[19:51] <ailo> I wish everyone a happy midsummer. Probably only around these parts it is celebrated, but in any case. It's a good time to relax and get some time off, even if it doesn't happen to be a tradition
[19:51] <knome> ailo, you too!
[19:53] <len-dt> We had a BBQ last night... though I am not sure that it was the solstice we were celebrating. Al the best..
[19:53] <len-dt> *all
[19:55] <ailo> Midsummers eve I guess is actually the 24th, but we celebrate the nearest weekend nowadays. No bbq tomorrow - it will rain :(. But that won't stop me from taking a sauna and getting a swim in the lake :)
[19:55] <knome> we had a board gaming night last night, so kind of (brain) bbq too!
[21:24] <micahg> astraljava: Debian fixed gimp-plugin-registry and I'll sync it later tonight, so you should have images tomorrow
[21:25]  * astraljava tuckle-hugs micahg
[21:25]  * micahg wonders what a tuckle is
[21:25] <astraljava> Err... I might have forgotten the correct term, hang on.
[21:26] <knome> micahg, whatever it is - be happy! the last time i did something for him, i got a kiss on the mouth!!
[21:26] <knome> (not literally)
[21:26] <knome> (fortunately)
[21:26]  * astraljava ctlr-z's, and pounce-tackle-hugs micahg
[21:28] <knome> ugggh
[21:32] <ailo> Oh, you're being almost Swedish today :P
[21:33] <knome> i'm always almost swedish. ;)
[21:33] <knome> at least geographically.
[21:33] <ailo> knome: Far up in the north, or Ahvenamaa?
[21:33] <knome> nah. not *that* almost.
[21:33]  * knome is located at helsinki
[21:33] <ailo> Ok, I see your point
[21:34] <ailo> I lived there for one summer. Nice city
[21:34] <knome> can agree. have lived here all my life
[21:34] <astraljava> Not as nice as Espoo, though.
[21:34] <ailo> Not too far away
[21:34] <knome> well, our summer cottage is in espoo.
[21:35] <knome> actually, mum bought another one from helsinki
[21:35] <knome> ...
[21:36] <ailo> My dad is from Kuopio, but my mother did live in Helsinki for a while
[21:36] <knome> i don't know kuopio well
[21:36] <ailo> Well, my dad is 1/2 Karelian, as is my mom really
[21:37] <ailo> Kuopio is a nice city where taxi drivers sometimes have big beards and say "päevää"
[21:37] <ailo> Big moustasches, I mean
[21:37] <ailo> I met one that had one, anyway...
[21:37] <astraljava> knome: Kuopio is the place where they worship Tarot in midst of wolves and wild boars.
[21:37] <knome> astraljava, hah. well, two of my friends study there, so... maybe.
[21:38] <astraljava> 20 of the... 30 inhabitants follow Tarot on tours everywhere.
[21:38] <knome> lawl
[21:38] <knome> ailo, hmm, well, that makes sense. the other of my friends has grown a big beard while living there.
[21:38] <ailo> Good musicians in Kuopio
[21:38] <knome> the other didn't - and i'm happy *she* didnt'.
[21:39] <astraljava> Most noticably in Tuska, where they form the front row of all the... 45 people watching them.
[21:39] <knome> hahah
[21:39] <ailo> My dad on the drums http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn-CtAtYMGY
[21:39] <ailo> Pettersonin veljekset
[21:39] <astraljava> Buahaha.
[21:39] <astraljava> *ahem*
[21:40] <knome> gosh.
[21:40] <ailo> He's the one on the left in the back row
[21:40] <knome> oh my
[21:40] <astraljava> aagggghhhhhhhh
[21:41] <astraljava> But he's got the groove laid down real nice.
[21:41] <astraljava> O:-)
[21:41] <ailo> That's Kuopio musicianship, anyway
[21:41] <astraljava> True. But you know, you have to forgive them. They just emerged from the caves this past century.
[21:42] <ailo> hehe
[21:42] <knome> hurr durr
[21:43] <ailo> He's gone now, my dad. But he did play with a lot of the famous Finns at the time. Not a bad drummer. Actually made his first own drums at his fathers work shop
[21:44] <ailo> Eventually, he got real ones
[21:44] <knome> i'm sorry
[21:44] <ailo> An he trew his own made into a river!!
[21:44] <knome> maybe the sound was bad?
[21:44] <ailo> Who cares. He made them. Would have been nice to see a picture at least
[21:45] <astraljava> Heh. :) Well you know, Eddie van Halen used his self-made guitar up until the record next to 1984.
[21:45] <ailo> That's cool. Never heard of that
[21:46] <astraljava> Err... let's double-check that. Hang on a minute.
[21:46] <ailo> But he didn't build the parts though
[21:46] <astraljava> Well no, not really.
[21:46] <astraljava> But Brian May did.
[21:46] <ailo> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen#Guitars
[21:47] <ailo> Well, I'm sure both Van Halen and Brian May had better sound than Juha Ailomaa
[21:47] <ailo> They were using leather skins back then
[21:47] <astraljava> Bah, it was already in 1983 when he started to use the Kramer.
[21:48] <astraljava> Oh well, something like that.
[21:48] <astraljava> Hahah!
[21:49] <ailo> Van Halen did help improve Floyd Rose
[21:49] <astraljava> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May#Musician and read the bits about the Red Special.
[21:51] <ailo> Oh, he built that with his father
[21:52] <astraljava> The parts are pretty interesting.
[21:53] <ailo> hmm, I should read this again. A friend of mine is starting to build instruments. For me it's still hebrew :)
[21:55] <astraljava> Heheh. :) There are indeed a lot of things to consider.
[21:56] <astraljava> But for Brian, I suppose it helps that he's a doctor, and I mean from a real college, too.
[21:57] <astraljava> Of course he wasn't at the time he built the guitar. But still.
[21:59] <ailo> Ah, you don't need to go to school to learn how to build things :). But of course, it helps having knowledge about things
[22:00] <astraljava> Yeah. There's some understanding of proportions, and what interacts with what. A degree in astrophysics sure won't hinder your abilities in doing that. :D
[22:01] <ailo> astraljava: Can be like this too :P https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--gaMo_jycWA/T-OZgvNx-mI/AAAAAAAAAGU/jKvco4O3O3I/s604/jvhLv.jpghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--gaMo_jycWA/T-OZgvNx-mI/AAAAAAAAAGU/jKvco4O3O3I/s604/jvhLv.jpg
[22:01] <knome> not found?
[22:01] <knome> i'm wondering if that is terminal fail
[22:02] <astraljava> It's twice there.
[22:02] <knome> oh.
[22:02] <knome> heh
[22:02] <astraljava> ailo: Aww... and I was just re-starting my academic career.
[22:03] <ailo> Sorry. Was wondering how to post a pic from g+ also
[22:03] <ailo> astraljava: Me too. Or, starting at all..