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		<title>The Battle for Wesnoth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adhi Prasetia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pernah mendengar game bernama The Battle for Wesnoth? Mungkin judul tersebut masih agak familiar bagi para pengguna Linux. Namun, game tersebut pastilah tidak akrab di telinga para pengguna Windows. Wajar saja, karena game tersebut merupakan game berbasis open source yang pada awalnya dibuat bagi pengguna Linux dan sudah dirilis semenjak tahun 2005. Akan tetapi, kini game tersebut sudah tersedia untuk pengguna Windows [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pernah mendengar <em>game</em> bernama <a title="Wikipedia - The Battle for Wesnoth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_battle_for_wesnoth" target="_blank">The Battle for Wesnoth</a>? Mungkin judul tersebut masih agak familiar bagi para pengguna <a title="Wikipedia - Linux" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" target="_blank">Linux</a>. Namun, <em>game</em> tersebut pastilah tidak akrab di telinga para pengguna <a title="Microsoft Corporation" href="http://www.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">Windows</a>. Wajar saja, karena <em>game</em> tersebut merupakan <em>game</em> berbasis <a title="Open Source Initiative" href="http://www.opensource.org/" target="_blank"><em>open source</em></a><em> </em>yang pada awalnya dibuat bagi pengguna Linux dan sudah dirilis semenjak tahun 2005. Akan tetapi, kini game tersebut sudah tersedia untuk pengguna Windows maupun <a title="Apple - Mac OS X Leopard" href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/" target="_blank">Mac OS X</a>. Untuk mendapatkannya, kamu cukup mengunduh dari situs <a title="Battle for Wesnoth" href="http://www.wesnoth.org/" target="_blank">Wesnoth.org</a>.<br />
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2134/2513204874_92050543d6.jpg?v=0" alt="The Battle for Wesnoth - Menu Screen" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p><em>Game</em> ini merupakan <em>turn-based startegy game</em>, hampir mirip dengan <em>game</em> berjudul <a title="Wikipedia - Age of Empires" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_empire" target="_blank">Age of Empires</a> yang terkenal itu, dengan tema dunia fantasi, tapi tetap memiliki perbedaan dengan <em>game</em> bergenre strategi pada umumnya. Ketika <em>game</em> sejenis yang lain berkutat dengan kompleksitas atau kerumitan permainannya, <em>game</em> The Battle for Wesnoth menawarkan kesederhanaan dalam aturan dan permainan. Meski demikian, hal tersebut tidak membuat <em>game</em> ini menjadi sebuah <em>game</em> kacangan. Kesederhanaan yang diberikan membuat kita perlu memikirkan strategi yang jitu dengan matang, karena <em>game</em> ini memiliki batas waktu tertentu untuk menyelesaikan misi sesuai dengan skenario yang dimainkan.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2413/2512378327_9f405556a3.jpg?v=0" alt="The Battle for Wesnoth - Game Screen" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p>Game ini memiliki, dan memang didesain untuk memainkan, <em>Campaign Mode</em>. <em>Campaign Mode</em> ini terdiri dari beberapa skenario yang saling berhubungan. Skenario yang ada masih bisa ditambah lagi dengan cara mengunduh dari situsnya. Selain itu, kita bisa memainkan game ini secara multiplayer melalui media Internet atau LAN, baik melawan AI (<em>artificial intelligence</em>) ataupun orang lain. Bagi para pemula, termasuk saya sendiri, tidak perlu bingung jika ingin memainkan <em>game</em> ini untuk pertama kalinya. <em>Game</em> ini menyediakan menu <em>Tutorial</em> untuk membantu mencicipi game ini.</p>
<p>Untuk ukuran <em>game</em> berbasis <em>open source</em> yang gratis (karena perangkat lunak <em>open source</em> tidak selalu berarti gratis, demikian pula sebaliknya), <em>game</em> ini bisa dikatakan T-O-P dah! Meski kualitas grafisnya yang, jujur nih, tidak bisa dikatakan “wow”, bukan berarti kualitasnya rendahan. Memang sih, di era <em>game</em> 3D sekarang ini yang memiliki kualitas grafis yang &#8220;aduhai&#8221; dan tentu saja memerlukan VGA <em>Card</em> yang sangat mumpuni, <em>game</em> The Battle for Wesnoth dengan grafis 2D-nya ini bisa jadi kurang menarik bagi para <em>gamers</em>. Ya, seperti yang telah saya sebutkan sebelumnya, berhubung <em>game</em> ini merupakan produk <em>open source</em> yang gratis, maka dari itu harap maklum dengan segala kesederhanaan maupun keterbatasan yang ada.</p>
<p>Dengan semangat 100 tahun peringatan Hari Kebangkitan Nasional dan semboyan &#8220;Indonesia bisa!&#8221;, ayo kita wujudkan bersama <a title="Indonesia Go Open Source" href="http://www.igos.web.id/" target="_blank">Indonesia Go Open Source</a>, bebaskan diri dari ketergantungan perangkat lunak ilegal, serta berantas pembajakan perangkat lunak!</p>
