[00:22] <nhaines> pleia2: what are you doing in Concord?  And why is it so hot? :)
[00:23] <rww> see previous tweet, and "because it's Concord"
[00:23] <rww> every time i go there it's at least 10*F warmer than wherever I came from
[00:28] <nhaines> Ah, I saw the notifications pop up and didn't get to see the previous tweet.
[00:38] <pleia2> another intro to ubuntu at itt tech :)
[00:39] <pleia2> it's about 20f cooler at home
[00:40]  * pleia2 class!
[00:58] <bkerensa> =/
[00:58] <bkerensa> ITT Tech paying you pleia2?
[00:58] <bkerensa> or LoCo stuff?
[01:48] <pleia2> bkerensa: not paid, just for fun (he said he "found me on the ubuntu website")
[01:49] <bkerensa> cool
[06:26] <dan_mulvey> whats up everyone!
[06:27] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> dan_mulvey: welcome back, good to hear
[06:55] <dan_mulvey> thanks!
[06:55] <gua> there are some nicely active LUGs in the bay area
[06:56] <dan_mulvey> yeah i remember hearing a lot about berkeleyLUG when I was still living in socal
[06:56] <dan_mulvey> but i havent had a chance to check it out since ive been living up here (in berkeley actually)
[06:56] <gua> 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] <gua> ah yeah, if you can make it to berkeley lug i'd recommend that
[06:56] <dan_mulvey> im actually going to check out noisebridge tomorrow!
[06:57] <gua> ah very neat
[06:57] <gua> but that places changes by the day. you might never run into someone if you happen to go on different days. heh
[06:57] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> many events to go to that some people only go to
[06:57] <gua> yeah definitely. be sure to scour the wiki for events you'd be interested in
[06:57] <gua> i gotta make it out to some of the locksport stuff myself
[06:57] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> dan_mulvey: small donation is good if you use stuff there (electricity, food, etc), but yeah you can go literally 24/7
[06:58] <dan_mulvey> awesome
[06:58] <gua> 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] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> ask for a tour when you go or when's the next time for a tour
[06:59] <dan_mulvey> alright cool, ill def do that
[06:59] <gua> 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] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> or they might and i don't know about it. i actually don't know, i'd ask
[07:00] <gua> dan_mulvey: erm.. well there are quite a few more trollish people in the irc than that are there
[07:00] <dan_mulvey> 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] <dan_mulvey> haha for sure
[07:00] <gua> 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] <gua> soo.. take irc with a big grain of salt
[07:01] <dan_mulvey> ahh thanks for the tip
[07:01] <gua> 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] <dan_mulvey> they have a laser cutter there too right?
[07:02] <gua> hm that sounds familiar. i don't know myself.
[07:02] <gua> you could ask on the mailing list, or irc. or the wiki would probably mention it.
[07:02] <gua> more people that go are on the mailing list than on the irc i think
[07:02] <gua> oh and be sure tell your (cool) friends about nb :P
[07:02] <gua> it's fun to take newbie friends to the soldering classes
[07:02] <dan_mulvey> the wiki has some info about the laser cutter i think
[07:02] <gua> good
[07:03] <dan_mulvey> not sure if there's a set cost to use it or anything though
[07:03] <gua> there's no set cost for *using* anything that i know of
[07:03] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> some people sell like soldering kits, but those aren't out in the open
[07:03] <gua> yeah, that sounds fun
[07:03] <dan_mulvey> oh cool, that might be really useful for me
[07:03] <dan_mulvey> turns out i brought the wrong iron with me when i moved up here
[07:03] <gua> 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] <dan_mulvey> gave my brother my good one, the one i have doesn't work anymore :(
[07:04] <dan_mulvey> thats awesome
[07:04] <gua> oh i mean like leds and little soldering boards. for like diy arduino things
[07:04] <gua> i dunno if people sell actual irons
[07:04] <gua> if they don't they'd know good places to get them though i bet
[07:04] <dan_mulvey> 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] <dan_mulvey> alright cool
[07:05] <dan_mulvey> i havent done any arduino work yet
[07:05] <gua> ah that's neat. yeah the whole place is very woah-these-people-are-so-nice-is-it-real
[07:05] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> arduinos are wicked. i know they have an arduino meetup.. i forget if it's the same night as the soldering class
[07:05] <gua> oh they definitely will
[07:05] <gua> she can solder some led shields :D
[07:06] <dan_mulvey> i think she wants to make electronics jewelry
[07:07] <dan_mulvey> 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] <grantbow> circuit hacking is Mon nights at noisebridge.net in SF. They do arduino too.
[07:07] <dan_mulvey> 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] <grantbow> tv-b-gone is a project taught Mon nights at nosiebridge.net to turn off all TVs. lol.
[07:08] <gua> there's a lot of craft-hacking stuff that your gf might be into. stuff like sewing. dunno if that includes jewlery
[07:08] <grantbow> err, noisebridge.net
[07:09] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> yeah first thing that comes to mind is tv-b-gone. it's a lot less featureful than a universal remote heh
[07:09] <dan_mulvey> haha yeah ive seen the tv b gone stuff over at adafruit.com
[07:09] <dan_mulvey> i suppose itd be a good starting point at least
[07:09] <gua> dan_mulvey: might checkout the mythtv forums/wiki. ir stuff comes up a lot
[07:10] <gua> that's pretty linux oriented, i don't know how well that would translate to a controller or android
[07:10] <dan_mulvey> oh sick i forgot about mythtv
[07:10] <dan_mulvey> ill take a look around on there too
[07:13] <gua> dan_mulvey: posting or looking around arudino forums would probably dig up what there is
[07:13] <gua> i haven't really done anything with arduinos so i don't know ;/
[07:13] <dan_mulvey> alright cool
[07:14] <dan_mulvey> im sure someones done something similar out there somewhere on the internet
[07:16] <gua> yeah probably. just guessing it'll probably be easier to do the android part, being similar to linux and all. gl though
[07:17] <dan_mulvey> i think it shouldnt be too difficult to find the ir codes at least for my tv & stereo
[07:18] <dan_mulvey> at the very least i could just program them in manually
[07:18] <dan_mulvey> 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] <gua> 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] <gua> ah yeah, toss it up on github or bitbucket or something :)
[07:19] <dan_mulvey> i should be able to transmit them similar to the way the tv-b-gone works right?
[07:19] <dan_mulvey> i think it uses an attiny microcontroller and IR leds
[18:49] <pleia2> 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] <nhaines> pleia2: great slides from ITT.
[19:08]  * nhaines steals.
[19:13] <pleia2> thanks :)
[19:13] <nhaines> pleia2: where'd you get the template?
[19:13] <pleia2> they are more bullety than I like, but it was expected for the audience
[19:13] <pleia2> spreadubuntu.com
[19:13] <nhaines> gt haha, yeah, I was going to harrass you about the bullets.  :)
[19:14] <pleia2> 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] <pleia2> it was students taking notes, so I wanted to make it easy for them ;)
[19:14] <pleia2> it was really more of a Q&A session than a formal presentation anyway
[19:14] <nhaines> That's nice of you.  ;)
[19:14] <nhaines> Yeah, I figured.
[19:17] <nhaines> Those slides certainly don't follow the branding guidelines though....
[19:25] <pleia2> branding guidelines are hard to follow by mere mortals
[20:32] <nhaines> pleia2: indeed!  But the advantage is less orange.
[20:32] <nhaines> 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] <philipballew> whats a good way to black list a wifi driver