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cmaloneyrick_h_: Ugh, hope she feels better00:14
cmaloneyIs it a cold?00:14
cmaloneyI think I'm the only soul here at CHC. :)00:15
rick_h_:/ sorry man00:18
cmaloneyNo worries00:20
cmaloneyI think I just saw Drew pass on by.00:20
cmaloneyAlso, I'd love to know the reasoning for Best Buy to ask for your address / phone number / 4 part key when canceling their rewards program account00:22
cmaloneyApparently they must get a lot of people drunk-canceling their accounts or something00:23
rick_h_man, I think I might stick in my abusive relationship with verizon :/01:24
rick_h_I thought going to t-mobile would be $30/mo, but I'd have to go to $60/mo plan and I pay $66 right now per device on verizon01:24
rick_h_and that's before I spend the full price on a phone01:24
cmaloneyYuck01:38
cmaloneyt-t-t-t-t-t-ting. :)01:38
rick_h_heh, not going to happen. Worst of both worlds. Non GSM and no good 4g coverage01:39
cmaloneycheap, GSM, 4g, not-shitty. Pick two. :)02:00
rick_h_heh, yea. Well deed is done. Will transfer my upgrade to the wife, bought a developer unlocked moto x. She can pick out wtf she wants since she wants to go with a smaller device this round.02:01
cmaloneyNice.03:23
cmaloneyGood morning11:51
brouschyessir12:00
brouschstormy12:00
brouschnexus 7 arrived. it is smaller than i thought it would be12:00
rick_h_about 7" :P12:07
rick_h_?12:07
rick_h_morning and ugh12:07
brouschReally I guess it's just skinnier. My other 7"er is a Nook color, which has a lot more side bezel\12:13
brouschAlso I've been using the HP Touchpad, which is a pretty bulky tablet, so the svelte 7 feels smaller12:16
brouschperfect thumb typing size, which is what i wanted12:19
brouschWho is coming to ArtPrize this year?12:42
cmaloneyHadn't planned on it12:43
brouschWe have the giant fire breathing dragon from Detroit Makerfaire and FoolMoon from Ann Arbor12:43
cmaloneyOh that's cool.12:43
brouschGot to meet the dragon guys last night. apparently we can volunteer to help him and get up close and personal with the dragon12:44
cmaloneyI set up the Raspberry Pi yesterday to act as my heyu server.12:54
cmaloneyWhich doesn't mean a whole lot since most of the activity happens on the X10 controller itself12:55
cmaloneyBut am actively looking for things for it to do. :)12:55
cmaloneyIt's the 256MB model with an Ethernet port.12:55
brouschThat sounds cool12:55
brouschheyu12:55
cmaloneyYeah, it's nice12:56
cmaloneyAlso lets me move the X10 module away from the computer so it can be used elsewhere should I get wireless and whatnot working12:56
brouschHow does it signal into the power lines?12:57
cmaloneyThe X10 CM11 interface via a serial port12:57
brouschah, i see12:58
brouschI have zero X10 knowledge12:58
cmaloneyYeah, it's an old old old protocol12:59
brouschOne home project I want to do is a rfid door unlock triggered by a ring12:59
cmaloneyI'm not sure about electronic door locks13:02
cmaloneySeems like one of those things that could be easy to get wrong13:02
cmaloneyLike cheap combination locks13:03
cmaloneyhttp://security.stackexchange.com/questions/6750/using-rfid-only-on-door-lock-to-house13:04
brouschWell my slider is always unlocked, so I wouldn't be totally helpless if it fails13:04
rick_h_I was looking at these online the other day https://lockitron.com/preorder13:05
cmaloneyYou live in Grand Rapids. Nobody locks anything out there.13:05
brouschI see no way that an rfid lock is less secure than a key13:06
rick_h_The new android phones with BT LE should enable them to get the BT unlock thing working13:06
brouschI live in the suburbs13:06
cmaloneyrick_h_: That looks... off. :)13:07
brouschThat looks OK, but I really want it without the phone13:07
