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Deddy

  • Officially 29: Antara Blog, Dokter, Kopi, dan Gadget

    Posted: July 27th, 2011, 4:00am WIT by Deddy Andaka
    TagsPersonal life  

    Hari ini adalah ulang tahun saya yang ke-29, tahun terakhir saya bergabung di Club 20′s ) Terima kasih atas ucapan, doa, hadiah, dan kue yang diberikan. Setiap tahun yang terlewat telah menempa kita untuk menjadi diri kita saat ini. Jadi, bersyukurlah kita masih memiliki waktu untuk membuat diri kita menjadi lebih baik lagi (meski setiap ulang tahun waktu itu akan berkurang).

    20110727-220740.jpg

    Hari ini saya menerima kue ulang tahun yang sangat spesial dari kakak-kakak saya. Spesial karena kue ini sangat “Saya banget!”. Di sebelah kiri atas ada logo andaka.com, lalu di bawahnya ada secangkir kopi, di sisi kanan ada kepala orang dengan otaknya yang menggambarkan spesialisasi Neurologi yang sedang saya jalani, dan terakhir di bawahnya ada sebuah laptop yang menunjukkan bahwa saya pencinta Gadget.

    Jadi kalau ada yang bertanya, “Siapa sih Deddy Andaka?”, jawab saja:

    Blogger + Dokter + Kopi + Gadget = Deddy Andaka

    Haha! Thanks Sis! )

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Thomas

  • Goodbye Nokia E72!

    Posted: September 8th, 2010, 9:14am WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    Nokia E72No, not that I hate my E72. I lost it. Last Monday, I reached my hometown for holiday. I liked the fact that I finally got home without loosing anything. A perfect situation. :)

    On the evening, I had plan to have dinner with my girl. That should be a nice dinner. But, it turned into bad situation when I realized that I didn’t have my Nokia E72 with me. That was the time when all food were on the table. I haven’t touched anything — well, not really ‘anything’, but only some peanuts. Last time I remembered was that when I was in a taxi. I called the taxi operator and worked with the guy on the phone. I even called the taxi driver and asked him to pick us again. No luck. In short: I lost my phone. Now, I only have 5800XM with me.

    It was the first time I lost my phone. And, I think I just started to love my E72. Since I don’t have it with me anymore, I canceled some plans I made with the phone like making some video episodes using it for my videoblog, exploring camera features, and more. But, I also feel lucky to get chances to work with it — I only had it with me for about 3 months, anyway. And, what made it worse is that I was not easy to find at that time. I visited more than 6 phone shops and ended at Depok with little bit higher price. And, there was only one item in stock. BlackBerry came to my plan at that time, but after comparing some features, I think I made a right decision.

    I was waiting for few weeks to share my experience with this toy, but since I don’t have it with me anymore I will share how I use it. You can call it a review if you want.

    Note: This is NOT a sponsored review. I wrote this based on my personal experience and observation.

    The first thing I did was to make Ovi Map work. When I fired up the phone, I it took few seconds to recognize my location using built-in GPS. Great. Since I also have my 5800 XM synchronized with Ovi Maps, I just synchronized the data into my E72. Easy, without any issue. It took some moments to experience its full QWERTY keyboard — yes, it’s my first phone with full QWERTY keyboard.

    Camera

    21062010024.jpg

    Nokia E72 equipped with 5 MP camera. I forgot which picture I took for the first time. This is an example of the photo taken using the camera. When I took this object, the weather was a little bit cloudy. But, I like the final result.

    Compared to my Nokia 5800 XM, I like E72 camera results. And, I took more pictures with it. I used in in some occasions like when I made Jakarta Carnival 2010 and Festival Jajanan Bango videos. The videos were not taken using camera phone. I use the camera to take photos as additional information for those episodes.

    You can go directly to Jakarta Carnival 2010 and Festival Jajanan Bango photosets to see more sample photos. All photos were taken from my camera phone, without editing process.

    What about videos? I couldn’t find any single video in my laptop right now to show you the video quality output. But, I just realized that I did a video streaming few times. You can go to my Qik Channel to see some sample videos. Please not that the real results should be much better. For my video streaming settings, I use the lower quality to reduce the delay.

    Other notes

    I decided to buy this phone because of my work too. I can check email, managed some Twitter accounts, checking Facebook (sometime), and also messaging. In short, this phone can increase my productivity. Or, I will say that it helps me to be connected with the internet and doing some online activities almost without any big issues.

