03:18:59 <nathanbp> wow DDR in Madoka Magica
03:19:06 <nathanbp> I thought that was passe in Japan
03:35:02 <Pipian> Guess not??
03:35:12 <Pipian> I'll katch up on Madoka Magica one of these days
03:35:17 <Pipian> Where i'm not on fire
03:36:28 <nathanbp> one of our servers is named fire
03:36:39 <nathanbp> so we can make horrible puns about people being on fire
03:37:14 <nathanbp> Madoka 6 was really good
03:38:37 <nathanbp> I'm guessing that you are not attending this Genericon, Ian?
03:38:41 <Pipian> No
03:45:42 <Pipian> I'm tired and have much to do in any case.
03:48:10 <Pipian> And it's a good thing too
03:48:19 <Pipian> Otherwise I'd be screwing over my chances to get an internship at Google
03:48:29 <Pipian> So I'm not at all sorry
07:12:22 <Puyopuyo> !pointer
07:12:22 <Sacchi> http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-11.html#T7-12-22
07:13:54 <Puyopuyo> ...and AIM is being difficult again.
07:15:36 <Pipian> At long last
07:15:45 <Pipian> That stupid homework is done after unearthing one last race condition
07:15:53 <Pipian> Leaving me all of
07:15:56 <Pipian> Tomorrow morning
07:15:59 <Pipian> To bone up on algorithms
07:16:11 <Pipian> And data structures
07:16:12 <Puyopuyo> ...eesh, good luck.
07:16:20 <Pipian> And various things I deem worth my time for a Google code interview
07:16:57 <Puyopuyo> Make sure you can solve problems that require creative solutions.
07:18:19 <Pipian> That's usually the fun one
07:18:41 <Pipian> The time I have had available to spend on boning up on such is ungodly little
07:18:48 <Pipian> Which is why I'm worried I'll screw up tomorrow
07:18:51 <Pipian> This week, I swear
07:21:12 <Puyopuyo> Ian:
07:21:21 <Puyopuyo> One, relax. You're obnoxiously smart.
07:21:39 <Puyopuyo> Two, just show 'em your best.
07:28:51 <Pipian> That's about all I can do.
07:29:25 <Pipian> Anyway, I'm off to bed.
07:29:38 <Pipian> Absurdly busy day tomorrow even without the Google thing.
07:30:39 <Pipian> (Still working on a fellowship proposal due next Tuesday, starting work on a conference paper due at the end of the month, a social event I really should get out to, and somewhere towards the end of everything, doing a run-through with Scott to make sure that nothing is obviously broken for Saturday.)
07:31:07 <Puyopuyo> ...what are you doing on Saturday?
07:31:12 <Pipian> I'm doing nothing
07:31:15 <Pipian> Scott is running trivia.
07:31:34 <Pipian> Which should, ideally, not have broken sometime since the last time he played with it.
07:31:47 <Pipian> (But it may have due to a server move, although I'm pretty sure I fixed everything)
07:32:43 <Pipian> (But me doing nothing is a lie too, as I will probably be helping to install some hardware for the TV channel in the halls here)
07:33:15 <Pipian> It's been a busy week.
07:33:22 <Pipian> But for now, sleep.
07:34:23 <Pipian> (And no way that homework was getting done by 5 tomorrow without me working on it now so *shrug*)
07:37:47 <Puyopuyo> Oh well. Night Ian.
15:00:05 <Puyopuyo> Thanks IceChat. You just nuked my sever settings.l
15:01:26 <Puyopuyo> !pointer
15:01:26 <Sacchi> http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-11.html#T15-1-26
16:45:58 <Puyopuyo> This one's for Ian: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-11/fumiko-confession-ishida-unveils-new-anime-short
17:04:50 <nathanbp> !pointer
17:04:50 <Sacchi> http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-11.html#T17-4-50
17:08:45 <Pipian> Will be interesting to see how it goes
17:59:15 <Puyopuyo> Not sure if this is for Jenn or just interesting and artsy for Ian: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/02/indie-non-euclidean-brilliant-hazard-space-is-meangingless.ars
18:10:37 <nathanbp> Bizzare
18:17:36 <nathanbp> haha, it just occurred to me that I'm more comfortable navigating around the Tokyo subway system than the NYC one >_>;;
18:40:32 <Puyopuyo> Well, yeah. No one's going to ram an HIV infected needle into your arm for shoving them in the Tokyo subway system.
18:45:38 <nathanbp> well yeah, but I meant more that I actually know my way around the Tokyo one >_>
18:49:56 <nathanbp> The Madoka mistakes of youth continues to be accurate ( http://www.mistakesofyouth.com/index2.php?id=moy_comics/215/index )
18:50:22 <nathanbp> Just needs 3 more panels of "OH DEAR GOD!"
18:51:42 <Puyopuyo> "It's still cute"
18:52:04 <nathanbp> It is
18:52:12 <nathanbp> but it's also still "OH DEAR GOD!"
18:52:46 <Puyopuyo> Very much so.
18:52:50 <nathanbp> hmm it's not scheduled for a number of eps yet
18:52:56 <nathanbp> I suspect 12 or 13 tho
18:53:09 <nathanbp> (Or really I suspect not 24-26)
18:55:06 <Puyopuyo> It'd have to be 12-13.
