JR: Bottling our Imperial Stout - JP came over to help us bottle our first batch of beer, which we brewed at JP's brew party on Sun, Mar 30, 2014. During the teaching and bottling process that involves a lot of setup and cleaning, we sampled beers that DD and I bought the day before... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #beer #blog_jr

JR: Our 2013 produce garden plants - In 2012, I reluctantly replaced my swamp milkweed bed with a small, produce garden. In 2013, I expanded the garden by removing more lawn and removing some flowers from our main Oak Openings native flowers bed. These were the plants that we used in o... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #garden #food #blog_jr

JR: May 3, 2014 notes about our backyard Hermit Thrush - "You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra (On Sat, May 3, I wrote this info down in my Field Notes notebook, but I don't think that I recorded it at JotHut.) At 10:47 a.m., I observed a Hermit Thrush foraging on our back lawn, near th... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #bird #home #nature #quote #blog_jr #todo

JR: Notes - Sat, May 10, 2014 - IMBD Today is International Migratory Bird Day. This will be the second year in a row that I will not be at Magee Marsh and at other places along the lake shore for IMBD after attending each IMBD at Magee Marsh from 2000 through 2012 after I began b... more>> 8 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #farming #food #shopping #toledo #perrysburg #rossford #bird #blog_jr

JR: Mother's Day, May 11, 2014 - DD and I left home around 9:15 to 9:30 a.m. for a drive to meet DD's parents for lunch. CP and B drove separately and joined us. Our first options for lunch were locally-owned restaurants in Fenton or Williamston, but DD called the day before, and t... more>> 1 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #family #event #food #blog_jr

JR: At-home Birdwatching Notes for Mon morning, May 12, 2014 - At 8:03 a.m., Barney and I began birdwatching outside around our home. Observations: Ovenbird Warbler sang from the backyard. Nashville Warbler sang. Distant Carolina Wren sang. Three to four Tennessee Warblers sang around our home. At least t... more>> 6 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #bird #weather #blog_jr #todo

JR: Thoughts about the Browns' 2014 draft picks - (My May 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com) After the Browns chose Johnny Manziel, his jersey went on sale at NFL.com , and apparently, some crazed fans ordered it. I'm not that goofy. I grew up in eastern Ohio. Geographically, we were closer to P... more>> 7 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #sports #football #nfl #browns #blog_jr

JR: 2014 NFL Draft - First Round - Draft Selection May 8, 2014 Nerding out with my all-time favorite TV show, except for this event, I used a radio, since we don't have cable / satellite TV. Tuned into AM 850 over the Internet at 8:07 p.m. Wall-to-wall Browns draft coverage all... more>> 24 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #brownsgoodkarma #sports #nfl #blog_jr

JR: LA Times new website design - May 2014 - Beyond responsive: three mobile website design tricks becoming trends Trendy but not always favorable in my book. infinite scrolling - (meh, whatever) cards - (I like this) pre-written Tweets (??) Increasingly, I view websites with JavaScript d... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #media #responsive #design #mobile #web #blog_jr

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: 2014 NFL Draft - First Round Results - The first round will be held on Thu, May 8, 2014, beginning at 8:00 p.m. EDT. https://twitter.com/TonyGrossi As of Thu morning, May 8 before any possible wheeling and dealing, the Browns have "three of the first 35 selections and five of the f... more>> 7 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #sports #football #nfl #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: The homepage is dead - May 15, 2014 - qz.com - The homepage is dead, and the social web has woneven at the New York Times People who used RSS readers long ago would have accessed homepages less often. But obviously, socialmedia's popularity since 2007 has contributed th... more>> 1 min read
- May 21, 2014 - #media #design #reading #blog_jr

JR: Junco Readme.md - Junco is a web-based publishing tool, used to house notes, bookmarks, thoughts, and other writings. The app can be setup as a community site with social features, such as following users, following tags, and adding replies. Or it can be setup as a ... more>> 1 min read
- May 19, 2014 - #junco #blog_jr

JR: Less-crowded Toledo area birdwatching spots - The boardwalk at the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area is the best place for up-close viewing of migrating songbirds for numbers and variety. It's easy birdwatching. But the boardwalk can be scrunched-crowded in the first half of May, especially before Noon... more>> 1 min read
- May 10, 2014 - #nature #bird #blog_jr