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2009-07-09T08:13:00.001-07:00

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Moved

2005-09-28T03:52:00.000-07:00

Moved to a better place! Grab the new feed if you care :)

Kadirgamar assassinated

2005-08-12T17:04:00.000-07:00

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was assassinated last night. [CNN]Where does our homeland heading ? Wish someone could answer..

A Book Baton

2005-08-03T23:42:00.000-07:00

I really hate blogging (at the moment a least). But I kinda love books, so here I (at last) pass on the book baton I received from Prabhath,Number of books on the shelf:Not many really, though I used to be a big book addict, I mostly read from libraries. So, say about 100 here - for 10 months ;) - and couple of hundreds at home.Last book(s) purchased:The Elements of Typographic Style - Robert

5.7 Quake here

2005-07-23T00:47:00.000-07:00

A 5.7 earthquake hit Chiba just now! We were quite close to the core and felt 5.7 itself here. Phonelines are not working yet. Shinkansen and Narita airport's track have been closed temporary. Hope everything would ne normal soon... (working now)No big damages at home, though CD rack fell down luckily no one was close by.Okay... That's it... Got to got out to catch summer fest at Kagurasaka, hope

Moved...

2005-05-28T08:51:00.000-07:00

At last I moved into my new apartment in one piece, and here I am plugged again. I really like the new place, beside the river overlooking Tokyo prefecture. I'm sure I'll find myself on that river bank most of the time in approaching summer.Starting to enjoy things again...

The Musical Baton

2005-05-17T17:06:00.000-07:00

Okay now... Musical baton has hit a place where it shouldn't have. :DHere I go...Total volume of music files on my computerNot much... about 6gigsThe last CD I bought was:A Sri Lankan instrumental collection by Manoj Peiris, at the Sri Lankan classical music evening, held this month, which was organized by sl embassy.Song playing right now:Love Is All.Tribute.YanniFive songs(tunes) I listen to a

Web Standards Gurus in Makuhari

2005-05-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, www2005 developers' day, came to an end with a typical Japanese dinner, where local standards activists met the Gurus. Surely, everyone had a great time. Kaz, thanks for organizing such a memorable event.Here are few snaps

www2005 update - 12/05

2005-05-12T09:05:00.000-07:00

Mostly I was following panels & tracks on "Web Search" , and decided not to have children.Key note by Lorrie Cranor, & "Privacy & Semantic Web" session were interesting though.

www2005 update - 11/05

2005-05-11T07:33:00.000-07:00

From the program:Today's key note by Tim Berners-Lee was a eye opener on some of current issues & future possibilities on the web. *Slides here .(This is the first time I've been listening to the Father of the web live . Really should stress the way he energetically take you into real important, realistic facts & issues in a so simple manner)Asides :Kaz, got snaps on yesterday's lunch here.Pix of

www2005 Japan- and latest interesting stuff..

2005-05-10T04:56:00.000-07:00

well.. it was an interesting day... first of all I did quit my job today..!And had a great time at www2005 Conference , where I could sit at a interesting tutorial by Erick Meyer in the morning session, where I could meet & get to know ever famous Molly & Japanese Web Engineer Kazuhito Kidachi who, as I got to know today, is doing a great job to promote web design standards in Japan.And was

Adobe buys Macromedia

2005-04-18T02:29:00.000-07:00

Adobe has come to an agreement to acquire Macromedia for $3.4 billion. Really interesting. I wonder how this would effect the developer & designer community.Update : Yesterday's release 19/04/05

Acid2 is out... Who's going to win ?

2005-04-14T21:11:00.000-07:00

Acid2 - the great web standards test - is out.. None of the exsisting browser can pass it. But Safari is already into the race. Guess who's going to be the first to pass..?My bets on ie-7! lol...lol...

Celebrating High

2005-03-21T18:20:00.000-08:00

Spent my b'day at the top floor of Yokohama, Mirato Mirai Building. Followed by a lunch at my favorite little Indian restaurant, with my best friend & two unexpected guests. Mode of the day :

A Sunday after all..

2005-03-20T04:43:00.000-08:00

Spent the afternoon at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise. Which I really enjoyed. Thanks.. Mode of the day :

Sunny Sunday

2005-01-31T01:51:00.000-08:00

A really sunny day after couple of gloomy months. Took few nice snaps & will upload them to the image gallery soon. Had my first hair cut in Japan...! And they ruined my hair. (If it hadn't being ruined..) Mode of the day :

Kick off..

2005-01-27T17:25:00.000-08:00

Okay.. Here I go blogging. I don't know if I'll continue this or this would be the only post. Anyhow plan is to do a custom CSS for my blog & then integrate my photo gallery here. And after that I'll be relating all encounters in my Gaigin* life here in Japan. * Gaigin: Foreign/Foreigner Mode of the day :

Links

2005-01-27T13:00:00.000-08:00

Worth a look : A listapartSitepointFriends :BishokuMJ