First of all,

WELL DONE!!

to the fire fighters. They just walked in there as cool as hell.

Some vids I got from the place. A bit shaky and low quality.

I haven’t been blogging much these days (Not that I was ever a frequent blogger in the first place). This is because I have given up the frivolous and wasteful lifestyle of the decadent west.

I’ve temporarily halted blogging till events at work and SLIIT regain normalcy. Which should take a couple of more weeks methinks.

In case you missed it, the first paragraph was a joke while the second paragraph was not. In case that got you confused, this is NOT a paradox. It is not paradoxical in any sense of the word.

At any rate I don’t want this blog to go defunct so I will be posting random stuff that I might come across. This week I will be doing a discussion on why watching plants grow is boring work. So I’ll begin by posting this link to this awesome game/simulation/creative bit of programming that I came across.

This is the home page – http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/crayon

You can find the download link there as well (Size – 5 MB). I recommend that all of you download it and check it out. I’m sure anyone of any age can enjoy it – IT IS NOT TECHNICAL IN THE LEAST. It’s quite an entertaining and interesting project. It was apparently done in less than 5 days. That’s less time than what it would take my mom to get me to cut the grass. This is actually the prototype of the project that eventually won the $25k cash prize for the best independent game of the year. Pretty cool stuff.

And that is the primary reason why watching plants grow is boring. As soon I get a few more minutes of idle time I’ll post more facts to back up my theory.

Step 1: Setup a web site

Well that was easy! I would say I’m on my way to being a household name. Since this is the first post I suppose introductions are necessary. I’m John and I’m a currently a fourth year student at SLIIT (Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology). I also work at a great place called Proporta (www.proporta.com) as a Web /QA Admin. Almost worked there for a year now.

Enough about that. This site and blog is just an experiment I’m carrying out to see whether having a long term net presence is useful for me. Bought this place for 99 cents, which was such a steal. And I’m paying a friend for hosting (who is a hobo), and in case you want discounts for hosting let me know.

Anyway I’m going to end this post now because I cant believe how boring this post has become. This is stupid. I’m a funny guy! Why aren’t I funny online?! This sucks. Watch out for more of the same.

One more thing before I end this, my hobbies. I like reading. I mean anything and everythng. Preferably books and web comics but pretty much everything including signboards and menus (think about all that food that is just an order away!). Another thing I’m passionate about is gaming. I will not talk about it here but I will post a seperate topic on it when I feel like it. Other interests include tech, music, history, science and humour. Check out my Hi5 profile for a more detailed list. And now it really is over.