| pleia2 | haha | 00:46 |
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| DonkeyHotei | hoho | 00:46 |
| * ianorlin just listened to a talk by jon maddog hall and I realize how many of the 12 bugs I reported he says on average would be about 3 confrence rooms full of people that have reported bugs in proprietary software and I have only been at this 18 months which is pretty shocking when you think about it | 01:44 | |
| ianorlin | oh wait that doesn't count my lxqt ones that have been fixed | 01:44 |
| rww | still at 14 ballots cast | 23:01 |
| rww | i don't think this election is going to have a particularly amazing turnout :P | 23:02 |
| pleia2 | welcome to elections in open source projects | 23:02 |
| pleia2 | someone in the openstack project was sad about 35% turnout once, I was like "no, that's kind of spectacular" | 23:02 |
| rww | yeah, we're at 20-something%, I think | 23:03 |
| rww | to be fair, I've never heard of half of our LP members, so... yeah | 23:03 |
| rww | makes you wonder why they bother renewing | 23:03 |
| pleia2 | well, I'm glad they care enough to do :) | 23:04 |
| pleia2 | and this is why survey! | 23:04 |
| pleia2 | why are you here? how can we get you to engage? | 23:04 |
| pleia2 | ...assuming they respond to that | 23:04 |
| pleia2 | I don't respond to any of the ACM membership polls, I kind of feel bad now | 23:04 |
| * pleia2 lurker | 23:04 | |
| elky | rww: i think there's some misplaced value on the number or type of memberships on launchpad in some parts of the world | 23:05 |
| nhaines | Well, LoCo Team members should be people who are actively interested in pursuing Ubuntu advocacy. | 23:07 |
| nhaines | But I think there's been a bit of a mixed message on that in the past. | 23:07 |
| elky | nhaines: based on my experience on the oceania RMB, people in some developing countries think being on the official membership list for ubuntu can get you hired/respect/a promotion. it wasn't unheard of for people to turn up begging for membership before contributing for this reason | 23:13 |
| rww | sometimes people want @ubuntu/member/* IRC cloaks because they're a member of a LoCo team | 23:13 |
| rww | that's always fun | 23:13 |
| nhaines | elky: to be fair, my Ubuntu contributions *have* sailed me right through the interviews for my last 3 jobs. | 23:14 |
| elky | i imagine some join as many loco groups as possible as "proof" that they have network | 23:14 |
| rww | ubuntu membership's done basically nothing for me | 23:14 |
| elky | nhaines: your contributions have, sure. so have mine. these people wanted something for nothing | 23:14 |
| rww | I had an LWN subscription for free for a bit, that's it | 23:14 |
| pleia2 | rww: the gandi.net deal is pretty epic | 23:15 |
| nhaines | Well, to be honest, the business cards are an eye catcher but it's been the "public speaking" and "published magazine articles" that really did it. | 23:15 |
| pleia2 | the email address has been helpful for me, when people seek to take me seriously as a contributor and expert | 23:16 |
| nhaines | pleia2: the email address is pretty handy. | 23:17 |
| rww | looks like Gandhi would save me less than a dollar a year on domain registration, and I don't need web hosting | 23:17 |
| rww | Gandi, even | 23:17 |
| pleia2 | rww: ah, I guess not everyone has a fleet of domains :) | 23:17 |
| pleia2 | it's saving me a lot | 23:17 |
| rww | indeed. I only have one :) | 23:17 |
| pleia2 | but they are a great company too, and hosting our SF global jam in February \o/ | 23:18 |
| * pleia2 needs to create a wiki page for that soon | 23:18 | |
| nhaines | I have the scientifically funniest domain name possible. | 23:18 |
| rww | oh hey, i stop being a loco leader in like a week | 23:18 |
| nhaines | http://www.ilickedyourcupcake.com/ | 23:19 |
| darthrobot | Title: [I licked your cupcake] | 23:19 |
| rww | somehow this didn't occur to me | 23:19 |
| pleia2 | me too \o/ | 23:19 |
| rww | nhaines: lol | 23:19 |
| nhaines | rww: see? | 23:19 |
| pleia2 | I bought rainwreck.com a while back, which spawned t, d, b, g subdomains hosted by myself and friends | 23:20 |
| pleia2 | that's been fun, and lasted far longer than I expected | 23:20 |
| nhaines | haha | 23:20 |
| nhaines | pleia2: what do vegan zombies eat? | 23:21 |
| pleia2 | I don't know | 23:21 |
| nhaines | Graaaaiiiinnns! | 23:21 |
| pleia2 | :) | 23:21 |
| rww | i got cookies from someone at work | 23:22 |
| rww | i love living with a gluten-free person :3 | 23:22 |
| elky | :( | 23:22 |
| rww | lolz | 23:22 |
| elky | was this for the mt dew? | 23:22 |
| rww | no, from one of the office secretaries | 23:23 |
