I came across this post on readme.lk recently. It’s about upcoming policy on import of used computer systems to cut e-waste. Which is good. Because we do very little recycling. And e-waste consist of mostly non recyclable material with many toxic chemicals. However what I do not agree is the statement which claims Sri Lanka • Read More »
Tags: Affordable Computers, Inexpensive Computers, Low Cost Computers, Second-Hand Computers, Sri Lanka, Tech, Used Computers
Over last few years I used two Mobitel 1290 packages to connect two computers to internet. We used two mainly for extra bandwidth and speed. With introduction of Mobitel Mega plans, After dropped one connection and upgrade the other one to 20Gb package. It let you use multiple SIMs with same connection. Our 3G dongles were • Read More »
Tags: 3G, 3G Broadband, Broadband, DHCP, DNS Cache, E3551, Firewall, HSDPA, HUAWEI, Mega Plan, Mobitel, Nat, Portable 3G WiFi Router, Review, Router, Sri Lanka, Tech, WiFi, WUAWEI E3551
This Saturday I went to Colombo airport to drop off my wife. Usually once I drop off someone, I leave the airport as soon as they pass the scanners to go to check in counters. But since this was Saturday morning and there was nothing much to do afterwards, me and another friend who came to drop off his wife decided to • Read More »
Tags: Aircraft Spoting, Aircraft Watching, Airport Public Viewing Area, Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Colombo Airport, Colombo International Airport, Katunayake International Airport, Sri Lanka, Travel
Three-wheelers or Tuk tuks are quite useful when you are out shopping. Specially these days, because the car parks at most of the shops are guaranteed to be full during rush hour due to x’mas shopping. Therefore it’s a natural choice to ditch the car at a larger car park and then take a three-wheeler to shops and when hopping between • Read More »
Tags: christmas, Colombo, MC, Metered, Metered Three Wheeler, Metered-Taxi, Shopping, Sri Lanka, Three Wheeler, Travel, Tuk Tuk, X'Mas
I watched Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted couple of weeks back at Liberty Cinema at Kollpity. Even-though the story was bit predictable and common it was still enjoyable. For me Madagascar was never about a story but if was about the animals and the monkeys and the penguins. This version on Madagascar incorporated more music, including the best version of “I like to • Read More »
Tags: 2D, 3D, 3D Movies, Afro Circus, Banana Gun, Bullet Time, Entertainment, Europe's Most Wanted, I like to Move it, Liberty Cinema, Madagascar, Madagascar 3, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Monkey Powered Helicopter, Movie, Movies, Savoy, Savoy 2, Sri Lanka, Wrap Drive
Around this time of last year, Sri Lanka did not have any 3D movie theater. If you wanted to have a 3D movie experience, only choice was to go for a movie while in another county. Finally with the end of 2011, MC Cineplex opened with one 3D theater. Now we are half way through 2012 and there • Read More »
Tags: 3D, 3D Film, 3D Movies, 3D Theator, Atlantis, Bandwagon, Continental Drift, Entertainment, Ice Age 4, Majestic Cineplex, Movie, Movies, Savoy, Savoy 3D, Sri Lanka
I recently visited Chaaya Tranz Hotel in Hikkaduwa on a company trip. Overall it was an excellent experience and a great place to relax. It is the former Coral Gardens Hotel which is renovated and re-branded as an excellent 4 star beach resort. As a result everything is new. It is located in Hikkaduwa off Galle Road. Therefore it • Read More »
Tags: Beach Hotel, Chaaya, Chaaya Tranz Hotel, Corral, Hikka, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, Travel
My wife and I took a road trip to Polonnaruwa on 12th and 13th of May. The day before the Shiva Devalaya was reportedly broken into. And it was some needed time out after a long time, even though it’s not the best time of the year to visit that part of the country due • Read More »
Tags: Dambulla, Deer Park Hotel, Giritale, Minneriya, Minneriya National Park, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Travel
When it comes to buying services and complex products I always prefer buying from a local seller. This makes it easy to communicate and handle any matter that might come up when using the product or service that we buy. But in some cases the typical Sri Lankan customer relationship attitude make it a nightmare. This happened way too often with my • Read More »
Tags: Backup, Customer service, Sri Lanka, Technology, Web Hosting, WordPress, wordpress.org
MAHOtrain recently posted two posts on their views on farmers problems and solutions that they propose. This post is an attempt to continue and expand on the discussion they started. But with a slightly different view. Should the farmers problems be governments problem?. Well as far as the politics and votes are concern, yes it should be. • Read More »
Tags: Agriculture, Agriculture Industry, Agriculture Innovation, Empower, Empower Farmer, Farmers, Farming, Food Distribution, Food Marketing, Food Processing, Framer, Government, Paddy, Rice, Sri Lanka