Remember Google?

Not many people remember Google these days. Most need to look it up. A sad irony for a company whose name was once a verb for that very act. Now it is a historical foot note. An academic short hand for dominance killed by ecological shifts. At its peak, Google's algorithms defined human knowledge in …

Sri Lanka darknet’s top 3 sites

Sri Lanka darknet's three busiest (non pornographic) sites : a 3 minute overview

Twitteroff : Social media fasting

Social media fasting, is basically some form of abstinence from social media. For me it means avoiding interacting on twitter - which I've done for the past few days. The tweeple I follow are too informed and interesting to drop it completely. Another hurdle is the dangerously addictive 55 word Sri Lankan Stories project. The …

.lk domain names you’ll never see

Updated list Ministry Of Co-ordinating Reconciliation And Brotherhood:  ministryofcrab.gov.lk (formally part of the Dept of Fisheries during the war) Shanth International Transport Aviation (now owned of Ravana Aviation) sita.ravana.lk The original list Lanka Transport Technology Emporium: ltte.lk t56.lk terranvista.lk (groundviews.lk forwards to rentacar.lk) xxx.lk and obviously, sex.lk Foundation for Analytical Research and Teaching (just use …

Digital fatigue

It makes social media feel like excrement. The brain is too tired for the horrors of television. Haven’t touched flickr in ages and I can’t the thought of a tweet. When did I last use a paint brush ? Or dared to see if the acrylics haven’t dried in their tubes. I don’t know and …