Past, Present, Future

"libc.so.6 not found"? here we go again...

2012-01-25T22:42:00.000+07:00

Hi all... I've been tinkering with Linux Mint for the last month, so my CentOS installation was kinda abandoned. However, I took my chance to update CentOS via the usual chroot trick. It works.... however... I found a glitch. I was aware of it when I ran my self-made wifi connection script which calls dhclient program. It said: libc.so.6 not found Great...ldd said the same thing too. However,

The correct gcc parameter for Intel Core Duo

2011-11-18T21:23:00.000+07:00

On the quest of optimization.... One thing that bugs my mind lately is: which architecture Intel Core Duo uses? If we read this Wikipedia entry, one will quickly conclude that it is "enhanced" Pentium M. So, does gcc agree with it? Not really. Using the idea taken from this blog entry, Core Duo is a Prescott! Here's the output: /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.4.3/cc1 -E -quiet -v - -

hashing? great.... which one?

2011-10-03T18:30:00.000+07:00

Hi folks.... hashing is quite large subject. I myself simply use hash to confirm whether two files (or more) are identical or not (using md5sum, sha256sum). But as the books say, hashing could has collisions. And hashing, one way or another, could be reversed. or in other word, there is no such perfect true one way hashing. Alright, we can't pursue perfection here. So what's the recipe to pick

Feedback regarding my "stat or ls" post

2011-07-02T13:12:00.000+07:00

Hi all Several people are kind enough to share her/his thoughts about my "stat or ls" post. One of them even share this forum post. Quite neat I must say! Basically they said that both "ls" and "stat" output are correct. One even compare it with "du" output (by default, "du" is using block size unit when showing file size). What I might failed to stress was, the tests done in my last post was

stat or ls? which one showing correct number of used block?

2011-07-01T00:44:00.004+07:00

The answer: stat! (credits to Manish Katiyar who helped me tinkering with the codes.... click here to find out more about him) Why? OK, suppose we create a test file like this: dd if=/dev/zero of=doang.img bs=1K count=3 And then we run both ls and stat against it: $ stat doang.img File: `doang.img' Size: 3072 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 regular file $ ls -ls doang.img8

A nice interactive tutorial to learn how XSS works

2011-06-27T00:04:00.000+07:00

Hi folks.... XSS (Cross site scripting) has been all over the news about security and I am sure you've heard about it even a bit. So, you must be curious on how it works....and more important is how to detect and fix such problem. I came across this nice tutorial few days ago. I found it as simple, straight to the point and easy to follow....even for someone new in security field but at least

Getting confused when exploring Qemu source? gcc comes to rescue!

2011-04-19T15:38:00.001+07:00

Quick summary first: use gcc -save-temps! Ever dig into Qemu (qemu.org) source code? OK, I assume you ever did that at least once... may I ask, what's your first impression? Here's mine: it's complex C code...and to make it more like a nightmare, it heavily uses c (gcc, to be precise) tricks almost everywhere. ifdef, "##", define....almost endless. IMHO, since Fabrice Bellard, its author, is

Troubleshooting failed login to GTalk in Empathy 2.30.3

2011-04-04T00:27:00.000+07:00

Alright, I just wanna make it quick: - Check "Ignore SSL certificate errors" - Uncheck "Encryption required (TLS/SSL)" - Use "443" as port - Check "use old SSL" OK, that's it people...it works for me, hopefully it works for you too. Cheers... regards, Mulyadi Santosa

My writing about filesystem in DataCenter Magazine 2/2011 issue

2011-03-02T23:15:00.000+07:00

First of all, I thank God for the opportunity and trust He had given to me. Without His bless, I can't complete this article quick enough but still in good quality. In 2/2011 issue of Data Center Magazine, I contribute an article that discusses about what filesystem really is, understanding several basic properties of filesystems and probably the most important one: how to choose the optimal

Human perception on latency....

2011-02-19T15:34:00.000+07:00

http://blog.benstrong.com/2010/11/google-and-microsoft-cheat-on-slow.html and http://books.google.com/books?id=aU0MR-MA-BMC&pg=PA292#v=onepage&q&f=false show to me that, by experiments, when latency is under or roughly equal to 150-160 miliseconds, human sense can not feels or sees that. Good to know.... so one just need to make sure computation result is shown under 150 ms and we shall say "

Free lunch? Really? :)

2011-02-17T09:33:00.000+07:00

Fantastic CGI!

