Friday, November 21, 2008

Komputer Baru, Hidup Baru

Akhirnya. Komputer baru. Setelah 4 tahun lebih (tepatnya 4 tahun dan 9 bulan), akhirnya komputer lama gw lengser keprabon juga. Komputer lama dinyatakan ga kuat dalam menjalankan script MySQL waktu menginstall program engine ecommerce Magento. Emang gila itu engine, masa komputer harus canggih baru bisa jalan di local.

Anyway, sebenarnya gw ga sepenuhnya ganti komputer since monitor, keyboard, HDD dan mouse masih tetap dipertahankan. Yang diganti itu hanya processor, mainboard, DVD RW, ama casing. But still the experience is different, since the speed and the processes are all so swift.

Dan sekarang setelah ganti komputer baru, suasana kamar juga langsung berubah. Pertama, hilang sudah suara berisik hasil produksi komputer lama. Selain itu, hasil beres-beres kamar membuat kamar jadi lebih lega banyak dan rapi (meskipun ga banyak berubah sih).

Belum lagi proses operasi komputer yang tentunya cepat banget. Komputer lama langsung berasa ga ada apa-apanya. Sayangnya graphic card model dulu udah ga bisa dipake lagi gara-gara model colokan AGP dan mainboard baru cuma support PCI Express saja. Tapi VGA on-board juga udah cukup sih.

Rencananya besok ato lusa pas ke Carrefour ato kemana gitu, gw bakal beli meja komputer baru buat ngegantiin meja yang uda dipake dari taon 99 ini. Bayangin aja meja dari tahun 99. That's like 9 years old and amazingly it can still withstand all the stuff on it. Hopefully meja barunya bisa tahan lama juga kaya meja yang satu ini.

Other than that, gw lagi mencoba sibuk dengan project freelance gw sekarang. Saat ini sih belum mulai tetapi uda ada ancang-ancang ke arah situ. Jadi hopefully bisa dapat duit dari situ deh.

Jadi yah begitulah. Dengan komputer baru, gw menuju hidup baru hoho. Semoga hidup baru yang lebih baik dah. And with this, I'm signing off. See you all at the next entry.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Endless

Nothing much to write here, so here's a picture, fresh from my mailbox. Just watch it and you'll see.


Quite a nice moral story, don't you think? Anyway, I'm finished here, so bye for now.


Update:
apparently the image uploader from Blogspot changed the gif animated file into a png file, so I'm uploading it to another place and voila. Hopefully it'll work this time.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

New Month, New Entry

Update time!! Setelah lama tak bersua, akhirnya ada waktu juga buat update ini blog. Tidak banyak yang berubah dan tidak banyak terjadi apa-apa, hanya saja ada kejadian yang cukup menjengkelkan semalam, which made me quite angered by the way, yaitu internet FastNet yang nyala-mati.

Semuanya berawal jam 7 sore kemarin. Setelah bersih-bersih dan istirahat bentar, gw memutuskan untuk menyalakan internet. As usual, email checking and other stuff including beresin berita buat Disitu.com. Tetapi setelah 10 menit penggunaan, tiba-tiba internet mati.

Cabut-pasang steker, disable-enable di network connection, dan sampai restart komputer dilakukan. Tetapi koneksinya kekeuh untuk ga mo nyala. Akhirnya nyerah dan telpon CS First Media (selanjutnya disebut CSFM). Jawaban yang diterima cukup mengejutkan yang kira-kira bunyinnya gini:
"Kita sedang ada masalah di Cipta Grha pak, dan koneksi internet Fast Net sedang terganggu di seluruh Indonesia. Saat ini teknisi kita sedang berusaha untuk memperbaikinya."
What the?! Masa sih sampai satu Indonesia kena semua? Oh well, since itu CS ngomong gitu, dan ada curigation muncul dikit, akhirnya gw minta hunnyku buat cek koneksi internet dia. And surprise, surprise, koneksi dia lancar-lancar aja.

Nah, artinya apa dong kalau begitu? CS nya bohong? Teknisinya super jago? Atau gw aja yang lagi sial mo maen internet pas koneksi lagi down? OK, gw pikir coba gw tanya lagi ke CS nya. Mungkin bakal dapat jawaban lain.

Dan abis itu, mulailah susah menghubungi CSFM, which is something pretty usual dan ga mengherankan, sampai akhirnya sekitar jam 11 malam. Waktu itu CS yang bertugas membantu untuk refresh koneksi ke modem gw. Akhirnya internet gw jalan juga malam itu.

But it didn't last long.

Baru saja browsing 1/2 jam, koneksi gw mati lagi. WTH?!?! Karena uda ada hawa bete, akhirnya gw telpon lagi CSFM untuk komplen lagi (sesuatu yang ga berguna sama sekali tetapi cukup untuk menyalurkan bete gw). Akhirnya setelah menunggu sampai jam 1 malam dan ga ada perkembangan apa-apa, gw tinggal tidur dah akhirnya.