18:55:26 <nathanbp> it's shaft
18:55:35 <Puyopuyo> They'd release a second season if they wanted more.
18:55:36 <nathanbp> they might only get to 10 before they run out of money again
18:55:43 <Puyopuyo> You're right.
18:56:22 <nathanbp> we'll know when the screen is black with a single word on it for 10 out of the 25 minutes
18:57:03 <nathanbp> Ok today's shortpacked is pretty relevant to us: http://www.shortpacked.com/
19:04:16 <Puyopuyo> ...I suppose it's bad that I immediately knew what the reference was?
19:07:00 <nathanbp> yes.
19:07:11 <nathanbp> do you read three panel soul?
19:09:10 <Puyopuyo> No.
19:09:14 <Puyopuyo> I don't read most webcomics anymore.
19:09:19 <Puyopuyo> They enrage me.
19:10:54 <nathanbp> even QC?
19:11:09 <Puyopuyo> Especially QC.
19:12:02 <nathanbp> :(
19:12:05 <Puyopuyo> It went from a somewhat silly character-driven webcomic heavy with references to indie music to...a comic with a lot of characters. Who do and say random things. It's like webcomic Seinfeld.
19:12:18 <Puyopuyo> And I really don't care for Seinfeld.
19:14:37 <nathanbp> even Dinosaur Comics?
19:15:30 <Puyopuyo> I don't read that regularly. But you're right that does not fill me with rage.
19:15:43 <Puyopuyo> *But you're right, that does not fill me with rage.
19:17:24 <nathanbp> ok, as long as you still like Dinosaur Comics that's ok
19:20:41 <nathanbp> I'm off to Genericon. This year's goal: don't get lost trying to get to the albany train station
19:20:45 <nathanbp> cya
19:45:05 <Puyopuyo> Later Nathan.
22:45:40 <Pipian-Lab> We will see if Scott actually does give me the 45 minute headsup I asked him to give me.
22:46:02 <Puyopuyo> One can only hope so.
22:46:26 <Pipian-Lab> I sent him a single SMS
22:46:32 <Pipian-Lab> It's up to him to interpret it.
22:47:01 <Puyopuyo> Is this one of your NO VOWELS SMS?
22:47:36 <Pipian-Lab> It had some vowels
22:47:57 <Pipian-Lab> I'm trying to recall the most egregious one
22:48:40 <Pipian-Lab> This was (and I quote)
22:49:10 <Pipian-Lab> FYI (in 1 $M$), plz plan on call/Skype for testing trivia aft. 11PM & give me >45 min. heads-up by SMS before it. (I will be AFK) Thx.
22:50:31 <Puyopuyo> ...that one's more legible than most.
22:52:37 <Pipian-Lab> I like to think so
22:53:35 <Pipian-Lab> I don't know who I sent the no-vowels SMS
22:53:41 <Pipian-Lab> So I can't find it :-x
22:56:38 <Puyopuyo> ...Jenn, wasn't it? Back at Anime Boston?
22:56:51 <Pipian-Lab> Hm
22:58:12 <Pipian-Lab> Must have been on an old phone *shrug*
22:58:13 <Pipian-Lab> Hah
22:58:19 <Pipian-Lab> Didn't realize Arduinos were so cheap
23:00:51 <Puyopuyo> Yeah, they've been getting cheaper.
23:00:52 <Pipian-Lab> Almost makes me want to think of things to do with it.
23:00:59 <Puyopuyo> My micro-controller skills suck though.
23:01:26 <Pipian-Lab> I'd heard the name bandied about for a while
23:01:40 <Pipian-Lab> But ignored it due to assuming the entry cost was still too high
23:02:39 <Puyopuyo> Heh
23:02:48 <Pipian-Lab> Last I'd (briefly) looked, they were about the cost of a gumstix board
23:02:52 <Puyopuyo> The name bandying is from the reasonable price.
23:02:58 <Pipian-Lab> Which at $100 for just the base-board
23:03:03 <Pipian-Lab> Was a little bit on the expensive side
23:03:42 <Pipian-Lab> Add on (say) an extra expansion board and you're already looking at the cost of a netbook, which could probably do a bit more for the same price.
23:04:07 <Puyopuyo> True.
23:06:08 <Pipian-Lab> But at <$50 for a board you can actually start doing stuff with
23:06:17 <Pipian-Lab> Now you're talking
23:06:52 <Pipian-Lab> Now it's fair that Gumstix has its place (It's presumably more general purpose)
23:06:54 <Pipian-Lab> But still
23:10:34 <Pipian-Lab> Anyway
23:10:42 <Pipian-Lab> I'm heading out for home for a bit
23:10:46 <Pipian-Lab> And then I'll be off again.
23:10:54 <Puyopuyo> All righty, have a good evening.
23:11:27 <Pipian-Lab> Hope to
23:11:42 <Pipian-Lab> End of a busy week.  Still some trailing stuff to be done this weekend, but most of the hectic stuff is done.
23:11:54 <Puyopuyo> Good to hear.
23:12:00 <Puyopuyo> Hope your fellowship works out.
23:12:05 <Pipian-Lab> Hope it does too.
23:12:11 <Pipian-Lab> Still need to finish paperwork for it though.