Any Mac Users With Dual Monitors?
Post Categories: Personal
I’m having a problem finding a decent 20″ glossy monitor that I can add to a 20″ iMac as a dual monitor set up. The matte finish on most LCDs doesn’t look great next to the glossy iMac screen.
Does anyone have any suggestions or decent options for me? I would love to just get a mac mini, but it doesn’t support 2 monitors…And I can NEVER go back to just one lousy screen. I don’t know how anyone can work like that. Am I the only one who finds this image strangely arousing? mmmmmmm……
MORE Royalty Free Music Sites
Post Categories: Software
Last week I posted on some royalty music sites, and I received a few recommendations that I wanted to visit and review. Here are a few more stock music sites for you:
Opuzz - I like the idea of variable pricing for different lengths of the track, but once you have that plus prices for different versions, prices for the entire CD, and prices for multiple CDs, it becomes a little cumbersome. The selection offered isn’t great but it is all exclusive to Opuzz. It is difficult to figure out who the artists are. No pop-up demos is nice. Narrowing selection isn’t great and is basically only by genre.
MusicBakery - I like the user ratings. Clean site. Professional. Quick, easy song demos is good. Narrowing search selection is not an option, and sorting would be appreciated. Seems to be too much overlap i.e. select “Rock” and returns “Jazz” tracks. Variable pricing, but expensive and not THAT variable. $34 bucks for a 15 second clip doesn’t make me feel warm and toasty inside. $47 will typically get you a full track. Floating shopping cart makes me want to hit someone with my car.
Youlicense - I don’t like that you have to have an account before you can see prices. I believe the license fees are negotiable. The license fee is basically agreed upon by the artist as well as the licensee, and Youlicense just takes a commission (9%) on the transaction. Artists can upload music to license to others which is nice. Many ways to narrow search like mood, style, instruments, pace…etc and I like that as well. Lose the registration requirement up front, and I’d feel better about this one.
Eventvue, Rookie of the Year!
Post Categories: Featured Companies
Congratulations to the Eventvue team for winning the CSIA Rookie of the Year Award! It’s always nice to receive a little recognition for your efforts, but shouldn’t there be some kind of $1 million cash prize for this or something? 
Eventvue is a company out of Boulder, CO that has a service for conferences that allows attendees to extend and maximize their conference experience as well as create an online community for that specific event.
Well done, guys. Eventvue is one of the TechStars companies from 2007, and I am an investor in the company.
My First Kiva Loan Default
Post Categories: Kiva Loans
I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later, but I probably wasn’t anticipating the reason why my borrower would be unable to make payments. Last March I lent money to Tony Mawera in Kenya to buy inventory for his business. The loan was processed through the local microlending organization in Kenya called SEED Development. Evidently, this group was scamming Kiva and not even distributing the full amount of funds to the intended borrowers.
Kiva found this out and audited SEED’s operations discovering that SEED had defaulted on 100% of their loans. I actually received about 75% of my loan principal back but I am concerned that Tony never even saw the funds for his business. What a ripoff. With all the turmoil and destruction occurring in Kenya lately those poor folks need some serious uplift, hope and encouragement. Scammers like this just burn me up.
Anyway, I have been happy with my experience at Kiva and have even been helping occasionally with some of the translations for them. Since 2006 I have done 28 loans with only 1 default, which is actually significantly better than the US mortgage default rate right now. Funny. I wish my private equity portfolio had as high a batting average! To see my Kiva portfolio click HERE. They can use your support too.
Who Cut the Cheese?
Post Categories: Uncategorized
I saw this video recently, and I thought it was so tasteful and classy that I just had to share. For all of my more polished, refined, snooty readers, this is for you:
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