[00:25] <h00k> The internet in this hotel sucks.
[01:15]  * tonyyarusso wonders what MaddogF16 wanted
[01:16] <tonyyarusso> Takyoji: OpenWRT is command line only; DD-WRT is a web interface.  I've heard similar things about the x86 version though.  DD-WRT shines on embedded hardware like consumer wifi products.  If you're going to put it on x86 gear, use pfSense, m0n0wall, ClearOS, or something along those lines.
[01:17] <tonyyarusso> Takyoji: If you're looking for a great off-the-shelf wifi router, and don't need 802.11n, you want the Linksys WRT54GL (with the "L" on the end!), period.
[02:13] <Takyoji> The annoying thing is no retailer that I can find (nearby) provides the WRT54GL at all
[02:13] <tonyyarusso> Takyoji, meet my friend the Internet.
[02:14] <Takyoji> otherwise I'm going to see if this Linksys E2000 will at least forward proto41 packets properly
[02:14] <tonyyarusso> Takyoji: $49.99, free shipping - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190
[02:15] <tonyyarusso> I just picked up an E3000 myself :)
[02:16] <Takyoji> and I was basically standing there on my smartphone for like.. half an hour looking through the DD-WRT supported hardware to see which one at my nearby monopolist Walmart store.
[02:16] <Takyoji> were of viable options
[02:17] <Takyoji> was eyeing the E1000, but that one is apparently not supported
[02:17] <Takyoji> and if I ever change my mind or brick the device, I can gracefully return it back within 15 days. xP
[02:17] <tonyyarusso> Dude, why on earth would you WalMart when you can Newegg?
[02:18] <Takyoji> Compulsiveness, most likely. :P
[03:14] <Takyoji> Yay, an actual router that DOESN'T stupidly drop 6in4 packets!
[05:02] <Takyoji> Woo, saw a GNOME-based distro on a laptop on the show "Superhumans" (or whatever the proper title is) on History channel. The laptop was used for comparing a person's musical accuracy from hearing something just once.
[20:47] <h00k> finally, I got online.
[20:48] <h00k> barely.
[20:48] <h00k> I'm barely hanging on.
[20:49] <h00k> sparklehistory, where are you :(
[20:49] <h00k> ping timeout, she's probably at this very hotel :(
[20:50] <tonyyarusso> haha
[20:50] <tonyyarusso> No, that probably means she forgot to /quit when she took her laptop out for the day.
[20:51]  * h00k turns GPS on
[20:51] <h00k> I like this "Places" app on my 'Droid
[20:52] <tonyyarusso> Well, the Noodles in question is http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2110+Ford+Parkway+and+Cleveland+Ave+St.+Paul,+MN+55116&sll=44.917959,-93.187425&sspn=10.984605,28.54248&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ford+Pkwy+%26+Cleveland+Ave+S,+St+Paul,+Ramsey,+Minnesota+55116&z=16
[20:52] <h00k> dinner will be over by the time I actually load that :(
[20:52] <h00k> IT IS DONE!
[20:52] <h00k> *miracle*
[20:52] <tonyyarusso> Where is your hotel?
[20:53] <h00k> http://maps.google.com/maps?client=ubuntu&channel=cs&q=golden+valley+holiday+inn+express&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=holiday+inn+express&hnear=Golden+Valley,+Hennepin,+Minnesota&ll=44.975971,-93.358555&spn=0.064724,0.169086&t=h&z=13&iwloc=A
[20:53] <h00k> about 20 mins away, apparently
[20:54] <tonyyarusso> sounds right
[20:54] <tonyyarusso> But you'll be way better off doing that drive now than you would if you did it in rush hour, so the killing time at a coffee shop idea is a good one
[20:54] <h00k> Yeah. now to find one near Noodles
[20:54] <h00k> or is Noodles a place where I could hang out with a laptop :D
[20:55] <h00k> I've never been to one
[20:56] <h00k> There's a starbucks right across the road!
[20:56] <h00k> http://maps.google.com/maps?near=To:+Ford+Pkwy+%26+Cleveland+Ave+S+%4044.91796,-93.18742&geocode=&q=Coffee&f=l&hl=en&sll=44.977428,-93.214874&sspn=0.129445,0.338173&ie=UTF8&hq=Coffee&hnear=&t=h&z=16http://maps.google.com/maps?near=To:+Ford+Pkwy+%26+Cleveland+Ave+S+%4044.91796,-93.18742&geocode=&q=Coffee&f=l&hl=en&sll=44.977428,-93.214874&sspn=0.129445,0.338173&ie=UTF8&hq=Coffee&hnear=&t=h&z=16
[20:56] <tonyyarusso> h00k: Caribou Coffee is far superior to Starbucks, and located at 2134 Ford Parkway
[20:56] <h00k> Check it!
[20:56] <h00k> As long as wifi is free :(
[20:57] <tonyyarusso> It is.
[20:57] <tonyyarusso> The Caribou is one block west, near Finn.
[20:58] <h00k> I see it here on the maps, with parking nearby.
[20:58] <tonyyarusso> Yeah, parking isn't a problem in that area.
[20:58] <h00k> Good.
[20:59] <h00k> okay. It is 9 miles away *that* way
[20:59]  * h00k points
[20:59] <h00k> 25 mins.
[20:59] <h00k> If I'm not online in 45 minutes, I died.
[20:59]  * h00k waves.
[20:59] <h00k> Peace, all.
[20:59] <tonyyarusso> hehe
[21:00] <ColinHarrington> don't die
[21:45] <h00k> Wooo!!
[21:45] <h00k> I made it.
[21:45] <h00k> I realize that was 46 minutes, but I ordered coffee too.