2009/12/19/#ubuntu-learning.txt

[00:35] <cprofitt> gell all
[00:35] <pleia2> gell?
[00:35] <cprofitt> sorry... hello was what I meant to type
[00:35] <pleia2> hehe
[00:35] <pleia2> cprofitt: getting some snow this weekend? :)
[00:36] <pleia2> they are saying 10-14 inches for us! I'm so excited!
[00:36] <cprofitt> According to my forcast -- no.
[00:36] <pleia2> aw
[00:36] <pleia2> I guess the atlantic is going to eat it
[00:37] <cprofitt> we are potentially too cold for snow...
[00:37] <pleia2> ah
[00:37] <pleia2> yeah, the temperature here is going to hover around 30
[00:37] <pleia2> perfect snow weather
[00:38] <cprofitt> we are 18F now... and going down
[00:38]  * pleia2 nods
[01:33] <doctormo_> thats cold
[01:34] <doctormo_> It's only -1°C here, fairly cold for the englisg est coast.
[01:36] <cprofitt> doctormo_: where are you right now?
[01:37] <doctormo_> cprofitt: Liverpool, England
[01:37] <cprofitt> you back home for the holidays?
[02:33] <doctormo_> yep
[02:33] <doctormo_> how are things back in the states?
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[04:35] <mhall119|work> FFEMTcJ: jcastro is goind a user day session?
[04:36] <FFEMTcJ> yessir
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[13:39] <FFEMTcJ> mornin
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[16:31] <nigel_nb> her FFEMTcJ :)
[16:33] <FFEMTcJ|mobile> nigel_nb: ?
[16:34] <nigel_nb> FFEMTcJ|mobile: just said hi :)
[16:34] <FFEMTcJ|mobile> O.  Hehe howdy
[16:37] <nigel_nb> pleia2: hey, hows that storm coming along? :)
[16:40] <pleia2> nigel_nb: very snowy :)
[16:40] <nigel_nb> pleia2: wow, wow wow
[16:41]  * nigel_nb saw Avatar today!!
[16:42] <pleia2> cool, how was it?
[16:43] <nigel_nb> it was *awesome*
[16:43] <nigel_nb> guaranteed to blow your mind away
[16:43] <nigel_nb> animated detail level was really really good
[16:44] <ZachK_> nigel_nb: i'm gonna buy it...
[16:44] <nigel_nb> story is kinda predictable after some time, but still worth every bit :)
[16:50]  * nigel_nb away for dinner
[17:27] <nigel_nb> pleia2: who did the ubuntu women logo?
[17:28] <pleia2> nigel_nb: Troy Sabotka
[17:28] <nigel_nb> pleia2: wish I could make something like that
[17:29] <nigel_nb> now I feel self conscious about the one I did :P, it does look like it was done by an 8-year-old
[17:47] <doctormo> nigel_nb: link to logo?
[17:47] <nigel_nb> doctormo: not yet.  I deleted what I did earlier
[17:47] <nigel_nb> drawing on paper
[17:48] <doctormo> nigel_nb: Your drawing a logo?
[17:49] <nigel_nb> doctormo: dont embaress me more
[17:49] <nigel_nb> gimp and inkscape is overwhelming without having an idea of what I want
[17:49] <nigel_nb> so, first I'm deciding what I want
[17:49] <nigel_nb> just play with letters
[17:50] <doctormo> nigel_nb: I'm interested, I do logos now and thwn
[17:50] <nigel_nb> doctormo: ha, then I'll just give u a pic of what I have in my mind on paper and u cud improvise
[17:51] <doctormo> nigel_nb: depends what project it;s for
[17:51] <nigel_nb> doctormo: ubuntu user days till comes under uclp
[17:52] <nigel_nb> s/till/still
[18:02] <nigel_nb> doctormo: I've got a basic idea, can you take a look?
[18:06] <nigel_nb> pleia2: I cud use a review ;)
[18:06] <nigel_nb> pleia2 & doctormo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nigelbabu/4197256675/
[18:07] <pleia2> that's nice :)
[18:07] <nigel_nb> but childish too
[18:07] <nigel_nb> there is no logo yet, per se :(
[18:14] <nigel_nb> pleia2: anyway logo on hold for a few hours, first the docs
[18:15] <pleia2> ok :)
[18:16] <doctormo> nigel_nb: It's not childrish, there isn't even a crayon tree.
[18:16] <nigel_nb> doctormo: :P
[18:16] <nigel_nb> probably I should put it in
[18:18] <nigel_nb> doctormo: you'll be around for a few more hours?
[20:13] <doctormo> nigel_nb: back now
[20:13] <nigel_nb> doctormo: was hoping to finish off the bzr module which has morphed into a how-to-contribute module :P
[20:14] <nigel_nb> doctormo: helps if you and pleia2 are around, keeps me piped up
[20:15] <pleia2> :)
[20:50] <doctormo> nigel_nb: Go go, rar rar!
[20:51] <nigel_nb> doctormo: doing the last part
[20:51] <nigel_nb> asciidoc intro
[20:52] <doctormo> wonderful
[20:52] <doctormo> We'll get it peer reviewed and then get some blog entires written to celibrate it
[20:56] <nigel_nb> :)
[20:58] <nigel_nb> doctormo: check this out :p http://i.imgur.com/YRoqC.jpg
[20:59] <nigel_nb> pleia2: thats not much snow :)
[21:00] <pleia2> nah, not much yet
[21:01] <nigel_nb> ah
[21:01] <nigel_nb> yet being the key word there I guess
[21:02] <pleia2> they're still saying 12-18 inches when it finishes tomorrow
[21:03] <nigel_nb> 1 to 1.5 ft?
