Monday, June 09, 2008

A Speaker...

Needed a speaker system for my Valkyrie [my desktop :)] since I have moved from my previous room that I have inhabited for the last three years, by moving, I also moved my stereo set which I used as a speaker for Valkyrie.

I only few computer store in Jogjakarta, one of them is EL’s on C. Simanjuntak street, purchased something there before but they only have Simbadda brand speakers which is kinda let down :(.

But u know what? When I get there to buy switch for my home network, ta daaa… Just arrive that day, an Altec Lansing VS4121, a successor of the legendary ATP3, or so I thought was legendary :D.
At that very point, I said to the seller, “is that just arrive?”, “yes”, she said. “How much?” “it’s 63USD, or [using calculator]… 607 thousand rupiah”, “I’ll take one, and o yeah, want a switch too”, and the conversation went on…

So, on that very day, I brought home an Altec Lansing speaker system and damn proud of that purchase, since in my opinion I got a good bargain on it too, you people can see it on websites to compare it.

Now, for the performance, it’s great! Just like its predecessor, it has great power; the highs are crisp and the bass’ powerful enough to emulate a theatre in the room. Use it with movie, great, with rock music, great, trance [my favorite] GREAT! It’s only a 2.1 speaker but it’s enough for my current room.

Recommended for those who like good sounds, you won’t regret it, I don’t :D.

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Wireless Broadband



Got myself this baby earlier this week from www.jakartanotebook.com, a PC Card that lets me go online on full throttle.

It's great! i use it with my Indosat IM3 and it runs on a 30kBps, i know it should been faster but it's fast enough for a prepaid subscription in my opinion, and while using telkomsel FLASH, it's way faster, you may reach 40-60kBps, but the connection's not quite stable, now im planning to get my hands on that TelkomselFlash with unlimited quota, they said that it will be launched on early June, just y'all wait, i'll be bcak in the realm in no time ;)

PS: this is the reason why i chose to buy this faster than thou speed machine

KEY FEATURES
  • Wireless upload speed up to 2 Mbps and download up to 7.2 Mbps
  • Durable, fixed antenna design with no moving parts
  • High-performance antenna that delivers improved speeds and extended coverage
  • Tri Band UMTS (850/1900/2100 MHz)
  • Quad Band GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Friday, November 23, 2007

Flasher

I’m a heavy user of Instant Messaging (IM), I went through the golden ages of mIRC, MSN Messenger and now I’m using Yahoo! Messenger on daily basis.


Status facility provided by Yahoo! Messenger if used wisely will provide information to your friends of the state you are on, whether you are busy, available for an idle chit chat, or just don’t wanna be disturbed by others, or even invisible to others. Sometimes I used it by writing something that is even not necessarily written there, such as, addus (bathing, Javanese lang.), doing nothing whatsoever etc.


And on this day I was surprised by one of my friend’s status. I thought it was just another webcam-based-status, but this one really tickles me, and makes me somewhat wanna throw up…


HIS status read like this:



nuff said...

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Sapi Bali

Yeah! As I'm returning to the world of blogging, my reviews of cuisines that I have the opportunity to taste will return, as for this opportunity, I will be saying some things from Sapi Bali, a restaurant in Jogjakarta region.. Their specials are, Iga Bakar Sapi Bali (Grilled Rib), Ayam Betutu (Chicken), Cow satay, and Rib Soup.



Now for the review, Iga Bakar Sapi Bali is quite good in my opinion, it's grilled cow rib with Balinese Spices, and you will taste the spices is strong, but I guess that's how Balinese cuisines are made, as for the Ayam Betutu, I dont get the chance to taste it, but it looks good :), the satay is good, the cut is rather big and is served with peanut sauce as for the rib soup, I think it's quite good although I'll go for the grilled rib against this one..




U should try it though, it's quite an experience, the price is not that cheap but not that expensive also, the Iga Bakar cost u 25000 rupiah, but it's worth it.. Once again Try it!

You can reach this place from Jalan Kaliurang or Jalan Monjali, it's located near Jimbaran restaurant...

Monday, February 26, 2007

A Small Reunion

[happy faces!]

Look at the above picture, that's me on the left, Bachtiar Rifa'i on center and Kris Hartanto aka Patrick on the right. Last night, when I'm in Salatiga, well when I post this posting, I'm still in Salatiga. We were a long-time-no-see friends, Bachtiar and Patrick are my high school friends, though I've known Bachtiar since Junior High.

So, the story's like this, Patrick's now livin' in USA, married, but for one or two reason, he had to return to Indonesia, for maybe a year or so, while for Bachtiar, he stays in Salatiga and working while doing his graduate degree on Law. That Sunday I went to Salatiga to pick up my Mom, the plan was Wednesday, but as I know that Patrick in Indonesia, Salatiga to be precise, I go there in Sunday in order to get the chance to meet the guys.

