With Australia loosing one day series 4-1 to South Africa they are no more at the top of the ladder. South Africa now take the top spot and they sure deserve it.
Its been a magical tour for South Africa, nobody would have bet that they would defeat Australia in both forms of the game. Australia's supremacy is dead and gone. I don't see them making a come back in the near future. It wont be long before they loose the top spot in the test ranking as well
Saturday, January 31, 2009
A few busy weeks
I've been out of blogging for the past couple of weeks. Its been mainly because of the work we've been putting into the Carbon based releases as well as some other stuff.
In the third week of January, when Paul and Jonathan were down in Sri Lanka we were busy with planning for 2009. A group of us (A big group at that) spent three days offsite planning things out for 2009.
Last week I was out in Canberra on a consultancy engagement. It was my first visit to Australia and my first overseas trip in 2009. More on Canberra to folow...
In the third week of January, when Paul and Jonathan were down in Sri Lanka we were busy with planning for 2009. A group of us (A big group at that) spent three days offsite planning things out for 2009.
Last week I was out in Canberra on a consultancy engagement. It was my first visit to Australia and my first overseas trip in 2009. More on Canberra to folow...
Nadal Vs Verdasco - A Cracker of a Match
The Semi-Final match between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco in the Australian Open was one of the best tennis matches that I have witnessed. The match lasted for over 5 hours and the intensity in the final set was a testimont to the fitness of the two players. Sadly I could not watch the whole match.
For those who missed it, just have a look at this "Shot of the day" from day 12 of the Australian Open. It shows the quality of the tennis that these guys played. The celebration from Nadal at the end of the match showed how much he respected his fellow countrymen Verdasco.
For those who missed it, just have a look at this "Shot of the day" from day 12 of the Australian Open. It shows the quality of the tennis that these guys played. The celebration from Nadal at the end of the match showed how much he respected his fellow countrymen Verdasco.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
WSO2 Carbon & Axis2 Cluster Configuration Guide
Clustering for high availability and scalability is one of the main requirements of any enterprise deployment. Afkham Azeez, Architect and Product Manager of WSO2 WSAS has written a couple of articles that explain how WSO2 Carbon based products (This articles apply to Apache Axis2 as well) can be clustered.
In the first article titled "Introduction to WSO2 Carbon Clustering" he explains the core concepts of clustering an in the second article titled "WSO2 Carbon Cluster Configuration Language" he explains in detail as to how WSO2 Carbon based products can be clustered.
In the first article titled "Introduction to WSO2 Carbon Clustering" he explains the core concepts of clustering an in the second article titled "WSO2 Carbon Cluster Configuration Language" he explains in detail as to how WSO2 Carbon based products can be clustered.
Free Webinar - OSGI and SOA
As you might have already heard we at WSO2 and building a complete revolutionary SOA platform which is based on the OSGI framework. Using OSGI to build the WSO2 Carbon Framework has given our products the ability to add new functionality with ease.
In this Webinar Paul Fremantle, Co-founder and CTO of WSO2, will introduce the OSGi framework. He will also talk about how OSGI fits in with SOA and how it has enabled WSO2 build the revolutionary Carbon framework.
This Webinar will be held on Thursday, 20th January 2009 09:00 AM (PST), so Register now.
In this Webinar Paul Fremantle, Co-founder and CTO of WSO2, will introduce the OSGi framework. He will also talk about how OSGI fits in with SOA and how it has enabled WSO2 build the revolutionary Carbon framework.
This Webinar will be held on Thursday, 20th January 2009 09:00 AM (PST), so Register now.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
A brave journalist (Lasantha) silenced
"The pen is mightier than the sword" was a phrase that we learnt at school and it used to be that way but in the modern era that phrase should be changed to this "The gun is mightier than the pen". The truth is bitter and there aren't many who can digest it. Some group who could not stand the bitter truth that Lasantha exposed, decided to silence him.
Lasantha Wickramatunga was a brave journalist who fought against injustice. He was the Editor of The Sunday Leader. Apperently he had received several death threats in his time and the sunday leader press was burnt down in 2007 by an armed gang. Lasantha was most influencial in bringing to light many currupt deals of the government. These include the alleged MIG deal and details of Mihin Air which has been a total failure.
This attack comes just 2 days after a leading media station in the country was attacked and destroyed by an armed gang. This gang had used a claymore weighing 8 Kgs to destroy the MCR (Main Control Room) of this media station.
