tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352358332024-03-13T18:07:56.896+01:00Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.Musings from a child of globalisation. Written in different languages, depending on my mood and the subject.
Comments are welcome!Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-21503851747847046312009-02-28T03:07:00.001+01:002009-08-19T10:32:18.531+02:00This blog has moved, please update your bookmarks / feedsThis blog has moved to its own domain: <a href="http://www.chivacongelado.com/">www.chivacongelado.com</a> , the new RSS feed being at <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/chivacongelado">http://feeds2.feedburner.com/chivacongelado</a> . Why?<br /><br />After starting in <a href="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&friendId=71894540">MySpace</a> (of all places) almost 3 years ago, I moved the blog to <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/">Blogger</a> to take advantage of better blogging functionality. In March 2007 it was migrated again to <a href="http://chivacongelado.vox.com/">Vox</a> so that I could use the more user-friendly interface available there besides being able to post from my mobile device at the time (or so <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/2007/03/public-service-announcement.html">I said at the time</a>).<br /><br />In reality, I found a pretty user interface, that made very simple to import and display content, but didn't allow for unregistered comments, trackbacks, statistics, widgets, counters, etc., so the conversation didn't grow the way I would have expected. To make matters worse, even though their import utilities are excellent their export tools <strong>don't exist</strong>, so my content was literally trapped. This, as you can imagine, made me a <strong>very </strong>frustrated user, especially since their customer service just ignored me.<br /><br />With the help of a couple of friends I was finally able to<em><strong> free my content</strong></em>, and am now hosting in BlueHost (GoDaddy was out of the question after the <a href="http://alt1040.com/2009/02/godaddy-le-regresa-maestrosdelwebcom-y-forosdelwebcom-a-christian-van-der-henst">cvander debacle</a>). Installing Wordpress was very, very easy and you are now privy to the results. The old blog will remain in its old place, but will not be updated from now on. There might still be a couple of tweaks to be done, but pretty much everything is in place now.<br /><br />Welcome to my home in the web. Mi casa es su casa. ;-)Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-2782976312677108552007-03-22T15:42:00.000+01:002007-03-22T15:53:21.821+01:00Public Service Announcement<span style="font-family: arial;">To all my dear readers:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This blog has moved over to Vox at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://chivacongelado.vox.com">http://chivacongelado.vox.com</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Why? For a number of reasons.</span><br /><br /><ol style="font-family: arial;"><li>The interface is more user-friendly to post certain things such as video.</li><li>It does look funkier (genkier a good friend would say).</li><li>I am able to <a href="http://go.vox.com/nokia/">post straight from my N93</a>. No small matter given that most of the ideas that come here I write down to my mobile device anyway, as I don't always carry my PC.</li></ol><span style="font-family: arial;">Please </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">update your <a href="http://chivacongelado.vox.com">bookmarks</a> and <a href="http://chivacongelado.vox.com/library/posts/atom.xml">RSS feeds</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;">.<br /><br />I'll leave all the previous posts in this blog, but it will no longer be updated. Thanks for the ride so far, I hope you come along to the next adventure!<br /></span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-75284346781767748152007-03-21T22:49:00.000+01:002007-03-21T23:09:08.857+01:00The Fountain<span style="font-family: arial;">We saw </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountain_%28film%29">this movie</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> today. Rather interesting, but if you don't like abstract films with a big dosis of reincarnation, death and sci-fi you might not enjoy it.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-57434132475778709002007-03-21T00:24:00.001+01:002007-03-21T00:28:38.770+01:00Belgian Beer Review: Bon Secours<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"><span style="font-style: italic;">This is a post in the <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/search/label/beer">Belgian beer review</a> series</span>.<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427391093/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/427391093_f9a50fada0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427391093/">Belgian Beer Review: Bon Secours</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> Interesting foamy dark beer. Slightly bitter, very complex taste, including hints of salt licorice (salmiakki for the initiated). A very pleasant aroma of pine woods was also found.<br /></p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-70060041318296107032007-03-21T00:16:00.003+01:002007-03-21T00:27:08.428+01:00Belgian Beer Review: Ciney Brune/Bruin<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"> <span style="font-style: italic;">This is a post in the <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/search/label/beer">Belgian beer review</a> series</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427389898/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/427389898_4e1fe08c66.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427389898/">Belgian Beer Review: Ciney Brune/Bruin</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> Nice aroma. Great, slightly sweet taste. Not very bitter, a very comfortable beer if one is not at ease with darker brews.