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[08:09:00] <rkdavis> morning all
[08:33:39] <drmikecrowe> morning
[08:33:55] <rkdavis> is it cold where you are drmike?
[08:33:59] <rkdavis> it's blooming freezing
[08:34:10] <rkdavis> i'd have used stronger language but i'm sure this is a pg-13 room
[08:34:14] <rkdavis> :)
[08:42:04] <rkdavis> ugh kid wants to check his email and facebook so afk for a bit
[08:58:41] <rkdavis> back
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[09:34:25] <drmikecrowe> rkdavis: pretty dang cold. 20F here this morning
[09:34:45] <rkdavis> 13 in nyc
[09:36:38] <rkdavis> i think i'll start using celcius again it's probably warmer on that scale
[09:37:26] <rkdavis> the heat is on in the house but so many drafts i am wearing gloves to type
[09:38:21] <rkdavis> solved one of my openembedded install problems on gentoo -- my installed version of monotone (for pidgin) was conflicting with the one openembedded installs
[09:38:49] <rkdavis> this is the openembedded on the wiki not the one one er openzipit
[09:39:16] <rkdavis> and i had to remember to put ~/openembedded/bitbake/bin at the start of my path which i forgot :)
[09:48:48] <drmikecrowe> i dropped pidging -- moved to miranda
[09:48:53] <drmikecrowe> though I'm thinking about just doing meebo. simpler....
[09:49:19] <rkdavis> yup
[09:49:28] <rkdavis> i looked at meebo and digsby
[09:49:53] <rkdavis> i actually mostly use Tkabber and a friends companies client for IM but i have some stubborn people who won't switch to xmpp
[09:52:03] <rkdavis> i.e. family in the uk use msn and won't switch and game clans and guilds use yahoo
[09:52:15] <rkdavis> i did keep aim for the bots but the ones i liked are mostly deads
[09:52:38] <rkdavis> the zipit's client is actually not too bad for IM
[09:52:45] <rkdavis> other than the fact no xmpp :)
[09:52:46] * rkdavis ducks
[09:53:01] <rkdavis> and no scripting :)
[09:54:00] <rkdavis> ye gods i've seen snails checkout source quicker than the openembedded monotone
[09:54:31] <rkdavis> i could write the source on paper using caligraphy quicker
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[10:14:28] <rkdavis> ugh on the monotone sync started at 9:44 it's 10:15 and it's at 651/2315 ugggggghhhhh
[10:23:10] <djbclark> rkdavis: Haven't been able to pawn your kid off on a Zipit? ;-)
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[10:23:21] <rkdavis> djb: no way :)
[10:23:29] <rkdavis> can't admit i have the second yet either
[10:23:32] <rkdavis> not until santa visits
[10:23:34] <rkdavis> :)
[10:23:43] <djbclark> So what platform do most people do OE builds from (or alternatively, which is the most likely to Just Work (tm)?
[10:24:02] <rkdavis> don't ask me i've tried virtual machines for ubuntu and suse
[10:24:09] <rkdavis> no joy now trying agin on my gentoo box
[10:24:33] <rkdavis> for ubuntu in vmware or vmware player you'll at least need to add vsod=0 to the kernel args to get scratchbox to run
[10:24:34] <djbclark> Once I have something working I can just make a big-ass VM tarball avaliable... I think that would cause a lot more people to start on zipit dev (spending severlal days getting a working dev environment going is no fun)
[10:26:50] <rkdavis> at least vsod=0 is needed on an amd turion 64 x2 laptop for scratchbox
[10:27:08] <rkdavis> i'll be able to tell about gentoo and the wiki OE in about 3 years at this rate
[10:27:23] <rkdavis> 853/2315 in about 45mins so far
[10:33:39] <rkdavis> yay almost half way through 972/2315
[10:33:43] <rkdavis> ok not halfway but nearer to it
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[10:38:23] <rkdavis> aarrgghhh failed
[10:38:45] <rkdavis> mtn: 6.8 M | 2.2 M | 4232/9356 | 1049/2315
[10:38:45] <rkdavis> mtn: error: I/O failure while talking to peer monotone.openembedded.org, disconnecting
[10:38:45] <rkdavis> make: *** [org.openembedded.dev] Error 1
[10:39:01] <rkdavis> i'm not paranoid but sonmeone is trying to drive me nuts
[10:47:14] <djbclark> Yeah I kept getting the same thing. Only time I've gotten a build to work somehow is the base-image from the tarball at openzipit - http://www.openzipit.org/Z2Develop/
