Remember this post?Going on from that, my mum is a very social person...talks to anyone and everyone... and she got to know this girl who works at one of the supermarkets we frequently go to and got to know that she's getting married and had no money to buy a wedding saree so was trying to see if she could [ ... ]

Skype is one of the most commonly used communication software. Skype is used more by business users than non business users where as Yahoo and Gtalk users mostly use it for non business purpose. If you are to talk with someone on Skype then you gotta create a Skype account. For example, let’s say you want to call someone on [ ... ]

A fallen Moodilla flower at Akurela. Sri Lanka. 13 January 2012. Photograph©Chulie de Silva I had hardly given moodilla flowers a second glance before, but the way they lay delicately poised on the lush green grass at Akurela was quite something.  The white stamens with rosy red tips glistened in the morning light while the breeze over the mangroves gently [ ... ]

TamilNet would like to bring to the attention of our devout readers, the pure-bred peoples of Eelam (greater, lower, actual, global and virtual) and most importantly the association of European origin white masters (i.e. the “international community” who love to stick their fingers into issues not concerning them) one of the hidden GENOCIDES™ perpetrated by the Government of Sorry Lanka, a crime which has remained unspoken of for far too long: HOMOPHOBIA [ ... ]

I saw some reference to Fleetwood Mac today, which reminded me of their song "Tell me lies". Brought back memories of when I was little and watching ITN Fan Club. Back in the day when there were only two TV stations in SL (Oh, ze horror :O ) Fan Club, hosted by Kumar De Silva, was like the only English [ ... ]

Being able to chat with G+ friends on GTalk is great fun but after a while you’ll find that your privacy is lost. And top of all, your personal contacts and G+ contacts are messed up. I was very annoyed by this feature and thought of disabling it. After searching online for a while I found the way to stop [ ... ]

Watching TV on mobile is fun indeed but it won’t bring the pleasure of watching it on real TV. There are so many apps that can let you stream videos on your mobile. It can be either live or VOD (Video on Demand). YouTube is one good example. We can watch live streams or VOD in YouTube. Recently Dialog Telecom [ ... ]

Evening glow over Sabaragamuwa hills. Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. 18 January, 2012. Photograph©Chulie de Silva. We have lost even this twilight. No one saw us this evening hand in hand while the blue night dropped on the world. I have seen from my window the fiesta of sunset in the distant mountain tops. Sometimes a piece of sun burned like a [ ... ]

During the X'mas week, we were invited to lunch by one of my dad's best friends..... and we went for it..At that lunch, I had the pleasure of meeting one of my dad's lecturers..... who remembered my dad very well.. and kept talking about him, the things he used to do... and I couldn't help but wish I had the [ ... ]

Social media sites can provide a variety of benefits for new technology business owners striving for growth and success. As the internet continues to evolve at an incredibly fast rate, starting a new venture in the technology industry can be difficult to crack with high levels of competition in many tech sectors. If you’re new to the technology industry it’s [ ... ]

Today I read news in a Tamil website about Expo Air and it is venturing back into Jaffna flights using a 12-seater Cessneda Grand Caravan aircraft which costed 2.6 Million US dollars. . Left me to think of old days! There was a time when the war was on the peak, there were no proper transportation available to Jaffna. People [ ... ]

argh 3 am alarmsrunning across borderscoffee gives a headacheso sticking to 10 cups of teafew too many bathroom breaksbarely keeping my eyes open'I need toothpicks'he asks 'what do you need toothpicks for?'darling, did you never watch Tom and Jerry [ ... ]

Geo blogging humanises geography. It does by plugging in tools like geo tagged photography, Google Earth or Google Maps with blogging to share personal/human context/meaning of places that are otherwise just impersonal symbols on a map. It adds (hopefully) a human/cultural layer into maps. Something that’s been impossible at a pre internet/social media scale. I’ve [ ... ]

I love watching blooper and gag reels of tv shows and movies. They are sometimes more entertaining than the actual show :)I love The Big Bang Theory and this is a blooper reel from the show. Enjoy :) [ ... ]

After the Panda update I'm focusing a lot on guest blogging to build links. Guest blogging helps out in SEO and it helps to build your brand and stand out as an authority too. Definitely something you should do if you want to rank well post Panda. However I do come across some blogs that has strict linking out policies [ ... ]

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the former President of India and a man who has been recognized by people world over as a great inspirational figure will visit the Sarvodaya Movement on the 22nd of January, 2012. We are indeed humbled to welcome Dr. Kalam to Sarvodaya and consider his visit itself a great recognition for the grassroots work [ ... ]

Man, how time flies. Can you believe that half of January has passed by?These day the Toronto Boat Show is happening, so I thought I'd check it out. Canadians do enjoy their outdoor activities. Camping, boating, fishing etc. After all, when you have to endure freezing temperatures for 5 months of the year, you want to make the best of [ ... ]

You know how chocolates and sweets make me sugar high right? Well, aleast you've read about it...A couple of days ago, I bought 2 packs of cream biscuits, made a little milk, crushed the biscuits and mixed both and ate.... then had a slice of ribbon cake with marzipan from Hilton and I was over the moon...I was giggling uncontrollably [ ... ]

With Twitter growing in popularity it's important for any business to have a Twitter presence. Most business owners understand the power of Twitter but very few know how to use it effectively. In this post I will discuss about Twitter tools for businesses and how to use them effectively as well. If you summarize this post, you need three Twitter [ ... ]

One of the most interesting recent developments in Colombo is the boom of Meter Tuk Tuk (aka Meter Taxi). There was a time only very few Tuk Tuk had meters attached with but recently many Three wheel owners venturing into Meter Tuk. Most of the meter tuk/taxi charges 50LKR for 1st Kilometer and 30 LKR for each additional Kilometer. Also [ ... ]

Revenue sharing websites are websites that share a percentage of their earning with their users. It could be an article writing website, photo uploading website, video creating website or simply a social network where they pay users for certain actions. In this article I will focus on revenue sharing websites that pay you for writing content. These types of sites [ ... ]

Organisers of a book burning protesting the Galle Literary Festival have highlighted environmental credentials to gain demonstration permits. The spokesperson for the book burning denied their environmentalism is a tactic to get media attention. In a media release the organisers said : “We genuinely care about the ecological impact of free speech, democracy and politics. [ ... ]