IRC log of #europython for Thursday, 2010-02-25

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mattiHello fellow-slave, ambv13:35
matti;]13:35
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contraryHello everyone19:03
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contraryhello Paul19:06
paul_boddieHello!19:06
CMooneycontrary, Hi Mum.19:07
contrarycmooney: hello son19:07
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conchhi there19:07
CMooneyFigured out this IRC stuff then?19:08
conchCMooney: hi19:08
jacob22PRESENT19:08
conchJohn has just called to say that he won't make it19:08
CMooneyconch, Ah. Seems you have changed your name.19:08
paul_boddiejacob22: I don't think anyone did a #startmeeting, or whatever. :-)19:09
CMooneyNo longer the monogram, Q.19:09
contraryCmooney: have not got the list of attendees on the right hand side19:09
conchit's me Quentin... and he has e-mailed us an agenda which Nick is just putting on the wiki19:09
CMooneyconch, View-->User List  or Ctrl+F719:09
paul_boddieAgenda: http://wiki.europython.eu/MeetingAgenda2010022519:10
conchPRESENT19:10
conchwe need a volunteer to chair the meeting19:10
CMooneyNot me, running experiments at the moment may leave due to unforseen explosions etc.19:11
paul_boddieconch: You've just volunteered!19:11
conchOK, you'll have to bear with me while I get organised19:12
paul_boddieThe meeting protocol: http://wiki.europython.eu/Organisers#Meetings19:14
conchThanks paul, I haven't enough screen space, just printing it out19:15
conch#startmeeting19:16
zethPRESENT zeth19:16
contraryPRESENT Contrary Mary19:16
zeth(again on bus home so might have flakey connection)19:16
conchPRESENT q19:17
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CMooneyPRESENT19:17
conchTOPIC Apologies19:17
paul_boddiePRESENT19:17
zethIDEA in future have meeting at 1900 CET, 1800 GMT19:18
zethIt is quite mad to choose a time that lots of the local organisers cannot come19:18
paul_boddieI'd be OK with 1900 CET.19:18
conchI wouldn't19:18
zethVOTE Move meting to 1900 CET19:19
zeth+119:19
zethconch: what time would be better for you?19:19
CMooneyzeth, VOTE keyword only works for the Chair19:19
paul_boddiezeth: I thought we were doing apologies, or is this your way of offering apologies in future? ;-)19:19
conchthat's not the current agenda item - raise it under AOB19:19
zethconch: I doubt I will be here for AOB19:19
zethmy battery will run out19:20
zethwhich is the whole problem19:20
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zethsince this happens every week19:20
zethsince I, and most other people in UK, finish work at 5pm19:20
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nickbookerPRESENT19:21
CMooneyThen suggest it for the first item of the next meeting.19:21
paul_boddiezeth: I guess we'll post the suggestion to the list and get some kind of consensus soon after this meeting.19:21
conchpaul_boddie: Thanks19:21
zethpaul_boddie: I want to discuss this now19:21
nickbookeractions from 11th Feb: http://wiki.europython.eu/MeetingActions2010021119:22
paul_boddiezeth: We can surely have a longer, broader discussion on the list. You're running out of battery, remember? :-)19:22
zethwell that would apply to everything19:22
zethwhy not make a vote now on this point and move on19:23
paul_boddiezeth: Because there might be people who aren't here and who would like to be in the next meeting. But your point is surely noted, and we can just promise to get some agreement via the list.19:23
CMooneyBecause it's not on the agenda19:23
conchzeth: You are out of order19:24
* _dboddie is also PRESENT19:24
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zethconch: as always :-)19:24
paul_boddienickbooker: I think all doable actions are done. Richard and I did some Web-related tidying. Here's the agenda again: http://wiki.europython.eu/MeetingAgenda2010022519:24
paul_boddieI think that the only apologies are from John...19:25
CMooney_dboddie, you have so say PRESENT for the script to work.19:25
_dboddiePRESENT19:25
conchTOPIC: Actions from Last Meeting19:25
paul_boddieAPOLOGIES pinner - "conch: John has just called to say that he won't make it"19:25
pallaPRESENT19:26
zethPRESENT19:26