[10:47:50] <rkdavis> that failed for me
[10:47:59] <rkdavis> but i wasn't really trying too hard to get it working
[10:48:15] <rkdavis> i think the main thing was my monotone was conflicting with the oe version
[10:48:38] <rkdavis> i haven't really sat down and done it properly i.e. didn't RTFM
[10:49:56] <rkdavis> and the first box i was thinking of using as a dev box was an old ultrasparc as it was the easiest to get to computer -- the rest are under 30 packing boxes and crates :) we moved in july and haven't even hung curtins or reassembled the bed yet
[10:52:23] <rkdavis> still we are still ahead of the curve as last time we didn't unpack at all in over 4 years but it made moving a bit easier :)
[10:52:42] <rkdavis> 182/1267 on a make oelocal this time -- another hour at least
[10:54:32] <rkdavis> anyone dressed and willing to go outside? i need someone to bring me coffee and i'm not getting out of bed it's too cold and dunkin donuts doesn't deliver
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[11:24:27] <rkdavis> rehoi drmike
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[12:19:12] <rkdavis> ok had to install diffstat on gentoo but seems to finally be doing something on the base-image build :)
[12:19:13] <rkdavis> lets see what the next error is
[12:19:14] <rkdavis> :)
[12:39:24] <steerpike> rkdavis: hey
[12:39:51] <steerpike> i said the oe makefile was broken :P
[12:42:09] <steerpike> use T0mW's
[12:43:09] <steerpike> oe doesn't support monotone anymore
[12:43:14] <steerpike> i'm working on fixing it
[12:43:44] <steerpike> well, they said the monotone server was going to be up for some time before they took it down
[12:53:06] <rkdavis> seemed to work if i did it in stages
[12:53:16] <rkdavis> but bitbake is failing on the kernel by the looks of it
[12:54:45] <rkdavis> just need the wireless tools and wpa_supplicant ipkgs atm and then i'll clear it off and try T0mWs again
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[13:54:23] <rkdavis> afternoon unrest
[13:58:31] <unrest_> good evening rkdavis
[13:58:51] <rkdavis> :)
[13:59:14] <rkdavis> of course you are in the botton half of the world iirc
[14:01:51] <unrest_> where's the geological bottom of the earth? ;p
[14:01:53] * unrest_ is from germany
[14:02:07] <rkdavis> i thought it was nz for some reason
[14:02:13] <unrest_> nz?
[14:02:16] <rkdavis> anywhere near bochum or dortmund?
[14:02:19] <unrest_> right next to dortmund
[14:02:21] <unrest_> city of "hagen"
[14:02:39] <rkdavis> i used to spend summers in bochum and hang at RUB and had a girl friend in Gelsenkirchen
[14:02:51] <rkdavis> but that was 20 years ago :)
[14:02:52] <steerpike> hmm.. i trying to use the oe git repository, while running `bitbake base-image` i get..
[14:02:54] <steerpike> Error, Your PACKAGE_ARCHS field contains duplicates. Perhaps you set EXTRA_PACKAGE_ARCHS twice accidently through some tune file?
[14:03:01] <unrest_> oh.. long time ago in a galaxy far far... :]
[14:03:05] <unrest_> where are you from?
[14:03:12] <steerpike> in machine/zipi2.conf, it has.. PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS = "armv4 armv4t armv5e armv5te "
[14:03:41] <rkdavis> originally the uk but been living in the states since 91
[14:03:56] <unrest_> what was the reason for you to go overseas?
[14:04:02] <rkdavis> started on the west coast and worked my way east but don't want to get my feet wet so haven't made it back the last 3000 miles
[14:04:11] <rkdavis> fbi and work originally then wife
[14:04:20] <unrest_> the feds?
[14:04:29] <rkdavis> she's a brooklyn born and bred girl and won't move out
[14:04:29] * steerpike hides his stash
[14:04:42] <rkdavis> yup did some computer security work for them in the 80s and the usda in the 90s
[14:04:51] <rkdavis> steer: the feds have the best stash anyway they don't want yours :)
[14:04:58] <steerpike> ^_^
[14:06:43] <rkdavis> unless it's the good shit and then we share it 60/40
[14:07:00] <unrest_> so you're still in their line of work i deduce? =)
[14:07:21] <rkdavis> nope a househusband these days
[14:07:45] <unrest_> "then we share" sounded different from what you told me the other day..
