[07:30] dragon, ping [19:23] dragon, pingy [19:56] MarkDude: pong! [19:58] A real dragon? [19:58] Yes, very real. [19:58] :o [19:58] And it speaks, and does not bite! [19:59] MarkDude: Do you have lodging plans yet for CLS/OSCON? [19:59] I might be able to house you for a few days [20:06] dragon, pm [20:06] bkerensa, not yet [20:06] Can we throw a party there? [20:06] * MarkDude already has some sponsors [20:07] Like we did year before last with Ryan MFing Singer [20:27] MarkDude: Idk if its low key I guess but if not the guy who owns GroundKontrol told me anytime Ubuntu Oregon needs the space just to call and let him know [20:27] I got plenty of places to throw parties === Guest80204 is now known as DonkeyHotei [20:52] Right on [20:52] I will start planning OSCON stuff next [20:52] month [21:24] UDS Sponsorships open [21:24] mmm [21:25] probably gonna apply this weekend [22:07] I can tell I'm getting older. First of all, I had to take a nap at lunch. So that's new in the past couple of years. [22:07] Then, my brain said "Enter S3 suspend mode." My arm said "Entering S4 hibernate mode!" and now my back is saying "bad sectors found." [22:48] heh, nhaines [22:48] I'm not sure that's a sign of getting older as much as getting geekier :) [22:49] :) [23:03] naps++ [23:04] heh [23:04] :( [23:04] I find needing naps more often but then again I also stay up till 2am/3am most days [23:04] :P [23:05] philipballew: Hello :D [23:06] bkerensa, how goes it [23:06] i am about to out out a blog post on scale tonight/tomorrow morning [23:07] yeah cool [23:07] * bkerensa has to start packing tonight [23:07] bkerensa, where you goin? [23:07] then pack all day tomorrow and hopefully sunday by 11am I should have a fleet of trucks and vehicles here :) [23:08] Moving across town [23:08] :P [23:08] Portland is big though so its essentially like moving from San Francisco to say South San Francisco [23:09] id help if i could. ill be in portland come july for like 9 days probably [23:09] :D [23:09] Do it [23:09] :D [23:09] jcastro from Canonical will be here for OSCON I just found out [23:10] and MarkDude will be coming [23:10] i just need to find a way to stay up there on the cheep. i think i have an uncle who lives there. i went to lunch with jcastro last weekend [23:10] Jorge is pretty awesome. [23:10] I have not met him [23:10] :D [23:10] I've met him twice, and he was awesome in 2008 too. :) [23:10] I met Jono last year though and he is pretty cool but a very busy guy [23:10] :) [23:11] Jono's also very cool, but probably too busy for his own good. [23:11] He never had time to breath someone was constantly wanting to talk to him or interview him the entire convention [23:11] true, he needs to take a few weeks off [23:12] months [23:12] :D [23:12] he finished unity damage controll so thats nice now though [23:12] philipballew: You should try to be here for CLS I'm telling you its better than OSCON or any convention in my opinion [23:13] i will. I just need to figure out how to live in portland for that long [23:13] it makes the 4 day osscon into like 8 days [23:14] hmm [23:14] I will see what I can figure out [23:14] surely someone from Ubuntu Oregon can house you if I can't [23:14] If someone from organ can I would be indebted [23:15] I will send a e-mail to our list in June and ask who would be willing to let travelers couch surf [23:16] I saw two people sleep at the convention center last year [23:16] =o [23:16] they just slept behind their booth [23:16] hah [23:17] Thats what I was gonna do at scale untill scale saw that and threw me in a hotel room. [23:17] I don't think it was preference though because those floors are cement with thin carpet [23:17] I can do that for you and keep the convention floor safe [23:17] lol [23:17] at 19 i am pretty adaptable [23:18] 20 soon [23:18] Ha, that's why you need to bring a mat. [23:18] :P philipballew who put you in a hotel? Gareth? [23:18] :D [23:19] bkerensa, still unsure. I got an email from someone saying i got one with dave and I thought it was a really