http://www.kottu.org Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 17 May 2008 22:27:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en She met him, she said hi!!!He saw her, he felt complete,She made a friend, different from others,He found a good friend, special from others.She was heart broken, Her world darkened,He saw her crying, His heart was shattered!!!She was lost, her thoughts confused,He said he'd be there for her, to help ... http://thackshila.blogspot.com/2008/05/love-story.html Have you ever looked up at the full moon sky? And dreamt of its cool surface.. and.. Had it ever hit you like a blow from the darkness of that same night The impossibility of ever touching that silvery light? Have you ever sat down on the yellow beach and Gazed and marveled at the ... http://tinkerbell.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/have-you-ever/ by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The Rajapakse regime registered a remarkable achievement on Friday May 16th when Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias “Pillaiyan” took his oaths at President’s house before President Mahinda Rajapakse as chief minister of the Eastern provincial council. The Rajapakse regime deeply influenced by Sinhala hawkish elements has pursued an intergrated politico-military ... http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/639 by D.B.S. Jeyaraj The time was about 7.45 - 7.50 pm.on Tuesday May 13th. Four young men on two cycles were traveling along the intricate labyrinth of inter-connected “Olungaigal” (by-lanes) of Karaveddy in the Vadamaratchy division of Jaffna peninsula. It was dark as a power cut was on. Electricity is ... http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/640 She’s gone! Wooohooooooooo!!! She’s on a holiday in Turkey! We are miles and miles apart!!! Ah…..one whole week of bliss. One whole week devoid of my older sibling! http://messiahofmadness.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/shes-gone/ I have become that which I despise. The worst experience, by far, has got to be waking up in the morning and realising that you are exactly everything to hate! You have become that person you roll your eyes at. You have become the person you scoff at. You have become ... http://messiahofmadness.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/me-yeah-i-know-i-suck-at-titling-stuff/ Well, not towards myself. I was walking past the City Hall the other day, and there was a tall Sikh gentlemen coming out of it. He had a long graying beard, and was dressed in traditional clothing. We passed each other, nodding to acknowledge each other’s presence, and then I ... http://dinidudealwis.com/?p=142 There have been several news stories in both printed and electronic media regarding the alleged shootdown of an LTTE aircraft by the army. According to our sources, no confirmation has yet been received regarding the destruction of any LTTE aircraft. However it is true that two LTTE aircraft were airborne for a ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Defencenet/~3/292439004/reports-of-ltte-aircraft-destruction.html (Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT; 5/10/2008; 1/160 at f/4; ISO 100; white balance: Manual; focal length: 34 mm)Location: Studio two75, Moorpark, California http://praveen-karunanayake.blogspot.com/2008/05/sam_17.html Jaw dropped. Wonder what the wife goes through.... ;) Stripped by a Mechanical Shovel! - video powered by Metacafefrom gizmodo http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/amaruwan/~3/292425549/how-to-undress-woman-using-giant.html I don’t know what is wrong with our blog community. We seem to have a insatiable desire to read the posts about sex.. The last one I did became my highest visited post in just a day!!.. Seriously, this is not about sex..it is about a band that was in ... http://sachithvida.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/about-a-girl-about-a-guynono-you-pervert-this-is-not-about-sex/ The Green Fields of Dambatenna (Copyright (cc) 2008 B Kahuna)Tea Leaves after Rain (Copyright (cc) 2008 B Kahuna) The Marker (Copyright (cc) 2008 B Kahuna)DAMBATENNA, Sri Lanka -- In March this year, Kahuna and Darth Teddy took some time off to tour Haputale and Ella. These photographs were taken on ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/circus1/~3/292345185/road-to-dambatenna.html දුරු රට ඉන්න අපිට ලංකාවේ රූපවාහිනී වැඩසටහන් බලන්න පුළුවන් වෙබ් අඩවියක් තමයි . www.srilankantube.com හැබැයි ඒකෙත් ගොඩක් ඇතුලත් වෙන්නේ දීර්ඝ (MEGA) ටෙලි නාට්ය තමයි. මොනවා වුනත් මොහොතකට හරි අපිව ලංකාවට ගෙන යනවා. http://buwa.