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		<title>Blocked</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adhi Prasetia</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[website]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was shocked when I heard some websites were blocked by Indonesian government. The websites were MySpace, Multiply, and YouTube. Aday said that RapidShare would be blocked too. I don&#8217;t know exactly what is the reason for that. Is it for preventing distribution of FITNA, a movie that triggers chaos in some countries? Or is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was shocked when I heard some websites were blocked by Indonesian government. The websites were <a title="MySpace" href="http://www.myspace.com/" target="_blank">MySpace</a>, <a title="Multiply - Share your life with your friends" href="http://multiply.com/" target="_blank">Multiply</a>, and <a title="YouTube - Broadcast Yourself" href="http://youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. <a title="Heart Content" href="http://parameswara.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Aday</a> said that <a title="RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting" href="http://rapidshare.com/" target="_blank">RapidShare</a> would be blocked too. I don&#8217;t know exactly what is the reason for that. Is it for preventing distribution of <a title="Wikipedia - Fitna (Film)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitna_(film)" target="_blank">FITNA</a>, a movie that triggers chaos in some countries? Or is it for protecting public from pornography contents on the net?<br />
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<p>If the reasons I mentioned are true, so it should have a good purpose, right? But, even the purpose is right, doesn&#8217;t mean you can do any thing to reach the goal. Blocking those websites is not the only choice. For analogy, there is a rat in my house. You know that a rat carries diseases for human. You just can&#8217;t burn my house to protect me infected by diseases. All you have to do is catch the rat and kill or dump it. So, for preventing bad effects of internet, especially pornography, you can&#8217;t block websites which are irrelevant with the problems.</p>
<p>Internet is important for everyone at this moment. We can get all information from around the world by connecting to Internet. Is it any possibility to block all websites in the future because of this problem? My friend, <a title="Okto Silaban" href="http://okto.silaban.net/" target="_blank">Okto</a>, said, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t block search engines too?&#8221; Please, don&#8217;t be so ridiculous. Do the government want to back to ancient time without any information from outside? Like old China did in the past?</p>
<p>Please, don&#8217;t blame the tool (Internet). The true problem is inside everyone. Why don&#8217;t the government give a warning or punishment for those people who distribute bad contents on the Web? Or maybe ask the website&#8217;s owners to delete bad contents from their websites? I think it is a win-win solution and a better way for all.</p>
<p>I believe the government concerns about its people and the nation&#8217;s future. And I&#8217;m sure this blocking is for good purpose. But, we can&#8217;t do any thing necesseary to create such an ideal condition without thinking its effects for other people. If there are some people harmed or damaged or suffered by this decision and those people are not guilty, can we say it is a good decision? MySpace and Multiply are social network websites. There are many people registered and not all of them distribute bad contents. So, please, don&#8217;t think so easily.</p>
<p>To create an ideal condition or reach a goal, it needs a lot of works and a long process. It is also hard to do. But, don&#8217;t you think it is worthed to do and very meaningful? So, let&#8217;s protect ourselves from bad effects of Internet with the right way: make the internet useful and give advantages for us!</p>
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		<title>WordPress 2.5: First Impression</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adhi Prasetia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, I upgraded my blog engine to WordPress 2.5. It was the latest version of WordPress. I used WordPress 2.3.3 as my blog engine before. I choose WordPress because it is very handy for blogging. All the things you need for blogging is available in WordPress.

