JR: Interesting design and function plans by the UK's The Times - The Times UK may be the best example of a newspaper/digital media org that is making a profit. These are articles are enlightening. But can the same principles work at a smaller daily paper? I would say that The Times UK's strategies are more appli... more>> 12 min read
- Jul 30, 2016 - #media #design #web #mobile #app #business

JR: Video ads within Facebook's Instant Articles - March 31, 2016 I'm pointing out the inadequate writing, contained within this WSJ article. The social network said it will also allow publishers to place one additional ad unit at the bottom of every Instant Article, which it estimated could inc... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 31, 2016 - #ia #advertising #mobile #web #media #design #moronism

JR: Tt post mar 31 2016 - The Toledo Arts Commission sent the following email: ProMedica Health Systems and The Arts Commission are seeking to commission a large-scale glass installation to be installed in the 4-story atrium in the new headquarters for ProMedica. The work w... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 31, 2016 - #toledo #art #business

JR: Web browser speed - march 2016 - https://blog.runspired.com/2016/03/25/the-chrome-distortion-chrome-alters-our-expectations-in-highly-negative-ways/ No browser is perfect, this is an unfortunate situation we must live with. But ranking my experience developing responsive hybrid ap... more>>
- Mar 30, 2016 - #web #browser

JR: Render-blocking css issues - good, bad, indifferent. i'm probably indifferent. inlining css is less modular. for a static site, changing one little thing in the css would mean rebuilding every html page. https://varvy.com/pagespeed/critical-render-path.html https://varvy.com... more>>
- Mar 30, 2016 - #hosting #css

JR: Nginx and Redis - March 2016 - need to recompile nginx in order to install the redis module. the default install of nginx contains the memcached module. https://github.com/openresty/redis2-nginx-module HN discussion about caching servers. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 30, 2016 - #redis #nginx #go

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- Mar 26, 2016

JR: Supporting local businesses - "How can you pledge to only buy local and yet attract outside businesses to the area?" I don't understand your point. And where did I say "only buy local"? Only? First, that's nearly impossible. Coffee beans are not grown around here, but I support... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 25, 2016

JR: Tt post proposed mar 25 2016 - "How can you pledge to only buy local and yet attract outside businesses to the area?" I have no clue what point you tried to make with that silly-ass statement. Stay off the jump-to-conclusions mat. And where did I say "only buy local"? Only? Firs... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 25, 2016

JR: Tt post mar 24 2016 e - "... they might as well turn the insides into giant rock walls ..." I'll be damn. You must be the person who Opal Covey referenced several years ago. Excerpts from my August 2009 notes about hanging with Opal at the Ottawa Tavern: She mentioned a... more>>
- Mar 24, 2016

JR: Grebe Formatting Sandbox - bold italics bigger text smaller text This sentence will combine different formatting options. Numbered Lists A first item A second item A third Nested example: Fuel could be: Coal Gasoline Electricity Humans need only: Water Prote... more>>
- Mar 24, 2016

JR: Article Preview README.md - Article Preview temporarily creates a single HTML page. Test site: Markup is submitted, and a formatted HTML page is returned. Custom CSS can be used to override the default CSS. The markup can contain Markdown, Multimarkdown, or Textile, along... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 24, 2016

JR: Tt post mar 24 2016 - d - quote=201258 The smokestack removal idea must be relatively new. The stacks were shown in a drawing from last summer. June 2015 Blade story ProMedica unveils downtown plan From that story: "An artist's rendering of the renovations to the old ste... more>>
- Mar 24, 2016

JR: Toledo Weather - Thu, Mar 24, 2016 - created at 1:05 p.m. - updated at 1:08 p.m. Mild, very rainy day. The SPC lists our area has having a Marginal Risk for severe thunderstorms. The only snow that has fallen this month occurred back on the first couple days of March. At 1:00 p.m., mod... more>> 8 min read
- Mar 24, 2016 - #rain

JR: Wren - README.md - Wren is a web-based, static site, blog tool. It requires the user to create most of the functions that would be automatically created in "normal" web publishing apps. For example, the homepage is not automatically generated. The index.html files tha... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 24, 2016