paul_boddieRight. So, there were some minor changes to the Wiki which I managed to do with the help of a login.19:26
zinanniPRESENT19:26
zethI changed the talk submissions system as agreed last time19:27
zethwe have had some submissions19:27
paul_boddieOh, and Zeth gave me a despamming login for the blog.19:27
paul_boddieNot much else to discuss around the actions, I guess, unless someone really disagrees with what was decided last time.19:29
conchThere's a decision about a sub-domain model?19:29
zethpaul_boddie: we should probably add some kind of validation to cut down on the spam, but we can discuss this out of the meeting19:29
paul_boddiezeth: Sure.19:29
paul_boddieconch: Check out ep2008.europython.eu, ep2009.europython.eu, and so on.19:30
conchThanks, Nick just tells me there are no other items...19:30
conchTOPIC: Fees19:30
mattiHi folks.19:31
* zeth waves at matti19:31
conchI guess that the most important issue is when we actually stop EEB19:31
paul_boddiematti: Hello! Are you present in the meeting?19:31
mattiPRESENT19:32
paul_boddieconch: How many people are registered? And should we give proper notice of EEB and leave it a few days?19:32
mattipaul_boddie: :)19:32
mattizeth: :)19:32
conchI don't know the numbers, I guess we should let it run for a little longer until we have made a little more publicity19:33
paul_boddieMaybe reboot the publicity, then? Zeth did an announcement which I guess didn't make it to all the different outlets.19:34
zethwe have had some submissionsaybe discuss that under pub, if we are going to be sticklers for the agenda19:34
conchOK19:35
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zethmaybe discuss that under pub, if we are going to be sticklers for the agenda19:35
paul_boddiezeth: Sure. If publicity is the issue, let's discuss that in a few items time. :-)19:35
zethpaul_boddie: we should probably add some kind of validation to cut down on the spam, but we can discuss this out of the meetingain and typing is hard sorry19:35
paul_boddiezeth: No problem! We can figure that out.19:35
zethaaa19:35
conchVOTE: Hold EEB pending more publicity19:35
paul_boddie+119:35
nickbooker+119:35
conch+119:36
zethit is raining on my computer back soon19:36
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paul_boddie(PyCon is over now, so we can maybe take advantage of the post-conference buzz.)19:36
conchAny other votes?19:36
* paul_boddie wonders where Zeth is.19:36
contraryprobably at a bus stop19:36
zethzeth is in road19:36
conchpaul_boddie: rained on?19:37
zethi think extend a little bit19:37
zethso +019:37
zethnot too much that everyone books at the cheap rate19:37
conchENDVOTE19:37
zethbut we capped it 150 anyhow19:38
HippySurferPRESENT - briefly, will need to run soon.19:38
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[fpliger]hi all19:38
paul_boddieHippySurfer: Just in time for the Web site discussion.19:38
conchDECISION: Hold EEB pending more publicity and post PyCON buzz19:38
HippySurferok19:38
conchTopic: Website19:38
conchTOPIC Website19:39
HippySurferI could do with some guidance on EEB dates for the front page. It current says that EEB ended last week.19:39
HippySurferAs Paul says, other actions have been completed. I have also made a start on ical generation from the schedule and updated the timetable generation from last years.19:40
zethHuzzah! I am home, due to unusual speed of Birmingham bus today19:40
HippySurferIt runs, but until we have some items on the timetable, it looks a bit empty.19:40
zethHippySurfer: maybe make it another week19:41
conchSuggest we add words to the effect that there are still EEB slots available?19:41
contraryBut that they are very limited19:41
conchGood !19:41
HippySurferI can just remove the date and leave saying that it is capped at 150.19:41
HippySurferhow many are left?19:41
conchVOTE Remove date, say that it's capped19:42
zethWell I think once the publicity has been out, we should end the e-early bird19:42
zetheven if less than 150 people have booked19:42
mattiEEB?19:42
conchExtra Early Bird19:42
zethso say a maximum of 15019:42
CMooneymatti, Extra Early Bird19:42
mattiOh.19:43
HippySurferwe can pull the plug when ever we like if we don't put a date on the website.19:43
