Presidential candidates on the web
June 29, 2007
It’s not particularly noteworthy that there are nineteen presidential hopefuls with active websites this election cycle but that the use of the social networking sites by the candidates has exploded. Go to Entertainment Guide: Election ‘08 for links to the candidates’ sites.
Dave, slowly warming to the likes of YouTubeand MyFace.
I want a utilikilt
June 25, 2007
Well, not really, but there is enough Scot in me to toy with the idea, at least until I learned that wearing it with underwear is really not the thing. Check it out here.
And if you are wondering why,
What an interesting world we live in!
Dave, thinking that Bro Don would look very manly in a kilt.
Meet Mr. Im Sa Um
June 22, 2007
Exactly a year ago I contributed to a micro-finance loan for Boris Puero Candela, owner of Puero y Asociados in Ecuador to help finance his computer business. The loan was paid back over 18 months, so I selected another business to help finance. This was done through an online business named Kiva, which seems to be thriving.
So meet Mr. Im Sa Um in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
He is 71 years old and works selling motor oil, gasoline, and auto parts - earning about $5/day. He also fixes motorbikes with one of his children and they can earn $2/day. The loan of $1,000 (my part is $100) will be used to buy spare parts for cars that he will sell in his store. In the future, he would like to make his shop larger so that he can leave it for his son.
If you’re interested in International microfinance for developing countries, zip over to Kiva and help out one of their portfolio of entrepreneurs seeking small loans.
Dave, not exactly a big financier.
Please rise for a report on the perfect pew
June 18, 2007
This was passed on by blogger Larry Ayers at Riverside Rambles, with malice aforethought, and it demonstrates a type of link that I hadn’t seen before - a Printer-Friendly Page. Aside from that novelty, the pew-sitting essay will probably resonate with my pew-sitting friends.
al.com’s Printer-Friendly Page
Dave, usually willing to get up off his pew and go to work.