<br /></p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-6354411853920134442007-03-21T00:16:00.001+01:002007-03-21T00:25:52.038+01:00Belgian Beer Review: Mort Subite Gueuze<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"> <span style="font-style: italic;">This is a post in the <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/search/label/beer">Belgian beer review</a> series</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427389645/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/427389645_e47d9f0fd0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427389645/">Belgian Beer Review: Mort Subite Gueuze</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment">Very sweete gueuze beer. Bitter end but rather unremarkable. As gueuzes go, my least favourite of them all.<br /> </p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-14612910268174609072007-03-21T00:15:00.001+01:002007-03-21T00:23:06.636+01:00Belgian Beer Review: St. Feuillien Brune<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"> <span style="font-style: italic;">This is a post in the <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/search/label/beer">Belgian beer review</a> series</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427389067/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/427389067_6848c2efbd.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427389067/">Belgian Beer Review: St. Feuillien Brune</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> Surprisingly fruity abbe beer. Strong colour and cereals present in aftertaste.<br /></p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-91056089431866018772007-03-21T00:14:00.003+01:002007-03-21T00:21:34.938+01:00Belgian Beer Review: Trappistes Rochefort<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"> <span style="font-style: italic;">This is a post in the <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/search/label/beer">Belgian beer review</a> series</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427388828/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/427388828_2f7112d8a4.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/427388828/">Belgian Beer Review: Trappistes Rochefort</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> A beer with an interesting colour, dark but not transparent, and very clean aroma. High alcoholic content, but an excellent soft taste with hints of Gouda cheese, full grain bread and chocolate.<br /></p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-60412288304042835722007-03-20T23:30:00.000+01:002007-03-20T23:36:37.886+01:00"Suomessa on liian vähän ihmisiä"<span style="font-family: arial;">Sanoi minun suomalaisen tulevan vaimon täti Brysselissä käydessään.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Kuka sitten maksaa sosiaaliturvaa kun kaikki ovat eläkeellä?</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-30694820185369328562007-03-20T23:25:00.000+01:002007-03-20T23:29:40.492+01:00Devinettes au cours de français<span style="font-family:arial;">Demande: Il faut lui faire la guerre</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Réponse automatique de mes collègues de cours: à George Bush!</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-46388180757374591462007-03-20T00:47:00.000+01:002007-03-20T00:52:53.782+01:00Ever wondered about the speed of human progress?<span style="font-family: arial;">I've talked about the singularity before (</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="chivacongelado.blogspot.com/2006/11/singularity-vs-chauvinism.html">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> and </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="chivacongelado.blogspot.com/2007/01/singularity.html">here</a><span style="font-family: arial;">), but I guess this video explains it much better than I ever could. The most important thing I guess is learning to learn.</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xHWTLA8WecI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xHWTLA8WecI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Via </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://alt1040.com/archivo/2007/03/19/estamos-viviendo-en-epocas-exponenciales/">Alt1040</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-21961880472255001722007-03-19T23:28:00.000+01:002007-03-19T23:50:08.926+01:00Finnish Parliamentary Elections (Eduskuntavaalit)<span style="font-family: arial;">It seems to be the case that what happens in Sweden usually ends up happening in Finland as well. Six months ago, Swedish voters opted for a switch to the right, and in Finland the same happened yesterday, with Keskusta (Centre Party) clinging to its lead, but with big gains by Kokoomus (National Coalition), and big losses for the Social Democrats. The Greens had marginal gains as well. Frankly, not much will change, which in Finland's case I guess is OK.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">What hasn't so far been commented very much in the media is the proportionally huge gains made by the populist Perussuomalaiset (True Finns), who went from 3 to 5 seats, and their candidate Timo Soini was the third most voted nationwide for his district in Uusimaa (southern Finland). Why do I care about this development? Because these guys are the kind of people that wouldn't want me in Finland, as they tout a pretty strong anti-immigrant line (á la Jörg Haider, Jean-Marie Le Pen or the Vlaams Belang party here in Belgium). With phrases such as "we want Finland to select who, how and where from do people come to the country", they show both their complete ignorance of the fact that to get a residence permit you have to go through stringent procedures and their belief that foreigners in Finland are mostly refugees, which is so untrue to almost be comical.