Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Kent State Massacre

May 4th Walking Tour sign against the background of trees and grass at one of the waypoints.

Hard to believe it’s been 50 years.

On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State University.

In 13 seconds, four Kent State students were killed and nine students were injured during the campus protest against the Vietnam War. Continue reading Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Kent State Massacre

Photo of the Week: Female Yellow-headed Blackbirds

two brown birds with muted yellow face and breast feed in the grassy field.

When I first saw the two birds in the grass near the marsh, I did a double-take. They weren’t Eastern Meadowlarks, they didn’t have the right coloring. Or the type of bill a meadowlark would have. As I peered through my binoculars and watched the birds’ behavior, I finally figured it out. Yellow-headed Blackbirds! Not… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Female Yellow-headed Blackbirds

May 1, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about taking research out of the usability lab, find out what’s in the WordPress 5.4.1 maintenance and security release, discover how to create a masonry-style layout in CSS, and more. Continue reading May 1, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News