[12:12] <BluesKaj> Happy New Year!
[13:12] <BluesKaj> 'Morning pauljw, Happy New Year !  :-)
[13:13] <pauljw> hey BluesKaj, ty, Happy New Year! :)
[13:20] <BluesKaj> we had a jam for a couple hrs last night, but I made it home in time for wife and I to "jump" into the New Year. Old scandinavian tradition, stand on the sofa holding hands with some coins in the other and jump off at the stroke of midnight.
[13:22] <BluesKaj> sounds superstitious but it's fun  :-_)
[13:28] <pauljw> that's great BluesKaj :D
[13:31] <BluesKaj> assume you had a nice New Year's Eve too, pauljw
[13:32] <pauljw> yeah, nothing special, been a long time since we've even stayed up to watch the ball drop. :)
[13:34] <BluesKaj> right, a neighbour even provided a fireworks display for about 30 secs
[13:34] <pauljw> nice
[13:35] <pauljw> it was very quiet around here, too cold for anyone to be out.
[13:36] <BluesKaj> t was cold here too,  we just watched it thru the front window
[13:37] <pauljw> :D
[13:39] <pauljw> wb EriC^^ :)
[13:40] <BluesKaj> Hey EriC^^  Happy New Year! :)
[13:40] <EriC^^> thanks pauljw :)
[13:40] <EriC^^> BluesKaj: thanks! you too! :)
[14:00]  * BluesKaj wonders whether this old pc will last another yr, it's now almost 10yrs old...still purring nicely tho.
[14:16] <pauljw> that's a good run on that pc BluesKaj :)
[14:17] <pauljw> my laptop just turned 4 and i thought that was good.
[14:22] <BluesKaj> pauljw, think laptops suffer from more handling etc than pcs do so they don't last as long, but my lenovo is almost 4 yrs old and doing ok except for some graphics red colour artifacts caused by the video wire connetion to the screen (I think).
[14:25] <pauljw> BluesKaj, true, but my laptop pretty much just sits on my desk and is almost always running. :)  had to replace the keyboard about a month ago, but so far, everything else is just humming along.
[14:26]  * BluesKaj nods, good stuff :-)
[14:26] <pauljw> :)
[14:26] <BluesKaj> the rpi3 is a temporary backup in case this old pc bites the dust
[14:28] <pauljw> i just ordered a rpi3, going to try implement kodi for home entertainment with it.  bought a 4T usb hard drive and wireless keyboard and mouse.  should be a fun winter project... :)
[14:30] <BluesKaj> cool, it's surprising how well they work considering their specs
[14:32] <BluesKaj> and the wifi works right out of the  box....that surprised me
[14:47] <pauljw> can't wait to get started playing around with it.
[14:50] <BluesKaj> yeah, they're fun and there are tutorias on the net for all kinds of uses for them besides entertainment/media
[14:51] <pauljw> what os are you running on yours?
[14:52] <BluesKaj> raspbian , based on debian
[14:53] <pauljw> okay, comes with that, was just wondering if maybe you installed *buntu in it's place. :)
[14:55] <BluesKaj> pauljw, I tried a couple of 'buntu flavours like mate and xubuntu ...ubuntu itself is too resource heavy for the rpi
[14:56] <pauljw> yeah, i would have thought maybe xubuntu or lubuntu might work, but i imagine that raspbian would be rather customized for it and more efficient.
[14:56] <BluesKaj> mate and xubuntu worked well , but I didn't like the default graphics theme , there weren't any other choices at the time
[14:58] <pauljw> :)
[15:00] <BluesKaj> raspbian is a nice compromise , and as you say it's tweaked for the rpi3
[15:04] <BluesKaj> there are some tricks as well that can save wear and tear on the microsd card , like moving the / (root ) partition to your usb drive or even a usb connected drive. Then the only job the sdcard has to is boot the system
[15:05] <pauljw> i was hoping i could do that.
[15:07] <BluesKaj> my first microsd card only3 mos til  I found tut that helped me do the above ...here http://magnatecha.com/using-a-usb-drive-as-os-root-on-a-raspberry-pi/
[15:07] <BluesKaj> lasted 3 mos
[15:08] <pauljw> :) thanks, will study that one.
[15:09] <BluesKaj> this is simplest and most effective tutorial I've found for moving /
[15:43] <BluesKaj> brb, gonna join in the rpi
[16:04] <pauljw> wb
[16:07] <BluesKaj_> thanks pauljw , on konverstion irc client on the rpi3 . It's my only ikde ndulgence on this OS :-)
[16:08] <BluesKaj_> bbiab.....
[16:37] <pauljw> that's cool BluesKaj_
[16:38] <BluesKaj_> not a hexchat fan..find it clunky and unorganized
[16:39] <pauljw> heheh, guess it's just what we get used to.
[16:50] <BluesKaj_> I suppose
[17:02] <pauljw> i used konversation for a couple of years when i was using pclinuxos.  had no problems using it.  then i bought a dell laptop when they started pre-loading ubuntu and started using xchat with no problems and have just stuck with it, now hexchat.
[17:03] <pauljw> i installed and tried weechat a couple of weeks ago, but that one is just too primitive for me.  :)
[17:13] <BluesKaj_> yeah, some purists insist on living on subisitence level on linux/unix
[17:14] <pauljw> ;)
[17:14] <BluesKaj_> irsssi and weechat are fine for emergency support when one needs to use the vt/tty to communicate
[17:15] <pauljw> agreed
[17:15] <pauljw> brb, wife needs help in kitchen...
[17:34] <pauljw> back
[17:45] <BluesKaj_> using chromium browser, it's a bit slow to load, but it works great
[17:49] <pauljw> :)
[18:46] <pauljw> bbl
[22:05] <Bashing-om> EriC^^: ID theft .. I start with my bank, see what they can do to help and advise .
[22:06] <EriC^^> well the money is gone, it's not really an bank card, i had a 'virtual debit card' that i loaded money onto to buy some stuff online
[22:09] <Bashing-om> EriC^^: well, the bank card has to be financed somewhere . ( discover re-imbursted us in a similar situation 0nce ) .
[22:17] <EriC^^> aha
[22:17] <EriC^^> i think i wont see the money, especially that i lost a lot of it just trying to beat them to spending it
[22:18] <EriC^^> i ordered a bunch of extreme size pizza's and chicken wings for days
[22:18] <EriC^^> and a bunch of other stuff i had shipped home
[22:19] <EriC^^> i really want to site the site closed though, it's unreasonable to get in the top 10 results on google and it's a phishing site, wth
[22:19] <EriC^^> *to see
[22:19] <Bashing-om> EriC^^: Ouch ! .. We were quick to report and freeze the account while Discover investigated .
[22:20] <EriC^^> they just started buying stuff, i could see it in the account cause it's a virtual card, i was literally at arms race to buy more before they zero'd it out, the card support said theyd contact me in 2 days when i tried to report it at first xD