cool thing! [23:19] yeah [23:19] :D [23:19] i wish I could go to oscon [23:21] you guys should all carpool [23:21] make MarkDude bring you [23:21] :P [23:21] We could. :P [23:21] he already does a carpool up [23:21] But I have no place to stay! [23:21] ill be in sac at that time [23:21] oh [23:21] but its Fedora people so they will bash Ubuntu :P [23:21] sleep in the car [23:21] no carpool then. [23:22] bkerensa, I play nice with fedora people. :P [23:22] * philipballew cant :) [23:22] haha [23:22] philipballew, so you will be driving up from northern? [23:22] Its going to be a very loong drive otherwise [23:23] Long drive either way. [23:23] But less long from sac. [23:23] I see it this way... I think you should all carpool [23:24] and rent a suite at the Crowne Plaza [23:24] :D [23:24] $220 a night and you can easily fit 6+ people [23:24] bkerensa, Where abouts are you? [23:24] Ttech, maybe, or finding a creigslist rideshare. you can crash at my place for a few days untill we head up via cheep ride if youd like [23:25] philipballew, :o [23:25] ticket price for the event itself has tended to be quite the deterrent for me, even with something like a 20% LUG discount (the company I work for doesn't pay for me to go) [23:25] Ttech: I'm in Portland [23:25] Ah [23:25] bkerensa, MUCH closer. [23:25] plus travel, hotel... too much :\ [23:26] pleia2: We get free passes? [23:26] bkerensa: who is "we"? [23:26] The actual OSCON conference (the talks) is crazy expensive. [23:26] Obviously not unlimited but surely enough to handle a few californians [23:26] pleia2: Ubuntu Oregon [23:26] all dot org booths get free passes [23:26] philipballew, I've never done a craiglist rideshare. [23:26] bkerensa: are you asking? I don't know [23:26] it sounds like hitchhiking for the digital world [23:26] its usually pretty good [23:27] philipballew, neat! [23:27] and for talks and sessions they give us a stack of golden passes that accompany our exhibitor passes [23:27] no no I'm saying this is what they do [23:27] :) [23:27] oh ok, your question mark confused me :) [23:27] bkerensa, oh. thats neat. So everyone gets free entry? [23:27] valorie and one other WA loco person came down plus we had 5+ people [23:27] to stuff? [23:28] so they comp'ed 7 people just for Ubuntu Oregon [23:28] Ttech: That was the case last year [23:28] bkerensa, Nice. [23:28] I know all the people who handle each function so I don't think the situation is going to be to different if at all this year [23:30] For me I don't much care about being in all the talks because running the booth has me busy and plus you can watch all the talks and sessions online [23:30] pleia2: indicator of confusion causes confusion? :) [23:31] bkerensa: You can? Two years ago OSCON didn't record most talks -- did they last year? [23:31] yeah most of the big ones [23:31] all the keynotes [23:31] nhaines: truth [23:31] eck [23:32] all the main speakers [23:32] then they had streaming too [23:32] the problem is accessing the net from the convention center [23:32] :D [23:32] its rather impossible at most times [23:32] I bring a 3G modem these days [23:33] cell tower also was taking a beating [23:33] well at least for AT&T [23:33] :( [23:33] Sprint++ [23:33] I had solid signal but my service was horrible :P [23:33] I can also tether through my phone, so if Sprint is fail I have t-mobile [23:33] heh [23:33] :D [23:34] when I was at NANOG in philly they actually took over the whole hotel network throughout the building, it was awesome [23:34] apparently a guy knew a guy [23:34] well this year I hope to ask Linbit to let us use their dedicated internet port they pay for and just hook up a router and have a hotspot [23:34] I think the big problem I have to deal with is [23:34] power [23:34] :( [23:35] O'Reilly only covers a booth with cover so we have to pay for power and chairs and boy are they expensive [23:35] Power is $200 [23:35] and chairs are $75 to $150 a pop [23:36] bkerensa: bring an exercise bike hooked to a generator. [23:36] Last year I ended up asking