In a very good game, Chivas made a comeback (with the last goal coming at 80 minutes), to tie 2-2 with Tecos of the University of Guadalajara. Omar Bravo scored the first, and is now at the top of the scorer’s table. Ramoncito Morales, captain of the squad, scored the second (below).
Censored by the Chinese government
Just to notify you in case you are a Chinese citizen, this blog has been censored by the Great Firewall of China. So, according to the results (tested here) you shouldn't be allowed to read it.
I don't even know what did I write about that was so inflammatory…
Mobile advertising operator
A couple of weeks back I read in Martín Varsavsky's blog about Blyk, a mobile operator targeted to teens that is wholly funded by advertising. Interestingly enough, some former Nokia employees are in tops spots at the venture, such as Pekka Ala-Pietilä.
They're starting out in the UK, but will move over to other European markets soon. This is surely a development worth follow-up.
Things I don’t like about Vox
I have been here for almost three weeks, and won't move back to Blogger. However, there are a couple of thinks that I really don't like about Vox:
- No comments from unregistered members. Even though I understand that it is for privacy reasons, maybe the use of OpenID and some sort of comment moderation would be much more effective (and I would have my old readers commenting here; who knows, maybe they'd sign up too).
- No HTML/CSS editing. I cannot add anything else to the template than what I am allowed by the tools, so I cannot move my old counter, my visitor's map, my mybloglog community roll, nor my FD Flickr Badge… Argh!
I think this sums up in one phrase: not all my readers use Vox! And instead of making it easier for me to interact with them, I'm inside this walled garden and they are out. Not unlike some telco services I know of…
However, I still stand by my decision, as video/mobile posting and design in general are easy to use. The fact I can have private posts is also a plus, and those people have already joined. However, I'm still annoyed. I sent feedback to the Vox team, but I don't know if they listened. Ugghh…
QotD: Life Was Never The Same
Tell us about an event that changed your life forever.
Submitted by Miss Scotch.
I've discussed this before in this post. Had I not dug from the discarded pile a business magazine where there was an interview with a person that was a friend of my dad, this person wouldn't have suggested to me some years later to go to study to Finland, so I wouldn't have landed the job I held for some years, I wouldn't have met a lot of people who are important for me and most importantly, I wouldn't have met my soon-to-be wife.
Tarina peilissä
Sattumaisesti törmasin Ulrikaan blogiin eilen. Hänen tarina on niin kuin peilin toisella puolella: suomalainen nainen joka muutti Meksikoon. On tosi mielenkiintoinen lukea minkäläisiä kokemuksia hänellä on ollut siellä, kun tiedän miten minulle sujui Suomessa, ja miten olen kasvannut sen jälkeen.
Hyvä oli lukea että molemmat voimme sanoa, että perisuomalainen- ja a la mexicana tavailla on hyvät ja huonot puolet, mutta tärkein on ottaa vaan parhaat palat niistä.
Brussels
This city is so unashamedly multicultural that you can very easily travel from "Portugal" to "Turkey" to "Poland" to "Congo" by just walking a couple of blocks. Some people complain that this city has no soul: I'd say it has many.
Inshes monjes borrashos
Hemos shegado a la conclusión que los monjes trapistas belgas eran una bola de borrashos… Con cervezas de 8° pa'rriba, no me extrañaría que tuvieran problemas hepáticos.
Eso sí, según información que he leído, en los monasterios solamente se toma cerveza de 3° con las comidas, y la más fuerte sólo se destina a la venta. Como dicen ellos, hacen cerveza para tener dinero para ser monjes, no al revés, como dicen los de Westvleteren (aunque su cerveza sea considerada la mejor del mundo).
¡Salú hermano!
Semana Santa no es lo mismo sin Ben-Hur
Como cualquier persona que creció en México, la Semana Santa no es igual si no te ponen películas referentes a la fecha, especialmente clásicos como Quo Vadis? o Ben-Hur.
Como en Finlandia eso realmente no lo hacen, ya estaba bastante desacostumbrado, pero pueden imaginarse mi sorpresa cuando veo el Viernes Santo que en ZDF, un canal alemán que me llega por cable, estaban pasando Ben-Hur. Aunque mi alemán está un poco oxidado, me puse a ver la película y la verdad es que me acordé mucho de cuando estaba chico.
Finland: Geek Paradise
I have mentioned before that I believe Finland to be the closest thing to a geek paradise. The reason for it is very simple: given the high esteem Finnish society in general has of education, people are encouraged to be highly educated, which results on a certain level of geekness.
Even though individuals related to IT such as Linus Torvalds are probably the most famous, there are other aspects of geekiness where Finns excell. I could for example mention the Nuntii Latini, the renowned service of Latin-language news, or the fascination Finns have with Tolkien. There I have found out that there are not only computer geeks, but history geeks, role-playing geeks, music geeks, art geeks and even food geeks (also known as foodies), and not only are they not ridiculed, they are accepted.
This is one of the reasons why Finland is cool, and why it is thriving in the creative economy.