[01:59] <favrenation> hello
[01:59] <favrenation> anybody there?
[02:00] <favrenation> hello?
[02:00] <mikeputnam> hi
[02:01] <favrenation> hi
[02:01] <favrenation> is the wisconsin ubuntu group dead?
[02:01] <mikeputnam> nay
[02:01] <favrenation> the forums seem absent
[02:01] <mikeputnam> "distributed"
[02:01] <favrenation> ?
[02:02] <mikeputnam> as in several folks, very far apart
[02:02] <favrenation> yeah
[02:02] <favrenation> im from the Fox Cities
[02:02] <favrenation> you?
[02:02] <mikeputnam> Fox Cities  ;)
[02:02] <favrenation> Appleton
[02:02] <mikeputnam> Appleton  ;)
[02:02] <mikeputnam> north side
[02:02] <favrenation> really?
[02:02] <mikeputnam> yep
[02:02] <favrenation> south side
[02:03] <mikeputnam> it'll never work
[02:03] <mikeputnam> lol
[02:03] <favrenation> what do you mean?
[02:03] <mikeputnam> you and i are too far apart for any ubuntu enthusiasm
[02:03] <mikeputnam> i'm not very good at this humor stuff
[02:04] <favrenation> 20 minutes away?
[02:04] <favrenation> thats not bad
[02:04] <favrenation> i can drive
[02:04] <mikeputnam> i was being facetious
[02:04] <favrenation> im sorry
[02:04] <favrenation> still in highschool
[02:04] <favrenation> getting used to internet humor
[02:04] <favrenation> :p
[02:04] <mikeputnam> heh
[02:05] <mikeputnam> there is a linux user group that meets in Appleton
[02:05] <favrenation> really?
[02:05] <mikeputnam> you've heard of http://newlug.org  ?
[02:05] <favrenation> no
[02:06] <favrenation> i know how to use linux and basic terminal
[02:06] <mikeputnam> well they do.  they meet at the Candlewood Suites hotel at the intersection of Wisconsin Ave and 41
[02:06] <favrenation> and basic html javascript
[02:06] <favrenation> but it seems kind of advanced
[02:06] <mikeputnam> nah
[02:06] <mikeputnam> they welcome any experience levels
[02:06] <favrenation> i know some people who use linux just for fun
[02:06] <mikeputnam> newlug are those people too
[02:06] <favrenation> i just switched completeley to ubuntu
[02:07] <h00k> oho
[02:07] <mikeputnam> it's good fun
[02:07] <h00k> hello.
[02:07] <h00k> I believe I just replied to a thread from you ;)
[02:07] <mikeputnam> h00k: where were you man!?
[02:07]  * mikeputnam has to do everything around here
[02:07] <mikeputnam> ;)
[02:07] <h00k> mikeputnam: I was on vacation!
[02:07] <h00k> First time ever!
[02:07] <mikeputnam> lol
[02:07] <h00k> It was *awesome*
[02:07] <h00k> and now I'm back
[02:08] <h00k> favrenation: welcome!
[02:08] <favrenation> thanks
[02:08] <h00k> The first new forum topic in... a few years.
[02:08] <h00k> er, thread.
[02:08] <h00k> whatever.
[02:08] <favrenation> u saw that?
[02:08] <favrenation> lol
[02:08] <h00k> I'm not a forum'er
[02:08] <h00k> favrenation: I did, you repled to the Location thread, and I got an email, then I saw the new thread you made
[02:08] <mikeputnam> favrenation: i belive h00k is in the northern area.  rhinelander?
[02:08] <h00k> mikeputnam: yessir
[02:08] <favrenation> have u seen the hodag?
[02:09] <favrenation> lol
[02:09] <h00k> 'course
[02:09] <h00k> who hasn't?
[02:09]  * mikeputnam looks around sheepishly
[02:09] <h00k> mikeputnam: it's okay, you didn't miss anything ;)
[02:09] <mikeputnam> heh
[02:09] <h00k> mikeputnam: what'd I miss?
[02:09] <mikeputnam> favrenation was just indicating their interest in linux
[02:09] <favrenation> so how often does this meeting take place?
[02:09] <mikeputnam> ubuntu specifically
[02:10] <mikeputnam> i mentioned newlug as a resource in Appleton
[02:10] <favrenation> ive tried puppy,debian,knoppix,crunchbang,damnsmall,fedora,AntiX,slitaz
[02:10] <mikeputnam> favrenation: http://newlug.org has the details. join their mailing list to stay aware of the meeting schedule
[02:10] <favrenation> what do you guys do there?
[02:10] <h00k> favrenation: oh, we try to have meetings once a month, but usually people are all "I LOVE TO PARTICIPATE AND I WANT TO DO THINGS" and then nobody shows up.
[02:11] <mikeputnam> and this channel is always watched for fellow linuxers
[02:11] <mikeputnam> also #wilug
[02:11] <favrenation> i am not much of an IRC person
[02:11] <mikeputnam> sacrelig!
[02:11] <favrenation> i use other IM's
[02:11] <h00k> #wilug is more for Linux in general, while the Ubuntu LoCo is mostly focused on Ubuntu (obviously)
[02:11] <mikeputnam> we use those too. (via IRC)
[02:11] <favrenation> ok is that freenode?
[02:12] <h00k> favrenation: I invite you to take our Interest Forum survey thing!
