Daydreamer: August 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Funny Answers

Updated at: 14.20 PM

I got these pictures from a thread in a forum. They are so funny...Check 'em out!

Recently I've been addicted to a new online First Person Shooter game called Point Blank. I'm addicted to the game because it reminds me of the glorious Counter Strike which I played when in junior high school. Today I'd like to give you a glimpse of the game. Hopefully you are interested and we could meet on the game.

We all know that the Indonesian gamers community is getting bored with Counter Strike which is aged more than 10 years and long being a first person shooter game. Nevertheless, the community expects an online FPS game that supports the new online features such as private room, clan support, ranking system, customizable weapons, characters, and others. It may be one of the considerations KREON Co., Ltd finally decided to bring on Point Blank, an Online First Person Shooting Game with high level realistic game play.

Hotspot UI - A New System to Stay Online

The University of Indonesia has been developing a new information system called Hotspot UI. Hotspot UI is a wireless network system that allows users to connect to the internet 24/7 through a mobile computer such as laptop or PDA in all the University of Indonesia coverage areas without any charge. The main objective of this new service is to give facilitation for all members of the university to gain access to the university main network service and the University Integrated Network service (JUITA) whenever and wherever, instantly, easy, and simple.

Hotspot UI can be accessed from some areas around the campus in Depok. The hotspot UI coverage areas include the office of the University Head (7 spots), Faculty of Economy (10 spots), Faculty of Social and Political Science (5 spots), Economical Post-Graduate Program (3 spots), Faculty of Psychology (9 spots), Faculty of Computer Science (7 spots), Faculty of Law (5 spots), mosque (5 spots), Faculty of Social Health (7 spots), Faculty of Nursing (5 spots), Faculty of Math and Science (5 spots), Central Library (4 spots), and Faculty of Humanities (3 spots). The status of all coverage areas is active and usable.

Timun Mas - A Folktale from Central Java

A long time ago, there was a farmer couple. They were living in a village near a forest. They lived happily, but their life would be much much hppier if they had any children. They hadn’t had any children yet for more than 20 years of their marriage. Every day they prayed to the God for a child.

One day a giant passed their home. He heard what they were praying. The giant then gave them a cucumber seed.

“Plant this modified-cucumber-seed, when it is ripe, eat the golden cucumber and do a “WooHoo” at full moon night. Then you’ll get a daughter,” said the giant.

“Thank you, Giant,” replied the couple.

“But in one condition, in her 17th birthday, you must give her to me,” said the Giant.

How to Make a Spoiler Button

I was wondering when reading an article posted by Miaw, si KucingTengil about the crop circles. She put a spoiler button on the article to open some images in order to save place. Then I immediately did some research on how to add the spoiler button. I found some tutorials but most of them were too complicated. We have to put the javascript to our template's HTML script. After collected some script resources and tinkering Miaw's blog scripts, I started learning the script and tried to modify it. And violaa...Here is the easiest way to add spoiler to your blog post. I'm gonna show you how with a spoiler button.

Howdy guys...

Today when I was (and now still) surfing on the net, I found an interesting article posted on a blog. It was an article on how to get more money from the internet. I know most (or all) of you must have a facebook account. So I think it's easier to join and start earning more money.

Here are the steps:

Unforgetable Moments

Then the sun rose slowly from behind the mountain...

It was very beautiful...

The most beautiful sun we had ever seen...

It hailed us with its bright-orange color and rounded shape...

When the first time it came up, we felt a warm breeze pulled gently at our hair and everywhere there was the scent of fart...

I stopped breath and stared at my friend...

He then laughed out loud and ran away from me...

I could not put up with his behavior, so I ran after him and all of a sudden we fell down to a vale, the vale of darkness...

M-Learning for Students - Is It Possible?

You might still remember of a TV commercial telling the story of a man going back home on foot because he missed his last bus. In the story, the man looks very calm and not too worries about the bus when he takes out his mobile phone, puts on the headset, plays some songs from the phone, and walks down the street whistling cheerfully. “I love missing the last bus home…,” he said.

Imagine when we have a different situation. A student suddenly, one day, is not able to attend classes for sick or other important reasons. Yet, he is not too restless about the lessons left behind. He just grasps his mobile phone, learning the left lessons through video streaming or video calling, downloading available learning applications in the form of java, flash, or 3GP application, and doing other teaching-learning process via his mobile phone. It probably gives a futuristic impression overmuch, but such things are possible to be done at present time since technologies are more advance currently. Mobile phones in this day and age are equipped with the capability to connect to the internet, to play and record audio, video, and picture or photo, and to run software applications such as Java, Symbian, Flash, and so forth. In addition, the development of 3G technology gives a faster data transfer with better quality and, of course, less expensive tariff. Thus, the above story is not just an overrated thought anymore considering all the advance technology that we have nowadays.

