[19:34] <mariano_> Anyone here going to ubucon?
[19:35] <pleia2> o/
[19:40] <mariano_> Is o/ an mirc sad face? I take it you won't be able to go?
[19:41] <pleia2> it's a head+arm being raised ;)
[19:41] <pleia2> I am one of the speakers
[19:41] <pleia2> so I will be there
[19:41] <pleia2> nhaines too
[19:42] <mariano_> Oh damn, no kidding. I just signed up to go. I hope I'm not completely lost during the talks, given that I'm a complete linux noob.
[19:42] <pleia2> great! the organizers have tried to get talks at all different levels, so I'm sure there will be talks you can follow
[19:44] <nhaines> I am also going and will be a speaker.  :)
[19:45] <mariano_> Oh man, I'm pretty excited about this since I never really get to talk about linux with anyone lol. I get blank stares when I talk about it.
[19:45] <pleia2> haha, we've all been there :)
[19:45] <nhaines> mariano_: you'll love Ubucon.  The talks will be great and we'll have a party afterward where you can get to know others and chat about Ubuntu or anything else.  :)
[19:45] <nhaines> Although really, all of SCALE is like that too.  :D
[19:46] <mariano_> My wife just said, "oh honey, that's so good. I'm glad you'll make friends you can talk computers with." haha
[19:46] <mariano_> Is the party taking place at the same place?
[19:46] <nhaines> haha  :)
[19:47] <nhaines> The plan for the party is across the street at a restaurant in the shopping plaza.
[19:48] <mariano_> I was planning to get an all access pass for scale too, but do you guys think they have enough entry level talks?
[19:48] <nhaines> Yes, definitely.  There's a wide, wide range of talks for various skill levels.  Don't forget to use the coupon code "UBNTU" for 50% off.
[19:50] <mariano_> I will, thanks. I had no idea there was this level of ubuntu (and linux) enthusiasm around los angeles.
[19:51] <nhaines> Yup, SCALE's one of the best conferences around, especially for newcomer friendliness.
[19:53] <pleia2> I'm coming down from San Francisco for it, it's one of the best and biggest open source conferences in the country :)
[19:54] <mariano_> Wou, I didn't realize it was that big. I live about 10 minutes away from the place. Yea, it will be great to meet some people, maybe pick up some merchandise. ;)
[19:57] <nhaines> It should be fun!  I'll be signing copies of my book in between talks and other things.
[19:57] <nhaines> pleia2: you should sign my copy of your book!  <3
[20:02] <pleia2> nhaines: of course :) will copies of your book be there?
[20:03] <nhaines> pleia2: yes, the publisher is sending me a box of 20!  So I'll be giving them out regularly throught the conference.
[20:03] <pleia2> nice
[20:04] <nhaines> Plus I have a copy for you, if you'd like one.
[20:04] <pleia2> that would be lovely :)
[20:04] <pleia2> so I finally figured out why I hadn't heard back about my scale talk
[20:05] <pleia2> turns out the "devops" track is actually for devops days, which had a separate CFP and deadlines and notifications from everything else (kind of like ubucon)
[20:05] <pleia2> and it's on Friday :( during Ubucon
[20:05] <pleia2> when submitting the talk it was in the dropdown like every other track, so I had no idea
[20:06] <nhaines> Aww!
[20:10] <pleia2> I guess I'll know for next year, thoroughly research all the tracks to confirm they are ones happening on Sat-Sun
[20:10] <pleia2> x_x
[23:35] <nhaines> This week in wikipage editing: remembering that other thing you needed to change as soon as you hit "Save".
[23:37] <pleia2> story of my life
[23:37] <pleia2> (it's kind of a boring life)
[23:39] <nhaines> Haha