[00:49] <nhaines> My new Microsoft Sculpt Ergnomic Desktop keyboard and mouse set have arrived.  It's been 5 minutes but so far I like it.
[00:50] <nhaines> Separate numeric keypads are the bee's knees.  And it's all working out of the box in Ubuntu.  I'm sure Windows 8 will have to think about how it feels about USB HID devices for the requisite 3 minutes of contemplation.
[00:50] <pleia2> welcome to never being able to type on a normal keyboard again
[00:51]  * ianorlin is using a ps/2 keyboard
[00:51] <nhaines> Nah, I've been using ergnomic keyboards for about 20 years now.  ;)
[00:51] <pleia2> ah ok :)
[00:52] <nhaines> Everyone's like "zomg how will I learn to type on one?"  And I'm like "the same way you're supposed to be touchtyping on any keyboard you noob!"
[00:53]  * ianorlin is able to use the mouse with both hands
[00:53] <nhaines> Ha, the mouse has a "Windows button" on it that's mapped to the Super key.
[00:53] <nhaines> Wonder if it's feasible to replace that with an Ubuntu logo with an orange background.  Well, I'll worry about that later when there are fingerprints over everything.  ;)
[00:55] <nhaines> Middle clicking doesn't make me want to throw the mouse against the wall, so that's nice too.
[00:58]  * ianorlin doesn't like touchpads that you have to use multitouch to middle click
[00:58] <ianorlin> why can't I have a third button?
[01:44] <pleia2> also, I realized another one of my favorite features of my android watch is that it tells me when it's disconnected from my phone, great when I'm a block from home and don't know if I brought my phone or not, no more digging into the TARDIS-like inside of my purse
[01:44] <nhaines> TIMEKEEPING FUNCTIONALITY DISABLED.  BATTERY KILLER MODE ACTIVATED.
[01:44] <pleia2> I wish it would find my keys
[01:44] <nhaines> Now that's something that needs a proximity unlock mode.  :)
[01:44] <pleia2> my home?
[01:45] <nhaines> Also car.
[01:45] <pleia2> car may be scarier "steal phone, wander round parking lot..."
[01:45] <nhaines> Someone described some kind of hack to do that with a little Linux server and an electronic lock for his home on Slashdot a decade ago.
[01:45] <nhaines> Someone commented "Yeah, but if the power goes out he's fscked."
[01:46] <pleia2> hehe
[01:46] <pleia2> well you still carry keys
[01:46] <pleia2> it's just when you have a handful of groceries
[01:46] <nhaines> No, I think he completely replaced the lock.  Which.. well.  :P
[01:46] <pleia2> ah, that's amusing :)
[01:47] <nhaines> Thinkgeek was selling RFID keypad locks I think.
[01:47] <pleia2> reminds me, I was coming home from Target during a lunch grocery run and the streets were maggoty with salesforce conference people
[01:47] <pleia2> just like, standing on the sidewalks, not moving
[01:47]  * pleia2 gets the local grumpies
[01:47] <nhaines> Ha.
[01:48] <nhaines> All 20 Google apps updating on my phone: "This application requires an update to Google Play Services"
[01:48] <nhaines> Me: "Dear phone, please just do the things."
[01:48] <pleia2> are you using a dev version of GPS?
[01:48] <nhaines> Nope.  Just wiped my N5 and installed Android 4.4.4 on it.
[01:49] <nhaines> Although to be fair, this was because th dev version of GPS (in "L" preview) broke everything two days ago and my phone was unusable because every 3 seconds: "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped."
[01:49] <nhaines> Do you *promise*?
[01:50] <nhaines> I am now a developer!  \o/
[01:59] <nhaines> Okay, reinstalling Ubuntu.  Hopefully for good on this phone.  :P
[05:17] <jyo> nhaines: Yeah, TIL that one peripheral devices manufacturer also makes operating systems. huh. ;)
[05:18] <nhaines> jyo: they're fantastic mice and keyboards.  Except left Ctrl and right Alt didn't work consistently on the old one.  On this replacement everything is fabulous.
[05:19] <jyo> I'm guessing they wanted to expand from peripherals to tablets so they wrote an OS for the tablet. </lolhistory>
[05:24] <jyo> pleia2: I heard a rumor that Juno is dropping Python 2.6 support?
[06:01] <pleia2> jyo: Kilo
[06:02] <pleia2> Juno still has it
[18:42] <pleia2> oh, lollipop :)
[18:52] <nhaines> pleia2: and just in time for me having wiped my phone.  :)