brouschI want a touchplate or very close proximity13:08
rick_h_gotcha, like the day care room kind of thing?13:08
brouscheh?13:08
rick_h_I've got an over sized credit card and a touch pad for getting into the day care13:08
rick_h_tap my wallet on the pad to get in13:08
cmaloneyYeah, like Office Building access13:09
brouschYeah, but something I can do with my hands full of groceries13:09
cmaloneyor what they had at my dorm room to gain access13:09
rick_h_a butt pad :P13:09
cmaloneybrousch: I think those are called "Children"13:09
rick_h_turn around, lean on the door, open sasame13:09
brouschelbow maybe13:09
cmaloney"Hold the door, please"13:09
brouschturning the knob for me would be pretty cool13:10
brouschI haven't put a lot of thought into that project though. It's not even on my list yet13:11
rick_h_I like the idea of the lockitron with BT LE. I walk up to my door, it unlocks13:11
cmaloneyWouldn't work for our case. We have two locks.13:11
brouschYeah, but what happens when you want to lock your door at night?13:11
rick_h_the app has the ability to set open/closed13:12
rick_h_over wifi/etc13:12
rick_h_and you still have a turn dial on the physical lock13:12
brouschYour battery runs out, you charge it, it sees tyhat within proximity, now your doors are unlocked13:12
rick_h_https://lockitron.com/preorder look at the pic13:12
rick_h_my doors are unlocked while I'm home anyway. If I'm home changing the batteries why would it think it should be locked?13:13
brouschat night?13:13
rick_h_why am I changing the batteries at night?13:13
brouschcharging13:13
brouschyour phone battery13:13
rick_h_what charging?13:13
cmaloneyDo you normally charge your phone on your front door?13:14
brouschor otherwise turning bluetooth off and on13:14
rick_h_I guess if I charged it right next to the front door...which it would have been there when I locked the door...maybe?13:14
rick_h_it's the LE, close proximity stuff. Like rfid13:14
brouschI guess if your bedroom/charger is far enough away13:14
rick_h_basically BT LE is replacing a lot of functions of rfid these days with the option for more data/etc13:14
brouschhm13:14
cmaloneyMay even replace NFC13:15
rick_h_PXP, the Proximity Profile allows one device (the Proximity Monitor) to detect whether another device (the Proximity Reporter) is within a close physical range. Physical proximity can be estimated using the radio receiver's RSSI value, although this does not have absolute calibration of distances. Typically, an alarm may be sounded when the distance between the devices exceeds a set threshold.13:15
brouschI hadn't heard of that13:15
rick_h_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy13:15
rick_h_it's how the moto x disabling the pin code works with a BT device. Someone walks away with your phone, it locks.13:16
rick_h_though that also works with wifi and normal BT devices as well so meh13:16
brouschI wanted to do that a while ago. You could attach a beacon to anything (keys, wallet, glasses, etc) then get alerted when it was out of range13:16
rick_h_http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13705647/finding-distance-from-rssi-value-of-bluetooth-low-energy-enable-device is kind of interesting13:17
rick_h_so there's a dev working on detecting the value13:17
brouschWe have a guy at GRMakers whose Master is finding distance to things from rfid signal13:18
rick_h_http://www.motorola.com/us/motorola-skip-moto-x/Motorola-Skip-for-Moto-X/motorola-skip-moto-x.html is the NFC thing for the moto x to do the unlock thing13:18
brouschHe says it's pretty easy outside, but inside signal reflection gets messy13:18
cmaloneyI'm glad they dropped the Wibree moniker13:18
brouschof course the ultimate is voice activation throughout the house 'Jarvis, unlock the door'13:22