[21:03] <nigel_nb> wow
[21:03] <pleia2> yeah
[21:03] <nigel_nb> only snow i've seen is artificial, but I still loved the experience
[21:04] <pleia2> it doesn't snow where I'm moving in a couple months
[21:04] <pleia2> this is a nice goodbye :)
[21:04] <nigel_nb> I know, CA
[21:05] <nigel_nb> I used to work with clients from CA, not these days though
[21:05] <nigel_nb> at least you'll be done with cold and winter dressing ;)
[21:13] <nigel_nb> doctormo: what is the presentation folder for?
[21:13] <doctormo> nigel_nb: svg files which will help presenting the course
[21:13] <nigel_nb> pictures?
[21:14] <doctormo> basically, but not just ant image
[21:14] <nigel_nb> other than images, what else?
[21:14] <nigel_nb> pdfs and presentations?
[21:19] <nigel_nb> doctormo, pleia2: found an awesome resource http://andrewk.webfactional.com/asciidoc.php
[21:19] <nigel_nb> type anything in asciidoc, see the output immediately, easier to catch errors :)
[21:19] <doctormo> nigel_nb: Not really, we want to encourage people to only save sources, not compiled documents.
[21:19] <nigel_nb> true
[21:19] <nigel_nb> but if something goes wrong or u want to experiment with some formatting, thats the place
[21:30] <doctormo> nigel_nb: I was talking about pdfs and presentations.
[21:30] <nigel_nb> doctormo: oh sorry, I thought u were commenting on the link
[21:30] <nigel_nb> doctormo: but what is intended to into resources and presentation?
[21:32] <doctormo> resources is for mostly files that are additional things the students will need.
[21:32] <nigel_nb> doctormo: ah :)
[22:00] <nigel_nb> pleia2: do we need as asciidoc primer?
[22:00] <nigel_nb> I find that I'm just copy pasting from the asciidoc cheat sheet
[22:00] <nigel_nb> doctormo: thoughts on ^^
[22:00] <pleia2> nigel_nb: I'm hoping that ones exist already (I don't want to have to write one)
[22:01] <nigel_nb> pleia2: hang on, I'll push what I've written on, I'm not inclined to push a course for asciidoc, there's nothing to teach :(
[22:01] <pleia2> yeah
[22:06] <pleia2> nigel_nb: where is the asciidoc cheat sheet?
[22:06] <nigel_nb> pleia2: http://powerman.name/doc/asciidoc
[22:06] <pleia2> perfect :)
[22:06] <nigel_nb> pleia2: no point in duplicating that
[22:06] <pleia2> I agree
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[22:23] <nigel_nb> pleia2: pushed up to new rev
[22:23] <nigel_nb> can't see it online, loggerhead's down
[22:24] <pleia2> nigel_nb: can you build the class.html and stick it up somewhere?
[22:25] <nigel_nb> lemme see what I can do
[22:34] <nigel_nb> pleia2: well, since I dont have a host, I got create
[22:34] <nigel_nb> creative
[22:34] <nigel_nb> http://paste.ubuntu.com/343923/
[22:34] <nigel_nb> put into an HTML ;)
[22:36]  * pleia2 does
[22:41] <pleia2> nigel_nb: this is great
[22:42] <nigel_nb> now I only need to finish it off
[22:42] <nigel_nb> one or two lines about compiling
[22:42] <nigel_nb> u got anything else I have to add?
[23:01] <nigel_nb> pleia2: um..^^
[23:03] <pleia2> nigel_nb: nope, it looks good
[23:03] <nigel_nb> okay, I'll add the demonstration
[23:03] <nigel_nb> should I alert the mailing list for review?
[23:03] <pleia2> will you be adding a link to that asciidoc reference?
[23:11] <nigel_nb> you want me to?
[23:16] <pleia2> yeah
[23:16] <nigel_nb> ok, will do
[23:16] <pleia2> I'd say something like - "The build script will make a 01-begin.txt with some basic asciidoc formatting, for more formatting see this reference:
[23:16] <nigel_nb> :), will do
[23:16] <nigel_nb> finally!!
[23:16] <nigel_nb> one course is near completion
[23:16] <nigel_nb> pleia2: u'll be around this coming week? or busy with family?
[23:17] <pleia2> I'll be around
[23:20] <nigel_nb> :) we can finish everything about this one then :)
[23:21] <pleia2> great! :)
[23:52] <FFEMTcJ> howdy
[23:53] <nigel_nb> howdy ffEMTcJ :)
[23:54] <FFEMTcJ> hey nigel_nb
[23:54] <nigel_nb> how are ya ffEMTcJ, at work ?
[23:55] <FFEMTcJ> nope
[23:55] <FFEMTcJ> monday
[23:55] <FFEMTcJ> at my parents
[23:56] <nigel_nb> oh great :)
[23:57] <FFEMTcJ> Met some ubuntu people from this side of the state today for lunch..
[23:57] <doctormo> did it go well?
[23:57] <nigel_nb> u guys are lucky
[23:57] <nigel_nb> doctormo: ah your back.
[23:59] <doctormo> nigel_nb: lucky?
[23:59] <nigel_nb> doctormo: to have an active community of ubuntu geeks ;)
[23:59] <nigel_nb> and users