, I will need to fix it :)00:42
akgranerahh ok00:44
paultagheyya akgraner00:46
paultagakgraner, how's life?00:46
akgranerpaultag, good - hopefully the new Fridge site launches this weekend00:48
akgranerIS/IT has to do the re-direct :-)00:49
paultag:)00:49
akgranerand there will still be some tweaks but it's exciting00:49
pleia2it's quite an accomplishment, there must have been 2 or 3 attempts at doing this over the years00:50
pleia2so congrats akgraner :)00:50
akgranerpleia2, you and joey just wound me up and pointed me in the right direction :-)00:50
* akgraner blushes - thanks pleia2 00:51
* pleia2 hugs akgraner 00:51
Pendulumakgraner: so that's all we have to do to get you working on something? figure out where to wind you up and then let you go?00:51
akgranerPendulum, so I've been told  - but I thought this was pretty important - I love the news stuff...00:52
Pendulum:)00:53
akgranerpleia2, and joey had to answer *tons* of questions00:54
akgranerand poor jono got his head taken off a few times over this new site - (sorry about that jono)00:54
jcastroAlanBell: that wiki looks great03:09
jcastroI saw the facebook movie03:12
jcastroit was pretty good03:12
nhandlerjcastro: I saw some show making fun of it and showing a small trailer that demonstrated how you could turn any random topic into an attractive looking drama03:17
jcastroyea03:18
jcastrothere was lots of linux in it03:18
jcastrothere was a KDE screen in like, tons of parts03:18
nhandlerjcastro: Any Ubuntu?03:21
jcastrowell, the terminal in one scene was in /etc/apache203:21
jcastroso either ubuntu or debian03:22
jcastrobut the scenes with them hacking are all set in periods earlier than ubuntu's existance03:22
doctormohuh facebook movie?03:22
jcastrothough they got the KDE themes and stuff exactly right03:22
jcastroand he used wget!03:23
nhandlerI'm surprised these linux clips haven't started hitting the various tech sites03:25
jcastroi saw one on planet kde03:25
doctormotime for bed! night.03:27
duanedesign'lo all08:39
nigelbo/08:41
duanedesignhello mr nigel08:42
nigelbmorning duane.  /very/ early morning08:42
duanedesignyeah. my hours are all messed up. :P08:43
nigelbyou need a new clock08:43
duanedesign:D08:44
nigelbor you need to move east08:45
duanedesignit actually kinda works well for getting things done (community wise)08:45
duanedesignget to catch all the people who live east early in their day before they get busy :)08:46
nigelbRight.  1 pm is early for India :p08:46
duanedesign:P08:46
duanedesignwe are getting a lot of new people from india in BT.08:47
duanedesignand bhavi has been hanging out more. Getting him to help me get back on the MOTU track08:48
nigelboh, nice08:49
AlanBellnigelb: http://libertus.co.uk:8080/ and anyone else who wants to see it really08:57
nigelbnice ;)08:57
nigelb\o/08:57
nigelbAlanBell: things are going to be frantic next week09:36
nigelbA lot of pages will need rework :/09:36
duanedesignnigelb: for sure09:37
nigelbthe bug squad pages look ugly on light09:38
duanedesignnigelb: is there any plans for organizing the effort?09:38
nigelbduanedesign: I haven't heard of one.09:38
duanedesignmaybe  a list of whats done and what needs to be done?09:38
nigelbI'll just have to kick it off for pages I'm respobiel09:38
nigelbwow I spell *bad*09:39
nigelbthat was supposed to be responsible09:39
duanedesignyeah thats probably the best bet09:39
duanedesignthen once everyone gets the pages they are responsible for, we can start looking for orphans09:39
nigelbI think top would be wiki pages for teams09:40
nigelbSpeciall points for fixing headers09:40
AlanBellin theory if the design isn't too broken there shouldn't need to be any rework09:45
AlanBellwhere are the bugsquad pages?09:45
nigelbhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad09:46
nigelbThey brown-ish backgrouond really gets screwed up and the headers09:46
duanedesignlooks like someone already worked on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs09:47
AlanBellok, got it09:48
AlanBellsome screwed up stuff there certainly09:48
