Author: LMAshton
Handy Trackback Tool
I found this trackback tool. Handy if you want to send a trackback to another site if…
About the Author
Howdy, y’all! I’m Laurie Ashton Farook and I’ll be your guide on this crazy adventure in Sri…
Back To Pressing Word, Part Deux
Part One is over on Fahim‘s site. 😀 Fahim announced to me two days ago that he…
The Price of a Picasso Painting
I read this on Absolute Write today: A friend once told me the story of Picasso: Picasso…
The Lost Room
The Lost Room played on TV today. We hadn’t heard about it and knew nothing about it…
Neil Gaiman, American Gods, and Stardust
Yesterday, Fahim and I watched Stardust, the movie. We loved it. Absolutely completely adored it. It was…
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
I’m currently reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. It’s a somewhat interesting, yet disappointing, read. The interesting bit…
The Internet’s Broken!
For us, at any rate. It started yesterday morning when we suddenly lost the ability to access…
Bulwer-Lytton 2007 winners are in!
For the uninitiated, the Bulwer-Lytton contest is named after Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of that infamous novel:…
Buh-bye, Avast!
So, remember how I installed Avast! antivirus software a few days ago? I’m ditching it. I’m returning…
On the nature of viruses and anti-virus software
In yesterday’s post, I talked about my latest adventure with three different anti-virus solutions. I mentioned that…
Anti-Virus Software
Fahim is constantly trying out different software. The last couple or so weeks, he’s been on an…
Harry Potter’s Books
If you’re a huge Harry Potter geek, you might be interested in this. It’s a list of…
Twilight by Stephenie Meyers
So. I whined about how I figured I’d never be able to read Twilight by Stephenie Meyers…
Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
Last August, some internet friends sent me a package of books. Among those books was one by…
On books in Sri Lanka
We can get books by Orson Scott Card, Terry Pratchett, Anne Perry, Robert Ludlum… Western authors who…
What is your bandwidth speed?
We have internet through SLT, and we’re supposed to have download speeds of 512 Kbps and upload…
Kitten Cannon
For you sick kitten haters out there – and you know who you are cough Fahim cough,…
Hal Spacejock: Second Desserts
Simon Haynes, the guy who wrote Hal Spacejock, sent Fahim a copy of his first book a…
Crappy crappy internet speeds
I’m trying to, shall we say, customize my MT template. Alas, I can’t. Ten minutes to attempt…
Censorship in Asia
It’s nothing new. China has a history of blocking scads of websites, and has even gone so…
Book in a Minute
There’s a lovely website – I’m on a “lovely” kick right now :p – that has some…
The problem with forwarded emails
You know those forwards your aunt Helen or best friend Rob sends you? Sometimes they’re sweet and…
Where do spammers get your email addy anyway?
The general assumption seems to start with you, the generic, nonspecific you, signing up for a newsletter…
On spam, and no, I’m not talking about that canned boiled pig product
First question, which really has nothing to do with possible solutions, is how you quantify a lot?…