2011-01-30T01:40:00.000+07:00

Silestone -- 'Above Everything Else' from Alex Roman on Vimeo. Not sure about you people, but I think the above video is simply superb! And to make it even "more superb", it was made just by 2 person in 2 1/2 month. They certainly have the skill... NB: If somehow the above embedded video isn't shown in this blog, just head over to this site to watch it. regards, Mulyadi

Order of argument evaluation in C, left-to-right or right-to-left?

2011-01-29T23:36:00.000+07:00

Suppose you have written the below codes: #include int global_a = 10; int increase(void) { return global_a += 10; } int main(void) { printf("%d,%d\n", increase(), global_a); } And you compile it, what output would you expect? "20,10"? or "20,20"? I was thinking "surely it is 20,20!". But this post says both are right! Wow..... Note: the original poster was actually

2011-01-27T13:52:00.000+07:00

NoSQL==No SQL in mind at all? :D

Making latest 2.6.x Linux kernel works with recent Linux distro

2011-01-27T10:25:00.000+07:00

If you wanna compile new Linux kernel, let's say 2.6.35 onwards and you want it to run on fairly "old" distro, let's say CentOS 5.5, you might find it weird that it refuses to boot somewhere during root device mount? Note: Wait, you say CentOS 5.5 is "old"? What I mean here is not "old" as "it's released 6-8 years ago", but old as "using quite old userspace tools" What happen? You might think

gdb trick for printing array content

2011-01-23T14:49:00.000+07:00

This is taken from Fedora planet, somekind of blog aggregator of the member of Fedora Community. This post discusses about the way we can print array values in gdb. Here is the link http://wagiaalla.com/2011/01/20/gdb-tricks-printing-arrays/, written by Sami Wagiaalla. ....And here is some excerpt from it: int main(){ int *a; int b[3] = {1,2,3}; a = b; int *c[3] = {a, b, 0}; int **d

Money saving: how exactly we do that?

2011-01-05T13:36:00.000+07:00

This is taken from a posting I received from PROFEC, an Indonesian entrepeneurship mailing list. Pretty interesting and valuable on how you're supposed to save your money. Please read on.... In a public financial training, a Financial Planner (FP) asked the participants: "How much money do you usually save every month? " So many versions of the responses from the participants but it appears a

How to fix stuck mouse in aptosid as KVM guest ( + broken DNS resolve)

2011-01-02T16:53:00.000+07:00

There's a small irritating problem when you install aptosid as KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) guest: mouse "stuck"! When I take the focus to the KVM's SDL guest window, it just stays there.... For the record, I used aptosid-2010-03-apate-kde-lite-i386-201012262151.iso as the installation basis. Turns out, you have to uninstall these packages (somehow they are installed automatically due to unknown

What relationship really is? (no craps, no bulls, just reality)...

2010-11-15T11:35:00.000+07:00

I got really nice advice today...opening up my mind about what the relationship really is: "...... I think that you need to evaluate that very carefully. If you argue, but the underlying premise is always that you care about each other and respect each other, that's fine. But if the arguments ever turn vicious or ugly, and end up with one of you feeling like a loser... that's a pretty bad sign.

Installing Microsoft True Type fonts in Linux....

2010-11-01T16:49:00.011+07:00

Recently I got my hand dirty again on reconfiguring my notebook. One of the thing that I did was installing Microsoft True Type Fonts inside Linux. Simply follow the directions written in http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/. The only problem lies in the fact that the spec file use somewhat wrong download URL. So, to solve that, I made a trivial patch to adjust the spec file here. Just put the

Online discussion about what /proc/meminfo is....