[14:07:45] <rkdavis> got burntout with programming and security work and they changed the law on me so i cna't work for them any more and i got ill for a couple of years and only just on the mend now
[14:08:41] <rkdavis> so now i just do the hosework and muck about on computers other than the odd repair job or building
[14:08:49] <rkdavis> well the sharing is depending on how good your stuff is :)
[14:09:05] <unrest_> and this does depend and hat you are looking for
[14:09:24] <rkdavis> ok T0mW's oe installed lets see how well it does buiding the base image compared to the wiki /version/
[14:09:33] <unrest_> aah
[14:09:36] * unrest_ slaps his forehead
[14:09:36] <rkdavis> went quicker for a start 20 mins compared to 3 hours
[14:09:41] <unrest_> thanks for the reminder! =)
[14:09:51] <rkdavis> ah i do have a use after all :) my purpose in life
[14:09:57] <steerpike> would you have to report me if i was to talk about the assassination of a gov't official?
[14:09:58] <rkdavis> unrest's todo list
[14:11:34] <steerpike> :D
[14:11:42] <rkdavis> steer: nope probably help you
[14:11:43] <rkdavis> :)
[14:11:44] <unrest_> rkdavis, you nice little ant drone have proved yourself valuable to me :)
[14:11:45] <steerpike> hehe :D
[14:12:30] <rkdavis> w00t! it's 21 degrees farenheight now risen 9 degrees in 7 hours
[14:12:41] <rkdavis> at this rate it';ll be summer again in hmmmmm 6 months
[14:12:58] <steerpike> oh, the dish installation guy came, but he won't work with the ice :(
[14:13:06] * rkdavis has 3 quilts, 4 blankets 1 hot water bottle and a cat around him and still has cold feet
[14:13:10] <rkdavis> steer: :( so still no tv?
[14:13:16] <steerpike> nope :(
[14:13:26] <rkdavis> well more time to do stuff on the zipit then
[14:13:40] <steerpike> i was able to hook up my cable line, but they put filters on it, and to remove the filters i have to go up the pole
[14:13:44] <steerpike> hehe yeah
[14:14:20] <rkdavis> hmmm T0mW's seems to be doing better -- not failed on the kernel yet
[14:14:26] <rkdavis> maybe it hasn't reached there though
[14:14:50] <steerpike> can you show me what he used for the PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS value in machine/zipit2.conf?
[14:14:51] * unrest_ now installs the wiki'ed version of OE..
[14:16:27] <steerpike> the wiki version is hardly ever updated
[14:16:50] <steerpike> instead they keep posting info for additional dev environments
[14:16:53] <unrest_> then tell me how i can get the xf86-XXXX drivers to compile in tom's package..
[14:16:58] <steerpike> can't we just stick to one? :D
[14:17:08] <rkdavis> ok only found one zipit2.conf
[14:17:11] <rkdavis> in misc
[14:17:12] <steerpike> kk
[14:17:20] <steerpike> yeah, he used different dir structures iirc
[14:17:34] <unrest_> who? tom!?
[14:17:48] <steerpike> yeah
[14:18:00] <steerpike> well, not for the fs
[14:18:01] <rkdavis> http://zipit.pastebin.com/m5b46072e
[14:18:14] <steerpike> kk.. armv4t
[14:18:15] <steerpike> thanks :)
[14:18:22] <rkdavis> null problemo
[14:19:55] <rkdavis> ok looks like the problem i had with my initial attempt with t0mw's was my installed monotone was causing a conflict until after the install so either remove it or change the path so it comes after the makefiles version
[14:22:05] <rkdavis> so far it seems to be working ok
[14:22:11] <rkdavis> i'll know in about 4 hours
[14:23:01] <steerpike> kk, just got `bitbake base-image` working :D
[14:23:22] <steerpike> i'm using the wiki conf files + git repo version of OE
[14:26:49] <rkdavis> coolio
[14:29:07] <unrest_> are there other books like the neuromancer trilogy?
