I had the opportunity to get selected for Google Summer of Code on the freshman year itself in my academic life. The experience I gained in that summer working with SilverStripe project boosted my self confidence and helped me immensely to shape up my career.
This year, which happens to be my final year as […]
Independent thinking and self-concious decision making is what builds a person and the society. Yet, it’s the most discouraged, criticised and often punishable act that a person can do. Our culture has done a nice job by misinterpreting and abusing values - such as obedience, loyalty and teamwork to suppress the importance of independent thinking.
This […]
It’s very sad and alarming to hear the recent incidents taking place at Sri Lankan schools. Government shows they are so concerned about these issues by banning everything they believe that can harm our next generation :) Mobile phones at all schools are banned, Web Sites with explicit content are banned, screening of “Adults only” […]
I love Test Cricket. I believe it has very close resemblance to our real lives, and it gives so much of inspiration. Sri Lanka’s remarkable victory today against Pakistan after being at the jaws of defeat, yet another classic example for that. Pakistan were dominating in first 3 days of the game and it was […]
My first few days doing Maths in Advanced Levels was a nightmare. I usually sucked in Maths in high school and only because of my strong passion for IT made me do Maths (thats the only way in Sri Lanka to gain higher education in IT). I couldn’t grasp a single shit, other than knowing […]
It is almost mid January and still this is the first post for new year. I’m looking at 2009 to be a switching year in my life. The days of adolescence have almost comes to its’ end and real life responsibilities seems to be creeping up. The days for bullshitting are numbered, and “I’m still […]
In “Maybe you can’t make money doing what you love”, Seth Godin challenges the conventional wisdom about careers. He argues sometimes converting your passion in to a profession may not work. Though most of us may not willing to accept, this is the harsh reality of life. Rather than doing what you love, you have […]
Most of us do work hard in our lives, but how many of us achieve the goals we strive for? Complains such as “I never missed a class and never missed homework but I couldn’t get through the exam” or “Though I work 12 hours a day I’m not getting a promotion in my job” […]
I know most of you may have already assumed this blog is dead and removed from your RSS readers too. However it’s not..I always have the intent to keep on blogging, but lack of consistentcy and pure laziness of mine didn’t really help the cause.
During the past six months of silence, actually I tried to […]
The week ended was a great week for Sri Lankan FOSS community, as the father of Free Software Movement, Richard M. Stallman (RMS) paid a visit to the country. Yesterday, I got the opportunity not only to listen to a live speech of the legend, but also to grab a picture with him. It was […]
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