Internet Growth in Indonesia - Factors Encourage It

The world’s Information and Technology growth has brought a significant impact for the internet industry in Indonesia. The Indonesia’s information technology sector has been growing so fast and very progressive at the moment. Frankly, there are three factors that encourage the internet growth in Indonesia: accessibility, bandwidth capacity, and tariff.

First of all is accessibility. The internet access in Indonesia must be provided not only for people who live in big cities like Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya, but also for people in every nook and cranny of the country. According to an Apricot forum held in Bali last year, the internet penetration in Indonesia is still near to the ground, which is only 8.1 %. Indonesia, in fact, is in the 13th place for internet using from all over the world. But, with the estimated population of 221.4 million, the internet penetration number becomes incredibly small.

Paris as the World’s Fashion Centre

If you are asked by someone about the centre of fashion, I bet your answer will be Paris. Why would everyone say that Paris is the world’s fashion centre? Here is my opinion why Paris could be the world’s fashion centre.

The term fashion usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression. Fashion has been invented in Europe since the 14th century. In France, the fashion style was influenced for the first time by a designer named Rose Bertin, a millionaire and a dressmaker to Marie Antoinette. Fashions among upper-class Europeans began to move in synchronicity in the 18th century especially in France. Colors and patterns of textiles changed from year to year.

How to Comment on My Blog

Updated on: August 22, 2009.

Hi guys...First of all, I'd like to say sorry for the inconvenience that you are unable to give comments on my blog. I know some of you will say, "Koq disuru registrasi sih? Ribet ah!", then you will think that it's gonna take some time to fill in your name, email, etc. The fact is that you don't need to register to comment on my blog. There are two options if you want to comment on my blog. First, you can stay anonymous (or Guest) and add comment on my blog. Or, authenticate yourself by login to one (or all) of your existing member account such as facebook, google, twitter, yahoo, blogger, or openID. You just login with your username and your password then you can start commenting on my blog. I'm gonna show you how to do it. It's as easy as blinking your eyes. Good luck, I'll be waiting for your comments on my blog. Thanks!

Merantau

...Every child must someday leave their home
...and faces the many challenges in life.
Challenges that will guide him towards becoming a man.

Maybe this is the best Indonesian action movie so far. It's just like we are watching a Bruce Lee movie but with different actor and different culture. Bruce Lee is replaced by Yuda, the main character of the movie, and the Chinese famous kungfu culture is replaced by the Indonesian traditional martial art, silat.

This Weekend

Oldies

Where did you spend your weekend? Was it fun? Hmm…I bet it was. Well, today I'm gonna share my experience spending the whole weekend around Jakarta. It was all started from Kota Tua (Eng: the Old Town of Batavia) and ended karaoke-ing with my friends.

12:34:56 07/08/09

What's with those numbers? If you see them in order, they will show a complete decimal numbers from 1 - 9.

The clock striking 12:34:56 07/08/09.

Then what did you do at that once-in-a-lifetime event? You probably slept through a day or working at the office (just like me ;p). Lest you think it was no big deal, reporters across the country scrounged up numerologists to explain the deep significance of it all.

"It's a good day to make money and have good health," said Betsy Carlson in the Palm Springs Desert Sun.

Mbah Surip - A Tribute To

Today we lost one of the most fenomenal singer in Indonesia, Mbah Surip (Eng: Granpa Surip). With his outstanding song titled "Tak Gendong", Mbah Surip died at his popularity, just like Michael Jackson. No one could replace him. His sincerity in living the life has inspired many people in Indonesia. Good bye Mbah Surip. Thank's for bringing happiness for all of us. I love you, full!

How to Change Label Name

This is my first post in terms of blog tips and tricks. I decided to make the blog tips because there have been many requests from friends to customize their blog. I hope in the future I could give more useful tips and tricks to optimize other blogs. Let's just start the first tips.

Today I'm gonna give the tips on how to change the label name of your posts. Let's say you have a bunch of posts with the label name 'My Blog' (label name is taken from my blog) but you've decided that you'd rather call it 'My Diary' instead. You can edit the name of a label directly from each post (as I did before I found the trick - it took me a long time to change only one label), but there's a simple workaround to accomplish your goal:

1. Go to the Posting --> Edit Posts tab for your blog.

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Refael F. Koetin

One of my best buddies...

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Take a Peek

My first post in August...There are two important events will be happen during the month. First, Indonesia will have its Independence Day two weeks from now. And as a moslem, I will have a holy month of Ramadhan. Happy vasting, everyone!