shehal

i am

  • a kana bona person
    noun a person who lives to eat and drink.
  • a scientist
    noun
    a person who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

    science is my passion. its what makes me "stand rapt in awe" when i see "the mysterious".

  • an engineer
    noun
    a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works.

    i have a degree in mechanical engineering from university of moratuwa, sri lanka. i used to work as a energy engineer for a company called enerfab.

  • a programmer
    noun
    a person who writes computer programs.

    while i was doing my degree i worked at a software company called media solutions where worked a team leader / software architect of web based user interface development. i have been a freelance software programmer since i left media solutions.

what i do for a living

i develop content managed web sites for a living. my web development work revolves around an open source software called drupal. i use its api to add missing features and customize themes.

i work with a design company who are designers :)

listed bellow are some of the drupal based sites i have done

how to contact me

  • e-mail: shehal[at]gmail[dot]com
  • mobile: (94)774963458

my photography

shehal's photography portfolio

i've been trigger happy the past few years. click here to view my photography portfolio

මතය: විද්යාවේ නියම

විද්යාවේ නියම අපි ඉගෙනගත්‌තා පාසලේ - නිව්‌ටන්‌ගේ නියම, ශක්‌ති සංස්ථිතිය නියමය, ගම්යතා සංස්ථිතිය නියම අාදිය. අැයි මේවාට නියම කියලා කියන්‌නෙ?

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opinion: nepotism in sri lanka

we accuse the govt of being nepotistic by appointing friends and relatives as high ranking officials. but i feel it's in our culture to do so.

opinion: මාගේ පළමු සිංහල ලිපිය

I bought the Sinhala language pack for Mac OS X from XenoType Technologies yesterday. I thought about it for a few weeks and came to a realization that the $49 I could have used to pump 33.3 liters of petrol was worth it.

මම බොහෝ කාලාක්‌ සිට සිංහල අක්‌ෂර නිසි අාකාරව Mac OS X'හි කියවීමට බලා සිටිමි. XenoType වෙතින්‌ නිකුත්‌ කරන ලද සිංහල භාෂා මෘදාංකය මම මිල දී ගනිමි.

opinion: desiderata

i met dr ray the other day... and he showed me this poem from a church in baltimore which he had visited... and i thought i'd share it with you...

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.