[14:32:31] <steerpike> oi.. http://rafb.net/p/QRE8dE99.html
[14:32:47] <steerpike> what file is that in? :S
[14:33:10] <steerpike> it's supposed to be zipit2-packages
[14:33:20] <Mathman952> try rerunning the bake
[14:33:27] <Mathman952> sometimes stuff fails for no reason at all
[14:34:28] <steerpike> well it's an error in the shell script.. i just don't know which shell script it was trying to run :\
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[15:13:43] <steerpike> Mathman952: hmm.. you were right
[15:13:56] <Mathman952> heh
[15:14:13] <Mathman952> i remember reading somewhere or other that the failures happen because of the way bitbake threads stuff
[15:14:24] <Mathman952> sometimes it gets to a point where it needs something that was still compiling in the background or something
[15:14:26] <steerpike> ah, makes sense
[15:14:26] <Mathman952> so it just aborts
[15:14:39] <Mathman952> if you try a few times and it still sticks on the same package, then you should start to investigate
[15:14:39] <rkdavis> base-image finished but a few sanity test fails
[15:14:48] <Mathman952> but if you can nudge it forwards by re-running the command, it's fine
[15:14:56] <steerpike> maybe i shouldn't be playing bzflag in the meantime
[15:17:30] <Mathman952> lol
[15:17:33] <Mathman952> i dont think its that big a deal
[15:17:41] <Mathman952> whats fun is when you set off a bitbake run then go to bed
[15:17:51] <Mathman952> then wake up and find that it died right after you left
[15:17:59] <steerpike> hehe
[15:18:25] <steerpike> tsk, this log.do_compile file is completely empty
[15:18:43] <steerpike> so is log.do_configure
[15:22:40] <Mathman952> lol
[15:23:42] <steerpike> no, it's the same error.. it keeps looking for /tmp/openembedded/zipit2- it's leaving off the `-packages` portion
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[15:24:01] <Mathman952> hmm
[15:24:14] <Mathman952> symlink the path? :D
[15:24:33] <steerpike> i like doing things proper.. i'm getting to the bottom of this :(
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[15:47:07] <rkdavis> yay bitbaked a base image using T0mW's oe :)
[15:47:19] <rkdavis> and it booted the second time too
[15:47:48] <rkdavis> although i had to do the prepSDcard stuff by hand again bloody unzip saying fatroot not a zipfile
[15:48:13] <rkdavis> where's the pipe char on the zipit?
[15:52:35] <steerpike> rkdavis: does your sd card show up as mmcblkX as well?
[15:52:55] <rkdavis> yup on this build
[15:53:00] <steerpike> http://echelon.net.ru/prepSDcard.txt
[15:53:44] <rkdavis> i solvedit last week with the fullpaths this week i just did it by hand as on my gentoo box the sdcard reader seems flakey
[15:53:56] <rkdavis> all i need now is where is the | char :)
[15:54:30] <steerpike> just needed to comment out an if condition in createPartitions function
[15:54:51] <rkdavis> noticed in the recipes that loudmouth is there and readline and guile -- maybe freetalk will work
[15:54:57] <rkdavis> need to read up about bitbake recipes
[15:59:47] <Mathman952> rkdavis, if i recall correctly, there's no pipe
[15:59:51] <Mathman952> closest you can do is redirect to a file then less the file
[16:01:56] <Mathman952> or you could edit the keymap and add a pipe
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[16:07:32] <rkdavis1> rehoi all
[16:13:33] <steerpike> oi, it's finally building
[16:13:51] <steerpike> at least i don't have to use monotone.. that thing is horrible
[16:14:42] <rkdavis1> found the | key :)
[16:14:47] <rkdavis1> alt-smiley
[16:17:35] <rkdavis1> still can't get it to associate with my router even when i turn of wep on it takes the darn linksys and won't let me reassociate
[16:17:56] <steerpike> rkdavis1: using wpa_supplicant or iwconfig?
[16:18:23] <rkdavis1> iwconfig
[16:18:23] <steerpike> i fixed my association problem by restarting the router
[16:18:26] <steerpike> hrm
[16:18:31] <rkdavis1> i turned off wep
[16:18:36] <rkdavis1> rebooted the router and it just fails
[16:18:41] <rkdavis1> gives and error but i forget which
[16:18:45] <rkdavis1> a set error i think
[16:19:07] <rkdavis1> mompls kid home he needs the lappy i need the ap so i can get irssi onto the zipit
[16:19:08] <rkdavis1> brb
[16:21:47] <steerpike> k
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[16:48:22] <rkdavis1> back
[16:50:02] <rkdavis1> think i need to get proper mini sd cards too the sandisk micro with adapter seem flakey
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[16:57:03] <rkdavis1> weird
[16:57:04] <Mathman952> ??
