JR: Toledo Farmers Market Vendors - 2014 - Downtown Toledo Farmer's Market open Saturdays: 8 to 2 (May - Nov) 9 to 1 (Dec - April) The vendors that sell at the downtown Toledo farmers market changes throughout the year, depending upon space availability and what's in season. Some vendors... more>> 3 min read
- Oct 13, 2014 - #farming #food #business #toledo

JR: Toledo still struggles with the concept of garbage collection - My Sep 30, 2014 ToledoTalk.com comment Councilwoman Webb said: "I heard the mayor is interested in creating managed competition situation ... ... we do not need to spend time looking backward." What is the meaning of 'managed competition situ... more>>
- Sep 30, 2014 - #toledo #business #politics #moronism

JR: The good and less good about the Toledo area - ... based upon these Sep 18, 2014 Toledo Blade stories. GM powertrain plant gets award A large pollution-prevention organization has recognized General Motors Co.s Toledo Powertrain Plant for its efforts to reduce its environmental impact. ... more>> 1 min read
- Sep 18, 2014 - #toledo #economy #business

JR: Content creation at GitHub - https://github.com/blog/1557-github-flow-in-the-browser Related elsewhere : https://github.com/blog/1379-zen-writing-mode https://help.github.com/articles/markdown-basics https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown https://... more>>
- Sep 07, 2014 - #collaboration #business #gtd #writing

JR: Toledo can screw up lunch with politics - My Jun 27, 2014 comment to this thread: I wonder if Toledo, Ohio is the only city that can make eating lunch downtown politically complex. Excerpts from a Jun 27, 2014 Ottawa Tavern Facebook post The mantra of all entrepreneurs must be "Com... more>> 16 min read
- Sep 02, 2014 - #toledo #food #business #politics #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Blade's dumb idea to move Owens CC downtown - (my Jun 10, 2014 comment at ToledoTalk.com) "Get used to this story. I think The Blade will make it into another crusade until the move is made." Moving Owens CC [Community College] to downtown Toledo is so damn stupid that if the Blade keeps sugge... more>> 3 min read
- Sep 02, 2014 - #toledo #business #education #politics #media #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Media org trying to innovate - Jun 29, 2014- The Guardian - Time Incs M Scott Havens: We want to build the next LinkedIn or Facebook - "Digital chief on rethinking the rules of journalism, shaking off the magazine group tag, and developing innovation" Odd reaction by some but ma... more>>
- Sep 02, 2014 - #media #startup #business #blog_jr

JR: Geek Browser War - Firefox vs Chrome - August 2014 - I've used Chrome as my main browser for years. I switched to Opera for a while in January 2014 because it seemed that a new version of Chrome chewed up more CPU. But Chrome does a lot of little things well that I missed in Opera, so I switched back... more>> 2 min read
- Aug 16, 2014 - #web #browser #opensource #business

JR: Food and brew cafe idea - Belgian-style Beers blonde dubbel trippel Breads 100% whole grain some combo of white whole wheat, red whole wheat, and spelt 50% whole grain ("light bread") 50% all-purpose flour 25% white whole wheat 25% red whole wheat rye bread 25% r... more>>
- Aug 01, 2014 - #business #startup #food

JR: Facebook stock hits a personal high - The companys shares hit a record high of $76.74 thats the highest theyve gone since Facebook went public in 2012. By midday, the companys market cap was $194.66 billion, spitting distance of IBMs $197.02 billion. Facebooks user engagement numbers a... more>>
- Jul 24, 2014 - #socialmedia #business

JR: Google buys Pyra, the makers of Blogger - (my Tuesday, February 18, 2003 blog post) This was announced on 15-Feb-2003. Should be interesting. Tripod announced blogging capabilities for their services in the past couple months, and AOL is suppose to provide blogging features to their subscri... more>>
- Jul 24, 2014 - #blogging #business #history

JR: Shared Legacy Farms CSA and buying or growing local produce - my Jul 23, 2014 TT comment We were members for the first five years of Shared Legacy Farms, which is the Community Supported Agriculture, created by Corinna and Kurt Bench out in the Elmore area. This is their seventh year of operation. https://... more>> 4 min read
- Jul 24, 2014 - #food #farming #toledo #business

JR: Maftoul Salad - Last Fri, Jul 18, 2014 DD and I shopped at the new Mediterranean market, located near us that opened this year called Al Habib. Fun store to browse. They have a butcher. They provide take-out meals too. Big menu. It's like a small restaurant, locate... more>>
- Jul 22, 2014 - #food #toledo #business

JR: Taking coffee seriously - November 2002 - (my blog post from Friday, November 22, 2002) Coffee Measure Tests Berkeleys Taste for Fair Trade Local coffee shops won out over small Central American farmers as voters overwhelmingly rejected the closely watched Fair Trade coffee initiative. Me... more>>
- Jul 18, 2014 - #politics #business #activism #local #beverage #coffee #environment #moronism

JR: Toledo Winter Farmers' Market - (From a flyer) Join us every Saturday (Enclosed Heated) All Winter Long Starting in December, we lower the doors on the west end of our downtown market, kick on the heaters and continue bringing you the best our area has to offer: Apples Cid... more>>
- Jul 17, 2014 - #farming #toledo #food #business