AlanBellbut it is the theme that needs fixing, not the markup09:48
nigelboh?09:48
AlanBellwith the possible exception of the brown09:48
nigelbthe markup for brown is hard-coded09:49
nigelbwhat we would need is a style to just apply and get orange colored boxses09:49
nigelb*boxes09:49
AlanBellhttps://wiki.kubuntu.org/BugSquad09:49
AlanBellhttps://wiki.edubuntu.org/BugSquad09:50
nigelbSee? Hard-coded09:50
AlanBellyes, the brown might be nice to change09:50
nigelbI think what we need is one class for boxes09:50
nigelbthat should change by theme09:50
AlanBellhowever the layout should not be screwed up09:50
nigelband should be available on all themes09:50
nigelbthe layout is screwed up light thanks to the space on the left09:51
nigelbelky has been saying that from the first time she looked at it09:51
doctormoMorning nigelb09:51
nigelbmorning doctormo :)09:51
nigelbwe're trying out light theme for wiki and enjoying how things look screwed up09:51
duanedesignmorning doctormo09:52
AlanBellnigelb: yeah, well I nuked bug 65463109:52
ubot2Launchpad bug 654631 in ubuntu-website "wide unused space on left of content (affects: 1) (heat: 6)" [Undecided,In progress] https://launchpad.net/bugs/65463109:52
doctormoCan I see?09:53
AlanBellhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bugs?field.tag=light-wiki09:53
doctormoAs a high critic of the wiki in general ;-)09:53
nigelbdoctormo: go to wiki,ubuntu.com and click on your name and change theme to light09:53
AlanBelldoctormo: http://libertus.co.uk:8080/09:53
nigelbdoctormo: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserPreferences09:53
nigelbAlanBell: \o/09:53
nigelbdoctormo: chanage the theme to light there09:54
nigelb"and your eyes shall be opened"09:54
nigelb(sorry, couldn't resist)09:54
nigelblet me send a mail to the bug squad list09:54
AlanBellthe libertus one is running on my laptop and fixes a bunch of bugs (and introduces some entertaining new ones)09:54
nigelbheh09:55
nigelbAlanBell: set to go live on 13th right?09:55
nigelbthe light theme...09:55
AlanBellyes09:56
AlanBellI asked for it to be delayed until the end of open week, or alternatively to go live on 10/10/1009:56
nigelbI'll give everyone a heads up09:56
AlanBellbut I think 13/10/10 is going to be when it happens09:56
nigelbAlanBell: wasn't there an announcement mail or soomething?09:56
nigelbubuntu-website list?09:57
AlanBellnope, you have to be psychic, or browse your user preferences randomly and look out for new themes09:57
duanedesignhaha09:57
nigelbAlanBell: hrm, I specifically remember you linking me to something on a mailing list :/09:57
AlanBellthe announcement of it going live was planned to consist of it, um, going live.09:58
duanedesignnigelb: the bug squad wiki looks ok?09:58
nigelbduanedesign: the brown is ew.  Needs to be orange09:58
AlanBellnigelb: actually there may have been a little discussion on a list09:58
nigelbbut can't be hard-coded09:58
nigelbAlanBell: https://lists.canonical.com/archives/ubuntu-website/2010-October/001065.html09:58
nigelbAnd it was a reply to you :p09:58
doctormoI would change it to this: http://imagebin.ca/view/Vm4uGeQ.html09:58
duanedesignnigelb: what brown?09:59
nigelbduanedesign: brown boses.  light09:59
nigelbarg09:59
nigelbbrown boxes.09:59
AlanBelllp:~alanbell/ubuntu-website/light-moin-theme if anyone wants to play10:01
duanedesignnigelb: hmm. I am not seeing them. The header looks ok. Yikes. Something wrong with this page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToTriage/10:01
AlanBellnigelb: ah yes, I don't think there was any discussion before I prompted it though10:01
nigelbAlanBell: true.  That is communication fail.10:02
nigelbI wish there was a channel where these people hung out10:02
AlanBellthere is, #ubuntu-website10:02
nigelbright10:02
AlanBellduanedesign: feel free to copy any page and paste the contents in http://libertus.co.uk:8080/Bugs/HowToTriage etc10:03
AlanBellyou might need to create headers separately10:03
