[03:59] wha [03:59] conference at Conestoga College? [03:59] :D [04:14] <6A4ABPLMC> Hey everyone! Linux Conference at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario on 30 January 2016 from 9:00am to 4:00pm: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?eid=ZGdndjVyYnA1aXNraWNsajlxMjRocW9zc28gbmxrYzM5anQ0cDBuYmM0cGs5cGo3cDVmaDBAZw&ctz=America/New_York [04:20] [22:59:06] wha [04:20] [22:59:19] conference at Conestoga College? [04:20] [22:59:20] :D [04:20] 6A4ABPLMC: === 6A4ABPLMC is now known as BobJonkman1 [04:21] with a name like 6A4ABPLMC, I think Bob has turned into a robot [04:21] * BobJonkman1 wonders what happened to the nick database [04:21] Yeh, it's something Colin Mills has been wanting to do for a long time [04:21] Seems like a good guy to meet [04:22] He approached KWLUG in the summer, and we thought we might have it concurrent with Software Freedom Day (September), but something fell through at his end [04:22] I personally know all of the lecturers at his conference other than Colin :P [04:22] I've never met Colin either [04:22] Have you met Randy or Ed? [04:23] Nope! [04:23] Or maybe I have, and I've forgotten their names. [04:23] They're both good guys! [04:23] I'm getting really bad like that [04:24] Last time I talked to Randy, he was developing graphing modules for Drupal [04:24] So, you up for doing a talk on Arduino Shields For The Uncommonly Large Hacker? [04:25] and Ed is one of my teachers [04:25] heh [04:25] Cool! Hope I live up to their standards... [04:25] I'd like to but I'm pretty overworked right now [04:25] But you'll be there for the conference, right? [04:26] It would be pretty funny to show up on the day and present next to my teacher though :P [04:26] BobJonkman1: well I did just find out about it but I think so [04:26] Can't hurt! [04:26] I won't be there in the morning though :( [04:26] Too bad. [04:26] I've developed some health issues that mean I can't do mornings :/ [04:27] Yeh, I was e-mailing with Colin, he didn't want to post anything until everything was finalized [04:27] Oh, sorry to hear (health issues). [04:27] How's the housing situation? [04:27] bad [04:27] Sorry to hear that too... [04:27] My family doesn't have the best luck recently [04:27] It's kind of astronomical how many things have gone wrong [04:27] but I'm still trying to be chipper [04:28] Good. [04:28] How've you been? [04:28] Not too bad. [04:28] Contract finished at the end of June [04:29] Tried a career change -- ran for the Green Party here in Kitchener-Conestoga. Fun, but draining. And I lost :(( [04:29] :( [04:29] Looking for another long-term contract, but haven't looked that hard. [04:30] Election loss wasn't unexpected -- Harold Albrecht has a stranglehold on this area. And deep down he's a decent guy, even if he does run for the wrong party. [04:30] Sounds pretty rough [04:30] Politics are pretty hard for everyone involved [04:30] Nah. it was a great learning experience. [04:31] My grandmother is in politics and it's hard to get her to talk about anything else [04:31] I'll probably run again, finances permitting. Provincial election in 2018, and if that's not successful, the next Federal election in 2019 [04:31] I know, politician's disease, eh? [04:33] Well having it be 20ish years of your life doesn't help either [04:37] BobJonkman1: you still doing the irc thing? [04:37] I keep forgetting to turn on Pidgin, but otherwise, yes [04:38] Oh, you mean the regular Ubuntu-ca meetings on IRC? No... [04:38] no [04:38] lul [04:38] I just meant IRC in general [04:39] The last few meetings were mostly just me talking to myself. So when the LoCo had to be renewed (again!) we sort of took a back seat. [04:39] Yeh, if I remember to turn on my client then it'll be on an idling even when I'm AFK [04:40] I've got a dedicated comm server for XMPP, and I should really learn to use IRSSI [04:41] That way I can just keep IRSSI running and either shell into the server or use the IRSSI relay function to connect Pidgin to it [04:43] yeah [04:43] having irssi + ssh/mosh + mobile ssh client is pretty sweet [04:43] like on your android phone or whatever [04:44] I use quassel though so I've already go that covered [04:48] Don't know quassel. I use YAIC on my phone, but it doesn't auto-start. So I never remember to turn it on. [04:49] it's a pretty cool one [04:49] BobJonkman1: pm? [04:49] O hai! [04:49] hai!