paul_boddie+0 (just give people a few more days)19:43
HippySurfer+119:43
conch+119:43
zeth+0 just a week extra19:43
matti+019:43
conchadd "a few more days"19:43
HippySurferbut we also need to have the Early Bird rates set up and they are not done yet.19:43
zeth"Extra Early Bird Registration is available for a few more days until 150 delegates have booked, which ever comes first."19:44
zeth"Extra Early Bird Registration is available for a few more days or until 150 delegates have booked, which ever comes first."19:44
conchENDVOTE19:44
HippySurferthat wording is fine. Can we add an action for John to set up the early bird rates so that we can switch to that as soon as the 150 is done?19:44
conchVOTE: On zeth's wording19:45
HippySurfer+119:45
conch+119:45
contrary+119:45
_dboddie+1 "whichever"19:45
nickbookerdo those +0s in the last vote actually mean abstain, or did you mean -1?19:45
matti+!19:45
matti+119:45
matti;]19:45
conchACTION JP is requested to set up EEB rates so that we can switch19:46
nickbooker+119:46
paul_boddienickbooker: I meant +0 because it's not critical to me.19:46
conchENDVOTE19:46
nickbookerpaul_boddie: OK19:46
zethfor me, +0 means agree to a small extent19:47
conchDECISION: keep EEB open in accordance with the wording proposed by Zeth19:47
zethI think if 150 people all got EEB we might have financial problems, since the speakers get that rate too19:47
paul_boddieOn other Web site matters, John and Richard have proposed that the talk and speaker details will be shown on the Web site, and there'll be comment/resource pages on the Wiki. Those Wiki pages may show the static content inline.19:47
nickbookerzeth, paul_boddy: OK I won't poke around with that vote when I generate the actions list.19:47
* zeth bows to nickbooker 19:48
nickbookerzeth: Don't I'm not worthy.19:48
zethpaul_boddie: shown on the web site to whom?19:48
conchpaul_boddie: Do we need to agree that?19:48
conchthat is the proposal about talk and speaker details19:49
paul_boddieconch: We don't need to agree it, but I thought I should report it and see if anyone had any comments.19:49
zeththe way the speaker system works is that they get submitted into Django site, then approved/edited/etc then exported into pickle then into main website system19:49
HippySurferdon't think we need a vote. I think that Paul, John and myself can do something sensible between us.19:49
zethI am not understanding what HippySurfer you are proposing19:50
conchHippySurfer: Good, thanks for your continuing efforts19:50
HippySurferI can send you the email trail between Paul, John and myself. It will be more efficient than explaining here.19:50
zethok please do, but can you not give a rough summary?19:51
HippySurferSorry folks, must run. I'll review the IRC logs later.19:51
conchOK19:51
paul_boddiezeth: Various things were discussed off-list, and although I'm more inclined to do Wiki stuff, I think it's a reasonable solution. It just enables speakers to have somewhere to put resources and for people to add pertinent stuff.19:51
zethok19:51
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conchTOPIC wiki19:51
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paul_boddieI think Wiki and Web site are pretty close. Nothing much to add here.19:52
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zethpaul_boddie: what is a reasonable solution?19:52
paul_boddiezeth: Something which helps me avoid too much work.19:52
conchTOPIC Publicity19:52
paul_boddiezeth: The mails will tell all.19:52
conchHave we any volunteers to support Zeth's stuff, or do we know of anyone who could be asked to do some publicity work?19:53
zethso I wrote the publicty email19:53
conchzeth: You did indeed!19:54
zethand last week we were going to discuss how to organise publicity, but my battery died then and I don't know what happened19:54
mattiWhat is "zeth's stuff"?19:54
CMooneyDo we have any artwork (posters) that I could download print and put around the university here?19:54
paul_boddieStart here: http://wiki.europython.eu/Publicity19:54
zethSo last year we did not do much publicity for Europython19:55
zethor it did not work out so well19:55
paul_boddieAnd here: http://wiki.europython.eu/Publicity/Announcement19:55
