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I’m beginning to wonder if Bolt is more fun than Flickr.

More pictures from Eatmeraw

Entirely unrelated, an interesting article on MIA

And, another

Occationally I have the cursed misfortune rare opportunity to provide transportation for a member of the dumber fairer sex: a girl, woman, female, bird, chick, call her what you like..

In these misbegotten voyages, I’ve discovered that many local ladies don’t quite have a grasp as to what is kosher or not, when it comes to in-car behavior.

So, in my attempt to educate, here goes: My 8 simple rules..

1. Advance notification: If you wish to ride in my vehicle, please inform me at least an hour in advance. Don’t just call me 15 minutes in advance and expect me to re-arrange my life to suit you. Believe it or not I have a life. True its not cool and exciting like yours but, nevertheless, it is a life.
2. Wipe your shoes: before you enter. I don’t care whether you wear manolo blahnik or Bata, just wipe them please.
3. No shouting: - If you suddenly remember something interesting like a joke or story, don’t suddenly scream “Oh Hey Men Did You hear the one about [blah]”. If you notice me cranking up the volume on my Blaupunkt, its not because I found a song I like. Its because I’m trying to drown out your infernal yacking sweet melodious banter..
4. No sudden stops: - if you see a little dog, or kitten, or a shoe sale, don’t suddenly scream at me to “STOP“. Only say “stop” for an emergency. [No, a shoe sale is not an emergency].
5. No Dhangalanawa: (this is a quaint Sinhalese word which means wriggling around). dont fidget, wriggle, or otherwise wobble, unless we are making out.
6. No distracting me: (Unless we are making out), please do NOT distract me. This is extremely important if you wish to reach your destination alive.
7. Wear a seatbelt: (Yes, I know, when your pappa takes you for a ride you out in his classic Morris Oxford, you don’t wear seatbelts, but this is a modern car, and if there is an accident, having a seatbelt will increase your chances of surviving and not flying out the windscreen. Helping your parents identify you via your dental records is NOT my idea of a fun Sunday).
8. Dont open the windows: This is an air conditioned car. You don’t need to open the windows unless you want a whiff of colombo dust, bus exhaust, or worse, things bus drivers spit out. Similarly, don’t mess with the stereo. 

Last but not least, when I do risk life and limb and finally deliver you to your destination, it wouldn’t kill you to say “Thanks” :)..

Yes, ladies, you don’t have to say it. I know, I am a sanctimonious persnickety bastard..

[Ed:- though I originally aimed this post at girls (because they are guilty of the worst car faux pas - however guys can be as bad. Particularly when it comes to not wiping their feet and messing with the stereo!

Ed:- In car etiquette has actually been covered at various sources, from a dating perspective, as well as how to inform your partner that s/he isn’t a great driver] 

John. Q. Google User wants to know more about Maruti Sri Lanka, so here are some pictures..

Maruti Sri Lanka, head office: that funky roof is to create good Feng Shui (to counteract the fact that these guys located themselves next to a mortuary, facing Colombo’s richest cemetary (read: rich, as in most valuable real estate)).

So what can I tell you about Maruti? Well.. they sell high quality precision engineered automotive marvels that stand the test of time by continously exceeding user expectations.

Oh, and Maruti Sri Lanka has an official site here

[Now all I have to do is sit back and wait for Maruti to pull an HSBC on me]….

Got an email yesterday from a really polite employee at HSBC hongkong, asking if I wouldn’t mind removing the photo INSIDE HSBC in this article on HSBC.. so I removed those photos..

Today I got another really polite email from someone at HSBC’s Sri Lanka PR dept, asking me if I could remove ALL the other pictures.. So I have…

Google: Portal? Us? Never
Its official. Sort of. Google now have a portal (iGoogle?). See it here. Funny I can remember them saying they would stay true to their search roots and never join the dark side and become a portal…. Hey, how many of you who can remember using google when they were still google.stanford.edu
 
Milk Gone Wild
PETA have made a new ad for the Superbowl, which was rejected. You can see it here (warning, extremely disturbing, and not the way you think).

Actually, you should watch this ad if you like milk. You might learn something.

Brain size vs…
Scientists at Syracuse University, recently describing for a British journal their study of body measurements of bats, found an inverse size relationship between a male bat’s brain and testicles. The researchers hypothesized that both sperm and brains are metabolically costly to produce, and in species with relatively stable monogamous relationships, brains are allowed to grow, but where females are promiscuous, males that do not overdevelop testicles get left out of the race to procreate. [News Limited (Sydney) (News.com.au)

Ladies, please. I think I know what you are going to say.

Yes, I know a cryptic question, its just that this IP shows up on my logs.

It resolves to Google Inc, which is nice.

However, a search on Google shows someone using this IP was vandalising making odd edits on Wiki, as well as some disturbing posts online:

Google doesnt employ any 20 year old’s who like getting beaten up by girls. At least I hope they don’t.

Most likely this is someone else who accessed this site site via google translate or perhaps Google wireless access?, thereby getting a Google IP?  I am sure theres a perfectly logical (and boring) explanation, but till then..

The Truth is Out There..

PS: heres a nice article on Google