JR: Toledo, Ohio the Venice of the Midwest - First, the snark, since this is the Internet: Blade - Fight against blight needs fresh ideas - "City's abandonment, ugliness must be reversed" Fresh idea: Toledo should transition toward being the Venice of the Midwest. Douglas Rd near Laskey o... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 25, 2014 - #toledo #weather #blog_jr

JR: Toledo voters by the numbers - (My Nov 4, 2013 comment in a ToledoTalk.com thread about Toledo's mayoral election.) "Toledoans are the sons and daughters of farmers, heavy manufacturing factory workers, all made of hard working stern stuff ..." I don't understand what that has ... more>> 22 min read
- Jun 24, 2014 - #toledo #politics #blog_jr

JR: Rossford Island View Park in the Fall - RIVP is located on (Rt. 65) Dixie Highway just past Lime City Rd. on the right hand side of the highway at the top of the hill near the edge of Rossford city limits on the way to Perrysburg. It's easy to overlook the entrance. A small, low-profile s... more>>
- Jun 23, 2014 - #photo #rossford #park #blog_jr

JR: API-first-development design - November 2013 Pop.co blog post titled Why we chose API-first development. Related Hacker News thread Simple enough. Another project derivative idea based upon Junco code. No HTML Template usage. The server code only receives and returns JSON via R... more>> 3 min read
- Jun 23, 2014 - #programming #design #javascript #json #rest #api #blog_jr

JR: Comments about commenting systems - June 2014 - And it continues ... Attempting to correct, improve, and manage reply mechanisms, attached to media-created content. Additional links and thoughts: I thought the Facebook commenting system was the Holy Grail for media sites. What about the Disq... more>> 8 min read
- Jun 23, 2014 - #media #comments #programming #opensource #design #blog_jr

JR: Backyard photos - Jun 21, 2014 - Evening photos with a mostly cloudy sky, so the light was poor. Our little Toledo urban backyard. The soil part. Unfortunately, at least half of the back property consists of the concrete driveway, leading to the detached garage. I guess that was ... more>> 2 min read
- Jun 21, 2014 - #home #toledo #flower #nature #garden #blog_jr

JR: Bird Brains Brewing beer names - Having fun brewing and naming our own beers. Bird Brains Brewing Dark-eyed Junco Imperial Stout Red-tailed Hawk Irish Ale Yellow Warbler Wit Golden-crowned Kinglet Pale Ale Summer Tanager Wheat Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blonde Tricolored Heron Trippe... more>>
- Jun 16, 2014 - #home #beer #blog_jr

JR: 2014 one-gallon batch home beer brewing - Tracking our small-batch beer brewing. Brooklyn Brew Shop Book Recipes Brooklyn Brew Shop - recipes from their book titled Beer Making Book New Year Beer - One Gallon Batch Grapefruit Honey Ale - One Gallon Batch Rose-Cheeked and Blonde - One... more>>
- Jun 16, 2014 - #home #beer #blog_jr

JR: Digital media and web services unbundling their products - A trend has emerged in the past year where some publishers and web services have separated their products into smaller offerings or verticals. ".. the digital unbundling is an extension of the decline of general interest content in print form lik... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 04, 2014 - #media #design #app #mobile #web #blog_jr

JR: Highlights from the 2014 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report - "Mobile advertising is still underperforming vs. time spent on mobile devices, whereas print is still significantly overperforming." May 28, 2014: Internet trends report qz.com Poynter.org Niemanlab.org NY Times Highlights Internet user grow... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 01, 2014 - #internet #technology #media #sports #mobile #advertising #blog_jr

JR: Making buckwheat pancakes from Hodgson Mill mix - This makes a simple, tasty pancake. I deviated from the instructions some, so I'm storing these notes for later recall. buckwheat pancake mix : 1.5 cups milk : 1.5 cups egg : 1 canola oil : 2 tablespoons (March 2014 : added a 1/2 cup of frozen ... more>>
- Jun 01, 2014 - #food #home #recipe #blog_jr

JR: Larry Sykes and Toledo politics - May 2014 - (My May 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com) Larry Sykes said a couple days ago: "Theres no story." Obviously, that's incorrect, but not for the reason that you think, which is explained further down this comment. First, excepts from the May 23, 2014... more>> 5 min read
- May 29, 2014 - #toledo #politics #moronism #humor #blog_jr

JR: The web as a platform - Lengthy but interesting post ... ... written by Michael Bleigh, the CEO/Cofounder of static web hosting platform-as-a-service Divshot. "The web as a platform is easier to learn and lets developers do more faster than any other platform" Some exce... more>> 4 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #web #programming #html #javascript #mobile #quote #framework #blog_jr

JR: Items needed for brewing beer - Suggestions from a beer-brewing friend. Mash tun (make your own: Food grade 6 gal+ fermenting bucket with lid/grommeted hole for airlock Airlock(s) Siphon or racking cane 7+gal boil pot Secondary fermenter (usually a carboy) with lid/cork with ... more>>
- May 27, 2014 - #beer #blog_jr

JR: Economics graduation speech in under 300 words - Apr 19, 2014 - Vox.com - This graduation speech teaches you everything you need to know about economics in 297 words In 2011, Thomas Sargent won the Nobel prize in economics. But in 2007, he gave a graduation speech to Berkeley undergraduates tha... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #economy #politics #business #math #blog_jr