[00:00] <czajkowski> so has my vote considering the amount I had to do
[00:00] <czajkowski> right sleep lark before the NYE celebrations tomorrow
[00:00] <JanC> depends on the local shop I suppose
[00:06] <JanC> (by "local shop" I mean "local web shop")
[00:08] <JanC> and really, I think it's more useful to give people the search results *they* want than to force "your selection" on them
[00:19] <AlanBell> JanC: yeah, but that depends on there being a web shop with a functional API and preferably affiliate scheme that can pay out in the currency and country of choice
[00:20] <AlanBell> I am quite keen to do more shops if I can find useful ones to do, probably mainstream shops rather than geeky shops
[00:20] <AlanBell> like supermarkets and hardware stores etc
[00:22] <JanC> AlanBell: as long as searching shops isn't enabled by default, and the selection of shops can be localised, that sounds like a good idea  ☺
[00:23] <JanC> well, a "shopping lens" would have installed shops enabled by default, of course
[00:23] <AlanBell> I like that the thing I did allows someone to shop on amazon.co.jp with descriptions and prices in yen and I can earn commission in GBP
[00:28] <AlanBell> anyone want to reddit http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2012/12/shopping-lens-for-gnome-shell/ or https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/564/amazon-shopping/ ?
[00:31] <JanC> having local shops available is really important
[00:39] <JanC> (that's also an important problem with U1MS BTW)
[01:27] <mhall119> AlanBell: http://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/15p7ie/new_amazon_shopping_search_provider_for_gnome/
[01:28] <mhall119> also http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/15p7kb/new_amazon_shopping_search_provider_for_gnome/
[01:39] <mhall119> JoseeAntonioR: :)
[03:42] <jussi> AlanBell: are you theopensourcerer?
[09:45] <czajkowski> jussi: nope that would the theopensourcer :)
[09:51] <AlanBell> jussi: no, that is Alan Lord
[09:51] <AlanBell> but theopensourcerer.com is a blog that we both use
[09:51] <AlanBell> thanks mhall119, it found its way to slashdot too :)
[10:58] <Tm_T> alourie: I'm disappointed, the blog is still online, no proper slashdot effect ):
[10:58] <Tm_T> AlanBell: even ^
[10:58]  * Tm_T gets more coffee before he fails more with tabfill
[11:06] <AlanBell> only 1780 blog hits today so far :)
[11:08] <AlanBell> our biggest ever day was 4,707 hits which was another slashdotting
[11:08] <AlanBell> http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/07/getting-your-microsoft-tax-refunded-1010-for-amazon-uk/
[11:08] <AlanBell> for that article
[11:10] <AlanBell> http://slashdot.org/story/09/07/23/1855211/Amazon-UK-Refunds-Windows-License-Fee-With-Little-Hassle but that was an Alan Lord article, this is one of my slashdottings :)
[11:16] <popey> slashdot isnt anywhere near as popular as it used to be
[11:16] <popey> probably get more traffic from reddit front page than /.
[11:22] <AlanBell> last time we got more hits from linuxtoday.com than slashdot (just about)
[11:23] <AlanBell> today there are 688 from slashdot and 151 from reddit
[11:23] <AlanBell> oh, actually 902 from slashdot
[11:25] <AlanBell> reddit is odd, just a link and comments, no actual article
[11:29] <popey> you'd get more from reddit if you hit the front page
[11:29] <popey> but they are fickle :)
[11:58] <AlanBell> how does that happen? lots of upvotes or something?
[11:59] <AlanBell> reddit is so slow
[16:38] <mhall119> AlanBell: you're actually responding to /. comments? brave man
[16:48] <nigelb> mhall119: lol
[16:50] <IdleOne> quick scan shows a lot less flames than expected.
[16:52] <mhall119> Yet still more than there should be
[16:52] <IdleOne> Without fire what would be the point
[17:02] <mhall119> greed, didn't you read the comments?
[17:04] <AlanBell> mhall119: yes, I respond to comments in lots of places
[17:08] <IdleOne> greed is a powerful incentive but that lens was not designed with greed in mind I think.
[17:09] <IdleOne> had it been he would not have made it possible to change the affiliate code.
[17:10] <IdleOne> I could be wrong though. AlanBell does sometimes appear to be all about personal gain.
[17:10] <IdleOne> :P
[17:12] <AlanBell> looks like 2 people have bothered to change the affiliate code (and I made the epic fail of putting a typo in the default affiliate code which I have just fixed on the server side)
[17:13] <IdleOne> haha
[18:40] <MrChrisDruif> Evening y'all, enjoying New Years Eve?
[18:40] <MrChrisDruif> AlanBell; I heard there's an issue with Ubiquity? Do you know how seriously it's been picked up? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1084547
[18:40] <ubot2> Launchpad bug 1084547 in ubiquity (Ubuntu) "Unclear which part of disk will be allocated to Ubuntu when installing alongside other operating systems" [Undecided,Confirmed]
[18:41] <MrChrisDruif> And for images describing the problem more clearly: http://askubuntu.com/questions/150550/installing-ubuntu-with-windows-which-is-left-and-right-when-allocating-space
[18:42] <AlanBell> I was not very aware of that one MrChrisDruif, I don't know if xnox is on the case or not
[18:43] <MrChrisDruif> It's not been allocated to anyone, so I guess not AlanBell ?
