Author: LMAshton
Help Needed Identifying Plant Pests & Problems
We don’t have a very large plot of land, so don’t have a very large garden, but…
Purple-Faced Langur Monkeys at Play
I finally got around to asking what kind of monkeys these were, and Fahim told me that…
The Lizard Walk. And The Bird. But Mostly The Lizard Walk.
It started at 3:04:35 pm and continued until 3:08:52 pm and will be indelibly imprinted on our…
More Neighborhood Monkey Activity
It’s true, monkeys amuse me. As long as they don’t fling poo at or near me, that…
Attack! of the Sand Creatures!!!
Every now and then, when I walk around the house outside, I’ll see all sorts of conical…
Neighorhood Monkeys in Sri Lanka
For your information, these photos were taken with the purple-faced leaf monkeys (or purple-faced langurs) around 60-100'…
Sub-Marine Cables Cut – Internet Slow?
Does it feel like your Internet is slow? Depending on where in the world you are, it…
Humans prevented super ice-age?
It hardly seems possible, does it, given all we’re hearing now about global warming, except that what…
Potentially useful software
AdesClrPicker – capture colour codes from anywhere on your screen. Extremely useful for those times you find…
German Restaurant
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, October 2004. By Laurie Ashton When I was five or six,…
La Rambla Restaurante
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, September 2004 By Laurie Ashton As I put the mouthful of…
Zanziba Restaurant
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, August 2004. By Laurie Ashton Zanziba is another recent addition to…
Island Animal Farm
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, August 2004. By Laurie Ashton Immediately upon arriving in Sri Lanka,…
The Mango Tree Restaurant+Lounge+Bar
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, July 2004. By Laurie Ashton The Mango Tree Restaurant is a…
Sakura Japanese Restaurant
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, May 2004. By Laurie Ashton After walking through the gate at…
A Taste of Culture Shock
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, May 2004. By Laurie Ashton Shortly after arriving in Sri Lanka…
First-ever photographs of extrasolar planets
You can read about it at SFSignal. Astronomers captured images of three planets around one star (infared…
Mind Control!
I’ve got one nitpick with the article. Or, at any rate, one right now. We’ll see if…
Write or Die?
<i><a href=”http://writeordie.com/” target=”_blank”>Write or Die</a></i> is a software application that could be useful to you if you’re…
Fahim Farook inspired by Douglas Adams
Or <a href=”http://mrsgiggles.com/pod/index.html” target=”_blank”>so the review goes</a>… Disclaimer: <a href=”http://farook.org” target=”_blank”>Fahim Farook</a> is my husband and I…
Bionic Eyes
It’s called Bionic Eyes, but really, it doesn’t seem to me at all the same as the…
Converting pages to posts, or vice versa, in WordPress
There’s a handy dandy little plugin for WordPress that can convert pages to posts, or posts to…
Twitter, Twittering, and Tweets
<a href=”https://twitter.com/LMAshton” target=”_blank”>I’m twittering now</a>. Have been for a while. It’s kinda fun and interesting. 🙂 <a…
Norton Internet Security 2009 Not a RAM Pig?
Nope, it ain’t, and that there were many claims that <a href=”http://www.symantec.com/norton/internet-security” target=”_blank”>NIS 2009</a> was not as…
Changing of the anti-virus guard
Yep, it’s true. I’ve been sucked into Fahim’s perpetual cycle of switching anti-virus every few months, only…