It was hilarious, imagine this, friends who haven't met for 10 years, yup 10 years, (FYI I left Salatiga in 1996), talk about how life has been treating us, back then and now, funny stories bout the past etc. We talked until it's midnight, and what a coincidence, Patrick' birthday is February 26th, the day I wrote this post, so we were the first to congratulate him, as for his wife in USA still in February 25th thanks to Time Differences...

I'm still in Salatiga for another 2 days, let's see who'll I meet here in the next 2 days, as for I intended to track down my old friends...

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Weapon of Choice

Above is my Weapon of Choice in taking pictures...
Body: Canon EOS 20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 USM IS
Speedlite: Canon Speedlite 580 EX + Omni Bounce
Filter: Hoya UV HMC & Hoya CPL

additionals:
Velbon CX 640 Tripod
EW-73B Lens Hood for EF-S 17-85mm F/4-5.6 IS USM
Canon Remote Switch RS-80N3
Lowepro Computrekker AW
Lowepro TLZ 2

The combination of the above in my opinion very suitable for my day-to-day photography, which are mostly outdoor, indoor and portrait.

I chose Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 USM IS because its light weight, and works perfectly with Canon 20D, the EF-S mount is specially made for Canon EOS 300D, EOS 350D, EOS 400D, EOS 10D, EOS 20D and EOS 30D which uses the APS-C sensor with a 1.6x crop factor compared to the 35mm film or Full Frame.

The USM (Ultra Sonic Motor) works flawlessly in auto focusing and of course the IS (Image Stabilizer) that is embedded in the lens added up the value since it will stabilize the picture for 3-stop (trust me, it really helps on low light condition, aside from the EOS 20D Body's ISO settings).

Just love its 17mm Wide Angle (27mm on 36mm film) and its semi-tele on 85mm (136mm on 35mm film). I also like to shoot some wide angle, macro photography and telephoto, but for a while, this combination is P.E.R.F.E.C.T.

Wish List:
This is the list that, well..I wanted to have, but don't have the opportunity to have it yet
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM <--for Wide Angle
Canon EF-S 60 mm f/2.8 Macro Lens <--for Macro
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.0 - F5.6 IS USM <--for Telephoto
Canon BG-E2 <--vertical grip, for additional battery also, would really help on a long period of photo-hunt

Of course all of us Canon users always wanted an L Lens, but for my taking pictures habit so far, I really wanted these...

So, what's your weapon of choice?

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Intermezzo

Pandu aka Helix has done something that made me have an out of this world experience and went to Grand Canyon USA, these are the pictures...

Ketep Experience (original footage)



Grand Canyon Experience

Out of This World Experience

Contact Pandu if you're interested to go somewhere..virtually anywhere... Guaranteed!

BABEL

definition from Microsoft Encarta 2006:

BABEL: Tower of Babel (Hebrew Bābhel, from Assyro-Babylonian bāb-ili,”gate of God”), according to the Old Testament (see Genesis 11:1-9), tower erected on the plain of Shinar in Babylonia by descendants of Noah. The builders intended the tower to reach to heaven; their presumption, however, angered Yahweh, who interrupted construction by causing among them a previously unknown confusion of languages. He then scattered these people, speaking different languages, over the face of the earth.

The story possibly was inspired by the fall of the famous temple-tower of Etemenanki, later restored by King Nabopolassar and his son Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia. The Genesis account appears to play on the Babylonian word bāb-ili (“gate of God”) and on the Hebrew words Bābhel (“Babylon”) and bālāl (“to confuse”). The English words babel and babble are derived from the story....
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...but that was a whole lot different story from the movie that I've seen this Monday, starred by Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and a pack of other cast, this is a story of how things are related to each other, how one event may have effect on other event, I think that's the morale of the story, no matter what you do, it will have effect on others, nevertheless it's good or bad...

I was expecting to see a "heavy" movie, but I was surprised that it didn't deliver the tension that I was looking for... I can say that this was like Pulp Fiction, only on a serious matters, not comical... 4 stories in one movie, 2 in Morocco, 1 in Japan, 1 in Mexico and each one of them are interrelated...

(***1/2) 3.5 stars, good but not that good...

PS: can anyone explain why this movie was titled Babel?

Another Gallery featuring Me...




Some from Borobudur..

KETEP!

Last Tuesday, I took the liberty to go to Borobudur Temple in Magelang and followed by going to Ketep Pass, a place to see Mount Merapi, a cool place (literally! Colder than Jogja at least...) these are several pictures that I took during the Journey...

Merapi, FullBody \(^o^)/

The most Close-Up that I can get, need some telephoto lens... T.T


look mom! no hands! ;p

See Y'All on the next journey...