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Tips on the fine art of ‘netiquette’
In this day and age, communicating via technology is not anything new. With instant messaging apps such as Whatsapp, the access to your emails through any device, mobile phones and social media it is quite easy to get in touch with anyone. But how do these methods of communication come into play in a more [...]
Darshika Abeywickrama: Balangoda’s Champion
At 6ft, Darshi is one of the pillars of the National Netball team, nicknamed Bale, she has played 54 games for the national team– and played at the national level for nearly a decade. Growing up in Balangoda, she comes from a family of four sisters and one brother. Her parents were tall, but her [...]
Move over Optimus: Spike Prime is here
Regardless of age, Lego will always have a special place in my heart. I remember playing with my uncle’s old Lego kit and creating spacecrafts and fancy cars on a day to day basis. Since then, obviously, a lot has changed for Lego. With Lego Technic, you could create more advanced models that had complex [...]
Experts claim age of the smartphone has led to shorter attention spans
The age of the smartphone has led to a generation of people with shorter attention spans as ‘information overload’ makes us get bored more quickly, experts say. Rapid access to data – whether in the form of social media or round-the-clock news – is leading to increasingly ‘narrow’ peaks of collective attention, they warn. Scientists [...]