Yohan Perera

Productivity

5 Smarter Ways to Use Your Smartphone

Although smartphones are supposed to make us more productive whether they make us more counterproductive or not is dependent on our usage of the devices. These devices have been around for almost 30 years now. Nevertheless, most of us still use them the way we would use a feature phone or dumb phone. That makes…

Productivity

I love the Logitech M185! Here’s Why?

At the beginning of the year 2021, I shared with you my tips for working smart. Today I want to introduce you to a tool that I believe will help you to work even smarter. It’s the M185 Mouse by Logitech. I met the Logitech M185 back in December 2010 while shopping for an ultra-portable…

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A Beautiful Mind: My Tribute to Sunil Perera

I loved listening to songs since I was a pre-school kid. Not nursery songs, I didn’t like them at all, but I liked songs enjoyed by grownups. Songs such as දෑස පියා ගත් කල (When I close my eyes…) and දේවතාවන් සිතන දේවල් (Things the gods think…) from the teledrama සුසීමා (Suseema: a women’s name…

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The 4 Ds of Racism

Yacinda Ardern’s statement after the terror attack on September 3rd was indeed a slap across the face of racism. The Prime Minister said, “What happened today was despicable. It was hateful. It was wrong. It was carried out by an individual – not a faith, not a culture, not an ethnicity – but an individual…

A medium eye-level shot captures a nun in a black habit and white wimple, standing in what appears to be a church interior. She is holding an open book with both hands and has a humorous or defiant expression, sticking her tongue out and squinting her eyes. In the background, stained-glass windows are visible on the left, and religious artwork depicting scenes from the Stations of the Cross, along with a crucifix and a chandelier, adorn the far wall. The lighting is bright, illuminating the nun and the church's interior.

The Attributes of a Pseudo Atheist

The dictionary defines a pseudo-atheist as someone who claims not to believe in God but believes in Him unconsciously. In the context of this post, however, I would like to give the term an altogether different definition. A pseudo-atheist is an individual that pretends to be an atheist because he thinks atheism is a fashion…

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The Unseen Rewards of Helping Others

Someone said “One of the most beautiful things we can do is to help one another. Kindness doesn’t cost anything.” Well, I disagree, wholeheartedly! Help is not free because it has a price. Although it’s free for the person on the receiving end it’s not so for the person on the offering end. Consider calling…

A group of four individuals are seated or crouching against a solid blue background, each wearing a makeshift face covering. From left to right: a person with dark skin wears a brown paper bag over their head with cutouts for eyes and mouth; a person with light skin has the top half of a clear plastic water bottle fitted over their face; a person with dark skin has a clear, rectangular plastic container over their head; and a person with light skin wears a bright yellow, spherical mask over their nose and mouth. All four are wearing white t-shirts, and the two individuals on the left are also wearing dark pants.

6 Other Safeguards against COVID 19

It’s been two years and nine months since COVID-19 dawned upon us. At the time of this writing, the death toll in Sri Lanka rests at 9,185 while 440,302 new patients have been discovered and 374,156 patients have recovered. Globally these numbers rest at 218,560,832 deaths, 4,534,054 new patients and 195,396,563 recovered patients. Virologists have…

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Farewell Windows. Hello macOS

On the 19th of this month, I bought my brand-new 13” MacBook Air powered by Apple’s flagship M1 chip. I have never owned an Apple device before so this happens to be my first time. Today I would like to share with you a few facts I like and don’t like about it in comparison…

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Reflections: In Loving Memory of My Father

Even as I solemnly and gratefully celebrate my beloved father’s life on the occasion of his first death anniversary, I feel moved to share with you three important thoughts that have come to my heart and mind during my reflections on his remarkable life and his passing over these past eleven months. These reflections have…

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Honour Your Parents: Why and How?

On October 13, 2015, the police rescued a father aged 73 who had been imprisoned in a dog cage by his daughter. According to that report, the woman’s dogs slept on a bed inside the house [source: Daily News]. In Sri Lankan culture, treating our parents with love and care is a core principle and…