Month: February 2005

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Tamatje’s Indian Restaurant

Well, we ordered take away from Tamatje last night, and they’ve gone the way of the typical…

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Charitable goods coming into Sri Lanka

Because of the tsunami, there are all sorts of aid agencies here who are trying to help…

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Mosquitoes

Are you at all curious about mosquitoes? There are quite a few varieties. Anopheles carries malaria, another…

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Power outages a political move?

Lately, we’ve been having upwards of 4 power outages a day, sometimes lasting as long as a…

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More things that fall under the label of “Too much time on one’s hands”

And yet, it’s disturbingly cool. In short, it’s a cake partially eaten by rats made from brownies….

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Movie Viewing Experiences

We watched a movie today called Forgotten with Julianne Moore, Anthony Edwards, Gary Sinise, and, of course,…

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Internet Traffic Report

Fahim and I have been having internet problems. More lately, but there’s always something going on. Like…

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Paprika Problems!

Last year was a rough year for paprika. First, there was this. —–Begin Quote Paprika recall expanded:…

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Today has been a mostly no water day

It’s been like this since early this morning. Well, not early exactly, but . . . Since…

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Laptops below $100?

Is it possible? According to this article, it’s exactly what one organization, MIT’s Media Labs, is trying…

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Sri Lanka’s unemployment rumoured to rise 20%

That’s the figure I’ve heard bandied about. Unemployment, and more specifically, underemployment, here are a problem. Like…

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Libraries near where I live?

I’m told that there is a library in Colombo, about a half hour trishaw ride away, and…

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U.N.: Tsunami Worst Catastrophe for Tourism

Taken from here. —–Begin Quote BANDA ACEH, Indonesia    The top U.N. tourism official called Asia’s tsunami the…