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 resource intensive 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 now, it’s expanded…
Search Phrases That Lead People to My Site
Reviewing the search phrases that get people to land here, I see that most of them are, well, mostly sane….
Two Useful Writing Ebooks – Free to Download!
Donald Maass’s The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success is available for free download from the Donald…
Sri Lankan and International Intellectual Property Law
A friend recently had some issues with intellectual property laws and procedures in Sri Lanka. As a result, and due…
Googling Yourself Can Be Useful
Here I am, minding my own business, comparing results between two search engines – Cuil and G<a href=”https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl” target=”_blank”>oogle</a> if…
Exercise in a Pill?
<a href=”http://www.nbcnews.com/id/25949447/” target=”_blank”>It’s touted as a couch potato’s dream</a>, but the ramifications and potential uses go far beyond fixing a…
Severely Overpriced Computer Cables
My brother Tony’s blog can be a bit, well, geeky and way over my head when he talks about programming,…
Cork as a Renewable Resource
Browsing my <a href=”http://blogs.msmvps.com/access/” target=”_blank”>brother’s blog</a>, I read an entry where he links to a news article on <a href=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7623912.stm”…
Is It You?
Ever wanted to know whether a site was down or whether it was you? This site is especially useful for…
Reading Comprehension 101
I was reading the comments to a post over on Making Light when I saw a post Teresa Nielsen Hayden…
coComment. Good Idea / Bad Idea?
coComment is a site that offers the service of tracking your comments through cyberspace on the various blogs you visit…
Top 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels
This list I got from Fantasy Book Review. Since lists are not copyrightable, I’m duplicating it here. Same as in…
Top 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
Edited to add: I saw an addendum to Rosemerry’s post over on her blog and learned that this list is…
More on Plagiarism in Sri Lanka
Sometimes, I just wonder about people. Really, I do. I’ve mentioned in previous posts that plagiarism, copyright violations, and piracy…
Software Piracy in Sri Lanka
In a previous post, I talked a bit about piracy and copyright violations in Sri Lanka and I mentioned it’s…
Piracy, Plagiarism, and Stolen Content in Sri Lanka
Speaking about yesterday’s post and that news site, there’s a lot more content on that site that, I believe, is…
More Copyright Violations
In yesterday’s post, I alluded to the fact that I’ve experienced more than just one copyright violation. I have, although…
The Colombo Museum
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, September 2004. By Laurie Ashton I’m one of THOSE people. You know the kind….
Copyright Violations
Again. sigh This all started with the Book In a Week (BIW) group on Yahoo! Groups. One person posted a…
More Cool Sites
A Glimpse of the Milky Way. Click on it and look. This is a seriously cool way to view the…
Some interesting websites
I came across some interesting websites… A new way to multiply – it’s bizarre to me, but it looks like…
Sri Lanka Links
Sri Lanka. Cuz I live here now. That’s why. If there are any links you’d like to see added here,…
About Sri Lanka
Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, or, in Sinhalese Sri Lankā Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya. Sri Lanka changed its…