[01:03] <rick_h> anyone have the amazon downloader working in ubuntu these days?
[01:54] <snap-l> rick_h: I've used Banshee as an Amazon Downloader
[01:54] <snap-l> seems to work OK
[14:01] <snap-l> G'morning
[14:27]  * mydogsnameisrudy is thankful for a sunny day ...
[14:42] <rick_h> party
[14:43] <rick_h> _stink_: moving to a big boy bed...how many times you think he'll fall out in the next week? lol
[14:53] <snap-l> rick_h: Nah, he'll be fine
[14:53]  * snap-l is filling out paper taxes
[14:56] <rick_h> ugh trying to block out tax stuff
[14:58] <greg-g> snap-l: I also did my the paper tax way, so old school feeling
[14:58] <snap-l> WEll, I did it via Tax Act
[14:58] <snap-l> can't do it competely off the grid
[14:58] <snap-l> but I totally print my forms.
[14:59] <snap-l> What the heck
[14:59] <snap-l> Didn't 12.04 have a way to resize the launcher?
[15:00] <greg-g> I'm one of those freaks who thinks it should be straight-forward enough for anyone to do their legally required* duty to file their taxes without the help of a 3rd party (paid or unpaid) service
[15:00] <rick_h> yea, in the appearance controls
[15:00] <rick_h> there'sa second tab which has the autohide behavior and size controls
[15:00] <snap-l> It's not in the version I just installed.
[15:00] <rick_h> greg-g: heh, should be...but I've had to have help the last several years
[15:01] <rick_h> snap-l: should be, I just did this yesterday with my fresh install
[15:01] <snap-l> Hmmm...
[15:01] <rick_h> you go to settings, appearance, and the second tab I thought
[15:01] <snap-l> Yeah, that's where I went
[15:01] <greg-g> rick_h: from a pro? you have a lot of investments/etc?
[15:01] <rick_h> sec, I'll logout/back into unity
[15:01] <snap-l> it's not there anymore
[15:01] <snap-l> rick_h: Thanks
[15:01] <rick_h> greg-g: yea, wife has some, and the business, and just we're in a killer bracket so trying to help make sure we get everything we can
[15:01] <greg-g> I don't have much other than IRAs and a scottrade account I barely worry about
[15:02] <greg-g> the business? wife in private practice?
[15:02] <rick_h> no, I've got a business I started a while back when I was doing web hosting and site designs for some local places
[15:03] <rick_h> snap-l: doh you're right...wtf
[15:03] <rick_h> I know it was there
[15:03] <snap-l> Yeah, it was there
[15:03] <snap-l> Now I have gigantic fischer-price icons
[15:03] <greg-g> rick_h: ahhhh, I didn't think she was private practice.
[15:03] <rick_h> snap-l: oh it's moved to the first page of appearance
[15:04] <rick_h> not on the second tab, at the bottom under "theme"
[15:04] <greg-g> rick_h: so, still using that business as a tax shelter? ;)
[15:04] <rick_h> greg-g: meh not so much, thus wanting to forget tax season...
[15:04] <greg-g> :)
[15:04] <jrwren> good morning.
[15:04] <rick_h> greg-g: but keeping it valid because at some point I'll use that if I can get bookie/bmark.us into a pay/donate state
[15:05] <jrwren> ha, are you doing taxes today too?
[15:05] <rick_h> 351851
[15:05] <jrwren> lol
[15:05] <rick_h> dammit
[15:05] <greg-g> I remember aaron t. talking about how he had one that always lost money (on purpose) and is "who bought his computers" each year :/
[15:05] <snap-l> jrwren: I did my taxes, just getting them ready for mailing
[15:05] <greg-g> rick_h: ah, rock
[15:05] <jrwren> i'm sitting down to do them.
[15:05] <rick_h> greg-g: yea, I did use it for that when I was 'active'
[15:05] <greg-g> right
[15:05] <jrwren> i'd wait another week, but its kids birthday then :p
[15:06] <snap-l> rick_h: It's not in Beta2.
