[00:22] pleia2: what are you doing in Concord? And why is it so hot? :) [00:23] see previous tweet, and "because it's Concord" [00:23] every time i go there it's at least 10*F warmer than wherever I came from [00:28] Ah, I saw the notifications pop up and didn't get to see the previous tweet. [00:38] another intro to ubuntu at itt tech :) [00:39] it's about 20f cooler at home [00:40] * pleia2 class! [00:58] =/ [00:58] ITT Tech paying you pleia2? [00:58] or LoCo stuff? [01:48] bkerensa: not paid, just for fun (he said he "found me on the ubuntu website") [01:49] cool [06:26] whats up everyone! [06:27] its been a while since ive been in here, i used to go to some of the bug jams in socal about 2 or 3 years ago but i live up in the bay area now, thought id pop in and see whats up nowadays ive been trying to get back into ubuntu etc [06:55] dan_mulvey: welcome back, good to hear [06:55] thanks! [06:55] there are some nicely active LUGs in the bay area [06:56] yeah i remember hearing a lot about berkeleyLUG when I was still living in socal [06:56] but i havent had a chance to check it out since ive been living up here (in berkeley actually) [06:56] berkeley lug, dv lug, uhm i'm not sure about sf lug but i heard they didnt' get the best turnout their last official meeting. there are regular linux-oriented meetings at noisebridge though i hear [06:56] ah yeah, if you can make it to berkeley lug i'd recommend that [06:56] im actually going to check out noisebridge tomorrow! [06:57] ah very neat [06:57] but that places changes by the day. you might never run into someone if you happen to go on different days. heh [06:57] i just heard about NB last night, it sounds really cool. gonna bring a project im working on over there and check out the place [06:57] many events to go to that some people only go to [06:57] yeah definitely. be sure to scour the wiki for events you'd be interested in [06:57] i gotta make it out to some of the locksport stuff myself [06:57] can i just show up there and work on stuff whenever? is it normal to donate a certain amount or anything? (if you're familiar) [06:58] dan_mulvey: small donation is good if you use stuff there (electricity, food, etc), but yeah you can go literally 24/7 [06:58] awesome [06:58] just if you don't have a key someone needs to be there to let you in. so if you plan to be there later than like 11pm it helps to get there before 10-11pm [06:59] im waiting on an order from jameco to come in & im a few capacitors short of a project, was thinking about seeing what they have there but i wasnt sure how paying for things you use there works and stuff like that [06:59] ask for a tour when you go or when's the next time for a tour [06:59] alright cool, ill def do that [06:59] dan_mulvey: hmm they don't keep much stuff like that in stock. only basic things like solder, irons, etc. but you could ask around on the monday soldering class at least [07:00] ive been hanging out in their irc room to get a feel for the members a bit, the people in there seem really chill/helpful so far [07:00] or they might and i don't know about it. i actually don't know, i'd ask [07:00] dan_mulvey: erm.. well there are quite a few more trollish people in the irc than that are there [07:00] oh alright cool, well i have a shitload of components coming in so if i have to wait a few days for that its no big deal [07:00] haha for sure [07:00] i hung out in the irc room for the longest time before i went and when i finally went and asked if anyone hung around in irc and hardly anyone did [07:00] soo.. take irc with a big grain of salt [07:01] ahh thanks for the tip [07:01] but yeah there are really passionate people there so it's fun to work on projects. people just take stuff there and work on it. for like the atmosphere [07:01] they have a laser cutter there too right? [07:02] hm that sounds familiar. i don't know myself. [07:02] you could ask on the mailing list, or irc. or the wiki would probably mention it. [07:02] more people that go are on the mailing list than on the irc i think [07:02] oh and be sure tell your (cool) friends about nb :P [07:02] it's fun to take newbie friends to the soldering classes [07:02] the wiki has some info about the laser cutter i think [07:02] good [07:03] not sure if there's a set cost to use it or anything though [07:03] there's no set cost for *using* anything that i know of [07:03] i was thinking about etching the faceplates for some guitar effects with it though, seems like it would give the projects a more pro look [07:03] some people sell like soldering kits, but those aren't out in the open [07:03] yeah, that sounds fun [07:03] oh cool, that might be really useful for me [07:03] turns out i brought the wrong iron with me when i moved up here [07:03] generally NB stuff is if it's laying out and doesn't appear to be part of another person's project, it's