JR: Newspapers hiring programmers - (My March 2007 ToledoTalk.com post) Some excerpts from a March 7, 2007 story titled Web Focus Leads Newspapers to Hire Programmers for Editorial Staff. Whenever journalist-programmer extraordinaire Adrian Holovaty speaks at a conference, newspap... more>> 19 min read
- Mar 20, 2014 - #media #technology #programming #blog_jr

JR: Math trumps punditry in predicting 2012 presidential outcome - (My Nov 7, 2012 ToledoTalk.com post ) Wikipedia: Nate Silver - Statistician Website: (launched in March 2014) In the 2008 presidential election, Nate's math model correctly predicted the winner in 49 of 50 states. In the 2010 presidential ele... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 20, 2014 - #politics #math #media #blog_jr

JR: Pothole reporting system - A wacky idea that I may still pursue, although it's a bit late for this season. It might be a fun and educational programmer exercise though. Jan 2014 ToledoTalk.com thread about potholes. Surely, a pothole reporting/searching mobile app exists. It... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #toledo #politics #mobile #app #311system #todo #blog_jr #geolocation

JR: 2009 - Confusing real negativism with valid criticism - (From my 2009 post at ToledoTalk.com) "In my opinion, this myth that Toledoans are negative was created by public officials and is advanced by the media in order to guilt the citizenry into not speaking out against moronic actions by public official... more>> 4 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #toledo #media #politics #blog_jr

JR: Ohio River fishing - December 2006 - (my post at ToledoTalk.com in December 2006 before I used the Parula code base to power the TT message board.) We [my Dad and I] caught some small saugers below the Hannibal Dam on Dec 10, 2006, mainly on 1/6 oz jig and a three-inch, white and black... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #ohioriver #fishing #blog_jr

JR: Have tablets jumped the shark? - Feb 6, 2014 re/code story titled Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over Is it a link bait story or valid perspective? The tablet couldnt possibly shoulder all the expectations people had for it. Not a replacement for your laptop or phone but ki... more>> 8 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #mobile #laptop #phone #tablet #design #phablet #blog_jr

JR: Our Toledo Area Activities for Sat, Mar 8, 2014 - Downtown Toledo Farmers Market and Library We started the morning at the downtown Toledo farmers market where we purchased apples, carrots, eggs, greens, coffee beans, yellow onions, a soft pretzel, and either turnips or parsnips. Then we briefly... more>> 6 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #toledo #home #birds #cheese #beer #wine #pizza #blog_jr

JR: Views on Social Network Anonymity - "For me, its nothing more than what you would see etched on a bathroom wall." - Mark Suster, venture capitalist "People use Facebook to say all kinds of terrible things. It really just depends on who is in your network." - Christopher Poole, 4chan f... more>> 6 min read
- Mar 19, 2014 - #socialnetworking #messaging #forums #anonymity #blog_jr

JR: Toledo area shopping - Sat, Mar 15, 2014 - We left home around 9:00 a.m. and returned home around 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Another fine day visiting and shopping at local businesses. Toledo Farmers Market bread coffee beans apples salad greens and maybe one or two other items Black Kite Coffee ... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 18, 2014 - #toledo #business #birds #yarn #beverage #food #coffee #blog_jr

JR: Why take a Zingerman's baking class? - Toledo Talk thread about malls, shopping, and gift ideas. My suggestion "Zingerman's baking classes make great gifts. Nothing to ship." A user responded: I'm afraid if I gave cooking classes of any kind it might be misinterpreted. Like the vac... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 12, 2014 - #food #education #howto #blog_jr

JR: Black Cloister Brewery plans June 2014 opening in downtown Toledo - (New brewery for Toledo. My Mar 7, 2014 comment in a ToledoTalk.com thread.) "i'd be nervous about the shift from home brewing to large batches." Isn't that how most if not all craft breweries got started? Great Black Swamp Brewery In late 20... more>> 6 min read
- Mar 11, 2014 - #food #beer #beverage #blog_jr

JR: App idea to learn new code - Update: March 2014: this was created in Nov-Dec 2013 and updated some in early 2014. it's called Kinglet, running at Soupmode.com. it's API-driven, using REST and JSON. currently, the API piece is written in Perl. currently, the 'client' piece is ... more>> 1 min read
- Mar 10, 2014 - #todo #programming #javascript #angularjs #nodejs #microblog #blog_jr

JR: NYC Feb 2014 Trip Planning Notes - Notes for planning a 4-day, 3-night long weekend trip to New York City, which will focus on art and food in Manhattan. Originally, our flight was scheduled to leave Detroit at 6:00 a.m. on Fri, Feb 21, 2014, but it got delayed three times, and then... more>> 17 min read
- Mar 09, 2014 - #nyc #event #art #food #blog_jr

JR: Static files vs database-backed blogging systems - March 2014 - Brent Simmons - Imagining a Node Blogging System for Geeks March 2011 - Brent Simmons - A plea for baked weblogs July 2002 - Aaron Swartz - Bake, Dont Fry When I started blogging in the summer of 2001, I used a Perl app called Greymat... more>> 4 min read
- Mar 09, 2014 - #blogging #design #programming #blog_jr

JR: Toledo area shopping - Sat, Feb 15, 2014 - Sunny day. Clear, bright blue sky. Little wind. We left home around 11:00 a.m. with temps approx 12 to 15 degrees. We got home at about 4:00 p.m. Still sunny. Temps around 20 degrees. Nice day. Maybe one of the last real winter days for a while. We... more>> 2 min read
- Mar 05, 2014 - #toledo #business #birds #yarn #beverage #food #blog_jr