jrwrenwhat is a heyu server?13:23
widoxspeaking of BT LE, you guys see this? http://www.thetileapp.com/13:48
rick_h_widox: yea, seem kind of cool.13:49
rick_h_need to get one of those built into my wife's phone13:49
rick_h_she's always losing track of where she left it13:50
brouschThat is cool13:51
rick_h_$60 a year for 3 though :/ look forward to mass production/price drops hopefully.13:51
brouschDoes Tile work on Android, Windows Phone, or Blackberry? No, not at this time.13:52
jrwrensubscription? ugh.13:52
widoxyeah, that plus no Androit13:52
jrwrennot to mention, hacker theft. if I want to really piss someone off, I hack their tiles and know exactly where their most precious items are.13:52
rick_h_yea, android is just getting BT LE support. It'll be in kitkat and the devices are just coming out with it13:53
widoxnot sure why coin cell batteries are so awful that I have to throw them away when the tiles die13:53
brouschWell it sounds like it works by the app remembering where it saw a tile, so you'd have to be close enough to them already13:53
rick_h_brousch: right, but there's the active 'hot/cold' mode as well13:54
rick_h_brousch: using that proximity stuff we were talking about earlier13:54
jrwrenthey take batteries? *ugh*13:54
rick_h_well yea, but last one full year13:55
rick_h_well, they're charged, last a year, meant to be replaced13:55
jrwrenstill, it should be lower E than that.13:55
jrwrenhow is it that those take batteries but rfid doesn't?  something I never understood.13:55
jrwrenis it because rfid is energized by near em field?13:55
rick_h_yea, rfid I think is charged/powered by the device inquiring13:56
rick_h_but rfid is just "tell me your data" while bt le can be data transfer13:56
rick_h_so in this case, these things can light up a speaker if you're within range and instruct it to do something13:57
jrwrenhttps://medium.com/code-adventures/97300be548d113:57
rick_h_I find it facinating. Hated BT for so long, but BT LE seems to be the original promose finally realized13:57
jrwrenagreed.13:58
jrwreni usually have BT off on all my devices.13:58
jrwrenbatteries more important than BT13:58
brouschI have used BT exactly 2 times. Both times to transfer photos from a dumbphone13:58
jrwreni had a BT mouse for PC use, guess waht, it worked for shit.13:59
jrwreni had a BT headset for PC use, guess waht, it worked for shit.13:59
jrwrenafter that, I said I didn't like BT :)13:59
brouschWait, I lied. I used BT way back in 2002 for a BT modem while on vacation13:59
rick_h_heh, my GNex and N10 got me on the BT train13:59
rick_h_keyboard, headphones, two external speakers, fitbit, pebble14:00
jrwrenwhere does he get these toys?14:01
jrwrenbah, misquote14:01
jrwrenWhere does he get all those wonderful toys?14:01
rick_h_jrwren: what do you use for a keyboard on your ipad?14:02
rick_h_or do you just type on it?14:02
jrwreni did do that once, yes.14:03
jrwrenonce, years ago :)14:03
rick_h_hah14:03
jrwrenoh, I guess I do use a BT magic mouse most days at work.14:03
cmaloneyjrwren: It's just a Raspberry pi that I run heyu on14:16
cmaloneyheyu being a command-line X10 interface14:17
cmaloneyCalling it a server is a bit generous14:17
jrwrenah, I see now.14:24
cmaloneyJust looking for applications for it.14:32
brouschI drank caffeinated coffee this morning and now my pinkie is twitching14:34
jrwrenmmm... coffee. imma get cup 3 soon.14:35
rick_h_heh, I've just moved up to a 20oz mug14:36
brouschIf I drink the good stuff for 3 days in a row my angina comes back14:37
rick_h_http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009HVH4XO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 is an awesome mug by the way14:40
brouschI'm enjoying my Clever Drip at work.14:43
