http://jonathanryan.org Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:48:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://jonathanryan.org/2009/05/22/return-to-sender/ Squirrels have managed to destroy our bird feeder twice.  I put together this incredibly simple squirrel feeder that will hopefully keep them away from the bird feeder. Step 1: Find a scrap of wood. Step 2: Put a screw through it.  I used a drywall screw, because that is all I had.  ... http://jonathanryan.org/2009/05/15/worlds-simplest-squirrel-feeder/ Both for the same post too! http://jonathanryan.org/2009/05/10/double-front-page-on-reddit/ After my post on the PC pop up book took off, I decided to look around for other interesting pop-up books I could find and write about.  Looking around on Amazon I found lots of interesting ones, but they have been covered over and over again by other bloggers.  Eventually ... http://jonathanryan.org/2009/05/08/most-expensive-pop-up-books/ My pop-up book post has been getting ridiculous numbers of hits from StumbleUpon.  I've noticed that they seem to leave more comments and browse more of my site than the average visitor.  They've also earned me enough Amazon commission to cover my domain name and a few months of hosting!  ... http://jonathanryan.org/2009/05/07/stumbleupon-visitors-are-great/ I've taken the Adsense ads off of this blog.  They were hardly ever relevant, and I don't consider the $10/year income to be worth making my site look worse. http://jonathanryan.org/2009/05/05/google-adsense-gets-the-boot/ I recently discovered that during the late 1800's and early 1900's it was common to draw large panoramic views of cities. The Library of Congress has a huge collection of them available on their website. Some of these maps are incredibly detailed. They show each house on ... http://jonathanryan.org/2009/04/28/panoramic-views-of-american-cities/ Corrin and I dropped some stuff off at Goodwill the other day, and when we were looking around inside I made an amazing find.  For only two dollars, I purchased a pop-up book describing the internals of a 1980's PC!  I've uploaded pictures of most of the book.  I left ... http://jonathanryan.org/2009/04/28/pop-up-guide-to-the-personal-computer/ Yay! View our wedding site here.  It is pretty empty for now, but I'm sure it will fill in quickly. http://jonathanryan.org/2008/11/15/im-engaged/ http://jonathanryan.org/2008/10/08/dos-sucks-program-aborted/