    But anyway, I don’t have it with me anymore. I can accept this. Yeah, it was my bad and unlucky day. I hope whoever who has my phone now can get a great experience like what I had. So, for my phone’s new owner: enjoy! I just upgraded the phone software on the day I lost it, and I have installed some Ovi applications there. If you like World Cup, I still have Vuvuzela app there too.

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Deddy

Thomas

  • Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta: First Impression

    Posted: December 17th, 2009, 6:37pm WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    Two days ago, I gave Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta a try on my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. This application will help Nokia users to keep update with the social media services — in this case Facebook and Twitter. Of course, it’s still in beta so I should not expect too much.

    The installation process was easy and I didn’t have any problems. Everything was smooth. This early preview is available on the Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia 5530, Nokia 5800, and the Nokia X6 devices. Go to messaging.nokia.com if you want to see applications from Nokia Messenging for your device.

    After having this application installed, I used it right away. When running the application for the first time, I got this welcome screen:

    Home Screen

    I use Twitter more than Facebook. First, I use the Twitter feature. Here’s the login sreen:

    nm_twitter_login

    I am not sure what’s wrong but it took time to load the timeline screen after logging in. It might be the internet connection. Or, was it because the application was pretty heavy? Not sure. I wait for few seconds, and finally I got my Twitter timeline. I spent another few seconds to explore the screen. There are some icons related to Twitter menus like icons for home, direct message, friend list, ‘mentioned’, etc. Looks good. Some features did not work yet. Still many “Comming soon” notification there. But, I think I can see how it will look like.

    I haven’t found super feature here. I mean, as a Twitter (and Nokia) user, I couldn’t decide right away whether this is the application I really want. Again, it’s still in very early development stage. The design is smooth and I think I like it. It seems that there are some unfinished design elements like some jaggy corner — or was it my phone?

    I didn’t continue exploring the Facebook feature from this application. I stopped on the Facebook home screen — even it was not fully loaded. I closed this application.

    nm_facebook_home

    If it’s related to how I work with Twitter and Facebook using my mobile device, right now I’m really satisfied with Gravity. Seriously, I think Gravity is much better than this Nokia’s social network application. I think Gravity has the ‘this is it!’ features. Multiple accounts, GPS integration, send photos to some photo sharing services, even Google Reader. Right now, Nokia and Gravity is a really great combination. I must say that I’m curious about the Nokia Messaging development. Anyway, if you want to find out some features offered, a video is available. So, Nokia… surprise me! :D

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  • Facebook Privacy Settings You Should Know

    Posted: December 15th, 2009, 6:09am WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    Sun Server Key Chain (by Subzero Blue) I’m using Facebook, and found this useful post about privacy settings. In short:

    1. Understand your friend lists
    2. Remove yourself from Facebook search results
    3. Remove yourself from Google
    4. Avoid the infamous photo tag mistake
    5. Protect your albums
    6. Avoid the post-breakup Facebook effect
    7. Control what information applications can access
    8. Make contact information private
    9. Avoid embarrassing wall posts
    10. Keep friendships private

    Of course, every user has its own privacy level settings. But, I think most of them are few good points to consider. See details about each setting.

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Deddy

Thomas

  • Telkom Indonesia has a new logo

    Posted: October 18th, 2009, 8:38pm WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    TELKOM (PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk) introduced its new logo. Some people like it, some don’t. I personally like its old logo (compared to the newly-introduced one). This is the old logo:

    logo_telkom

    And, meet the new logo below.

    logo_telkom_new

    There are new philosophies, meaning and concepts behind this new logo — of course. But, when I saw it for the first time, I don’t like it that much. The first impression? I don’t know. Anyway, congratulation Telkom for your new logo. I hope you improve your service.

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  • Dear Yahoo! Meme, I think…

    Posted: September 14th, 2009, 4:24am WIT by Thomas Arie
    Tagsposterous tumblelog tumblr yahoo Personal  

    When I heard about Yahoo! Meme and looked its website, in brief I was thinking about tumblelog. Seriuosly, I couldn’t fine any new features, compared to similar service like Tumblr (my Tumblr) or Posterous (my Posterous page). That was before I got a chance to try Yahoo! Meme.