someone to sponsor our power cost and they did and as for chairs we snuck some in [23:36] nhaines: :P [23:37] bkerensa: then when visitors to the booth ask how they can contribute to the project, just point at the bike. :P [23:38] lol [23:38] we usually just end up using chairs to pile stuff on ;) so I wouldn't see lack of chairs as a problem so much [23:39] pleia2: You guys stand all day? [23:39] jcastro came by our booth and helped for a bit, we were all like "aah, tired of standing" and he took the opportunity to tell us about his standing desk [23:39] bkerensa: yeah, we pretty much talk to people non-stop at the booth, no time to sit [23:39] (at least at SCALE) [23:40] Yeah, I've always just spent the entire time at the booth standing. [23:40] Last year we had a demo laptop so people could check out Unity [23:41] http://www.flickr.com/photos/8659143@N08/6737910193/ [23:41] and we just sort of sat and if people came by we would ask if they had questions and would like a CD or brochure etc [23:41] Friends came by just as the SCALE Tour came up and asked if someone could give a 2 minute rundown of our project and I volunteered. They were impressed by the speech. [23:41] ^ chairs, not being sat in :) [23:42] http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubuntuoregon/6602053303/in/photostream <-- chairs being sat in with giant penguin attacking [23:42] :P [23:42] but we really get no down time at scale, it slows down after breaks but it never really stops [23:42] huh [23:42] we have downtime once a day when they bring beer onto the floor [23:42] :D [23:42] they couldn't get the keg open [23:42] hehe [23:42] then everyone goes to booths that have beer [23:42] and we dont so they leave :D [23:43] pleia2: I actually saw the photographer pull out the camera in my periphrial vision and smiled for the picture without taking my eyes off the person I was talking to. [23:43] nhaines: haha, nice [23:44] I still need to blog about scale, in which I give Jesse 50 gold stars [23:44] I try to spend 60% of the time at the booth and the rest of the time spent talking with other exhibitors and trying to find sponsors for events throughout the year [23:44] he's always an exceptional booth volunteer :) [23:45] jbermudes has been consistantly awesome over the last 5 years. :) [23:48] pleia2: Heh http://pnw.ubuntu-us.org/ [23:50] hah, what is pnw? [23:50] heh :) [23:50] the reason MarkDude thinks Oregon keeps getting denied approval :P [23:50] PNW was Oregon/WA/Idaho [23:50] ah [23:51] he's full of conspiracy theories :) [23:51] indeed [23:51] he wanted to make a scene on our behalf and I asked kindly not too :P [23:51] idk PNW is really old it was disbanded by CC a long time ago [23:51] I thought Oregon was denied last time because it contained no one from Oregon. [23:52] nah [23:52] Dan Shufelt was the last lead to apply [23:52] and he was from Portland too [23:52] bkerensa: I don't think the loco council even knows about PNW [23:52] top secret? [23:52] and thanks for talking him down :) [23:52] pleia2: Paultag does the new council likely not [23:52] * bkerensa barely knows about PNW :) [23:53] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-pnw/2010-November/000261.html <-- we still use its resources though [23:54] the last attempt at approval did prompt a review of the documented approval requirements though, so that's good [23:54] my 3DS is home :) [23:54] pleia2: :D [23:54] it even turns on! [23:55] * pleia2 goes to put it on charger [23:55] pleia2: is the 3DS better then the regular DS? [23:55] bkerensa: vastly better. [23:55] hmm [23:56] it's full of internets [23:56] I was a big fan of the older gameboys and I got a Nintendo DS a year or two ago and was not too thrilled but maybe its just the games [23:56] I used to love the old zelda on gameboy [23:56] :D [23:56] bkerensa: you can buy that for 3DS Virtual Console for like $5.99 I think. [23:56] oh [23:57] And since I couldn't justify the DX version when I got my GBC, I did! :D [23:58] Also, Super Mario 3D Land is super fun.