Though its been two days since the announcement of the results, still there is no end to the spread of speculations & rumors on the concluded Presidential Election in Sri Lanka. I don’t have any strong political bias to either of the main two candidates and didn’t want to accept anything reported in a blind […]
This morning, I came across an interesting article in Forbes titled “Why Introverts Make the Best Leaders”. It gives some really good reasons why introverts could lead better than their extroversive counterparts, who are normally considered as the natural leaders.
Being an introvert myself I know, majority of the people have the perception that introverts […]
Last Wednesday (30th September 2009), the first-ever meatspace gathering of Sri Lankan Ruby Users was held at Ridgecrest Asia (Pvt) Ltd. There were more than 20 passionate, enthusiastic Rubyists filling the room and I would call it a promising start.
For several years, myself personally knew only handful of Rubyists in the country. Though, we had […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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