I knew WordPress 2.5 had been released from Okto. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last Friday, I upgraded my blog engine to <a title="WordPress &gt; Download" href="http://wordpress.org/download/" target="_blank">WordPress 2.5</a>. It was the latest version of WordPress. I used WordPress 2.3.3 as my blog engine before. I choose WordPress because it is very handy for blogging. All the things you need for blogging is available in <a title="WordPress &gt; Blog Tool and Weblog Platform" href="http://wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress</a>.<br />
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<p>I knew WordPress 2.5 had been released from <a title="Okto Silaban" href="http://okto.silaban.net/" target="_blank">Okto</a>. He said that the size of WordPress installer had increased. The installer used to be more-less 300 KB, and now it is about 1 MB. Beacuse it is the latest version of WordPress, and its size is bigger, I suggest it wi wll give some new features within.</p>
<p>First try I upgraded it, I got some problem. Usually, I deleted my old WordPress files, uploaded a new one, and modified the <code>wp-config-sample.php</code> file to match its parameters then renamed it to <code>wp-config.php</code>. But, in WordPress 2.5, there was something different. After I uploaded a new one, I had to open file <code>/wp-admin/upgrade.php</code> in my browser to upgrade my engine. Finished upgrading, it would upgrade my database to suit with the new engine. Then, it was all done.</p>
<p>First to say, the Dashborad page. Now, it has different theme for Dashboard. The sweetest thing is, you can change the Admin color scheme by yourself only with a click. <em>Gyaboo..!!</em> It has two color schemes, Classic (old version) and Fresh (new version/default). Is it possible there will be more Admin color scheme on the net? Like downloadable themes for WordPress. I think that will be nice.</p>
<p>Second place, it has included a script for adding Gravatar in its default theme, <a title="Kubrick at Binary Bonsai" href="http://binarybonsai.com/wordpress/kubrick/" target="_blank">Kubrick</a>, by default. Wow! I copied that script and pasted it into my theme, so you can see Gravatar in the comment section. <em>Mukyaa..!!</em> It means, I don&#8217;t have to install additional plugin any more for adding Gravatar. I had tried <a title="WordPress &gt; WP-Gravatar &lt;&lt; WordPress Plugins" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-gravatar/#post-2605" target="_blank">WP-Gravatar</a> plugin before, and it was too difficult for me to set it up. Plus, I couldn&#8217;t easily put its position as I wished. Or maybe it was just me who didn&#8217;t know how to use it?</p>
<p>Besides those two things I have mentioned, I, personally, think there are no more new features within WordPress 2.5. It still includes sidebar widget. But, I never use it because sometimes, when activated, its style looks awful. Actually, I want to put Recent Comments feature in my sidebar, so I can know the latest comments on my posts. Can anybody help me, how to put it without using sidebar widget tool?</p>
<p>Well, that was my opinion about my first impression in WordPress 2.5. I don&#8217;t know if there is anything else within WordPress 2.5. If you know something, please let me know too. Just speak up below. Thanks.</p>
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		<title>Finally</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adhi Prasetia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, I have came back now. Sitting in front of my computer, typing the keyboard, writing this blog. I really missed it. But, because in the past three weeks I was so busy in campus, there were Mid Term Exams and my Final Project presentation, I didn&#8217;t have any time and idea to write down [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally, I have came back now. Sitting in front of my computer, typing the keyboard, writing this blog. I really missed it. But, because in the past three weeks I was so busy in campus, there were Mid Term Exams and my Final Project presentation, I didn&#8217;t have any time and idea to write down in my blog. I must apologize to all of my fans for waiting so long.<br />
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<p>Anyway, I finally bought my first audio CD! In the middle of exams, I bought <a title="L'Arc~en~Ciel Official Website" href="http://www.larc-en-ciel.com/" target="_blank">L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel</a>&#8217;s album &#8220;The Best of L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel 1994-1998&#8243; with IDR 80000. And on the next day, I bought another CD again. Yup! I bought the latest L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel&#8217;s album &#8220;KISS&#8221; with special price IDR 55000.</p>
<p>At first, I didn&#8217;t know exactly why I bought those CDs. I mean, I really want to collect all L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel&#8217;s albums, but I already have those (illegal) albums in my computer. I don&#8217;t think that I would buy those CDs suddenly, just in two days! Maybe <a title="Between Magenta and Violet" href="http://prabowomurti.com" target="_blank">Sangprabo</a>, known as The Ambassador of Anti-Piracy, have spelled or hipnotized me to buy original CD? Geez&#8230;</p>
<p>The reason why I bought those CDs is just because I&#8217;m a big fan of L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel. They are my favourite band from Japan. They have inspired some Indonesian musician, especially J-Rocks, a Japanese-style band. As a fan, I surely want to collect all the L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel&#8217;s albums. You know, I already have all L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel&#8217;s albums in my computer. But, those don&#8217;t make me satisfy as a fan because there are not some kind of collectible items about L&#8217;Arc~en~Ciel. There are just MP3 files in my hardisk. So, I bought those CDs because I want to collect them as collectable items.</p>
<p>Absolutely, it is true that to buy an original CD is much more expensive than if you rent an MP3 CD from CD Rental, like Wahana or Studio One. But, I don&#8217;t regret it because it is worthed to buy. In fact, I have made a list of must-have CDs. And someday, I will collect them all.</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t say, &#8220;Stop piracy!&#8221; or something, because I ripped those albums into MP3 files and transfered them so I can listen those tracks in my handset. I&#8217;m just a fan that really want to collect the albums of my favourite artists and appreciate their works for creating awesome tracks.</p>
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		<title>Get Married</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adhi Prasetia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you single? Are you looking for your soulmate? Do you want to get married? Well, now you have the answer for all those questions. It&#8217;s MuslimMatrimonial.com!

