article archive - 06/2013 - all archives
JR:
Watercolor art and children's book illustrations
- Google images : Stan Fellows
YouTube : Stan Fellows
YouTube : Stan Fellows talks about watercolor pallet.
Stan Fellows painting outside
Children's book : John Muir: America's First Environmentalist illustrated by Stan Fellows
Children's bo...
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- Jun 14, 2013
- #watercolor #books
JR:
Social networks versus forums
- June 2013 discussion at message board developer Xenforo :
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Social networks are for narrow minded individuals who don't want to broaden their minds and actually debate an issue. Heaven forbid someone comes up with a premise that makes them r...
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- Jun 09, 2013
- #forums #socialmedia
JR:
Mercurial source control management
- by a creator of the new, June 2013 iOS notes app Vesper
To swim with the current these days is to use git. But I like Mercurial better and I think Mercurial is to Macintosh as git is to Windows.
Thats probably not fair or rational, but it do...
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- Oct 08, 2013
- #programming #versioncontrol
JR:
Proposed Ghost blogging platform
- Idea proposed in the fall of 2012.
Development began in 2013.
First release expected in summer or fall of 2013.
A lot of nerd hype.
Concept, however, contains interesting ideas.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4743245
http...
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6 min read
- Feb 13, 2014
- #blogging #writing #design #ghost #blog_jr
JR:
Resolved - Add client-side Textile markup editor
- update 21aug2013: have now tagged this as #resolved. I'm going with the splitscreen setup that is currently in place. No need for a live preview editor on the client side right now. I have auto-save implemented.
Some new, interesting code found at ...
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2 min read
- Aug 21, 2013
- #resolved #junco #editor #markup
JR:
Add text resizer links
- implemented on 8Aug2013: added five diff sizes. very small (80%), small (90%), medium (default 100%), large (110%), and very large (120%).
Possible idea.
Like at Toledo Talk, implement the links, actions, and css to change font size.
/textsize/sma...
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- Aug 08, 2013
- #junco #resolved
JR:
Resolved - Change name of Web app from Kestrel to something else
- going with the name Junco
Kestrel software already exists.
Wikipedia:
Kestrel (previously known as Scarling) is a light-weight persistent message queue server written in Scala that speaks the memcached protocol. It was originally developed by Tw...
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1 min read
- Jul 22, 2013
- #junco #resolved
JR:
Yarn Cravin Summer 2013 News and Events
- - Perrysburg
Dont miss the Fiber Art Exhibit at 577 Foundation on June 8; 10-5 9; 12-5. Bring your knitting and stay a while! They have live music, art demonstrations along with the juried fiber art exhibit. - Over 75 pieces of juried fiber art ...
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- Oct 08, 2013
- #knitting
JR:
Summer 2013 Concerts at Ottawa Park
- Free
All concerts are on Saturday and run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Scheduled line-up:
July 6: The Chardon Polka Band
July 13: East River Drive (Las Vegas Show)
July 20: Night Session (Swing-Big Band)
July 27: MoJoe Boes & His Noble Jones (Blues)
A...
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- Jun 05, 2013
- #events #toledo #ottawapark #music
JR:
Guidelines to increase productivity by limiting time on the Internet
- June 2013 Medium.com post Why I Dont Check Facebook Till 6PM - Systems over Discipline
These are the author's guidelines or efficiency rules to increase productivity.
Only check e-mails between 11AM - 12PM, and 3PM - 4PM.
My cell phone stays f...
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- Mar 03, 2014
- #socialmedia #gtd #blog_jr
JR:
Resolved - Change the redirect action after deleting front page post
- when on page 2 or higher, have the site redirect back to the current page instead of the home page after deleting or undeleting a blog or microblog post.
completed on 5June2013
#resolved
#junco
- Jun 27, 2013
JR:
Custom Toledo-area weather Web site
- See also Weather test pages to use
Toledo Express hourly forecast
xml file
use: temp, wind speed, wind direction, sky cover %, and precip chance
Using this XML file for Lucas County weather conditions and forecasts.
Mobile friendly, respons...
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4 min read
- Mar 03, 2014
- #weatherapp #programming #design #jquery #javascript #toledo #blog_jr
JR:
Views on Forums and Facebook in 2013
- May 2013 - Medium.com post - The Facebook experiment has failed. Lets go back.
We need to go back to smaller communities. Where people arent lost in the mediocre averages of large networks. Thats where ideas flourish.
Hacker News discussion
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- Jan 15, 2014
- #socialmedia #forums #blog_jr