JR: Northern Michigan mill's yarn to be used in Olympic clothing - - Located in East Jordon, Michigan, near Charlevoix and Boyne City. February 2014 local TV interview Stories from November 2013: The Stonehedge Fiber Mill in East Jordan, just finished making four thousand pounds of wool yarn that will ... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 24, 2014 - #yarn #olympics #business #michigan #blog_jr

JR: Stonehedge Yarn that I purchased - Yarn that I purchased on Mar 22, 2014 at Allies Fibernation in Beaverton, MI. Shepherd's Wool 4 - medium Worsted Spun Fine Wool Size 8 (5.0 mm) 17 sts/21 rows = 4 inches Hand wash - Do not agitate 4 oz / 250 yards Color: Beaches Dye lot: 052812 ... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 24, 2014 - #yarn #business #michigan

JR: Cascade Yarn that I purchased - Purchased on Mar 17, 2014 at the Yarn Company in Toledo 2 skeins of the same light yellow color. 100% Peruvian Highland Wool weight 100 grams / 3.5 oz 220 yards needle size: size 7 - 5 stitches per 1-inch size 8 - 4.5 stitches per 1-inch color n... more>>
- Mar 24, 2014 - #yarn

JR: Toledo Weather - Mon, Mar 24, 2014 - Toledo 7-day forecast Last Update: Mar 24, 2014 6:31 am Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Tonight: A chance of snow showers, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 22.... more>> 9 min read
- Mar 24, 2014 - #toledo #weather

JR: Home beer brewing notes - Yeast https://www.wyeastlab.com Recipes Equipment for First Batch 7-gallon fermenting bucket 3-piece airlock #recipe - #beverage - #beer - #howto
- Mar 21, 2014

JR: RSS Feeds - FiveThirtyEight Toledo Blade local news feed PandoDaily Dave Winer - Scripting.com Brent Simmons - Developer Marco Arment - Developer Testhead - Software Tester Gabriele Romanato - Web Developer Sven Read - Designer Matt Gemmell - Designer and Develo... more>>
- Mar 21, 2014

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- Mar 21, 2014

JR: Occupy Wall Street - {{feed= #ows - #activism
- Mar 21, 2014

JR: Occupy Toledo Info - 2011 - (posted at ToledoTalk.com in October 2011.) Web presence: online donations Timeline: Occupy Toledo formed on September 28, 2011. 29 people attended the first meeting on September 30. meeting notes The Revolution Collective will ... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 21, 2014 - #OccupyCleveland #toledo #activism #occupytoledo #blog_jr

JR: Newspapers hiring programmers - (My March 2007 ToledoTalk.com post) Some excerpts from a March 7, 2007 story titled Web Focus Leads Newspapers to Hire Programmers for Editorial Staff. Whenever journalist-programmer extraordinaire Adrian Holovaty speaks at a conference, newspap... more>> 19 min read
- Mar 20, 2014 - #media #technology #programming #blog_jr

JR: Math trumps punditry in predicting 2012 presidential outcome - (My Nov 7, 2012 ToledoTalk.com post ) Wikipedia: Nate Silver - Statistician Website: (launched in March 2014) In the 2008 presidential election, Nate's math model correctly predicted the winner in 49 of 50 states. In the 2010 presidential ele... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 20, 2014 - #politics #math #media #blog_jr

JR: Pothole reporting system - A wacky idea that I may still pursue, although it's a bit late for this season. It might be a fun and educational programmer exercise though. Jan 2014 ToledoTalk.com thread about potholes. Surely, a pothole reporting/searching mobile app exists. It... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #toledo #politics #mobile #app #311system #todo #blog_jr #geolocation

JR: Toledo and WiFi - A blast from the past: 2007 - Toledo Talk - Toledo Wi-Fi Debate - pros and cons Excerpt: Next-gen wireless technology is "right around the corner," which could make WiFi irrelevant. From the July 2007 Toronto Star article referenced in the 2... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #technology #toledo #history

JR: 2009 - Confusing real negativism with valid criticism - (From my 2009 post at ToledoTalk.com) "In my opinion, this myth that Toledoans are negative was created by public officials and is advanced by the media in order to guilt the citizenry into not speaking out against moronic actions by public official... more>> 4 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #toledo #media #politics #blog_jr

JR: Ohio River fishing - December 2006 - (my post at ToledoTalk.com in December 2006 before I used the Parula code base to power the TT message board.) We [my Dad and I] caught some small saugers below the Hannibal Dam on Dec 10, 2006, mainly on 1/6 oz jig and a three-inch, white and black... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #ohioriver #fishing #blog_jr