zethI emailed a lot of lists last year19:55
zethand I don't know what else happened19:55
zethHowever19:55
zethin PyConUK 2007, we had better organisation for publicity19:55
zeththere was a woman called Gail who headed it up19:55
zethand so there was a more pro-active approach19:56
zethso my point is, I think we should have some kind of plan for publicity19:56
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conchzeth: we have no-one heading it up at the moment, we need to find Gail Mark II19:56
zethrather than just emailing 3 lists randomly and hoping for the best19:56
paul_boddieHere's what we did before: http://ep2008.europython.eu/Planning/Publicity19:57
paul_boddieI'll copy that (or any 2009 version) into the Wiki and we can work from there.19:57
zethpaul_boddie: good plan that man19:58
zethpaul_boddie: So in the chart, can we put names to it also19:58
zethdish up the lists19:58
conchI suggest that we try and wrack our brains and look for volunteers over the next few days19:58
zethpaul_boddie: How about another column after 'channel'?19:59
zethNamed 'Adopted by' or something19:59
paul_boddieSheesh: I remember saying that rebuilding the Wiki every year would involve more work. Anyway, copying the page now...19:59
zethso that we can see who is signing up for it19:59
mattiThere is a poster in my office already -- about EPC 2k10 :)19:59
mattiNot much but ;-p19:59
matti*smile*19:59
matti;]19:59
CMooneymatti, Where did you get it?20:00
mattiI made it.20:00
matti:)20:00
conchmatti: Great, can we see it?!!20:00
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matticonch: It is just a white paper with few words about EPC 2k10 on it ;]20:00
matticonch: I am not a graphic/designer person.20:01
matti;]20:01
conchIDEA: Maybe we could give a few ideas to hellocatfood....20:01
zethgood idea, but as a backup plan, can we rehash the last year's stuff?20:02
zeththere was a posh poster that I saw before20:02
conchYes, then in the past we have got a graphic designer friend of John's to produce a cleaner version20:03
conchVOTE: Consider last year's poster designs on Saturday at PyWM20:05
CMooney+120:05
zeth+120:05
nickbooker020:05
conch+120:05
contrary+120:05
zethBy the way, in case anyone doesn't know, we are meeting in Saturday in Birmingham, all welcome20:05
conchzeth: Thanks20:06
conchENDVOTE20:06
paul_boddieAdded: http://wiki.europython.eu/Publicity/Channels20:06
conchDECISION: Consider last year's poster designs on Saturday - try and progress the poster...20:07
conchTOPIC Partner's Programme20:07
contraryHow about asking Keith if he would join the group?20:08
CMooneySuppose you could do that, do you need his email address?20:08
conchsounds good to me20:08
matti+120:09
mattiOps.20:09
CMooney(I don't have it, but some else might)20:09
matti:(20:09
mattiToo late.20:09
zethKeith might like to learn about Python though20:09
contraryHe doesn't have to attend everything20:10
conchVOTE Invite Keith White to be a volunteer on the Partner's Programme20:10
conch+120:10
CMooneyYou can always ask, although previously he does tend to help rather than participate.20:10
CMooney+120:10
mattiWho's Keith White?20:10
matti+120:10
paul_boddie*The* Keith White?20:10
* paul_boddie has no idea who Keith White is. ;-)20:10
zeth(because of the time for this meeting?) Treasurer Alex cannot be here, but he previously agreed that the Partners programme could have a budget of 200 from the conference20:11
zeth-120:11
zethKeith might like to continue his normal activities20:11
zethup to him20:11
zethhe normally volunteers for other things20:11
conchLocal LUG person who has done good work at previous PyConUK and EuroPython - helped on registration and the enquiry desk, also did stuff for the Tech Team20:12
matti:)20:12
mattiWe love him then.20:12
matti;]20:12
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nickbooker+120:12
ghumhello20:12
conchENDVOTE20:13
zethKeith is python newbie, but he will improve over the years if he keeps going to the odd talk here and there20:13
conchcontrary: who should approach him - John or I can do it if you'd like20:13
paul_boddieHello ghum!20:13
ghumguess wrong timezone and an hour late?20:14
