JR: Do nurseries sell plants that are poisonous to honeybees? - I realize that the honeybee is a non-native insect to North America, but if this info is true, and if the situation negatively impacts honeybees, will it also hurt our native bee population? From a Facebook friend's post: I did not know neonic p... more>>
- Jun 25, 2014 - #todo #nature #environment #business #flower #insect #food #blog_jr

JR: Questions for Glass City Mashers - #beer - #beverage - #todo clear beer or cloudy beer? taste diffs? use irish moss to clear beer? bottle with sediment, do you shake it or not? brew in a bag? bottling sugar? corn sugar table sugar honey tablets bottle conditioning?
- May 26, 2014

JR: November 2013 Toledo City Council election results - Lucas BOE results - pdf file Total Vote For 6 0.0 Total Votes 219196 431.0 Rob Ludeman 27140 53.37% Jack Ford 25298 49.75% Sandy Spang 23783 46.77% Steven C. Steel 21252 41.79% Theresa M. Gabriel 19376 38.10% Larry J. Sykes 19288 37.93% Adam J. Ma... more>>
- May 23, 2014 - #todo

JR: Larry Sykes and Toledo politics - May 2014 - (My May 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com) Larry Sykes said a couple days ago: "Theres no story." Obviously, that's incorrect, but not for the reason that you think, which is explained further down this comment. First, excepts from the May 23, 2014... more>> 5 min read
- May 29, 2014 - #toledo #politics #moronism #humor #blog_jr

JR: Media blames Facebook for the content that media creates - #todo finish editing and excerpting May 22, 2014 dust-up pitting technologists versus journalists in a broad sense. I'm not implying that all technologists and all journalists think the same way, regarding this issue. But for the opinions that I've ... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #todo #media #moronism #humor #blog_jr

JR: Apparently, the journalism industry cannot multitask - May 21, 2014 - cjr.org - For the Times innovation report to stick, its journalists need to be on board Doing journalism and keeping up with what is happening within journalism and the wider digital ecosystem at the same time is impossible ??????... more>> 4 min read
- May 22, 2014 - #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Football Data - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7778239 #sports - #football - #nfl - #data
- May 21, 2014

JR: Notes - May 16-18, 2014 - It was a weekend celebration of birds and beer with fine weather and good people. #todo - finish editing, including more info about bird species observed. Fri eve, May 16 Sat, May 17, 2014 North Coast Open birding event. Urbanites team try to... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #todo #bird #beer #blog_jr

JR: Toledo Weather - Tue, May 20, 2014 - spc ac 201244 day 1 convective outlook nws storm prediction center norman ok 0744 am cdt tue may 20 2014 valid 201300z - 211200z ...there is a slgt risk of svr tstms from ern ia to srn wi...nrn il...nrn ind...srn lower mi...and much of ohio... .... more>> 24 min read
- May 20, 2014 - #toledo #weather

JR: More markdown flavors - #markdown
- May 20, 2014

JR: Thoughts about web trolls - Spring 2013 - (I made this post at ToledoTalk.com in March 2013, and it appears that I my writing contained some old-fashioned spunkiness.) Another user wrote: "At least a troll will usually state their true feelings and not give you some text book politically c... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #comments #forums #blogging #web #blog_jr

JR: Bird observations around our home - May 19, 2014 - Birds observed around our home today and in our neighborhood during my morning walk with my dog. AMRE BLBW BLPW CMWA NOPA TEWA - several SWTH REVI WAVI sounded like a PHVI sang INBU BAOR OROR SCTA GRCA RBGR #home - #bird
- May 19, 2014

JR: Humorous AP story headline misspelling - (My May 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com) It's an Associated Press story, so I assume the AP created the titles for their feed. At the Blade's homepage, the title was corrected under the "Breaking News" feed, but the story page still contains the ... more>>
- May 27, 2014 - #media #humor #blog_jr

JR: The web as a platform - Lengthy but interesting post ... ... written by Michael Bleigh, the CEO/Cofounder of static web hosting platform-as-a-service Divshot. "The web as a platform is easier to learn and lets developers do more faster than any other platform" Some exce... more>> 4 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #web #programming #html #javascript #mobile #quote #framework #blog_jr

JR: Toledo weather - may 17, 2014 - urgent - weather message national weather service cleveland oh 921 pm edt sat may 17 2014 ohz003-006014-017023-027033-036038-047-089-paz001003-180930- /o.con.kcle.fr.y.0001.140518t0500z-140518t1300z/ lucas-wood-ottawa-sandusky-erie oh-lorain-cuyahog... more>> 1 min read
- May 17, 2014 - #toledo #weather