JR:
Beers that I like
- Jotting down beers that DD and I enjoy trying. This list may give us ideas for future beer brewing projects at home.
Left Hand Brewing Co. Milk Stout Nitro
North Peak Brewing Company Vicious American Wheat IPA
Rockmill Brewery Witbier
Founder...
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4 min read
- Aug 17, 2014
- #beverage #beer #blog_jr
JR:
Using Tor
- Download and install the Tor browser
Visit https://www.torproject.org and click the download button.
For Windows as of Aug 17, 2014, the download is a 26 mb .exe file that will consume 76.5 mb of hard drive space.
At the Tor project website, ...
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2 min read
- Aug 17, 2014
JR:
Geek Browser War - Firefox vs Chrome - August 2014
- I've used Chrome as my main browser for years. I switched to Opera for a while in January 2014 because it seemed that a new version of Chrome chewed up more CPU.
But Chrome does a lot of little things well that I missed in Opera, so I switched back...
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2 min read
- Aug 16, 2014
- #web #browser #opensource #business
JR:
The extreme arrogance of Toledo city government
- Carty-lite in 2014 for Toledo. The elitist pricks believe they can do whatever they want.
Aug 13-15, 2014
https://twitter.com/taylordungjen/status/500244129281241088
@NolanRosenkrans asks Collins where Reinbolt was going when Code 3:
Mayor: "I am...
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1 min read
- Aug 15, 2014
- #emptyglasscity #toledo #politics #moronism
JR:
More Yo thoughts - Aug 14, 2014
- my TT comment:
I use Instagram nearly every day. I like its simplicity. I use the photos as a record. And I mainly access it from the phone.
I occasionally check Facebook. Read only. I don't post to Facebook. It's not my thing.
But I definitely l...
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4 min read
- Aug 14, 2014
JR:
Cooper's Hawk Hunting Technique February 2004
- (my Feb 21, 2004 blog post)
On Monday of this week, the snow depth in the front yard was still 2-3 inches. We've had snowcover since Jan 4. By Thu the temps were around 50. On Fri, it was 40-50 and it rained, wiping out the remaining snow. It got wi...
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2 min read
- Aug 14, 2014
- #home #bird #nature #weather
JR:
Toledo weather thu aug 14 2014
- Toledo 7-day forecast
Last Update: Aug 14, 2014 3:47 am
Today: Sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. West wind around 6 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. West wind 3 to 8 mph.
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1 min read
- Aug 14, 2014
- #Toledo #weather
JR:
How local government starts a project
- These things take time.
need to commission a study that will cost hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars
form a committee to analyze the study
create a panel based upon the committee's recommendation. If it's a high profile project, which they a...
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- Aug 14, 2014
- #Toledo #politics
JR:
Birding Stuff - nearby birding trip tips -
- (my april 24, 2003 blog post)
I walked the boardwalk at Magee last Saturday afternoon with a guy I've seen on the tower in the past. He told me that he and a birding group always go to Hocking Hills on the last weekend of April. They bird the Shawne...
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1 min read
- Aug 13, 2014
- #bird
JR:
TT Aug 13, 2014 comment
- The site has been updated to reflect the affects of Monday's heavy rains in Toledo.
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) occur when storm water mixed with sewage overflows into the Maumee River, Ottawa River and Swan Creek.
This section includes a m...
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- Aug 13, 2014
- #toledo #water #lakeerie
JR:
Top Stories on My Major Networks - Aug 12, 2014
- As of 7:21 p.m. EDT - My Evening News Programs
techmeme.com
Ex-Siri engineers promise consumer-friendly digital assistant Viv that can teach itself
Apple's Diversity Report: 70 percent Male, 55 percent White in U.S.
Apple in talks with Mount Si...
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4 min read
- Aug 12, 2014
- #media
JR:
Using CSS to center text vertically and horizontally
- html
head
style
.divContainer {
display: table;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.divCenteredObject {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
text-align: center;
}
/style
/head
body
div class=divContainer
div class=divCenteredObject
h1This text is c...
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- Aug 12, 2014
- #css #howto
JR:
Toledo weather - Mon, Aug 11, 2014
- around 10:30 p.m. last night, Sun, Aug 10, the nws issued a hazardous weather outlook for the threat of heavy rainfall for today.
000
FLUS41 KCLE 110228
HWOCLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1028 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2...
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3 min read
- Aug 11, 2014
JR:
Siren sounded this afternoon in lucas county - mon, aug 11, 2014
- my comment:
a_fan posted at 05:40:20 PM on Aug 11, 2014:
It was a maumee bay algae warning.
Maybe that will occur later this month. With 4 to 7 inches of rain falling over the area today, a lot of run-off will flow into our watershed. That m...
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1 min read
- Aug 11, 2014