[16:57:06] <rkdavis1> online with my ap
[16:57:16] <rkdavis1> but the zipit right next to the laptop and router can't see it
[16:57:20] <Mathman952> oh, and regarding the micro/mini sd thing - check the adapter, they break easily
[16:57:23] <Mathman952> :(
[16:57:33] <Mathman952> yeah, the laptop probably has a much-higher-strength card
[16:57:36] <Mathman952> and it's drowning out the zipit
[16:57:39] <rkdavis1> yeah i hate it but couldn't find a mini in any store near me
[16:58:32] <rkdavis1> put the zip it on the router and the laptop 30 feet away iwlist still doesn't show it
[16:58:52] <Mathman952> hmm
[16:59:00] <Mathman952> is it a hidden AP?
[16:59:02] <rkdavis1> nope
[16:59:10] <Mathman952> try connecting to it anyway
[16:59:11] <Mathman952> see if it works
[16:59:11] <rkdavis1> i turned off all security
[16:59:15] <rkdavis1> it fails
[16:59:20] <Mathman952> alright, that's a start
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[16:59:26] <Mathman952> that's not
[16:59:32] <Mathman952> :/
[16:59:50] <rkdavis1> error for wireless request set essid 08b1a
[16:59:59] <rkdavis1> set failed on device eth0
[17:00:01] <steerpike> buildroot is so much easier and takes little time :(
[17:01:45] <rkdavis1> network is unreachable
[17:02:03] <steerpike> hmm/
[17:02:10] <rkdavis1> ok which one of you dropped catfood in my coffee?
[17:02:13] <rkdavis1> yuk
[17:03:00] <Mathman952> you seriously have a router with the ssid of 08b1a?
[17:03:25] <rkdavis1> nopy
[17:03:27] <rkdavis1> oadby
[17:03:31] <rkdavis1> but it's not taking it
[17:04:21] <rkdavis1> doing iwconfig eth0 essid "oadby"
[17:04:30] <rkdavis1> and iwconfig eth0 essid oadby
[17:04:34] <rkdavis1> same error
[17:04:42] <steerpike> using oe?
[17:04:45] <rkdavis1> yup
[17:04:59] <steerpike> yeah, oe drivers are crappy
[17:06:53] <steerpike> still experimental
[17:07:08] <Mathman952> have you tried powercycling the zipit?
[17:07:23] <rkdavis1> several times
[17:07:25] <Mathman952> alright
[17:07:35] <rkdavis1> wish there were a standard build environment
[17:07:46] <rkdavis1> maybe 2 1 for static and 1 for dynamic
[17:07:49] <steerpike> we have 3-4 ^_^
[17:08:01] <rkdavis1> only 3 or 4 it feels like 300 or 400 :)
[17:08:10] <steerpike> i still haven't tried scratchbox
[17:08:27] <rkdavis1> it looked like it might be the best but didn't get it working right yet
[17:08:30] <steerpike> too many dependencies not available for my distro
[17:08:41] <rkdavis1> and it seems to still need some settings set
[17:09:08] <rkdavis1> i was digging around at least part of zipit's dev suite seems to be sygwin based :)
[17:09:15] <rkdavis1> cygwin even
[17:09:26] <steerpike> oi
[17:09:41] <rkdavis1> so i suspect buildroot based
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[17:39:44] <steerpike> if you can set your wireless card to Master mode you wouldn't have to wait for the router
[17:41:50] <steerpike> well, i think it'll work even in ad-hoc mode
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[17:53:05] <steerpike> oh lawd, still compiling glibc
[17:53:25] <steerpike> drmikecrowe2374: i thought we were switching to uclibc on OE?