AlanBellthen add a link to it on http://libertus.co.uk:8080/ and I will make sure it isn't broken10:03
AlanBellgenerally don't fix the markup to work around the theme (apart from the brown)10:04
AlanBellthe theme needs to work with the markup (because the markup needs to be viewed in multiple themes)10:04
AlanBellsometimes things that are too wide get pushed down 1280 pixels from the top, so if you are looking at a blank page scroll down. I am on to this one.10:05
doctormoAlanBell: I am playing, but looking for feedback10:05
AlanBellfeedback in #ubuntu-website would be great10:11
nigelbwho uses irssi here?10:11
duanedesignnigelb: me10:12
nigelbduanedesign: how do I change the height for channel list?10:12
duanedesignis the fix for the headers to change the brown to #F1F1DD10:12
nigelbduanedesign: I thought of that, but text color would need changing too.10:13
duanedesignnigelb: do you use adv_windowlist.pl10:15
nigelbduanedesign: yep10:16
duanedesignnigelb: ok10:16
duanedesignnigelb: i have been wanting to figure this out for awhile10:17
duanedesigni will start looking. If you figure it out befor me let me know :)10:17
nigelbheh, ok10:17
duanedesigni get /msg from people and do not know because it runs off bottom :\10:18
nigelbduanedesign: similar10:18
nigelb /set awl_block -1510:18
nigelbthat helps10:18
duanedesignahh10:23
duanedesigndarn perl. Looks like cartoon characters cursing10:23
nigelbhaha.10:24
duanedesign;#$@%!10:24
duanedesign:P10:24
nigelbThat's how Larry Wall cures10:24
nigelb*curses10:24
nigelbHe's a liguistic ya know ;p10:24
AlanBellduanedesign: http://localhost:8080/Bugs/HowToTriage (yes, I didn't bring over all the <img> attachments, but the table fits)10:27
duanedesignnigelb: lol10:28
popeylocalhost you say? :)10:29
duanedesignAlanBell: aha10:29
popeyhttp://libertus.co.uk:8080/Bugs/HowToTriage10:29
duanedesignhttp://libertus.co.uk:8080/Bugs/HowToTriage10:29
duanedesignd'oh, too slow10:29
AlanBelllol10:31
AlanBellyeah, localhost, pop round any time :)10:31
duanedesignhey, looks like Couch replication is coming backk online \o/10:33
nigelbthe sync your logs via ubuntu one for no reason at all thing? :p10:35
duanedesignand contacts ;)10:39
duanedesigni am anxious to test ONeConf and get back to working on Stipple10:40
duanedesignhave a good day friends10:59
akgranerok prime example of why the social media sites recover email address - should be set to the mailing list teams owners/admins - the news team hasn't found the person who set up the ubuntunews feed for the Fridge12:36
nigelbakgraner: but would that not cause a log to be created of that mail?12:37
akgranerwho cares - you can always change it12:37
akgranerif you lost it and can't get it12:37
akgraneronce you get it - you go in and change it12:38
nigelbtrue :)12:38
akgraneryou send and mail and IM the other owners as a watch your email kinda of thing12:39
akgranerthen the minute the email comes in you login and change it12:39
nigelbthat does make sense12:39
akgraneror  - we have an ubuntu-social-media-recovery email address12:40
akgranerthat all teams can use that isn't logged and the CC or LoCo Council are the admins12:41
akgranerand they can recover anyones information12:41
nigelbThat is a good idea12:42
nigelblesser 'hit by bus' factr12:43
akgraneryep12:43
akgranerso any brilliant ideas on how to find out the ubuntunews twitter feed information - we've emailed everyone - we've tried the forgot my pw and told everyone to check their emails - and we emailed list owners and past News Team  editors12:44
nigelboh, great :/12:46
akgranerI know right12:46
akgranerhave we missed anything we should try?12:46
nigelbDirect Message on twitter?12:47
jussiakgraner: and youve done the twitter equivalent of a private message?12:47
jussilol12:47
nigelbjussi: beat you to it :p12:47
akgranerjussi, nope - let me try that now :-)  thanks12:49
popeyhttp://popey.com/graphs/ubuntu.ogv is starting to look more fun12:55
popeymight have to play with this after release and add some music, change the frame rate etc12:56
czajkowskimorning12:58
