| 07:24:17 | strk: | hobu: that PSC is a great decision maker, isn't it ? :P |
| 07:38:04 | tomkralidis: | pramsey: looks like bondplace.ca is hard to beat |
| 07:38:19 | pramsey: | yeah, great room rate |
| 07:39:04 | tomkralidis: | called them this AM. They will get back to me w.r.t. connectivity. meeting room is $200/day |
| 07:39:41 | pramsey: | at those prices, is heat included? : ) |
| 07:40:32 | tomkralidis: | that's a good question! Once they confirm the Internet stuff ( they outsource it ), I am going to go down there ( I don't live or work downtown at all ) and see for myself |
| 07:41:03 | TylerM: | what? no Casa Loma ? : ) |
| 07:41:18 | pramsey: | pretty hard to beat the Italian monastery |
| 07:41:26 | pramsey: | perhaps the Cariboo ranch house |
| 07:41:44 | TylerM: | too bad their site sucks http://www.casaloma.org/ |
| 07:41:45 | sigq: | Title: Casa Loma ( at www.casaloma.org ) |
| 07:42:03 | TylerM: | hmm.. yeah, we're only one hour flight from Vancouver.. so convenient : ) |
| 07:42:32 | TylerM: | too bad most of our 'resorts' up here are mainly for hunting/fishing |
| 07:42:34 | tomkralidis: | the airport area has all sorts for what we want, but you're stuck at the airport. |
| 07:42:58 | TylerM: | it's worth the drive to niagara on the lake! : ) |
| 07:44:46 | pramsey: | good idea on the site visit, tomkralidis |
| 07:45:13 | pramsey: | I was there in, I think 2002. |
| 07:45:22 | pramsey: | Been a while. |
| 07:47:02 | : | * seven sees us all getting old. |
| 07:56:31 | FrankW: | pramsey, tomkralidis: Doc Robinson will look into a venue though it may be next week before he comes back with a response due to a heavy load this week. |
| 07:56:40 | strk: | the first generation of old internauts isn't it ? : ) |
| 07:56:46 | pramsey: | thanks FrankW |
| 07:57:07 | pramsey: | kids, these days, don't know the pain of cadging internet connectivity from the lab with SLIRP |
| 07:57:16 | jmckenna: | so, why toronto? |
| 07:57:38 | pramsey: | me, Howard, Steve, and an open beer tab |
| 07:57:41 | pramsey: | need I say more? |
| 07:57:47 | pramsey: | it made sense at the time. |
| 07:57:48 | strk: | boy, never had to do SLIRP in my life ! PLIP I used : ) |
| 07:57:57 | FrankW: | lol |
| 07:58:13 | jmckenna: | ( works for me as i can commute to mom's 40mins away for free )...um, why are u 3 in toronto at that time? |
| 07:58:38 | pramsey: | we aren't. it's central, primarily. |
| 07:59:01 | crschmidt: | I graduated from high school in 2002... |
| 07:59:08 | hobu: | I suggested Toronto because it is central, we could con volunteers, and it's an international airport hub so the EU folks can get there in one or two hops |
| 07:59:16 | : | * crschmidt isn't getting old yet. |
| 07:59:56 | hobu: | also, Toronto in winter doesn't have the distraction potential of other places ; ) |
| 08:01:09 | jmckenna: | i'm like most canadians and avoid going to toronto like the plague ha. |
| 08:01:33 | : | * hobu didn't know it was a place to be avoided |
| 08:01:43 | FrankW: | jmckenna: the mother city calls! |
| 08:02:14 | jmckenna: | don't worry i'm 'registered' on the wiki. but toronto? |
| 08:02:14 | FrankW: | There is a certain amount of anti-cosmopolitan bias from people living in the sticks. |
| 08:03:00 | jmckenna: | traffic and expensive accommodation. unless we look into a university setting |
| 08:03:17 | hobu: | Chicotoumi was the first choice : ) |
