JR: Tt post fri apr 29 2016 - Apr 29, 2016 - Toledo Blade - Port board OKs grants for variety of area projects The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board of Directors on Thursday approved a mission statement. The mission of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is to develo... more>>
- Apr 29, 2016 - #toledo #politics #moronism #humor

JR: It's hard to understand the minds of journalists - journalism seems like a good profession. reading, traveling, interviewing, researching, writing, editing, etc. but the so-called thinking by many journalists can be bizarre. last decade, many in the media biz disliked pseudonyms used by message bo... more>> 6 min read
- Apr 27, 2016 - #media #moronism

JR: How to enable and disable JavaScript in Firefox - I don't understand why the Firefox programmers / designers make it annoyingly difficult to disable and enable JavaScript globally. It was easier in the old Netscape browser a gazillion years ago. Method 1: Via about:config In Firefox's addres... more>> 1 min read
- Apr 23, 2016 - #browser #moronism #javascript #howto

JR: Webpage test results - fri, apr 15, 2016 - From: Dulles, VA - Chrome - Cable 4/15/2016, 6:48:06 PM Time: 0.813s Requests: 2 Bytes In: 5 KB Cost: $ For the media sites below, all were first view fully loaded results. And were $$$$$ for the cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w... more>>
- Apr 15, 2016 - #web #media #design #moronism

JR: Webpagetest.org results thu, apr 14, 2016 - #web #design #media #moronism www.politico.com/story/2016/04/bernie-gets-his-chance-to-shake-up-the-race-221929 From: Dulles, VA - Chrome - Cable 4/14/2016, 9:31:23 AM First View Fully Loaded time: 35.055s requests: 338 bytes in: 3,627 KB cost... more>>
- Apr 14, 2016 - #web #design #media #moronism

JR: The Guardian and Comments - April 2016 - adding here my thread: "In case you're new to the internet:"articles written by women attract more abuse/trolling than those written by men"" https://twitter.com/astrokatie/status/719852228320694272 - #media #comments - what's funny is that the... more>> 15 min read
- Apr 12, 2016 - #media #comments #moronism #programming #database

JR: Video ads within Facebook's Instant Articles - March 31, 2016 I'm pointing out the inadequate writing, contained within this WSJ article. The social network said it will also allow publishers to place one additional ad unit at the bottom of every Instant Article, which it estimated could inc... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 31, 2016 - #ia #advertising #mobile #web #media #design #moronism

JR: Toledo stories about Toledo's illegal refuse fee tax - related: https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2008/02/27/Council-assumes-control-of-trash-fee.html https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2008/02/04/Toledo-authority-to-impose-trash-fee-is-debated.html https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2010/05/... more>> 8 min read
- Mar 23, 2016 - #toledo #politics #moronism

JR: Tt post mar 12 2016 - Blade story that Mariner alluded to above: Mar 12, 2016 - Mayor names 7 as monitors of how Issue 2 money spent And we need about 150,000 people to monitor the monitors. Even if the issue 2 scam is defeated on Tuesday, then the city can play their ... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 12, 2016 - #toledo #politics #media #moronism

JR: Tt post mar 11 2016 - This new income tax revenue stream will repair Toledo's streets. And the traffic enforcement cameras exist for safety reasons. The temporary illegal refuse fee tax will expire in 2008. If you recycle, then you will not have to pay the permanent il... more>>
- Mar 11, 2016 - #toledo #politics #humor #moronism

JR: Tt post mar 10 2016 - "... Trump is downright scary." Trump is a combination of: Bobby "The Brain" Heenan The Honky Tonk Man "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart Greg "The Hammer" Valentine "Classy" Freddie Blassie The bad-guys in pro wrestling were always more... more>>
- Mar 10, 2016 - #toledo #politics #humor #moronism

JR: Tt post about web page bloat - mar 7, 2016 - "BTW - some of the sites most laden with pop-up, banner, Flash, and stealth ads are newspaper sites. Even the New York Times and the Washington Post are so full of slow-loading commercial bloat that they are almost worthless to visit." Oh man, I cou... more>> 5 min read
- Mar 09, 2016 - #media #design #moronism

JR: Tt post mar 8 2016 - more about media website bloat - "I watched Spotlight last week. It won the award for best film, and detailed how the Boston Globe investigative team uncovered the pedophile priest scandal in the Boston archdiocese." And that reporting occurred or began in 2002. January 6, 2002 -... more>> 7 min read
- Mar 09, 2016 - #media #design #moronism

JR: Newspapers are executing a war on the web - my notes/thoughts from this stream ... ... have been copied here: "Forget Spotlight: There's a war against journalism" - - #media #moronism #humor #entertainment - a lot of whining from a media person about the entertainer Trump. it's not politi... more>> 3 min read
- Mar 01, 2016 - #media #moronism #humor #entertainment #speed #design #web

JR: Twitter's Complexity - Twitter's Missing Manual - (eev.ee) related HN thread It takes thousands of words to explain how to use a service that permits only 140 characters. This is a space that is ripe for disruption. Someone or something could create a much simpler "disc... more>> 4 min read
- Feb 27, 2016 - #socialmedia #forums #design #humor #moronism #blog_jr