akgranerdarn it  you can only pm someone who is following you12:58
nigelbpopey: nice12:58
nigelbakgraner: oh, ugh.12:59
nigelbthat account isn't folowing /anyone/12:59
popeyi did mention this :)13:00
popeysee, ignoring popey :)13:00
akgranerthanks popey!13:00
popeyworth blogging?13:00
popeyso it hits planet ubuntu?13:00
nigelbmaybe13:01
czajkowskiwise popey13:01
akgranerat this point  - yes - I'm working on the site is moving post to the old fridge right now  - popey can you blog the twitter one13:01
popeyok13:03
popeyhave tweeted @twfeed too as they run twitterfeed which actually gates the posts from fridge to twitter13:05
akgranerpopey, thanks13:06
akgranerpopey, I just popped into the uk channel to ask about someone taking pics at the London release party - can you nudge anyone you know who is going for me please13:06
popeywill do13:07
akgranerthank you!  You know photo skills of your team better than I :-)13:07
popeyhave asked the the mailing list13:08
popeyhttp://popey.com/blog/2010/10/09/who-setup-ubuntunews/13:12
popeyakgraner: http://popey.com/graphs/ubuntu-uk-current.png  gotcha!13:19
akgranerwow13:20
nigelbheh13:20
duanedesignpopey: what program are you using to reassemble the images captured by PieSpy?13:25
popeyduanedesign: mencoder / ffmpeg13:34
jussiJust a reminder, #ubuntu-release-party is open! Welcome!13:34
duanedesignpopey: thank you13:35
popeyheh13:35
popeynp duanedesign13:39
nigelbjussi: you mean its not crazy enough for ya? :P13:59
jussinigelb: its getting there, but it wouldnt be a real party if it wasnt crazy13:59
nigelbtrue that13:59
nigelbpaultag: when you got time we gotta talk about something :)14:00
paultagnigelb, yo16:27
paultagnigelb, you pung?16:27
czajkowskipaultag: aloha16:28
paultagheyya czajkowski16:28
nigelbpaultag: aha, yes16:30
highvoltagehello you16:30
czajkowskiakgraner: want pics from all release parties ???16:38
jcastromorning!16:51
nigelbgood morning jcastro :)16:55
doctormoczajkowski: you can do that?16:55
nigelbdoctormo: czajkowski says "let it be done" and its done :D16:55
* nigelb hides16:55
jcastroman, my blog conversation is hitting epic proportions!16:55
nigelbjcastro: don't feed the troll.  I like laura's logic.  If its not constructive delete it.16:56
nigelbomg 30 comments16:56
nigelbthats like more text than in one blog post of yours :/16:57
jcastroyeah16:57
jcastroI am still waiting for proof or evidence16:57
jcastroand what steps he took to contact the CoC16:57
jcastroat which point I will add up all the words he wrote up on my blog16:57
jcastroand measure how much time he wasted16:57
nigelblol16:57
macoaoithoir?16:58
nigelbjcastro: I like persia's suggestion16:58
jcastroyeah I clicked "like"17:00
PendulumI think it's interesting that the first "ism" he mentioned was ablism17:00
Pendulumconsidering most people I know even wouldn't even know the term17:00
czajkowskieh what post?17:00
jcastroI had to look it up17:00
czajkowskinigelb: meh I just tolerate crap on my rant page, that's what my blog is my area to air my thoughts on17:01
Pendulumtbh, I have in most channels hit a lot of resistance if I mention that "retarded" is offensive (and I don't even try on crazy)17:01
jcastroit's amazing to me because I don't even know what alot of people in ubuntu /look like/ let alone what their beliefs or whatever are17:01
Pendulumthe only channel where I've had back-up on calling out someone for using "retarded" is #ubuntu-women17:01
Pendulum(and I do find it a deeply offensive term)17:02
jcastroI usually do a good job with my swearing/etc on IRC17:02
jcastroit's IRL where I get in trouble17:02
* jcastro says retarded all the time in real life17:02
macojcastro: on umm.... mormon-who-did-ramadan-guy's blog one time i said the "family friendly" thing in comments and aiorthor was like "HA! and see thats code for no queers allowed!" im like "uh? how so? queer people have families too. it just means understand that theres TMI about sex lives regardless of the gender of the person you're doing it with"17:02
jcastroyeah17:03
