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Since 1999 my personal web site was hosted on different web servers which offers free web hosting, until recent it was hosted on f2g.net. In the beginning of 2008 they terminated the free hosting. So my home page was down for sometime.Many thanks to, Prathibha, the owner of “About Sri Lanka” who offered me free [...]

I’m happy to announce that Calculator.NET Version 1.1.0.1 has been downloaded 500+ times from Google Code project website within just two month after release. In addition to that it has been downloaded from Softpedia 300+ times and this program is also available on other websites too.Download count is available on http://code.google.com/p/calculator/downloads/list

M.I.A. is using her songs, albums, popularity and money for benefit of brutal LTTE terrorists. Above song is done by Delon peace loving Sri Lankan artists to expose the truth about M.I.A.Don’t take our word. Do a research by your self.Links about M.I.A. and LTTEList of LTTE Terrorists’s Brutal Works - WikipediaM.I.A. on WikipediaLinks about [...]

Calculator.NET version 1.1.0.1 released today. Calculator.NET is easy to use calculator for home user with bunch of unique features. Calculator.NET is available only for Microsoft Windows platforms and users need Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or above to run Calculator.NET.This new release includes several bug fixes, GUI enhancements and the main feature, keyboard input support which [...]

An introduction to some of the blogs that I read regulary… (most of them are maintained by my friends…) ;-)About Sri LankaRegulary updated news blog which will be a good read to find out whats happaning in Sri Lanka.Maintainers: Prathibha, Lahiru, ChathuraWhat is, Why?A very informative blog covering computer security, web sites, networking and other [...]

LinksUganda Buddhist CenterYou Tube Video 1You Tube Video 2You Tube Video 3You Tube Video 4StoryThe Uganda Buddhist Centre is a non-profit organization founded by Venerable Buddharakkhita, a native Ugandan Buddhist monk, on April 10, 2005. It was created to introduce and preserve the Buddha’s teachings within the context of African culture. So far, the facilities [...]

I’m happy that there are 39 downloads of papercut-0.1.0 after 12 hours of release. And I had to release the papercut-0.1.1 for fix this CUP usage issue. papercut is the newest member of koolkit, a Rock, Paper, Scissors game.Download : papercut-0.1.1.tar.gzArch Linux PKBUILD: papercut AUR Entry

I’m proud to announce that have just released the second tool of koolkit. This is a command line based game, called “papercut”. It is not different from common Rock, Paper, Scissors game. Game play is piece of cake and game stores your statistics i.e. your wins, loses, draws. This program was developed using C [...]

Arch Linux recently held a logo contest in search for new logo. Thayer Williams’ Archer logo. His art work is very good.The contest is over now. And the winner is, And from next year Arch will get a new look. :-)More Info:Logo Contest SubmissionsContest Winner AnnocementThayer Williams’ The Archer Page

Last few days I spend my time refreshing my C# knowledge and watching Sri Lanka vs. England Test Cricket Matches. While refreshing my C# knowledge I started developing a new Free Open Source Software, a calculator. I named it as Calculator.NET because it uses .NET framework.Calculator.NET is an easy to use calculator with some unique [...]

crun 0.1.1 - beta is out now. crun is a light weight, easy to use, simpler cron like tool. It Executes a given program, a specified number of times, after a specified time interval. For more information look at this blog post.Here are the main changes:Minor Bug FixesWaits for last process to be executed Error [...]

I’m very happy to announce my first real contribution to the FOSS world. I make available the intial version of crun through Google Code.crun is a light weight, easy to use, simple tool which does the similer job as cron. But it doesn’t run like a daemon. It is available for unix like operating systems [...]

MySQL South East Asia Roadshow 2007 - Sri LankaDate : 9th of November 2007Time : Not MentionedFee : Apparantly FreeVenue : Somewhere in Sri Lanka :-)Join David Axmark, Co-founder and Vice President of MySQL and hSenid Software International (Pvt) Ltd, the Certified Gold Partner for MySQL in [...]

These days I’m learning GTK+. GTK+ means Gimp Toolkit. It is one of the popular widget toolkit for creating GUI (Graphical User Interfaces). It is free open source software released under GNU LGPL. But it is not restricted to one platform. You can use it on Linux (or any OS which uses X Window System), [...]

Elegant and stylish house in Malabe is for sale. The house is located in a residential area with beautiful sceneries. Call 0718199123 for more information.Specification/Features:4 Bed RoomsDining RoomLiving Room3 BathroomsFitted PantryShatter Door GarageFully TiledWindows with GrillsElegantly Landscaped Size:10 PerchsTotal Floor Area: 1900Location:2km from Malabe TownHighly residential areaAddress:55/M/26Suprime CityKanthota RoadMalabeInquiries:0718 199123 (Sri Lanka)+94 718 199123 (International)

Google is experimenting several new features for its most valued service, “Google Search”. These features include,Tabbed user interface to time line, maps, additional information relevent for your search.Time-line Demo (depends on you search history)Map View DemoInfo View DemoKeyboard shortcuts. (Keys: J - Selects the next result, K- Selects the previous result, O - Opens the [...]

I created a new sinhala blog. It’s name is “Helians”, “හේලියන්” in sinhala. It uses sinhala unicode fonts. I add posts to it using Linux, Gnome with SCIM Sinhala Support.If you don’t have Sinhala Unicode fonts installed you will only sees some squares.If you need sinhala fonts… then that blog has all the info to [...]

The Communication Unit of Nalanda College brings you NalandaSara 2007 FM 96.1 in Colombo Listen online at http://www.nalanda.sch.lk From 21st to 23rd September 2007 Online Song Requests Windows Media Player (versions 9, 10, and 11) – You can download [...]

Today I had a little conversation with one of my friends, Kusal about FOSS (Free Open Source Software). So I thought to start a conversation on making profit from FOSS…Commercial CompaniesThey make money by selling services.Those services include customer support, product customization, consultancy services, training and selling licences.The examples of companies which have gain lot [...]

zLevel.info Beta a web site about computer/video games is now available. Users can register and use forums and other services. But remember still in Beta phase so expect the unexpected. ;-)Feel free to register at zLevel.info and add a post. :-DAnd don’t forget to leave your valued suggestions too.Enjoy!

For the Software Engineering Tools & Metrics of Curtin University IT degree program has a assignment to find a bottle necks of a Free Open Source Java Project and submit a report with the solutions and various kind of metrics. We have been given a Image Cafe software developed by our University, in a case [...]

My U.S.Robotics 4 Port ADSL Router was broken on 07th of July. Since I had brought it about 9 months ago and I had 1 year warranty, I went to Unity Plaza, Bambalapitiya to claim my warranty. I have brought it from the shop called “IT LAND” in the ground floor, even though their are [...]

Minesweeper is my favorite game that bundle with Microsoft Windows(TM).And finally today 07/07/07, I won an Expert Level game for the first time…I feel I’m so lucky today. ;-)Last Cut! Live or die?At last Made The Correct Choice!What a mine field!!!Final Scoreboard!

Today at the Oracle Class we did about Date formats in Oracle. And the Oracle’s solution for Y2K Problem is RR instead of YY.Here what happens,If the specified two digit year is 0-49If the specified two digit year is 50-99If the two digits of current year is 0-49The return date is in the current century.The [...]

Yesterday I brought my first domain name www.zlevel.info, I brought it from GoDaddy!. And I’m thinking of dedicating zLevel.info for Video/Computer game lovers. At the moment zLevel.info is pointed to my Gentoo Server via zoneedit Dynamic DNS. I’m hoping to use a Drupal Site with a forum, community book and a blog.You can see the [...]