[01:34] so my internet seems pretty dead right now since I last spoke at midnight [01:34] currently I'm tethered via GSM EDGE speed [01:35] damned vodafone having crud connectivity at home [02:01] there we go [02:01] mucho bettero [02:03] I'm gonna rip the naff sky router out though - it gives me nothing but trouble [05:48] diddledan: you didn't consider, yaknow, just going to sleep? [05:49] lol === ging__ is now known as ging === jpds_ is now known as jpds === jpds is now known as Guest68298 === Guest68298 is now known as jpds_ [06:31] mläh [06:31] morning, or something [06:46] something. [06:46] today falls under something [06:49] morning everyone [06:54] apparently the IT support has called Dell to change my laptop screen. I wish they had told me that a biiiit earlier. [07:02] mornin Myrtti [07:02] screen broken ? [07:02] thrip inside it. [07:03] My screen scared me the other day. [07:03] I closed the laptop, and then it would only light up very dimly [07:03] fixed itself a few hours later. [07:03] ooh , backlit issue [07:03] yeah. [07:03] * knightwise staring at a glassy 10 inch display at the moment [07:03] and you know why I closed the laptop? [07:04] nigelb: whyzzz ? [07:04] so I could check my serial number to mark warranty expiration date. [07:04] haha :) [07:04] i'm trying out a Ms surface pro today ( a Surface 1) [07:04] I was like... yeah, defintiely buying extra warranty when it dies. [07:04] s/dies/exires/ [07:04] hmm.. didn't do that on the company mac. [07:04] applecare is a ripoff [07:06] I've been told applecare is spectacular. [07:06] lenovo is shitty but their support so far has been nice. [07:07] applecare would be amazing, if they didn't marry it to their "retail experience" [07:08] we had a pretty good buying experience getting the mac [07:08] i have applecare on here. i wonder if they'd be vexed about it running ubuntu [07:08] didnt buy it in an actual apple store , we only have resellerrs in belgium [07:08] Hahah , saw some benchmarks on how Ubuntu runs faster on the same mac then OSX does [07:09] for some tasks [07:09] knightwise, same in ireland. that's where applecare fall short. it works well if you want to treat apple-retail as a drop-in center. if there's no retail, it gets ugly quick [07:10] shauno: we shop at a premium reseller , they have their own repair dept , so its pretty ok there [07:11] they took care of a 2 repairs on a macbook air I once bought [07:11] I had to try to convince them that I really didn't fancy taking a 6 hour bus trip to take my phone to my 'local' store [07:12] true. [07:12] I'm currently hammering away on a surface pro :) [07:12] I got a surface pro 1 second hand to play around with , need to keep my Windows skills up too. [07:12] 8.1 is not bad , and the pro is a half decent machine .. [07:13] but putty has a very hard time with a high res screen. Font sizing is fuzzy and I feel like i'm drunk when I look at the screen right now [08:22] morning [08:27] morning [08:30] Yup, it is [08:31] Morning btw [08:31] have an annoying tickly cough [08:31] can't stop [08:32] its very undproductive [08:49] yo [08:53] foobarry: I read that free book I got from Amazon last night, turned out to be quite good, seems to be the start of a scifi space opera type of series http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DSD8ZDK/ref=pe_385721_48724741_TE_M1T1DP [09:13] Hmm. Chris Evans was maintaining that this is Pie Day [09:13] But internet sources claim it is Bow Tie Day [09:15] It's not even British Pie Week! === zmoylan-1i is now known as zmoylan-pi [09:29] morning boys and girls. === alan_g is now known as alan_g|afk === alan_g|afk is now known as alan_g [10:27] awilkins, mm pie === ade is now known as adryan [10:40] scifi space opera :-| === jpds_ is now known as jpds [11:28] afternoon [11:36] afternoodlings knightwise [11:36] mmm noodles [11:36] hey brobostigon shauno [11:36] how are you guys [11:36] could be better, could be worse. and you knightwise ? [11:37] I'm in pain. I'm trying to do this "performance review" tripe. but I've been told not to try to be funny this time. [11:37] * knightwise has accountant whoes [11:37] 2 accountants disagreeing on how to organise my company. [11:37] :( [11:38] and its all about tax law and crap (and thats not my strong suit) [11:38] So i just called in a THIRD opinion. [11:38] result? [11:39] still need to sit with the third party [11:40] gonna run through the numbers with the SECOND opinion guy on monday [11:40] our original accountant is probably going to get fired. [11:41] ah, i see. good luck. [11:41] In other news .. i got a MS surface tablet ! :) Not an RT one, a Pro one. [11:41] shouldn't you just put the 2 accountants in one room and which ever one wins is the winner? [11:41] (second hand) i would never pay money . [11:42] zmoylan-pi: that would probably be a good idea too.. but first we need to make up our own minds where we should be going. [11:42] the amount of ms hardware i've landed when others have discarded it... [11:42] the cute thing with this surface is when you run Ubuntu on it in a VM. [11:42] seems "unnatural" [11:43] well it is ms on a mobile device so unnatural was a given [11:43] but in essence its a little I5, 4gig laptop with a 128 SSD drive and high resolution screen. [11:43] can you run linux natively? [11:43] its not really a mobile device since it doesnt run RT. [11:43] zmoylan-pi: I'm not sure , uefi boot would be in the way i guess [11:43] * zmoylan-pi casts ward evil at mention of uefi [11:44] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iu0yFGczNY [11:44] it has been done apparently [11:44] right now i'm running 8.1 [11:45] Since most of my workflows are cross platform friendly its not really important what OS is under the hood. [11:45] I'm loving efi. I can netboot over wifi! [11:45] using mobaxterm as a terminal client at the moment. brilliant app [11:46] and i let chrome run fullscreen as a metro app , so the thing also feels like a chromebook [11:46] but nowhere near as cheap [11:46] true. [11:46] but a chromebook is just a thin client . this thing can run VM's :) [11:46] (plus i didnt PAY for it , i traded off an old laptop fo mine for it) [11:46] a chromebook can run linux natively if you really want [11:48] zmoylan-pi: also true. and then we call it a netbook.. (been there done that ? ) [11:51] but few netbooks left on sale so they're my only hope to replace my 4 year old hp 210 netbook [11:52] though it looks like ms is pushing for new netbooks to counteract chromebooks undercutting them [11:52] as long as they all run linux \o/ [12:00] true. [12:00] though if someone made a z88 case that took a rasp pi i'd jump on it in a heart beat [12:02] all console apps, but with modern usb, wifi, sd card slots... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Z88 === alan_g is now known as alan_g|lunch [12:11] yeah, I keep wanting a modern psion 5mx before realising that that's a small tablet and a bluetooth keyboard [12:12] * zmoylan-pi misses the psions [12:12] run a week on 2 aa batteries, with full desktop apps, not cut down silly apps [12:13] psion revo was great [12:13] i think they still sell them [12:14] i read a whole book on it too [12:14] best agenda software i ever used [12:14] the psion 3a keyboard has never been beaten [12:14] then you go on holiday and forget to charge it [12:14] and it loses its memory [12:14] agenda... make a recurring appointment for 3rd wednesday of every 2nd month. ok... [12:15] never found a pim that could do that since [12:16] and it understood that every 4th wednesday of the month and last wednesday of the month were not always the same [12:20] and it fit in my suit pocket [12:20] i had a rather expensive leather belt holster for psion 5s. [12:31] some companies are making devices with Kindle-like displays which you can write on, I think there's a prototype available in Japan from Sony. [12:31] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvJuLK65dio [12:33] there was mention of a 7" screen kit for rasp pi so might have to make my own sub netbook :-) [12:34] I wanted a PalmOS cart for the Nintendo DS [12:34] It would be an awesome organiser [12:34] the ds really could be an excellent pda/playform if nintendo allowed it [12:35] the new non folding ds screams for a real keyboard and apps [12:40] zmoylan-pi: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/feature.asp?t=how_to&c=4219 [12:41] nice === alan_g|lunch is now known as alan_g [12:51] Frack :) [12:51] type covers for the Surface are only in available in hot pink and hot blue ! [12:52] knightwise, pink for you [12:52] diddledan: I thought somebody would say as much [12:52] (don't google knightwise mega-mindy incident) [12:53] * diddledan googles knightwise mega-mindy incident [12:53] oh my, I may have to do this now - I was just going to use it to control my DSLR... [12:54] http://www.hdrlabs.com/occ/ for details [12:54] I reinstalled the mac mini last week [12:54] single booted it in ubuntu to make a fileserver / vmware server out of it. [12:54] not bad at all [12:55] but I had to install the package that runs the fans and temperature control [12:55] Almost had my own little meltdown here in the cupboard [12:56] MELTDOWN! [12:59] very true [12:59] GBBO ICE CREAM MELTDOWN [13:03] melton mowbray [13:03] pink makes it less stealable [13:04] msata ssds are tiny [13:05] turns out that they didn't keep records of who's done all this crappy compulsory training [13:06] and they are asking us to tick next to each one we have done \o/ [13:06] thats easier than doing the trainign surely [13:06] you should be made bring all your certificates in! :-) [13:07] foobarry bsc ssc :-p [13:07] its all this H&S for managers trainign etc [13:08] where you have to sit in a room and be bored for a day [13:08] when you raise a H&S query it gets ignored [13:09] that's why pdas were invented, it looked like you were taking notes but actually running simcity. doesn't work as well with mobile phones :-( [13:10] this is waht happens when you make me do H&S training [13:10] http://i.imgur.com/3GVfFcz.jpg [13:10] DS Organizer : includes IRC client. Coolio. [13:11] thought it was going to be buzzword bingo card [13:15] i have a java based irc client on my feature phone :-) [14:12] hmmm. one of my external disks failed on the server [14:12] perhaps its a good time to get a NAS drive [14:49] microserver [14:58] +1 [14:58] I want a microserver [14:58] Was all excited to discover that you can get full runtime on AWS for free [14:58] But only for 12 months :-( === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away === alan_g is now known as alan_g|EOD [17:03] well, atleast the good part about the Dell service thing is that I've cleaned a bit, and my mobile's battery has lasted a bit better because I've had to keep the phone in a place where it actually gets some mobile signal. [17:03] (no, they've not called or been here yet) === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte === Yair_ is now known as Yair [17:17] http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2014/08/28/nightmare-at-the-office/?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nightmare-at-the-office [19:01] Hey guys, whats the best way to deal with DNS propagation during a hosting switcheroo? Iptables to redirect old -> new ? [19:16] j0sh^_: that's quite doable, but personally I just like to lower the ttl to 5 minutes a day before the switch [19:17] aye, but client/ISP caching world wide can cause issues [19:17] so I want a redirect on old anyway [19:18] tbh, I tell my customers that any client caching is the client's fault if they see the site down [20:02] hi all [20:03] ;] [20:03] damn wifi in this hotel goes eveyr fewmins [20:03] ;(( === Lcawte is now known as Lcawte|Away