[17:53:51] <steerpike> or did T0mW say that
[18:02:12] <rkdavis> tried to install irssi and can't seem to get glib to even befound
[18:02:27] <rkdavis> ugh
[18:04:47] <rkdavis> now it won't build irssi :)
[18:06:25] <steerpike> oh, irssi kept segfaulting last time i tried to build it
[18:06:37] <steerpike> well, it segfaulted when i /quit
[18:06:43] <steerpike> so it's not a big deal
[18:06:56] <rkdavis> oh ok
[18:07:12] <rkdavis> the 0.8 ver?
[18:07:26] <steerpike> i don't remember, it was months ago
[18:08:28] <rkdavis> it's nice that loudmouth is in oe ok an older version than needed but although it's not a great xmpp lib it is an xmpp client lib
[18:08:55] <rkdavis> aaarrggghh got zipitthumb
[18:09:08] <rkdavis> my right thumb is seized in aweird position :)
[18:09:18] <steerpike> hehe
[18:13:02] <steerpike> i'm thinking if i can modify the binary to authenticate with another server, i would be able to use the original z2 software again
[18:13:13] <rkdavis> :)
[18:13:16] <steerpike> zipit, inc guys probably won't be happy with that
[18:13:19] <rkdavis> prolly
[18:13:27] <steerpike> at least i would be able to add my own stations
[18:14:04] <rkdavis> can't you do that in the xml files anyway?
[18:14:26] <steerpike> the direct streams url's are stored in the xml file?
[18:14:48] <rkdavis> don't quote me but two xml files that seem to have the stationxz stuff in them
[18:14:51] <steerpike> i thought the list gets pushed to the z2 after some interval
[18:16:11] <rkdavis> i think only when you tell it to d/l it
[18:16:24] <rkdavis> probably very naughty to edit yourself :) but....
[18:16:31] <rkdavis> sssshhhhhhh i won't tell if you don't
[18:16:33] <steerpike> ^_^
[18:24:04] <drmikecrowe2374> hey steerpike, cooking dinner. bbl
[18:24:49] <rkdavis> wonder what he's making? i made pea and ham soup but that's for the wife and kid i'll make my self something tasty instead
[18:29:17] <steerpike> lol
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[18:37:06] <steerpike> oh, the dish installation guy is just going to hook up the dish to my cable line
[18:37:11] <steerpike> and that line is split to 4 parts of the house
[18:37:22] <steerpike> so i don't have to use the extra dish i got
[18:37:25] <steerpike> i'll use it for wifi ^_^
[18:37:59] <rkdavis> :)
[18:38:53] <steerpike> bitbake is a real pain
[18:39:03] <steerpike> i've had to run `bitbake base-image` 5 times now
[18:39:13] <steerpike> and all with different results each time
[18:39:26] <rkdavis> well at least it's keeping you amused with no tv
[18:39:29] <steerpike> lol
[18:39:38] <steerpike> yeah.. it's been like 7 days now :\
[18:39:50] <rkdavis> not been much on so no biggy
[18:42:07] <steerpike> oh, today's monday
[18:42:28] <steerpike> wow.. only 6:43? feels like.. 8 or 9
[18:44:50] <rkdavis> yup
[18:53:10] <rkdavis> heh just finally got around to listening to the /latest/ lily allen song -- nearly peed myself laughing
[18:53:42] <g1powermac_PB> rkdavis: mmm, split pea soup
[18:54:20] <rkdavis> sorry got ham in it
[18:54:37] <rkdavis> but lots of nice mushed peans and onikns and carrots
[18:56:37] <g1powermac_PB> yea, noticed that, but besides the ham, it sounds good
[18:56:50] <rkdavis> been simmering for 24 hours too
[18:56:59] <g1powermac_PB> nice
[18:56:59] <rkdavis> so all nice and disgusting greeny brown colour
[18:57:01] <g1powermac_PB> heh
[18:57:05] <g1powermac_PB> it is a nasty color ;-)
[18:57:25] <g1powermac_PB> unless you throw in blended spinach, it greens up the color
[18:57:39] <rkdavis> oooo hadn't thought about doing that
[18:57:55] <g1powermac_PB> yea, it really helps, plus it makes it healthier
[18:58:22] <rkdavis> i think i'll make myself some cheese on toast with tomatos, olives and bacon
[18:59:05] <g1powermac_PB> hmm, what kind of bread?
[18:59:23] <rkdavis> well i wandered down to the corner store earlier so some nice italian bread
[18:59:26] <drmikecrowe2374> it was a tasty chicken soup with ramen noodles....