    Yahoo! describes Yahoo! Meme as “where you share everything you find that’s interesting”. If we go to Yahoo! Meme page, Yahoo! tells us about these following details:

    • Things have to be quick, easy and simple to do
    • You should be able to share whatever kind of content you publish or find in the web
    • Your posts should get around without you having to be a part of any specific social network
    • You keep the credit for your discoveries and creations
    • You should easily find what’s drawing everyone else’s attention

    I’ve been using Tumblr for few months, and when I firstly logged in to Yahoo! Meme (after got an invitation), I see nothing but similar features — like Tumblr. This is Yahoo! Meme’s dashboard when you’re ready to post/share something:

    Yahoo! Meme Dashboard

    Currently, it supports some post types: text, photo, video and music (audio). For non-text contents, you can directly upload (only images) or embed external contents. So, some contents should be “somewhere” on the internet first. Anyway, Yahoo! already has a video service called Yahoo! Video, but its videos can’t be inserted? Yahoo! Meme only supports YouTube and Vimeo now. What about other video sharing providers like blip.tv or Metacafe? Or, what about any video files that can be inserted using embed codes?

    Now, let’s compare it to Tumblr. Tumblr offers more type of posts. And it’s so easy. We don’t need to deal with complex post customizations. For example, we post video embed codes, it will be automagically processed by Tumblr system. Neat.

    Tumblr Dashboard

    And, let’s not forget about various features including theme customization, custom domain, and more. I know, Yahoo! Meme is still new. They might have improvements in the future. Or, it will be closed down just like Yahoo! 360? Anyone can give me a good reason to use Yahoo! Meme?

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Joe Bigmac

  • Restricted

    Posted: September 8th, 2009, 8:47am WIT by adezigh
    TagsPersonal  
    Bagi banyak orang (mungkin), ajakan untuk berkawan di jejaring sosial tidaklah menjadi persoalan. Namun tidak bagi saya. Saya cukup terganggu dgn ajakan berteman yg sekadar basa-basi. Entah untuk menambah jumlah daftar teman, atau untuk kepentingan lainnya (seperti untuk games di facebook). Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, saya mulai menyesuaikan beberapa setting privacy, sehingga saya memiliki kendali … Read more
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Deddy

  • Hello World! (2)

    Posted: September 7th, 2009, 12:09pm WIT by Deddy Andaka, dr
    TagsPersonal life  

    Apa kabar dunia? Hmm… kalau saya sampai membuat postingan berjudul “Hello World” berarti saya memang benar-benar sedang sibuk. Selain ibu tercinta harus MRS, tugas-tugas sebagai seorang residen pun sedang menanti untuk kejar tayang. Niat sih “Maju terus pantang mundur”, namun kadang kenyataan berkata lain. Hukum Parkinson-pun harus benar-benar dipraktekkan secara efisien. Ok, itu dulu. Postingan ini memang singkat, hanya sekedar menyapa dunia kalau saya masih eksis ;) SEMANGAT!!!

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  • Selamat Bergabung di Klub “Kapan Nyusul?”

    Posted: July 7th, 2009, 9:16pm WIT by Deddy Andaka, dr
    TagsPersonal life  

    Lega – itulah yang kami rasakan setelah serangkaian acara pernikahan dapat kami lewati dengan baik. Persiapannya sudah dimulai sejak beberapa bulan yang lalu, tepatnya setelah acara lamaran di Surabaya tanggal 19 Oktober 2008. Hmf… mempersiapkan pernikahan memang tidaklah mudah. Apalagi ditambah padatanya kesibukan di Rumah Sakit, serasa persiapan sekian bulan itu ada aja yang kurang. Makanya, setelah acara 28 Juni kemarin saya dan Martha legaaaaaa banget! )

    Mengenai judul di atas, mungkin ada yang bertanya-tanya, “Apa sih maksudnya Klub Kapan Nyusul?“. Biar sedikit nyambung, mungkin perlu dibaca juga postingan tahun lalu waktu saya berulang tahun. Ringkasnya, “Kapan nyusul?” adalah pertanyaan favorite orang-orang yang uda merit ke orang-orang yang mereka pikir sudah layak merit tapi belum merit-merit juga. Nah lho…

    Jadi pada beberapa kesempatan saya pun melontarkan pertanyaan ’sakral’ itu ke beberapa temen. Dan ternyata… wah, enak juga lho nanya kayak gitu. Hahaha… So… Selamat Bergabung di Klub “Kapan Nyusul?”

