JR: Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald's quote about the U.S. government - July 3, 2013 WaPo story The Guardians Glenn Greenwald, breaker of stories on the National Security Agency (NSA), recently made the following declaration to the New York Timess David Carr about his approach to his work: All activists are not journ... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 03, 2014 - #media #politics #nsa #blog_jr

JR: Anonymity and online privacy - (my july 2013 comment in toledotalk.com thread ) Visit with your normal Web browser. You should see listed: your IP address your Internet service provider your city your state etc. - basic information Tor Project If you are concerned,... more>> 6 min read
- Nov 22, 2013 - #tor #privacy #deepweb #blog_jr

JR: Perl code for string processing - #perl #programming #testing
- Jul 06, 2013

JR: Perl code for date and time processing - ... more>> 1 min read
- Jul 08, 2013 - #perl #programming

JR: Strange reasons for new county-city downtown Toledo policing program - My comment to a July 2013 Toledo Talk thread New TPD downtown patrols "just wondering why so many are against it." Who is against it? Re-read the above comments. People are wondering if something more is intended. We're questioning the new program'... more>> 2 min read
- Jul 06, 2013 - #lucascounty #toledo #politics #police #sheriff #crime

JR: Real bread is naturally leavened bread - (My snobby but truthful 2013 comment in a ToledoTalk.com thread.) "good bread is a real hard thing to find in the Toledo area" I agree with that statement. "a few of the artisan options at The Fresh Market. Anderson's has a few worth the trip" I ... more>> 5 min read
- Jan 15, 2014 - #bread #bakery #food #blog_jr

JR: Advice for TV news reporters on how to sound dramatic and urgent - "This story is rapidly changing." July 3, 2013 BoingBoing.net post The biggest leak of all this week: a document from a television news consultancy that lists words and phrases reporters should use to add a sense of (OMG!) urgency to TV news repor... more>> 1 min read
- Jan 15, 2014 - #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Online notebooks - July 3, 2013 Hacker News discussion that points to this wiki: The above notes also exist at github: https://github.com/yang/notes From the HN chat: - It's just a set of reference notes I mainly keep for myself, but it's not really private - I s... more>> 4 min read
- Jul 04, 2013 - #wiki #notes

JR: Computer industry inventor and thinker Douglas Engelbart dies - July 2013 - Augmenting Human Intellect Douglas Doug Engelbart, a legendary American inventor and computing icon who invented the computer mouse and helped develop much of the modern PC user interface, passed away last night, according to family sources.... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 27, 2014 - #technology #history #blog_jr

JR: Grilled ribeye steaks - Simple and delicious. Coat each side of a steak with olive oil, sea salt, and ground pepppercorns, and cook three minutes per side with the grill on high and the lid closed. Strive for an internal temp of 135-140 degrees. at home on our propane g... more>> 1 min read
- Aug 20, 2013 - #recipe #food #grilling #blog_jr

JR: ForumCon 2013 blog postings - Ones of intereset. #forums
- Jul 03, 2013

JR: BoingBoing.net uses Discourse for message board app - Discourse is new. It was released to the public in late 2012 or early 2013. It's definitely a new take on message boards. Jeff Atwood comment at BoingBoing: Discourse is a JavaScript app, so it actually sends very little down over the wire. O... more>> 2 min read
- Aug 27, 2013 - #forums

JR: Resolved - Remove the social components and maybe starting over - Changed to "resolved" on 20Aug2013. I should have left these feature out to begin with, but it was hard to create the app without thinking of other people using the app on the same site. Adding these features required a good bit of time and lines ... more>> 4 min read
- Aug 20, 2013 - #junco #resolved #kestrel

JR: Increasing online privacy - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/technology-protect-against-mass-surveillance-part-1 https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/06/encryption-works-how-protect-your-privacy-age-nsa-surveillance The whitepaper covers: A brief primer on cryp... more>> 1 min read
- Jul 18, 2013 - #privacy #security

JR: Creating Perl Modules and OO Programming - Defining classes and inheritance using packages within a single .pl file, without creating modules Excerpts below from an old article, located at: Related: Object Oriented Perl syntax package NewModule; use strict... more>> 3 min read
- Oct 17, 2013 - #perl #programming #objectoriented