JR: Do nurseries sell plants that are poisonous to honeybees? - I realize that the honeybee is a non-native insect to North America, but if this info is true, and if the situation negatively impacts honeybees, will it also hurt our native bee population? From a Facebook friend's post: I did not know neonic p... more>>
- Jun 25, 2014 - #todo #nature #environment #business #flower #insect #food #blog_jr

JR: ToledoWX Weather Web App Proposed Changes - June 2014 - Here's the Lucas County Zone XML file used by three scripts within ToledoWX. I did not realize that the NWS also produces a JSON version. Nice. And it's functioning better than the XML file. For some reason, the XML file stopped including the "... more>> 1 min read
- Jun 18, 2014 - #todo #toledowx

JR: Creating new blog tool based upon Junco and Kinglet - #todo - #programming - #blogging - #grebe I created Kinglet from Junco code. I'd like to create a smaller blogging tool based upon ideas and code from both Junco and Kinglet. App name options: Modo Veery Tanager Scaup Grebe update: I decided u... more>> 8 min read
- Jun 18, 2014 - #todo #programming #blogging #grebe

JR: Beer bottling conditioning - a priming sugar is NOT used at bottling. yeast from some source is used to produce natural carbonation within the bottle. some Belgium style beers can only produce certain flavors through bottling and not kegging. #beer - #beverage #todo - nee... more>>
- Jun 06, 2014 - #beer #beverage #todo

JR: Media blames Facebook for the content that media creates - #todo finish editing and excerpting May 22, 2014 dust-up pitting technologists versus journalists in a broad sense. I'm not implying that all technologists and all journalists think the same way, regarding this issue. But for the opinions that I've ... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #todo #media #moronism #humor #blog_jr

JR: May 3, 2014 notes about our backyard Hermit Thrush - "You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra (On Sat, May 3, I wrote this info down in my Field Notes notebook, but I don't think that I recorded it at JotHut.) At 10:47 a.m., I observed a Hermit Thrush foraging on our back lawn, near th... more>> 2 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #bird #home #nature #quote #blog_jr #todo

JR: At-home Birdwatching Notes for Mon morning, May 12, 2014 - At 8:03 a.m., Barney and I began birdwatching outside around our home. Observations: Ovenbird Warbler sang from the backyard. Nashville Warbler sang. Distant Carolina Wren sang. Three to four Tennessee Warblers sang around our home. At least t... more>> 6 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #home #bird #weather #blog_jr #todo

JR: Notes - May 16-18, 2014 - It was a weekend celebration of birds and beer with fine weather and good people. #todo - finish editing, including more info about bird species observed. Fri eve, May 16 Sat, May 17, 2014 North Coast Open birding event. Urbanites team try to... more>> 3 min read
- May 27, 2014 - #todo #bird #beer #blog_jr

JR: Questions for Glass City Mashers - #beer - #beverage - #todo clear beer or cloudy beer? taste diffs? use irish moss to clear beer? bottle with sediment, do you shake it or not? brew in a bag? bottling sugar? corn sugar table sugar honey tablets bottle conditioning?
- May 26, 2014

JR: November 2013 Toledo City Council election results - Lucas BOE results - pdf file Total Vote For 6 0.0 Total Votes 219196 431.0 Rob Ludeman 27140 53.37% Jack Ford 25298 49.75% Sandy Spang 23783 46.77% Steven C. Steel 21252 41.79% Theresa M. Gabriel 19376 38.10% Larry J. Sykes 19288 37.93% Adam J. Ma... more>>
- May 23, 2014 - #todo

JR: Feb - Mar 2014 Major To-Dos - Help documentation nodejs ghost theme migrate tt content #todo
- May 02, 2014

JR: April notes to turn into articles - #todo (or microblog posts to blog posts) These are threads of notes that contain excerpts from other sources and my own thoughts that probably should have been converted to a blog post.
- Apr 24, 2014

JR: Github commits to make - #github - #todo
- Apr 13, 2014

JR: NFL silliness as of early 2014 - ( #todo - finish writing / editing ) The NFL is wrought with rampant hypocrisy. The NFL does not need stunts and gimmicks to prop up its product. Last decade, the NFL started its own network and began playing Thursday night games in November and... more>> 5 min read
- Apr 06, 2014 - #todo #sports #football #nfl #moronism #blog_jr

JR: Programming Things To-Do - Actually, these should have been completed by Mar 31, 2014. I created this list on Apr 1, 2014. The goal is to have all items completed by the end of April 2014, except for maybe the last one. Creating an SPA would be fascinating may take more time ... more>>
- Apr 01, 2014 - #programming #todo #juncotodo #kinglettodo