    Kapan Nyusul?

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Thomas

  • i-teve and YouTube

    Posted: May 1st, 2009, 5:34am WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    Few days ago, I joined a discussion on other site about i-teve. I thought, I need to respond some comments there. Why? OK, someone wrote this:

    wahhh parah banget nih i-teve. Niru2 youtube banget. Malu gw sama bangsa Indonesia. Bikin yang baru gitu dong, apa kek

    OK. What about this:

    Iya, tapi menurut gw kurang aja nih i-teve kalo konsepnya bener2 njiplak youtube. Plagiat mungkin adalah kata-kata yang tepat, atau mungkin copy cat?

    The question is: does he — who gave comments above — already understand what i-teve and YouTube are? But, thank you for your comments… :)

    Related: my other posts about i-teve.

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  • twibble Desktop Application

    Posted: February 9th, 2009, 9:47am WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    Twibble Logo

    I’m installing twibble on my mobile device and so far, it works great. I use this as a primary application to upload photos from my Twitter account.

    Today, I tried twibble for desktop application. Anyway, I’m having TweetDeck and TwitterFox (for Mozilla Firefox and Flock). Well, I use TwitterFox most of the time. I don’t know, I just like TweetDeck being installed, as an application to learn about interface design. :)

    If you have TweetDeck installed, you can install twibble for desktop application since both are using Adobe AIR technology. Compared to TweetDeck, I think TweetDeck is much better. BUT, I like these twibble (for desktop) features:

    • Multiple Twitter accounts — if you manage multiple account. I do.
    • Location awareness — it understands GPS position sent from twitter mobile.
    • Easy to post pictures/photos.
    • twitter search
    • identi.ca support

    When I firstly installed, I was a little bit lost about the menu and interface. For example, on the configuration screen, I could not see the “Go” or “Save” links/button. Well, it’s there, using a small green arrow icon.

    Twibble Desktop Screenshot

    The next thing is that all updates (statuses, @replies and direct messages) are presented in a single screen. To identify, we can do it because the update types are using different background color. I like how TweetDeck and TwitterFox handle this. TweetDecks uses multiple columns, and TwitterFox uses tabs. To switch the filter view, I took me few seconds to find it. It’s using a small circle icon. Ok, it’s there. Got it.

    It’s still in the development, I think we’ll see many improvements in the future — I hope.

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Deddy

Thomas

  • WordPress will be much better with your help

    Posted: December 25th, 2008, 8:33am WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    As WordPress users, we can contribute to its development in many ways. But, if you do not involve actively in the development, you can get involved by participating in a survey.

    This survey will help WordPress developers to determine which features should be on the top priority for WordPress 2.8 (and/or 2.9 and beyond) . If you’re WordPress users, it’s recommended that you’re using WordPress latest stable release: WordPress 2.7. As a WordPress user, here few things I want to have (not in a particular order)

    • Sort by column on list-type screens. It will be useful!
    • Bulk edit on other screens. If it’s similar to bulk edit for entries, that would be great.
    • Choose number of items to display on list-type screens (20/50/100). When doing a batch edit, I can edit more posts at a time.
    • OpenID in core. Even I’m not using it for my blog, I think it will be useful for those who want to have an OpenID-enabled blog.
    • Site closed/maintenance mode. When working on the design, or something is broken, I want to have my blog displays a maintenance screen. Just a simple page, but can be handled from the dashboard.
    • Improve category management. Mmm… can I have built-in category thumbnail? :D
    • User permissions based on categories. Hey, this should be great for blogs with multiple users!
    • Bundle DB backup plugin. Backup is important, so I want to have this. Also, some other DB-related management features e.g. to optimize overhead tables?
    • Better custom fields management
    • Option to delete inactive plugins.
    • More built-in plugins for special purposes like videoblogging or podcast. Can we have podcast plugin like Podpress built-in shipped in the core?
    • Built-in search and replace for posts. Actually, there is a plugin for this purpose.
    • Additional user profile fields.
    • More settings managed from dashboard (web-based). For example to disable/enable Post Revisions. So, the wp-config.php should not need to be edited.

    I don’t use widget extensively so I’m fine with widget-related features. Oops.. it’s a long list. I know, those list is based on my personal preferences. You can have different wishlist. :)

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Deddy

  • Congrats, Sis…

    Posted: October 25th, 2008, 11:38pm WIT by Deddy Andaka
    TagsPersonal life  

    Congratulations for my sister, dr. Winda Andaka, Sp.OG yang sudah diwisuda menjadi dokter spesialis kandungan dan kebidanan tanggal 16 Oktober kemaren. I’m really proud of you, sis…

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  • Wanita dan Chamomile

    Posted: October 7th, 2008, 10:41pm WIT by Deddy Andaka
    TagsPersonal life  

    Malam itu terasa sunyi, kutatap dia yang sedang duduk dengan secangkir Chamomile di genggamannya. Matanya menerawang dan dibiarkannya aroma tersebut memenuhi nafasnya, akhirnya diseruputnya teh itu. Entah apa yang ada di ujung titik pandangnya, masa lalu… masa kini… masa depan… kebahagiaan… kepedihan… atau harapan? Iya, mungkin dia memang sedang menatap sebuah harapan. Masih kuingat dia yang begitu mengagumi kalimat dari Sir Arthur Pineto, seorang dramatist dari Inggis, yang berbunyi “While there is tea there is hope“. Selagi ada teh, di sana ada harapan. Dan selagi manusia masih memiliki harapan, di sana masih ada kehidupan… dan kebahagiaan… Begitu katanya.

    Terkadang aku merasa cemburu pada teh yang diminumnya, begitu bebas mengecup bibir dan memonopoli waktunya. Seolah-olah di dunia ini hanya ada dia dan secangkir teh - untuk sesaat. Mungkin bila aku seorang fotografer akan dapat mengabadikan moment itu sebagai sebuah foto yang terfokus pada wanita dan secangkir teh dengan latar belakang yang sangat blur. Ya, hanya ada dia dan secangkir teh Chamomile.

    Aku ingin ada di antara dia dan tehnya. Kataku. Aku ingin bersamanya untuk selamanya. Untuk sepanjang sisa hidupku. Kulangkahkan kakiku semakin jauh, mencoba memasuki area suci antara dia dan tehnya. Kutarik dan kuhembuskan nafasku dengan harapan bisa sedikit membuatku lebih rileks (meski kutahu Chamomile bisa melakukannya dengan jauh lebih baik). Will you marry me? Tanyaku.

    Kini berganti dia yang menatapku dalam-dalam. Dalaaaaam sekali… Waktu seolah terhenti untuk beberapa saat. Perlahan matanya mulai berkaca-kaca…. Sebuah senyum manis dia berikan kepadaku. Yes. Katanya kemudian.

    Malam itu pun tak lagi sunyi. Kini ada aku dan dia… dan secangkir teh Chamomile…

    6 Oktober 2008
    Suatu malam berbintang di The Living Room, Kuta, Bali

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Thomas

  • Road to 2,000 Flickr Photos

    Posted: September 27th, 2008, 5:37am WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    Last June, we marched to reach 1,000 photos in our photostream — and we made it! Now, we’re close to 2,000. Last month (August), we posted more than 860 photos. Blame Jogja Fashion Week 2008 and Jogja Food Festival! :)

    I think, we’re just addicted to Flickr more, and more.

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  • When and Why I Need RSS Reader

    Posted: September 15th, 2008, 7:10pm WIT by Thomas Arie
    TagsPersonal  

    Some people might want to read information by going directly to the original websites. Even nowadays. But, for me I can’t live with that kind of strategy. So, when RSS technology was found around 10 years ago (#1, #2), it might not be popular. But, it was 10 years ago. With the fast information flow, I think RSS is the technology people must experience.

    Almost regularly-updated sites offer their contents in RSS format, not only read-from-the-browser format. By this, peole do not have to visit the site only to check whether there are new updates available or not. Thanks to the other technology: RSS Reader or Aggregator! Okey, I will not talk why they should provide RSS for their content or how RSS affects their content readership. Here, I will write some reasons why I need/prefer to use/have RSS readers.

    1. I only have 24 hours a day. It’s not impossible for me to sit in front of the computer, reading all information. RSS readers keeps the new updates (from sites I subscribed to) for me so that I can read them later.
    2. I have limited internet connection. I do not expect the sites designed as I wanted. So, other than visiting all sites one by one, loading not-the-real-content elements on a site, I only need to read the real content. When the RSS does not provide me the details and I need those details, I can easily go to the original article sources. Easy.
    3. I only want to read what I like. News portals, blogs, and other resources sometime provides too-much information. But, I do not need them all. Sometime, I feel lucky to have sites that offers many types of RSS so that I can have flexibility. The control is in my hands. I can read what I need and what I reall like.

    Of course, you have your own considerations whether you decide to use RSS reader or not.

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Deddy

  • Neurologist

    Posted: September 1st, 2008, 2:54pm WIT by Deddy Andaka
    TagsPersonal life  

    Empat hari yang lalu saya mendapat kabar gembira, saya dinyatakan diterima untuk melanjutkan pendidikan di bagian Neurologi Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Udayana untuk periode Januari 2009. Itu artinya setelah satu tahun meninggalkan RS Sanglah saya akan kembali ke Rumah Sakit terbesar di Bali tersebut, namun bukan lagi berstatus ?dokter muda? atau coass, tapi sebagai seorang residen di bagian Neurologi atau Ilmu Penyakit Saraf. Bukan lagi dipaggil “dik”, tapi “dok” )

    Maze inside a man\'s brain

    Tanggal 8 September ini akan mulai masuk untuk pradik (pra pendidikan) yang nyambung dengan MKDU (Mata Kuliah Dasar Umum) dan pra kondisi sampai 31 Desember 2008. Sedangkan pendidikannya sendiri terhitung mulai tanggal 1 Januari 2009. Yah, perjuangan baru saja dimulai. Doakan saya agar dapat menjalani pendidikan ini dengan baik…

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  • Hello World!

    Posted: August 24th, 2008, 11:53pm WIT by Deddy Andaka
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    Hello World, I’m back! Eits… ini bukan postingan pertama di Wordpress lho… Tanpa terasa sudah seminggu lamanya saya meninggalkan blog ini tanpa update. Padahal terus mengupdate merupakan salah satu kunci untuk meningkatkan (paling tidak mempertahankan) traffic dan ranking Alexa. Kemana aja sih saya selama 1 minggu ini?

    Pertama, menyambut hari raya Galungan, saya dan keluarga meliburkan diri selama 3 hari dengan menginap di Novotel Nusa Dua. Meski hotel tersebut menyediakan akses internet gratis di setiap kamar, yang namanya liburan harus jauh dari laptop atau komputer. Ditambah lagi hape saya ketinggalan di rumah. So… tiga hari tersebut benar-benar terasa liburan. Untuk alasan yang terakhir itu, saya mohon maaf kepada teman-teman yang merayakan hari raya Galungan, karena baru bisa ngucapin setelah liburan usai.

    Kami menempati mansion di daerah Bougenville, sebuah ruangan dengan 4 kamar tidur. Fasilitasnya pun cukup lengkap, ada ruang keluarga, ruang makan dan dapur yang ditata sedemikian rupa dengan sangat nyaman. Di luar mansion, tentu saja ada kolam renang, gym, bakery, spa dan akses menuju pantai dengan mobil yang berangkat setiap 20 menit. Sebuah tempat yang memang pantas digunakan untuk berlibur.

    Setelah tiga hari berlibur, saya pun kembali pulang kampung di Pupuan untuk rutinitas kerja. Namun ada sedikit berbeda dari bulan-bulan sebelumnya, yaitu udara yang semakin dingin karena waktunya panen kopi. Waktu ke kebun kopi saya sempat menjepret salah satu pohon kopi yang sudah berbunga. Dan bagi yang tidak pernah melihat kebun kopi, bayangkan sebuah kebun teh dengan bunga-bunga putih di atasnya dan menebar bau wangi yang sangat khas. Percayalah, sekali merasakan suasana seperti ini anda akan merindukannya…

    Di sela-sela rutinitas itu, saya pun menyempatkan menonton DVD Smallville season 6. Yep, rasanya sudah lama saya tidak menyempatkan diri untuk menonton serial yang satu ini. Saking lamanya, sampai-sampai season 7 pun sudah lengkap ada di pasaran. Waktu harus saya bagi lagi dengan mengerjakan sebuah proyek website yang sudah saya luncurkan beberapa hari yang lalu ;) Oiya, satu lagi, saya pun sedang menulis artikel yang rencananya akan saya jadikan beberapa seri. Trilogi? Tetralogi? Kita tunggu saja…

    Inti dari postingan ini adalah untuk menyapa dunia, bahwa saya masih eksis di dunia blog ;) Hello World!

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  • Officially 26 : Kapan Merit?

    Posted: July 26th, 2008, 5:07am WIT by Deddy Andaka
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    Happy birthday to me! Yep, hari ini saya secara resmi menyandang umur 26 tahun. Semoga di usia ini saya dapat menjalani kehidupan dengan lebih baik lagi, untuk keluarga, orang-orang di sekitar dan untuk masyarakat.

    Ada sebuah pertanyaan yang belakangan ini cukup sering saya dengar, “Kapan merit?”. Tak hanya dari keluarga dan teman-teman, bahkan pasien-pasien pun sering menanyakan hal ini (aduh!). Mungkin bagi mereka dilihat dari tampang (yang sudah cukup tua), menjadi dokter, mempunyai pacar yang tahun ini juga lulus menjadi dokter adalah sebuah kelayakan untuk mulai berfikir tentang hidup berumah tangga. Tunggu apa lagi?

    Awalnya sih saya santai saja menanggapi dengan menjawab, “Ah… masih lama…”. Namun ketika pertanyaan tersebut ditanyakan berulang-ulang saya jadi cukup bingung juga. Masa setiap ketemu selalu pertanyaan itu yang dilontarkan. Apalagi pas dateng ke undangan orang merit, pertanyaan “Kapan nyusul?” selalu mendarat dengan sukses di telinga.

    Ada sebuah joke yang sedikit “sadis” tentang seorang lelaki yang selalu ditanya “Kapan nyusul?” oleh orang-orang tua ketika dia menghadiri acara pernikahan. Maka lelaki tersebut menanyakan pertanyaan yang sama ke orang-orang tua tersebut ketika mereka menghadiri upacara pemakaman! Hehe… tenang-tenang, saya tidak akan sekejam itu.

    Mungkin mereka selalu menanyakan hal tersebut karena tidak mendapatkan kepastian tentang tahun atau bulannya. Maka saya punya tips yang cukup ampuh untuk menjawab pertanyaan tersebut. Ketika ditanya “Kapan merit?” saya akan menjawab “Mei”. Mendengar itu biasanya mereka akan cukup kaget dan akan bertanya lagi “Beneran?”. Dalam hati sih saya jawab, “Lha… kalau ngga percaya ngapain nanya”. Lalu saya akan menjawab, “Bukan… maksudnya meibe next year, maybe no”. Hehe…

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Joe Bigmac

  • Back to Business

    Posted: June 16th, 2008, 7:49pm WIT by adezigh
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    Lama betul saya gak menulis lagi di sini. Memang saya agak malas untuk menulis beberapa waktu yang lalu, karena memang saya segan untuk menulis apa saja tentang hidup saya yang lalu yang gak begitu bagus karena salah perencanaan hehehe.. Iya, memang bener juga apa kata orang bijak. Bagaimanapun manusia merencanakannya, tapi toh Tuhan juga yang … Read more
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Deddy

  • Istirahat Sejenak

    Posted: May 15th, 2008, 5:26pm WIT by Deddy
    TagsPersonal life  

    Akhirnya posting juga! Ini hanyalah postingan singkat untuk mengabari bahwa saya masih di sini setelah dari tanggal 9 kemarin masuk rumah sakit karena demam berdarah, bahkan trombositnya mencapai 11. Yah, dokter juga manusia kok… bisa kena demam berdarah juga (kecuali nyamuknya bisa bedain mana dokter mana bukan). Haha… Yah, karena itu untuk beberapa hari ini saya akan beristirahat dulu memulihkan kondisi biar bener-bener fit.

    Be Healthy, Be Happy!

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Thomas

  • Withdraw Paypal funds to Indonesian bank account

    Posted: April 25th, 2008, 2:28am WIT by Thomas Arie
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    Last week (April 20th, 2008), we (Lala and I) decided to withdraw our funds at Paypal into our bank account. We use BCA right now. Since we already had our Paypal verified, the process was not difficult at all. It was very easy. And here are the process and few things you might want to know (if you want to get your Paypal fund, too):

    • First, make sure you have a verified Paypal account. And you already added your bank account information.
    • You have to know that there will be a fee (Rp. 16.000,00) if you withdraw Rp. 1.499.999,99 or less. But, for Rp. 1.500.000,00 or more there is no extra cost. So, we took the second option.
    • It takes 5-7 business day to process. But, we got our fund faster — I think it was 2 or 3 days only.
    • Paypal has its own currency system I guess. So, before sending your funds, make sure that you get the right amount. There is a currency calculator available. The exchange rate was “1 U.S. Dollar = 8.944,22 Indonesian Rupiah”. It might change.
    • If the transaction failed, your fund will be returned to your Paypal account. And, there is Rp. 50.000,00 administration cost for this. Well, I am not sure about the exact number. You will see a short notification before you confirm your transaction.

