[00:25] The internet in this hotel sucks. [01:15] * tonyyarusso wonders what MaddogF16 wanted [01:16] 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] 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] The annoying thing is no retailer that I can find (nearby) provides the WRT54GL at all [02:13] Takyoji, meet my friend the Internet. [02:14] otherwise I'm going to see if this Linksys E2000 will at least forward proto41 packets properly [02:14] Takyoji: $49.99, free shipping - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124190 [02:15] I just picked up an E3000 myself :) [02:16] 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] were of viable options [02:17] was eyeing the E1000, but that one is apparently not supported [02:17] and if I ever change my mind or brick the device, I can gracefully return it back within 15 days. xP [02:17] Dude, why on earth would you WalMart when you can Newegg? [02:18] Compulsiveness, most likely. :P [03:14] Yay, an actual router that DOESN'T stupidly drop 6in4 packets! [05:02] 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. === NotNick is now known as ColinHarrington === NotNick is now known as ColinHarrington [20:47] finally, I got online. [20:48] barely. [20:48] I'm barely hanging on. [20:49] sparklehistory, where are you :( [20:49] ping timeout, she's probably at this very hotel :( [20:50] haha [20:50] 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] I like this "Places" app on my 'Droid [20:52] 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] dinner will be over by the time I actually load that :( [20:52] IT IS DONE! [20:52] *miracle* [20:52] Where is your hotel? [20:53] 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] about 20 mins away, apparently [20:54] sounds right [20:54] 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] Yeah. now to find one near Noodles [20:54] or is Noodles a place where I could hang out with a laptop :D [20:55] I've never been to one [20:56] There's a starbucks right across the road! [20:56] 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] h00k: Caribou Coffee is far superior to Starbucks, and located at 2134 Ford Parkway [20:56] Check it! [20:56] As long as wifi is free :( [20:57] It is. [20:57] The Caribou is one block west, near Finn. [20:58] I see it here on the maps, with parking nearby. [20:58] Yeah, parking isn't a problem in that area. [20:58] Good. [20:59] okay. It is 9 miles away *that* way [20:59] * h00k points [20:59] 25 mins. [20:59] If I'm not online in 45 minutes, I died. [20:59] * h00k waves. [20:59] Peace, all. [20:59] hehe [21:00] don't die [21:45] Wooo!! [21:45] I made it. [21:45] I realize that was 46 minutes, but I ordered coffee too.