Thursday, December 28, 2006
Ylämäki-Alamäki not like uphill-downhill
Día de los Santos Inocentes
Pero si las creen, es su bronca.
Tex-Mex is not Mexican food!
I bump into this issue from time to time (this photo is from Helsingin Sanomat), so I guess I have to tell my audience about it. The long rant that follows simply boils down to this: Tex-Mex is not Mexican food! The first time I saw hard-shell so-called tacos was in Europe. The only truly Mexican brand of chillies on sale here is "La Costeña", all others are European or American copycats.
Most of the food on sale in "Mexican" restaurants outside of North America (there are honourable exceptions, but they're few) is unknown to a Mexican, including such things as burritos (which are only found in Northern Mexico, if at all) or nachos with cheese. Those things to us are like a salmon burger would be to a Finn, or mussels with cheddar to a Belgian.
I don't deny Tex-Mex can be good food, just please don't call it Mexican. You have no idea how much you're missing. The funniest thing is that now in the States you can get proper Mexican food, but in Europe we're still stuck with the Americanised adaptation (just like the differences between rodeo and charrería).
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Winter sunsets over Hanasaari
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
They're afraid of me...
At least with the younger generation that's not such a big problem anymore, but I sure hope it'd change.
Monday, December 25, 2006
UNICEF Smurfs ad
The text at the end reads: Don't let war destroy the universe of children.
Mandando mensajes de texto a México
¿Cuándo van a conectar su SMSC (la parte de la red de GSM que manipula los mensajes de texto) al mundo? ¿Realmente necesitan convencimiento sobre el modelo de negocio, dada la cantidad de mexicanos que vivimos fuera del país que podríamos causar una explosión en el uso de los mensajes de texto internacionales?
Infraestructura telefónica en México
Con razón el país ha perdido negocios de call centers para América Latina, si la red no puede ni siquiera manejar las llamadas de navidad.