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==E-mail contact== | ==E-mail contact== | ||
===What is this strange e-mail address? === | ===What is this strange e-mail address? === | ||
{{box|You may want to | {{box|You may want to read [[wikipedia:Stopping_e-mail_abuse|this]] article, particularly [[wikipedia:Stopping_e-mail_abuse#Disposable_e-mail_addresses|this part]].}} | ||
You may have seen the following: | You may have seen the following: | ||
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Well.. this is how it works. | Well.. this is how it works. | ||
* I have created a 'disposible' e-mail adress to be used in this site. All the mail that is sent to it are automatically forwarded to my regular e-mail account. | * I have created a 'disposible' e-mail adress to be used in this site. All the mail that is sent to it are automatically forwarded to my regular e-mail account. | ||
* Having your e-mail address on the web is the best way to get [[wikipedia: | * Having your e-mail address on the web is the best way to get [[wikipedia:spam|spammers]] to gain access to your address and misuse it. | ||
* So, I periodically change the above address to something else. | * So, I periodically change the above address to something else. | ||
* That way, I will be able to get any message someone will be sending related to stuff on this site. Meanwhile, I always have the chance of removing a 'polluted' address and replace with a new one. | * That way, I will be able to get any message someone will be sending related to stuff on this site. Meanwhile, I always have the chance of removing a 'polluted' address and replace with a new one. | ||
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===Should I keep this address in my address book?=== | ===Should I keep this address in my address book?=== | ||
Please don't. See the above answer. It is not meant to be a channel for regular contact. It is just for the first time contact. | Please don't. See the above answer. It is not meant to be a channel for regular contact. It is just for the first time contact. | ||
==Hosting== | |||
===How do you host your site=== | |||
* I pay for hosing, albiet a measly amount and get a mediocre service. Please read [[Switching loyalties - A new hosting company for better or for worse!|this article]] for a bit of information about current hosting situation. Of course there are better solutions if one pays around US$ 20-30 per month, but for me this is a hobby and it does not earn anything! | |||
==Site uptime== | |||
The current uptime can be checked from this [http://ext.host-tracker.com/uptime-img/?s=15&t=180021&m=00.09&p=Total link] (Note: This opens an external site.) | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:20, 10 September 2006
What this is
- Bits of information that I want to share with other people are published here.
- Content can range from useless bits of personal information to not so useless (?) items related to
- Sometimes I jot down my computer programming experiences that are related to my work or hobbies.
What this is NOT
- A complete work: I write this whenever I have free time. Not based on any plan or framework. I create links first, and may complete the target article later, if ever. So, if there are links in RED, don't follow and more importantly, don't keep your fingers crossed -- it might never be written.
- Serious work: Well... at lest most of the stuff appear here are not to be taken too seriously. Read the copyright notice if you are so inclined -- but I'll state it here anyway: Most of the content may be useless.
Why bother
Let me explain it this way. I was creating web based dynamic systems back in late nineties, when such things were quite hard. There were not many standard tools for linking databases, other applications and web seamlessly. I spent almost an year writing code for a database-backed, multi-user hydrological analysis system using Oracle's PL/SQL. It worked and I was happy. Then I moved away from the area for a several years before started reading about the subject again. Then I was in for a sort of 'Culture shock'. What we have thought as work has become play and anyone with half a day to spare and a old computer could have a nice dynamic web system going! For an old-timer like me, this is simply magic!
So by doing this, I am sort of enjoying that magic!
Why bother II (a bit serious)
In this site, I may include several kinds of information
- The part of personal information that I believe is useful for me to share with the world.
- Various information that I need to disseminate to my associates (e.g. Students that I teach and supervise).
- Knowledge I collected from doing various things (mostly related to computers, as a hobby) I believe to be useful for others.
E-mail contact
What is this strange e-mail address?
You may have seen the following:
Please use this e-mail address 3tv-assela@pathirana.net to contact me, if needed.
(Confused about the strange letters in the e-mail address? Wondering whether to put this address to your contact list? Please read Site FAQ)
and may be wondering why I am using this strange e-mail address. Well.. this is how it works.
- I have created a 'disposible' e-mail adress to be used in this site. All the mail that is sent to it are automatically forwarded to my regular e-mail account.
- Having your e-mail address on the web is the best way to get spammers to gain access to your address and misuse it.
- So, I periodically change the above address to something else.
- That way, I will be able to get any message someone will be sending related to stuff on this site. Meanwhile, I always have the chance of removing a 'polluted' address and replace with a new one.
Should I keep this address in my address book?
Please don't. See the above answer. It is not meant to be a channel for regular contact. It is just for the first time contact.
Hosting
How do you host your site
- I pay for hosing, albiet a measly amount and get a mediocre service. Please read this article for a bit of information about current hosting situation. Of course there are better solutions if one pays around US$ 20-30 per month, but for me this is a hobby and it does not earn anything!
Site uptime
The current uptime can be checked from this link (Note: This opens an external site.)
