| sagaci | hey | 01:25 |
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| sagaci | hi | 03:58 |
| head_victim | Gday sagaci | 05:27 |
| sagaci | what's happening | 05:27 |
| head_victim | Just submitted my first job application in about 15 years | 05:28 |
| head_victim | You? | 05:29 |
| sagaci | trying set up a blog | 05:30 |
| head_victim | I don't have enough stuff interesting to say to write a blog. | 05:31 |
| sagaci | neither do I but it'll fill in five minutes here and there | 05:31 |
| head_victim | I've often considered it so I could write up things I've done so if I need to do it again I have it online to check with | 05:32 |
| sagaci | and just "won" an opensuse t-shirt | 05:32 |
| head_victim | Haha yeah I saw that, not sure I'd fit a medium though and it's not my wife's style | 05:32 |
| sagaci | neither would I but I have a student interested in FLOSS that would appreciate it | 05:33 |
| head_victim | Ah fair call. | 05:33 |
| sagaci | in primary school, learning logo and python | 05:34 |
| sagaci | wish I had that kind of a brain back then | 05:34 |
| sagaci | not that I do now | 05:34 |
| head_victim | They'll be more developer skilled than I am :/ I just wish I had of realised I liked IT before I did a Psychology degree. | 05:35 |
| sagaci | yeah but I think there'd be a lot of crap you'd have to study for an IT degree | 05:36 |
| sagaci | take most of the fun out of it | 05:36 |
| head_victim | Yeah I would have done it though, would be better suited to jobs I'd enjoy more than I'm doing now | 05:36 |
| sagaci | i just took one of the units from the comp faculty. the Unix/Linux environment... took all the exercises and exams and tried to work through it | 05:37 |
| Phlosten | head_victim: you are not alone, there are huge amounts of uni graduates these days that end up working in entirely different industries | 05:39 |
| Phlosten | we make kids pick their careers far too early in life | 05:40 |
| head_victim | Phlosten: Oh I'm currently using my degree, that's not a problem, I just wish I could have done it combined with something IT so I could be where I want :D | 05:40 |
| Phlosten | and work experience placement does not seem to be valued as much anymore | 05:41 |
| head_victim | That's because we're all too money focussed | 05:41 |
| Phlosten | indeed, which is sad, because a fulfilling career is not just about money | 05:42 |
| sagaci | fulfilling career... rm -rf'ing the main server on your last day of work | 05:43 |
| Phlosten | firefox seems to crash a hell of a lot under Ubuntu, guessing it is most likely the Flash plugin, but still very annoying | 06:12 |
| head_victim | I keep crashing the pdf plugin | 06:13 |
| head_victim | Doesn't open the file, if I quit an dsave all tabs and then re open it works | 06:13 |
| head_victim | caryb & blahdeblah & any other Brisbanites - I'm in preliminary talks with someone who cold emailed me off the wiki I think. They are a student at a public high school and have floated the idea of Ubuntu-AU coming to do a talk. I have given them a few things to think about as to what they want from us but would you be interested in coming along for this sort of thing? Obviously date and time tbc. | 09:34 |
| blahdeblah | Where is it? | 09:39 |
| head_victim | blahdeblah: actually looks closer to caryb than you or I, Dakabin appears to be just past Kallangur and Petrie. Maybe I can see if jfer is interested as well. | 09:41 |
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| head_victim | Although I'd be willing to carpool people if that were a better option | 09:42 |
| blahdeblah | Well, let me know what you come up with. If it's a Friday i might be able to come. | 09:42 |
| head_victim | I've just put to them they need to decide what sort of information they want from us, I've suggested an installfest for the IT class | 09:42 |
| head_victim | I also need to know what suits them best, either after school, during school, or on the weekend. | 09:43 |
| head_victim | But I think it's too good an opportunity to turn down. | 09:43 |
| blahdeblah | head_victim: Absolutely. If i can make it work, i will. | 10:18 |
