[03:02] <nhandler> pleia2: Welcome back to the US :)
[03:02] <pleia2> nhandler: thank you :)
[03:02] <nhandler> pleia2: Are you going to be at the BALUG dinner tomorrow?
[03:03] <pleia2> nhandler: welcome to california! I see an earthquare greeted you as well (I was in a plane flying home)
[03:03] <pleia2> nhandler: no, I'll be in Palo Alto for an openstack event :\
[03:04] <nhandler> pleia2: Thanks. And yeah, it was definitely an interesting wake up call this morning. And darn, I wsa hoping to catch up in person. But I guess we'll have plenty of time now that we are living in the same city
[03:05] <pleia2> indeed!
[03:05] <pleia2> after labor day I'm in town for a whole month, will host an ubuntu hour on the 9th
[03:07] <nhandler> pleia2: Cool, can't wait. It will be a nice birthday treat (my birthday is the 4th)
[03:07] <pleia2> :D
[03:08] <pleia2> also, happy to do lunch most days too, since you work across the street
[03:13] <nhandler> pleia2: I'll definitely take you up on it, but give me a couple of weeks to settle into a work routine.
[03:13] <pleia2> nhandler: totally, you know where to find me :)
[03:42] <nhaines> I'm so happy I'm basically halfway finished with the second draft for this book.
[03:42] <nhaines> I'm going to see if I can make it 2/3rds by the end of tonight.  As soon as I pour some scotch...
[03:43] <pleia2> nhaines: woo :)
[03:44] <nhaines> This kind of revision is really easy, except for the bits where it's "Oh yeah, I didn't even mention that" and then I have to write something again.
[03:44] <nhaines> Like when I realized in my command line chapter "Oh wait, I never talked about how to create users graphically.
[03:44] <nhaines> "
[03:44] <pleia2> I've had some great reviewers point out some of those kinds of things
[03:45] <pleia2> I felt bad at first for them catching things, but I've come around to the fact that it takes a village to write a book
[03:45] <nhaines> Yeah, I got Apress to get jbermudes to do tech review, and he's been stunning.
[03:45] <pleia2> I have a whole fleet of reviewers at this point <3
[03:46] <pleia2> although, keeping it organized has been interesting
[03:46] <nhaines> Yup, I've done enough tech support to not worry about omissions.  I mean, I'm writing for someone with no prior experience with Ubuntu but I have 21 years of Linux experience.
[03:46] <nhaines> I'm more impressed when I didn't forget something.  :)
[03:46]  * pleia2 nods
[03:46] <nhaines> Also keeping things organized is the worst thing ever.  :D
[03:46] <pleia2> ++
[03:47] <pleia2> still think I'll consider revision-controllable format if I do this again
[03:47] <pleia2> (right now I don't want to ever do this again OMG RUINING MY LIFEEE)
[03:47] <nhaines> Yeah, getting the last three chapters done was like a trail of tears.
[03:48] <nhaines> But at least things are breaking down into 3-4 hour chunks.  So like, if I weren't behind I could be doing other stuff now too.
[03:48]  * pleia2 nods
[03:49] <nhaines> We'll see.  Tomorrow my New Nintendo 3DS XL charging cradle arrives from Nintendo.  And a week's supply of Soylent, too.  So it'll be an exciting day.
[03:50] <nhaines> Nintendo chose UPS and Soylent chose FedEx, so I imagine them glaring each other as they pass each other on the street.
[03:50] <pleia2> oh, that reminds me, did you find your 3DS battery die over time?
[03:50] <pleia2> and can it be replaced?
[03:50] <nhaines> No because I only play it at home and on the charger.  And yes, yes it can!  In fact, I think they sell a bigger battery.
[03:50] <pleia2> it still works, just doesn't last as long as it used to
[03:51] <pleia2> ok cool, I'll have to look into it
[03:51] <pleia2> it's been harder to travel with on long haul flights lately because on in airport for streetpass + 5 hours of playing on plane and it's dead :(
[03:51] <nhaines> Is it an original 3DS?
[03:51] <pleia2> yeah
[03:51] <nhaines> https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?categoryNav=true&navAction=jump&navCount=0&atg.multisite.remap=false&productId=prod10336&categoryId=cat10039
[03:51] <darthrobot> Title: [Shop Nintendo | Nintendo Online Store]
[03:51] <pleia2> cool, thanks :)
[04:01] <nhaines> You're welcome!  It's really easy to find everything at Nintendo's store, but only once you're used to it.  :)
[04:02] <pleia2> heh, I am still at the "too few or too many" results phase of trying to use their site ;)
[04:02] <nhaines> Yeah, I just use the category navigation for the store.  I don't bother with the site itself except for Nintendo Directs.
[04:03] <nhaines> Which are going to be really sad without Iwata-san.  But I really like Bill Trinen, so I've got that going for me, which is nice..
[04:04] <pleia2> Directs?
[04:05] <nhaines> Plural of the "Nintendo Direct" presentations they do for us a few times every year.
[04:07] <pleia2> aaah, neat
[04:07] <nhaines> G+ post about UWN, +1ed and reshared.  :)
[04:08] <pleia2> I'm not feeling well tonight, so releasing this is taking forever x_x
[04:08] <pleia2> woo distractions
[04:08] <nhaines> \o/