&#8220;Marriage is not just a one-day celebration, it&#8217;s a celebration of togetherness for a lifetime, where two entirely different individuals come together as ONE!&#8221;
MuslimMatrimonial.com is a social-network website, like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you single? Are you looking for your soulmate? Do you want to get married? Well, now you have the answer for all those questions. It&#8217;s <a title="Muslim Matrimonial, Muslim Matrimonials, Muslim Matrimony" href="http://www.muslimmatrimonial.com/" target="_blank">MuslimMatrimonial.com</a>!<br />
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<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Marriage is not just a one-day celebration, it&#8217;s a celebration of togetherness for a lifetime, where two entirely different individuals come together as ONE!&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>MuslimMatrimonial.com is a social-network website, like  <a title="Friendster - Home" href="http://www.friendster.com" target="_blank">Friendster</a> and <a title="Welcome to Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, but a little bit different. MuslimMatrimonial.com is the best place to find your life partner, from all over the world. Interesting, right? Want to join? It&#8217;s easy. All you have to do is just register, for free! Your journey towards marriage begins here. Create your profile, send <em>Salaams</em>, share photos, send personalized messages via e-mail, chat with prospective partners, and also enjoy direct contact. After all, you want to get married with your prospective partner or not, it&#8217;s up to you. <em>Alhamdulillah</em> if you find your soulmate at MuslimMatrimonial.com, as many members share their experiences in <a title="Muslim Matrimonial - Success Stories" href="http://www.muslimmatrimonial.com/success-stories/" target="_blank">&#8220;Success Stories&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p>I tried to search some members. For example, I was looking for female, age between 18-21, Indonesian, from any sect. <em>Voila!</em> I thought there were just a few members from Indonesia. But, I was wrong. There were so many of them. Most of them were cute and beautiful. Yummy. Maybe I could ask someone to marry me? Hey, it&#8217;s still a long way to get there, you know.</p>
<p>So, if you want to find your soulmate, or a life partner (like Fahri or Aisha in &#8220;Ayat-Ayat Cinta&#8221;), and want to have a happily-ever-after marriage, you may try this one. Just don&#8217;t forget to invite me on your wedding! Okay?</p>
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		<title>Experienced The Indosat 3G</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adhi Prasetia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[These days I liked to surf on the internet using my 3G handphone. As you have noticed, I use Indosat IM3 for my SIM card. Want to know how it was going? Well, let&#8217;s find out!

First of all, I would like to tell you how to get Indosat 3G service. All you have to do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These days I liked to surf on the internet using my <a title="Wikipedia - 3G" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G" target="_blank">3G</a> handphone. As you have noticed, I use <a title="Indosat Integrated Portal - IM3" href="http://www.indosat.com/Pre-Paid_SMS" target="_blank">Indosat IM3</a> for my SIM card. Want to know how it was going? Well, let&#8217;s find out!<br />
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<p>First of all, I would like to tell you how to get <a title="Indosat 3G | Future Is Here" href="http://3g.indosat.com/" target="_blank">Indosat 3G</a> service. All you have to do is sending an SMS. Type 3G&lt;space&gt;your handphone&#8217;s brand&lt;space&gt;your handphone&#8217;s type, and then send it to number 3000. For example, I have <a title="Sony Ericsson W950i" href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/w950i?cc=id&amp;lc=id" target="_blank">Sony Ericsson W950i</a>, so I type &#8220;3G SE W950i&#8221;. It&#8217;s easy, right?</p>
<p>After you send it, you need to be patience waiting for the reply. <a title="Indosat Integrated Portal" href="http://indosat.com/" target="_blank">Indosat</a> will send a reply in 24 hours. In my case, it didn&#8217;t take  so long. After a few minutes, I got a reply. It said that I was given a password to activate the 3G registration. Then, I got an SMS which had an auto-setting function within. When I accepted that SMS, it automatically set up my handphone&#8217;s configuration, so I could use my 3G handphone&#8217;s features on the 3G network. Yeah!</p>
<p>At first time, I tried it to browse on the internet from my handphone, not connected yet to my computer. Whoa! I got a faster connection than before! That was nice. Then, I tried to connect it to my computer as a modem. My web browser ran fast when opened up websites on the 3G internet access. Last night, I downloaded an 11 MB software. It took about 13 minutes with more-less 14 KB/s of speed access. Pretty good. But, when I tried to download more softwares, while still downloading one, its speed access dropped down. It was only 3-5 KB/s. Quite slow!</p>
<p>Ah, I almost forget to tell you about the <a title="Indosat Integrated Portal - Mobile Internet - About Mobile Internet" href="http://www.indosat.com/Mobile_Internet/About_Mobile_Internet" target="_blank">Indosat mobile internet</a> services. I use Time-Based Indosat mobile internet service. It only costs IDR 100/minute. To get Time-Based service, just put &#8220;indosat@durasi&#8221; in as username and password for your internet account in your handphone&#8217;s configuration. If Time-Based service doesn&#8217;t suit you, you can switch it to Volume-Based service. Volume-Based service costs IDR 1/KB. Use  &#8220;gprs&#8221; for your  username and &#8220;im3&#8243;  for your password to get this service.</p>
<p>So far so good to me. Unless, about the speed access problem when download massive softwares. I can&#8217;t count on Indosat 3G for it, better go out find <a title="Wikipedia - Hotspot (Wi-Fi)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_(Wi-Fi)" target="_blank">hotspot</a> area. But, the ultimate problem is the 3G network itself. I don&#8217;t always get on 3G network all the time. To get on 3G network, I usually go upstair on 2nd floor, in my house! What a troublesome. <a title="Okto Silaban" href="http://okto.silaban.net" target="_blank">Okto</a> told me that 3G network&#8217;s coverage area is different from general <a title="Wikipedia - GSM" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gsm" target="_blank">GSM</a> network. But, I don&#8217;t know the details. That&#8217;s why 3G network is not spread evenly. This is a minus point from me. Hopefully, Indosat will solve this problem, so it can cover more areas.</p>
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		<title>In English, Please</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I tried to write down this article in English. So, I apologize if there are some mistakes in my English. My bad. Okay, let&#8217;s see what I have!

