Idea for slimming down your space: digital photo frames. I've written before about our plan to shrink our footprint - smaller car, smaller living quarters, less use of consumables, less acquisition, etc. We're working on it. Things are being consumed and not replaced. We long ago threw off the "upgrade" addiction that has gripped the US - more megs, more songs, more speed … [Read more...]
Kiva Mastercard (Advanta) Rocks!
I try to regularly review products or services that help my business or are just plain good representatives of the business values I espouse. Well the latest is the Kiva Mastercard from Advanta. I've mentioned kiva.org before. You make a $25 micro-loan that is combined with other microloans and used to fund a small entrepreneur in the third world. It might be a taxi driver in … [Read more...]