Why does the tsunami garner so much attention while the starving in Africa are ignored?
This was brought up on a forum I frequent. There are, at any given point, people suffering and dying anywhere…
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Animal Planet has a program called “Cell Dogs”
http://animalplanet.discoveryeurope.com/ontv_celldogs/feature1.shtml So. Apparently, dogs behind bars isn’t totally unique. —– Cell Dogs follows the remarkable and intriguing story of the…
Slashdot trolling phenomena
Ya learn something new every day. And in my case, it was about the whole trolling phenomenon. I knew trolls…
Al-Gebra makes headlines
Pick a link! Breaking News! At New York’s Kennedy airport today an individual, later discovered to be a public school…
Puppies behind bars
This is an interesting concept. Short version – dogs are being raised and trained in a prison to become guide…
Our fishmonger is back
He came by today – he’s still alive! – and while he didn’t have seer fish or shrimp, he did…
Tsunami warning system not manned on boxing day
Smart thing to do? Or dumb thing to do? This report indicates that there was a system in place that…
Body count in Sri Lanka increased again
30,860 Dead. More bodies located under rubble in ravage area.
Tsunami News
Geological experts have declared that Sri Lanka has not been affected the island’s geological location. The geological location of Sumatra…
Fishmonger Day Two
The same fishmonger from yesterday was here again today. This begins to bode well. Our regular fishmonger, however, has not…
Beggars in Sri Lanka
We get people all the time looking for donations. Some ring our doorbell asking for food, clothing, or money. Sometimes,…
Red Ants Have Taken Over Laptop
Not mine, not even Fahim’s regular one, but the one he uses mainly for downloads. Yep, we have three. That…
Geek Break-Up Lines
Check it out. My favorite has to be "So long and thanks for all the fish." But you know what’s…
Joint Action to ensure safety of tsunami affected children
Reported here. —-Begin Quote The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL), United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children Sri…
The telephone system in Sri Lanka
Because I wander around the internet, I come occasionally come across interesting – at least to me – statistics. Like…
Clean water in Sri Lanka
While browsing around for info on electricity in Sri Lanka, I came across a website called The International Development Research…
SMS via cell phone to be backbone of alert system?
There’s been talk on several sites of using SMS, or text messaging, via cellular phones as a part of the…
Man loses 100 relatives
Taken from here. —– LONDON, England — A Sri Lankan man living in London has lost 100 relatives and friends…
Stone Age Tribes in Andamans
Taken from here. WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (IPS) – Asia’s last Paleolithic tribes appear to have survived last Sunday’s tsunamis, despite…
Fish monger is back in business
Our regular fish monger, the one who’s on bicycle and sells us seer fish and shrimp, hasn’t been back yet….
Latest in Earthquake and Aftershocks in Asia
The good news is that the aftershocks are tapering off, plus the magnitude is dimishing. 26 December – 1 big…
We are starving over here
Taken from here. PORT BLAIR, India (AP) — Across his tsunami-devastated island, his relatives, friends and teachers lay dead, lost…
Oil Exploration as a cause of the earthquake
Given that it has not appeared in any serious news reports, I suspect the whole thing is a fraud, sensationalism…
Robbery, Rape, and Kidnap
Robbery, rape, and kidnap (excerpts): —– SICKENED police last night blasted merciless scumbags who stole cash collected for tsunami disaster…
Theory: Oil companies running tests may have caused the earthquake.
OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! You can find this here. Short version? —– quote: On December 24th there was a…