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Kiva.org

Daniel Cole — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:03:27 +0000

I just signed up for Kiva today, and loaned money to:

I really like this idea of micro-loans. It is better than donating money because the receiver must pay it back. It builds up a local economy, instead of destroying it like the donated clothes in Africa. When I get the loan payment back, I can just cycle it back into Kiva and to another individual/group. I think donating money this way (I’m not going to pull my money out of the system, I will always loan it out to someone else.) Is a lot better than just giving someone something. Obviously, if someone is starving or destitute they need a donation, not a loan. But for small businesses, the best thing for their growth is a small loan without the corporate bank interest charges.

Jaiku, Twitter, etc.

Daniel Cole — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:11:51 +0000

So, I have both a Jaiku and a Twitter account. I had basically abandoned my Twitter account for several months until today. (I think I posted once or twice in that time frame.) I really like Jaiku’s feed gathering feature, but Twitter lets me send SMS messages to post. I have different communities on each. I want to only use one, since I already have my Facebook status and MySpace status to update. I can’t make a decision. Another factor to be consider is that Twitter goes down a lot. I like Jaiku’s badge on my blog. When Twitter goes down, so does the Twitter badge. I think I’m just going to do status on Twitter and let Jaiku gather all of my feeds, so I’ll just have to have both badges on here and on my Facebook page. I don’t like compromises where neither side is a winner.

Animoto.com

Daniel Cole — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:11:43 +0000

Animoto.com is a website for creating great photo slideshows with embedded music. This video is made from photos of this semester’s TAMU vs. Fresno St. game. I hope you like it. I’ve also tacked on another remix of the video with different photos and section of music.

Music

Daniel Cole — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:01:14 +0000

Music is so inspirational. It can provoke any emotion. I like to listen to movie scores occasionally, just to feel the emotion that it is trying to portray. It’s such a rich medium of communication. It can convey meaning that words would never be able to. It’s so common worldwide that it breaks down boundaries that languages put up. Music has the power or ability to fill your entire body. It connects you with the musicians and the other listeners. It can be calming, enraging, rousing, depressing, enlightening or educational, and it can be primitive or guttural. Music is what we have in common with everyone else on the planet. Word can’t really describe it, so you’ll just have to listen to it yourself. (Magnatune.com has a great collection of music from around the world. You can even download a podcast with of it.)

In the Mood

Daniel Cole — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:10:33 +0000

I’m in the mood to write, but about what? I’m not sure, but here goes.

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Well, nothing’s coming to mind. I’m pretty bored right now. There’s not much going on. I’m not in the mood to read my school work, I don’t have any homework due, and I’m stuck on dial-up so I’m limited to what I can do on the internet. Woe is me.

Ha! I just found a video from YouTube of a Furby (the little demons from toy Hell) getting fried in the microwave!!! It’s is awesome! You have to see it! I feel a little bit better now. Have a good one.

The Current Situation

Daniel Cole — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:36:49 +0000

Everything right now is surreal. I’m slightly sick with a sinus infection, so that is distorting my perception of reality. I get tired more frequently, I’m really hungry when it’s time to eat yet I can’t eat as much as I used to, and I ache somewhat. My mood for the past couple of weeks has been off too. I just don’t want to do anything, not even the stuff that I really enjoy in a normal situation.

I just found a video blogger on YouTube that I’m really liking his stuff. He’s 79, I think.. (don’t quote me). His username is geriatric1927. You might want to go watch his videos. I like hearing the personal storys of people older than I am. I like to hear what life was like when they were younger. I find it all very interesting. Maybe you would too. I hope I can be helpful to someone when I’m older and have more experience.

Norton Internet Security

Daniel Cole — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:47:51 +0000

I finally broke the chains from Norton Internet Security. I replaced it with NOD32 for anti-virus and Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall as the firewall. So far I like them a lot. They don’t hog the system half as much as Norton did and I haven’t had problems with them freezing or anything. Norton was bloatware and if I happened to get infected, it would have immediately been turned off by the virus. I don’t have to pay as much either. It’s $10 dollars cheap than Norton. I had been having quite a few problems with Norton freezing up my system and slowing down the shutdown for several minutes. The firewall was also and enormous pain with it’s constant “What do you want to do? Block, Allow, Block Always, Allow Always.” The Allow Always never worked anyway! It drove me crazy; I couldn’t get anything done. That’s all over. I’m free! Free at last!

Fan

Daniel Cole — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:55:52 +0000

I’ve got a consistent visitor whom I’d like to know. They are using Microsoft Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 5.5. You came to my site on the 17th and 18th of June. You usually go to my home page from my facebook profile. Your screen size is 800 by 600 pixels and 16 bits is the color depth. You use SBC Internet services and yesterday you listened to my audio blog. You are located somewhere near Deer Park, TX (that’s a suburb of Houston). I’d really like to know who you are. If you think you are this person, please send me an email at daniel @ pnebleu.com . I’m not trying to scare you with this information, but I get this info from a page counter that tells me how many people visit. Please email me if you feel this is you. Thanks.

New Website

Daniel Cole — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:27:30 +0000

I guess I never mentioned this, but I got a new website, http://pnebleu.com/, and this one has a domain and hosting. I’ve already incorporated everything, so this is actually old news, but I thought I need to say something. I’m trying to keep it compact and easy to use. Whether you visit or not, I like it and will update it as needed. You can email me with comments at daniel@pnebleu.com . Hope you enjoy, I certainly will.

Variety

Daniel Cole — Tue, 16 May 2006 20:59:28 +0000

I like variety and a change in environment. I have not been able to easily find widescreen desktop images, but just recently I found two websites that have a lot of really good ones. The first is mandolux.com. The archive goes back to 2002 and I really like a lot of the large desktops. The artist/photographer is very talented. Another widescreen desktop site I found was InterfaceLIFT.com. It was arranged in an easy to browser and download fashion. I get quite bored with the same desktop and visual style after a while. It was nice to find sites that understood the widescreen audience. Variety is the spice of life.

Color Psychology

Daniel Cole — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:29:45 +0000

I really liked this page about colors. Most of if I already knew but having it on one page is nice.