[22:33] <bkerensa> wxl: I could do one in the summer at some point if its Mozilla focused :)
[22:33] <wxl> bkerensa: would love it. pick a first tuesday and give me a topic.
[22:34] <wxl> bkerensa: did i tell you lars came and told us all about socorro?
[22:35] <bkerensa> wxl: June 2nd: Firefox Dev Edition on Ubuntu? :)
[22:35] <wxl> bkerensa: sounds quite possible. i'm sure we know how to install it. :) what about showing it's true value in development. you could start by hacking the euglug.org website and make it something that doesn't suck XD
[22:36] <bkerensa> wxl: oh the Larsalope is a mystic creature
[22:37] <wxl> bkerensa: no kidding! i like that guy!!
[22:37] <bkerensa> wxl: yeah that was the plan :) show why its awesome
[22:37] <bkerensa> wxl: https://twitter.com/2braids/status/541379592414433282
[22:37] <bkerensa> the Larsalope
[22:37] <wxl> i know i saw XD
[22:37] <bkerensa> Mystic Oregon Creature :)
[22:37] <wxl> i thought i favorited that
[22:38] <wxl> i'll push it through the ranks and confirm with you later, bkerensa
[22:39] <bkerensa> wxl: cool and I can see about Mozilla buying lunch or dinner
[22:39] <wxl> neat bkerensa :) we don't usually even have so much as snacks so that would be super great
[22:40] <wxl> bkerensa: might be interested to talk about contributing to mozilla, too. e.g. how we might make firefox dev even better :)
[22:40] <bkerensa> right
[22:40] <wxl> okie dokie, i'll let you know. thanks very much!!!
[22:41] <bkerensa> sgclark: when are you doing a Ubuntu Hour in Hillsboro/Portland?
[22:41] <wxl> yeah, sgclark! when? :)
[22:41] <sgclark> when I get have breathing room
[22:41]  * wxl is >> almost there << with regards to having a global jam set up
[22:41] <bkerensa> Mm its been so long since a Oregon Global Jam
[22:42] <sgclark> I took on a project much larger than I can swallow
[22:42] <sgclark> oops
[22:42] <bkerensa> uh
[22:42] <wxl> bkerensa: did you see in the backlog sgclark may do a talk for us, too? well, when she's not drowning.
[22:42] <wxl> bkerensa: let it go. :)
[22:42] <bkerensa> cool
[22:42] <sgclark> so I hope to be able to breath soon
[22:42] <bkerensa> understandable
[22:43] <bkerensa> sgclark: well if you ever want to do one at Mozilla's office let me or bkero know and I'm sure we can sort it out
[22:44] <bkerensa> bkero: so what is the protip for install Ubuntu Server on the minis without Keyboard/Mouse?
[22:44] <bkerensa> I just had to order a USB keyboard today because I realized I couldn't do an install without a keyboard
[22:45] <bkerensa> wxl: also you know if we ever get colo space slangasek has the LoCo's server
[22:45] <bkero> bkerensa: a preseed file I would suppose
[22:45] <bkero> bkerensa: there's a wireless keyboard/mouse in my cube that you're welcome to take and use
[22:45] <bkero> You might have to hunt for the pieces a bit :)
[22:45] <bkero> There's a USB receiver so they should be transparent to the system
[22:46] <bkerensa> bkero:  ah I got them coming tomorrow morning Amazon Prime but just was wondering if I had missed something
[22:46] <bkerensa> bkero: looking into preseeding now
[22:47] <bkerensa> bkero:  now if I can figure out a good way to have one power source for four minis
[22:47] <bkerensa> :D
[22:47] <bkero> bkerensa: Good luck. They're not just simple power sources.
[22:47] <bkero> Not simple DC consumers, they have multiple DC voltages.
[22:48] <sgclark> ok thank you, most of the current work I am doing involves continuous integration, aka docker/jenkins etc
[22:49] <wxl> bkerensa: naw, haven't looked into it yet. i'm almost feeling like i should.
