[02:03] <philballew> Do we have a meeting tonight?
[02:05] <philballew> If no one's around to paste the agenda, I'll do it.
[02:05] <philballew> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/12October7
[02:05] <darthrobot`> Title: [CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/12October7 - Ubuntu Wiki]
[02:07] <philballew> it says something about Team T-shirt artwork contest
[02:07] <philballew> who put that?
[02:14] <philballew> guess noone is as into this meeting as me.
[02:15] <akk> I'm here, but I didn't put the t-shirt contest thing there.
[02:16] <akk> Too bad its owner isn't here, sounded interesting.
[02:16] <philballew> it does. I would throw in my idea to the contest akk
[02:16] <akk> Any idea when we need the t-shirts, how long we'd have for the contest?
[02:17] <philballew> Not sure. Though we could plan for scale when many people will be there.
[02:18] <philballew> if we knew who posted it
[02:19] <akk> Makes sense.
[02:20] <philballew> Lets say the meeting is over probably. They can move their tshirt idea t next time or something?
[02:21] <akk> Sounds good! If anybody shows up later and wants to discuss it, we can still do that informally.
[02:22] <philballew> for sure. I might go off the comp sooner or later. Got to read a book for my science fiction lit class.
[02:22] <philballew> This week is "Dune" and apparently its really big.
[02:23] <akk> It is long. (But good.)
[02:23] <akk> How soon do you have to have it finished?
[02:24] <philballew> I have 2 weeks
[02:24] <akk> That's good, glad it's not by this week or anything. :)
[02:24] <philballew> Thats good to know that it is at least interesting.
[02:24] <philballew> Some books for college take the fun out of reading
[02:24] <akk> I liked it a lot. (Didn't much like any of the sequels, though.)
[02:24] <philballew> I hear they are different then the main one
[02:25] <akk> I thought so, anyway. I guess some people like them.
[02:25] <philballew> to each their own
[02:25] <akk> Yep!
[02:25] <akk> I would think an SF class would mostly have pretty good reading. What else are you reading for it?
[02:29] <philballew> I just read Foundation and am then before that I read 1984 and the Martian Chronicles. I believe next I am reading Do androids dream of electric sheep.
[02:29] <philballew> ever herd of those akk?
[02:29] <akk> I loved Foundation when I was a teenager. Been meaning to go back and re-read and see if I still liked it.
[02:30] <akk> Didn't like 1984 much (I think there are 1984 people and Brave New World people, I'm the latter)
[02:30] <akk> or Martian Chronicles (it was okay, but I was just in a convo about this with somebody --
[02:30] <philballew> I hear there is a foundation movie coming out in the next few years
[02:30] <akk> Bradbury fans are either Martian Chronicles people or Something Wicked This Way Comes people, I'm definitely the latter).
[02:30] <philballew> oh, and I am reading enders game
[02:31] <akk> Do Androids was weird, being familiar with Blade Runner -- because it's so different.
[02:31] <akk> Pretend you've never seen Blade Runner and you'll be all right.
[02:31] <akk> Enders Game was another where I liked the orig but not the sequels.
[02:31] <philballew> Dont think "Why is Indiana Jones doing that"
[02:31] <akk> haha
[02:32] <akk> Really none of the characters are as interesting as the ones in the movie (IIRC, been a while).
[02:32] <akk> But the book gets into a lot more detail about the society, like why are they asking all those animal questions.
[02:32] <akk> So in a way it makes more sense.
[02:33] <philballew> books have hours to explain things where movies have minutes
[02:33] <philballew> i guess thats all it boils down to
[02:34] <akk> Yep, it's tough to cram a really detailed world into a 2-hour movie.
[02:34] <akk> Probably why Dune the book is way better than any of the movies.
[02:35] <philballew> would make sense. I think tonight I will enjoy it, if I have the patience
[02:35] <akk> Those should all be fun books to talk about -- lots of meaty things to discuss.
[02:36] <philballew> For sure. I know I am going to enjoy it more and more as time goes on.
[02:36] <akk> Sounds like a great class.
[02:36] <philballew> Well, time to suspend the laptop and read!
[02:37] <akk> Enjoy!
[02:37] <philballew> Thank you
[02:46] <pleia2> yay, thanks phil!
[02:46] <pleia2> I've been doing major trip prep tonight and about 10000 things that need to be done at home, before I go - just realized how late it was :(
[02:46] <akk> When are you leaving?
[02:46] <pleia2> wednesday
[02:47] <akk> Woo, getting close!
[02:48] <akk> Are you flying straight to Ghana? How long a trip is that?
[02:48] <pleia2> flying to frankfurt, then on to ghana
[02:50]  * pleia2 tries to figure out just how long these flights are
[02:51] <pleia2> 10 hr, 45 minutes for the first bit, then 6hr 45 minutes for the frankfurt to ghana
[02:51] <pleia2> 3.5 hr layover
[02:51] <akk> That's a long day.
[02:52] <pleia2> yeah, so I fly out at 2:55PM on wednesday, land in Ghana at 6:55PM on Thursday
[02:52] <pleia2> I can sort of sleep on planes :)
[02:53] <akk> That's good!
[02:54] <pleia2> oh, and grantbow added the t-shirt item to the meeting, not sure where he's gone off to this evening
[02:55] <pleia2> hopefully he'll add it again to a meeting he can attend, I'm not sure what he had in  mind :)
[16:35] <nhaines> baby pangolin: http://i.imgur.com/ReO39.jpg
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[16:37] <pleia2> omg <3
[16:41] <nhaines> :)