Archive for May, 2008

Firefox 3 Download Day 2008

Help set a Firefox 3 world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours on Download Day! Go to the Download Day Headquarters and pledge to download Firefox 3. With your help the Firefox community can go down in history.

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/worldrecord

FOSS, Firefox

Cheaper than pumping fuel

I got this from a friend of mine via email. It will be the case for most of us in the near future considering the recent fuel hikes here in Sri Lanka.

The cartoon reads, "I don't have a problem in my car. It's cheaper for me to pay these two than pumping fuel"

Random Stuff

apt-get install wife

Geeky way of getting married

Random Stuff

Showing the right path to alternative software

The news Raids against 'software pirates' in Colombo caught me by surprise this morning while I was going through the news papers. I'm not sure whether similar raids have been carried out in the past but it was unexpected. I'm really glad that such action has been taken to protect the Intellectual Property Rights for [...]

FOSS

Does Web 2.0 solutions really solve problems?

If you haven't seen much updates in my blog lately, its mainly because most of my updates are on Twitter. I kinda liked the idea about micro-blogging from the start because updates can be short and sweet + updated via Instant Messaging or SMS to Twitter. I wrote about my Twitter experience in one of [...]

Social Media, Technology