| head_victim | blahdeblah: cool so if I'm trying to guide them to a timeframe fridays work for you? How about weekends or weeknights? | 10:22 |
| blahdeblah | head_victim: Some weeknights & Saturdays can work for me - just depends on how much notice i get. | 10:39 |
| head_victim | blahdeblah: no worries, I'm waiting for them to get back to me now just thought I'd get what sort of an idea I could so I could work out a time where more than just me can go | 10:40 |
| head_victim | I'm fine for talking and doing but when it comes to technical stuff I don't just know it off the top of my head, I need to look it up. | 10:40 |
| sagaci | hi | 10:50 |
| caryb | Jared, I can do that if you want. Dakabin is 15 mins from me | 10:56 |
| head_victim | caryb: sweet, figure if we have a team of 2 - 3 it will work great | 10:57 |
| caryb | no probs:-) | 10:57 |
| head_victim | Is there a "better" time of the week for you? Just if they start talking times and days I'd like to get a general feel of what does and doesn't work | 10:58 |
| caryb | 4th fri night of the month is out other than that is ok | 10:58 |
| caryb | I can do daytime during the week to | 10:59 |
| head_victim | Ok cool. Well if anything does eventuate I'll try to aim for probably a friday if possible, seems to suit us all as long as I don't have a shift on | 10:59 |
| caryb | I need to by a new Ubuntu polo shirt | 11:00 |
| caryb | would almost be better to get them made locally | 11:01 |
| head_victim | I think I would prefer one of the new branded ones as well | 11:01 |
| head_victim | It would be 30 bucks each if we both got one and combined postage | 11:05 |
| head_victim | Not sure it's much cheaper | 11:05 |
| head_victim | It's about 32 just for the shirt and postage | 11:05 |
| sagaci | the meerkat ones? | 11:06 |
| head_victim | Nah the polo's, like what I'm wearing in the open day photos but with the new branding logo | 11:06 |
| sagaci | got a link handy? | 11:07 |
| head_victim | http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=648 | 11:07 |
| sagaci | ah right, i'd rather one of them than the meerkat shirts | 11:08 |
| head_victim | Yeah, they don't date as easily, unless they change the branding again (which they did 2 months after my other polo arrived) | 11:08 |
| sagaci | i just prefer the plain look | 11:09 |
| caryb | thats the shirt | 11:19 |
| caryb | I don't a shirt alligned to a release | 11:19 |
| elky | I think the re-branding has been a much bigger thing than they expected, so I don't think it's something we'll see again for quite a while. | 11:20 |
| caryb | ^ want | 11:20 |
| caryb | would be good to get one with the AU logo but that is not possible | 11:22 |
| elky | Sure it is. We're perfectly able to walk in to any embroidery and have it done. | 11:23 |
| caryb | do we get the official shirt & add our bit, or start from scratch elky? | 11:24 |
| head_victim | Is it acceptable to get the official ubuntu stuff embroidered as well? | 11:24 |
| caryb | great minds think alike.... Lol | 11:24 |
| head_victim | Haha, rivers have polo shirts for 4 bucks each atm.............. | 11:25 |
| elky | So long as you're not using the logo for commercial purposes, you're entitled to get the official ubuntu logo too. | 11:25 |
| head_victim | Ah well, we should drum up an order on the list. | 11:25 |
| elky | Take in the shirt and plonk down two pdf files. I want that on that sleeve, and this on the other. Thanks! | 11:25 |
| sagaci | rankings on the shoulders | 11:26 |
| sagaci | ubuntu sergeant, ubuntu corporal | 11:26 |
| sagaci | no, not really | 11:26 |
| elky | head_victim, i'd be careful with that to be honest. It's not a cheap venture to get them done. | 11:27 |
| head_victim | elky: I was just think we could order what people pay for. | 11:27 |
| elky | yes, but this will involve taking money up front and hoping the people who paid have a reasonable concept of patience. | 11:28 |
| sagaci | get some decent fabric, i don't want it crapping up within a few washes | 11:28 |
| sagaci | 30-40 a shirt? | 11:28 |
| sagaci | probably easier to go via the official merch store, if enough people ordered | 11:28 |
| caryb | I myself prefer to buy through Canonical so they make some profit | 11:28 |