| 08:05:29 | jmckenna: | montreal man, montreal it should be. international favor AND it actually has character |
| 08:05:45 | jmckenna: | but i was not involved in talks for this so i will be quiet now |
| 08:21:44 | seven: | crschmidt: I graduated from high school in 1987. "Computer Science" was in its second year and in quotes. |
| 08:22:06 | seven: | Chicoutimi is great. Have a snow machine tour on the lakes with him. |
| 08:22:50 | jmckenna: | yup chic would be excellent. |
| 08:23:12 | crschmidt: | computer science is still in quotes ; ) |
| 08:23:31 | tomkralidis: | accomodations are not that bad. Bond place gives us $79/night. Right downtown. |
| 08:23:38 | : | * bitner is surprised lime didn't suggest an ice shack on mille lacs |
| 08:23:56 | tomkralidis: | if you were buying a house here yes I would agree expensive! |
| 08:25:29 | pramsey: | bright lights, big city. we'll go to a show : ) |
| 08:25:44 | TylerM: | oh yeah, some people like downtown ; ) |
| 08:37:25 | TylerM: | glad to hear about the code sprint though! kudos guys |
| 08:40:35 | tomkralidis: | I think it will be fun! |
| 08:41:21 | TylerM: | i bet! |
| 08:42:03 | TylerM: | too bad i can't make it |
| 08:44:32 | spatialguru: | dang.. think wifi on my macbook is slowly dying :( |
| 09:20:57 | FrankW: | spatialguru: Did you respond to the info request titled "How to start ? tutorial ... data..."? |
| 09:41:02 | spatialguru: | hmm don't think so |
| 09:41:34 | spatialguru: | FrankW: is it just me or is traffic increasing on that alias? |
| 09:58:35 | acuster: | FrankW, wohoo! whois now reads PENDING TRANSFER on geotools.org |
| 09:58:50 | acuster: | http://www.pir.org/index.php?mode=whois&db=content%2FWebsite&tbl=Registrants&id=3&whois_query_field=geotools&Submit=Search |
| 09:58:51 | sigq: | Title: .:: .ORG Registry ::. ( at www.pir.org ) |
| 09:59:19 | : | * acuster could use some good news |
| 13:44:01 | mpg_: | /msg NickServ identify erk |
| 13:44:20 | mpg_: | /msg NickServ identify erkdfsgjlsdfgsdfg |
| 13:44:25 | mpg_: | Hmmm. |
| 13:44:34 | ominoverde: | hehhe, mpg_! |
| 13:44:58 | : | * mpg_ thinks about leading whitespace |
| 13:45:51 | TylerM: | leading space is bad : ) |
| 13:46:30 | : | * crschmidt waves to mpg |
| 13:49:54 | : | * mpg is happy now |
| 13:50:36 | pramsey: | what word on the "event", mpg? |
| 13:51:16 | : | * racicot has notes to type up from the cugos meeting... will do soon |
| 13:51:24 | mpg: | We collected a bunch of ideas, and a few folks were going to check additional venues -- I'll post a summary tomorrow or Wed, when I hear back from folks |
| 13:51:57 | mpg: | so far all seems positive, the biggest blocker is the venue and/or how to fund any req'd deposit |
| 13:52:54 | racicot: | pramsey: in general there was a lot of good ideas... we just need to realistically look at workshops, talks, and code sprint and see what is feasible and who will champion each. |
| 13:53:09 | racicot: | and oh yea, money is always the rub |
| 13:53:35 | pramsey: | it is if "free entry" is the baseline expectation : ) |
| 13:53:35 | ominoverde: | mpg: is that for foss4g or Hacking Event? |
| 13:53:51 | mpg: | a Pacific Northwest Mini-Conference |
| 13:53:54 | ominoverde: | cool |
| 13:54:19 | mpg: | well, but you are not in the Pac NW, are you? |
| 13:54:39 | : | * ominoverde will do a parallel event in his neighbourhood in Barcelona, Spain |
| 13:54:50 | ominoverde: | :- ) |
| 13:55:17 | pramsey: | well, heck, I'm going to spain then, no contest : ) |