2010-10-07T00:14:00.000+07:00

Everybody has ever seen the file /proc/meminfo, right? Great, but quite likely few of you really know the meaning of each fields there. So, to help you understand those fields, I have given short lecture (and question/answer too) about it in #ubuntu-classroom in irc.freenode.net server. It was held in October 6th 2010, 21:00 GMT+7. Yeah, it is past already, but fortunately you can read the chat

Open Letter to the President of Indonesia

2010-09-08T11:22:00.001+07:00

Kepada Yth Presiden RI Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, hendaknya bapak berkaca bahwa kritikan dari seorang Kolonel AU aktif, menandakan ada suatu ketidakpuasan level akut, tidak hanya di jajaran militer, namun pada sebagian rakyat Indonesia. Bapak Presiden, selaku Presiden terpilih dengan suara mayoritas ~ 60% saat pemilu 2009, seyogyanya memperhatikan hal ini sebagai masukan positif dan

Solved: Pidgin 2.7.2 unable to connect to GTalk...

2010-08-25T19:25:00.002+07:00

Credits to Ubuntu Forums:You experienced same issue like me? OK here's what you should do:First, open your GTalk account preference. Head to "Basic" tab and write "gmail.com" in "Domain" field. Make sure the protocol is XMPP.Switch to Advanced tab. Select "Force old (port 5223) SSL"Make sure the following fields are written this way:Connect port: 443Connect Server: talk.google.comFile Transfer

Jusuf Kala, ex President? :)

2010-08-20T00:46:00.002+07:00

To the guys at detik.com: Pal, next time, proof read your own report, ok? :)

Difficult to understand the content of /proc/meminfo? Read issue 39 of Full Circle Magazine!

2010-08-01T01:06:00.004+07:00

As the title says, this time, I am back with an article that explains about each fields shown in /proc/meminfo. Curious to read it? Just point your browser to http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-39/ , download it and start reading :)I humbly welcome your critics and feedback.... just email me or write it as comment here....

Exercising my mind differently (not an "Inception" copy, guys...)

2010-07-19T17:29:00.004+07:00

While lurking on World Wide Web (a fancy and elegant way to say "I have nothing to do, so I kill time by putting my ass on a chair and look at the monitor like plain dumb ass :)" ) I saw a picture displayed that depicting an old lady. But, it asks, "do you see a young lady?". Nice eh?At a glance, I recall that once I already solved this, but I forgot the way I did it. And I also recall, I can't

grep [s]tring anyone?

2010-01-17T02:50:00.003+07:00

This is another grep's adventure. It started from a thought: "is there a simple way so that when I grep for something, let's say ps output, grep itself isn't shown there?"My usual recipe is like below:$ ps auxw | grep httpd | grep -v grepBut recently I found a neat trick:$ ps auxw | grep [h]ttpdWhy is that working? Imagine that in the previous command , "ps auxw" would output these two lines

Hopefully these online test results are credible enough to say something about me....

2009-12-20T15:35:00.004+07:00

One small question: are odesk.com online tests credible enough to show whether somebody is competent or not in his/her field?

Google sense "something" about this online store :)

2009-12-20T15:16:00.004+07:00

Does Google smell something "fishy" with this online notebook store? Could you tell? :D

Contributing to laptop mode tools

2009-12-12T23:45:00.005+07:00

As confirmed by laptop mode tools' changelog, my patch is finally merged into their core code. I simply contribute few line to show statistics regarding write and read frequency of every programs recorded during lm-profiler's runtime.So, how the code looks like?—- lm-profiler.old2009-06-03 21:12:52.000000000 +0700+++ lm-profiler2009-06-26 21:08:54.000000000 +0700@ -209,6 +209,11 @doneprintf ’\r

Why so serious? :D

2009-11-25T11:12:00.003+07:00

Got this quote from kernelnewbies mailing list....hehehehheheheh :D"What happens when you read some doc and either it doesn't answer your question or is demonstrably wrong? In Linux, you say "Linux sucks" and go read the code. In Windows/Oracle/etc you say "Windows sucks" and start banging your head against the wall." -Denis Vlasenko on lkmlPS: s/banging your head*wall/take it for granted/g

how to catch white space(s) using grep?

