bloody boring

bloody boring http://born2code.multiply.com/ The only extraordinary thing about me is that I am just an ordinary man. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:21:11 -0000 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:02:00 -0000 bloody boring http://images.born2code.multiply.com/logo http://born2code.multiply.com 100 100 leaving on a jet plane Good bye, Paderborn. Kristiania, here I come! http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/281/leaving_on_a_jet_plane Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:02:00 -0000 bintang jatuh Eh, ada bintang jatuh! Ah, harus cepet bikin wish nih (lantas bergumam sendiri) Wah, mana sih bintangnya. Yah, telat deh. Kamu mau? Kalau gitu jatah wish-nya aku hadiahin ke kamu deh. Asyiiik! Aku pengen ..... (berandai-andai segalanya). Gimana, seru nggak tuh wish-nya aku? Iya oke banget. Terus kalo kamu wish apa dong? Aku? Nggak ada, kan udah dikasih ke kamu. http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/269/bintang_jatuh Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:29:00 -0000 The Kite Runner The film The Kite Runner (German: Drachenläufer) is adapted from the book with the same title. I have read the book and it is very enjoyable. The film is, however, something different. It is obvious that it is not possible to include every single scene from the book, and thus the film can not touch the major characters in the same depth as the book. I would say, read first the book before going to watch it and then try to fill out the missing episodes in your own mind. I also find it is pity to see that not so many are interested in this film. I can't claim I was the youngest in the cinema, but it was clear that most of people are at least thirty something. On the other hand, it is indeed a bit hard to catch some attention when it must compete head to head against blockbusters e.g. I Am Legend. I hope the DVD will be better http://born2code.multiply.com/reviews/item/2 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:37:28 -0000 Jeg lærer Norsk Beberapa bulan yang lalu, iming-imingnya adalah seindah  "Santai aja, Norwegisch ist wie Deutsch ohne Grammatik" (Bahasa Norwegian mirip dengan bahasa Jerman tanpa tata bahasa). Memang janji yang menggiurkan bukan? <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/smile.png"> Tapi setelah beberapa hari ini membolak-balik buku Langenscheidt itu (yang belum apa-apa - tentu karena kurang populer - harganya jauh lebih melangit ketimbang pelajaran bahasa Perancis atau Spanyol), impian yang semanis madu itupun berpotensial berubah menjadi sedikit pahit. Memang betul bahwa dari kosa kata, cukup mudah melompat dari bahasa Jerman ke bahasa Norwegia ataupun bahasa Skandinavia lainnya. Tinggal berhati-hati saja terhadap false friends dan kasus sejenis lainnya (awas: sau ternyata artinya domba). Tapi, ohne Grammatik? Von wegen! Sepertinya malah tata bahasanya nggak dijamin lebih mudah dari bahasa Jerman.<img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/confused.png"> Plus, masih ada persoalan lagi dengan pengucapan dan intonasinya. Banyak konsonan yang "mati" (tidak bunyi, seperti lazim di bahasa Perancis) yang g... http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/268/268 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:21:00 -0000 Landungsbrücken Hamburg <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariyahidayat/2254419543/" title="St. Pauli Landungsbrücken Hamburg by Ariya Hidayat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2233/2254419543_2c6bc055f4.jpg" alt="St. Pauli Landungsbrücken Hamburg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 3px;" border="0" height="375" width="500"></a> http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/267/267 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:04:00 -0000 certainties If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.     Sir Francis Bacon,  English philosopher http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/266/certainties Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:40:00 -0000 Jendral dan Mayor Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard drive? He was trying to get in touch with Private Data but if it involves a Major Disaster I understand that the fault lies with General Protection. Furthermore, if you cannot reboot it may be because of a corrupt Colonel. (diambil dari jokes4all.net) http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/265/Jendral_dan_Mayor Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000 pertanyaan yang mematikan Pernah punya dosen killer yang sering melontarkan soal yang sulitnya luar biasa? Pernah terjebak di ujian yang sebenarnya gampang tapi karena kurang persiapannya akhirnya jadi sukar? Pernah menikmati rasanya ujian lisan dengan tatapan mata si penanya yang membuat otak mendadak jadi blackout? Pernah membayangkan jadi superhero yang terlilit dilema antara menyelamatkan dunia tapi mengorbankan pasangannya atau sebaliknya? Selalu sulit menentukan keputusan? Situasi klise di atas sialnya tidak seberbahaya menerima pertanyaan: Gimana? Aku cocok nggak pakai baju ini? Jagad raya seperti tak lagi berputar, taufan pun berhenti bergejolak, dan matahari hanya diam termenung di singgasananya. http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/264/pertanyaan_yang_mematikan Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:10:00 -0000 shopping dan peluang bisnis Gunung akan kudaki, lautan akan kuseberangi. Memang begitu cowok kalau mengumbar kemachoannya <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/wink.png">. Tapi tugas apakah yang paling menantang dan paling sukar untuk dikerjakan seorang cowok? Bukan trekking di Gunung Everest, mengarungi Lautan Atlantik, ataupun bahkan menaklukkan seekor naga segede Gaban, tetapi sesederhana seperti: menemani shopping! Sejak mulainya peradaban manusia, DNA cewek berevolusi sehingga menumbuhkan gen yang bernama shopping ini. Maka itulah, cowok tidak ditakdirkan untuk bisa menikmati rasanya shopping. Jangankan tatkala sudah sampai di supermarket atau factory outlet, baru berpikir akan diajak (baca: disuruh) ikut shopping pun, semangat yang berapi-api (seperti Beowulf akan pergi perang) jadi luntur tanpa bekas <img src="http://images.multiply.com/common/smiles/sad.png">. Biseps dan triseps hasil berjam-jam fitness akhirnya hanya berakhir untuk tugas semulia menenteng tas-tas belanja. Beberapa pusat perbelanjaan nampaknya sudah maklum dengan hal ini. Selain pajangan blus, rok, kaos, celana, dan segala macam produk tekstil... http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/263/shopping_dan_peluang_bisnis Sun, 3 Feb 2008 19:20:00 -0000 frozen Grand Central <a href="http://www.improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/">This is so awesome!</a>Note: I wonder if it is legal to carry out that prank in EU. http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/262/frozen_Grand_Central Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:07:00 -0000 why Google Code Project Hosting rocks Let's compare. Google Code Project Hosting (GCPJ) vs SourceForge.net (SF).You can start using GCPJ in <1 minute. With SF, you have to provide all those tax-forms-like details and wait until your request for the project is approved.The project front page in GCPJ is cleaner than that in SF. Don't even bother thinking about the old version of SF.GCPJ's label-based issues tracker is much more usable than the complicated SF's one. Everyone hates a bug tracker anyway, somehow GCPJ is still humanly managaeble.Often you want to put some information quickly and the GCPJ wiki is fantastic for that. No need to create some web pages, upload them, and so on. Yes there is also the wiki support for SF but how many of you use it or even are aware of it?The download page in GCPJ is easier for eyes.Optional goodies are not packed within GCPJ. If you want to display some screenshots, redirect to Picasa Web Album. Need some mailing-lists? Connect the project to Google Groups.Tracking the statistics (vi... http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/261/why_Google_Code_Project_Hosting_rocks Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:12:00 -0000 to blur or not to blur Blur is an interesting effect, mainly because it lets us enjoy the main object yet the out-of-focus parts add something to the realism. Like in the default KDE 4.0's splash screen:<a href="http://born2code.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R6LiAAoKCB4AABYJgao1"><img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.born2code.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R6LiAAoKCB4AABYJgao1/kde4_splash.png?et=xbHzU6tu7VgO%2CzFi%2BGygPw&nmid=" border="0"></a>For <a href="http://pictureflow.googlecode.com">PictureFlow</a>, I decided to add the support for optional blur effect for the reflection, as shown in the following comparison:<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/ariya.hidayat/PictureFlow/photo#5159142874853200178"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/ariya.hidayat/R5j1HEEc0TI/AAAAAAAAAPg/aBNl1GUYOv4/s400/pictureflow_blur.png" border="0"></a>It is even more enjoyable when you run the demo program and see those book covers sliding, as if they are ice skating. Shader guru can quickly point out the fakeness of the blur. Rather than blurring the "floor" after the reflection is painted there, I choose to blur the reflection for each image beforehand. Fake but fast and fun enough. As for the algorithm, it is the famous blazing-fast exponential blur from Jani Huhtanen, used among others in <a href="http://techbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Projects/Plasma">KDE 4's Plasma</a>.Another improvement is that the background color can be customized, not limited to black. In fact, black is particularly suitable to do fast reflection illusion cause blending a specific color with black can be approximated by... http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/260/to_blur_or_not_to_blur Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:09:00 -0000 rose Get her/him a bouquet of beautiful roses. Throw away one of the rose, replace it with a fake plastic one. Attach a note "...till the last petal dies!". http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/258/rose Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:41:00 -0000 EOS 450D <img class="alignright" src="http://images.born2code.