<br /><br />So, to sum up, Matti Vanhanen will probably stay as prime minister, the government will shift a little bit to the right but not much, and we got three more Tony Halme clones in Parliament. Let's see how the situation develops.<br /></span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-72212397697381011122007-03-19T23:24:00.000+01:002007-03-19T23:28:41.124+01:0011th Matchday: América 1-0 Chivas<span style="font-family: arial;">Not the result I expected, Chivas lost the Superclásico against rivals América in Mexico City's Azteca Stadium. It is the first time in 2 years (7 matches) that the holy flock loses against our most bitter opponent. Américas goalie and NT material, Francisco Guillermo Ochoa, steered them to victory with 3 saves against Omar Bravo.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Damn! At least it's good that I don't do bets.</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_0BHdOY32k"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e_0BHdOY32k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-70853382188825708512007-03-19T23:18:00.000+01:002007-03-19T23:22:51.552+01:00Concacaf Champion's Cup Semifinal: DC United 1-1 Chivas<span style="font-family: arial;">Chivas didn't perform that well in the rain on Thursday, and they let a win slip at the last moments of the game. Let's hope that they wake up on the return leg, because we want to see them play in Japan.</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wdHIVUZh88g"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wdHIVUZh88g" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-88760368400257091602007-03-18T21:51:00.000+01:002007-03-20T01:26:41.925+01:00Kotimainen lennot<span style="font-family: arial;">Nykyään on helpompi ja saman hintainen matkustaa Helsingistä Brysseliin kuin Helsingistä Jyväskylään.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-44056791498530767582007-03-17T18:46:00.000+01:002007-03-17T18:58:40.959+01:00Suomirokki<a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_rock">Suomirokki</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> refers to rock produced in Finland, usually sung in Finnish but successful as of late in English as well.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">As was the case in other countries, in the beginning in the 50's performers would sing covers or translations of international hits, but this later changed. In my experience, Finnish rock gravitates towards glam rock, blues, pop or variatos of heavy metal, which is the genre that might be most familiar to listeners abroad, with bands such as <a href="http://www.apocalyptica.com/home/">Apocalyptica</a>, <a href="http://www.nightwish.com/">Nightwish</a>, <a href="http://www.69eyes.com/angelsite/">the 69 Eyes</a>, <a href="http://www.cobhc.com/">Children of Bodom</a> and others.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Currently however, the three most popular Finnish bands abroad are <a href="http://www.therasmus.com/">The Rasmus</a>, <a href="http://www.heartagram.com/">HIM</a> and <a href="http://www.lordi.fi/main.site?action=app/gallery/random&dir_id=7">Lordi</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll profile many of these bands in future posts.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-69900652329711079042007-03-16T23:54:00.000+01:002007-03-17T00:01:07.412+01:00Itämeri<span style="font-family:arial;">Oletko huomannut että suomeksi </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Itämeri</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> on väärällä puolella?</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-30853461965204252872007-03-16T03:26:00.000+01:002007-03-16T03:39:15.691+01:00The last 10 metres<span style="font-family:arial;">Tomorrow is my last school day at the master's degree. After that, we have two weeks of examinations and three months of internship (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >stage</span><span style="font-family:arial;">) including my thesis before graduation in July. Needless to be said, I have already resigned myself to not sleeping much (if at all), especially since besides exams we need to deliver quite a few projects.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">God, this year's going fast!<br /><br />Al menos aún no llego al grado Mafaldesco de "Párenle al mundo que me quiero bajar"... ;-)<br /></span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-58648303515265987172007-03-14T21:54:00.001+01:002007-03-14T23:05:32.179+01:00Cross-cultural culinary cross-pollination<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/421324219/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/421324219_aa1fa318b7.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/421324219/">Salmon with ginger and Mexican rice</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> We have come to the conclusion, my fiancée (Finnish) and I (Mexican), that she cooks better <span style="font-style: italic;">mole poblano</span> with chicken, whereas my specialty is salmon with dill.<br /><br />Believe me, Mexican rice and salmon with ginger and dill makes a powerful combination.</p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-27620472370243112042007-03-14T20:48:00.001+01:002007-03-14T23:04:11.177+01:00Sunny!<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/421323548/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/421323548_674e182c00.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/421323548/">Sunny!</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> Since last weekend we have had only sunny days here in Brussels. I had almost forgotten how that looked.<br /><br />Pity it is so close to our exam period, so there is not really so much time to go out and enjoy it.</p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-5349153558044179742007-03-14T01:07:00.000+01:002007-03-14T01:09:05.078+01:00Consumer insights of the Chinese middle class<span style="font-family: arial;">A very interesting article about the</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.adweek.com/aw/magazine/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003526223"> consumer behaviour of the middle class of the middle kingdom</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Worth a read.