jcastrolike really, I don't really care what your lifestyle is17:03
jcastrotbh it's not the whole arguing in my blog that makes me throw my hands up17:04
jcastroit's the mentioning of RMS. :)17:04
macoPendulum: yeah i noticed the ableism mention too. i dont hear that word outside GF circles17:04
nigelbhaha17:04
Pendulumhaha17:04
jcastrothe only -ism I approve of is my own alcoholism17:04
nigelbjcastro: geekism? :p17:05
macoPendulum: which brings me to... do you consider it ick that the word "sane" is used in tech to refer to a system that will work? like "build environment is sane" or "filesystem is sane"?17:06
jcastro2720 users, 3746 answers ....17:06
jcastrowe are close maco!17:06
Pendulummaco: the crazy/sane/insane stuff (in general) is something that bothers me, but it's not language I've managed to get perfect yet so I don't feel comfortable calling people out on it17:07
macooh god greg please dont send that troll to use the GF wiki....17:07
nigelbjcastro: heh, speaking of which17:07
nigelbI visited the progamming SE today17:08
nigelboddly it had less programming questions17:08
maconigelb: you mean SO?17:08
PendulumGenerally I don't think ablism is a huge issue for Ubuntu, other than where it's part of a larger societal institutionalized mindset or where it's a matter of "only itches get scratched" (which I assume is part of why we don't really have any developers working on accessibility at the moment since Luke doesn't have the time17:08
Pendulum_17:08
nigelbmaco: no, http://programmers.stackexchange.com17:08
nigelbthe questions were surprising http://programmers.stackexchange.com/?tab=hot17:09
macojcastro: by the way, i think you use the word "lame", right? i recommend NOT using it when telling aiorthor how he's acting.17:10
Pendulumor "crazy"17:10
macoor dumb17:10
* maco looks at nigelb17:10
Pendulumor idiotic17:10
nigelbguilt has charged.17:11
nigelbguilty17:11
Pendulumsomeone ought to point him towards Ubuntu for All17:11
nigelbmaco: I've /really/ tried not do use it after that incident.17:11
maconigelb: yay :)17:12
jcastromaco: I won't call out his person on the blog, since he's writing in a tone specifically to point back at me to prove his point17:12
macoPendulum: where's that list of ableist insults?17:12
macoFWD maybe?17:13
jcastromaco: but if that guy gets offended by lame then the rest of my vocabulary will probably put him in shock. :p17:14
jcastrobut I am trying lately17:14
macojcastro: lame means crippled...17:14
* nigelb hugs jcastro 17:14
jcastroakgraner taught me "bless your heart."17:14
macowhich... hmm Pendulum is crippled an ok word?17:15
macoor context dependent? "crippled by $event"?17:15
czajkowskimaco: lame means what now ?17:15
macoczajkowski: legs dont work17:15
Pendulummaco: context dependent17:16
Pendulum(at least IMO)17:16
czajkowskia dog or a horse is lame but I've never heard a human being referred to as that ever17:16
czajkowskilame means something else entirely17:16
Pendulumczajkowski: it's mostly outdated in terms of humans, but it's still used17:16
czajkowskilike a lame joke17:16
jcastroPendulum: woo, thanks for a real constructive comment!17:16
nigelbI have heard lame used for humans in the crippled sense :/17:17
Pendulumczajkowski: that comes from lame being used for humans17:17
Pendulummaco: it might be on FWD. I've seen a bunch17:17
macoFWD has ableist word profiles, but i thought they had a post that was a list of ableist insults and suggestions of things to say instead17:18
Pendulummaco: cripple is interesting, too, because it's something being reclaimed. So like I wouldn't want someone else to use it about me, but I use it all the time17:18
nigelb*cough* whats FWD?17:18
maconigelb: Feminists With Disabilities17:18
Pendulumnigelb: website Feminists with Disabilities http://disabledfeminists.com/17:19
nigelbTook me a whiile to parse GF which I've heard of.  Never heard of this one though.17:19
PendulumI think I've had lame used about me before. it did used to be a valid medical term (which most of these things were at one point)17:19