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[18:59:41] <rkdavis> :)
[18:59:55] <g1powermac_PB> mmm, italian bread
[18:59:57] <rkdavis> hankering after your student dormroom days eh?
[19:02:18] <drmikecrowe> LOL -- nah, makes a nice quick family meal (when cooked in volume for my 16 year old)
[19:02:20] <rkdavis> drmike: if you get a chance and feel like bittorrenting apparitions is a great /mini/ series
[19:02:33] <drmikecrowe> apparitions? haven't heard of it. I'll have to check it out
[19:02:41] <rkdavis> if she's 16 she should be cooking for you
[19:02:45] <rkdavis> she'll need the practice
[19:02:47] <drmikecrowe> he
[19:02:49] <drmikecrowe> ;)
[19:03:06] <rkdavis> http://eztv.it/shows/766/apparitions-bbc-1-uk/
[19:03:32] <drmikecrowe> daughter is 13, she's just starting the growth. sucks getting old
[19:03:34] <rkdavis> well even more reason he needs to learn some household skills
[19:03:39] <rkdavis> you'll be kicking him out in a couple of years
[19:03:56] <drmikecrowe> steerpike: please don't hack the app. that's definitely a no-no
[19:04:15] <g1powermac_PB> bah, I was cooking since I was 3 years old ;-)
[19:04:16] <rkdavis> yeah that's naughty steer
[19:04:20] <g1powermac_PB> of course it was just making myself a sandwich ;-)
[19:04:34] <drmikecrowe> yeah, he's got mac-n-cheese down. needs some more recipes...
[19:04:44] <rkdavis> sheperd's pie is easy
[19:04:44] <g1powermac_PB> rkdavis: heh, my parents have yet to kick me out
[19:04:53] <g1powermac_PB> rkdavis: I think I maybe to valuable to kick out ;-)
[19:04:56] <rkdavis> chopped meat, some veg an beef bullion cube and some mashed potato
[19:06:57] <rkdavis> g1: yeah i left home and less than 2 years later i was back
[19:06:58] <g1powermac_PB> rkdavis: any problem technically related is handed off to me
[19:07:11] <drmikecrowe> rk: you won't believe this, the spousal unit is pushing for a full English Christmas dinner. she's looking for Christmas pudding recipes now
[19:07:13] <rkdavis> g1: you mean when the vcr flashes 12:00
[19:07:24] <rkdavis> too late to make a good christmas pud
[19:07:24] <g1powermac_PB> rkdavis: that, and everything else
[19:07:26] <rkdavis> should have started months ago
[19:07:33] <g1powermac_PB> rkdavis: plus my parents own a retail store, so I have to help with all that stuff too
[19:07:43] <rkdavis> yup saw on your blog
[19:07:48] <g1powermac_PB> ahh
[19:07:52] <g1powermac_PB> heh, someone actually reads my blog ;-)
[19:07:59] <rkdavis> drmike: tell ehr not to forget the christmas crackers
[19:08:16] <drmikecrowe> yep, already have them
[19:08:17] <rkdavis> and the 7 types of stuffing and 5 types of potato and the myriad of other veggies
[19:08:30] <rkdavis> i have to run out tomorrow to get some i forgot to get the snapeprs to make them
[19:08:32] <rkdavis> i normally do
[19:09:05] <g1powermac_PB> meh, I tell you, working in retail completely destroys the holidays for us
[19:09:16] <rkdavis> g1: yup i used to work in the pub and resturant trade
[19:09:16] <g1powermac_PB> by the time we get to christmas, we're sick of it
[19:09:20] <rkdavis> i used to love the holidays though
[19:09:38] <g1powermac_PB> yea
[19:09:38] <rkdavis> time and a half to triple time and i hate people especially relatives so i volunteered for every session
[19:09:42] <g1powermac_PB> hehe
[19:09:48] * g1powermac_PB especially loves thanksgiving
[19:11:35] <rkdavis> yes that's when us limey's give thanks that we got shot of you uppity colonials
[19:11:48] <g1powermac_PB> I never got really into the christmas thing
[19:11:57] <g1powermac_PB> hehe
[19:12:01] <rkdavis> hmmm that's another thing the stock zipit app needs -- a spellchecker
[19:12:58] <g1powermac_PB> on christmas morning, I was never excited, even if my parents bought me a batch of presents when I was young
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[19:14:03] <drmikecrowe> to quote groucho marx: my mother loves kids -- she wished I'd been one....