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/srilankantubecom/ Jayasuriya continued his attack on the opposition this time taking Shoaib Akthar & Ishant Sharma of the Kolkata Knight Riders to the cleaners. Jayasuriya's knock of 114 not out from the night before and this 48 not out has forced the selectors to pick the 38 year old for the ... http://feeds.hilalscricket.com/~r/LankaCricket/~3/292437407/video-sanath-jayasuriya-48-17-vs-kkr.html අන්තර්ජාල පරිශීලකයින් වශයෙන් මෙන්ම, දුරකථන, ජංගම දුරකථන භාවිතාකරුවන් ලෙසින් අද අපට සුවිශේසී දිනයක්. මාතෘකාවේ යොදා ඇති ලෙසින්ම අද (2008 මැයි මස 17 වැනිදා) ජාත්‍යන්තර විදුලි සන්දේශ දිනයයි. කෙසේවෙතත් ලංකාවේ තොරතුරු සන්නිවේද‍නයේ වේගවත් භාවය හා නිති පතා වර්තාවෙන සබඳතා බිඳ වැටීම් නිසාවෙන් බොහෝ පාරිභෝගිකයින් අපහසුතාවයට පත්වෙලා තිබෙනවා. නමුත් විදුලි සන්දේශන සේවයේ ... http://www.blog.sudaraka.com/?p=100 අන්තර්ජාල පරිශීලකයින් වශයෙන් මෙන්ම, දුරකථන, ජංගම දුරකථන භාවිතාකරුවන් ලෙසින් අද අපට සුවිශේසී දිනයක්. මාතෘකාවේ යොදා ඇති ලෙසින්ම අද (2008 මැයි මස 17 වැනිදා) ජාත්‍යන්තර විදුලි සන්දේශ දිනයයි. කෙසේවෙතත් ලංකාවේ තොරතුරු සන්නිවේද‍නයේ වේගවත් භාවය හා නිති පතා වර්තාවෙන සබඳතා බිඳ වැටීම් නිසාවෙන් බොහෝ පාරිභෝගිකයින් අපහසුතාවයට පත්වෙලා තිබෙනවා. නමුත් විදුලි සන්දේශන සේවයේ ... http://www.blog.sudaraka.com/?p=100 The title assumes that automation is about giving up, to whatever degree, control of a process. That’s a key tension in many of the systems I design for peacebuilding. Users like to know they are in charge of what’s happening, but complex processes are impossible to manage without some degree of ... http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/automation-vs-control/ http://buwa.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/ayurweda-and-cricket/ The Supreme Court has ordered the Attorney General to amend conditions imposed on a resident of Jaffna who was detained on terrorist charges and released without charges. Ponrasa Sugumar was arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Division of the Police and later released.On his release the police imposed several conditions. Sugumar was prevented ... http://chitrangi.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/sc-directed-the-attorney-general/ nasa's chandra x-ray observatory has discovered a supernova explosion which is about 140 years old. the following post contains some info on supernovas and nasa's press release with images1. Image Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al.); Radio (NSF/NRAO/VLA/Cambridge/D.Green et al.); Infrared (2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF/CfA/E.Bressert) http://www.kanabona.com:80/kanabona/?q=science_chandra_discovers_very_young_supernova අද මේ digital media ලෝකේ හරිම අමාරු දෙයක් තමයි මේ digital media manage කරන එක. මොකද මගේ ගාවම mp3, divx mpg, wmv, etc තියනවා 500GB වලට වඩා, කොහොමද මේ ඔක්කොම පාවිචි කරන්නේ ? ගොඩක් අය ඉතින් computer එකේ තමයි. ඒත් මටනම් ඒක මහ කරදරයක්… රෑට නිදාගන්න ගමන් සින්දුවක් අගන්න computer ... http://sinhala.kalingasblog.com/2008/05/17/hdd-media-players/ Disclaimer: I was heavily involved in aspects of the design of the new PACT website and gave advice on the development of many of its current features and functionality.   The Peace and Conflict Timeline (PACT) website by the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) is one of the most innovative I have ... http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/peace-and-conflict-timeline-pact/ Remember in Star Trek Dr. Leonard McCoy, nicknamed Bones, would use a handheld device (shaped like a mobile phone) to scan the vital signs report of a patient; the little screen on the device would make some electronic noises and display some random illuminated pixels, which he would interpret to ... http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/05/mobile-phone-real-doctor-mccoy/ Ramukkana Raja Maha Viharaya, situated close to Bandaragama along the Horana Road, may not be as large as some other temples in the area. Not having referred in ancient literature repeatedly it may not also be that well known. However, this is a unique place in the history of Raigampura ... http://bandaragama.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/vesak-post-2-ramukkana-raja-maha-viharaya-and-rock-inscription/ Lenawara Rajamaha Viharaya is one of the most picturesque temples within my electorate. Situated in a pleasant village environs 5 km along Anguruvathota Road, from the Raigama junction in Panadura - Horana Road, this temple virtually takes one to Rajarata. It is difficult to think such environment ever exist so ... http://bandaragama.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/vesak-post-1-lenawara-raja-maha-viharaya/ Now that I’ve gotten your attention,let me explain the title.I came across this bastard hillarious video thanks to our favourite Iann Robinson.Though it was just too funny to just pass away without a mention.So enough talking,just check out the video. While you are at it,spare a minute to vote in the ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Metalcracker/~3/292268348/the-black-sabbath-show-watch-ozzy-getting-laidin-a-funny-way-bitch.html Opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe, President Mahinda Rajapakse, Actress Malini Fonseka & Model Anarkali is sitting in a train. The train suddenly goes through a tunnel, and it gets completely dark. Suddenly, there is a kissing sound, followed by the sound of a slap! The train comes out of the tunnel. ... http://buwa.