conchDECISION Approach Keith White to assist with the Partner's Programme20:14
zeth(because of the time for this meeting?) Treasurer Alex cannot be here, but he previously agreed that the Partners programme could have a budget of 200 from the conference. So I suggest that the partners programme has a party at the end of the week.20:14
contraryIt would probably be better if John or Q did it.  They know him better20:14
contraryzeth: only if the money has not been spent :-)20:14
paul_boddieghum: http://wiki.europython.eu/MeetingAgenda2010022520:14
conchACTION JP/QW to approach Keith20:14
zethcontrary: well spent it how you like, just a suggestion20:15
paul_boddieghum: Still plenty to discuss, though.20:15
ghumtnx paul_boddie20:15
conchWe are running out of time - I'd like to propose that we stop, but have a meeting next week20:15
zethI am running out of time, can we move on a bit20:15
zethconch: agreed20:16
CMooneyAgreed.20:16
conchVOTE: End Meeting, continue next week20:16
conch+120:17
nickbooker+120:17
paul_boddieI think the agenda could be slimmed down a bit unless certain topics really need discussing.20:17
ghum+120:17
zethwell lets have a last minute AOB, in case anyone has something urgent to say20:17
paul_boddie+120:17
matti+120:17
zeth+120:17
* matti hugs everybody :)20:17
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* zeth hugs matti20:17
conchmatti: Thanks20:17
matti28.7 C in the office... time to go home... My brain melts...20:17
conchAOB20:17
matti:(20:17
nickbookerTOPIC AOB20:17
paul_boddieQuick, Zeth!20:18
zethCMooney: did anyone make sense of what was sent to though form to you?20:18
contraryzeth: can you please do a form for me so my email can come off the site20:19
CMooneyzeth, No idea, just sent it to europython-improve and let the pixies fix it.20:19
zethcontrary: sure20:19
conchI'd like to point people to the offer from Rhubarb Radio20:19
zethwhere on the site is your email?20:19
zethCMooney: cool20:19
zethconch: sounds cool20:20
CMooneyconch, That was good news on my part as I'm not even sure I can attend. However I'll probably email them and see specifically what they are offereing to do.20:20
conchRhubarb are offering to stream some of the activity live and the rest with slight delay - audio only20:20
CMooneyTake out the "probably" - I *will* email them.20:20
contraryzeth: volunteers page or partners, not sure20:20
zethcontrary: okay20:20
nickbookerCMooney: Who are you going to email?20:20
contraryta20:20
CMooneyconch, But does that mean they will be solely in charge of the audio equipment or do they just want an audio output to plug into their streaming stuff20:20
CMooneynickbooker, Rhubarb Radio20:21
conchCMooney: They spent a day here this week and are coming to PyWM on Saturday20:21
nickbookerCMooney: ta20:21
CMooneyconch, Could you ask them then?20:21
conchCMooney: They want to work with us, even for us20:21
zethCMooney: I assume it is the latter20:21
zethCMooney: though it would be nice for the mto do everything?20:22
CMooneyYes but might as well be clear about these things20:22
paul_boddiezeth: I think contrary's mail is here: http://www.europython.eu/about/partners/ (and on the Wiki, but we can remove that).20:22
zethcheers paul_boddie20:22
conchCMooney: They have lots of kit.... I told them that we already had you on board.20:22
zethwell if they have stuff, then we might not need to rent so much20:23
conchI think we'll have to move on....20:23
conchTOPIC Next Meeting20:23
CMooneyI think it was assumed that I'd attend. My circumstances have changed a little, I'll happily liease[sic] etc until I'm sure of my attending I'd rather not commit20:23
conchCMooney: That's fine..20:24
zethThursday at 5pm is silly since morati and fuzzyman cannot seem to make it either20:24
conchzeth: they are at PyCon....20:24
zethCMooney: I am assuming that if you come and volunteer with your normal gusto yet book last minute, then you can have the speakers rate20:24
zethconch: ah I see20:24
conchzeth: It's lunch-time in Atlanta20:25
CMooneyzeth, Maybe20:25
conchzeth: Do I take it you want to discuss the time of the next meeting?20:25
CMooneyWe have a lot of people here even though it's 1700 GMT start (21, although adimittedly not all are being vocal)20:25