I don&#8217;t know how to start it because all I want to do is just write this article in English. I don&#8217;t have any special topic for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I tried to write down this article in English. So, I apologize if there are some mistakes in my English. My bad. Okay, let&#8217;s see what I have!<br />
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<p>I don&#8217;t know how to start it because all I want to do is just write this article in English. I don&#8217;t have any special topic for this article. But, I won&#8217;t let it go like that. I will try to give you a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">shit</span> shot.</p>
<p>Umm&#8230;where should I start? Okay, let&#8217;s start it with &#8220;behind the scene&#8221; section. First, as I remember, I viewed <a title="A Blue Twilight Ever" href="http://sixcycle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rei&#8217;s blog</a> when he gave a comment in my old blog. I traced his link, and <em>voila</em>! I found his blog, written down in English! Wow! That was amazing. Even I met him everyday, I didn&#8217;t have any idea that he could write like that. Then, I realized that he grew up in Bali, The God&#8217;s Island, where people all over the world came to enjoy its beautiful sceneries. So, it did make sense he was good in English.</p>
<p><a title="Salad Days" href="http://sinangbhaskoro.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sinang</a> has a blog with some English articles too. He is good in English, as I see it. I don&#8217;t know how or when he learn English. I think he just learn it by himself, because he never take an English course or something like that. But, it doesn&#8217;t matter. As long as you keep practicing, your English will get better.</p>
<p>Next stop, we got <a title="A Megabyte Could Mean Everything" href="http://prabowomurti.com" target="_blank">sangprabo (Bowo)</a> wrote <a title="3 Simple Reasons Why a Journal is Important" href="http://prabowomurti.com/blog.php?id=6" target="_blank">an article in his blog</a>. He said that a journal should tell his English-learning progress. Nice words. I 100% agree with that. By writing a journal, we learn to improve our English, especially, as usual as always, in grammar. Then, I looked at <a title="Aldohas a Blog" href="http://blog.aldohas.com" target="_blank">Aldo&#8217;s blog</a>. He said something about <a title="Nulis Pake English" href="http://blog.aldohas.com/archives/nulis-pake-english/" target="_blank">writing article in English</a>, also with a few tips. Those tips is really something, it&#8217;s useful for me. In <a title="Live In World Wide Web" href="http://aldohas.com" target="_blank">Aldo&#8217;s website</a> (it&#8217;s different with his blog), he also <a title="Speak English Please..!" href="http://aldohas.com/archives/5.htm" target="_blank">mentioned the same thing</a>. Hmm&#8230; So, I was thinking to write this article.</p>
<p>And then, I started writing this article a moment ago, without prepared it before. Just wrote it. Like <a title="Nike.com" href="http://www.nike.com/index.jhtml" target="_blank">Nike</a>&#8217;s commercial tagline, &#8220;Just Do It&#8221;. Now, I present to you this article, my first article written down in English. What a short story to tell, huh? But, I think it&#8217;s okay for a beginning. Hopefully, I can write article in English again. You know, some people are hard to express <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">train</span> themselves in English. They can&#8217;t find the right words to describe what they&#8217;re feeling. I hope that won&#8217;t happen to me. Please, don&#8217;t.</p>
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		<title>Hidrofuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terus melambungnya harga Bahan Bakar Minyak (BBM) membuat berbagai kalangan mulai mengembangkan energi alternatif. Salah satunya dilakukan oleh para ilmuwan dari Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY). Kemarin, UMY menggelar soft launching bahan bakar alternatif yang berbahan dasar air. Produk hidrofuel ini diberi nama &#8220;Banyugeni&#8221;.