[15:06] <greg-g> jrwren: heh, I did mine 2 or 3 weeks ago... I have a refund coming :)
[15:06] <snap-l> Hmm... I think I need to downloa a new iso
[15:06] <rick_h> snap-l: I just installed beta2 and updated yesterday
[15:06] <greg-g> jrwren: not that me getting the money much earlier matters given interest rates the way they are
[15:06] <rick_h> snap-l: under background/theme in the launcher icon size
[15:06] <snap-l> rick_h: ah, I haven't updated.
[15:07] <rick_h> how the @#$#@ do people work like this arrrg
[15:07] <greg-g> haha
[15:07] <jrwren> greg-g: i owe at least 20k, so delay for me is fun :)
[15:07] <greg-g> rick spencer said it was great in his AMA :)
[15:07] <greg-g> jrwren: wow
[15:07] <jrwren> 1099 and I didn't prepay.
[15:07]  * greg-g is in a different place in life ;)
[15:07] <greg-g> ahhhhhhhh
[15:07] <greg-g> right
[15:08] <rick_h>  geeze, and they wanted me to schedule quarterly payments for my $4k :/
[15:08] <rick_h> I don't feel so bad now
[15:08] <jrwren> rick_h: I'll pay big penalty
[15:08] <rick_h> jrwren: ah
[15:08] <snap-l> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9058804/Screenshot-pang%20%5BRunning%5D%20-%20Oracle%20VM%20VirtualBox.png
[15:09] <rick_h> wtf, can't gnome-terminal open urls?
[15:09] <snap-l> jrwren: 20k for a year?Damn
[15:09] <snap-l> rick_h: Right click on the URL
[15:09] <rick_h> ah, ok
[15:09] <rick_h> tried middle click, alt-click, shift-click
[15:09] <greg-g> haha
[15:09] <greg-g> rick_h is not liking the change
[15:09] <rick_h> the mouse hovers over it and underlines the link...you'd think a normal click would just work
[15:10] <rick_h> stupid tools :P
[15:10] <rick_h> snap-l: yea, I've got another row
[15:10] <rick_h> I don't get why you'd have to download another iso
[15:10] <rick_h> just apt-get upgrade :P
[15:10] <rick_h> ok, done here...back to my system
[15:11] <snap-l> rick_h: I will, once JoDee stops watching Dance Moms
[15:11] <snap-l> which is like nails on a chalkboard for me.
[15:11] <rick_h> dance moms?
[15:11] <greg-g> ugh, valic is slow as <insert lewd body part here> today
[15:11] <rick_h> this sounds like another perverted reality show I'll have to make fun of her for watching later on
[15:11] <rick_h> valic?
[15:11] <greg-g> yeah, AIG, those guys. the place my employer does matched IRA contributions
[15:12] <rick_h> ah
[15:12] <greg-g> I hate them
[15:12] <rick_h> nice to get match
[15:12] <greg-g> hated my "financial advisor" who did nothing other than try to sell me life insurance
[15:13] <rick_h> ugh
[15:13]  * rick_h is in process of getting life insurance signed up though so guess I can't say much
[15:13] <rick_h> being a grown up sucks :)
[15:13] <greg-g> "but, do you really want your wife to WORK if you die? I mean, wouldn't you want to know that you are enabling them to live a life without worry if you die? Even though you'll never see it"
[15:13] <rick_h> oh good grief
[15:13] <greg-g> I'm paraphrasing, of course
[15:13] <snap-l> I want my wife to be a coal miner when I die.
[15:14] <snap-l> (note: no, not really)
[15:14] <greg-g> but, I already have some life insurance from work, which would more than cover funeral+a year of living for Carrie/Rowan
[15:14] <rick_h> yea, our conversation is more "so how many bills do you pay right now? How can I get rid of those if you get hit by a bus"
[15:14]  * greg-g nods
[15:14] <rick_h> dr student loans are the suck
[15:14] <greg-g> we don't have many on going expenses other than rent/car ins/utilities
[15:14] <greg-g> rick_h: totally
[15:16] <snap-l> rick_h: s/dr//g
[15:16] <rick_h> yea, that's true as well
[15:17] <rick_h> but 8 years of school tends to make them bigger on her side
[15:17] <snap-l> Oh, no doubt
[15:17] <jrwren> snap-l: 20k to pay in taxes.
