2. When did you start reading it? About 6 months ago
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? Originally from website, but now I have bookmarked the blog address
4. What do you like about the blog? A wide range of interesting topics, a worldview I love without fully sharing your spiritual beliefs, but what mostly keeps me coming back is your sense of humour
5. What do you dislike about the blog? Nothing
6. Can you suggest any improvements? No
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? Sometimes on a weekend there seems to be a problem at Iskcon
2. When did you start reading it? Last year
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? Google or Kurma.net.
4. What do you like about the blog? Cooking tips, little tidbits of info, pics, the awesome food you prepare at home.
5. What do you dislike about the blog? Nothing.
6. Can you suggest any improvements? Perhaps more personal commentry on things.
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? Few times a week the iskcon.net.au website goes down.
Thanks for sharing with us Kurma! :)
2. When did you start reading it? A few years ago
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? Access via your homepage - as I check out any changes to those pages as well
4. What do you like about the blog? Everything, your travels, recipies and general thoughts.
6. Can you suggest any improvements? None
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? Sometimes on weekends.
I love reading your blog, thank you for sharing Kurma :-)
2. When did you start reading it? Several months ago.
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? Through the kurma.net site.
4. What do you like about the blog? I'm Tibetan Buddhist, but I especially like the Krishna connection of the blog. Whether it's a specifically food oriented entry or what-not, I like when it relates to your spiritual journey.
5. What do you dislike about the blog? I can't think of anything.
6. Can you suggest any improvements? I like the variety of entries. Personally, I would like a bit more of the spiritual and how it fits in with your daily life, but I enjoy virtually all of your entries.
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? Very seldom. Sometimes I'll see the title of your most recent entry, but not be able to access it for a few hours...maybe due to my being in the States. Doesn't bother me though. I know it'll eventually be there!
# A little over a year ago I think.
# I feed it through my reader.
# It's diversity and the food! I love that you share your recipes with us.
# Nothing really. I enjoy it.
# Nope, like I said, I enjoy it.
# Only about twice since I started reading, but I don't know if it makes a difference because I read it through a reader. Haha, but for some reason I can't submit this comment!
2. When did you start reading it? -- last year
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? -- www.iskcon.net.au
4. What do you like about the blog? -- everything :)
5. What do you dislike about the blog? -- nothing.
6. Can you suggest any improvements? -- mothing
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end?-- very rare.
2. After I did a cooking course with you and found a photo of myself on your blog!
3. I read it via Google Reader, an RSS aggregator.
4. The food/recipes!
5. The only thing I dislike is that sometimes I feel your recommendations on what food is healthy are not well based in science - they sometimes seem more based on traditional/spiritual ideas about what is appropriate to eat. (For example, ghee as a cooking fat, which I would tend not to recommend as healthy due to the saturated fat content - even though it tastes great!) But I have a very biomedical background, so this probably says as much about my biases as yours. Perhaps you could be careful to clarify the sources of your advice when discussing health concepts.
6. What about some reflections on the environmental impact of our food choices? (Perhaps you've done that; I can't remember.)
7. I can't remember ever experiencing any technical problems.
Thank you, and keep up the great work!
2. When did you start reading it? About a year and a half ago
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? Bookmarked your page
4. What do you like about the blog? Right mixture of Bhakthi and Bhojan
5. What do you dislike about the blog? When there are no new posts when I check
6. Can you suggest any improvements? Can include more about the local lifestyle of people and the place
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? maybe once or twice a month
2) last summer
3) planet iskcon mostly
4) i like that it is your blog! i like the questions people ask, the recipes you give (you are very sharing with your knowledge). i always like reading about your classes and especially like that the pictures are a mixture of prasadam and people. too many food blogs are just food pics. i like your lite and lively writing style and that the blog has a lot of personality. i like that it is not some kind of iskcon manifesto but rather a natural extension of your own life. oh, and humor. you throw in a lot of funny stuff.
5) you don't post often enough!!!
6) i know you are very, very busy, but i still would like more posts to read. i like how you don't just write about prasadam/cooking and would be pretty much interested in reading whatever you posted just because i like to be entertained and space out/unwind at the computer at the end of the day.
7)damn comments tags me as spam every time! this, actually, is a way you can improve the blog because lately i have felt full of comments but am shut out every time. at this point in my life, i feel commenting enhances my reading experience and your blog won't let me do it. :( ddd dasi
Between one and three times a week
2. When did you start reading it?
About two years ago I think
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method?