nigelbok, early bed time for me today17:21
nigelblater all :)17:21
PendulumAlanBell: does Ubuntu for All have an IRC channel yet?17:21
Pendulumalthough my favourite ablist language is when people tell me I'm wheelchair bound17:25
Pendulumbecause I then tell them with the most innocent look on my face "no I'm not, I haven't found a partner willing to tie me to it yet" (and then switch to a sad face)17:25
macohahaha17:26
jcastrothat's awesome17:28
macoPendulum: im reading the FWD post on that one, and remembering the time kjcole (dc loco) was looking out the window for his wife saying he was watching for someone short and moving much faster than a child would... because wheels go FAST17:30
Pendulumheh17:30
PendulumI don't go so fast anymore17:30
Pendulumalthough that reminds me that I need to sort out renting a powerchair for UDS17:30
macoit was on a hill. i dont think she has an option17:30
Pendulumhaha17:30
PendulumI let go on hills :-)17:30
Pendulumat UDS-M there was a ramp down to the hotel restaurant and it was always useful if they funnelled everyone else through the entrance with stairs because then I could just let go and see how far I could get without pushing ;-)17:32
jussiPendulum: wow, wheelchairs arent that cheap! http://www.caremedicalequipment.com/electric-wheelchairs.htm17:34
jussithats almost like rent a car17:35
Pendulumjussi: yeah, I'm looking at renting from http://www.applescooter.com/17:36
Pendulumwhich is a lot cheaper17:36
Pendulumnone of it is as good as my powerchair here, but I have no way of getting it to/from the airport here :(17:37
jussiahh a scooter17:37
jussinot that much cheaper..17:37
Pendulumno, not a scooter17:37
Pendulumthey also have powerchairs17:37
Pendulumhttp://www.applescooter.com/Orlando.asp?User=&Reservation=&AC=Checked&DD=&PUD=&DH=4&DM=00&DAMPM=PM&PUH=12&PUM=00&PAMPM=PM&HN=1&CR=Concierge&Attract=1&OL=&NS=&Model=&Device=Wheelchair&First_Name=&Last_Name=&Address1=&Address2=&City=&State=&Zip_Code=&Email_Address=&Mobile_Phone_Number=&Credit_Card_Number=&CC_Exp_Date=&Post=&Visit1=10/01/20105AS%20014591260312:00:13%20AM&Error=Wheelchair17:37
PendulumI can't use a scooter because my thumbs dislocate17:37
jussilol, I get an error down the bottom: Error ! The current browser is either too old or too modern (usind DOM document structure).17:38
jussiPendulum: ah a trifle cheaper, the other one was 45 a day. still17:38
Pendulumyeah17:38
Pendulumjust not possible to rent a chair like mine (which is all fancy and customized and stuff and had I bought it new out of pocket would have been about $15k)17:39
macoO_O17:40
jussithis place has 150 a week: http://www.questmobilitysolutions.com/medical-equipment-rentals.asp17:41
Pendulummaco: http://www.pridemobility.com/quantum/powerbases/q6series/q600.asp with power tilt & power recline17:42
jussiPendulum: and its not possible to take with?17:43
macojussi: where will it fit on the plane?17:44
macosuper-duper-over-sized-baggage?17:44
jussiin the large luggage section?17:44
Pendulumit fits under the plane, but I have no way of getting it from my house to the airport :(17:44
jussimaco: planes are pretty big...17:44
Pendulumand no accessible taxies in my area17:44
Pendulum*taxis17:44
jussiPendulum: no accessible taxis? O.o17:45
macojussi: and oversized baggage is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$17:45
jussiPendulum: how far is it?17:45
macojussi: she lives middle of nowhere17:45
Pendulummaco: free for wheelchairs/disability/medical eqiupment :-)17:45
macoPendulum: oh!17:45
Pendulumjussi: it's like 5-10 miles from the airport17:45
macoPendulum: im guessing no accessible taxis = in the entire town?17:46
jussiPendulum: and your chair doesnt have that range?17:46
macohaha you want her to wheel to the airport?17:46
Pendulummaco: air carrier access act. it's illegal for them to charge extra for medical equipment (and you can bring an extra carry-on of just medical equipment17:46
Pendulumjussi: no pavements by the roads and busy unsafe roads to walk along the side of17:46