The current security situation in Colombo is that there are many road blocks in the city and vehicles are searched at most locations. In the instance where the media station was attacked, it was carried out at 2.15 AM in the morning by a white van which did not have a number plate. At that time in the morning you don't get too many vehicles on the road and its surprising that this vehicle was not checked at a single checkpoint as such. Even in the case of Lasanthas shooting, it was carried out at 10.30 AM in the morning in broad day light.
The government who condemns the attack says that they will conduct a broad investigation into this matter. Can the people believe the government? Not really. Not when ministers in this country can brake into media stations and assault its officials. This alleged minister is still free and is still a minister. One could say that the people are to be blamed for electing such ministers. But thats not the case, this alleged minister did not go into parliament by votes cast by voters. Apparently he got the least number of votes in Colombo (something around 2200 votes and Colombo has over 1 million voters) and was rejected by the people. But made it into parliament from the national list. The president who is the leader of this political party should take the full responsibility of this appointment.
In a society where people have diverse ideas, its a fact that not all will agree with what a person has to say. That does not give the right to anybody to silence another person.
Lasantha Wickramatunga was a brave journalist who fought against injustice. He was the Editor of The Sunday Leader. Apperently he had received several death threats in his time and the sunday leader press was burnt down in 2007 by an armed gang. Lasantha was most influencial in bringing to light many currupt deals of the government. These include the alleged MIG deal and details of Mihin Air which has been a total failure.
This attack comes just 2 days after a leading media station in the country was attacked and destroyed by an armed gang. This gang had used a claymore weighing 8 Kgs to destroy the MCR (Main Control Room) of this media station.
The current security situation in Colombo is that there are many road blocks in the city and vehicles are searched at most locations. In the instance where the media station was attacked, it was carried out at 2.15 AM in the morning by a white van which did not have a number plate. At that time in the morning you don't get too many vehicles on the road and its surprising that this vehicle was not checked at a single checkpoint as such. Even in the case of Lasanthas shooting, it was carried out at 10.30 AM in the morning in broad day light.
The government who condemns the attack says that they will conduct a broad investigation into this matter. Can the people believe the government? Not really. Not when ministers in this country can brake into media stations and assault its officials. This alleged minister is still free and is still a minister. One could say that the people are to be blamed for electing such ministers. But thats not the case, this alleged minister did not go into parliament by votes cast by voters. Apparently he got the least number of votes in Colombo (something around 2200 votes and Colombo has over 1 million voters) and was rejected by the people. But made it into parliament from the national list. The president who is the leader of this political party should take the full responsibility of this appointment.
In a society where people have diverse ideas, its a fact that not all will agree with what a person has to say. That does not give the right to anybody to silence another person.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Mahela please learn a lesson from Ponting
I'm a great fan of cricket but I'm not a great fan of the Aussies. I do like the way they play attacking cricket but I do not like there approach to the game. Cricket is supposed to be a gentleman's game and I'm sure that sledging is not a part of it. I hate the way the Australians try to intimidate the oppositions by sledging. Why not show your authority with the bat and ball rather than using dirty tricks.
Having said that I very much appreciate the way the Australians make sporting decelerations. This (The current match been played against South Africa) is not the first time they have done it either. Both Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor used to do it as well. sporting decelerations makes the match much more interesting and Mahela please take note of that. Sri Lankas declaration today against Bangladesh (setting them a target of 624) was a mere joke. Its true that today was just the fourth day of the test but why do you need to set Bangladesh such a big target? This is something that Mahela should learn from Ponting.
This is not just a problem with Mahela, we see this same problem with other asian cricketing nations too. Asian nations (cricketing) do not want to give anything away, they do not want to take the risk of loosing the odd match in favour of winning a bunch. That is the very reason as to why sub-continent matches end up been drawn more often.
Having said that I very much appreciate the way the Australians make sporting decelerations. This (The current match been played against South Africa) is not the first time they have done it either. Both Steve Waugh and Mark Taylor used to do it as well. sporting decelerations makes the match much more interesting and Mahela please take note of that. Sri Lankas declaration today against Bangladesh (setting them a target of 624) was a mere joke. Its true that today was just the fourth day of the test but why do you need to set Bangladesh such a big target? This is something that Mahela should learn from Ponting.
This is not just a problem with Mahela, we see this same problem with other asian cricketing nations too. Asian nations (cricketing) do not want to give anything away, they do not want to take the risk of loosing the odd match in favour of winning a bunch. That is the very reason as to why sub-continent matches end up been drawn more often.
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