Dalam soft launching di kompleks Kampus Terpadu UMY tersebut, Rektor UMY Dr. Khoiruddin [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Terus melambungnya harga Bahan Bakar Minyak (BBM) membuat berbagai kalangan mulai mengembangkan energi alternatif. Salah satunya dilakukan oleh para ilmuwan dari <a href="http://www.umy.ac.id" title="Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta" target="_blank">Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY)</a>. Kemarin, UMY menggelar <em>soft launching</em> bahan bakar alternatif yang berbahan dasar air. Produk <em>hidrofuel</em> ini diberi nama &#8220;Banyugeni&#8221;.<br />
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<p>Dalam <em>soft launching</em> di kompleks Kampus Terpadu UMY tersebut, Rektor UMY Dr. Khoiruddin Bashori dan Bupati Bantul Idham Samawi menjajal kemampuan sepeda motor yang menggunakan produk <em>hidrofuel</em> &#8220;Banyugeni&#8221;. Bukan hanya sepeda motor, produk hidrofuel ini juga diujicobakan di berbagai media, seperti lampu minyak (teplok), kompor, traktor, dan <em>aeromodelling</em>.</p>
<p><em>Hidrofuel</em> &#8220;Banyugeni&#8221; adalah temuan dari lima peneliti UMY, yakni Drs. Purwanto, Ir. Bledug Kusuma Prasadja MT, Ir. Tony K. Haryadi MT, Ir. Lilik Utari MS, dan Dra. Nike Triwahyuningsih MP. Hidrofuel hasil penelitian UMY yang telah dipatenkan ini terdiri atas beberapa varian produk, yakni <em>hidrokerosene</em> (setara dengan minyak tanah), <em>hidrodiesel</em> (solar), <em>hidropremium</em> (bensin), dan <em>hidroavtur</em> (bahan bakar jet). Sama seperti yang dilakukan pada sepeda motor, percobaan pada tiga varian lainnya juga berhasil dengan sempurna.</p>
<p>Penelitian yang dilatarbelakangi oleh semakin tingginya harga minyak mentah di pasaran dunia ini sudah dilakukan semenjak tahun 2003. Untuk menjadikan air sebagai bahan bakar, diperlukan empat &#8220;perlakuan&#8221; yang disebut teknologi <em>mekanotermal-elektrokemis</em>. Proses ini melalui empat tahapan, yaitu mekanik (gerak), <em>thermal</em> (panas), listrik, dan kimiawi. Pengertian kimiawi dalam proses ini adalah memberikan &#8220;bahan lain&#8221; yang dapat menjadikan air bisa menyala. Tidak diberitahukan lebih lanjut, apa yang dimaksud dengan &#8220;bahan lain&#8221; itu.</p>
<p>Untuk bisa terbakar, ada beberapa proses kimiawi yang harus dilalui. Secara kajian ilmiah, air (H2O) terdiri atas beberapa molekul yang bisa terbakar. Unsur air bisa dipisahkan secara kimiawi, sehingga menjadi molekul 2H2 + O2. Unsur hidrogen (H2) inilah yang bisa menyala, bahkan bisa meledak. Selain itu, unsur oksigen (O2) juga merupakan molekul yang sangat berpengaruh dalam pembakaran.</p>
<p>Di samping sebagai bahan bakar alternatif, keunggulan lain dari <em>hidrofuel</em> ini adalah juga ramah lingkungan. Pada percobaan yang dilakukan di <a href="http://www.kadin.or.id/webpages/bsk/listing/JS/19055.htm" title="CORELAB INDONESIA PT" target="_blank">PT CoreLab Indonesia</a>, sebuah laboratorium internasional yang independen, produk ini telah memenuhi standar <a href="http://www.migas.esdm.go.id" title="Departemen Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral - Direktorat Jenderal Minyak dan Gas Bumi" target="_blank">Ditjen Migas</a>, antara lain tidak korosif (tidak menyebabkan karat), tidak meninggalkan residu, serta kandungan sulfur dan timbal yang dihasilkan lebih rendah dari yang diperbolehkan.</p>
<p>Sayangnya, tidak disebutkan secara rinci berapa anggaran yang dibutuhkan untuk mengubah air menjadi bahan bakar. Akan tetapi, jika diproduksi secara massal, anggaran yang dikeluarkan bisa ditekan sedemikian kecil. Karena, pada prinsipnya, yang digunakan sebagai bahan dasar adalah air, yang jumlahnya tidak terbatas. Bukan seperti fosil. <a href="http://www.bantul.go.id" title="Pemerintah Kabupaten Bantul" target="_blank">Pemkab Bantul</a> menegaskan siap mengalokasikan anggaran untuk pengembangan penelitian ini. Namun, bukankah seharusnya tidak hanya APBD, tapi APBN juga layak untuk membiayai penelitian ini?</p>
<p align="right"><em>Sumber: <a href="http://www.jawapos.com" title="Jawa Pos Online" target="_blank">Jawa Pos</a> <a href="http://www.jawapos.com/index.php?act=detail_radar&amp;id=195671&amp;c=85" title="Dari Soft Launching Bahan Bakar Air Hidrofuel Banyugeni di UMY" target="_blank">Radar Jogja</a> (Kamis, 14 Februari 2008)</em></p>
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		<title>Celebloggers Are Coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Para selebriti bikin blog? Apa bukan cuma sekadar mencari sensasi? Oke!&#8221; Menirukan salah satu iklan di TV, dengan sedikit perubahan.