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R595YAoKCB4AADCUbTc1/eos450d.png?et=QM%2CB%2B9WaJtisgAC8OcwGsA&nmid=" border="0">For those who were waiting for this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EOS_450D">Canon EOS 450D</a>, finally it's out! There is a nice <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012415canoneos450dchanges.asp">overview</a> in dpreview.com, comparing 450D and 400D. Basically, it sports a 12 megapixel CMOS sensor, a SecureDigital card slot (instead of CompactFlash), larger viewfinder, large (3") display, 14-bit ADC, personalized menu, and many other interesting goodies.Time to start hunting for <a href="http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/?fs=EOS+450D">the best bargains</a>. So far, the EOS 450D body is available starting at EUR 649 and with 18-55mm lens kit starting at EUR 829.(the image is a slightly modified version of <a href="http://openclipart.org/media/files/flomar/4746">flomar's DSLR camera</a>) http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/259/EOS_450D Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:06:00 -0000 terkena busur panah Lagu Dewa Roman Picisan dibuka dengan:<blockquote>"Tatap matamu bagai busur panah Yang kau lepaskan ke jantung hatiku"</blockquote>Bagaimana ya rasanya kena busur panah? Kalau terkena anak panah sih masih bisa dibayangkan... http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/257/terkena_busur_panah Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:48:00 -0000 HTC and Motorola Just over these two weeks, over 5 thousands came to my humble blog from XDA-developer's forum. It turned out that Chad "thundershadow14", based on the <a href="http://ariya.blogspot.com/2007/11/pictureflow-on-another-real-device-or.html">HTC Touch port</a>, set to create a <a href="http://ariya.blogspot.com/search/label/pictureflow">PictureFlow</a>-based image viewer and release it as <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358049&page=29">Windows Mobile executables</a>. And seems that people like it, there are already 290 posts in <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358049">that thread</a> as I write this. It was reported to work on a wide range of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tech_Computer_Corporation#Product_range">HTC smartphones</a>, among others <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Touch">Touch</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_P3600">Trinity</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Herald">Herald</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Hermes">Hermes</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Kaiser">Kaiser</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=HTC+Atlas">Atlas</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Prophet">Prophet</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=HTC+Himalaya">Himalaya</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Wizard">Wizard</a>, as well as other Windows Mobile devices like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treo_750">Treo 750</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=LG+KS20">LG KS20</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Asus+P535">Asus P535</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Axim+X51v">Axim X51v</a>, and a bunch others. So if you have an HTC gadget (preferably with WM6), give it a shot. Looks like it quickly becomes one of the first popular <a href="http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/qt-windows-ce">Qt/WinCE</a>-based application, this is considering that (as of now) the final official Qt/WinCE is not even released yet!On the other side of the world, my countryman <a href="http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/member.php?u=5679">Ketut "blackhawk" Kumajaya</a> brought PictureFlow to <a href="http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/showthread.php?p=127226">Linux-based Motorola phones</a> (BTW, he is also the one wh... http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/256/HTC_and_Motorola Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:45:00 -0000 The Kite Runner What if your life is built upon stacks of lies? What if your past mistake haunts you until this very second? What if the handful people that know about your sin try to help you but they are facing death as time closes by? What if there is a dark side in each and every one of us, but somehow there is still also one last chance to make everything good again? The Kite Runner is a heart-breaking story about friendship and loyalty, betrayal and treachery, happiness and misery, told in a beautiful, unforgettable way by the author, Khaled Hosseini. It is about what happens to two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, and their families, all living in Kabul. They shared the same fate: never got the love of a mother. Amir's father, Baba, was a successful Pasthun businessman while Hassan's, Ali, was only Baba's servant. Ali and therefore also his son Hassan were Hazara, often depicted as an inferior race. Ali and Baba grew up together, Hassan was always treated as his own son by Baba and this f... http://born2code.multiply.com/reviews/item/1 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:47:00 -0000 SpeedCrunch with Oxygen style <a href="http://code.google.com/p/speedcrunch/issues/detail?id=126">Work</a> is continuing to bring <a href="http://www.speedcrunch.org">SpeedCrunch</a> closer to become a real KDE 4 application. In the mean time, with the recent <a href="http://dot.kde.org/1200050369/">launch of KDE 4.0</a> that sports a new widget style, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_Project">Oxygen</a>, it's also worth to mention that SpeedCrunch already integrates nicely (with respect to appearance) and does not feel out of place, as evidenced from the following click-to-enlarge screenshot:<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Oijhf1ZPv-4/R4vjCFAcnrI/AAAAAAAAANs/oBnYaOV2sBU/s1600-h/speedcrunch_oxygen.png"><img src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Oijhf1ZPv-4/R4vjCFAcnrI/AAAAAAAAANs/oBnYaOV2sBU/s400/speedcrunch_oxygen.png" alt="" border="0"></a> http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/254/SpeedCrunch_with_Oxygen_style Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:40:00 -0000 PictureFlow: a clone of Apple Cover Flow as Qt3/Qt4/Qtopia4 http://born2code.multiply.com/links/item/5/PictureFlow_a_clone_of_Apple_Cover_Flow_as_Qt3Qt4Qtopia4 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:22:57 -0000 picking up where Apple has left off In the third generation of iPod nano, Apple has included the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_flow">Cover Flow</a> feature. But what if your iPod belongs to the generation before this? Well, AFAIK Cover Flow is not available. Either Apple would like the owners to upgrade or the hardware is simply not powerful enough. Pick your battle.The solution: use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox">Rockbox</a>. It is a firmware replacement not only for Apple iPods but for a wide range of other popular music players. Since some time ago, it sports the <a href="http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginPictureFlow%20">PictureFlow plugin</a> (still in continous development) which has the same idea as Cover Flow. This plugin is based on my <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pictureflow/">PictureFlow Qt widget</a>, something that I have <a href="http://ariya.blogspot.com/2007/12/attack-of-clones-or-pictureflow-ing.html">mentioned</a> before. The obligatory screenshot (courtesy of Jonas):<a href="http://born2code.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R4qiegoKCB4AAFH7bHk1"><img class="alignimgright" src="http://images.born2code.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R4qiegoKCB4AAFH7bHk1/pictureflow_on_ipod_screenshot.png?et=3%2B8qIBVi%2BR64sUMKoLcuEQ&nmid=" border="0"></a>The good thing is, it is not limited to those iPods. At least, in the wiki page, it is reported that this PictureFlow plugin works for (among others) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanDisk_Sansa">Sandisk Sansa</a> e200/c200, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabeat">Toshiba Gigabeat</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAudio#iAUDIO_X5">Cowon iAudio X5</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iriver_H300_series">iriver H300</a>. For proofs, you can check some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=pictureflow">YouTube clips related to PictureFlow</a>, f... http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/253/picking_up_where_Apple_has_left_off Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:42:00 -0000 KDE 4.0 on OpenSUSE 10.3 <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.0/">KDE 4.0</a> is doubtlessly the most discussed KDE release at the moment. Some praise it, some don't really favor it. But whether you're going to like it or not, it's worth to, at least, give it a try.If you use OpenSUSE 10.3, <a href="http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/KDE4">installing KDE 4.0</a> is very easy, it's just one-click away! Simply click on the following icon:<a href="http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4/openSUSE_10.3/KDE4-DEFAULT.ymp"><img src="http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/d/dd/Kde4-ymp.png" border="0"></a>Wait few minutes (or hours), then you'll get the desktop:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariyahidayat/2189322098/" title="KDE 4.0 on OpenSUSE 10.2 by Ariya Hidayat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2189322098_4d6ecd3ffc.jpg" alt="KDE 4.0 on OpenSUSE 10.2" border="0" height="313" width="500"></a>Update: and add some plasmoids to get something like <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariyahidayat/2190211139/" title="Plasmoids on KDE 4.0 by Ariya Hidayat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2190211139_508abe457f.jpg" alt="Plasmoids on KDE 4.0" border="0" height="313" width="500"></a> http://born2code.multiply.com/journal/item/251/KDE_4.0_on_OpenSUSE_10.3 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:20:00 -0000 KDE 4.0 http://born2code.multiply.com/photos/album/6/KDE_4.0 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:04:55 -0000 outdoor http://born2code.multiply.com/photos/album/2/outdoor Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:08:16 -0000 food http://born2code.multiply.com/photos/album/1/food Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:08:11 -0000 SpeedCrunch - fast and usable calculator http://born2code.multiply.com/links/item/3/SpeedCrunch_-_fast_and_usable_calculator Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:06:01 -0000 blog: don't code today what you can't debug tomorrow http://born2code.multiply.com/links/item/2/blog_dont_code_today_what_you_cant_debug_tomorrow Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:05:20 -0000