[00:00] <pleia2> and kicking myself for /still/ not getting headshots done
[00:00] <bkerensa> Friday I have to give a talk at OSCON
[00:00] <bkerensa> =/
[00:00] <pleia2> I saw :)
[00:00] <bkerensa> im super nervous
[00:00] <pleia2> congrats
[00:00] <pleia2> hehe
[00:02] <greg-g> bah, don't be nervous, I haven't even started writing my presentation for OSCON yet
[00:02] <greg-g> I just finished the presentation for tomorrow last night, and the one for thursday just now :)
[00:03] <greg-g> and by finished, I mean, started and finished :)
[00:03] <pleia2> I wrote my xubuntu presentation for saturday on the plane last night
[00:04] <pleia2> planes++
[00:05] <pleia2> all the oscon hotels are booked this late, trying to figure out where I'll stay and nudging portland friends to figure out how to get around ;)
[00:05] <greg-g> yeah, I started on the plane and did the last touches (found logos) when I got to the hotel
[00:05] <greg-g> :)
[00:05] <greg-g> bike
[00:05] <greg-g> If I'd have the time to plan a bit more, I would ship/check my bike
[00:06] <greg-g> ok, time to go find some dinner, later!
[00:06] <pleia2> enjoy
[00:06] <pleia2> apparently the public transit isn't bad there
[00:32] <scientes> ahh, logos, not Logos
[01:14] <MarkDude> Last chance for input on Oreilly books
[01:15] <MarkDude> They will be shipped to either phillipballew or scientes unless I hear an ojection tonight
[02:37] <nhaines> pleia2: what's the company that does sticker sheets that you like?  Do they do keychains too?
[02:39] <pleia2> moo.com
[02:40] <pleia2> (and they have a 30% off sale right now!)
[02:40] <pleia2> I don't think they do keychains
[02:44] <akk> Cool -- I didn't know you could get stickers made that cheaply. They're decent quality?
[02:44] <pleia2> they're very nice
[02:44] <pleia2> I've ordered stickers from a few places, these ones hold up well on my laptop
[02:45] <akk> I've been wanting tux and wilber stickers -- yay, now I can get my own made.
[02:45] <akk> (Always strikes me as weird that nobody makes stickers with the cool cute mascots.)
[02:46] <pleia2> http://princessleia.com/images/journalpics/062012/xubuntu_and_ubuntu_women_stickers.jpg
[02:46] <darthrobot> Content type: [image/jpeg] Size: [293268]
[02:46] <pleia2> mice! :)
[02:50] <nhaines> pleia2: thanks!  A friend of mine was asking about stickers and keychains in the US and I know you love the stickers.  :)
[02:51] <MarkDude> pleia2, I was gonna have the books sent to scientes or Phillipballew- if we cant send them to you
[02:51] <MarkDude> Oreilly books
[02:51]  * MarkDude was going to send the list this week
[02:52] <pleia2> MarkDude: I have reached my quota for holding-on-to-california-stuff so I vote for scientes or philipballew :)
[02:52] <MarkDude> Fair enough
[02:52] <MarkDude> An email was sent to list to see if there was any interest in Socal
[02:52] <MarkDude> None so far
[02:53] <MarkDude> Cool- maybe we flip a coin now, altho scientes may be closer
[04:27] <epikvision> I'm trying out Google's Power Search Education.
[04:27] <epikvision> Anyone else taking the course?
[06:30] <philipballew_> bkerensa, how hard is it to get from pdx to oscon?
[06:50] <bkerensa> philipballew_: LOL OSCON is in PDX
[06:50] <bkerensa> ;)
[06:50] <bkerensa> oh PDX ... as in the airport?
[06:50] <philipballew_> bkerensa, yeah, the airport
[06:50] <philipballew_> :)
[06:51] <bkerensa> just grab the max and it will take you right to the Oregon Convention Center
[06:51] <bkerensa> boom
[06:51] <bkerensa> philipballew_: u flying now?
[06:51] <philipballew_> yeah! ditched the bus.