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-81394423494977616452007-03-13T20:49:00.000+01:002007-03-21T00:19:37.686+01:00Belgian Beer Review: Hoegaarden Grand Cru<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-frame"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sorry for the delay. This is a post in the <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/search/label/beer">Belgian beer review</a> series</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/421324104/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/421324104_17a86f15b1.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/421324104/">Belgian Beer Review: Hoegaarden Grand Cru</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p><span style="font-family: arial;">A beer with a nice golden colour, and somewhat complex taste: slightly bitter, with overtones of tropical fruits and cherries. Its taste somehow compelled me to drink it with a slice of good bread.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-3033837191015551342007-03-13T19:20:00.000+01:002007-03-13T19:26:44.066+01:00Los 10 secretos de Slim<span style="font-family: arial;">El 3er hombre más rico del mundo, Carlos Slim, desvela sus más íntimos secretos... Nada que ver con los de Britney Spears, cuyas andanzas ya me tienen hasta el gorro.</span><br /><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>1.-</strong> Tener estructuras simples y organizaciones con mínimos niveles jerárquicos, con desarrollo humano y formación interna de las funciones ejecutivas. Tener flexibilidad y rapidez en las decisiones. Operar con las ventajas de la empresa pequeña, que son las que hacen grandes a las grandes empresas.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>2.-</strong> Mantener la austeridad en tiempos de vacas gordas. Esto fortalece, capitaliza y acelera el desarrollo de la empresa. Asimismo, evita los amargos ajustes dramáticos en las épocas de crisis.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>3.-</strong> Estar siempre activos en la modernización, crecimiento, capacitación, calidad, simplificación y mejora incansable de los procesos productivos. Incrementar la productividad, competitividad, reducir gastos y costos guiados siempre por las más altas referencias mundiales.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>4.-</strong> La empresa nunca debe limitarse a la medida del propietario o del administrador. No sentirnos grandes en nuestros pequeños corralitos. Mínima inversión en activos no productivos (por ejemplo, Grupo Carso siempre tuvo sus oficinas en las plantas de las empresas industriales; ahora que da un giro comercial, tendrá oficinas públicas).</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>5.-</strong> No hay reto que no podamos alcanzar trabajando unidos con claridad en los objetivos y con conocimiento de los instrumentos para lograrlos.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>6.-</strong> El dinero que sale de la empresa se evapora. Por eso reinvertimos las utilidades.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>7.-</strong> La creatividad empresarial no sólo es aplicable a los negocios. También es la solución de muchos de los problemas de nuestros países. Lo que hacemos a través de las fundaciones del grupo.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>8.-</strong> El optimismo firme y paciente siempre rinde sus frutos. Esto es de mi padre.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>9.-</strong> Todos los tiempos son buenos para quienes saben trabajar y tienen con qué hacerlo.</p><p style="font-family: arial;"><strong>10.-</strong> Nuestra premisa es y siempre ha sido tener muy presente que nos vamos sin nada; que sólo podemos hacer las cosas en vida y que el empresario es un creador de riqueza que la administra temporalmente.</p> <span style="font-family: arial;"> Publicado en </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.cnnexpansion.com/portada/los-10-secretos-de-slim">CNNExpansión</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-29230531553478282822007-03-12T23:29:00.000+01:002007-03-12T23:32:14.254+01:00I believe in miracles<span style="font-family: arial;">Yes I do. Oh I believe in miracles.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I believe in a better world for me and you...</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: arial;" height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SMvETKhyy7E"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SMvETKhyy7E" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I just love this Ramones cover by Pearl Jam. I guess my iPod's shuffle function is starting to recognise my mood.</span>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35235833.post-88464315491552681892007-03-12T23:20:00.001+01:002007-03-12T23:28:31.549+01:00Belgian Beer Review: Kasteel Bruin/Brune<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame" style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">This is a post in the <a href="http://chivacongelado.blogspot.com/search/label/beer">Belgian beer review</a> series</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/419288314/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/419288314_223cc09a7f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chivacongelado/419288314/">Belgian Beer Review: Kasteen Bruine/Brune</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/chivacongelado/">Chiva Congelado</a>.</span></div> <p style="font-family: arial;" class="flickr-yourcomment"> Deceptively fruity brown beer. Nice colour, great aroma, very comfortable taste, but quite a punch at 11% alcoholic volume. A very unexpected new favourite, after Chimay brune.</p>Chiva Congeladohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485182285832800333noreply@blogger.com0