Tema ini terinspirasi dari tulisan salah seorang teman saya. Dari situ saya baru tahu bahwa Dian Sastrowardoyo akhirnya menjadi seorang blogger juga!
Setahu saya, sebelum Mbak Dian nge-blog, sudah ada beberapa nama selebriti lain yang lebih dulu [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Para selebriti bikin <em>blog</em>? Apa bukan cuma sekadar mencari sensasi? Oke!&#8221; Menirukan salah satu iklan di TV, dengan sedikit perubahan.<br />
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<p>Tema ini terinspirasi dari <a href="http://diary.satchdesign.com/?p=25" title="The Satrianto Show: Return! - Dian Sastrowardoyo, Terus?" target="_blank">tulisan salah seorang teman saya</a>. Dari situ saya baru tahu bahwa <a href="http://blog.diansastrowardoyo.net/" title="Dian Sastrowardoyo - My World, My Life" target="_blank">Dian Sastrowardoyo</a> akhirnya menjadi seorang <em>blogger</em> juga!</p>
<p>Setahu saya, sebelum Mbak Dian nge-<em>blog</em>, sudah ada beberapa nama selebriti lain yang lebih dulu eksis di dunia maya sebagai <em>blogger</em>. Sebut saja <a href="http://yusril.ihzamahendra.com/" title="Yusril Ihza Mahendra" target="_blank">Yusril Ihza Mahendra</a> (bukan selebriti sih, tapi seorang politikus), <a href="http://www.angelinasondakh.com" title=":: Angelina Sondakh ::" target="_blank">Angelina Sondakh</a> (politikus juga, tapi dulunya Miss Indonesia 2001), dan <a href="http://www.titikamal.com" title="Titi Kamal - The Official Website" target="_blank">Titi Kamal</a> (nah, ini baru selebriti tulen). Mungkin masih ada nama-nama yang belum saya cantumkan di sini, silakan tanyakan sendiri kepada <a href="http://www.google.com" title="Google" target="_blank">Mbah Gugel Yang Maha Tahu</a>. Lalu, sebenarnya apa sih fungsi <em>blog</em> pribadi bagi mereka sendiri?</p>
<p>Dari apa yang saya lihat, menurut saya sebenarnya fungsi <em>blog</em> itu di mana-mana&#8211;termasuk blog pribadi para selebriti&#8211;sama saja kok, yaitu sebagai sarana untuk mencurahkan segala sesuatu yang dirasakan atau dipikirkan, dan sebagai wahana untuk berbagi kisah kepada dunia (kalau bagi saya pribadi, <em>plus</em> sebagai tempat untuk latihan menulis). Seperti <em>blog</em>-nya Mbak Dian, misalnya. Dari situ kita bisa ketahui apa yang ada di dalam benak seorang Dian Sastrowardoyo, kisah seputar kesibukannya, suasana rumahnya, dan lain-lain. Tak jauh beda dengan Mbak Dian, ada <em>blog</em> kepunyaan <a href="http://wulanguritnowulanguritno.blogspot.com" title="Wulan Guritno - Mata, Telinga, Kepala, dan Hati" target="_blank">Wulan Guritno</a>. Dari <em>blog</em>-nya, saya bisa tahu bagaimana pengalaman Ibu Wulan ketika berada di Bukit Tinggi, Padang, pemikirannya terhadap Indonesia, dan sebagainya.</p>
<p><em>See?</em> Jadi, sebenarnya <em>blog</em> milik para selebriti itu tidak jauh berbeda dengan <em>blog</em> kepunyaan saya dan Anda sekalian. Hanya saja, berhubung mereka itu adalah para selebriti papan atas, sehingga punya basis penggemar yang sangat luas. Dan, para penggemar tentu penasaran dan ingin lebih dekat dengan sang bintang. Makanya, <em>fans</em> pun berbondong-bondong bertandang ke <em>blog</em> sang bintang, termasuk saya yang tidak pernah absen untuk <em>blog-walking</em> setiap kali <em>online</em>. Oleh karena itu, <em>blog</em> milik para selebriti itu pun menjadi ajang untuk berinteraksi dengan penggemarnya, seolah-olah <em>fans</em> diajak untuk memasuki kehidupan sehari-hari sang artis. Tapi, jangan terlalu berharap suatu ketika selebriti akan menuliskan cerita yang amat sangat privasi, semisal <strike>menampilkan foto-foto &#8220;syur&#8221;</strike> curhat tentang kisah cintanya. Para selebriti tentu berusaha untuk tetap menjaga privasinya, meskipun itu adalah <em>blog</em> pribadi.</p>
<p>Saya setuju dengan pendapat bahwa <em>blog</em> itu janganlah terlalu <em>personal</em>. Maksudnya adalah, jangan terlalu mengumbar hal-hal yang bersifat privasi. Meskipun <em>tagline blog</em> ini adalah <em>&#8220;My Personal Weblog&#8221;</em>, toh saya tidak menuliskan segalanya mengenai kehidupan saya. <em>Hey, it&#8217;s a weblog afterall. Not a diary.</em></p>
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		<title>The Last Days of Season 2007/2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liburan telah usai. Kini saya harus kembali pada rutinitas saya sebagai mahasiswa, yakni bolos kuliah. Dan kini, saya sudah memasuki akhir dari tahun ketiga dalam masa studi saya di kampus. Jadi, bisa dibilang saya sudah termasuk angkatan tua di kampus.

