[01:59] <akgraner> jussi, ping
[02:20] <akgraner> I'm starting a new drinking game - every time jono uses the word "keen" in any form you have to take a shot...
[02:20] <akgraner> the whole community will be drunk in no time flat
[07:13]  * AlanBell likes akgraner's plan
[09:31] <nigelb> akgraner: haha
[09:34] <czajkowski> same goes for jcastro and AWESOME
[12:34] <akgraner> czajkowski, yep /me adds jcastro and awesome to the list as well
[13:43] <jussi> akgraner: pong (and how are we supposed to get things done when we are drunk as skunks?)
[15:32] <akgraner> jussi pong
[15:32] <akgraner> :-)
[15:39] <jussi> akgraner: o/
[15:39] <akgraner> hey
[15:40] <akgraner> jussi, you back home?
[15:40] <jussi> akgraner: not yet, about 600k to go and my flight is delayed!!
[15:40] <jussi> *shakes fist*
[15:40] <akgraner> :-(
[15:41] <jussi> akgraner: but almost home
[15:41] <akgraner> oh good
[15:41] <jussi> and much better to happen in helsinki than CDG (that airport is hell)
[15:55] <akgraner> you know I am just glad no one has to drink when I say y'all....we would all be hurting
[15:57] <jussi> hahah
[15:57] <jussi> I should so suggest that... :P
[15:58] <nigelb> actually, we should have a drink when someone pronounced jussi name wrong.
[15:58] <nigelb> *pronounces
[15:58] <akgraner> hahaha
[15:59] <jussi> nigelb: youll get alcohol poisoning...
[16:00] <nigelb> jussi: haha
[16:00] <nigelb> jussi: same for me as well.
[16:01] <nigelb> I listen to about 5 different variations of pronounciation because people get my name wrong *all* the time.
[16:02] <AlanBell> spd-say -l fi jussi
[16:03] <nigelb> hahahhahaha
[16:03] <jussi> AlanBell: hrm, might have to install spd-say just to see how that sounds :P
[16:03] <AlanBell> spd-say -l pl czajkowski
[16:03] <jussi> hahahah
[16:03] <nigelb> its probably installed by default
[16:03] <AlanBell> jussi: it is default
[16:03] <jussi> AlanBell: nigelb: in kubuntu?
[16:03] <nigelb> *maybe*
[16:03] <AlanBell> oh, default on the *real* ubuntu :p
[16:03] <nigelb> hahahaha
[16:03] <jussi> wot?
[16:04] <mhall119> how do people get "nigel" wrong?
[16:04] <AlanBell> might be there in kubuntu
[16:04] <jussi> :P
[16:04] <nigelb> mhall119: maco was suprised about that as well.
[16:04] <nigelb> A lot of people pronounce the g, like "go" instead of like "gel"
[16:04] <mhall119> who gets it wrong, westerners or indians?
[16:04] <AlanBell> spd-say -l in nigel
[16:04] <nigelb> indians
[16:04] <nigelb> westerners *always* get my name right :)
[16:05] <mhall119> ok, well I can see that, it is a very british name
[16:05] <nigelb> except for the last name.
[16:05] <mhall119> that's still not a complicated one
[16:06] <nigelb> true
[16:06] <mhall119> I mean, as far as Indian last names go, that's about as simple as they come
[16:06] <nigelb> heh, truue
[16:07] <AlanBell> spd-say is the command line interface to speech dispatcher, by default it uses the espeak synthesiser, but you can swap in other speech engines
[16:07] <jussi> but the a could have several different sounds, as could the u...
[18:03] <popey> indian dude who sits next to me calls me "poppy", malasian woman who sits behind me calls me "pop-eye" (with a delay), everyone else calls me popey. (poh-pee)
[18:09] <czajkowski> popey: nobody calls you alan at work eh :)
[18:15] <mhall119> who's alan?
[18:23]  * pleia2 points to AlanBell
[18:33] <popey> czajkowski: nope
[18:35] <czajkowski> it;s odd how my name changes depending on what group I'm in, my close uni mates call me Laurs, work Laura oss folks who can say my name say czajkowski or Laura Cz
[18:36] <AlanBell> I call my sister Laura "Lowly Worm"
[18:37] <czajkowski> always amazed when cjwatson comments on my blog that he's taken the time to read a post
[18:37] <czajkowski> ot that I don't hold popey in the same esteme
[18:37] <czajkowski> :)
[18:37] <czajkowski> AlanBell: one of my mates in dublin used to attempt to call me la la he used to get a punch when he did that
[18:39] <AlanBell> lolo?
[18:39] <czajkowski> *smack*
[18:40] <AlanBell> I will save that one for my little sister then
[18:40] <AlanBell> who is older than you :)
[18:40]  * czajkowski is getting older soon 
[18:40] <czajkowski> :/
[18:40]  * pleia2 is getting older sooner
[18:41] <czajkowski> pleia2: date?
[18:41] <pleia2> 29th
[18:41] <czajkowski> sept?
[18:41]  * popey is 40 next year ⍨
[18:41]  * Pendulum is getting older after pleia2, but before czajkowski 
[18:41] <pleia2> czajkowski: yeah
[18:41] <popey> thinking of having a big party
[18:41] <czajkowski> pleia2: yeah I still find this hard to believe
[18:41] <pleia2> I turn 30!
[18:41] <czajkowski> pleia2: piss off
[18:41] <czajkowski> ;)
[18:41]  * AlanBell will get popey a pipe and slippers
[18:41] <czajkowski> popey: neither looks nor acts his age
[18:41] <popey> :p
[18:41] <pleia2> it meant I couldn't qualify for the "young professonals" rate at my new gym, I was very sad
[18:42]  * czajkowski hugs pleia2 
[18:42]  * pleia2 hugs
[18:42] <pleia2> I don't actually mind getting older, that was a bummer though :)
[18:42]  * czajkowski is reading up on disc surgery 
[18:42] <czajkowski> pleia2: tbh neither do I, but I hate fuss of it
[18:43] <czajkowski> as in the mothership just phoned asking was I flying home fo rthe weekend
[18:43] <czajkowski> hadn't any plans, she sounds as upset now as when I told her I was fecking off to canada for my 30th
[18:43] <pleia2> heh, the weekend following my birthday I'm going to a memorial service :(
[18:43] <pleia2> thursday birthday, friday I get on a plane
[18:44] <pleia2> no big 30th birthday bash for me
[18:45] <pleia2> but at least I'll get to see some family I haven't seen in a while :)
[19:08]  * Pendulum hugs pleia2 
[19:08]  * pleia2 hugs
[19:14] <Pendulum> I just found the Department of Labor guidelines for unpaid internships in the US. I'm starting to think most unpaid internships are actually illegal...
[19:22] <mhall119> I'm pretty sure they're all immoral
[19:31] <czajkowski> hey at home in ireland you should see slave.ie