I type Kurma into my web browser (firefox) and it remembers to take me to your blog
4. What do you like about the blog?
I like it's openess and regularity. I like the broad subject range. I like how sometimes you post funny things you come across. It's homey and sraight forward, it's a bit irreverent. It's fun to read. Most blogs are useless babble yours is practical, you can learn something. I like how people participate by commenting and that you reply sometimes is great
5. What do you dislike about the blog?
Well you could be kinder to Vegans and you could have more Vegan recipes. But like everyone else says: what is there to dislike?
I really have to think hard to find something to dislike and I can't think of anything
6. Can you suggest any improvements?
Tagging is fast becoming an efficient way to index a blog like yours. That would be a useful way to provide efficient access to your back catalogue of blogs. It would add a depth to the blog and allow more of your ard work to be currently accessible.
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end?
Once or twice that's all. That is the nature of the internet.
Keep up the great work
Antony
Linda
Losing Private Dwyer. . . very sad story, good blog. Thanks.
Here's my filled-in questionnaire:
1. How often do you read my blog? Every day or two.
2. When did you start reading it? About 2 months ago.
From the RSS Feed on my menu bar. I can just pull it down and see what the topic is for the day.
4. What do you like about the blog? It's got to be your great Aussie humor and way with words, and the variety of topics.
5. What do you dislike about the blog? What's not to like?
6. Can you suggest any improvements? I'd love to help you out there, but can only suggest you keep up the good work.
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? Only difficulty I have come across is the inability to post some comments.
Haribol spirit soul, Premasru
2. When did you start reading it? 2 Months ago
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? Igoogle RSS
4. What do you like about the blog? Love the Guy and what he stands for
5. What do you dislike about the blog? Nothing really even though I turned Vegan I have nothing against cruely free Vegetarianism
6. Can you suggest any improvements? Yes Kurma we want to see you on TV again, really miss something wholesome on Australian TV
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? never so far
Good Luck Brother
2. When did you start reading it? About 2 years ago
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method?Your web address is top of my "Favourites" so always the first thing I log onto.
4. What do you like about the blog? Everything. I love your generosity with all your recipes, your gentle spiritual teachings, your humble presentations and your silly sense of humour. I like that you cater to all tastes .. from the indulgent to the health conscious. It shows what a wide range of expertice you have. You have a lovely way of writing that is unassuming and respectful and yet there is so much we can learn from you.
6. Can you suggest any improvements? No. I think you've done a great job so far so keep doing what feels right to you and it'll surely be a great read every time.
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? Not often but when there's a prob i can still access through Planetiskcon which has only a small time delay usually so i don't get too uptight about it :)
1. How often do you read my blog? As often as I can(maybe once or twice a week)
2. When did you start reading it? Approximately 1.5 years.
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? The blog address. (Favourites)
4. What do you like about the blog? The recipes & food (I think that is a given). I like all the information you post on your site, you write with a respect for people, even if they disagree with the views you have. I like the humour & cartoons.
5. What do you dislike about the blog? can not fault.
6. Can you suggest any improvements? no none at all.
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? do not generally have a problem but when (maybe 3 or 4 times) I have it has been on a weekend.
BEST WISHES gb
1-2 times a week
4 months or so ago
planet iskcon
everything! it looks and tastes yummy :) i like feeling i have a personal connection with one of the world's best cooks.
nothing.. so far.. heheh
nothing i can think of, honestly it's really great. you're writing is upbeat and friendly. it's cheerful and funny. plus it really does look like you might wanna lick the screen.. so...
only once
2. When did you start reading it? - About 2 years ago
3. Do you access the blog via the Website Home Page or the blog address? Or by feeds like Planet Iskcon? Or by any other method? - via blog address
4. What do you like about the blog? - its enriching, informative and useful mix of spirituality and cookery advice, it is genuinely improving the quality of our lives
5. What do you dislike about the blog? - nothing
6. Can you suggest any improvements? - sometimes when searching for a specific topic, the title of a search result does not match the blog post it links to
7. How often do you find the blog unable to be accessed due to technical difficulties my end? - Not often, perhaps about 4 times
Thanks Kurma, May
1. i try to read it every day, but sometimes (nowdays for example) there isn't time. 2. i don't know. maybe a year ago. 3. i don't understand the question. but i use the kurma.net when i want to read the blog. 4. it's really interesting, inspirational, spiritual and funny. 5. nothing really 6. no 7. not often. some time every month.