A few weeks ago, I installed a WordPress plugin that made it easy to browse this Locally Grown blog via a web browser on a mobile phone. It worked on my G1 but unfortunately, not on the iPhone. Earlier this week, Felicity Enders alerted me to a different plugin (WPTouch). I installed it and voila! it now works for the iPhone, iPod touch, Android (Google), and BlackBerry touch mobile devices. (continued)
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
I’m thrilled to see that the Be Local … Buy Local (BLBL) campaign initiated by the Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Northfield Downtown Development Corporation is not only web-savvy but recognizes the role that the local blogosphere plays in both the local economy and the information ecosystem. The HTML code they provide for BLBL images includes these explanations:
I heard a Marketplace segment on Tuesday titled Rethinking the idea of gift giving featuring Joel Waldfogel, author of Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn’t Buy Presents for the Holidays. The book is featured in George Will’s column (Strib reprint today), The gift of not giving: Another huge, value-destroying hurricane is about to slam America.
We’re going to be messing with the look of the LoGroNo (Locally Grown Northfield) website over the next few days, in preparation for the launch of the membership option which is on its way Real Soon Now.
Two of Northfield’s coffeehouses are open this Thanksgiving morning. I’m blogging this from one in my neighborhood, the James Gang Coffeehouse & Eatery (the only coffeehouse in town with a drive-thru), open till noon. Caribou Coffee is also open but I’m not sure what their hours are today.
Carleton Arb’s annual deer management hunt begins today. The warning signs are up, so be sure to stay on the trails. FYI, Nancy Braker, Arb director, is our radio show/podcast next Monday.
Here’s a short video on why we motorcyclists refer to white-tailed deer as forest rats:
Our radio show/podcast guest yesterday: KYMN Radio’s operations and sales guy, Tim Freeland, talking with us about how Northfield area retailers can make use of social media for marketing.
Application to serve on one of the city’s Boards and Commissions. Take your pick, there’s something for everybody, and we need fresh meat.
There are now at least three Xmas tree lots within the city limits of Northfield: Ace Hardware, Lansing Garden Center, and one on So. Hwy 3 between Jesse James Lanes and the Super 8. So it’s time to update the argument on the environmental impact of real vs. artificial Xmas trees. (We have an artificial one and love it.) Some background: