Nisadas unstructured. thoughts.

Nisadas

For those of you who have noticed the lack of unstructured Sinhala poems (Nisadas) on this blog;
I used to work at Vesess.
Prabhath (the uber-designer) blogged at Nidahas.
Venushka (the uber-coder) blogged at Adahas.
I wanted to blog as well – lack of talent notwithstanding – and tried to come up with a name for the whole thing. [...]

Dear Dulan

This year you’re sixteen and you’ve only just got on the internet. Some chap from a Bradby playing school (where at some charity walk you will win the voucher to get you internet access) has tagged me to write to you.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wimmulder/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
No of course not, that link doesn’t work ‘cos it links [...]

The worm’s eye view – Muhammed Yunus and Grameen Bank

I recently had the opportunity to read Banker to the Poor – the story of the Grameen Bank by Muhammed Yunus. While you can easily find out the story of Grameen at its Wikipedia page, there are some points of interest in the book that don’t make it into Wikipedia.

Wordpress.com goes mobile

Not long after my serendipitous discovery of MobilePress, I wondered how cool it would be if all the Wordpress.com blogs that I visit via Achcharu/Kottu were more mobile friendly. Especially since I spend more time reading up on the blogs via mobile browser.
Turns out that Wordpress.com has taken a move in the right direction. As [...]

Steel toed, high heeled, dancing shoes

I’m fairly sure there must be some kind of demand for these things. With a heel of variable height, straps to hold the shoes in place and other features depending on the lady’s taste and enough protection to ensure that those delicate toes are well protected.
It’s either that, or there’s gonna forever be a new [...]

Pot calling the Kettle Black

I know I really shouldn’t get hung up over this, but it just beggars belief.
See my post on how Daily Mirror has no clue about copyright, or even the Creative Commons licensing terms.
Now read what they have to say about the PTI allegedly copying their stuff:
The Colombo based reporter for the Press Trust of India [...]

Vegetarianism for a better future?

A couple of days after reading on Indi’s blog about the effects of a low calorie diet and Rajaratarala’s posts about his latest misadventures in farming and the dietary habits of rural Sri Lankans, I came across the following TED talk by Carolyn Steele.

Opera Mini Beta and MobilePress

For about a year, my internet access was severely limited. Being far from the WiFi at home, I relied on my mobile phone for access. That sucked.
Using a Nokia 7260 as a GPRS modem wasn’t such a hot idea. Thanks to the Opera Turbo feature (then still in Alpha) helped a little, but it was [...]

Daily Mirror doesn’t get it

So there I was feeling all upset that my crappy photo made it to the front page of Ada Derana without my being credited.
But why stop there? Turns out the people at the Daily Mirror (http://www.dailymirror.lk) aren’t very original either.
Barely a coupla days after my photo turns up on Ada Derana, it turns up on [...]

I’ve been robbed!

…of my intellectual property that is. What really hurts is that it’s not even one of my better works.
UPDATE (2009-09-15): The folks at Derana replied my email and apologised for the unauthorised use. They have taken off the pic from their site. I forgive them, but am keeping the post up, since I still think [...]