Apologies for the long silence. In other news, I’ve tons of new coolspots to share with you and get your creative juices flowing.
Stumbled on this cool site while on a recent web-crawl and am very pleased with the service. PicoStation allows you to directly post photographs, vidoes and audio files from your cell phones on the internet. It’s still a growing community but I like the concept. There will always be concerns: mobile porn? privacy? spam? But for now, let’s wait and watch where this goes.
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Babies are a multi-million dollar business.A recent WSJ article suggested- Very soon- your inbox is going to contain video files of your friend’s fetus and her ultra-sound. So instead of looking at photos of the new borns in the family/ friend circle – you’ll witness all the stages of the baby’s development on your screen. Companies like Womb’s Window offer pregnant ladies ultra-sound photo-packages of her fetus that includes videos in different formats and still shots of the baby-in-progress. I really don’t know how I’d feel about recieving the video to a friends fetus, but it’s no more a possiblity- it is an eventuality.
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Now this isn’t a really *new* finding. I was watching Will Smith’s Hitch a few days ago and noticed the scene where Eva Mendes and her friend are snacking on amazing rice delicacies at a hip bar in NY. I remember passing the place once — Rice to Riches is a cutesy rice pudding store located in Nolita, New York. It offers inventive rice pudding conctions : rice pudding with oven roasted fresh fruits, with jelly… with nuts.. with toasted coconut.. are only a handful of the sampling. Rice pudding on a wholly wholesome level- can’t beat that now, can you?
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June 7, 2006 at 2:41 am
Ha, ha I love the womb window idea if only all the Mallu amamchis had email and could be forced to watch! They probably would enjoy it though wouldn’t they?
June 8, 2006 at 6:08 am
yes. this is a cool concept, though i don’t think it is a good idea for India. in bangalore too the better hospitals now offer CDs of the ultrasounds and 3D scans etc. The downside is that since sex determination of the foetus is banned in India, i believe some people take the CD of the foetus and go to a doc with leser morals to find out the sex of the baby. ths is so sad and defeats the purpose of the government law banning female foeticide.
August 30, 2006 at 9:44 pm
thanks for your encouraging comments. your blog is beautiful. My BFF is obsessed with Rice to Riches. Such a cool concept…
October 3, 2006 at 2:31 am
Hi,
Nice blog!
Why don’t you consider writing about some of the new “India 2.0” sites that are creating a little buzz as well?
Eg: http://www.ilaaka.com
http://www.onyomo.com
Thanks!
Rajeev