Archive for the ‘Freedom’ Category

Filed Under (FreeSoftware, Freedom, Google, Google Code, Google Desktop, GoogleGadgets, Linux, TECHNOLOGY) by Lahiru on June-8-2008

It’s finally ported on Linux !. I just compiled the latest svn branch on Fedora 9. :)Checkout some screens.From Dev StuffThanks Google !



Filed Under (FreeSoftware, Freedom, TECHNOLOGY, WebStuff) by Lahiru on April-10-2008

Sinhalen FOSS, is a nice work doing by Bud(geekaholic), Chanux, Seejay…Just finished listening to their first ever Sinhala podcast.Really nice work guys.. ???? ?????… ela ela. :)



The Liberal Youth Forum (LYF-India) is a movement of young individuals, informal groups and formal associations collaborating to create access and choice in social, cultural, economic, political and environmental spheres for a freer and more prosperous India. On April 5th, 2008, the Liberal Youth Forum will formally announce its launch at Hotel Peninsula Grand, Andheri East, […]



Filed Under (Freedom, Life, PERSONAL, PHILOSOPHY, World, happy) by Danesh Uthuranga on April-3-2008

Everyone wants to change the way world is. Everyone wants to see the world happy.
But no one realizes that,to make this world a happy place to live, you have to change yourself-your heart;and not the world.
So lets come forward and show you are a different one. Make your own truth and don’t follow others views.
Think […]



Filed Under (Freedom, Human Rights, LIFESTYLE, Opinions, Uncategorized, War) by pinkboxinggloves on March-10-2008

Dayan Jayatillake had an after-lunch chat recently with a couple of folks, where he moderated a panel discussion on the now defunct Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission. SLMM has apparently closed down their website also. Total “Pedurath akulang gedara yanawa“
Dayan was stern about the government’s position of “look, but don’t touch” position :
“Engagement, yes; permanent monitoring […]



Filed Under (Fire fox, Firefox Extension, FreeSoftware, Freedom, Google Desktop, GoogleGadgets, TECHNOLOGY) by The Reader on February-27-2008

Today (27th Feb), early in the morning I saw this blog post on Google Deaktop APIs blog regarding the newest rss feed on the Gadget Gallery. Few Seconds later I started creating a Firefox extension using this feed and finally after several hours of dev…



Filed Under (Freedom, PERSONAL, Sexuality, Uncategorized, marriage) by metheblogger on February-27-2008

The concept in which our whole society is built around is completely flawed.
I don’t see how a woman in her entire life time, only be capable of falling in love with one single man. And of course how can a man only be satisfied with a single woman?
Through out history, the rich and powerful always […]



Filed Under (FreeSoftware, Freedom, GSoC, Google Code, TECHNOLOGY) by The Reader on February-25-2008

Just wanted to shoot out the good news…… :)Google has officially announced the Summer of Code 2008, today.. ! so this summer will also be a perfect one.Hail FOSS… All the best coders..



Filed Under (Freedom, Mahinda mama, PERSONAL, Uncategorized, WTF) by metheblogger on February-20-2008

Without prior notice, Mahinda has stripped the Director General of the Bribery and Corruption Commission of his duties. Read more here.
With his brothers running the bulk of the corruption, this might yet be one of his more intelligent moves.
Lankenews stated that even though Dr. Mervyn Silva resigned from being an MP, he was not appointed […]



Filed Under (Defence, Freedom, Human Rights, Intelligence, Journalism, LIFESTYLE, Opinions, War) by pinkboxinggloves on February-15-2008

I was at the Sri Lanka Press Institute the whole of last week, attending a workshop on advanced photo journalism conducted by Fojo. Since I’m a wannabe photographer, I was eagerly looking forward to this and the whole experience was worth it.
I’ve been into the arts of the lenses for just over two years now. […]



Filed Under (Freedom, PERSONAL, Uncategorized, WTF, Women, sinhala-buddhism) by metheblogger on February-2-2008

The hilarious radio conversation I overheard when driving this morning goes a little bit like this:
Woman: Even though we have gained independence from the British, we are still not free.
Radio guy: Can you give us an example?
Woman: Have you seen little girls doing gymnastics? They practice very hard and when the competition starts, the girls […]



Filed Under (Freedom, PERSONAL, Uncategorized, WTF, Women, sinhala-buddhism) by metheblogger on February-2-2008

The hilarious radio conversation I overheard when driving this morning goes a little bit like this:
Woman: Even though we have gained independence from the British, we are still not free.
Radio guy: Can you give us an example?
Woman: Have you seen little girls doing gymnastics? They practice very hard and when the competition starts, the girls […]



Filed Under (FreeSoftware, Freedom, I like, PERSONAL, RMS, Software, TECHNOLOGY) by The Reader on January-29-2008

I should have been writing this post long time ago but unfortunately I got hacked by an biological virus and was on bed for couple of days. ;)Well, RMS, Father of Free Software! paid his visit to Sri Lanka. kinda old news so you might already know more…