[22:49] <bkerensa> bkero: So I saw mrz did something early on in the DC to get the minis to use one supply but it looked like some janky electrical work that could burn down a a house :)
[22:50] <bkerensa> bkero: https://blog.mozilla.org/mrz/2007/11/05/how-do-you-rack-50-mac-minis-and-use-only-one-power-cord/
[22:50] <bkerensa> :D
[22:51] <bkero> Yeah
[22:53] <bkero> If I had a few days I could probably figure something out
[22:54] <bkerensa> bkero: so one interesting thing is Portland is looking at adding electric bike charging stations
[22:54] <bkerensa> :D
[22:54] <bkero> bkerensa: Portland office or Portland city?
[22:54] <bkero> Electric bikes don't have a standardized charging plug/format
[22:55] <bkerensa> bkero: City of Portland... I am on a innovation advisory panel for the city and its one idea they have proposed to use innovation funds on in 2015
[22:55] <sgclark> neat!
[22:55] <bkerensa> bkero: yeah idk all the moving parts but I just know its a proposal
[22:55] <bkero> bkerensa: Yes, do it.
[22:55] <bkero> bkerensa: also be sure to push forward the bikeshare agenda
[22:55] <bkerensa> bkero: also everytime they talk about new software or dashboards.... I say "Can this be open source"
[22:55] <bkerensa> :D
[22:55] <bkero> and perhaps even an electric bikeshare agenda :3
[22:56] <sgclark> :)
[22:56] <bkerensa> the only other technical person on the team is from Intel
[22:56] <bkerensa> otherwise its all business people
[22:56] <bkero> Aww
[22:56] <sgclark> :(
[22:56] <bkero> Do you need some stalwart souls alongside you to push the innovation agenda?
[22:57] <bkero> I'm sure we could conscript from among the ranks of #pdxtech.
[22:57] <bkerensa> bkero: heh well its an appointed position so its not open to uninvited people
[22:57] <bkerensa> tbh no idea how I got picked
[22:58] <bkerensa> I just got a call and a city director had me on their short list... yet i had no idea who they were
[22:58] <bkerensa> and despite it being an advisory panel.... The city's Chief Administrative Officer steers the conversations in certain ways
[22:59] <bkero> That's probably their job
[22:59] <bkerensa> there were some really common sense yet non-innovative things proposed
[22:59] <bkerensa> like
[22:59] <bkerensa> most city agencies have security or rangers
[22:59] <bkerensa> and someone proposed merging them to one city wide force
[22:59] <bkerensa> they had projects it would save the city a million a year
[23:00] <bkerensa> and I was thinking why is this not in the general budget
[23:00] <bkerensa> also warehousing of old houses that are set for demolition was an interesting idea
[23:00] <bkerensa> they wanted to literally use land by the airport
[23:00] <bkerensa> and move houses there to be warehoused
[23:00] <bkerensa> until someone could find a plot to move them too
[23:01] <bkero> Old houess typically don't stand moving very well :/
[23:01] <bkero> Foundations and all
[23:02] <bkerensa> also apparently the city does not have any bureau specific or city wide way of tracking its assets
[23:02] <bkerensa> so they want software for this
[23:02] <bkerensa> so they don't lose assets
[23:02] <bkerensa> :d
[23:03] <bkero> Isn't there software for this alrady?
[23:03] <bkero> CiviCRM?
[23:04] <bkero> bkerensa: time to go rob the city of Portland. They won't know it's gone. :/
[23:05] <bkerensa> bkero: I imagine there is but they also made a case that by paying someone to make new software they would be supporting new tech jobs
[23:06] <bkero> It would
[23:06] <sgclark> tht is nice to hear
[23:06] <bkero> You could make the case that 1) it exists already, 2) can still leverage the existing pdxtech community, and 3) if they were to pay someone to make it, you'd have to wait until it's done to use it
[23:09] <bkero> I wonder what other cities are using to manage their assets
[23:10] <bkero> Do they all have homebuilt solutions?