jrwrenangina? holy shit!14:45
* jrwren sings beasty boys heart attack man14:45
jrwrenbecause I know rick_h_ loves eneloop: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058N6JUE?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER15:00
rick_h_hah15:00
jrwrenoh, lightning deal is done. it was $3615:01
rick_h_ah, bummer15:01
jrwreni wonder if there are BT LE add ons for arduino or rPI projects.  could be fun to talk to phone with them.15:03
brouschjrwren: About 6 years ago I was drinking a Biggby Redeye (24oz coffee+4 shots espresso) every morning. It gave me angina after a while, so I switched to decaf. Now caffeine has a large effect on me when I drink it.15:03
jrwrenholy shit!15:04
brouschA slightly older friend said he did the same, and he had a heart attack after the angina. So he scared me straight15:05
rick_h_more BT LE news http://r.bmark.us/u/e5157be7812a2b16:31
rick_h_theme of hte day16:31
mathomastechalias sl="ls"16:35
mathomastechThat's enough work accomplished for one day.16:36
jrwrenvladikk.com/2013/09/12/serving-flask-with-nginx-on-ubuntu/   strange that he uses a special nginx repo but doesn't say WHY17:02
jrwreni'm amuzed because that blog post makes it 6X more complex than our nginx+uwsgi hosting :)17:04
rick_h_well he's getting the nginx from nginx17:06
rick_h_so should be better about updates/etc and nginx isn't in ubuntu main anyway so it's not promised immediate security updates/etc17:06
rick_h_looks reasonable enough17:07
jrwrenah! interesting. OK, great to knwo. I hadn't considered that.17:07
jrwrenwhere is the resolvconf missing manual?20:43
jrwrenor does everyone just hack around it?20:43
jrwrenfound it! http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=resolvconf/resolvconf.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD20:45
jrwrenthat really helps!20:50
jrwrenYAY20:50
jrwrenalso... templated cloud-config ftw.  cloud-init ftw20:52
cmaloneyEvening22:12
gamerchick02howdy cmaloney22:18
gamerchick02how's things?22:18
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cmaloneyDoing OK22:42
cmaloneyJust playing with my raspberry Pi22:42
gamerchick02oooh22:43
gamerchick02i just ate dinner. not much into dinner tonight but i figured i should have something so i don't eat a bunch of cookies at 822:43
cmaloneyhttp://www.rpgnow.com/product/17068/T1-4-Temple-of-Elemental-Evil-%281e%29?it=122:44
gamerchick02what are you making the Pi do?22:44
cmaloneyFree for one week22:44
cmaloneyWell, I'm going to do some dev on it22:44
cmaloneybut first I want to play with PiMAME. :)22:44
gamerchick02PiMAME?22:44
gamerchick02that's cool, thanks for the link22:44
cmaloneynp22:47
cmaloneyMAME for the Raspberry Pi22:47
gamerchick02you're making an arcade22:48
gamerchick02(i googled it for myself)22:48
cmaloneyNot really, just playing with Arcade ROMs22:48
gamerchick02ah22:48
cmaloneyI'm a child of the arcade, so I have a fondness for it.22:48
gamerchick02that'd be cool though... make a cabinet arcade with a Pi in there22:48
gamerchick02i do like a good arcade game.22:48
gamerchick02OH22:48
gamerchick02there's a Pinball Expo at OU in the spring22:49
gamerchick02we went as a work group thing and i wanna go again. that was so much fun!22:49
cmaloneyYeah, I'm sad I missed it22:49
gamerchick02:(22:49
gamerchick02speaking of Mame, when i hear that, i think of the musical with Angela Lansbury. so yeah...22:49
gamerchick02i've gotta switch to my other computer. i don't have an evernote client on here that can export stuff23:30
gamerchick02bbiab23:30
smlr-hangoutSMLR is live now (Video Only) http://www.youtube.com/embed/QKKAhmZfDrg23:33
greg-git's saturday already?! hot damn!23:35
tony-smlrhaha thanks greg-g23:37

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