[06:51] <philipballew_> decided Id fly as I got a good deal
[06:51] <philipballew_> and I think im off the tsa's bad flyer list by now
[06:52] <bkerensa> lol
[06:52] <bkerensa> why not take Greyhound or Amtrak? much cheaper
[06:52] <philipballew_> Its only 30 dollers cheaper with my deal
[06:52] <philipballew_> and amartack is the same price
[06:55] <philipballew_> but seriously, dont tell the tsa to %&$# off because you dont have a bomb. It really slows your travel plans...
[06:58] <bkerensa> ;p
[07:39] <MarkDude> philipballew_, do you have a badge for OSCON yet?
[07:40] <MarkDude> And have you registered for CLS yet?
[07:42] <bkerensa> MarkDude: philipballew_ is taken care of for OSCON.
[07:43] <MarkDude> Right on
[07:43]  * MarkDude just noticed I needed to register for CLS
[07:43] <MarkDude> Jono said be there at 7pm
[07:43] <MarkDude> am
[07:43] <bkerensa> yep
[07:43]  * MarkDude will be there at 9 most likely
[07:43] <MarkDude> :D
[07:44]  * bkerensa will be there at 7am with nathwill
[07:44] <MarkDude> He's my bf, not my wife
[07:44] <MarkDude> :D
[07:45] <MarkDude> Nixie will be doing some video at CLS
[07:45] <MarkDude> bkerensa, we should do a session at CLS - and see about getting a few from other projects
[07:46] <MarkDude> Or do another session on Ruinous compromise
[07:46] <MarkDude> And get an Oracle person to beat up on
[07:46]  * bkerensa is doining a session at CLS its on the wiki
[07:46] <MarkDude> link?
[07:49] <bkerensa> looks like the list got purged
[07:49] <bkerensa> either way its first come first serve
[07:52] <bkerensa> but the session will be on "Effective Strategies for Growing Open Source Communities"
[08:06] <philipballew_> MarkDude, beating up oracle people is fun. sometimes I go down to their office here and hand out Ubuntu cd's
[08:07] <MarkDude> Yes, but if we had Fedora, Ubuntu Suse, and 2 other projects for a discussion
[08:08] <MarkDude> The rest writes itself
[08:08] <MarkDude> We should see what Lars is doing, as well as Selena Deckelman
[08:08] <philipballew_> You never see anyone saying "Thats it, Im switching to Oracle Linux"
[08:09] <philipballew_> Suse is good
[08:09] <MarkDude> Well I had been offered some Oracle money for a picnic
[08:09] <philipballew_> Noone ever offers me money
[08:10] <philipballew_> MarkDude, lives the high life
[08:10] <MarkDude> Oracle stole Rhel and made unbreakable Linux
[08:10] <philipballew_> Centos used rhel as well
[08:11] <MarkDude> Rh/Fedora people made Unfakeable Linux shirts to say FU
[08:12] <MarkDude> thats a community thing more with centos
[08:12] <MarkDude> Making a business model is another
[08:12]  * MarkDude will have a shirt sent to him to wear at that picnic
[08:12] <philipballew_> I wear my fedora shirt to bed every night
[08:12] <philipballew_> so basically im in bed with rh
[08:13] <MarkDude> We are also looking for money from MS
[08:13] <philipballew_> how
[08:13] <MarkDude> For picnics
[08:13] <philipballew_> hum. seems odd that they would want that
[08:13] <MarkDude> Well its PR
[08:14] <MarkDude> and big companies have money to spend
[08:14] <philipballew_> True
[08:14] <MarkDude> many of them need to justify their budget by spending it all
[08:14] <MarkDude> otherwise it will be reduced
[08:14] <philipballew_> they should pay my college loans for me
[08:15] <MarkDude> Most of the time
[08:16] <MarkDude> People only give others money
[08:16] <MarkDude> if they can make an article about it, and pat them self on the back - in public
[08:17] <philipballew_> If you can get rh to pay for my lone, ill switch to fedora!