[15:17] <jrwren> snap-l: most people pay near that. figure 33% on 60k salary - that is 20k.
[15:17] <snap-l> jrwren: Do you not have any witholding?
[15:18] <greg-g> 1099s
[15:18] <greg-g> he's an indie
[15:18] <snap-l> Ah, OK
[15:18] <snap-l> Yeah, that's how you run up a tax bill
[15:18] <jrwren> snap-l: none withheld, that is what I was trying to say.
[15:19] <greg-g> Gawd, how does Scottrade stay in business, their interface sucks. It takes me about 5 clicks to get to my statements tab
[15:19] <jrwren> :(
[15:20] <jrwren> i wonder teh same about etrade, just based on their quote service. it doesn't show me dividends.
[15:20] <jrwren> i'm a dividend investor. i don't think i'm the only one.
[15:21] <greg-g> yeah, they all suck
[15:21] <greg-g> brb, rowan crying
[15:21] <jrwren> i wonder if they do it on purpose to confuse the layman.
[15:23] <greg-g> I wouldn't put it past them
[15:23] <jrwren> zomg, any idiot that thinks iwndows is easier to use than linux is fucking nuts.
[15:23] <jrwren> i'm just trying to install a printer driver. dell makes this impossible.
[15:24]  * llua eats his nuts
[15:24] <jrwren> what kind of nuts?
[15:24] <llua> winuts.
[15:24] <jrwren> that said, this particular printer has zero linux support. but that is dells fault again.
[15:24] <jrwren> wtf are winuts?
[16:14] <brousch> rick_h: when my kid moved to big boy bed we put a couch cushion on the floor in case he fell. he ended up preferring to sleep on the cushion or under the bed
[16:14] <jrwren> wierd... i find myself, for the first time every saying yes to the $3 to presidential campain on my form 1040.
[16:17]  * mydogsnameisrudy thinks jrwren lost his mind
[16:17] <brousch> mydogsnameisrudy: we all know that. now we're trying to figure out just how lost it is
[16:18] <mydogsnameisrudy> paying to many taxes and he went nuts
[16:19] <mydogsnameisrudy> only one way to fix the goverment, remove them all and start over
[17:00] <jrwren> mydogsnameisrudy: sweet! want to help hutari do just that? ;p
[17:01]  * mydogsnameisrudy gets in a boat sails to a new land
[17:03] <jrwren> lol
[17:05] <mydogsnameisrudy> seems its spelled hutaree
[17:07] <mydogsnameisrudy> you have freedom of speach . just dont say it outloud
[17:22] <snap-l> http://openmetalcast.com/2012/04/07/the-best-problems-to-have-link-updates-and-a-heart-felt-thank-you/
[17:58] <greg-g> snap-l: do I need to update my podcast feed for OMC?
[18:05] <rick_h> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CQLFSrfVT8s
[18:05] <rick_h> I bet that would help a ton with the unity folks
[18:24] <snap-l> greg-g: Nope, it should work without any difficulty on your part
[18:36] <greg-g> snap-l: rock.
[18:50] <Blazeix> rick_h: wow, nice
[20:37] <rick_h> jcastro: what's the status of fitbit + linux these days?>
[21:01] <rick_h> ok, starting to dig google music. Spent the last couple of days uploading my old music stuff
[21:38] <brousch> rick_h: i <3 google music
[21:50] <brousch> snap-l: the star wars thing was a frickin zoo
[21:50] <brousch> probably 300 people
[21:50] <rick_h> ouch
[21:50] <_stink_> rick_h: hah, good luck!  let me know how it goes
[21:50] <_stink_> we're getting close to doing that here
[21:50] <brousch> but they had some really good costumes
[21:51] <brousch> vader was like 7ft tall and had a voice-altering thing
[23:58] <snap-l> brousch: WEll, pardon me for underestimating GR crowds
[23:59] <snap-l> I didn't think Star Wars had played on the theaters over there yet. ;)