| rww | same one that gave me the blanket | 23:23 |
| elky | ah | 23:23 |
| elky | have you told her the cat rates the blanket to be delicious yet? | 23:23 |
| elky | s/to be/as/ | 23:24 |
| elky | (it has tassels) | 23:24 |
| rww | elky: nope | 23:25 |
| nhaines | elky: or as your cat describes it: portions. | 23:25 |
| elky | nhaines: he doesn' tknow that word | 23:25 |
| pleia2 | hehe | 23:26 |
| nhaines | Went to see if USPS had delivered my business cards yet. The mail truck is five houses down headed this way. | 23:28 |
| pleia2 | soon! | 23:30 |
| nhaines | Okay, let's see what these look like. | 23:32 |
| rww | i should get business cards | 23:33 |
| nhaines | Ooh. | 23:34 |
| nhaines | These do *not* look bad. | 23:35 |
| pleia2 | hooray for not bad | 23:36 |
| pleia2 | :) | 23:36 |
| nhaines | For US business card dimensions, the GPG key barely runs along the bottom of the card. But they didn't cut off. :) | 23:37 |
| nhaines | So that's 200 cards. | 23:38 |
| nhaines | Half white, half orange. :) | 23:38 |
| * pleia2 waits for pictures | 23:38 | |
| rww | the only reason i'd actually use business cards is for a gpg key :s | 23:38 |
| rww | hrm, i wonder if work will make me some | 23:39 |
| pleia2 | rww: until you realize half the people you want to sign (and most of the important ones!) want a proper printout of your fingerprint in gpg format instead of on a business card :( | 23:39 |
| rww | weird | 23:40 |
| pleia2 | I still do it though, it works in a pinch for people who aren't stuck in their ways | 23:40 |
| nhaines | rww: I can get you US size templates. The UK size is on the wiki page. | 23:40 |
| rww | nhaines: please do | 23:40 |
| pleia2 | can the US size ones show up on the wiki page? :) | 23:40 |
| nhaines | pleia2: now that I've tested them not just on my printer. :) | 23:41 |
| pleia2 | \o/ | 23:41 |
| elky | that seems like something of an oversight to not have US format... | 23:42 |
| nhaines | elky: I don't believe they had US format before. | 23:42 |
| elky | that would only emphasise my point | 23:43 |
| nhaines | Anyway, I had to steal a Canonical card to do a match, and they're all UK format because reasons. | 23:43 |
| nhaines | elky: oh, in that case Canonical's provided artwork hasn't changed since 2005. | 23:43 |
| elky | pretty sure it did with the rebranding | 23:44 |
| * nhaines takes the original format cards out of his wallet and replaces them with new branded cards. | 23:44 | |
| nhaines | elky: it didn't. | 23:44 |
| elky | lol | 23:44 |
| elky | still has the old tri-color circle of friends? | 23:44 |
| rww | i miss that logo :( | 23:44 |
| nhaines | Yup. I think Paul Sladen was *this* close to having Canonical Design spend 30 minutes to push out a redesign. | 23:44 |
| nhaines | But he never managed. | 23:45 |
| pleia2 | rww: it's ok, we still have it for california :) | 23:45 |
| elky | lol | 23:45 |
| rww | pleia2: i know :) | 23:45 |
| pleia2 | I keep thinking we should do something about that, but the list of things I "should" do has been banished | 23:45 |
| nhaines | Paul Sladen moving on is also why anything to do with the font died. (Like an awesome bitmap version for server consoles.) | 23:45 |
| nhaines | pleia2: maybe you'll have more time on the 2nd! | 23:45 |
| pleia2 | nhaines: actually, I think that's the day my editor puts out a contract on my life :s | 23:46 |
| nhaines | ha. | 23:46 |
| pleia2 | "I'll have something to you after the holidays" <-- famous last words | 23:47 |
| pleia2 | oh my gosh! | 23:48 |
| pleia2 | http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Ubuntu-Linux-4th/dp/0133927318/ | 23:48 |
| darthrobot | Title: [A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (4th Edition): Mark G. Sobell: 9780133927313: Amazon.com: Books] | 23:48 |
| pleia2 | take a look at the cover :D :D | 23:48 |
| rww | \o/ | 23:48 |
| nhaines | I got permission from an indie author I love to use a screenshot from the first page of his book to show off Calibre. And I literally told him "I'm emailing you from my @ubuntu.com address because my editor might email me at my @nhaines.com address asking how my book is going, and who needs that this morning?" | 23:48 |
| nhaines | pleia2: oh wow, great pull quote :D | 23:49 |
| pleia2 | I spent much of my summer doing reviews of it | 23:50 |
| pleia2 | many chapters, but was fun | 23:50 |
| pleia2 | for certain values of fun | 23:53 |
| nhaines | nerd! | 23:54 |
| pleia2 | truth | 23:55 |
| nhaines | It's a living. | 23:56 |
| pleia2 | a pretty good one, turns out | 23:56 |
| nhaines | Beats the alternative. | 23:56 |
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