2009-11-09T15:27:00.003+07:00

My definition: White space characters are anything that appears as "blank" a.k.a nothing in screen. They include tab, space, carriage return and so on.As you know, grep provides a way to catch certain characters class or range. Specifically for white spaces, you can use [[:space:]] or [[:blank:]]. Notice the double [[ and ]] !!!So, suppose you have text file named test.txt that contains: hehe

Misunderstanding of rate limit concept in iptables

2009-10-15T20:34:00.009+07:00

One day, I decided to learn more about iptables. This time, I found "limit" feature quite interesting to try. An excerpt from iptables manual page:"limitThis module matches at a limited rate using a token bucket filter. Arule using this extension will match until this limit is reached(unless the ‘!’ flag is used). It can be used in combination with theLOG target to give limited

A little patch that made into main Linux kernel git repository

2009-10-01T23:33:00.003+07:00

Commit-ID: 1ad0560e8cdb6d5b381220dc2da187691b5ce124Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1ad0560e8cdb6d5b381220dc2da187691b5ce124Author: Mulyadi Santosa AuthorDate: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:01:41 +0700Committer: Ingo Molnar CommitDate: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:12:03 +0200perf tools: Run generate-cmdlist.sh properlyRight now generate-cmdlist.sh is not

Langkah pertamaku di cyberspace.....

2009-07-15T10:31:00.003+07:00

pagi ini buka web detik.com, ternyata ada pengumuman lomba nge-blog. So, kenapa tidak saya coba? Itung-itung berbagi pengalaman dengan sesama netters. Pertama kali ngenet sekitar tahun 1996. Waktu itu yang namanya internet bagai barang mewah bagi masyarakat biasa seperti saya. Jumlah ISP (Internet service provider) juga masih bisa dihitung dengan jari, itupun terpusat di Jakarta atau Surabaya.

How to reduce CPU soft lock up in KVM guest

2009-06-20T20:12:00.007+07:00

Ever saw something like below messages inside your KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) guest's console?" BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 10s! [swapper:0] "I did and I find it a bit annoying. If you're inside graphical desktop like environment like KDE or GNOME, you probably won't notice it directly. But you will likely suffer the same condition, the guest OS somehow become unresponsive for a few

Double title = "you must read!" :)

2009-05-24T12:15:00.003+07:00

Ok, don't worry, we'll read it ASAP :) It was a post in detik.com on May 5th 2009, discussing about police investigation on a murder of a national company's director. It drew so much people's attention during mid April-May, since police has indications that Antasari Azhar, the head of Corruption Eradication Commission, is the mastermind.Let's see what will the police's conclusion be ....

Wiranto as presidential candidate?

2009-05-24T12:03:00.004+07:00

Notice the first sentence? It is written "Presidential candidate Wiranto" and so on. Hehehe, so he swaps position with Jusuf Kalla? :) The complete post is here for clarification.

kernel panic when calling printk() inside scheduler code...

2009-03-09T22:21:00.000+07:00

An interesting question arose in kernelnewbies mailing list. Basically, somebody somebody asked why calling printk() when intercepting scheduler code (using jprobe) results in kernel panic. Full thread can be read here.My analysis, somehow during module initialization, printk() must not be executed to avoid recursively waking up klogd. The original poster said it didn't help. Finally, he found a

the way we respond to a question

2009-03-08T23:13:00.001+07:00

Probably, you think that's easy. Listen to the question, think for a moment (or longer...if time allows) and explain your answer.But when I looked at this blog post, I am a bit intrigued. For those who don't know who that guy is, he's Kir Kolyshkin. One of the main developer of OpenVZ, a container solution for Linux. Container is a kind of virtualization which is done in OS level. System calls

simple function intercept in Linux

2009-02-21T11:54:00.000+07:00

Few days ago, during my spare times, I wrote an article for an ezine named Echo zine. The article describe about how one could intercept a library call toward the usual libc library. For example, instead of calling normal rand() function of glibc, it will end up executing your own defined rand(). The trick is to utilize LD_PRELOAD environment variable so your library has higher priority to be

First time I boot my UML guest, I got eth0, then eth1..and so on, why?

2009-01-18T20:29:00.000+07:00

It has been itching my head for a while, "why my Slackware UML guest OS gets different eth device name everytime it boots?". It's always incremented e.g first boot I got eth0, later I got eth1 and so on. For note: I didn't build the Slackware by myself, I downloaded from somewhere. Maybe it's uml.harlowill.com or something, sorry I couldn't recall. One thing for sure, it's Slackware

Between "The Dark Knight" and me...

