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theater: වෙළෙන්දාගේ මරණය

Posted Tue, 06/16/2009 - 23:27 by shehal

වෙළෙන්දාගේ මරණය වේදිකා නාට්යයේ මා ගත්‌ ඡායා රූප කීපයක්‌.
Some pictures I took of "Death of a Salesman".

Death of a Salesman / වෙළෙන්දාගේ මරණය
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opinion: journalism 2.0 in the context of web 2.0

Posted Wed, 06/10/2009 - 10:03 by shehal

this is a reply to
The Need to Transit in blink.lk which was a reply to a comment i had made in blink.lk titled "Journalism 2.0"

i disagree with opinion blink.lk is endorsing:

Journalism 2.0 is all about journalists like me using these applications in an innovative manner to process stories. We are not the techies we are the practitioners and we have to make the transition fast or the techs will get in first and take over our profession and change the craft into something unrecognizable.

this is a very stereotypical and superficial opinion.

if journalism 2.0 is journalism with web 2.0 then can introduce carpentry 2.0 as standard carpentry with web 2.0? would techs take over carpentry to something that is unrecognizable?

are techs disallowed to express their opinion? as in, only journalists should be allowed to be in media?

opinion: GENOCIDE(TM)

Posted Mon, 06/08/2009 - 10:35 by shehal

GENOCIDETM is a branding created by the LTTE and pro-LTTE supporters. The LTTE attempted interpret the military offensives against the LTTE as genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

With the LTTE losing Kilinochchi, the LTTE began their GENOCIDETM campaign. Most pro-LTTE propaganda swallowers cannot distinguish between genocide and GENOCIDETM.

I am re-posting a note I made on Facebook few months back.

opinion: discriminatory progamming

Posted Mon, 06/08/2009 - 10:33 by shehal

How we humans are discriminatory by nature and how our cultural, religious and social values contribute in countering or encouraging such behavior.

opinion: aggregation delays in kottu.org

Posted Sat, 05/30/2009 - 11:50 by shehal

I have noticed aggregation delays in kottu.org. Told the janitor about it but nothing.

Wordpress sucks! I'm sticking to Ach!

opinion: times online - slaughter in sri lanka

Posted Sat, 05/30/2009 - 01:38 by shehal

Read this article titled: Slaughter in Sri Lanka by Times Online.

I don't know how the educated author came to the conclusion, based on remote sensing, that the alleged mass graves are of civilians killed as a result of shelling by the GoSL and not

  • civilians killed by the LTTE
  • LTTE terrorists killed in combat, including women and children