up for grabs for your project [07:04] gave my brother my good one, the one i have doesn't work anymore :( [07:04] thats awesome [07:04] oh i mean like leds and little soldering boards. for like diy arduino things [07:04] i dunno if people sell actual irons [07:04] if they don't they'd know good places to get them though i bet [07:04] from what ive been reading on the wiki it seems like it operates similar to the co-op housing here in berkeley ( i live in one of the student co-ops up here) [07:04] alright cool [07:05] i havent done any arduino work yet [07:05] ah that's neat. yeah the whole place is very woah-these-people-are-so-nice-is-it-real [07:05] im gonna take my gf to the monday soldering class though, hopefully they have some arduino kits there so i can get into that [07:05] arduinos are wicked. i know they have an arduino meetup.. i forget if it's the same night as the soldering class [07:05] oh they definitely will [07:05] she can solder some led shields :D [07:06] i think she wants to make electronics jewelry [07:07] shes done some before hacking apart old computer motherboards and stuff so i thought it would be cool to teach her how to actually desolder stuff and solder things together etc [07:07] circuit hacking is Mon nights at noisebridge.net in SF. They do arduino too. [07:07] speaking of arduino actually, do you know if theres any good library or something available if i wanted to make a universal remote for my tv/stereo? [07:08] tv-b-gone is a project taught Mon nights at nosiebridge.net to turn off all TVs. lol. [07:08] there's a lot of craft-hacking stuff that your gf might be into. stuff like sewing. dunno if that includes jewlery [07:08] err, noisebridge.net [07:09] i want to make something that i can use as a physical controller but possibly also write an android app that could talk to it as well [07:09] yeah first thing that comes to mind is tv-b-gone. it's a lot less featureful than a universal remote heh [07:09] haha yeah ive seen the tv b gone stuff over at adafruit.com [07:09] i suppose itd be a good starting point at least [07:09] dan_mulvey: might checkout the mythtv forums/wiki. ir stuff comes up a lot [07:10] that's pretty linux oriented, i don't know how well that would translate to a controller or android [07:10] oh sick i forgot about mythtv [07:10] ill take a look around on there too [07:13] dan_mulvey: posting or looking around arudino forums would probably dig up what there is [07:13] i haven't really done anything with arduinos so i don't know ;/ [07:13] alright cool [07:14] im sure someones done something similar out there somewhere on the internet [07:16] yeah probably. just guessing it'll probably be easier to do the android part, being similar to linux and all. gl though [07:17] i think it shouldnt be too difficult to find the ir codes at least for my tv & stereo [07:18] at the very least i could just program them in manually [07:18] but it would be nice to find some sort of library for that so i could make something that would be useful for other people if they wanted to copy my project or something for their own tvs and stuff [07:18] oh yeah finding the codes won't be hard at all. just having a thing to generate them is what i'm not sure about [07:18] ah yeah, toss it up on github or bitbucket or something :) [07:19] i should be able to transmit them similar to the way the tv-b-gone works right? [07:19] i think it uses an attiny microcontroller and IR leds [18:49] I'm going to be out of down during the oneiric release, so if we want a release shindig on release day someone else will have to plan it :) [18:49] * pleia2 goes to other people's release parties in the fall (last year I was in dublin) [19:08] pleia2: great slides from ITT. [19:08] * nhaines steals. [19:13] thanks :) [19:13] pleia2: where'd you get the template? [19:13] they are more bullety than I like, but it was expected for the audience [19:13] spreadubuntu.com [19:13] gt haha, yeah, I was going to harrass you about the bullets. :) [19:14] http://spreadubuntu.org/en/material/presentation/ubuntu-new-template [19:14] * nhaines should make slides using Ubuntu Mono just because no one else can. [19:14] it was students taking notes, so I wanted to make it easy for them ;) [19:14] it was really more of a Q&A session than a formal presentation anyway [19:14] That's nice of you. ;) [19:14] Yeah, I figured. [19:17] Those slides certainly don't follow the branding guidelines though.... [19:25] branding guidelines are hard to follow by mere mortals [20:32] pleia2: indeed! But the advantage is less orange. [20:32] pleia2: I'm sure my slides fail but I at least copied the palette right. Made for friendlier text. [20:32] * nhaines resists the urge to patch the spreadubuntu template. [22:28] whats a good way to black list a wifi driver === rww is now known as tardis === Ttech is now known as The_Doctor