[08:18] <MarkDude> it does not quite work that way :0
[08:18] <MarkDude> They pay for *deliverables*
[08:20] <philipballew_> lol, yeah, guess Ill have to keep working at my job
[08:20] <philipballew_> at least its Linux based
[08:20] <philipballew_> I imagine oscon totally has lots of people looking to hire there
[18:17] <bkerensa> MarkDude: discussion of Fedora on the #juju channel is slightly off-topic :)
[18:21] <MarkDude> Sure
[18:21] <MarkDude> maybe the last part
[18:21] <MarkDude> not the 1st tho
[18:21] <MarkDude> Getting publicity for Distro cooperation on juju
[18:22] <pleia2> booked my flight last night, now just need to figure out where to stay (all the conference rate hotels are booked!)
[18:31] <scientes> why i get messages about meetups in pasadena?
[18:31]  * scientes is not in LA
[18:31] <pleia2> the mailing list covers the whole state
[18:31] <pleia2> (as does this channel)
[18:36] <MarkDude> Imean having Nixie mention Juju on Fedora in a video would be nice to show how we are ALL freinds :)
[18:36] <scientes> agreed
[18:37] <MarkDude> The state being a group asa whole is Ubuntu policy
[18:37] <MarkDude> they prefer states, that really helps for events like SCALE and stuff
[18:38]  * MarkDude likes when the subject indicates what region to make sorting easier
[18:38] <MarkDude> Besides scientes - maybe you should visit Pasadena sometime- there are very nice people there :)
[18:38] <pleia2> +1
[18:38] <scientes> indeed, i've been there before
[18:39] <MarkDude> The other great thing about it- is we get more ideas this way- and can see what works well
[18:40]  * MarkDude has learned some great ways of doing things from SOCal meetings- I have only read about
[18:44] <bkerensa> pleia2: I have some suggestions
[18:44] <pleia2> bkerensa: please :)
[18:44] <pleia2> I was looking at hotel fifty
[18:44] <pleia2> (not keen on hostels or sharing this trip)
[18:45] <bkerensa> pleia2: www.hotels.com/ho169321/econo-lodge-expo-center-portland-portland-united-states/
[18:45] <bkerensa> thats where koolhead17 is staying
[18:45] <bkerensa> its not expensive and also very close to the convention center
[18:45] <pleia2> oh wow, super cheap
[18:46] <bkerensa> www.hotels.com/ho126213/howard-johnson-portland-airport-portland-united-states/
[18:46] <bkerensa> thats by the airport which is only a 15 minute MAX ride away
[18:46] <bkerensa> the MAX goes right to the convention center
[18:47] <pleia2> cool
[18:48] <pleia2> thanks :)
[18:48] <bkerensa> pleia2: Hotel Fifty is downtown... not too bad of a trip about 15-20 mins depending on time of day and how you are traveling
[18:48] <pleia2> yeah
[18:49] <bkerensa> The rule of thumb for motels/hotels in Portland is do not book on the following streets: Powell, Division, E Burnside, Sandy Blvd
[18:49] <bkerensa> ;)
[18:50] <pleia2> traffic?
[18:50] <bkerensa> pleia2: if you need any directions or help when you get in town just ping me
[18:50] <bkerensa> pleia2: traffic is not so bad in downtown.... but if you get on 84 or I-5 during the afternoon your going to be stuck like chuck :)
[18:51] <bkerensa> but if you are flying in you could take the MAX
[18:52] <MarkDude> he is correct on I5 and 84
[18:52] <MarkDude> avoid those at ALL costs
[18:52] <pleia2> bkerensa: thanks :)
[18:53] <pleia2> I am meeting up with some non-techie friends on Saturday and while they couldn't help with hotels, they have been helpful with public transit
[18:55] <bkerensa> yeah its very easy the public transit
[18:55] <bkerensa> Zipcar + Public Transit= Why I do not own a car :)
[19:45] <philipballew_> bkerensa, super stoked for the cool weather you have up there!
[19:45] <philipballew_> bkerensa, super stoked for the cool weather you have up there!
[19:45] <philipballew_> Only the high 80's!!!
[19:47] <pleia2> philipballew_: coming over tonight? it's 65 here!
[19:54] <philipballew_> pleia2, not sure If I will be able to make it.
[19:54] <philipballew_> Will know for sure soon