I would never have believed it if it hadn’t appeared on the front page of the Sunday Observer.
“…under the prevailing laws carrying a condom is still illegal and those carrying condoms would be subjected to a fine…”
“In Sri Lanka, a woman with a condom can be arrested by the police and this is a hindrance [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Carrying condoms illegal in Sri Lanka?!
Posted in Nonsense on March 29, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Google Patent Search
Posted in Computing, Me on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In case you haven’t come across it already, here’s google patent search: http://www.google.com/patents. It’s a lot easier than using the US patent office’s search form. Quite interesting — one gains a whole new appreciation for both the crackpots who take out patents for the most hare-brained ideas imaginable, and the patent lawyers who convert them [...]
Two weeks in hell; take it out on spammers
Posted in Counter-Spam, Me, Work on March 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I started writing this post two days ago. At 2AM. In office. Yesterday I finally got an unbroken stretch of sleep after weeks. That’s what happens when:
a) Your client is in a time zone on the opposite side of the planet
b) You’re developing a critical system that can’t risk downtime
c) Your client’s industry has experienced [...]
