This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

This is probably the best speech McCain has given. We now know the funnier candidate in this election:Here’s Obama’s response. I am also reminded of Reagan’s humor.

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Apparently, John McCain’s favorite Joe the Plumber, doesn’t have a plumbing license. My first reaction is : There’s something called a plumbing license?? I invite senators, Obama and McCain to visit Sri Lanka where I will introduce them to Sunil the …

Via Sanjana, I learn that all this time, my favorite seperatists organization has been the MILFs. I shit you not.

Via Sanjana, I learn that all this time, my favorite seperatists organization has been the MILFs. I shit you not.

My weekly dose of patioritism has now been increased by 50 rupees. According to LBO,Sri Lanka’s government hopes to raise an additional two billion rupees a year in tax revenue through a recent increase in excise tax, a senior treasury official said.Th…

Vikram Nandwani is probably the best cartoonist I know. Here’s his latest:The background according to Vikram,The NSA (National Security Advisor) said there was a need to effectively deal with organisations like SIMI and Bajrang Dal “because then there …

Picture of the day, comes from The Colombo Post:Sri Lankan Government ministers, trying their hand at farming. Subsequently, one of them got bombed, but survived. Lots of antics, for the rural vote. 

Today, I find this extremely useful Google Map Maker. The application basically allows you to map things you know (businesses, cafes, towns and yes, islands) on Google Maps. So go ahead help, map your town, your neighborhood and help put Sri Lanka on t…

When whowouldtheworldelect.com ran the polls, Ron Paul came on top. Now, it’s the economist’s turn. So far McCain has a clear lead in Macedonia.Sri Lanka has 30 electoral-college votes and Obama’s thrashing McCain 69%-31% right now. Bob Barr is not inc…

Comes from the JHU. According to a Daily News report,The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) has called for the appointment of an independent commission to probe the activities of INGOs involved in relief work in uncleared areas in the North.Such a commission …

Move over Jesus, the world has a new messiah:Cute or Creepy? Till about 1.30 it is kinda cute, but then it gets creepy. Very very creepy. I can imagine a conversation between a typical American Mom and her child, in the summer of 2009 after Obama becom…

Here’s something for you Sarah Palin/Asif Zadari haters. The two met recently in New York and here’s what happened:On entering a room filled with several Pakistani officials this afternoon, Palin was immediately greeted by Sherry Rehman, the country’s …

Because he says things like this :From Parliament of Whores (1991) Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, th…

This probably some kind of cheating. It’s useful when you have friends in the media. In any case, here is Dinidu writing on something I (supposedly) said about the U.S. elections:Deane would vote for: Barr–Root (Libertarian)He says he would vote for…

Marking the International day of Peace, the Sri Lankan Police decided to launch registration of residents from the north currently staying as ‘guests’ in Colombo. The new Colombo Visa is complete with details such as purpose of visit, expiry date, etc….

It strikes me as rather odd when the most right-wing of the Sri Lankan media is retardedly leftwing when it comes to reporting about U.S. politics. But this choice picture for an anti-Palin piece on the Sunday Times takes the cake. Here’s a screenshot …

See this is why I hate cats. From the Daily MirrorA cat in Ratnapura is wanted for swallowing jewellery worth thousands of rupees after it entered several houses uninvited and swallowed valuable rings and pendants lying around, police sources in Colomb…

Finally, it dawned on me why they call Mihin Lanka a “budget airline”. From LBO:Sept 11, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s troubled state-run budget carrier Mihin Air is to ask for another three billion rupees in peoples’ money in the next budget to revive oper…

Swaminathan Aiyar offers an explaination:I was asked once by a Chinese magazine for a ‘short’ article of 3,000 words on the Indian economy. I protested that 3,000 words was much too long. ‘‘No,’’ said the Chinese editor, ‘‘when translat…

The story is from Saturday’s Daily Mirror,The Sri Lanka Teachers’ Union warned yesterday that it would go for a massive trade union action by bringing all teachers together.Charging the government had hoodwinked the union and the general public by st…

Via Hilal’s blog, here’s a very entertaining video of making something out of a washed out cricket match. It’s 13 minutes, but well worth it. The Direct link to the video is here. Also see this crickinfo post, which kind of narrates what went on.Hilal …

For the background, see this and especially this.

Last 2 weeks were very productive for the new xquery editor and finally able to get a breakthrough in the project.
I was trying to work out xquery syntax colouring as I thought it is what someone would be expecting first from an editor. So finally it was completed by this weekend and you can see […]

This is kinda cool. It let’s you generate your own word cloud for a bunch of text. Here’s mine:It generates the cloud for the current posts in the home page if you give your blog address, you can play with the colors and fonts. Here’s one for Kottu :Go…