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	<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ten things that make me happy</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2008/08/ten-things-that-make-me-happy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nisadas.com/journal/?p=53</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If it's not procrastination, another thing I'm pretty good at is stopping chain mails. At office I'm the guy who googles the latest "forward this" emails, calls up supposed promotions etc etc to check out if it's true. "Forwards" land in my inbox and die a quick death. That is by choice.

I've always found "tagging" in blogs to be the equivalent of chain mail (the email variety, not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithril">mithril</a>) and have regarded them with the same level of suspicion. However, one doesn't treat being <a href="http://angelwithapitchfork.blogspot.com/2008/05/tagged.html">tagged</a> by Angel very lightly, so here goes:]]></description>
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		<title>Not all water under the bridge</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2008/04/not-all-water-under-the-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2008/04/not-all-water-under-the-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time that I got involved in Nisadas was to upgrade to <a href="http://wordpress.org">Wordpress </a>2.3 or something like that. The next thing I know, my next spam-deletion visit was met with the news that 2.5 was out and my spanking new upgrade was obsolete! Ah well, so there I went and upgraded...

To be honest, it's nice. Nice to use Wordpress again and nice to be blogging again. Over the last few months, much has happened.]]></description>
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		<title>A Super September</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2007/09/a-super-september/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2007/09/a-super-september/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s going to be a helluva September&#8230;
Dhanuka pathirana has started things off with a bang - 277 runs off 72 balls,
The Twenty20 World Cup 2007 is starting soon in September, which means a lot more action on the cricketing front.
When it comes to contact sport, the Rugby world cup kicks off on the 7th, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan PC info</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2007/09/sri-lankan-pc-info/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2007/09/sri-lankan-pc-info/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It doesn't help very much when the monitor needs constant gamma correction to work. When the RAM just dies and I'm left with half of the full complement (another good reason to have two DIMMS) things just get ornery.

Then there's the constant trouble with the network adapter, generally fixed with a reboot. Ditto for the newly fixed SATA HDD (connected via the chinese-made PCI card) suddenly vanishing trick.

By all indications, it looks like I need to upgrade my PC. The dust factor hasn't helped either, so probably a good dusting is in order before that. But definitely, I need a new power supply, motherboard, processor, monitor and RAM.

Back in my school days, when I was a lot more techno savvy the method of finding out about the costs of putting a PC together meant trawling the shops at Unity Plaza and dealing with people who had no idea about the specs of what they were selling. The vendors in general were pretty clueless about anything that wasn't in their shops; often they were clueless about what they were selling in the first place. Heaven forbid you even asked them about future-proofing.

But now that we're pretty firmly in the 21st century and capable of putting world class websites online, I expected a plethora of hits when I searched for sri lankan computer retailers. Alas, I was mistaken.]]></description>
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		<title>The impact of personal experience on a brand</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2007/04/the-impact-of-personal-experience-on-a-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2007/04/the-impact-of-personal-experience-on-a-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The cashiers, the salespersons etc - these are the frontline of an organisation - the operational people. They are generally lesser paid than the managers and executives who put together brand identity and I'm willing to bet that they're also uninvolved in the advertising of things. However, they are also generally the people in the front line - the people who have the most contact with the customer. Therefore, they are also the people who will have the greatest impact on the customer's opinion of the product.]]></description>
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		<title>Worldwatch: Free Magazine offer</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/11/worldwatch-free-magazine-offer/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/11/worldwatch-free-magazine-offer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re the type to be interested in an &#8220;environmentally sustainable and socially just society&#8221;, then you might be interested in the free copies of the Worldwatch magazine on offer (Note: Email registration required).
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		<title>Time flies when you&#8217;re&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/11/time-flies-when-youre/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/11/time-flies-when-youre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Technically, time is supposed to fly when you're having fun. However, it also flies when you least want it to. The question that lingers most in my mind is whether the days really are shorter than when I was younger, or whether it's just the change in perspectives. Most definitely time flies when you've been given a deadline and a ton of stuff to do.]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting and Creativity are mutually exclusive</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/10/accounting-and-creativity-are-mutually-exclusive/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/10/accounting-and-creativity-are-mutually-exclusive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Let us talk of things
of cabbages and kings;
Brassica, it shall be.
The cabbage
&#8217;tis a wonderful fruit
coloured
bright red.
It grows real slow
and hangs real low
from the topmost branch
of the coconut tree.
With many thanks to Angel With A Pitchfork and her new pal Eeyore. It is very rarely - if at all - that I have felt so light-headed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Odds and Ends on a Sunday afternoon</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/08/odds-and-ends-on-a-sunday-afternoon/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/08/odds-and-ends-on-a-sunday-afternoon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 08:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the less appealing facets of regular travel out of Colombo can be the radio station that's on. While this minor annoyance is generally avoided when the vehicle is your own, sharing an office transport leaves you with little alternative.]]></description>
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		<title>Anxiety attack</title>
		<link>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/08/anxiety-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://nisadas.com/journal/2006/08/anxiety-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dulan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The tension of watching and waiting, wondering whether our boys would actually make it to that score of 352&#8230;
&#8230;has been replaced with the tension of wondering why there&#8217;s black smoke coming from the bambalapitiya/wellawatte area; why there were sirens blaring; why there are people standing about outside offices&#8230;
&#8230;and the biggest questions - what&#8217;s happened? why? [...]]]></description>
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