Author: LMAshton
Movie Viewing Experiences
We watched a movie today called Forgotten with Julianne Moore, Anthony Edwards, Gary Sinise, and, of course,…
Internet Traffic Report
Fahim and I have been having internet problems. More lately, but there’s always something going on. Like…
Paprika Problems!
Last year was a rough year for paprika. First, there was this. —–Begin Quote Paprika recall expanded:…
Today has been a mostly no water day
It’s been like this since early this morning. Well, not early exactly, but . . . Since…
Laptops below $100?
Is it possible? According to this article, it’s exactly what one organization, MIT’s Media Labs, is trying…
Sri Lanka’s unemployment rumoured to rise 20%
That’s the figure I’ve heard bandied about. Unemployment, and more specifically, underemployment, here are a problem. Like…
Libraries near where I live?
I’m told that there is a library in Colombo, about a half hour trishaw ride away, and…
U.N.: Tsunami Worst Catastrophe for Tourism
Taken from here. —–Begin Quote BANDA ACEH, Indonesia The top U.N. tourism official called Asia’s tsunami the…
It’s my birthday and I’ll shop if I want to . . .
This was certifiably my best birthday ever. Ever. Fahim is one terrific guy. A couple of days…
Online Volunteer Organizations
Like this one here. It’s listed as Action Without Borders. Volunteer opportunities listed by continent, then country,…
Maps of Sri Lanka
I’ve been hunting and hunting, and finally, I’ve found some pretty good maps of Sri Lanka. This…
Someone has far too much time. . .
On their hands.
Clean your screen
This is so handy. Use this to clean your screen. Or, you can always get self-cleaning glass.
Ancient Tribe Survives Tsunami
Taken from here. —–Begin Quote JIRKATANG, India, Jan. 6, 2005 Members of the ancient Jarawa tribe emerged…
TouchGraph Google Browser
Is so totally cool! Enter in a url, and it’ll graph what’s linked to what. It’s pretty…
Did Island Tribes Use Ancient Lore to Evade Tsunami?
Taken from here. —–Begin Quote January 24, 2005 One of the regions hardest hit by the December…
Why was Sri Lanka in the forefront of the news in the beginning? Why not Indonesia?
This is a question that’s come up several times. I only have theories, not cold hard facts….
Death Toll from Tsunami increased again.
Indonesia increased it’s death toll. It’s now saying 220,000 are dead there. Taken from Wikipedia. Country where…
Need a little pick me up?
Try this.
228,601 Dead from Tsunami
Taken from Wikipedia. Country where deaths occurred Deaths Injured Missing Displaced Confirmed Estimated Indonesia 173,981 172,565 ~100,000 …
Torrential Downpours. Again.
Today we had major torrential downpour to the point the rain was coming into our house and…
Befriend Sri Lanka
Writing wise – I’ve taken on a whole new project. A friend of mine is in the…
Windoze error message generator
Linky. How’d you like to get this?
rel=”nofollow”
This is so totally cool. It was originally designed for blogging, according to Google. Damn those comment…
“Living” robots powered by muscle
Taken from here. Tiny robots powered by living muscle have been created. So, is this like the…