Have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule? In economics, it is said that 80% of the world’s riches are generated by 20% of the world’s population. (Give or take 5% they say) And the cool thing about this theory is that it can be applied to alm…
This blog has nothing to do with Sri Lanka or its political landscape. I started this blog because I want to be a columnist. Those who are in power and those who are waiting to storm into power should not go bananas after reading this.
From Wikipedia.
“Banana republic is a pejorative term for a small country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited agriculture (e.g., bananas), and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy and corrupt clique.[1]It is most commonly used for countries in Central America such as El Salvador, Belize,Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.
In some cases, these nations have kept the government structures that were modeled after the colonial Spanish ruling clique, [...]
And for someone who claims to be a writer, that’s really bad news.
Micro Cars ltd the automobile manufacturer in Sri Lanka with a vision to provide solution to the transport infrastructure needs of the country launched first ever Sri Lankan built Double Deck Bus branded as “DuoDeck”.
The Micro Cars ltd manufactures the Micro Duo deck buses targeting both the local and international markets. The first bus of their production was donated by proprietor of
Viral Licenses, Dual Licenses or Non-viral Licenses… What suite you?Explaining dual licensing is an interesting read. I still remember trying to convince clients that using GPL software doesn’t pose a threat as long as you don’t sell derivative works…
In the WTF news story of the day, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected an application by Dell to trademark the term “cloud computing.”
As noted on eweek.com,
In rejecting Dell’s applications this time, the patent and trademark office wrote that the term “cloud computing” is generic and could apply to any number of services [...]
The European cheerleaders withdrawn by SLC after protests from various quarters, will be back in action in Colombo according to the Thaindian.com .
”The cheerleaders who were brought from Europe by the sponsors (Tensports and Idea mobile phone) and put into action for the first match were dropped for the second as their actions don’t go well in Dambulla, a world heritage site,” Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) media manager Shane Fernando told IANS.
“But they will be back in action for the remaining three matches (at the R. Premadasa Stadium) in Colombo from Aug 24,” he said over the phone from Dambulla.
A map of elections related violence in the lead up to the North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council elections is now live.
Click here to access the map directly.
Click here to access other maps by CMEV of elections in the past.
මේ දිනවල මහා කාතාබහට ලක්වන සිංහල Firefox ගැන, ඔය ගැන මම හා වසන්ත දේශප්රිය මහතා (අධ්යක්ෂ, රාජ්ය ප්රතිනිර්මාණ වැඩ සටහන, ශ්රී ලංකා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන නියෝජිතායතනය - ICTA) අතර ඊමේල් කීපයක් හුවමාරු උනා. ඒවා සියල්ලන්ගේම දැනගැනීමා හා සමහර වැරදි මත නිවරදි කිරීම්ට මේවා සියල්ලන්ගේ කියවීමට බ්ලොග් එකේ දාන්න හිතුනා.
මෙය පල කරන්නේ වසන්ත දේශප්රිය හා ඩනිෂ්ක [...]
The following news item at http://www.lankatruth.com/New/Sinhala/Sinhala_Full_Story_Page/2008/August/20/20080820_04.htm shows that the previous post needs some correction.With this correction, it is shown that the JHU is not that against the scantily c…
This evening on my way home from work I realized that even though my driver looks like a bit of a thug, he couldn’t threaten the traffic lights to change color fast enough. So while we were stuck there at the mercy of a red light, I happen to look around and in doing so [...]
How many times has anyone you know, or it could be you, been suddenly confronted by one of those moments warranting a swear word and chosen ‘F*ckin’ Charlie!’ to vent?I mean WTF? I’ve said it lots of times myself. My boss says ‘My Charlie’ …
See this news in Daily Mirror. SLC withdraws cheerleadersSri Lanka Cricket Board has withdrawn a squad of foreign cheerleaders from the ongoing ODI cricket series against India after protests over the addition, Cultural Minister Yapa Abeywardena said. …
Hutch, a pure BOP play that was making very good profits, has reported declining profits and revenue growth. One quarter does not a trend make. But seen together with Dialog’s bad results for the last quarter, it suggests things are not looking good for the telecom sector which is taking multiple hits with tripled spectrum charges, revenue-raising taxes in the name of the environment and all sorts of additional costs imposed in the name of national security.
If the government keeps taking JHU advice, they are likely to make the economy slow to a crawl.
A Review by Frederick Noronha. MobileActive.org
August 18, 2008 | KatrinVerclas
Civil society can play a large role in getting people digitally connected, say the co-editors of the new book ‘ICT Infrastructure in Emerging Asia: Policy and Regulatory Roadblocks’.
“However, in order to reap the full benefits from connectivity in a long-lasting manner, underlying issues of policy, affordability and technology need to be addressed,” LIRNAsia’s Executive Director Rohan Samarajiva and co-editor of the book with Ayesha Zainudeen, told Mobileactive.org in an email interview.
Currently Asia is the fastest growing region in the world in terms of connectivity. Between 1984 and 1993, the Asia Pacific as a region overtook the other regions of the world (mainly due to mobiles), and it continues to grow, he noted.
“The book looks at the…
Yahoo buzz, which was on beta for only few selected publishers has open their doors to the public now. With a Digg like voting system and with a desperate need to catching up with the times yahoo has done something which was much needed for the survival of Yahoo inc. Did people need another social [...]
Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned President Mahinda Rajapaksa against playing around with the people’s voting rights, saying that he was in danger of suffering the same fate that befell Pakistan’s Pervez Musharraff.
