Posts filed under 'Life'
Goodbye 2005
It’s the end of another year for Vesess and we’d like to spend a few moments remembering the people and events that changed 2005 for us.
One Year Later
There are many things that can change your life - births, deaths, war, changes of government. In my two decades of living, I’ve experienced most of them. Nothing however changed my life the way the December 2004 Tsunami did.
$100 laptop - the intel version
Intel Chairman Barrett says world’s poorest don’t want $100 laptops. The world’s poorest say they want $100 laptops. And Simputers.
A Different Perspective
It’s been almost a month since WE05, and this post is almost too late. But Doug Bowman’s presentation had a gem in it.
It happens both ways
We often forget that the web is an open medium that speaks to the whole world. People have to be extra careful when throwing stuff online - you just might end up hurting someone, perhaps inadvertently, but quite possibly very badly. It is true that the eastern world has had difficulties in making itself heard online, but that is no excuse to turn frustration in to indifference, or worse, hatred.
When the servers are down
Websites have a tendency to go down exactly at the moment when they should not. Assuming that your site is down, and your server is down with the rest of your clients’ sites, and assuming that you get frantic phone calls from clients asking what the f is wrong with their site and why the hell can’t they access email, and assuming that your web host won’t reply your emails and won’t answer the phone, what would you do?
FOSSSL, Slashdot and Bullshit
There are times when you wish you were Oxton. Not just because he is a great designer, but also because he’s one of the best known wordsmiths around when it comes to, um, using expletives creatively. And this is a time I can do with some good swear words.
Third World Designer
I was sitting, as usual, at my home computer (piece of shit with a 14″ monitor that shows signs of failing) playing with a comp for a website when I heard the kids’ laughter. Our little neighbours, brother and sister, were playing with polythene bags.
Colours of Tradition
Tonight, the tradition of five hundred years is alive in Kandy, the last capital of our Kings. The Maha Perahera of the Dalada Maligawa has taken to the Streets. As I watch the live telecast, I’m dazzled by the beauty of this majestic spectacle.
The Importance of Being Average
Michael McDonough said: The world is not set up to facilitate the best any more than it is set up to facilitate the worst. It doesn’t depend on brilliance or innovation because if it did, the system would be unpredictable. It requires averages and predictables.
