Chilligavva

Source:Krish Asok’s very interesting blog

Caution! You need to know your indian mythology really well..

What cracked me up absolutely was the entry “Click here to listen to Yudhisthra’s podcast ‘Aswatthama is dead’ “

I was watching TV when I saw a small news clip about this site. The site is a very netflix like service, where you can rent toys for a small period of time.  On one hand this is really nice, as one can introduce variety without breaking the bank.  On the other hand, we need to address a very common situation in this age group - “Falling in love with a toy and refusing to part with it.” I just hope that the business has thought of a contingency in this case.

Miti (my son) and I were thinking on these lines a couple of years ago, when he wanted all the cool toys which I just could not afford to buy. We of course thought more on NGO lines where we could run a free toy library based on donor inputs.

I just thought, wow how neat and about time too!

And for all you neat freaks out there, as per the TV promo, I believe every toy between uses is sanitized and shrinkwrapped in cellophane!

I thought I had seen it all on the net.  I came across this site promoting a  different concept.  The website is not live yet, but is in alpha and soliciting beta testers via e-mails.  Of course I signed up, how could I not be a part of the process?

SRC: a screen capture from  the website http://www.ourmemoryof.com/

On a different note not related to the above, this concept got me thinking.  From a marketing point, this is one way of gauging interest. Develop a website, with a certain product pitch or a concept,with a tag “launching shortly” .  Make sure you have a form for collecting e-mails.  If you think you have enough interest, actually start the site or service, otherwise, you have a database of interested people, and you can pitch your next idea.  I really don’t know what the legalities of such a move might be, or if people have successfully done the same, without losing credibility.  But I think its a good approach.  What do you think? Would love to hear more from my readers on this..

I am happy to announce that the chilligavva site is i-phone compatible. Read all about it here..

I was mightily amused when i read this article.. The article speaks of a 2004 Google popular searches listing…

The top searchers for other keywords were as follows (in order from first to third place):
“Jihad” - Morocco, Indonesia, Pakistan
“Terrorism” - Pakistan, Philippines, Australia
“Hangover” - Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
“Burrito” - United States, Argentina, Canada
“Iraq” - United States, Australia, Canada
“Taliban” - Pakistan, Australia, Canada
“Tom Cruise” - Canada, United States, Australia
“Britney Spears” - Mexico, Venezuela, Canada
“Homosexual” - Philippines, Chile, Venezuela
“Love” - Philippines, Australia, United States
“Botox” - Australia, United States, United Kingdom
“Viagra” - Italy, United Kingdom, Germany
“David Beckham” - Venezuela, United Kingdom, Mexico
“Kate Moss” - Ireland, United Kingdom, Sweden
“Dolly Buster” - Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia
“Car bomb” - Australia, United States, Canada
“Marijuana” - Canada, United States, Australia
“IAEA” - Austria, Pakistan, Iran

What does this say about the psyche? Hmmh…. On an aside, does this mean that we can learn about 2007 search patterns in 2010?

I happened on this page of Wellington Grey  by accident (series of clicks while browsing, and I forgot how I got there), but could not help but be amused by the page.  Its good, and well thought of. 

Take a look…..

David, Rinn tu e ! Slainte agus tainte!
To all the participants of the contest who helped generate my in-links, “THANK YOU!” Its thanks to David’s contest and your linking that my Technorati rating moved up from three hundred thousand to the zone of 60000.
Old Blog URL:View blog authority
New Blog URL: View blog authority
I could not have done this without your help. [Now if only Technorati had a way of merging old url links to new url links, but I m praying…]I’m deeply deeply grateful to all of you.

The big three prizes

Gold winner = Drew Bennett
Silver winner = Simone Brunozzi
Bronze winner = Ad Tracker

Bonus prizes

1. Milos
2. Dylan Tovey
3. Isaak Kwok
4. Stefan P.
5. Charles Lau
6. Lisa Gates
7. DayJobNuker
8. Brad —-> Assigned to Moi..
9. CashQuests
10. Mariam
11. Simon
12. Steve
13. Lincoln
14. Blain Reinkensmeyer
15. Benjamin Barby
16. Alisha
17. Ash
18. Melissa
19. Ron
20. Guy Fulke
21. Jon
22. Patricia Kennelly
23. Pearl
24. Daniel Sitter
25. Marko Novak

Yay! Its 15th September 2007, and Chilligavva has moved to its own location.