[19:02] hello [19:06] howdy [19:27] some of you peeps look awfully familliar. Who here is actually in DC? [19:27] most of us are. Presently I am not. [19:29] atm, i'm in columbia, md [19:29] when im at home, i'm only about 50 feet into i-can-have-a-senator territory [19:29] (i live on the dc border) [19:31] * ChinnoDog googles Columbia [19:32] maco: Isn't that a long commute? [19:33] depends on time of day and direction [19:33] it's rarely a long commute for me, but I'm almost always going against the flow of traffic [19:33] ChinnoDog: 25 minutes [19:34] (I also take the train to/from work most days, so I don't drive) [19:34] i tried taking the train home from work before i got a car. a coworker was about to drop me off at a rally shady MARC station when we found a decapitated dog and decided against that [19:34] *really shady [19:35] it was just a bus-stop-like hut next to some tracks and a sign warning to be careful when crossing the tracks to get to the hut [19:35] hmm, the one on the camden line? [19:35] no building, nothing to buy a ticket...just the backend of a parking lot for a bunch of warehouses [19:35] creepy [19:35] heh, that sounds like most marc stations :-) [19:36] totally not like the marc station chuck picked me up at for CALUG meetings! [19:36] that had a building with benches and stuff [19:36] odenton? yeah, I go there [19:36] yeah odenton sounds right [19:36] <3 public transportation benefit [19:37] unlimited metro and marc for $230 not out of my pocket [19:37] oh yeah i heard your car got totalled [19:37] the guy at peregrine mentioned it [19:37] yep, that was lovely [19:38] at least DC DMV dismissed the citation, towing and storage fees [19:38] I wasn't about to pony up $3400 + damage [19:38] er, not the guy that works there that was babysitting it. the guy who uses linux and went to Wooten [19:38] (yeah, Cliff) [19:51] With some luck I will be in the DC area soon. [19:52] ChinnoDog: neat. Might you be in DC proper or "just" in the metro area? [19:54] Metro area. Virginia on the orange line. [19:54] cool [19:55] I'm in NW DC, but work is (roughly) in Baltimore. [20:01] ChinnoDog: GMU? [20:03] uh.. lets see.. where is that.. [20:03] No, further west. Dunn Loring. [20:04] well, at least you wouldn't be too far from a MicroCenter [20:05] oh yeah, one metro stop and a 10 minute walk [20:05] I noticed that! [20:05] <3 Microcenter [20:29] Oh man, I am so glad they put one in Rockville. I was getting tired of having to go all the way out to Vienna. :P [20:31] the funny thing is that I haven't had a need to go to MicroCenter in ages; my laptop is working (FSVOI), and I just popped 8 GB RAM into it [20:31] there's a lot of sand and dust in this thing, but that goes with the territory [20:32] I do have to say, I am not loving the chicklet style keyboard on my new netbook. I kind like to feel where my keys are. [20:34] I'd love a real Model M in a laptop :-) [20:34] Model M? [20:35] the greatest keyboard [20:35] Ah, not familiar with it. [20:35] ncweber: big clicky ibm keyboard from the 80s [20:36] Ohhhh, those things. :) [20:36] use it to knock on a steel firedoor with it, and you'll the dent the door but leave the keyboard unharmed [20:37] I remember them. Yikes, I was accidentally hit in the head with one. You don't forget an embarrassing injury like that. [20:45] There is a company that makes those for the nostalgic.