And this morning the connection worked smoothly.

Well, dengan harga koneksi unlimited per bulan yang hanya Rp. 99.ooo ,-p lus ppn kayanya emang susah untuk mengharapkan sesuatu yang bagus. Like they said, tidak ada sesuatu yang sempurna sepenuhnya.

Morale of the story is, kalo internet di rumah putus dan ga kunjung nyala dalam waktu 1/2 jam, mendingan langsung ke warnet atau tidur aja, daripada jadi emosi dan marah-marah. Anyway, I'm finished ranting so time to get back to work. Ciao for now.

P.S. : Saat ini gw lagi mencoba membuat website pribadi dengan dukungan AJAX dan PHP. Penasaran? Stay tuned then.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Long Time No See

Hei semua.. Nah loh.. kok nulis dalam bahasa Indonesia? Hehe, so pasti dong. Kan gini-gini gw masih kebangsaan Indonesia. Meskipun udah long time ago nulis dalam bahasa Indonesia, tetep aja kan tiap hari gw ngomong nya Indonesia.

So what's up with my life? Sehari-hari ini sekarang gw masih aja ngejagain yang namanya Disitu.com. Yap, media online yang tujuan awal nya buat bagi-bagi informasi tentang update technology dari mana saja, including negeri nya Paman Sam, Om Elton John, Kang Jet Li dan masih banyak lagi. Pengen tahu lebih lanjut? Langsung masuk aja kesana, eh disitu.

Selain itu? Game online. What else? Hidup gw ini emang ga ada jauh-jauhnya dari maen game dan saat ini yang sedang rame gw maenin adalah Perfect World a.k.a. PW. Cukup seru tapi agak membosankan pas level tinggi gara-gara monsternya yang rada-rada susah (and I mean REAL hard).

What about my hunny? Bidadariku yang pemalu tapi baek hati akhir-akhir ini juga sibuk maen PW (well, she's the main reason I played that game). Abis kasian dia dirumah juga ga ngapa-ngapain. Jadi mending dia maen aja lah daripada bengong trus kesambet hehe..

Yah, bagi kalian yang kangen ama gw (emang gw ngagenin yah?) allow me to say "Hi" again. And for now, cabut dulu yah. Uda jam pulang kerja soalnya hehe. Semoga entry berikutnya bisa lebih panjang lagi. Ciao.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

A Guide For Buying iPod

iPods. Anyone never heard that name before? Classic, Nano, Shuffle, Touch, you name it. Those PMP from Apple sure is very famous right now and everywhere you go, there's bound to be one or two person using those small white earbuds. Or maybe you went to a friend's place and found out a new accessory that goes well with iPods? Sure you want one of those now. But do you know there are a lot of considerations to take before you get your hands on one of those iPods?


Now I'm not an expert on choosing a nice iPod myself. Luckily I found out a site that gives me a lot of informations on what to consider on buying an iPod. And what's more, I can buy it online. The website I'm talking about is ShopWiki. There you can check out the details on each iPod and even buy it online.

For example, let's look at the description they offer for an iPod Nano.
  • The iPod nano incorporates a high-capacity flash memory player in 4GB and 8GB versions.
  • Slim, sleek, sexy,and lightweight (1.75 ounces), and more durable than previous nano generation.
  • After consumer complaints and pending lawsuits regarding the easily scratch prone screen, Apple has started shipping the nano with a protective case.
  • From the older version of the iPod nano, the screen has been improved for video to 320 by 240 and increased to 2 inches (diagnol) and is stunning for its size!
  • The new 4 GB models comes only in silver, but the 8GB models come in silver, pink, blue, green, and black. A special edition (Product) red iPod nano is also availble in 8GB.
  • The 4 GB holds 1000 songs or 4 hours of video, while the 8 GB model carries 2000 songs or 8 hours of video.
  • Battery life allows for 24 hours of music playback and 5 hours of photo slide shows or video.
  • Despite problems with scratching, this player debuted to great reviews and remains popular among consumers.
  • Very popular in gyms since it is so lightweight
Quite detailed don't you think? And you can buy that iPod Nano by just clicking on the text at the left column and you'll be given a list of stores with the prices each store offers available for you.


If you already own one of those iPods, maybe you'll be interested in buying speakers for your iPod? Or maybe you're not satisfied with the quality of those tiny white earbuds and wanted to use a headphone instead? I know. Why not enjoy listening to your songs using remotes from distant away? There sure are a lot of information can be gained here.


Not interested in iPods? Why not search for other gadget? How about electronics? Games? Or maybe even for your beloved pets? ShopWiki got most of them covered. Just drop in and see for yourself, and maybe soon you'll be buying stuffs from there.

Happy shopping.