The Pnebleu Blog

I’m almost settled into my new apartment.  I still have a lot to do in the second bedroom (my office), but I’ll have to get some shelves to get it completely finished.  I’m getting my list together of things that I need to buy to fill out my apartment.  Dishes, glasses, silverware, and an HDTV are at the top of my list.

Cable and Internet was connected last Tuesday.  I am currently watching the History Channel in HD.  The program is about robot warriors.  I’m a little creeped out by how the military is using robots.  World domination by the machines will be here soon enough.

I definitely like having the whole place to myself.  I can just relax and do what I want in my new place.  Once I get the dishes, I’m going to plan a dinner party to have people over.  That should be fun!

I know there are problems with my website. The pages never stop loading, the pictures don’t lightbox properly, and there are problems with the layout.

I will get to these issues after I get back from vacation (10 day roadtrip)

So, I’ve had the BlackBerry Bold for a couple weeks now.  I’ve gotten quite accustom to using it regularly.  Actually, some of this is typed with it.

First off, as a phone it works much better than my old one.  I can get the volume loud enough to hear well when I’m driving.  It allows me to keep all the phone numbers and email addresses I need for people.

As an Internet-device, it suits my purposes very well.  The browser on this model phone reduces websites to fit on the whole screen, then you zoom in to see what you want.  Also, some sites have mobile pages and the zoom feature automatically turns off for those because they are already the right size.  I have almost completely moved to the BlackBerry for my email needs.  The qwerty keyboard has is it’s greatest feature in my book.

Finally, as an application platform it has a good start, but there is room for improvement.  The BlackBerry App World store has many applications, but not nearly as many as the iTunes App Store.  It also is hard to navigate on the phone.  There is no way to browse the store on the PC, which is a really bad idea.  I want to be able to easily buy apps from my computer, because it is easy to use for this.

Overall, I am very happy with this phone.  It’s not perfect, but it is so much better than what I had before.

It is finally here for me!  I got my Blackberry Bold yesterday evening.  In the next couple of days I will updated this post with info about my experience.

I’m starting the apartment search all over again.  I’m looking forward to having my own place (one bed/one bath), but I’m not looking forward to the hunt.  I’m trying to find something in College Station with a more mature, i.e. non-student, population.  $600 per month is my maximum.  I am making washer/dryer connections a requirement, if not the appliances.  Kitchen size is a major consideration, as well.  I’d prefer not to have a studio apartment, but if I can’t find anything else that will do.  Well, I’ve talked enough about looking, now I’m actually going to do some hunting.

This semester is going very quickly.  I graduate in May.  I’m not ready for this, but at the same time I can’t wait.  The career fair was very depressing today.  Not much opportunity at this very moment.  I just keep relying on God to provide for me, it’s all I can do.  This semester I have had to most reading of all of my college years.  I’m just barely keeping up.  I have a few more tests in the next two weeks.  If all goes well this semester, I should graduate Summa Cum Laude; that will be exciting!

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.