CMooneyBut we have only covered part of the agenda20:26
zethmany of the people 'here' on the channel are not here20:26
zethWell 5pm is a bit silly if I am leaving work at that time, however, when I work from home it is fine, but we should keep a regular time, and I think 5pm would be a silly time for lots of people in the UK20:27
conchWe had a late start because we didn't know that JP wasn't available until 165620:27
CMooney11 said present (rough count)20:27
conchbtw I'm still at work20:27
CMooneyme too.20:27
paul_boddieI can work with almost any reasonable time.20:27
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CMooneySpeak of the devil!20:28
pinnerHello All, Sorry to be late!20:28
* zeth waves to john20:28
conchpinner: welcome! we have just agreed to end the meeting and are discussing the time of the next meeting20:29
* pinner waves back at Zeth20:29
pinnerconch: Have you decided on the date?20:29
contrarygot to go.  bye everyone and son20:30
conchWe have agreed that we should have a meeting next Thursday 4th March 201020:30
conchcontrary: Byeeeee, thanks!20:30
zethBye mary20:30
nickbookerbye mary20:30
* pinner waves bye bye to contrary20:30
CMooneybye mum, conch20:30
CMooneydamn. By contrary20:30
contrarywas waiting for son and heir20:30
zethSo I am suggesting we move the meeting to at least 18:30 CET20:31
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pinnerzeth: only 30 minutes later, then20:31
conchVOTE: Next meeting to be held at 1730 GMT/ 1830 CET20:31
CMooney+120:31
zethIf I have to work like a real person then I could not possible be back before then20:32
zethpinner: at least that20:32
paul_boddie+120:32
pinner+120:32
conch+120:32
zeth+120:32
_dboddie+120:32
zethpinner: when I work from home, or don't work, then it doesn't matter. But if I have to go to campus, I cannot get back at 520:32
nickbooker020:32
conchENDVOTE20:32
zethand with perfect buses only 5.30pm20:33
* pinner mocks Zeth's attempts to become a real person20:33
zethI know20:33
conchDECISION Next Meeting to be held on Thursday 4th March at 1730 GMT/ 1830 CET20:33
zethwell hopefully it will not have to happen20:34
conchThanks to all for taking part and contributing20:34
conch#endmeeting20:34
zethwe have a possibility of funding20:34
zethif we get that then I carry on being publically funded dosser20:35
zethworking from home etc20:35
zethif not then I need to become a real person20:35
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zethThis rhubarb things looks really cool20:36
zethperhaps we should ask them to give a little intro to themselves20:36
zethlike a 10 min slot in the plenaries20:37
pinnerzeth:They called themselves Rubard 'cos they're based at the Custard Factory20:37
zethyeah20:37
zethv cool20:37
zethWe have six talks as of now20:37
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pinnerzeth I have asked them, and they're coming to PyWm on Saturday so we can discuss it more20:38
zethcool20:38
paul_boddiezeth: I hope you're not including my "Python and Horses" talk. ;-)20:38
zeth6OpenERP demonstrationFabienPinckaers20:38
zeth5Porting to Python 3LennartRegebro20:38
zeth4Why open source worksLennartRegebro20:38
zeth3The Trails of EasyExtendKaySchlühr20:38
zeth2Visualizing Software QualityMarkFink20:38
zeth1The Trojan Snake20:38
pinnerzethL that is, asked them to give a talk at EP20:38
zethRichardBarrett-Small20:38
pinnerzeth: also we have the Gaming tutorial from Richard Jones20:39
zethcool20:39
zethwhy is that not in the system?20:39
zeththe system supports tutorials too20:39
zethall events20:39
pinnerzeth; 'cos he hasn't submitted it: it was suggested before the submission ssystem was available, and he's been at PyCon since I think.20:41
zethokay cool20:41
* zeth is jealous of people who get to go to PyconUS20:41
ghumzeth:  they should be back from there20:42
ghumit ended today :)20:42
ghumAND us.pycon was great this year20:42
ghum<--- 1st Pycon :)20:42
ghum<--- still jetlagged20:42
zethlucky you20:42
paul_boddieghum: Did you give any talks or lightning talks?20:43
zethghum: what where the cool talks in your opinion?20:43
ghumpaul_boddie: one lightning talk20:43
paul_boddieNot "how to give a lightning talk", I guess.20:43
