Oct 11, 2010Behold, the blinking marqueeI recently picked up Handcrafted CSS at the local bookstore and flipping through it has revived my old love of design.
Sep 23, 2010Mahavilachchiya needs you!Several years ago, I got the opportunity to visit a small foundation in the middle of the jungle in Mahavilachchiya that made a strong impression on me and my friends in the LKLUG.
Sep 24, 2008Software Freedom Day 2008An event to mark the Software Freedom Day was organized by the Free Software Foundation and held in Boston over the weekend. I felt that a long drive was just what I needed to get my mind off the series of mini catastrophes that have been taking place at work during the week.
May 29, 2008Debian packaging with git — Part 1Recently, I've been taking a look at tools to version control and maintain my Debian packages in git. Git, like mercurial, is a distributed SCM used to maintain the Linux kernel since version 2.6.12.
Apr 26, 2008On OpenSolarisIn a recent article, Ted T'so makes some interesting points on Sun's motives behind OpenSolaris, and how it fares today in the FOSS ecosystem as a result.
Mar 3, 2008Linux on Palm TXHere are the steps to get Linux running on a Palm TX. For the approach described, you'll need an SD card, an SD card reader and a Palm TX that you can hopefully live without.
Jul 1, 2007GPLv3 LaunchGPLv3 was launched on Friday after close to eighteen months of public involvement in it's drafting process. This has been an important milestone in the free software world as an upgrade to the GPL to address some of the more modern concerns have been a long time coming.
Mar 25, 2007Sahana receives FSF awardI attended the 2007 FSF members meeting today, codenamed Year of the upgrade. Four members from the Sahana team were present at the meeting to receive the Free Software award for Project of Social Benefit.
Jan 19, 2007Sony Reader WishlistHere's a list of things I'd like to see in a future version of the Sony Reader.
Jan 18, 2007It all comes down to that, really.The Sony Reader that I ordered last week has finally arrived and I'm quite impressed with the little gadget. The best feature of it is probably the screen.
Oct 22, 2006Mahavilachchiya — day twoYesterday was the second day of the FOSS-ed on Wheels at Mahavilachchiya. The kids were some of the brightest I've met and they pick things up in a flash.
Oct 21, 2006From Mahavilachchiya, with loveI'm at Mahavilachchiya right now, at the Horizon Lanka Foundation, with the FOSS-ed on Wheels troupe. So far the experience has been breathtaking.
