JR: Yard photos - Apr 1, 2014 - The little flowers are blooming today on our devil's strip. These are always the first flowers to bloom in our yard. On Sat morning, Mar 29, 2014, I noticed short stalks or nubs. I did not check for the flowers on Sunday nor yesterday. But I noticed ... more>>
- Apr 04, 2014 - #home #yard #weather #flowers #pets #photos #blog_jr

JR: Comparing Messaging Apps - April 2014 - Apr 2, 2014 - qz.com - Comparing messaging apps is an exercise in pointlessness Despite the hype surrounding messaging apps over the past few months, the fact is that different apps do different things for different people. WhatsApp is like its... more>>
- Apr 02, 2014 - #messaging #mobile #app #blog_jr

JR: Alleged interest in Toledo's Erie Street Market - It's sometimes called the Erie Street Sinkhole because for many years now, it has been a financial drain on taxpayers. Mar 31, 2014 - Toledo Blade - City says 7 entities show interest in developing Erie Street Market - "Comprehensive plan sought for... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 31, 2014 - #toledo #business #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Another mass littering event - balloon release - Another example of human stupidity. Anti-nature, anti-environment. The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota plans to release 60,000 balloons. The group claims that the balloon release is eco-friendly. Imbeciles. They are regurgitating propaganda from t... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 28, 2014 - #activism #environment #nature #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: My three favorite books - Trying to think about this after listening to a segment on public radio this afternoon. Obviously, it's tough to limit the list only to three. I guess that I base this upon the books that I have re-read most often. In Our Time - short stories by Er... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 28, 2014 - #todo #books #food #bread #design #programming #blog_jr

JR: Ten Mile Creek Farm - Community Supported Agriculture - (My ToledoTalk.com post from 2007. We were members of the Shared Legacy Farms CSA from 2008 through 2012. Great food produced by great people, but the amount of food became too much for the two of us. We buy produce from local farmers markets, includ... more>> 6 min read
- Mar 28, 2014 - #farming #food #health #business #blog_jr

JR: Ohio is fat and oppressed - 2009 - (My ToledoTalk.com post from 2009) Ah, the nifty 'Top-Whatever' press releases. "Unpaid placements masquerading as actual articles." That's how they're described by the book : It's Not News It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 28, 2014 - #media #humor #health #moronism #blog_jr

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: History of Hypertext - On July 2, 2013, I began reading a used book that I bought five to eight years ago. The book is titled "HyperText and HyperMedia" by Jakob Nielsen of useit.com fame. The book, however, was published in 1990. The book discusses hypertext history and a... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 27, 2014 - #web #history #technology #blog_jr

JR: Another Facebook contribution to PHP - #todo finish editing It's possible that nothing fires up a fierce debate among computing programming geeks more than a discussion of the pros and cons of the PHP programming language. PHP may be the favorite language to hate, yet it continues to be... more>> 11 min read
- Mar 26, 2014 - #todo #programming #php #history #blog_jr

JR: State of the News Media 2014 - PewResearch Journalism Project State of the News Media 2014 In its annual review of the media industry in the United States which it published online early Wednesday morning the Pew Research Center says the news business looks somewhat he... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 26, 2014 - #media #blog_jr

JR: Registry Bistro Wine Dinner - Mon, Mar 24, 2014 - I attended a Registry Bistro wine dinner in February of 2013, and it was fantastic, so I'm looking forward to this one. Another great lineup of dishes is planned. Update: No surprise that this was another fantastic experience. Great food, wine, and ... more>> 6 min read
- Mar 26, 2014 - #toledo #restaurant #food #event #wine #beverage #blog_jr

JR: Projects hosted at GitHub used to power GitHub - March 25, 2014 https://github.com/showcases/projects-that-power-github The projects that interest me: defunkt/jquery-pjax pushState + ajax = pjax elasticsearch/elasticsearch Open Source, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine antirez/redis Redis i... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 25, 2014 - #programming #opensource #design #blog_jr

JR: Northern Michigan mill's yarn to be used in Olympic clothing - - Located in East Jordon, Michigan, near Charlevoix and Boyne City. February 2014 local TV interview Stories from November 2013: The Stonehedge Fiber Mill in East Jordan, just finished making four thousand pounds of wool yarn that will ... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 24, 2014 - #yarn #olympics #business #michigan #blog_jr

JR: Occupy Toledo Info - 2011 - (posted at ToledoTalk.com in October 2011.) Web presence: online donations Timeline: Occupy Toledo formed on September 28, 2011. 29 people attended the first meeting on September 30. meeting notes The Revolution Collective will ... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 21, 2014 - #OccupyCleveland #toledo #activism #occupytoledo #blog_jr