| 13:55:47 | ominoverde: | you're welcome pramsey, hehe, there's an event in Girona next March... |
| 13:55:51 | crschmidt: | from the man who doesn't want a couple days in sydney between the conference and code sprint? |
| 13:56:08 | crschmidt: | clearly pramsey would rather be in spain than sydney... |
| 13:56:08 | mpg: | pramsey: OGC meeting in Valencia next week, you could do that... |
| 13:56:20 | ominoverde: | I'll be there, but for gvSIG days |
| 13:56:26 | pramsey: | i'm booking my tickets for sydney this week. 9 days, end to end. |
| 13:56:30 | racicot: | pramsey: my idea was a "ferry code sprint"... Anacortes to Victoria and back using the ferry wifi and the passanger deck as a venue... how about that for an "out of the box" idea ;- ) |
| 13:56:42 | ominoverde: | racicot: that's my dream too :-D |
| 13:56:50 | pramsey: | I like that. I always liked the idea of meeting on ferries, nobody else did. |
| 13:56:56 | pramsey: | There's ferry wifi? |
| 13:57:23 | : | * jmckenna would love to go to spain sometime : ) |
| 13:58:14 | ominoverde: | jmckenna: cross your finger en maybe soon ;- ) |
| 13:58:50 | racicot: | doh, that run doesnt... but pretty much all others do : https://wireless.nnu.com/nw4/sites/wsf/main |
| 13:58:51 | sigq: | Title: Washington State Ferries Wi-Fi ( at wireless.nnu.com ) |
| 13:59:54 | racicot: | "Planned 2Q 2009" for Anacortes - San Juan Is. |
| 13:59:56 | mpg: | I've got a Sprint cell-modem card, we could share that out :-( |
| 14:35:32 | spatialguru: | racicot: why not meet half way? http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/facMap.html |
| 14:35:34 | sigq: | Title: Campus Map of FHL ( at depts.washington.edu ) |
| 14:35:44 | spatialguru: | oh, guess Friday Harbor isn't exactly half way ; ) |
| 14:38:20 | racicot: | spatialguru: that facility looks great actually... I will have to call them |
| 14:38:49 | racicot: | looks cheap and they have student rates already built into their pricing... |
| 14:39:16 | spatialguru: | and a dining hall too.. |
| 14:40:37 | racicot: | food is $29/day/person and beds are $30-$50/day |
| 14:40:53 | spatialguru: | maybe internal pricing only?? |
| 14:41:21 | spatialguru: | but yeah it did look encouraging : ) |
| 14:42:29 | racicot: | "The facilities are reserved for educational and research purposes only." but we have some UW faculty in CUGOS... maybe they could sponsor us... |
| 14:42:40 | spatialguru: | you guys rock.. : ) |
| 14:42:56 | : | * racicot lives on a rock... |
| 14:50:58 | spatialguru: | racicot: maybe you can get a deal by renting the entire 23 room complex http://www.fridayharborhouse.com/meetings.php ;- ) hehe |
| 14:50:59 | sigq: | Title: Meeting and Event Facilities on San Juan Island ( at www.fridayharborhouse.com ) |
| 14:53:17 | racicot: | hmmm... $190 per person but that includes food, meeting room and guest room with jetted tub and fireplace ;- ) |
| 14:56:36 | racicot: | spatialguru: that is owned by the same company that runs the nice hotel in our town here : http://www.innatlangley.com/ |
| 14:56:37 | sigq: | Title: The Inn at Langley | Whidbey Island Hotels and Lodging ( at www.innatlangley.com ) |
| 14:57:34 | spatialguru: | boy, i might commute from there to victoria next time i have to head down .. ;- ) heh |
| 14:57:49 | spatialguru: | not used to inclusive rates .. or jetted tubs : ) |
| 15:14:11 | pramsey: | booked. I'm goin' ta sydney. |