Berhubung saya sudah memasuki akhir tahun ketiga, maka salah satu momok bagi setiap mahasiswa akhirnya harus [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Liburan telah usai. Kini saya harus kembali pada rutinitas saya sebagai mahasiswa, yakni <strike>bolos</strike> kuliah. Dan kini, saya sudah memasuki akhir dari tahun ketiga dalam masa studi saya di kampus. Jadi, bisa dibilang saya sudah termasuk angkatan tua di kampus.<br />
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<p>Berhubung saya sudah memasuki akhir tahun ketiga, maka salah satu momok bagi setiap mahasiswa akhirnya harus saya hadapi, yakni menyusun Tugas Akhir (TA). <em>Oh, no!</em> Jujur, saya belum mendapat ide ataupun wangsit untuk menyusun TA saya tersebut. Saya hanya bisa memberikan jawaban, &#8220;belum tahu nih,&#8221; pada setiap orang yang menanyakannya.</p>
<p>Saya akui, mungkin sebenarnya saya belum siap untuk mengambil TA. Tapi, kalau terus menerus ditunda, nanti masa studi saya semakin panjang dong. Saat ini, sudah ada dua kawan seangkatan saya yang telah menempuh ujian <strike>telor dadar</strike> pendadaran dan kini hanya tinggal menunggu upacara wisuda. Saya kok jadi merasa iri sama mereka.</p>
<p>Memang, ada yang bilang, semisal cepat-cepat lulus pun, belum tentu langsung dapat pekerjaan. Tapi, kalau misalnya saya memperpanjang masa studi untuk mematangkan diri dan meningkatkan <em>skills</em>, siapa juga yang bisa menjamin bisa langsung dapat kerja ketika lulus kelak? Yang seperti itu namanya buang-buang waktu saja, bagi saya pribadi lho. Kecuali saya menunda lulus kuliah dikarenakan memiliki pekerjaan sambilan. Itu tidak masalah, malah bagus tuh. Soalnya, semakin lama bekerja, pengalaman yang didapat akan semakin banyak. Tapi, saat ini saya kan sedang tidak terikat kontrak dengan bidang usaha apapun dan manapun. Jadi, menurut hemat saya, lebih cepat lulus lebih baik lah. Meskipun saya masih sekadar meraba-raba masa depan setelah lulus nanti.</p>
<p>Duh, saya bisa pusing tujuh kali keliling dunia kalau memikirkan itu terus. Bahkan, ada salah seorang teman saya yang <a href="http://diary.satchdesign.com/?p=6" title="The Satrianto Show: Return! - Nanti Saja, Kalau Aku Sudah Sarjana" target="_blank">dibela-belain putus sama pacarnya dengan alasan demi merampungkan TA</a>! Begitu kuatkah ikatan sebuah TA&#8211;seakan menandatangani perjanjian dengan iblis&#8211;hingga mampu memisahkan dua sejoli yang sedang memadu kasih? Hii&#8230; Jadi merasa ngeri.</p>
<p>Yang jelas, saya berkeinginan TA saya sesuai dengan minat yang saya pilih, yaitu sistem informasi dan multimedia. Jadi, mungkin nantinya TA saya tidak akan jauh-jauh dari seputar <em>data base</em> dan semacamnya. Hanya saja, yang jadi masalah, hingga detik ini saya belum memiliki image akan seperti apa bentuk TA saya itu. Apakah berupa hasil analisis? Ataukah berwujud produk <em>software</em>/aplikasi? Nge-<em>blank</em> nih.</p>
<p>Huff&#8230; Berhubung wahyu tentang topik TA belum turun jua, sebaiknya saya harus segera bergerilya untuk mencarinya sendiri. Teman-teman saya pun sudah ada yang mulai mengambil langkah awal. Saya sendiri merasa telah menemukan jalur awal yang benar, meski arah tujuannya bercabang dan masih gelap. Toh, saya belum ketemu dengan Bapak Dosen Pembimbing, jadi masih terbuka kemungkinan untuk mendapat pencerahan dari beliau. Semoga. Mohon doa restunya.</p>
<p><em>Well</em>, terima kasih telah meluangkan waktu untuk membaca tulisan curhat saya yang tidak penting ini. Kalau sudah terlanjur membacanya, mohon sekalian memberikan komentar supaya <em>blog</em> ini kelihatan ramai. Huehehehe&#8230;</p>
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