Sunday, 18 December 2011
How to make Heston's must-have Christmas pudding
It may have sold out for a second year at Waitrose, and be selling online for as much as £250, but fear not. There's another way to obtain Heston Blumenthal's Waitrose Hidden Orange Christmas Pudding - make it yourself. Rose Prince shows you how.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/8155014/How-to-make-Hestons-must-have-Christmas-pudding.html
Feeling under the weather? You've got Christmas Tree Syndrome
Don't be too quick to judge those who feel under the weather over the festive
period – rather than seasonal overindulgence, it could be their Christmas
tree making them ill.
The traditional centrepiece decoration has been blamed for triggering a range
of health complaints, from wheezing and coughing to lethargy and insomnia.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/8963438/Feeling-under-the-weather-Youve-got-Christmas-Tree-Syndrome.html
Monday, 12 December 2011
The ChIndian Century
I saw the Indian hit movie 3 Idiots recently in an unusual
location: a cineplex in Hong Kong. Very rarely do Bollywood flicks make
the city's commercial circuit — the conventional wisdom holds that they
do not appeal to local audiences. Yet my Sunday morning matinee was 80%
filled, mostly with Chinese of all ages. Some took the movie at face
value: the zany antics of Indian college kids. But the majority of
viewers, it seemed to me, got the universal moral about breaking free
from social straitjackets. They laughed when they were meant to, and
didn't when they weren't. While the foreign 3 Idiots was a box-office monster, 1911, a China-backed war docudrama starring hometown celebrity Jackie Chan, bombed. Go figure: India 1, China 0.
Feasting On Europe
To hear the people of Iceland describe it, the wilderness area of Grimsstadir in the country's remote northeast is as serene a spot as you can hope to find on the planet. From its cluster of farms and guesthouses, you can watch the dazzling northern lights, drive to Europe's most powerful waterfall a short distance away and, according to the area's website, enjoy "big, beautiful crystal-clear skies and mountain vistas."
But something far less serene has played out in Grimsstadir in recent weeks: a battle over China's rising economic clout.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2101883,00.html#ixzz1gJ64LLMI
Monday, 5 December 2011
The Beginning of the End for Facebook?
My friends at comScore shared with me that, in September 2011 in the
U.S., the average number of minutes that each Facebook user spent on the
site was 410. Last year, that month’s average was 287, signaling a 42%
increase. Also during September 2011, Facebook commanded 14.7% of total
U.S. consumer Internet-usage minutes, the most of any website. Given
that the site is still on a growth trend, how could I be crazy enough to
ask if it’s the beginning of the end for Facebook? Let’s explore.
One of the things you learn living in Silicon Valley your whole life
is how fast things can change. Big companies can come and go in
extremely short periods of time. Yahoo! was once what Google is today.
MySpace was once what Facebook is today. Innovation happens everywhere
and waits for no company.
The 9 Most Christmassy Towns in America
We take a look at the towns and cities that take this holiday very
seriously, from the over-the-top light extravaganzas to the classic and
quaint
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