ghumzeth:  I really liked a small talk about the python dictionary. Nothing really new, but phantastically presented20:43
ghumpaul_boddie: I spoke about the real harm of functional programming20:44
ghumzeth: I also really liked a lightning talk & open space of a guy showing of Python powered microcontroler20:44
paul_boddieIs that python-on-a-chip/PyMite?20:44
ghumalso it sucks that I have next to none knowledge about soldering and hardwareingeneerring and sensors20:44
_dboddieghum: Sounds interesting.20:44
pinnersuggestion, should we ask Aleks Krotoski (of Virtual Revolution fame) to give  a keynote?20:44
ghumno, not PyMite. It's a reduced python20:45
ghum<--- googles Aleks20:45
pinnerghum: we ( me and conch) can teach you20:45
_dboddieghum: Is it the same people from that company who were at PyCon last year?20:45
* _dboddie wonders if there should be a Python on hardware open space/hack event at EuroPython.20:46
ghum<--- was not last year on Pycon20:46
ghumpinner: really? About soldering oder about Aleks?20:46
ghum<--- got a malware warning on first picture of Aleks20:46
pinnerghum: soldering20:46
_dboddieghum: You're not supposed to click on the pictures!!!20:47
zethI know a guy who has a Python powered boiler, and another one who has a python powered cd burner20:47
pallaAPOLOGIZE I need to get out of meeting20:47
* _dboddie looks at the PyCon videos instead.20:47
ghum_dboddie: why then does mighty google show them????20:48
_dboddiepalla: No problem. The meeting is over now, anyway.20:48
_dboddieghum: To drive ad revenue. :-)20:48
* pinner must go soon, as well20:49
ghummese votes for asking Aleks K for a keynote20:49
pinnerzeth: I'll give you a call later, OK?20:49
ghumpinner: I need more then soldering. The whole stuff as "how to solder a sensor to a controller and patch on a resistor" :)20:50
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* _dboddie gets a flashback to some bad 1990s student TV.20:50
pinnerghum: can do - maybe we need a soldering tutorial at EP !20:50
ghumcoool!!!20:51
ghumI would like to ask those controller people to come to EuroPython20:51
ghumto give a talk and have some of their sample boards with them20:51
ghumdo we have someone who knows enough about US/UK tariffs etc?20:51
pinnerghum: please do20:51
zethpinner: cool about ringing20:52
paul_boddieghum: Was it not the python-on-a-chip guy? The boards he was promoting come from some company near Cambridge (England).20:52
ghumthey were from ... xxx wireless...20:52
ghum<--- diggs out his pycon badge where he stored the VC20:52
paul_boddieOh, the wireless people! Is it still proprietary. SNAPpy, isn't it?20:53
paul_boddiehttp://wiki.python.org/moin/implementation20:53
ghumit is snappy20:54
ghumyeah20:54
ghumsynapse-wireless.com20:54
ghumthey are licencing that python interpreter20:54
* _dboddie just found the talk from PyCon 2009 about SNAPpy.20:54
paul_boddieSounded a bit like what Telit had done, although I think Telit's stuff uses normal CPython.20:55
ghumthey are aiming at 3$ price a processor20:55
_dboddiepaul_boddie: Open space from last year: http://us.pycon.org/2009/openspace/ForEmbeddedSystems/20:55
ghumthere is allready one available, 3$ incl. in out etc. and wirless20:55
_dboddiepaul_boddie: Talk about SNAPpy from last year: http://us.pycon.org/2009/conference/schedule/event/73/20:55
paul_boddieI imagine $3 actually buys you a microcontroller, but I suppose it's some kind of ARM-based processor they're targetting.20:58
ghumthey had that $3 with them20:58
_dboddieghum: How many did you buy? ;-)20:59
ghumNone.20:59
paul_boddieOh right: their own processor!20:59
ghumI asked them "How many sample boards do you have with you? Which credit cards do you accept"20:59
ghumbut the first question raised a None ...20:59
ghum:(20:59
ghumso I started my persuasion talk21:00
_dboddieYour Jedi mind tricks? :-)21:00
ghumthat they should pack a bunch of those starter sets (2 controlers, 1 USB port, one breakout board) and move their a* to EuroPython @ Birmingham :)21:00
_dboddie:-)21:01
ghumthat starter set is 99US21:01
ghumthat is ~66 real or 50 sterling21:01
paul_boddie£66 or €7421:02
pinnerI'm off... Good night every one!21:04
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