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Comment on Become a Microlender by apc

apc — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:28:55 +0000

We are coming up on 5 years with Kiva – and we still have never lost a penny!

Comment on Become a Microlender by apc

apc — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:28:29 +0000

Still no losses!

We received a few comments asking how we decide which Kiva borrowers to lend to. First, we rely of Kiva to present only those deemed eligible. While each request is described, we try to eliminate any bias by selecting borrowers with a random number generator. It works like this:

When you select “lend” on Kiva, you are taken to a list of borrowers needing money. At the end of the first page, it tells you the number of pages of listings there are. Today, for example, there were 138. We use a random number generator to select a page. Each page contains 8 listings, and we use a random number to make the final selection. That is all there is to it.

By the way, to generate the numbers we use the program Andrew Culver developed for John Cage. He makes it available as shareware here:

http://www.anarchicharmony.org/People/Culver/CagePrograms.html

Comment on Become a Microlender by apc

apc — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:56:47 +0000

Still no losses. Not a penny! Commissions from links on our pages are used to make new loans.

Comment on Participants Needed: Project Finnegans Wake by apc

apc — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:35:13 +0000

Since we announced the October 20, 2009 reading, we have had a number of inquiries regarding participation. Here is the chart we are using. If you send an email or leave a comment below, we will send you a section. That, or just choose your own and let us know which section you have selected. You should practice to be sure you can complete your section in 10 minutes. We expect to have Book IV covered and doubling up should be fine. Reader Pages I 593-596, line 16 (596.16) II 596.17-600 III 600-603.16 IV 603.17-607 V 607.16-611 VI 611-614.16 VII 617-620.16 VIII 620.17-624 IX 625- end If you would like to take part in this or future readings, contact bend of bay.

Comment on PROJECT Finnegans Wake – October 20, 2009 by apc

apc — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:46:55 +0000

There was a comment from someone that indicated they could not participate in a reading in New York. Keep in mind that for the October 20 reading it doesn’t matter where you are. The most important point is the time; you can adjust to your time zone. You don’t even need to leave home or office. Also, Book IV is only 35 pages. If you assume it takes 2:30 to read a page and do the math, 35 readers gives a 2:30 performance time.

Given the dispersion of people we can double up parts, or confirm new pages depending on the number of responses I get between now and, say, October 15.

Depending on the response to the October 20 reading we may make this a series.

Comment on PROJECT Finnegans Wake – October 20, 2009 by apc

apc — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:37:35 +0000

Answers to questions or comments on the October 20 reading can be found on the PROJECT Finnegans Wake page.

Comment on Participants Needed: Project Finnegans Wake by apc

apc — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:33:41 +0000

Given the dispersion of people we can double up parts, or confirm new pages depending on the number of responses I get between now and, say, October 15.

Depending on the response to the October 20 reading we may make this a series.

Comment on Participants Needed: Project Finnegans Wake by apc

apc — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:56:00 +0000

There will be a partial performance of Section II PROJECT Finnegans Wake on October 20, 2009. This version will be confined to Book IV and will start at 5:15 PM GMT and 12:15 PM in New York City. Be on the lookout for readers. They can be anywhere.

Comment on James Joyce Ulysses – Live (mp3 or ogg) by apc

apc — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:51:02 +0000

an editor of bend of bay prefers the Naxos audiobook version. It is pricey, but if you do buy it through the following link our 4% cut will go to micro loans as described on our masthead/about page. Ulysses (Naxos AudioBooks)

Comment on Reading Finnegans Wake (Part II) by bob griffin

bob griffin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:08:11 +0000

I happened to run across your website while browsing. Comment? Uh, well, I probably hold the Guinness record for taking more than a half century to read the book. In the aggregate, including all the backtracking, I have read it hundreds of times. Riverrunning the book again, I find that each old/new page takes on a new mosaic. I (sort of) started as a grad student in 1958, when I dropped in on Thornton Wilder’s Finnegans Wake Society in New Haven, and was puzzled by what the wisemen referred to as the work’s “grids.” That was back in the olden days when a student’s toolkit was used to assemble what we then called “meaning.” Occasionally, I was spurred on by arguments with my old friend, Joe Campbell. Now in my retired dottage, I can lose myself for hours in those glorious pages.

Comment on Merce Cunningham – Pound Way by apc

apc — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:41:36 +0000

Editor’s note: Music by Brian Eno, design by Roy Lichtenstein. Video feed from http://www.ubu.com.

From ubu.com: “Pond Way can be described as one of Cunningham’s ‘nature studies’ where the movement evokes birds, animals or landscapes. It is a lyrical, contemplative and sensuous piece, with the movement, according to Cunningham, being reminiscent of the game of skimming stones over a pond, which he loved to play as a child. The production is further enriched with a backcloth from the visual artist Roy Lichtenstein and a soundscape by Brian Eno. “

Comment on Candy Says by Valerie Celibataires

Valerie Celibataires — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:48:23 +0000

I love velvet underground!!! Heroine is one of the greatest songs ever.

Comment on Become a Microlender by apc

apc — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:18:46 +0000

In spite of the global economic meltdown, all our kiva borrowers continue to pay on time. As loans are repaid, we re-lend the money to other borrowers.

Comment on Become a Microlender by apc

apc — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:11:54 +0000

Update from the editor: Any commissions received from amazon.com for sales of items linked to our pages will be used to make new loans. buy now

Comment on Calder Le Cirque by martkka

martkka — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:33:56 +0000

this is masterpiece, i must say! reminds me the atmosphere of having dreams crowded with small teddy creatures, just like in The Science of Sleep by M. Gondry.