| elky | head_victim, using something like one of the online stores would be better. | 11:28 |
| elky | sagaci, you'll struggle to get them to make special things for you. | 11:29 |
| caryb | I have a vested interest in keeping them viable | 11:29 |
| sagaci | blahdeblah, shirt order from Canonical, viable? | 11:29 |
| elky | sagaci, you're talking polos, more than that for two pieces of embroidery on a small-run (less than hundreds) | 11:29 |
| sagaci | like little circle of friends logo, yeah | 11:30 |
| elky | sagaci, well these guys were talking about having the ubuntu-au dot-art logo too. | 11:30 |
| sagaci | ahh | 11:30 |
| sagaci | drives effort and price up | 11:30 |
| caryb | if someone is getting AU polo I'm interested | 11:31 |
| sagaci | just stick a business card on the pocket | 11:31 |
| sagaci | i'd prefer polo from ubuntu store | 11:31 |
| elky | head_victim, caryb there's also places like zazzle.com.au which can do stuff and post it for nil profit to yourself | 11:32 |
| elky | hence fitting the trademark guidelines | 11:33 |
| head_victim | I'm shooting an email to some people to see if it is viable. | 11:33 |
| sagaci | -au shirts? | 11:34 |
| caryb | Polos starting at: | 11:36 |
| caryb | $47.45 | 11:36 |
| caryb | @ zazzle.com.au would be cheaper to get the Ubuntu one & add our logo | 11:37 |
| head_victim | I'll let you know what ballpark figure they come back with for 2 logos and supplying the shirt | 11:37 |
| blahdeblah | sagaci: I'm 0 for 1 with orders from the Canonical store, so asking me whether it's viable is probably not the best idea... ;-) | 11:38 |
| head_victim | Won't know until we ask I guess. If it's $50 I'm probably going to just buy a 30 dollar shirt from canonical and leave it at that | 11:38 |
| elky | geez, zazzle is not the way to go for embroidery. they insist on "converting" it. So the simple circle of friends logo will cost $66 to set up. | 11:39 |
| sagaci | rip off | 11:39 |
| elky | well i can see their logic, but yeah. | 11:39 |
| head_victim | Yeah to do it right isn't cheap | 11:40 |
| sagaci | i'll get two shirts from the canonical store | 11:40 |
| elky | head_victim, depends *how* really | 11:40 |
| head_victim | But I've emailed a local embroidery store and will see if it's worth persuing. | 11:40 |
| elky | head_victim, promo places are also an option. | 11:40 |
| head_victim | My wife suggested them (it's who they refer people to, she works at a quilting store) | 11:40 |
| head_victim | http://www.mtgravatt.embroidme.com.au/ | 11:43 |
| elky | head_victim, http://www.printapromo.com.au/uniforms-and-clothing/custom-polo-shirts/mens-unisex seems to have sensible minimums | 11:52 |
| head_victim | Ah yeah the embroid me don't have a minimum numbe rjust no idea about pricing | 11:52 |
| head_victim | You can order just one if you want | 11:52 |
| elky | yeah, but if that one is $70, then they can go jump :P | 11:53 |
| head_victim | Yep but you have to email for a quote, I gave an indication of 10 - 20 shirts | 11:54 |
| head_victim | ANd they're just up the road so organising it is easy :P | 11:54 |
| head_victim | They look like they use the same tshirt suppliers though. Gives us a good idea how much we should be looking at though | 11:58 |
| sagaci | are you hell-bent on getting -au shirts? | 12:05 |
| elky | head_victim, or how much they'll be ripping you off :P | 12:05 |
| elky | sagaci, yeah | 12:05 |
| head_victim | sagaci: not "hell-bent" but if I'm going to be buying a shirt anyway and it won't cost much more for an -AU one then why not is my theory | 12:06 |
| elky | I'm sure it'll be fine though, and local would be better than having to pay postage twice. | 12:06 |
| sagaci | yep | 12:06 |
| sagaci | i'd like to know the final design would look like | 12:06 |
| sagaci | but hard unless a prototype is made | 12:07 |
| head_victim | Well yeah that will be the next fig... I mean decision ;) | 12:07 |
| head_victim | I figure whoever organises it is probably most likely the one taking the final call on it as they'll be putting in the work | 12:08 |
| Fudge | good morning | 20:04 |
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