Archive for May, 2007
My YouTube Video on “Cutting the Blowfish” in Japan
You might be wondering why I am blogging today as if it was my last day in life. I am currently updating my cerebral Web 2.0 hard drive. And I am wondering in turn how how a piece of content gets appreciated – rather unexpectedly. I took this video 4 weeks ago in Tokyo which shows the poisenous Blowfish being cut by a skilled chef. The point is that the fish is still alive and moving throughout the procedure.
Interestingly, the 2:55 minutes film has been viewed more than 1.600 times and commented on a regular bases.
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Reloaded: Richard Gere and Sex in India
I wrote about it on Tuesday here, today The Economist has picked up the story as well. Richard Gere’s kissing of Indian actress Shilpa Shetty and the subsequent arrest warrant from a mentally disoriented judge.
There is hardly anything which stirs more controversy in India than “SEX”. Merely speaking out the word will make people either pale or blush. The level of hypocrisy is endless. I remember the story of a former employee of mine with whom I had built a good rapport. He mentioned that in the absence of his parents during their vacation, he had his girlfriend moved into the house. God beware that his parents knew. Not just about her moving in for a week, but for him actually having one. Him, who was supposed to be married off according to the choice of them.
Anyway, I congratulated him to his move of courage and and tapped him on the shoulder for his civic disobedience. Then I asked him if later in the future he would allow his son to move his girlfriend in when he was out on vacation. “No, Sir, of course not!”. – “What a hypocrite you are”, I replied. He had the final say with “Sir, that’s the beauty of Indian culture.”
Mobile Food Ordering: Horizontalizing the Customer
MobileCrunch is covering a mobile service in the San Francisco area where people can use their time to the restaurant to not just view the menu, but to also order. When they arrive, the dish is ready to be served.
What comes to my mind is Thomas Friedman’s description of “horizontalizing the customer”. Like printing out your boarding pass for a plane at home from your printer, this service also shifts one piece of the value chain, namely the order process, to the customer. What seems in the first place just as saving time for the customer corresponds on the other side of the equation at least to the same degree with cost savings for staff taking the order as well as higher turnaround time per table. That’s win-win at its best …
India’s Blogging Behaviour
The Ecomic Times of India today has a nice overview on India’s blogging behaviour with 14 % of internet users being active bloggers. 58 % start because they want to express passionate views. Certainly true for a country whose culture is emotional indeed.
Dal Fry: Mother India’s most honest Food
If there is one dish which I am most looking forward when I am coming to “Mother India”, it’s Dal Fry. In general Indian food is excellent, but this one is maybe not the best from a high-cuisine standpoint (although there are many variations to it), but because of it simple honesty. Dal Fry, the spicy fried lentil soup. To be eaten with either Indian bread or with rice. I just came back from lunch and paid some 30 Rupees (40 Euro Cents) for it. Who wants to try cooking himself, the recipe can be found here. I feel Dal Fry deseves an ode …
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