Month: April 2005

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The Great Firewall of China

From here. —–Begin Quote The complex system that the Chinese government uses to control the flow of…

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Bollywood Musicals 101

We buy them by the truckload. Bollywood movies are subtitled in English, or at least, every single…

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Sand Art

This is seriously cool. Seriously. I think my favorite has got to be the one with all…

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Applying for a residency visa

Just for a laugh, I went to the Canadian government’s website to check out the Skilled Worker…

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The Canadian government pisses me off

Fahim and I went to the Canadian High Commission here today to renew my passport. I hand…

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Internet? Really?

Yeah. Last time the internet went down completely, it lasted for a week and a half. I’ll…

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Lie to me. Please.

Is it fixed? I don’t know. I’m hesitant to jinx it by saying that it is. But…

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And it continues.

Given that this is Sri Lanka, the country where, if you take your computer in for technical…

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It’s still broken. Ack!

And even though you lot don’t care, I’m upating y’all anyway. [Razz] The internet is still broken….

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Cows are loud

When cows go wandering past our house, they frequently Moo! very loudly. Some are quiet, and just…

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The internet is broken. Again.

Remember back when the Olympics were being held, and an Indian ship off the coast of Sri…

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How does ones internet “run out”?

If, like me, you live in Sri Lanka, it could be caused by a ship dropping anchor…

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Maps at Google.com

It has no idea what to do with Sri Lanka. It found Vancouver, British Columbia fine. Queen…