Back to writing, after a long break

My last blog post was written and published on February 2019. Since then I have not revamped my blog, nor buckled down to do some writing, until now. Suffice it to say, I am a bit disappointed in myself for taking so long to get back to writing. The transition between 2018 and 2019 was …

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.Here's an excerpt:The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to …

Infragistics UltraWebGrid column format not being applied

Just a short post today, recalling an incident I came across recently, which I thought I should jot down here, and hopefully It'll save someone else a headache. If you have been working with the 3rd party UltraWebGrid control for asp.net offered by Infragistics, you would have worked with columns where you might have wanted …

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,600 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 9 years to get …

99X Technology Wins ‘Arch of Europe’ International Award for 2012

'Business Initiative Directions' (BID) is currently the most important private organization presenting a Quality Award, in the same stance as the standards in Japan (Deming), USA (Baldrige), and European companies (EFQM). Established in the late 1980's, BID has recognized global companies who are a clear cut above the rest and leaders in their fields in …

Colombo SharePoint Camp

After a successful Colombo Code Camp and Agile Camp, now its time for Colombo SharePoint Camp! The Colombo Camps are a series of tech/industry events that are the first of their kind featuring globally acclaimed technologists and business leaders. The events are absolutely free for the invited attendees. This time, it’s the Colombo SharePoint Camp …

Cool and addictive HTML5 game – 99challenge

Am playing a really cool and addictive HTML5 game these days, called 99Challenge (just navigate to 99challenge.com in your browser). The quirky, interactive, and challenging game play makes it really addictive in my books. The objective is to use a bow and arrow to pin 99 circles (which will be dropped by a frog in …