2008-07-20T23:10:00.000+07:00

It's me, sat inside the cinema with my girlfriend, Natalia. The movie was The Dark Knight. This time, Batman a.k.a Bruce Wayne face his arch nemesis...The Joker. But this time, I'd like to talk about the complex psychological problems faced by each characters and compared to what already happened to me....the things I have done ...and the future that lies ahead ... First, let's see Joker. This

OK, we got it :)

2008-05-19T09:18:00.000+07:00

Oh, this is what I call "up to date news" :D News about bad news ....

Somehow we fixed the same thing...

2008-02-19T14:42:00.000+07:00

commit b3da2a73ff5a2953a4ad8ebbf0aa7e6965ff9de2Author: Mel Gorman Date: Wed Oct 24 18:23:50 2007 +0200 sched: document profile=sleep requiring CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS profile=sleep only works if CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS is set. This patch notes the limitation in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt and prints a warning at boot-time if profile=sleep is used without

My article goes Arabic!

2007-12-30T11:43:00.000+07:00

Without further comment, here it is http://arlinux.110mb.com/lgazet/vim-m.php. It's actually an Arabic translation of LG 2 cent tip written by me about couple months ago in 2007.And Happy Idul Adha...regards,Mulyadi

Finding frame rate tester for Linux?

2007-12-25T11:36:00.000+07:00

Breaking from my usual routines on posting Linux internals issues, I post something different right now. Since I am also a (near hardcore) gamer, I always pay attention on recent game releases and development. Well, not so intense like the old days, but I still keep my eyes on it.And for gamers like me, what's the important thing to watch for? Cool GPU? Of course! Feature rich multimedia library?

Peeking into kernel internals with SystemTap

2007-12-08T11:58:00.000+07:00

Just to remind myself and others who are interested in kernel instrumentation. Long time ago, perhaps we did it via manual code modification followed by kernel recompilation, or...uhm, have you ever done syscall hijacking or something like that (ok, it sounds dirty...) ?Now, here comes SystemTap. Some people call it Dtrace-clone. You can find it here. And here you can read a simple example on how

observing kernel variable's content with gdb

2007-07-04T23:39:00.000+07:00

I put it on my blog, so at least some people could have the alternative place instead of digging kernelnewbies archieves. This is a raw summary of discussion between me and Robert P.J. Day. First, an extensive explanation from Robert: ok, here's what i've learned so far, and i have to admit, a littleof it surprises me. to explain what i'm doing, i've just started towrite a tutorial on kernel

Copy of feedback Jeff Dike gave me...

2007-06-12T15:24:00.000+07:00

Hello everyone. Recently I wrote about GCC on Onlamp and some folks gave me feedback. I believe this will be a valuable piece for everybody, so I put it on my blog. The same comment is also posted in Onlamp, but I screwed up the HTML output. For those who got trouble reading the text there, I put the corect version here.This one I got from Jeff. Sharp criticism... The text written in italic is my

The Man named Ulrich Drepper

2007-02-09T02:46:00.000+07:00

You don't know who he is ? Just for intro, he is one the Glibc maintainer. So this guy deals with one of the most wanted component inside Linux. But what I found interesting from Mr. Drepper isn't really about his skill, but how he comments on something.For example, taken from his posting:"If the title promises the latest tactics, why waste time on ancient history? When promising details, why

An enlightenment about shadow page table

2006-12-23T17:10:00.000+07:00

Lately, I got trouble understanding why Virtual Machine Monitor (hypervisors, such as Xen) implement shadow page table. So I entered #osdev in Freenode and got these explanations from these generous gentlemen. Enjoy! (Note: the_hydra is /me)hi could somebody help me understanding what shadow pagetable really is? from what I read, seems like we do shadow because

Feel happy when you found your ideas are well appreciated

2006-12-21T02:11:00.000+07:00

Dear readers....I think I read a very good news. I visited del.icio.us and I found this. By the time I read that, my article has been bookmarked by 158 people...and all I can say is "Wow"..Of course, the fee is good, but looking the fact so many people found my article useful is indeed a greater happiness. And who I should thank to? It's not other than GOD. Honestly, initially this idea sound

