Posts Tagged ‘Sri Lanka’

RMS in Sri Lanka

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 […]

What’s your next move after A/L ?

Results of the G.C.E.Advanced Level (A/L) examination for year 2007 was released yesterday and as usual we got to see lot of drama with mixed emotions over the results. I don’t know whether there is any other more competitive exams in the world than A/L’s in Sri Lanka. This is due to A/L is the […]

Let’s bid farewell for Prof.V.K.Samaranayake

Today would be a day of mourning for Sri Lankan IT industry, with the demise of Sri Lanka’s “Father of IT”, Prof.V.K.Samaranayake. Many will unanimously agree today Sri Lanka’s IT industries successes are mainly due to visionaries of Prof.Samaranayake.
Beginning with CINTEC and later through ICTA, the work he has done for the development of IT […]

City under attack ?

Update on the current situation in Colombo (exactly here in Wattala). Still nothing is yet to confirm and moments passed by were filled with fear and uncertainity.
We got electricity back in few minutes ago (around 3.50 am) and now the whole city seems calm and quiet. Still there is no any official update on what […]

One step away from the ultimate title

Whooo! They have done it again ! Mahela and crew are one step away in bringing glory back to this small island in the Indian Ocean. Congrats guys ! It’s a marvelous display of sportsmanship from our beloved cricketers !
Cricket is more than just a sport in Sri Lanka. It’s a passion. Whole nation has […]

Accepted for Google Summer of Code !

Today is a one of the greatest days in my life, as I got accepted to Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2007. It’s a dream coming true for me and looking forward to have some great experiences with it.
Google Summer of Code, is a program organized by Google for University Students. Where they have to […]

Early Bird view to Google Summer of Code Project Ideas

As most of you may aware (or not) Google Summer of Code for 2007 has been announced. This year I’m eager to apply for a project, eventhough I’m not sure whetehr I will get accepted. Anyway project ideas of accepted mentoring organizations will be released only on 14th March and student application period will be […]

Keeping the focus

For the first time in this year I’m going to touch my blog. Since I started this blog back in last May, I got great exposure by coming to know various cool people and involving in great projects.  But when I was driven away by more work, attention to blog has been simply neglected. Actually […]

What was the first web site you visited ?

Insipired by the post of Sam I also tried to recollect the memories of early internet experiences. The first web site I visited was www.cricket.org, still I visit the site daily which is now more popular now as cricinfo.com. Connecting to internet using Lanka Internet Prepaid Card with a 28k modem was funny in the […]

Will Google come to Sri Lanka ?

Today I came across through Google Job Openings page that there are four job openings in South Asia, which included a position for Sri Lanka Country Consultant. For these positions Google doesn’t mention an exact location, only mentions This position is located in South Asia. This sounds like Google is going to open up a […]

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