jussimy wife used to work for a girl with a chair with a 40km range, she would do that amount no probs17:47
macoand where would you put your suitcase?17:47
Pendulumthe chair shouldn't have problems with the range, it's the safety bit17:47
jussiPendulum: that sucks - I keep forgetting how bad some have it17:47
Pendulumyeah17:47
maconeed to move you to a real city17:47
Pendulumwhile I'm living here I'm pretty much stuck to places I can use my manual chair with17:47
jussiwhere I live we are known for our bike paths17:47
Pendulummaco: one of the "real" cities I've lived in had no wheelchair accessible taxis either17:48
jussiPendulum: do you know anyone with a white van? :D17:48
Pendulum(but they did have wheelchair accessible public transport and I could have gotten to the airport that way)17:48
Pendulumhaha17:48
Pendulumwhen I go back to work, I'll start fighting with vocational rehab to pay for an adapted van17:49
jussiPendulum: :D17:49
Pendulumwell, then I have to buy the van, but they'll at least pay for the adaptions17:50
Pendulumwhich will cut costs from $40k to probably $20k ;-)17:50
jussithis is a what we have pretty much all over the city: and a long way out also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgUkNxUE0wc17:51
Pendulum*ndos*17:52
PendulumI am most definitely not in a city17:52
PendulumI'd ask my ex how she got her powerchair to the airport when she moved, but I think her back folds down (mine can't because of the power recline)17:53
jussiPendulum: nor I, but those paths come out almost to our house17:53
Pendulumokay, so I just googled "wheelchair accessible taxi connecticut" it turns out there's one in the entire state17:55
Pendulumit's an hour away from my house (so wouldn't help me)17:55
Pendulumand they only got it a year ago17:55
jussiPendulum: wth? that is so weird - we have like 20 in Oulu - a town of 120,00017:56
Pendulumit's something I've noticed in the US17:56
jussibtw, one of our local pubs specialty drink - very cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BssofSb3yM&feature=related17:57
Pendulumwhen I was in Philadelphia (a large-sh city) there were no accessible taxis (and as far as I know that hasn't changed)17:57
PendulumNew York City only has about 20017:57
akgranerhey interview with Jono - in Issue 6 of Ubuntu User :-) http://ubuntu-user.com/Magazine/Archive/2010/6/INTERVIEW-JONO-BACON-UBUNTU-COMMUNITY-MANAGER17:58
jussiPendulum: that is crazy17:59
AlanBellPendulum: not yet18:02
PendulumAlanBell: okay. well just so you know I've mentioned Ubuntu for All to the person who said they felt like they'd been excluded from Ubuntu for "lifestyle" reasons18:05
Pendulum(on jorge's blog)18:05
highvoltagePendulum: which blog entry was that?18:05
AlanBelloh goodie18:06
pleia2philly pretty much sucks for all kinds of transportation for everyone18:07
pleia2lousy public transit, lousy taxi service, driving is a traffic nightmare18:07
AlanBellhe seems to argue that he disagrees with the CoC because it doesn't hold him to a high enough standard or something18:07
pleia2(and it's the 6th largest city in the country!)18:07
AlanBellalthough I may have missed his point because of tl;dr18:07
macoAlanBell: http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/1269346407/my-new-proposal-for-improving-governance#disqus_thread18:10
AlanBellyeah, I know, reading it again now18:10
AlanBellI know what bisexual is, I am slightly curious about what polysexual is, but I feel asking Google may be unwise18:11
maconot everyone fits the gender BInary18:13
macoor hmm wait no thats pan/omni18:13
AlanBellindeed18:13
macoi would guess poly = > 1 partner18:13
Pendulumyeah, i assumed it was what I knew of as polyamorous18:14
macoive never heard polysexual, but going by polyamourous...18:14
Pendulumpleia2: I actually didn't mind most of the public transit18:14
macoPendulum: well except polyamourous groups (polymer is what cjwatson and i started calling them)  arent necessarily all in the room at once. so id guess polysexual is how many people you're being sexual with at a time...18:15