| 15:14:22 | pramsey: | in styyyle... |
| 15:20:12 | spatialguru: | :o |
| 15:20:23 | spatialguru: | do we want to know? |
| 15:20:43 | pramsey: | qantas business class. they actually massage your feet the whole way there |
| 15:21:15 | spatialguru: | oh.. is that different than the vibrating fuselage on the DASH 8? |
| 15:24:33 | racicot: | business must be booming for the clever elephant... |
| 15:25:18 | pramsey: | a decades worth of frequent flier miles, up in smoke |
| 15:25:56 | : | * racicot checks on pet transport rates and if he can cram himself into a dog carrier... |
| 15:35:27 | tbowde1: | The big Q eh pramsey? Be careful you don't fall out of the sky! |
| 15:35:27 | tbowde1: | ( local topical joke... http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,24472272-952,00.html and http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24260831-5014090,00.html ) |
| 15:35:27 | tbowde1: | Whilst Q has the safest record in the world ( 0 fatalities *ever* ) there has been a string of Qantas bad news lately. Rumour has it though it's just the engineers leaking maintenance fubars to further their bargaining with management over offshore servicing of aircraft. |
| 15:35:29 | sigq: | Title: Qantas Airbus flight plunged 1000 feet | The Courier-Mail ( at www.news.com.au ) |
| 15:36:18 | pramsey: | sounds like fun |
| 15:37:04 | tbowde1: | but will be good to see you here ( if you arrive in one piece! ) and share that pint overlooking the most magnificent city harbour in the world |
| 15:46:54 | sigq: | osgeofeed: Ticket #318 ( task created ): Wiki sidebar etc. embasement <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/318> |
| 15:53:14 | pramsey: | going to be a good pint, tbowde1 |
| 15:54:09 | tbowde1: | If it's just one I'll be very upset. |
| 15:54:10 | sigq: | osgeofeed: Ticket #318 ( task created ): Wiki sidebar etc. embarrassment <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/318> |
| 16:01:40 | tbowde1: | \nick tbowden |
| 16:01:47 | tbowde1: | ouch! didn't work! |
| 16:02:09 | crschmidt: | other way |
| 16:02:12 | crschmidt: | /nick |
| 16:02:13 | spatialguru: | don't nick him, he's a good guy |
| 16:02:32 | tbowden: | ah, that's better. |
| 16:02:55 | tbowden: | thanks crschmidt |
| 16:07:12 | tbowden: | Just catching up on wanking. Looks like the neotards and paleotards are having a good old stoush but can't work out who's who or even if the exist. Very amusing |
| 16:07:20 | crschmidt: | yeah |
| 16:07:33 | crschmidt: | i skim each email to grin a bit at the absurdity of it all |
| 16:08:53 | sigq: | osgeofeed: Ticket #318 ( task closed ): Wiki sidebar etc. embarrassment <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/318#comment:3> |
| 18:47:09 | TylerM: | jlivni: congrats on the shoutout re: obama maps : )! |
| 18:47:44 | TylerM: | e.g. http://www.terragis.net/2008/11/24/obama-campaign-mapping-voters-with-mapserver-postgis-and-openlayers/ |
| 18:47:47 | sigq: | Title: » Obama Campaign - Mapping voters with Mapserver, PostGIS and Openlayers ( at www.terragis.net ) |
| 18:47:58 | TylerM: | good work |
| 19:12:43 | jlivni: | sweet - im famous ( tho i think i didn't have more than a few short minutes of anything directly related to building that site ) |
| 19:37:01 | TylerM: | heh - well placed time ;- ) |
| 21:53:39 | sigq: | osgeofeed: Ticket #319 ( task created ): please delete private list archive <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/319> |