[18:43] <AlanBell> probably not
[18:44] <MrChrisDruif> Could you mention it to him/her? It seems like a serious issue if you ask me =)
[18:45] <jcastro> I know it's a known issue for a while now
[18:45] <jcastro> not sure what the status is though
[18:46] <popey> \o/ see http://ubuntu.com/ ☺
[18:49] <MrChrisDruif> 13.04 isn't that close right? What's it counting down to? O.o
[18:49] <daker> MrChrisDruif: new product www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/12/all-new-ubuntu-product-to-launch-jan-2nd-but-what-is-it
[18:49] <MrChrisDruif> jcastro; Apparently it's Importance is "Undecided"
[18:50] <jcastro> bring it up to the desktop list I think
[18:51] <MrChrisDruif> jcastro; mailing list you mean?
[18:51] <MrChrisDruif> daker; Thanks! =)
[18:51] <jcastro> yeah
[18:51] <jcastro> ubuntu-desktop
[18:52] <jcastro> or maybe the design list, but that one is kind of worthless
[18:53] <MrChrisDruif> jcastro; I know. Not very productive I've noticed.
[19:06] <jcastro> marcoceppi: popey: is omg down for you guys?
[19:07] <marcoceppi> jcastro: appears up from here
[19:13] <MrChrisDruif> jcastro; http://isup.me/omgubuntu.co.uk
[19:17] <IdleOne> does OMG not do any proof reading before hitting to POST button?
[19:24] <MrChrisDruif> IdleOne; I doubt it...
[20:13] <mhall119> IdleOne: they probably don't do peer editing, and self-editing doesn't catch nearly as much
[20:15] <IdleOne> mhall119: apparently it doesn't it doesn't
[20:15] <IdleOne>  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
[20:20] <mhall119> that's the fanciest smiley I've ever seen IdleOne
[20:20] <IdleOne> I stole it from someone I don't remember who
[20:26] <mhall119> you stole someone's face?
[20:44] <IdleOne> mhall119: just the face, not the whole head :)
[20:44] <philipballew> morning
[20:44] <IdleOne> morning
[20:46]  * philipballew goes back to making pancakes
[20:46] <IdleOne> I'll take a short stack.
[20:46] <philipballew> Come on by IdleOne !
[20:47] <philipballew> ring in the ny in California
[21:25] <mhall119> philipballew: hey, can you do me a favor?
[21:25] <mhall119> can you tell me what the current ubuntu.com countdown time says for you?
[21:25] <mhall119> bkerensa: or you?
[21:25]  * philipballew looks
[21:26] <mhall119> someone on the west coast
[21:26] <philipballew> 36:35
[21:26] <mhall119> :(
[21:26] <mhall119> popey: you around?
[21:27] <mhall119> or AlanBell, anyone in the UK?
[21:27] <bkerensa> mhall119: 36:45:12
[21:28] <mhall119> dammit
[21:28] <JoseeAntonioR> mhall119: 39:32 for me
[21:29] <mhall119> JoseeAntonioR: what timezone are you?
[21:29] <JoseeAntonioR> mhall119: UTC-5
[21:29] <philipballew> http://imagebin.org/241256
[21:29] <mhall119> same as me then
[21:29] <mhall119> I think the countdown is adjusting for localtime, which doesn't seem like what they want
[21:30] <JoseeAntonioR> it is
[21:30] <mhall119> and even it it is adjusting, it's doing it wrong
[21:30] <mhall119> since PST has less time than EST
[21:30] <mhall119> not more
[21:32] <AlanBell> 44:28:42
[21:32] <mhall119> bugger
[21:32] <AlanBell> heh, yes that is backwards isn't it!
[21:33] <mhall119> looks like they were expecting localtime, but got UTC
[21:34] <AlanBell> oops. So, they will fix it when they get back to work on Wednesday, when the timer runs out
[21:34] <mhall119> :(
[21:35] <JoseeAntonioR> oops, great problem
[21:36] <mhall119> timezones suck
[21:36] <JoseeAntonioR> mhall119: isn't there any way you can contact one of the sysadmins so they can fix it?
[21:38] <mhall119> I don't know if a sysadmin could, or if someone from the web team would need to do it
[21:41] <JoseeAntonioR> the code says 18:00 GMT, maybe 18:00 UTC would work?
[21:44] <mhall119> JoseeAntonioR: I think there's a problem in the code
[21:47] <JoseeAntonioR> there is
[23:00] <daker> 43 hours to go for me :)
[23:01] <philipballew> now I have to wait longer...
[23:01] <philipballew> sick of this.
[23:01] <philipballew> :)
[23:02] <AlanBell> oh, is it fixed?
[23:02] <philipballew> apparently.
[23:03]  * AlanBell sees a new line of code :)
[23:03] <daker> d = new Date(d.getUTCFullYear(),d.getUTCMonth(),d.getUTCDate(),d.getUTCHours() + vh,d.getUTCMinutes() + vm);
[23:03] <daker> now it's UTC
[23:05] <AlanBell> thats the one
[23:05] <AlanBell> 42:55:40
[23:13] <JoseeAntonioR> yes, fixed!
[23:28] <mhall119> yup, got it sorted, thanks everyone for helping
[23:32] <popey> evening all
[23:33] <philipballew> almost ny in England I see popey
[23:34] <popey> yeah, not long now
[23:34] <popey> nearly my bed time ☺
[23:42] <IdleOne> you know you're getting old when you're looking forward to midnight on new years eve so you can finally got to bed.
[23:44] <popey> feel free to go to bed before
[23:45]  * philipballew went to bed at 4:30 am last night and thinks it was a bad idea
[23:50] <SergioMeneses> hey hey happy new year!
[23:51] <MrChrisDruif> Thanks y'all =)