Celebrities Love Teacup Potbelly Pigs
Posted by: bhartzer on: October 8, 2009
What is the hottest pet right now? Apparently all the rage right now is Teacup sized Pot Belly Pigs. Teacup size? Yes, that’s right. Here are a few pictures of them. They are also called “micro mini pot belly pigs” or just “micro minis”. The bottom line is that they’re actually a mini version of the pot belly pig.
They are so small, how could you not love them? Certainly there may still be issues with your local laws and regulations, as some cities do not allow you to have farm animals. Some draw the line at what they call “split hooves”. Any animal that has “split hooves” like a pig, a goat, a sheep, aren’t allowed as pets.
Would you like to have a teacup potbelly pig as a pet?
Solar Assisted Air Conditioning
Posted by: bhartzer on: September 21, 2009
As you might imagine (well, as I might imagine, actually), I know that here in Texas our air conditioning unit, the HVAC unit is definitely something that costs us a lot of money in electric bills every month. Granted, there are a few months each year when we are actually able to open up our windows and air the house out a bit, and not rely on air conditioning or the heat. Read the rest of this entry »
Business Continuity Management Webcast Coming August 27th
Posted by: bhartzer on: August 25, 2009
Business Continuity Planning, in business, is the creation and validation of a practiced logistical plan for how an organization will recover and restore partially or completely interrupted critical (urgent) functions within a predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption. The logistical plan is called a business continuity plan. Read the rest of this entry »
Check out the One Handed Cutting Board
Posted by: bhartzer on: July 22, 2009
Alright, someone just sent me a photo of this one handed cutting board that is really for Swedish Chefs. But I think I could definitely use it to multi-task. How about fixing some dinner and cutting up the chicken while you Tweet on Twitter?
I know that this thing is really for those who cannot steady themselves the right way to use “normal” cutting board. Seriously, if you need one of these you should stay away from sharp knives altogether, especially if you are using a normal cutting board.
If you know me or have seen me in person you probably know that I love to eat great food: and if you give me something like this one handed cutting board so I can tweet and cook dinner, well, watch out!
WikiCity Launches a Wiki for Every City
Posted by: bhartzer on: June 18, 2009
WikiCity has launched a new type of online community — localized content serving over 22,000 cities, towns, and villages across the U.S. — created by, controlled by, and edited by local citizen journalists.
WikiCity is a project designed to make communities accessible, defining each not just as a dot on a map or a collection of statistics, but as a chorus of raucous, opinionated citizens falling in love with their hometown all over again. Much like Wikipedia, WikiCity is a free wiki, and anyone can contribute. However, WikiCity is different because it is designed to promote local community, commerce, tourism, and everyday life within the towns it serves – thus welcoming content that it typically not suited for Wikipedia.
Local businesses, blogs, and community organizations are encouraged to contribute articles for their organizations which, if written in an objective and unbiased tone, can be a very effective online marketing tool. An extensive series of help articles explain how wikis work and make it easy to add or edit any of WikiCity’s 12 million pages.
Founded in late 2008 by Pat Lazure and Rohit Keshwani, WikiCity provides unique local content on places, events, and people who would be of interest to those associated with any of its 22,000 U.S. towns.
WikiCity is located at www.WikiCity.com.
Disney Up Movie Review
Posted by: bhartzer on: May 29, 2009
There’s a new movie by Pixar and Disney called “Up!”, which is about a guy who uses thousands of balloons and lifts up his house.
Here are a few of movie trailers, there are also free tickets available if you go to a Home Carpet One location.
“Up,” the latest lovely fantasy from the artists at Disney’s Pixar animation, it’s a truly fantastic adventure — a lighter-than-air daydream about a cranky widower (the voice of Ed Asner), a chubby boy and their amazing journey.
No matter what else is released this year, at least one Best Animated Feature nomination — if not the winner — is already picked out.
“Up” has a delightful prologue, set in the ’30s, and the sort of slam-bang chase scene at the end that used to mark the “Wallace and Gromit” stories. It’s a delight much throughout. Read the rest of this entry »
Lead Maverick is Now Ecordia
Posted by: bhartzer on: May 27, 2009
Lead Maverick, Inc. has launched new company brand called “Ecordia”. This new brand name serves as the master brand for all of the company’s SEO content optimization products.
“We are very excited about our new Ecordia brand,” says Sean Jackson, CEO of Ecordia. Sean continues, “This master brand name serves as a focal point for our company’s content optimization product line and provides a unique position for our company within the search engine optimization (SEO) industry.”
