life Boxes Cardboard boxes mean a great many things to kids. It’s a raw material. It’s a thing to decorate. It can become an exoskeleton. Bigger boxes become houses, boats and cars. Before you recycle, give your boxes a second life. 🎁
automation Automate It If you see an opportunity to automate something you should. Here is an outline of steps to follow and some potential benefits.
workflow Building a Second Brain This is not a science fiction post about upgrading your brain with a memory chip. The second brain approach is about elevating your existing stores of knowledge and making some sense of them. Personally I have tons of browser bookmarks, notes and reference files all over the place. This method
social Loosing Mates I did some research on this and it turns out that making and keeping friends is a known issue when you are middle aged.
workflow Video Calls are Tiring We have spent the better part of our life on video calls in the last few years. They are for the most part, tiring and unproductive. The more there are in a meeting the less everyone has a say. Let's try to make smaller groups, shorter calls and come online
tech Smart Phone Evolution I was thinking about how smartphones have evolved and how they are now becoming over complicated for my taste.
automation Automating My Payslip Workflow Not the need of the hour but I found a neat way to automate saving my payslips 🤑
blogging Writing More Life happened and I’ve dropped off the writing streak. A lot of things fall into place when I write things down. It helps clarify thoughts and communicate better.
social The Sri Lankan Revolution 2.0 Rock BottomSri Lanka is facing its worse economic crisis since our independence in 1948. Access to cooking gas, fuel, milk food and medical supplies are low. People are in queues for hours at a time to get basic needs. Up to 5 people have died in queues due to various
tips The Resume Review Experiment I was looking for a way to help Sri Lankans in this time of crisis. On Thursday I tweeted that I would like to help review resumes (CVs - curriculum vitaes) for IT professionals. Happy to review #SriLankan IT CVs and resumes over the weekend. Please DM me links. Tell
business Aim for Business Unusual It starts small and you have a ton of energy. You innovate and hustle to get to a comfortable state. You now settle into business as usual. You fight more to keep the status quo. The formula works, so you just tweak it and keep going. The longer you run
blogging Staying with the friendly Ghost I changed my mind on sunsetting this blog. I’ve decided to stay with my custom installation of Ghost. Here is why; It works well for what I doI have already invested a bunch of time into setting it upThe self hosting cost of 5 USD per month is nothing
blogging Sunsetting Almost Everything That sounds heavy but it's going to be good thing. Hear me out. Personally I think the blog was a good start. I managed to publish a few posts that got some interesting reactions. Writing here has helped me figure out the shape of things to come. The monetization hasn't
ideas An Internet of Better Things The internet deserves better things. Right now we are using it mostly for entertainment and shopping. Think about it, social media and streaming services are eating up most of the bandwidth. Our home connection is 99% download and about 1% upload. We are taking way more than we contribute. Cat
stories Man on the hill One day while driving back from work I hit a spot of traffic. I looked ahead and I could see a breakdown. With nothing to do I started looking around and saw a man on a hill walking his dog. It got me thinking. How do I get from here
ideas The Sri Lankan Dream Things are quite bleak at the moment in Sri Lanka. Years of neglect, mismanagement and incompetence has lead to the current state of play. Many are (rightly so) considering leaving given the first opportunity. Then there are a handful of people who see a light at the end of the
workflow Seasonal Subscriptions I’m experimenting with seasonal subscriptions. Companies love subscriptions. It makes their revenue predictable and sometimes we forget to cancel which is a bonus for them. I have also noticed that I tend to use a service like Netflix more since I'm paying for it. Which is not the way
life Life Buffers We have small bits of free time during the day. Our smartphones have all but taken over those spaces. Here are few ideas that might give you back some of that time and help you break up the day. Take a breatherBe outsideRead a bookListen to a podcastTalk to a
ideas A Theme for 2022 New year resolutions fade fast. It's easy to fallback into default-mode until next December. Fixed time based targets keep you on track but the payoff is very slim. Yearly themes maybe a better idea. In 2022 I want to focus and align my efforts on a few key things that
life Digital Dropouts I'm noticing a worrying trend in the modern world. You seem to need a minimum 2 things to survive it. A relatively modern smartphoneand a Facebook accountWith every shop and your shared ride wanting you to check-in with a QR code good luck sporting your retro flip phone and your
blogging Blogging Update I dropped off the blogging wagon for a few months. I took some time off. I hope that's okay with you. I also took some leave from work after almost 3 years of working through the pandemic. It was good to not think about work for a while. Hopefully I
macOS Fixing Firefox Email Shortcut with Hammerspoon Hammerspoon is a small macOS automation tool. You can write Lua code blocks that can handle keyboard events and more. Firefox used to have a File > Email Link menu that you could assign a shortcut in macOS keyboard shortcuts. One fine day Firefox or macOS moved this under File
Ad Overflow We are bombarded with ads everyday. It's everywhere from our phones to web browsers to ads with our music and podcasts. The worst is the ads on kids games. That's a low blow. There are some apps that don't even offer a purchase because they make more money with ads.
ideas Smarter Headphones I think we need smarter headphones. Imagine for a minute if we can break away from the phone and what a smarter headphone would be able to do. Wireless chargingHas it's own WiFi or mobile dataDownload podcasts and music on deviceBetter voice controls on deviceSmart lock and unlock on voice
notes Weekend Notes #2 Eleventy is pretty simple static site generator which I love. I'm thinking of using it to build some simple sites. It's more of a developer tool than a hosted CMS but it can connect to most content management systems like WordPress. Cargo cult programming is killing the Sri Lankan software