Vini Vidi Vici (participating in local Linux Troubleshooting competition)

2006-11-20T01:01:00.000+07:00

Thursday, November 16th 2006, another normal day for me. OK, that's wrong :) Like any other IT folks nowadays, I spent some part of my free time to browse the Internet. Guess what I found? What? Attending the conference? No no, that just made me feel sleepy and awful. Think again. Yup, I decided to enter the Linux trouble-shooting competition. First thing that came inside my brain was "what the

Someone is watching you (or your work?) :)

2006-11-17T04:33:00.000+07:00

Just a short post...Wandering in WWW, like usual, and I found this blog entry . So, at least I am happy that someone found my work is indeed useful for him/her :)In this paper titled "Distributed Software Platforms for Rehabilitating Obsolete Hardware", my Unix Review's article got cited by some folks from Italy.Hm, this URL is interesting. It's like two ways promotion :) My article indirectly

"What does this man do on 1:17 AM"?

2006-04-30T01:15:00.000+07:00

Interesting subject isn't it? Ever think something like that when you work late and you found yourself asking this kind of question? Is it somekind of joke? Irony? Self consciousness over something that hog your life? Everybody has an answer, I believe that and you too gotta believe that you can answer it.So, let's assume someone (or probably me) asks something like that to me... I have many

Jokes from IRC world..... :)

2005-10-25T15:15:00.000+07:00

Dear readers :)As you know, anything can be found in IRC. Serious talk, jokes, sex, politics, religion, anything you can spell between A and Z, it's all there :)For me, IRC is like a virtual pub or cafe. I meet new people there, discuss computer stuff, brain storming, or simply just sit and do nothing...hahaha :) two days, I visited #qemu channel on irc.freenode.net. This channel is the place to

Experiencing OOM (Out Of Memory) for the first time....

2005-10-15T17:16:00.000+07:00

Hello Folks...WARNING: DON'T TRY THIS TRICK ON YOUR PRODUCTION SERVER OR YOUR LOVELY WORKSTATION, AS THIS COULD LEAD TO DATA CORRUPTION. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WITHOUT TAKING RISK, DO IT ON UNUSED PC OR INSIDE VIRTUAL MACHINE (EG: VMWARE)! I DON'T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILIY FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!In the middle of writing my next article for CHIP, I am courious of one

Batman Begins (2)

2005-06-23T00:24:00.000+07:00

The story: Bruce Wayne, the only son of Thomas Wayne, a multi billionaire man of Gotham city, seek a way to revenge the death of his parents and to bring justice to the criminals. In the end, Batman must face his mentor, Rash Al Gul, who he believed is already dead, but now turned into criminal mastermind. Batman did great job to save Gotham city and "introduce" a new kind of fear to the bad guys

"Batman Begins"...I always love the way it's started.....

2005-06-22T22:03:00.000+07:00

Hello guys, long time no see...Yeah, as you might guess, this is a quick recap about the latest movie I watched this afternoon, Batman Begins. First impression, great ! The producer and director did a brilliant job to give a new style to tell the story about this midnight warrior with dark suit. Previously, I thought that only Joel Schumacher who can do such a job, but I was wrong...as it is

The Road to Sys Admin Magazine......

2005-05-13T19:38:00.000+07:00

Thursday, May 12th 2005.... after 3 months of hard work, my writing about Staircase scheduler was finally finished. Certainly not an easy task, because previously I thought this would be a bit easier than what I had done for IBM DeveloperWorks publication. But it is proved to be totally false.....But let's throw out the "pain side"......here are the "lovely side"1. Understanding scheduler code

Things I learned from Linux kernel :))

2005-04-12T14:59:00.000+07:00

The title might sounds funny for some people, especially for non "geek" (Hey, I am not a geek, I dig Linux internal for money :) ). usually, when we want to code something into computer "realm", humans bring analogy and perception he has and tranform it into block of codes. But in my case, the reverse happens, looks like I learn several stuffs from Linux kernel (version 2.4.x and 2.6.x). Note:

Iklan dengan sentuhan bela diri

2005-03-25T23:55:00.000+07:00

Ini dia topik omongan paling favorit gw....bela diri ! belakangan gw lihat ada dua iklan yang sangat bagus menampilkan koreografi:1. Iklan Shampoo Clear2. Iklan rokok Surya ProKebetulan juga, dua duanya ini memakai gerakan-gerakan bela diri asal Brazil, namanya capoeira. Capoeira menurut sejarahnya diciptakan oleh budak-budak di Brazil pada jaman penjajahan Portugis. Karena tangan mereka

"You won't truly know someone until you fight them...."

