Story time. A few weeks back I was sitting in AMW’s garage waiting for an invoice for a repair on my car.
While I was sitting there, there was an old guy there in pant straps sitting next to me. I hadn’t seen pant straps in a while. That is probably the reason I even remember this story.
So this guy was also trying to pay for a repair as well but he hadn’t brought enough money. So he was saying he could give them a personal cheque but the cashier wouldn’t take those. Only cash or credit card she said. Then the old guy says “I was the governor of the central bank you know …” smiled and sat down.
In his day a personal cheque would have been good as gold.
Times have changed. I don’t think anyone in Sri Lanka now accepts personal cheques as payment for immediate goods. I mean you could pay a bill or something but you can’t take your goods until it becomes cash.
There is zero trust because people bounce cheques all the time. When one bank kicks you out there are a half a dozen more to take you in. When one company fails you just shut down and make another. There is no credibility, trust or honor in business or individuals.
When I’m looking to buy a long term product or service I wonder if that company will be there in 5 or 10 years to honor my guarantee.
Fix this if you want to move ahead and do ‘good business’.
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I’m looking to hire a PHP and or Java person with about 2 years experience.
Also a Linux admin / QA Release manager
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Please don’t email me prayers or jokes with hundreds of people CC’ed. There is a very high likelihood I would delete them without even opening it.
I’m serious. You wonder how you get spammed so much its because you forward very free iPod giveaway email to all our buddies and get them in the spam ring as well.
Think about it. When was the last time anyone you know really got a free iPod?
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Here is my list for 2010, its always good to have a list.
- MongoDB sounds promising
- The mobile web/app space.
- Android will kill the iPhone star
- Yet Apple will keep making products we want to buy
- Virtual private servers and cloud services
- Ruby on Rails is too significant to ignore for PHP/Java folks
- Linux will not take over the desktop market
- Mac will continue to grow into the desktop market. With a pretty enough GUI and a Unix like back-end I’m not missing Linux
- Linux will continue to grow in phones, TV’s, media players and everywhere else
- Content aggregation, filtering and personalization
- Sri Lanka as usual will be like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.
That’s it for now. Got any more?
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One of my friend’s mom has published a book about international cuisine. For more details and to order the book online go to her website at http://www.yvonnefernando.com/
The famous culinary expert Yvonne Fernando has compiled a book of simple and sensational international cuisine especially for you. This book is an invitation to feast on flavours from all over the world.
The accent throughout is on diverse and tasty food. With these recipes you can look forward to creating and enjoying many of the dishes usually found only in exclusive hotels and restaurants, in your own kitchen. The launch was held on Wednesday 21st October at Galadari Hotel and the Chief Guest will be Mrs.Rosy Senanayake.
From Daily Mirror
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