September, 2015 archive
The Snaring Economy 0
More on “misclassification” of employees:
Tuesday’s ruling increases the number of potential California plaintiffs in the suit that claims Uber drivers are incorrectly classified as independent contractors when they are actually employees.
In the “sharing” economy, the “sharing” is unidirectional.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Learn how to use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, September 3.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (Janaf Shopping Center). (Map)
Join the forums.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a load of politeness.
Joshua Miller, 27, of New Roads, picked up what he thought was an unloaded handgun and fatally shot his younger brother, 25-year-old Jeremiah Miller, of Ventress, in the chest . . . .
Readers’ Corner 0
If you have not read the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, do so now. I just did, for the first time I feel shame to say. Douglass was a fine writer and the book is short; you can read it in three hours or so. Be prepared for discomfort; words are not minced.
Do yourself an extra favor and skip the bloviating introductions by William Lloyd Garrison et al., which illustrate every pomposity of Victorian writing. Go right to Douglass’s narrative.
When you are done, you will have a better understanding of and historical context for today’s Republican Party and the “religious right.”
A Salad of Words, Followed by a Diet of Worms 0
In my local rag, Bernadette Kinlaw tries to figure out the menu gibberish currently favored by restaurants. Consider this an appetizer:
I’m used to seeing homemade on a menu, but restaurant people must have heard too many times: “How can it be homemade? Is this your home?”
Replacing it in some places is “housemade.” I have yet to see “frozen and shipped in” or “straight from the bottle.”