The new Ecordia brand name will be used throughout the Ecordia content optimization product suite including:
Ecordia Content Hub – a content distribution system for the creation, publishing and management of search engine optimized (SEO) content. Ecordia Content Optimizer – an SEO content optimization analysis tool that optimizes content prior to publishing. Ecordia Search Tags – semantic search terms that are added to large websites to improve the “findability” of content in search engines.
The company is still incorporated as Lead Maverick, Inc. and will not change the legal name of the business. References to Lead Maverick on the web are in the process of being updated.
In addition to the launch of the new Ecordia brand, the company also announced the release of version 3.7 of its Ecordia Content Hub. This new release includes integration with the ShareThis API as well as several improvements to the user interface.
Bunchball Hires Amy Richards From Google
Posted by: bhartzer on: May 27, 2009
Bunchball, a marketing technology company, announced today a significant expansion of its leadership team with the addition of Amy Richards as Senior Vice President of Product Marketing, joining from Google; and David Tyler as Senior Vice President of Sales, joining from WeeWorld. The company, which this month moved into more expansive offices in Silicon Valley, is experiencing rapid growth and continues to attract and retain talent as it expands, despite the challenging economy.
An expert in publisher monetization through her work at Google, Yahoo!, MatchLogic and Excite, Amy Richards has been instrumental in building businesses that have shaped the evolution of online advertising since its inception. Amy’s work in crafting solutions for publishers and advertisers is exemplified by her leadership in introducing the DoubleClick Ad Exchange to the publisher market, achieving quick adoption of the first ever premium ad exchange and driving a shift in the way publishers manage their ad revenue streams. Acquired by Google in 2008, the Ad Exchange is now a primary strategic focus for the company.
Prior to that, Amy led the development of advertising solutions for Yahoo!, positioning the company as the industry standard for connecting marketers with audiences during its most successful era in display media sales. In years prior, Amy brought technologies and insights to publishers in strategic roles at MatchLogic and her own consulting practice. Designing advertising and inventory programs at Excite, Amy was vital in scaling the ad sales business from three search engines to the single largest distributed content network on the Web.
DeepDyve Unveils Free Search Tools
Posted by: bhartzer on: May 27, 2009
DeepDyve has released a trio of free tools that allows you to add powerful search capabilities for a more compelling user experience. The tools announced today complement the company’s recently announced suite of Publisher tools which utilize DeepDyve’s search technology to make publisher content more findable from anywhere on the web.
DeepDyve’s new tools enable websites and bloggers to quickly and easily display related articles and search results directly within their sites and blog posts. Visitors can now discover new, authoritative information seamlessly as they read and browse through websites that utilize DeepDyve’s technology. The following tools can be implemented simply by copying/pasting a few lines of code into the site, or by installing a WordPress plug-in:
The More Like This Content API automatically displays results from DeepDyve that are similar to the information displayed on the current page. It is designed for use by any website that would like to include a ‘related articles’ functionality, regardless of whether their content has been indexed by DeepDyve. To implement the API, go to:
DeepDyve’s Content Highlight Widget enables websites to integrate search with their users’ normal reading and browsing behavior. Visitors can highlight any block of text up to 5,000 characters in length, and run that selection as a query with a single click. To learn more, please visit: www.deepdyve.com/corp/widgets/highlight_widget
DeepDyve’s WordPress plug-in allows bloggers using this popular platform to automatically include links to related articles directly in their blogs. The plug-in utilizes DeepDyve’s “More Like This” technology to use the text of the blog as a query and return relevant search results. Visitors will benefit as they get additional information to further explore a topic and find more value in the blog that they are reading. For more information, please visit: http://www.deepdyve.com/corp/widgets/wordpress
All of the tools announced today are available for free. Interested parties are invited to learn more about these products by visiting www.deepdyve.com/corp/widgets
AIG CEO Leaves; Who will Replace Him?
Posted by: bhartzer on: May 22, 2009
With Edward Liddy’s announcement late yesterday that he will step down as the interim CEO of AIG as soon as a successor is found, the question on everybody’s mind is, “Who, in his/her right mind, would actually take the helm of the insurance giant that is still struggling to survive after its near collapse just eight months ago?”
“It will probably easier than people think to find a successor,” said John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. “If Liddy was there to stabilize the ship after it nearly sank, then the next person will have the task of rebuilding the company’s reputation and profits. There are people out there willing to take on that challenge.”
“Whoever takes over will have a lot of issues to address. At least one lawsuit as already been filed, and more are sure to come; the company remains under the thumb of the federal government; and, worst of all, it is still deeply mired in a crisis of trust,” said Challenger.