[19:14:15] <g1powermac_PB> hehe
[19:14:28] <g1powermac_PB> drmikecrowe: that sounds awfully familiar, I was never a kid :-)
[19:14:46] * g1powermac_PB was always, ehm, 'different'
[19:14:57] <drmikecrowe> me either. before high school, I was goofing around with radio-shack model 3's. started on timex sinclairs (for the really old farts here)
[19:14:59] <rkdavis> heheheheheh
[19:16:50] <rkdavis> i have a timex 1000 next to me at
[19:16:52] <rkdavis> the moment
[19:16:55] <drmikecrowe> no way
[19:16:57] <g1powermac_PB> I always separated myself from others
[19:17:03] <rkdavis> loved the model3 we used that at college
[19:17:05] <g1powermac_PB> and was always interested in building stuff
[19:17:09] <rkdavis> but i was in the best place for 8bit micros
[19:17:11] <rkdavis> the uk in the 80s
[19:17:13] <drmikecrowe> bingo
[19:17:26] <rkdavis> i have a website about 1
[19:17:27] <g1powermac_PB> before getting involved with electronics, I loved doing woodworking
[19:17:34] <rkdavis> it was a great hackers machine
[19:17:35] <rkdavis> the camputers lynx
[19:17:39] <drmikecrowe> my first consulting gig was helping the university of texas (austin) install stuff via 12" floppy disks. LOL
[19:17:49] <Limp_Trizkit> lol
[19:17:52] <g1powermac_PB> and I was quite young, built my first clubhouse thing when I was ten years old
[19:17:56] <drmikecrowe> g1, I do to, wish I had a better set of equipment
[19:18:07] <rkdavis> mine was writing accounting suite for a leisure company on a cp/m system and 8" disks holding 160k
[19:18:09] <g1powermac_PB> using just hand tools, dang parents didn't want me to use power tools
[19:18:24] <rkdavis> heh
[19:18:24] <drmikecrowe> my first big application was a quick-basic console app that filled in real-estate forms and printed it on dot-matrix printers.
[19:18:30] <drmikecrowe> that's hard core (hand tools)
[19:18:33] <g1powermac_PB> drmikecrowe: I now got a fairly large collection of power tools, just today I got an awesome sliding miter saw that cuts everything, wood, aluminum, steel
[19:18:39] <rkdavis> you had handtools in my day we had to cut wood with our teeth
[19:18:47] * g1powermac_PB slaps rkdavis ;-)
[19:18:57] <rkdavis> heh
[19:19:01] <drmikecrowe> yow
[19:19:28] <rkdavis> ok show of hands -- which decade did you all own your first computer in?
[19:19:32] <rkdavis> 70s ?
[19:19:37] <g1powermac_PB> 90s for me, but I'm only 22
[19:19:57] <rkdavis> 70s for me i'm 43 and a bit
[19:21:58] <g1powermac_PB> I'd have to be less than 4 years old to own a computer in the 80s
[19:22:01] <g1powermac_PB> oh wait a second. . .
[19:22:06] <rkdavis> g1 is a young whippersnapper
[19:22:08] <g1powermac_PB> I did have a coleco vision
[19:22:10] <rkdavis> get off my lawn you darn kids
[19:22:11] <g1powermac_PB> when I was that age
[19:22:22] <g1powermac_PB> that could be considered a specialized computer :-)
[19:22:37] <rkdavis> yup it sure can they did keyboards and such for it too or was that just the adam?
[19:22:44] <g1powermac_PB> not sure
[19:22:46] <rkdavis> never could remember
[19:22:59] <g1powermac_PB> to tell you the truth, I don't remember it, I only remember seeing pictures of myself playing it
[19:23:17] <g1powermac_PB> the one system I do remember much of is my NES
[19:23:19] <rkdavis> :)
[19:23:57] <g1powermac_PB> then my favorite of all time being the SNES
[19:24:00] <rkdavis> brb think i hear the wife coming
[19:24:12] * g1powermac_PB never got into the newer video games
[19:24:21] <g1powermac_PB> 2d games FTW! ;-)
[19:34:58] <steerpike> <3 allegro :D
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