JR:
The New Republic upheaval - December 2014
- It has been the main topic at Mediagazer from Thu, Dec 4 through Tue, Dec 9.
The irony of the New Republics retreating elite posting their displeasure on Facebook was heightened by Hughes publishing a defense of his plans for the magazine pla...
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7 min read
- Dec 12, 2014
- #media
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Notes to create
- #todo
Create notes pages or write-ups for:
sat, nov 22 - art and craft shopping downtown
fri, nov 28 - birdwatching at woodlawn cemetery
sat, nov 29 - farmers market, libbey glass outlet, black kite coffee, phoenix earth food co-op - with Chr
wed ...
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- Dec 12, 2014
- #todo #notes
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Bird migration and feeding birds
- quote=185978
That's not how bird migration works, but it's a humorous suggestion.
The goldfinches migrated from our yard in October despite having plenty of thistle seed at our feeders because migration is instinctively engineered into their brains...
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- Dec 12, 2014
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2014-2015 Toledo area Christmas Bird Counts
- Christmas and New Year's Day are on Thursdays.
Toledo Christmas Bird Count
Sun, Dec 14, 2014
Rudolph Christmas Count
Sun, Dec 21, 2014
Fremont Christmas Count
Sat, Dec 27, 2014
Gypsum Count
Fri, Jan 2, 2015
Grand Rapids/Waterville Christmas ...
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- Dec 10, 2014
- #nature #bird #event
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Toledo area's transportation assets
- my Nov 2006 TT comment
"[Toledo is] a great transportation hub for drugs and weapons."
And the sex trade as spotlighted earlier this year by The Blade. The criminals know the value of Toledo being near the crossroads of I-75 and the turnpike.
Fr...
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1 min read
- Dec 10, 2014
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Skycons
- https://github.com/darkskyapp/skycons
- Dec 10, 2014
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Toledo state of the city speeches
- Mayor Ford's 2005 state of the city speech
We have reformed our information technology department from being fragmented to where we are now on the cusp of being on the cutting edge.
Carty's 2008 speech
2007 was also a year Toledo gained nation...
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- Dec 10, 2014
- #humor #toledo #politics
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Journalist baffled by Quartz.com design
- Feb 11, 2014 story titled Does it matter that mobile-native Quartz has a mobile-minority audience?
The answer is "No," since Quartz is an 18-month-old digital media startup, and responsive web design only began its popularity surge in 2011. The cha...
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10 min read
- Dec 09, 2014
- #media #moronism #mobile #responsive #design #startup #blog_jr
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TOL Conditions via ToledoWinter.com
- {{feed= desc}}
#weather - #grebe - #toledo - #rss
- Dec 09, 2014
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December 5 is repeal prohibition day
- (my Dec 5, 2014 toledotalk.com comment)
We've had December 5 circled on our calendar, but we're celebrating it tomorrow with a group beer brewing day.
Maybe we'll burn our sign.
Despite the end of prohibition in 1933, it was still illegal to br...
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1 min read
- Dec 05, 2014
- #beer #beverage
JR:
Regular Expressions with JavaScript
- no \s like in perl, so : use [\s\S]* in regex
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions?redirectlocale=en-USredir...
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1 min read
- Dec 04, 2014
- #regex #javascript #programming
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Don't vote, can't complain?
- Intelligent people can occasionally sound like imbeciles.
It's like they say, if you don't vote, you can't really argue with the outcome.
If you dont vote, then everything bad our government does is your fault, and you dont get to complain...
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- Dec 04, 2014
- #programming #politics #moronism
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UP weather - Dec 3, 2014
- Alger Severe Watches Warnings NOAA Weather Radio
Special Statement
Statement as of 3:49 PM EST on December 03, 2014
...Some moderate snow showers and blowing snow into the overnight hours...
Expect light to moderate snow showers to stream into are...
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1 min read
- Dec 03, 2014
- #weather