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/ranil-mahinda-anarkali-and-malani/ farmers house,Lamjung, Nepal http://mockmenot.blogspot.com/2008/05/window-old-and-rundown.html ok i can explain my absence. cant do it in many words though.long story short, laptop keyboard malfunction. trying to get replacement done. should be done within a week.hence ive missed juicy stories on ur blogs, sharing juicy stories on my blog and also typing without being interrupted by a ... http://bailabeat.blogspot.com/2008/05/hiding-under-rock.html Perhaps one reason allegations of web censorship are growing in Sri Lanka is because purely web based media shows a very high readership when compared to traditional (English) print media published on the web.  Taken from Alexa.com, this graph (click on image for larger version) clearly shows that over the past six ... http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/web-media-readership-in-sri-lanka/ So far i have lived a very comfortable life, sometimes it had been luxurious as well. but it was nothing to do with me, it all revolved around my fathers success. He was a successful person. he educated all five of us( me and my four elder sisters) to the ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fathha/~3/292338631/battle-of-life-here-i-come.html Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 නිකුත් කරලා. පාවිච්චි කරන්න කැමතිනම් මෙතැනින් ලබාගන්න: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html දැනටමත් Firefox 3 Beta එකක් පාවිච්චි කරනවානම් Help මෙනුව මගින් කෙලින්ම Update එක ලබාගන්නත් පුළුවන්. මමත් දැනට යාවත්කාලීන කරමින් ඉන්නේ. වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම් රැසක් තියෙන බවයි ආරංචිය. Update: යාවත්කාලීන කළා. පොඩි පොඩි වෙනස්කම් රැසක් පේන්න තියෙනවා. වින්ඩෝස් අනුවාදයේ ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/malinthe/~3/292204077/ Hortan thenna is one of the interesting places which is situated in Sri Lanka. It is in the district of ‘Nuwara Eliya’ of Central province. Any visitors can reach this place along a crooket road from the Ohiya railway station .Besides  this road many finas trees have been grown by the people .                                              This ... http://oasisdamahana.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/hortan-thenna/ The holier than JVP National Freedom Front (NFF) was launched earlier this month along with the first version of their website. The website has a lot of dysfunctional links and it’s multimedia section has gems like WMV, VOB and MPG files. Guess they’ve never heard of YouTube.  Download the archive in full ... http://sitesatrisksl.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/national-freedom-front-nff/ On the same day The Island newspaper cited net terrorism (sic) as the cause for an outrageous gaffe in its Children Section came news that the Lanka Dissent website had been hacked into. I don’t for a moment believe that The Island was a victim of Internet “terrorism” but as ... http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/independent-media-websites-hacked-in-sri-lanka/ ReadAir - That is like the coolest new Adobe AIR application for bloggers these days. With it’s Mac OSX interface, it lets you read your Google Reader subscriptions right from your own desktop! You guessed it right. Now you can have ReadAir on your Desktop and it’ll fully synchronize ... http://www.rockfuse.com/blog/read-your-google-reader-feed-items-from-your-desktop [TamilNet, Saturday, 16 May 2008, 09:00 GMT] TamilNet: LTTE Carries out Another Suicide Liberation in Sri LankaLTTE Bomb explosion targets Racist Police bus in Colombo, 10 killed, 95 wounded Eelam successful attack to prove LTTE can infiltrate Sinhalas via their Toilets.A three-wheeler fitted with a bomb rammed into a bus ... http://www.tamilnet.tv/index.php/ltte-bus-bomb-fort-050172?blog=1 17th May 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Free Media Movement (FMM) registers its disquiet over the contents of a letter addressed to it by the Editor of the Lanka Dissent website, Mr Indika Gamage on 16th May 2008. In it, Mr. Gamage alleges that the Lanka Dissent website (http://lankadissent.com) is ... http://freemediasrilanka.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/independent-web-media-hacked-in-sri-lanka/ I know I'm radically obsessed with machines and this would sounds stupid,but here it goes...Don't you think its high time we have "a day" for Robots as in Universal Robot's Day?I spent hours today googling whether there is an existing day for Robot's and it turned out to be ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thecyborgspy/~3/292156975/universal-robots-day.html 1.The first ever reported case of robot homicide had occurred in 1981 when a robotic arm crushed a Japaneses Kawasaki Factory worker. 2.Cybernetics Professor Kevin Warwick calls himself the world's first Cyborg, with computer chips implanted in his left arm.He can remotely operate doors and other electronic devices.3.Elektro is ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thecyborgspy/~3/292069500/20-things-you-dont-know-about-robots-ha.html