Firefox hits 10% mark

A German based advertising company AdTech AG has just published a browser market share study for europe. The results are almost similar to what has been previously published by Xiti Monitor. But there are 2 significant differences in the measurement. The previos study;
1. counted all Gecko-based browsers (Mozilla, Netscape and Firefox) as Firefox
2. was done on a sunday, when Firefox usage is higher than during weekdays

Here are the AdTech's numbers for Europe.
IE 6.x = 80.08
IE 5.5 = 2.68
IE 5.0 = 2.34
Firefox = 10.11


The Firefox group stated something like 'We expect Firefox market share to be around 10% by 2005' during the release of the new browser. Now it has happened in europe.

Will the fire spread throught the world as expected?

What Sun open sourced, exactly

I just went through an interesting blog article about Sun's open sourcing of Java at JavaOne.

What Sun open sourced, exactly by ZDNet's David Berlind -- It's easy to get confused by all the knobs and levers that add up to Java and even more confusing when Sun announces that it's open sourcing something that's Java-related. For years now, IBM and others have been pressuring Sun to open source Java and the idea of doing so has been the subject of [...]

A closer look at Java

James Gosling, the man behind the Java technology talks to CNet.

Check it out!

Personlized Search from Google

Google has introduced a new service (still in beta), so that search history of the user is kept to tailor the results.

All you need is to have a google account. Start using it.

More information.

Two reasons - joke

This is really funny.

MOM : "Wake up, son. It's time to go to school."

SON : "But why, Mama? I don't want to go to school."

MOM : "Give me two reasons why you don't want to go to school."

SON : "One, all the children's hate me. Two, all the teachers hate me."

MOM : "Oh! that's not a reason. Come on, you have to go to school."

SON : "Give me two good reasons WHY I *should* go to school?"

MOM : "One, you are FIFTY-TWO years old and should understand your
responsibilities. Two, you are the PRINCIPAL of the school."

Keeping women happy

Guys, check out this nice imaginaion(?) of women and evaluate you :)

In the world of romance, one single rule applies to the men:
Make the woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points.
Do Something she dislikes and points are subtracted.
You don't get any points for doing something she expects.
Sorry, that's the way the game is played.

Here is a guide to the point system:

SIMPLE DUTIES

You make the bed (+1)

You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow (0)

You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets (-1)

You go out to buy her what she wants (+5)

In the rain (+8) But return with Beer (-5)

You check out a suspicious noise at night (0)

You check out a suspicious noise, and it is nothing (0)

You check out a suspicious noise and it is something (+5)

You pummel it with iron rod (+10) It's her pet (-10)


SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS

You stay by her side the entire party (0)

You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college buddy (-2)

Named Tina (-4)

Tina is a dancer (-6)

Tina has silicon implants (-80)


HER BIRTHDAY

You take her out to dinner (0)

You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar (+1)

Okay, it's a sports bar (-2)

And it's all-you-can-eat night (-3)

It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the colours of your favourite team (-10)

A NIGHT OUT

You take her to a movie (+2)

You take her to a movie she likes (+4)

You take her to a movie you hate (+6)

You take her to a movie you like (-2)

It's called 'DeathCop' (-3)

You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans (-15)


YOUR PHYSIQUE

You develop a noticeable potbelly (-15)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it (+10)

You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to baggy jeans and baggy Hawaiian shirts (-30)

You say, "It doesn't matter, you have one too." (-8000)


ENJOY THE 'BIG' QUESTION

She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5) [Yes, you LOSE points no matter WHAT]

You hesitate in responding (-10) You reply, "Where?" (-35) Any other response (-20)


COMMUNICATION

When she wants to talk about a problem , you listen, displaying what looks like a concerned __expression (0)

You listen, for over 30 minutes (+50)

You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV (+500)

She realizes this is because you have fallen asleep (-10000)

Fire-fighting training

Today we had a fire-fighting training session at the office. Its about how to react for fire at the working place or at home. As the information is useful to everybody, I'll briefly explain here.

According to the presenter, there are classes (A. B, etc..) of fire. Ordinary fire, Oil fire and Gas fire are some of them.

Cylinder types:
Color - Content - Used for
----- - ------- - --------
Black - Carbondioxide - Oil fire, electricity fire (small range)
Red - Water - Ordinary fire
Blue - Chemical - Oil fire (large range)


In the event of a fire, the following actions are required to be taken.
1. Press the fire alarm
2. Use the appropriate cylinders to control the fire
3. Call the fire brigade
4. Evacuate the building


Some tips when at home;

• Fire inside the pot: Close the pot tightly with its lid.
• Fire on the cooker: Use fire blanket and off(don't remove it from cylinder) the switch in the regulater (gas).
• Smell of LP gas (Possibility for fire): Provide enough ventilation and don't switch on lights.

CS&ES AGM 2005

Once again we are going to gather to celebrate.

Its on the 21st July 6pm onwards at the Empire Ballroom, Hotel Mount Lavinia.

Looking forward to meet my colleagues and lecturers :)

Fathers Day

Today is world Fathers day.

But one day is not enough for my father. I could never have a moment where I would not have thought about my dear father.

He had been very friendly and caring. He sacrifised a lot to make us happy. May be thats because he left us very early.

He is a successful man and a very nice father during his life time.
Nowadays I feel, I didn't/couldn't do my part well. I wish he was with me now.

I love you my Dad!

The Best Cops

This is a nice joke I received through e-mail. I just publish this to have a big laugh. Please consider this only as a joke.


The SLP (Sri Lankan Police), The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.

The CIA goes in. They place animal informants throughout the forest.They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.

The FBI goes in. After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.


The SLP goes in. They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear.
The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!"

Cricket in Heaven

Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, now pretty old guys, 75 and 80 years old, are sitting on a park bench feeding pigeons and talking about cricket, like they do every day.

Sachin turns to Sourav and says, "Do you think there's cricket in heaven?" Ganguly thinks about it for a minute and replies, "I dunno. But let's make a deal: if I die first, I'll come back and tell you if there's cricket in heaven, and if you
die first, you do the same."

They shake hands on it and sadly, a few months later, poor Sachin passes on.

One day soon afterward, Ganguly is sitting there feeding the pigeons by himself when he hears a voice whisper, "Sourav... Sourav!"
Ganguly responds, "Sachin! Is that you?"
"Yes it is, Sourav," whispers Sachin's ghost.
Ganguly, still amazed, asks, "So, is there cricket in heaven?"
"Well," says Sachin, "I've got good news and bad news."
"Gimme the good news first," says Ganguly.
Sachin says, "Well... there is cricket in heaven."
Ganguly says, "That's great! What news could be bad enough to ruin that!?"

Sachin sighs and whispers, "You're going to be the opening batsmen on Friday."

My new phone

I had been using my old Nokia 7250i almost an year. I was really inspired by the Nokia 6230 phone model while I was browsing through the 'most wanted phones' in the internet.

Today my eldest brother-in-law from UK, presented me his 2 months old phone. Wow... Thats 6230. You can't imagine how happy I was. I pinched me to ensure that it was not a dream.

This is my 4th Nokia phone and it is such a wonderful handset with a bunch of useful features. One of nokia's very successful models. I'm not patient enough to describe everything here now. You should read a standard review to get the whole lot of stuff.

Nokia 6230 review