[02:12] <favrenation> sure
[02:12] <h00k> https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dElwRWd1QXRCV2dSYkQ2V1ZwZW1FRXc6MQ#gid=0
[02:12] <mikeputnam> freenode is an IRC network. you are on it right now via #ubuntu-us-wi
[02:12] <mikeputnam> #wilug is on the same network
[02:13] <favrenation> ik
[02:13] <mikeputnam> also #dhmn if you happen to be interested in general "hacking/making"
[02:13] <mikeputnam> http://dhmn.net
[02:13] <favrenation> i mean to ask if the other channel was on freenode
[02:13] <mikeputnam> ah
[02:14] <favrenation> well Im 16 so IDK what I could contribute
[02:14] <mikeputnam> no one does, until they start talking to other people interested in linux
[02:15] <mikeputnam> bye-bye
[02:15] <h00k> baw
[02:15] <Favrenation> sorry back
[02:15] <mikeputnam> ohai
[02:16] <h00k> welcome back :)
[02:16] <Favrenation> lol
[02:16] <Favrenation> what is the hacking project u are gong to be working on?
[02:17] <mikeputnam> i just finished the candybot
[02:17] <mikeputnam> let me dig up a url
[02:17] <Favrenation> ?
[02:17] <mikeputnam> here we go
[02:17] <mikeputnam> http://www.instructables.com/id/CandyBot-v10/
[02:17] <Favrenation> at appleton east there is a robotics team that would love this stuff
[02:17] <mikeputnam> that was submitted by our group
[02:18] <Favrenation> im in that TESLA engineering charter thing
[02:18] <mikeputnam> has nothing to do with linux, but was a fun hack anyway
[02:18] <mikeputnam> really!
[02:18] <mikeputnam> i went to the last open house
[02:18] <Favrenation> yeah
[02:18] <mikeputnam> great fun
[02:18] <Favrenation> u in highschool too?
[02:18] <mikeputnam> nah
[02:18] <mikeputnam> i'm old and treacherous
[02:18] <Favrenation> why did u go to the open house?
[02:19] <mikeputnam> because robots are cool
[02:19] <mikeputnam> and people who like robots are cool
[02:19] <h00k> horray.
[02:19] <mikeputnam> it's fun to talk to clever people
[02:19] <Favrenation> lol
[02:19] <mikeputnam> like linux enthusiasts or robot makers or programmers etc
[02:20] <Favrenation> i never found interest in robot making in general i like to make websites and fix up old shitty pc's
[02:20] <mikeputnam> yes!
[02:20] <mikeputnam> i too like those same things
[02:21] <mikeputnam> though the fixing of junk pc's has started to become a bit less interesting over time
[02:21] <Favrenation> yeah
[02:21] <Favrenation> once u fix them up u can't really do much with them
[02:21] <mikeputnam> don't get me wrong, my house is filled with hand-me-down computers but it's just not the focus anymore
[02:22] <h00k> htop
[02:22] <Favrenation> yeah
[02:22] <h00k> ...you're not my server.
[02:22] <Favrenation> htop?
[02:22] <h00k> wrong button.
[02:22] <h00k> er, window.
[02:22] <h00k> !info htop
[02:22] <mikeputnam> well Favrenation, i encourage you to join the ubuntu-us-wi mailing list, the newlug mailing list, the http://dhmn.net mailing list
[02:23] <h00k> mailing lists are fun, that's where most of the across/cross-group talk is
[02:23] <Favrenation> ok
[02:23] <Favrenation> i joined the ubunt wisconsin one
[02:23] <mikeputnam> irc is secondary for real-timish communication if you hang out on a computer a lot (which we all do)
[02:24] <Favrenation> i just joined to see if it is not dead
[02:24] <Favrenation> i was not expecting to find people on here
[02:24] <mikeputnam> if you are considering going to a newlug / dhmn meeting or event, bring some friends who also like robots, programming, linux, etc
[02:24] <mikeputnam> more the merrier
[02:25] <Favrenation> yeah i can probably do that
[02:25] <Favrenation> which was id better suited for me
[02:27] <mikeputnam> well, i need to step away for a bit. nice meeting you Favrenation
[02:27] <Favrenation> yeah nice meeting you too
[02:29] <h00k> and I just finished some work for a client, so I'll be poking around here a while
[02:29] <h00k> I've been gone on vacation, now I need to catch up on work.
[02:35] <douglasawh> randomly log out...not something you want your computer to do
[02:35] <douglasawh> wth Natty?
[03:20] <h00k-temp> pfff
[03:20] <h00k-temp> apparently my VPS is broken.
[03:20] <h00k-temp> Favrenation: I wasn't intentionally running away from you ;)
[03:33] <Favrenation> ik
[03:34] <Favrenation> playin some online ps2
[03:38] <h00k> theeere we go.
[03:44] <h00k> and fixed SASL on my new vps.
[03:47] <Favrenation> nice
[03:49]  * mikeputnam busies himself with node.js on 10.04
[03:49] <h00k> I still don't know what node.js is yet.
[03:49] <h00k> I should do that someday.
[03:50] <h00k> for now, I'll stick with finishing wedding-rsvp on my ruby-on-rails
[03:51] <h00k> ah, node.js looks kinda neat
[03:52] <h00k> but I'll stick with what I'm trying to learn for now ;)
[03:53] <mikeputnam> it's just server-side javascript
[03:54] <mikeputnam> sort of php but with javascript
[03:54] <h00k> yep
[03:54] <mikeputnam> and way fast
[03:54] <h00k> BLAZING
[03:54] <mikeputnam> runs inside googles V8