Donations – 26 Dec 2004 Tsunami Relief
Donations I’ve had a lot of emails from people asking where to donate, so I have consolidated all the information…
Why “A Canadian in King Parakramabahu’s Court”
There were nine King Parakramabahus, but we’re talking about the sixth, the one who was the King of Kotte He…
Handy Trackback Tool
I found this trackback tool. Handy if you want to send a trackback to another site if your blog doesn’t…
About the Author
Howdy, y’all! I’m Laurie Ashton Farook and I’ll be your guide on this crazy adventure in Sri Lanka. 😀 I’m…
Back To Pressing Word, Part Deux
Part One is over on Fahim‘s site. 😀 Fahim announced to me two days ago that he was thinking of…
The Price of a Picasso Painting
I read this on Absolute Write today: A friend once told me the story of Picasso: Picasso was sitting in…
The Lost Room
The Lost Room played on TV today. We hadn’t heard about it and knew nothing about it other than what…
Neil Gaiman, American Gods, and Stardust
Yesterday, Fahim and I watched Stardust, the movie. We loved it. Absolutely completely adored it. It was engaging, fun, pure…
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
I’m currently reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. It’s a somewhat interesting, yet disappointing, read. The interesting bit is because of…
The Internet’s Broken!
For us, at any rate. It started yesterday morning when we suddenly lost the ability to access sites like Google,…
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: “It was a…
Buh-bye, Avast!
So, remember how I installed Avast! antivirus software a few days ago? I’m ditching it. I’m returning to AVG Free….
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 Avast caught a…
Anti-Virus Software
Fahim is constantly trying out different software. The last couple or so weeks, he’s been on an anti-virus/firewall binge. He…
Harry Potter’s Books
If you’re a huge Harry Potter geek, you might be interested in this. It’s a list of all the books…
Twilight by Stephenie Meyers
So. I whined about how I figured I’d never be able to read Twilight by Stephenie Meyers because it’ll never…
Twilight by Stephanie Meyers
Last August, some internet friends sent me a package of books. Among those books was one by another member of…
On books in Sri Lanka
We can get books by Orson Scott Card, Terry Pratchett, Anne Perry, Robert Ludlum… Western authors who write in English…
What is your bandwidth speed?
We have internet through SLT, and we’re supposed to have download speeds of 512 Kbps and upload speeds of 128…
Kitten Cannon
For you sick kitten haters out there – and you know who you are cough Fahim cough, here’s the game…
Hal Spacejock: Second Desserts
Simon Haynes, the guy who wrote Hal Spacejock, sent Fahim a copy of his first book a few weeks ago….
Crappy crappy internet speeds
I’m trying to, shall we say, customize my MT template. Alas, I can’t. Ten minutes to attempt to – and…
Censorship in Asia
It’s nothing new. China has a history of blocking scads of websites, and has even gone so far as to…
Book in a Minute
There’s a lovely website – I’m on a “lovely” kick right now :p – that has some pretty funny summaries…
The problem with forwarded emails
You know those forwards your aunt Helen or best friend Rob sends you? Sometimes they’re sweet and sappy with cute…