Pendulum(annoyed by the number of light-rail stations that weren't accessible, but that's like complaining about the subways in NYC not being accessible)18:16
macohmm nyc did involve stairs...18:16
macoi should look and see how many accessible taxis are in dc18:17
Pendulumand most places I was in Philly area were about as bus accessible as most places I was in NYC18:17
Pendulumthe real problem with SEPTA is the yearly budget threats ;-)18:18
macofound it! and it wasnt on FWD!18:23
macohttp://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/ableist-language-alternatives/18:23
macothough id take "weak" and "feeble" off the safe list18:24
Pendulumyeah18:25
Pendulumand I'd add "boring" under alternatives to lame18:25
czajkowskiI'm a little amazed at the amount of places to rent that say "must like cats"18:32
AlanBellseen any that say "must like large snakes"?18:34
AlanBell"must like chickens"18:34
czajkowskino18:36
czajkowskibut I'd prefer to see either of those18:36
czajkowskiyucy cats18:36
macoboo!18:36
Pendulumhaha18:36
Pendulumczajkowski: are you looking at rooms rather than separate flats?18:36
maconote to self: don't ask czajkowski for flatmateness if moving to uk18:37
czajkowskidamn  K key18:37
czajkowskimaco: I HATE cats18:37
czajkowskiPendulum: both18:37
czajkowskiideally I'd love a 1 bedroom flat18:37
czajkowskibut those seem to be then miles away from work18:37
czajkowskiso kinda torn18:37
jcastrocats are great18:38
jcastrolittle hunters18:38
jcastroI still haven't been able to get him in the carrier to take him to the vet the past 2 days18:38
PendulumI miss having a cat :(18:39
Pendulumalthough my mother made comments about maybe getting another cat and I told her I was happy to petsit when they went on vacation if she got another cat18:39
macoi used to work at a place where the ceo also did cat rescue. if she rescued kittens, they'd come to the office to play with us at work since they couldnt be left home alone all day18:39
macoone of them was adopted by the make-magic-happen person18:40
czajkowskihonesly my sisters place rivals most spa treatment places, so much stuff to chose from and sample. FUN, she may regret me staying here19:07
Pendulumhaha19:11
Pendulumczajkowski: are you there while she's away?19:11
jussisweet and sour corn chips... interesting tast19:12
jussisomewhat like salt an vinegar, but sweet also19:12
czajkowskiPendulum: yup till tuesday till I collect them at midnight19:17
czajkowskimeans i can hang out with lyz this week19:17
czajkowskiand I've 2 open week stuff i need to do as well, and a tal for saturday19:17
Pendulum:)19:19
Pendulumand the release party?19:19
czajkowskiyup19:20
czajkowskiI'd have more freedom living at home http://www.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/flatshare_detail.pl?flatshare_id=138307819:20
Pendulumyeah19:45
sensegood evening!20:05
senseFor the first time, from Dokkum. :)20:05
AlanBellczajkowski: that will be empty nesters :)20:08
Pendulumhiya sense20:11
sensehi Pendulum20:11
czajkowskiAlanBell: aye20:14
jcastrohmm20:29
jcastroshould I try to get the SE link mentioned in -release-party or you think that'll get shot down?20:29
czajkowskijcastro: why not it's a good idea20:44
duanedesignAlanBell: ping21:46
sensegood night everyone and a happy release day tomorrow!22:01
AlanBellhi duanedesign22:03
duanedesignhello AlanBell22:05
AlanBello/22:06
duanedesignI think i found it. I was looking for the page with the bugs filed against the wiki22:06
duanedesignhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bugs22:06
AlanBellyeah, specifically https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bugs?field.tag=light-wiki22:07
duanedesignahhh22:08
duanedesignthank you sir22:08
czajkowski60 teams celebrate 10.10 :D22:27
czajkowskiimpressive :D22:27
doctormoczajkowski: I also filled in all the events we've done in the loco directory so the loco council can see we're not dead.22:52
czajkowskigreat stuff thanks22:53

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