“President Musharraf had to resign after he played with the people” Mr. Wickremesinghe told an election rally in Anuradhapura yesterday (Aug. 19th).
He said, [...]
Last week I made my regular pilgrimage to the weighing machine in our central pharmacy and was pleasantly surprised by the large digital computer which spewed out a small note reporting that not only had I reduced two kilos in weight– but that I wa…
Afghanistan is rising like a phoenix. The country is still vulnerable to a lethal conflict. Yet its people have captured the power of technology in their hearts and they have been defying all the odds to build a better life. Mobile phone has now truly become the socio-economic lifeline of Kabul. Hopefully the entire nation will enjoy this bounty of modernity very soon. Telecom TV has published a report and a video clip on Afghan telecoms development.
In South we knew how parents of 10 year olds struggle to pass their children at the Grade 5 scholarship exam. You can find out from this below story the difference remain in the South and the North of the same country under a same flag.
Sri Lanka Truth has reported due to the massive displacement [...]
Well, it may not have been convincing but it was a win.
Bright sparks: Nasri, Clichy, Sagna, Djourou, Denilson
Damp squibs: Eboue, Adebayor, Walcott
Wenger put Eboue and Denilson in centre midfield, a combination that always looked short on creativity. With injuries, Arsenal’s only available playmaker was Nasri, placed somewhat stubbornly out on the left. Djourou [...]
It is very good if justice will done to the arbitrary detained journalist Tissanayagam. Not only Tissa but a hard core criminal or a black tiger or the prsident, the justice will be the same and nobody will above or below the law. Everbody has a right to credit and discredit a government and we call [...]
A mobile phone ringtone campaign to promote the use of condoms in India. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust/whatwedo/where/asia/india/2008/04/080806_india_gates_condomcondom_video.shtml GOPFL (Government of Porn Free Land) has decided to block…
If my previous post wasn’t enough, I just had the pleasure of catching Jackson Anthony in a State TV interview.Quote:’people say nationalism is bad but without embracing nationalism we cannot reach internationalism’…F*** knows what internationalism i…
A post on Lirneasia’s site points an interesting story on the use of a ring tone in India to break down the social taboo of using condoms. Created by the BBC World Service Trust, I can’t say I like the ring tone but perhaps it appeals to an Indian audience.
You can listen to it and download it [...]
I realised that I talk to myself a little tooooooo much and tend to get carried away with it…Esp when I’m in the loo, or driving…. or in my room….Now, is that a bad thing? Maybe I’ve had it.. or it’s just an outlet to releasing certain things…o…
LiMo Foundation says that while the world’s population is increasing by a net three persons every second, giving us a population expansion of 180 every minute, 10,800 each hour and 259,200 every day. You think that’s astonishing. Well, mobile phones can better that. Every second there are 38 mobile phones sold and that’s 2,280 every minute, 136,800 each hour and 3,283,200 every day. Who says they don’t rule our lives?
Today, the number of global mobile subscribers is hovering close to 3 billion and growing rapidly: 1.2 billion mobile devices are sold annually and analysts are predicting more than 4 billion subscribers by 2010 (source GSMA). While already proven as a powerful and scalable platform technology for mobile handsets, mobile Linux is expected to experience a surge of…
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India seems to be taking a page from Sri Lanka’s own misguided notions of national security and telecommunications. Back in May I wrote about the contest between RIM and the Indian Home Ministry to gain access to the encrypted communications conducted via Blackberry’s.
Now there’s news that the Home Ministry may actually hack into RIM’s communications [...]
Many people say that in the future we will not use books and libraries because we will get all our information form Computers. Perhaps one day children will not go to school. The students learn at home, So there will be no teacher, uniforms and no playground! Do you think this will happen? What do [...]
In sinhala “gala” is place were people keep animals for the night. A long time ago there was a gala were people going to the south in bullock carts kept their animals for the night .This Gala later become Galla. English people called it Gale
write by- Dhanushka Roshan
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Blue sand, welcome
bridal waves from the deep.
Nilaveli Beach, Trincomalee
Ridi Vihare -”Silver Temple” in Sinhala - is a historic cave temple on the road to Sri Lanka’s ancient cities -an easy day trip away from Colombo. At first glance it looks like a large well supported rural temple nestled in the lush landscape. Looks are of course deceiving. Its treasures are subtle and [...]
ok so sue me. all this olympic shit is making me soppy. i am human after all. i mean comradship, teamwork, support, encouragement etc… you know what i’m talking about.
anyways… i just saw this video that really touched me. its a dance performance that tells the story of all the virtues of the olympics and [...]
So Radovan Karadzic wants a new judge appointed because he believes that the presiding judge is not likely to be impartial and will likely convict him. If you ask me, anyone of sane mind would want this man behind bars. It is no secret that he was behi…
As part of its work to fight the spread of HIV, the BBC World Service Trust has launched a novel ringtone in India designed to break down the social taboo of using condoms. The new advertising campaign, which features a ‘condom a cappella’ ringtone is also funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The strategy is to show social support for condoms, as this has a positive effect on use, and positions condoms as a product that men use to show they are responsible and care about themselves and their families. Read more and watch the advert.
20th Aug 2008/The Free Media Movement (FMM) learns from reliable media sources that journalist J. S. Tissainayagam, who has been held in detention in the custody of the Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) since 7th March 2008, has finally been indicted in the High Court, which has issued notice.
While FMM has not so far seen a [...]
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