December, 2018 archive
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
When: Monthly TWUUG meeting at 7:30 p. m. on the first Thursday of the month (December 6, 2018). Pre-meeting dinner at Chicago Uno, JANAF shopping center, 6:00 p. m. (map)
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 (map). (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
The Summit of Trumpling 0
David tries to make sense out of Donald Trump’s behavior at the G20 Summit.
QOTD 0
Edmund Crispin:
But Masters was not wise. He was only clever.
Crispin, Edmund (pen name of Bruce Montgomery), “After Evensong” in Fen Country (London: Bloomsbury, 2012), p. 92.
A Frightening Fireball of Fantastickal Fomentation 0
The San Jose Mercury-News reports that internet whack jobs are cooking up all kinds of loony conspiracy theories about California burning.
We are a society of stupid.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is child’s play.
After investigating the scene, police officers concluded that the woman’s two-year-old son had found an unsecured gun at the residence. He then appeared to have accidentally fired the gun in a bedroom, shooting his mother in the back.
“It’s the Stupid, Economy” 0
Paul Krugman considers Donald Trump’s “stewardship” of the economy in the light of GM’s plans to throw thousands of persons out of work and suggests that
Follow the link for why he said that.
Decorated 0
I’m trying to get into the Christmas spirit, but, I must confess, this year it is a struggle
Memento Mori 0
Shaun Mullen reflects on the legacy of the last competent Republican president.
