JR: Yarn Cravin Summer 2013 News and Events - - Perrysburg Dont miss the Fiber Art Exhibit at 577 Foundation on June 8; 10-5 9; 12-5. Bring your knitting and stay a while! They have live music, art demonstrations along with the juried fiber art exhibit. - Over 75 pieces of juried fiber art ... more>> 1 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #knitting

JR: Mercurial source control management - by a creator of the new, June 2013 iOS notes app Vesper To swim with the current these days is to use git. But I like Mercurial better and I think Mercurial is to Macintosh as git is to Windows. Thats probably not fair or rational, but it do... more>>
- Oct 08, 2013 - #programming #versioncontrol

JR: Sample Toledo area airport weather conditions - Express Current conditions at Toledo Express Airport (KTOL) Lat: 41.61 Lon: -83.8 Elev: 669ft. Weather : Fair Temperatur : 85 F (29 C) Humidity : 35% Wind Speed : SW 9 mph Barometer : 29.89 in (1011.6 mb) Dewpoint: 54F (12C) Visibility : 10.00 mi H... more>> 1 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #weatherapp

JR: Resolved - Add reading time to a post - Some of my posts now include an estimated reading time. I did this by taking the Liquid Filter, number_of_words andbased on a reading rate of 180wpmused other Liquid filters to convert it to an approximate reading time. A reading time on very short ... more>>
- Oct 08, 2013 - #junco #resolved

JR: Media and Detroit - Detroit maintains 13,000 government workers but has 22,000 government retirees burrowed into the body politic, and their health-care subsidies alone account for nearly $200 million of the citys budget. Pensions alone already account for a quarter of ... more>>
- Oct 08, 2013 - #media #politics #detroit

JR: Vitamix and Blendtec comparisons - juicing smoothies soups ice cream grinding grains To my ears, the Vitamix 5200 is noticeably less noisy than the Blendtec. I havent put a decibel meter to it, but it is definitely less noisy, even on the highest speed setting. Thanks to the tam... more>> 7 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #food #home

JR: Add Flesch-Kincaid readability test score to blog posts - Along with word count, char count, and reading time, include this reading score. designed to indicate comprehension difficulty when reading a passage of contemporary academic English. There are two tests, the Flesch Reading Ease, and the FleschKi... more>>
- Oct 08, 2013 - #junco #todo_later

JR: Winter Bird Atlas Writing Guidelines - Capitalize the English (common) names of birds, other animals, and plants when they refer to a particular species, based on a recognized source. For example, Eastern White Oak tree would be capitalized, but oak tree would not; Red-eyed Vireo would be... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #writing #nature #birds #books

JR: Geeks excited about new products - Sep 20, 2013 qz.com story Apple's iOS 7 includes a surprise: a ticket to the next generation of the internet The photo in the story shows an excited consumer after buying a new iPhone. Some things never change. 2013 1995 #technology - #histo... more>>
- Oct 08, 2013 - #technology #history #humor #photo

JR: 2014 NFL mock draft published in September 2013 - okey dokey Johnny Manziel, simply put, is a polarizing draft prospect. Some will argue hes a Top 10 talent. Others believe hes not worthy of being a first rounder. He could possibly be a franchise quarterback in the right situation. The Browns, w... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #sports #football #nfl #draft #browns

JR: Dieter Rams - Ten principles for good design - Back in the late 1970s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises. Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an impor... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #design #blog_jr

JR: IndieWebCamp principles for building the indie Web - "You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world [wide web]." - Morpheus, The Matrix Whatever the reason, you're done with share... more>> 3 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #microformats #indieweb #programming #opensource #blog_jr

JR: Plain Dealer newspaper downsizes due to changes from print to digital - July 31, 2013 The de-newspaperization of America reporters who work for the Plain Dealer of Cleveland -- an iconic name in American journalism, a newspaper that's published as a daily since 1845 and won a lot of awards over the years -- were ordere... more>> 5 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #media #web #technology #programming #design #education #business #blog_jr

JR: Toledo rib-off-gate - My Aug 12, 2013 comment at Toledo Talk. Several years ago (~2006), the Northwest Ohio Rib-off moved from downtown Toledo to the Lucas County Fairgrounds because of construction at the steam plant, planned renovations for Promenade Park, and becaus... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #toledo #food #event #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: More people reading news on tablets - No surprise to me. The tablet is by far my favorite reading device for long reads. For long periods of information consumption, I prefer the tablet over printed paper, printed books, laptops, TV, and smartphones. Aug 12, 2013 pandodaily article Why ... more>> 5 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #design #media #tablet #email #tv #web #blog_jr