If you’ve ever wondered which wine would go best with which food then there’s help on the way. Now you’ll be able to text the food you’re buying in the grocery store to a number and get back 3 choices that match your food best. I can’t wait to try this the next time I’m out shopping (not that I …
Some Flickr and YouTube Statistics
While I was compiling some numbers for the latest issue of the ZimmNews which should be going out tomorrow (email me if you want to be added to the list) I noticed that I’m up to 45 photo album sets in my Flickr account. They contain a total of over 7,500 photos that have been viewed almost 45,000 times! Those …
Bike Riding Branding Opportunity
I’ll bet you didn’t know we had a waterfall in Jefferson City, MO. I didn’t either until I was out on a city trail by a creek this afternoon. This isn’t a great shot of it but the bushes were too thick to get close. I’m sure that normally there’s not much water in this creek bed but we had …
It’s Another Ethanol and Indy Week (Iowa)
This is just a little heads up that I’ll be off to Newton, IA this week to cover the Iowa Corn Indy 250. Here’s a little promo you can listen to (mp3). The race is being sponsored by the Iowa Corn Growers Association and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and is being “presented” by Ethanol. This new race on the …
WordPress Tops in Webware 100 Awards
I am often asked why I seem so “stuck” on using WordPress. It’s because it’s such a good tool! Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks so. WordPress just came in first in the publishing category in Webware’s Top 100 Awards. These are the best Web applications there are. We know because you told us. Over the course of …
GSD&M Agency For John Deere Commercial and Consumer Equipment
John Deere’s commercial and consumer equipment division has selected its agency of record. John Deere, a major provider of advanced products and services for lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation, today announced it has named Austin, TX based GSD&M as the marketing & advertising agency of record for its Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division (C&CE). After a four-month …
IFAJ Congress 2008 Pumpkin
Cindy and I are looking forward to this year’s IFAJ Congress in Japan but we’re already looking forward to next year in Austria/Slovenia. Why? Because to pre-promote it the organizers are running a little pumpkin growing incentive. Here’s my plant growing next to our tomatoes. What we’re supposed to do is grow our pumpkins with seed they supplied starting now. …
RFD-TV Going HD in November
How about an RFD-TV twofer? That’s apparently what the world will get starting this fall when they launch their new high-definition channel. Could anything be more beautiful on TV than rural America in high-definition? RFD-TV is proud to announce the launch of RFD HD, this company’s new 24-hour television channel. RFD HD will create even more original programming to better …
FAO Gets James Butler as Deputy DG
There will be a new number two at the FAO. This is making the announcement a little early when you consider he doesn’t start until January! FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today announced the appointment of James G. Butler as Deputy Director-General, the number two post at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Mr Butler, a citizen of the United …
Great American Desserts
Now this would have been a sweet event to blog from. I didn’t know there was an Expo just for desserts but there is. It’s the Great American Dessert Expo which was just held in Atlanta. Here are the winners of the 2007 “Small Bite, Big Taste” Competition they held: Best New Products Mercer’s Dairy Mercer’s has created a wine …