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Malinthe Samarakoon
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Apr 10, 2021

How I tried to repair a broken Mac by myself.

A few months back, I was at my parent’s place doing some tinkering with a broken USB cable. I was combining two broken cables to make one functional cable so that I could use a scanner to digitize our photo albums. I was doing this near my laptop, a 2017…

Repair

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How I tried to repair a broken Mac by myself.
How I tried to repair a broken Mac by myself.
Repair

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Oct 7, 2019

The good little bunny that left us.

Our bunny passed away yesterday. She was suffering from an infection and was on antibiotics for weeks, and she seemed fine only a few days before. Since she wasn’t eating like usually does, we took her to the vet. I wasn’t there when it happened but when the doctor was…

Rabbit

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The good little bunny that left us.
The good little bunny that left us.
Rabbit

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May 16, 2018

Buying stuff with mobile wallets: an experience

If you’ve read my previous posts, you’d probably know that I have an unusual interest in mobile wallets and cashless payments. I suppose this stems from my anxiety and the reluctance to interact with people. Or at least, keep the interactions at a minimum. The anxiety also prevents me from…

Mobile Payments

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Buying stuff with mobile wallets: an experience
Buying stuff with mobile wallets: an experience
Mobile Payments

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Apr 18, 2018

Rants on Cashless/Contactless Payments — Part II

It’s been a few months after I initially tried out a bunch of apps that promise to change the way we deal with payments. I’ve tried to use them how I can, and my experiences have been rather poor. I wanted to write about this again because VISA has been…

Payments

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Rants on Cashless/Contactless Payments — Part II
Rants on Cashless/Contactless Payments — Part II
Payments

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Oct 15, 2017

Cashless Payments: A rant

Ever since Apple introduced Apple Pay, I wanted to use cashless payments here in Sri Lanka. But with us being a tiny country that nobody really cares about, expecting Apple Pay or Samsung Pay to be available here was not going happen. Just look at all the trouble we’ve gone…

Payments

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Cashless Payments: A rant
Cashless Payments: A rant
Payments

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Mar 7, 2017

Metallica and Me: The Memory Remains

Metallica is my favorite band. There is no question about it. I’ve always loved what they do and I love their attitude towards music. They never really stuck to one formula, tried many new things despite much criticism in certain cases and I respect them for that (St. …

Music

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Metallica and Me: The Memory Remains
Metallica and Me: The Memory Remains
Music

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Oct 16, 2016

How to get perfect Sinhala text on Android 4.4 KitKat! (and 4.2 + 4.3) + Instructions for 5.0 Lollipop Issues

Using Sinhala on the phone used to be very important to me. After switching to Windows Phone (7.x — those things were unhackable) I decided to let it go. But since I moved back to Android felt like it was time to get it done! (The delay was obviously because…

Android

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How to get perfect Sinhala text on Android 4.4
How to get perfect Sinhala text on Android 4.4
Android

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Malinthe Samarakoon

Malinthe Samarakoon

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Software Developer, Amateur Photographer. Loves Tech, Music, Movies, Food and Coffee.

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