Tales under the cat tree

Tales under the cat tree

Home
Tech & Business
Fiction
Life & Travel
Archive
About
The Seductive Embrace of Efficiency
As we go to the polls around the world, we should consider politicians' desires to rule like the CEO of a company so that they can grant us the…
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Where glaciers ended - Kayaking around Jurmo, Finland
Discovering the remnants of extinct glaciers in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland by kayak
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Book Review - Napalm Hearts
My former co-editor at the student newspaper and amazing friend, Seamus, has published his first crime novel entitled Napalm Hearts.
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
My first Canada Day in Helsinki
I celebrate my first Canada Day in Helsinki with friends, colleagues and complete strangers!
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Midsummer in Finland's Archipelago
Enjoying midsummer among friends in Nagu, Finland. When the sun is long, joy, family, and friendships abound in the Finnish Archipelago.
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Most Popular
View all
Where are you from, Jacques?
The confusions in places, names and origins while experiencing Helsinki
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
A Canada Day letter to my godchild for her 25th birthday
A letter to Rosalind born on the 150th anniversary of Canada looking towards her 25th birthday and our 175th anniversary.
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Jeff - Embrace the diversity, flourish with the country
Jeff’s passion for friends and community has allowed me to vividly experience his immigrant journey in Canada: sometimes as a bystander, sometimes as a…
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Joe - Canada, My Home Away from Home
Joseph Teo is one of the co-founders of HeyOrca. HeyOrca is a successful software startup out of my alma mater that I am happy to help by advising Joe.
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Phil - Watch out for bears; they are cunning
Phil Veale is a software developer extraordinaire, UK transplant and a man of immense cynical and sarcastic wit.
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Boris - Give back to this society!
A startup entrepreneur and now investor, Boris Wertz has backed some of the best Canadian startups through Version One Ventures.
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Derek - Get serious about driving innovative entrepreneurialism
Focused, smart and one of Canada's best exports now living and working with tech people in the United States
 • 
Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Tales under the cat tree
Tales under the cat tree
Fiction, technology and business from a techie who seems to have had seven of his nine lives. Curiosity never hurt a cat.
Projects
My Canada Project (2017)
Celebrating 150 years of Canada with personal stories
Travel Journals
Touring Asia (2004)
We climb Mt. Kinabalu, explore Thailand and my brother's wedding
Kilimanjaro Trek (2003)
Eight friends from Canada trek to the roof of Africa
Expedition Fishbait (2001)
Five friends explore the Broken Islands Group by kayak.

Tales under the cat tree

AboutArchiveSitemap
© 2025 Duleepa Wijayawardhana
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture