neoliberal

i have just clicked www.detik.com, and the headline today was "Isu Neoliberal Turunkan Rating SBY"

goshh.. im tired reading newspaper talking about this issues.

just wondering..
how many indonesians do actually know about neoliberal term?
most of them just have 'faith' in those evil-politicians.

that's politics, i guess.
it's all about i win or my competitors lose.
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the penderwicks

This book was written by Jeanne Birdsall, a mother who wanted to find such a good children book that she could not find no more. Thus she decided to became a writer, and here it is, a nice-simple-warmth tale about Rosalind, Skye, Jane, Batty, and their dog Hound.

What is this book about? Well, it was not as complicated as Narnia series, for sure :p It's about a quest on four Penderwicks sisters staying on a beautiful estate called Arundel, and their adventure with Jeffery, son of Arundels' owner.


Naturally, the book will remind you on Enid Blyton's series (Famous Five, Secret Seven, etc) or other children book's author. So, what do i get from this book ?

Children are troubles, arent they ?
But they are not bad as you think.

Are they any laughs here?
Well, I could not help not to (at least) smile on their sincere minds, stupid-but-makes-sense thoughts, try-to-be-heroic deeds, and their others action.

Thrilled?
I dont think so, but you will be curious waiting for the next chapter.

Happy ending?
Hmm.. it's not my style to reveal the ending of any books or movies.
But, i would say.. this is a good book for children :D
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Comments: Nice !
Category: Family
Spoiler++ : You wished you can continue with the next series
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erasable paper

Xerox Corporation memperlihatkan teknologi erasable paper (kertas yang dapat dihapus kembali setelah dicetak) kepada publik untuk pertama kalinya pada WIRED NextFest, sebuah acara yang memuat inovasi global yang dapat mengubah dunia. Kertas ini dapat digunakan untuk mencetak secara berulang-ulang sehingga kelak dapat menghemat penggunaan kertas dan mengurangi limbah. Ide ini sudah sebelumnya dikemukakan Xerox hampir setahun lalu saat masih dalam tahap prototipe.



Menurut riset, 40% dari dokumen kantor yang dicetak setiap harinya hanya digunakan untuk pemakaian sementara. Ilmuwan Xerox telah mengembangkan sebuah teknologi cetak yang suatu saat memungkinkan pengguna untuk kembali menggunakan kertas yang sebelumnya dicetak hanya untuk penggunaan sementara. Proyek ini merupakan hasil kolaborasi antara Xerox Research Centre of Canada dan PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Paul Smith, manajer dari laborium material dan sintesis baru Xerox menunjukan kemampuan dengan menghapus sebuah kertas temporer yang telah sebelumnya dicetak.

Kertas yang dapat dihapus dari Xerox dilapisi selubung kimia yang dapat bereaksi dengan cahaya dalam intensitas tertentu. Saat kertas diarahkan kepada cahaya, ia akan menciptakan teks yang tampak dengan mata pada permukaannya. Dalam waktu 24 jam, kertas tersebut akan bersih kembali dengan sendirinya, dan siap untuk digunakan lagi — ini merupakan berita baik bagi kantor yang menurut riset membuang 40% kertas pada hari yang sama saat dicetak.

Terobosan lain yang diperkenalkan Xerox juga sesuatu yang juga secara signifikan lebih ramah lingkungan dibandingkan teknologi saat ini — teknologi percetakan yang dapat mengurangi limbah sampai 90% dan memurnikan air dengan biaya murah yang menggunakan lebih sedikit energi dibandingkan metode konvensional. Xerox juga mendemonstrasikan metode cetak yang membuat pemalsuan dokumen semakin sulit untuk dilakukan karena mampu mencetak gambar-gambar hologram yang berukuran sangat kecil — hanya dapat dibaca dengan bantuan kaca pembesar di bawah sinar ultra violet.

"Xerox memiliki tradisi mengubah cara interaksi manusia dengan informasi dan cara berkomunikasi dalam sebuah bisnis," kata Sophie Vandebroek, chief technology officer sekaligus presiden Xerox Innovation Group. =====================================================================

world's 1st usb 3.0

NEC introduces world's first USB 3.0 host controller
By Matthew DeCarlo, TechSpot.com
Published: May 19, 2009, 9:10 AM EST

NEC has unveiled the world’s first SuperSpeed USB 3.0 host controller. The new standard is backwards compatible with its predecessors, USB 2.0, 1.1 and 1.0. Supporting transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s, on paper, the µPD720200 is ten times the speed of USB 2.0.


NEC states that their new host controller makes it possible to broaden the boundaries of digital electronics such as PCs, TVs and DVD recorders. Their SuperSpeed USB 3.0 chip only requires 70 seconds to transfer 25GB of video content on a Blu-ray disc, which compares to 14 minutes when using USB 2.0 at 480Mb/s. The increase in transfer speed is expected to allow system designers to quickly transfer large-volume data quickly and efficiently.

The chip measures 10 x 10mm and only consumes up to 1W. Samples of the new host controller are scheduled to be available in June for about $15. The company hopes to have a monthly production of one million units in September. The latest device will be exhibited at the SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in Tokyo, Japan on the 20 and 21 of this month
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criminal minds - season iv

"i hold doctorates in chemistry, mathematics, and engineering, as well as B.A. in psychology and sociology.. im also completing an additional B.A. in philosophy.."

cool, aint it!! haha..
what a series !!

a bunch of expert profiler, co-called BAU (Behaviour Analysis Unit), trying to find the criminals (they called it an unsub - unknown subject) by thinking just like they think.

a quick glance of the team members:
Rossi (formerly was Gordon),
a senior of this team, experienced, very wisdom, and charismatic. (though i'd prefer Gordon)

Hotch,
‘another chief’ in terms of bureou. he’s so professional, strict, serious, short and snappy, and smart !

Reid,
the one that said the statement above (no need more explanation about him, i suppose)

Morgan,
a tough one, athletic, and smart.

Prentiss (was Elle),
smart, quick, and responsive !

JJ,
she's the one usually deals with public, or you can say 'customer service'

Garcia,
a computer geek, hardly no information couldn’t be retrieved when she says, “i’m on it”


for me, season 1 is okey, season 2 is thrilled! i skipped season 3 for 'some reasons' *grin*, and now im in season 4. and as far as i can tell, this season is tremendous!!
what i reckon now -which i just found out-, the series not also ends up in good ending, but somehow there also has positive messages implied in each of the episodes.

team work, compassion, crazy-ness (of the unsub, of course), profesionality, know-what-to-do/act, real life problems, intelligence, experiences, compassions, etc etc.. those things are all mixed up in here..
great series! just watch it !
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playoffs 2009 picture (3) - conference finals

now it's conference finals !!

cavs vs magic
im not surprised for cavs.
but magic? hmm.. you have my support now!

lakers vs nuggets
it's gonna be a tough series for both of you.
truly, i have no idea who's gonna win.

now each team has won and lost 1 game.
quite balanced as for now.

so, see you in nba finals !
i guess, it would be cavs vs nuggets.
but, i hope.. magic vs lakers.
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elegant

=@ground station=
i was doing the typing as he guiding me what to write..
then, i believe, the coding was okey..

but why.. he kept looking at the code..
then he took control of the keyboard, his eyes still staring at the screen..
so serious..

obviously, i also stared at the screen..
trying to find the mistake..

then he said, "it's okey, erwin.. there's nothing wrong with the code"
he continued, "i'm just trying to make it elegant.."
. . . . .
. . . . .

o m m.. -.-
so.. this is one of the differences between an amateur and an expert..
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