From HSDPA+ to 4G LTE with Prolink PRT7005L

March 15, 2015 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Tech.

I was a happy user of a Mobitel HSDP+ connection on a Huawei E5331 until I bought the Note 4. Because Note 4 comes with a 4G connection, and suddenly my phone has faster internet than my home WiFi. After a week of using the phone I was on the market for a new mobile 4G router.

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Cardboard Review

March 10, 2015 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Tech.

Google Cardboard is one of those ideas that is so simple and it makes you wonder why we could not come up with it before Google. In ease you have been living under a rock, it is a virtual reality headset made of cardboard, two lenses and a magnet. There are no active components. You need • Read More »

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TechTogetherLK – Inagural Meetup – Internet of Things

February 22, 2015 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Tech.

Internet has changed lot of things. For some, internet was great, and for some, it meant going bankrupt. IoT is becoming a thing on the internet. It is more of an ecosystem where Things, Internet, Cloud and Big Data play their own roles. While it is great for many, there is the need for proper handling and managing • Read More »

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Cheese & Chicken Roast Pan @ Sensaal

February 22, 2015 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Me, Myself & I, Sri Lanka.

Sensaal recently started some Roast Pan based dishes. And based on how they want customers to try it, it seems they have big plans for their roast pan. I have been a reguler at Sensaal for a while. One day when I was there, cashier lady asked  “Sir api roast pan akek try karamuda”. I was • Read More »

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A Note on Note 4

February 3, 2015 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Me, Myself & I, Tech.

I bought myself a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 couple of days ago. Plan was to replace the need for a phone, tablet / kindle and a personal laptop with a single device. Because I am not a big fan of taking care of too many gadgets. This would also greatly simplify my digital existence. After playing • Read More »

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I saw the light fade from the sky! (Spoiler Alert!)

January 5, 2015 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Movies.

It was 12 years ago when I first watched Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring movie at the last day of AL exam with a bunch of school friends. At any time during last 12 years, I was waiting for the next movie of the franchise to come out. Each movie was worth • Read More »

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On Driverless Cars

June 15, 2014 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Tech.

It seems that world will get driverless cars little sooner than expected. And by the looks of the first Google prototypes it will be a revolution in design department too. Similar to moving from a QWERTY keyboard to touch phone. This has a potential of changing lot of things. In long-term driving test will become a thing • Read More »

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Money can buy happiness, if you know where to shop!

April 19, 2014 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Me, Myself & I, Sri Lanka.

This image is doing its rounds on Facebook and to be frank, I think we can buy many of these things with money. Not in a bad way by the way. You just need to know where to shop. IMO why most of us think money can’t buy happiness and many other things in this list, is • Read More »

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Bringing the TV Online with an Android Mini-PC

November 24, 2013 | By Rakhitha | No Comments | Filed in: Movies, Tech, TV.

I had this idea for a while to connect the TV with internet and LAN. So that I don’t have to turn on  the computer every time I want to stream something. Also it will remove the need to connect wires between computers and TV when I want to watch something on a larger screen. • Read More »

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