JR: Toledo gang sweep collects one gun and 90 traffic citations - My October 2013 comment to this ToledoTalk.com thread. I'm flummoxed by this Oct 14, 2013 Blade story titled 30 arrested, gun taken by police in gang sweep Gang sweep? What is a "gang sweep?" From the story: A gang sweep last week resulte... more>> 1 min read
- Oct 14, 2013 - #toledo #crime #police #politics #moronism #humor #blog_jr

JR: 2013 Toledo Elections - BOE Election Information September Primary Results 13 ABC September Primary Election Results Toledo Talk Threads February 11 - Joe McNamara for Mayor March 17 - Jack Ford running for city council April 16 - Anita Lopez for Toledo mayor May 1... more>> 4 min read
- Oct 13, 2013 - #toledo #politics #elections #blog_jr

JR: Homemade Ricotta Cheese - The following ingredients and procedure were used in the Oct 12, 2013 version. Ingredients: half gallon (2 quarts) natural milk - Calder Dairy - we buy it at the Phoenix Earth Food Co-op. 4 tablespoons whipping cream - Calder Dairy 1.5 teaspoons ... more>> 1 min read
- Oct 12, 2013 - #food #recipe #cheese #home #blog_jr

JR: My November 2012 comments about accessing and paying for digital news content - November 2012 ToledoTalk.com thread titled The Blade begins All Access subscription for online content My comments from that thread: 1. - Excerpts from the Facebook comments posted at the Blade article about charging for digital access: "I will s... more>> 10 min read
- Oct 10, 2013 - #media #web #mobile #tablet #blog_jr

JR: Dieter Rams - Ten principles for good design - Back in the late 1970s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises. Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an impor... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #design #blog_jr

JR: IndieWebCamp principles for building the indie Web - "You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world [wide web]." - Morpheus, The Matrix Whatever the reason, you're done with share... more>> 3 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #microformats #indieweb #programming #opensource #blog_jr

JR: Plain Dealer newspaper downsizes due to changes from print to digital - July 31, 2013 The de-newspaperization of America reporters who work for the Plain Dealer of Cleveland -- an iconic name in American journalism, a newspaper that's published as a daily since 1845 and won a lot of awards over the years -- were ordere... more>> 5 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #media #web #technology #programming #design #education #business #blog_jr

JR: Toledo rib-off-gate - My Aug 12, 2013 comment at Toledo Talk. Several years ago (~2006), the Northwest Ohio Rib-off moved from downtown Toledo to the Lucas County Fairgrounds because of construction at the steam plant, planned renovations for Promenade Park, and becaus... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #toledo #food #event #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: More people reading news on tablets - No surprise to me. The tablet is by far my favorite reading device for long reads. For long periods of information consumption, I prefer the tablet over printed paper, printed books, laptops, TV, and smartphones. Aug 12, 2013 pandodaily article Why ... more>> 5 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #design #media #tablet #email #tv #web #blog_jr

JR: Aug 14, 2013 is the 10-year anniversary of the eastern U.S. power outage - Aug 14, 2003 - Toledo Talk - Eastern U.S. power outage Here in west Toledo, we had a strange power drain and outage at about 4:15 pm. The local AM radio stations, 1230, 1370, 1470, went off the air, and at 4:50 they are still off. Some of the local... more>> 4 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #energy #history #blog_jr

JR: In 2013, academic dolts blame Craigslist for the demise of the newspaper industry - Years ago, I thought people ended their irresponsible blaming of Craigslist.org for the newspaper industry's declining revenue. I guess not. Eggheads released a study. Hey professors, the year 2000 called, and they want its stupidity back. First, a... more>> 4 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #media #web #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Facebook mobile lessons that may apply to media - August 2013 ijnet.org story Lessons for news organizations from Facebooks mobile success The social networking behemoth's mobile conversion should be a wake-up call for media companies and news organizations, mobile expert Cory Bergman wrote in a r... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #media #mobile #design #blog_jr

JR: Story ideas and other tips for authors - August 2013 https://medium.com/editors-picks/60ad7174718d "Joshua is also one half of Epic Magazine, a new publishing start-up that is collaborating with Medium. We asked him about his writing." From Joshua: A lot of the distribution platforms ... more>> 1 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #writing #author #gtd #howto #blogging #blog_jr

JR: Ideas for future media - Good info in this August 2013 article: Justin Smith, the new CEO of Bloomberg Media Group, is emerging as one of the trailblazers. His track record at The Economist, The Week and, most recently, The Atlantic suggests a willingness to embrace new ... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #media #web #design #blog_jr

JR: 2007 - Zoo levy to build $7.5M playground - Below is the content from a thread post that I made at ToledoTalk.com in September 2007 Fake nature. Sep 7, 2007 Blade story The project may be built in two phases, with the $2 million second phase constructed only as donations are made to comp... more>> 11 min read
- Oct 08, 2013 - #moronism #toledo #zoo #nature #business #blog_jr