    Pretty easy, right? It was our first time getting funds from Paypal to our local bank. Everything was great. So, if you want to send fund into my Paypal account (donate[at]orangescale.net), I can receive it. Hehehe… :)

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  • When strangers add you as his/her contact

    Posted: April 18th, 2008, 10:17pm WIT by Thomas Arie
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    Few days ago, I had someone added my Flickr account as her contact. Well, I am not sure whether it is her own real account or not. Probably, it is someone’s account. I assumed that it’s a “she”. I noticed that I was not familar with the name. Okey, I looked at the profile. And, boom! The account has many pornographic material there. And, it seems spammy.

    flickr blocked

    I just quickly blocked her account. I did not have any other reason to accept that. And, probably this is the first person I blocked. I am not a person who put ‘numbers of contact’ as a goal. I prefer to have less contacts rather than having numerous contacts but most of them are stragers. Remember what happened to my Facebook account? Currently, I have still many ’stragers’ there. It is fine if those who added me have a ’safe content’, but I am not comfortable when someone who has pornographic and any other distracting materials added me.

    Okey, I blocked that person (as my Flickr contact). According to Flickr, blocking means that they:

    • can’t comment on my photos. All comments on my photos that they make are deleted.
    • are removed as my contact, and you are removed as theirs.
    • can’t add me as a contact again.
    • can’t add my photos as favorites. Any of my photos marked as their favorites are removed.
    • can’t blog my photos
    • can’t add notes or tags. Any notes and tags they added to my photos are removed.
    • can’t send me FlickrMail
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  • Why no emoticons in this site?

    Posted: March 20th, 2008, 2:06am WIT
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    I am not a fan of emoticon. But, I am fine if I see smilies used in websites, blogs, or discussion forums. Nowadays, smilies/emoticons are...
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  • Why no emoticons in this site?

    Posted: March 20th, 2008, 1:06am WIT by Thomas Arie
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    I am not a fan of emoticon. But, I am fine if I see smilies used in websites, blogs, or discussion forums. Nowadays, smilies/emoticons are widely used by many web applications, etc; and I have to confest that I do not know each of them, do you? Okey, what’s emoticon anyway? According to Wikipedia: an emoticon [...]
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Deddy

  • Violete

    Posted: January 27th, 2008, 9:29pm WIT by Deddy
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    Ketika tadi siang ketemu dengan Wiwid di acara keluarga di pantai Canggu, aku mendapat kabar kalau Vivi telah meninggal dunia dua hari yang lalu. Ya Tuhan, padahal seminggu sebelumnya cewe penyuka warna violet tersebut baru berulang tahun yang ke-23. Sedikit flashback, aku berkenalan dengan Vivi sekitar dua tahun yang lalu di Surabaya. Kebetulan dia temen baiknya [...]
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  • Sekilas Kabar dari Pupuan

    Posted: November 17th, 2007, 12:12pm WIT by Deddy
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    Kesibukanku memaksa membuat blog ini jadi jarang terupdate. Bukan karena nafsu ngeblog yang hilang… tapi karena kondisi. Iya, sejak kurang lebih dua minggu yang lalu aku secara de yure dan de facto sudah tidak tinggal di Denpasar lagi. Palingan ke Denpasar untuk ngurus surat-surat dan wakuncar. Hehe… Sekarang aku menetap di Pupuan, suatu daerah pegunungan di [...]
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  • Jangan tunda besok apa yang bisa dikerjakan hari ini

    Posted: October 8th, 2007, 5:34am WIT by Deddy
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    Memang bener pepatah “Jangan tunda besok apa yang bisa dikerjakan hari ini”, karena kita tak akan tahu apa yang nanti akan terjadi. Makanya ada juga pepatah yang mengatakan “Jika tidak ada aral melintang”… Kemarin pk 19.30 pergi ke tempat foto copy untuk ngeprint bahan presentasi PGC ke kertas ukuran A3. Eh… ternyata uda pada siap-siap mau [...]
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Thomas