Month: April 2005
The Great Firewall of China
From here. —–Begin Quote The complex system that the Chinese government uses to control the flow of…
Bollywood Musicals 101
We buy them by the truckload. Bollywood movies are subtitled in English, or at least, every single…
Applying for a residency visa
Just for a laugh, I went to the Canadian government’s website to check out the Skilled Worker…
The Canadian government pisses me off
Fahim and I went to the Canadian High Commission here today to renew my passport. I hand…
Internet? Really?
Yeah. Last time the internet went down completely, it lasted for a week and a half. I’ll…
Lie to me. Please.
Is it fixed? I don’t know. I’m hesitant to jinx it by saying that it is. But…
And it continues.
Given that this is Sri Lanka, the country where, if you take your computer in for technical…
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….
Cows are loud
When cows go wandering past our house, they frequently Moo! very loudly. Some are quiet, and just…
The internet is broken. Again.
Remember back when the Olympics were being held, and an Indian ship off the coast of Sri…
How does ones internet “run out”?
If, like me, you live in Sri Lanka, it could be caused by a ship dropping anchor…
Maps at Google.com
It has no idea what to do with Sri Lanka. It found Vancouver, British Columbia fine. Queen…