2005-03-01T03:08:00.000+07:00

The above quote comes from a movie titled Matrix reloaded. For thosewho don't know what Matrix is or really don't have any clue on what itis, I will explain it a bit. Matrix is a sci-fi movie describing abouthuman race live under computer control. These humans are grown on a very very large field. Yes, grown, not born. And computer (or let'sjust say robot with superb Artificial Intelligent) are

Constantine.....

2005-02-22T19:07:00.000+07:00

No, I am not going to talk about Russian emperor or Russian witchor stuff like that. This is a title of new movie starring Keanu Reeves.here, Keanu reeves plays as Constantine, a supernatural detective whowork to "send devil back to the place they belong"...in short...hell :)The interesting things about Constantine are:1. He was born with unusual gift. He can see devils in their real formand

Pemikiran terhadap pernyataan Sekretaris MUI

2005-02-21T09:47:00.001+07:00

Yth Bapak Din Syamsudin dan fungsionaris MUI terkaitSebelum tulisan ini saya lanjutkan, saya himbau pada siapapun yang kebetulan mampir dan membaca tulisan ini agar sejenak berdoa dulu kepada Tuhan YME agar diberi penerangan mata batin dan akal dan dijauhkan dari bisikan setan yang hendak memanipulasi diri kita. Saya sendiri sempat merenung lama dan meminta petunjuk Tuhan agar tulisan saya ini

(Another) Dream come true, IBM DeveloperWorks....

2005-02-02T23:27:00.000+07:00

Whenever I remember how this is started 4 months ago, I always said to myself "Gee, this article is considered to published on IBM DeveloperWorks where top notch writer and scientist share his/her idea. Maybe they are not God but surely they are among the best on earth !" To be honest, the article wasn't planned to shoot for IBM DeveloperWorks. I was targetting to another online publication but.

A (late) new year

2005-01-07T00:26:00.000+07:00

Here we comes folks, year 2005 ! We left behind all the thing we have done, may it be good or bad...all are past, and now...today, we start a new life ! For me 2004 was a great, confusing (or more precisely, frustating), fun and sad year. We call something like this as "gado-gado" or "nano-nano". If you don't understand what I mean, just consider "nano-nano" as a candy with many taste, sweet,

Pengolahan sampah dan kekerasan

2004-11-23T00:42:00.000+07:00

Judul ini sepertinya sama sekali gak nyambung...Apa coba hubungan sampah dan kekerasan? yang satu soal penanganan sesuatu yang merupakan buangan, yang satu suatu tindak emosional pada suatu struktur masyarakat...... Ini dia kejadian yang bikin saya (semakin) geleng2x pada fenomena di negeri ini Masyarakat Cilonjong (salah spell mungkin?) di Bogor, Jawa barat memprotes pemindahan TPA Bantar

CONDOLECENCE FOR YASSER ARAFAT, LEADER OF PLO

2004-11-11T22:44:00.000+07:00

Today, November 11th, 2004, Yasser Arafat died in France after suffering some strange coma caused by lack of brain liquid. The exact cause still hasn't been announced, either by official spoke person of France hospital, member of PLO's board of executive or Zuha, Arafat's wive. Many people believe, it is Israeli's government which took full responsibility. Mossad, Israeli's intelligence, was

Back to home.....continuing my journey....

2004-11-08T14:30:00.000+07:00

November 8th, 2004, 9 AM, i stepped back into my home at Porong. After spending 2 and a half month on bandung, I decide "ok, this is it. This is the ending, i can't hold any longer". Luckily, my "stunt in", Rachman, had been prepared to take over my job. Several pieces of new multithread engine for calculation/render engine, improved timer function based on native WinAPIs and save/reply engine.

Toward Pre emptive scheduler

2004-10-12T17:10:00.000+07:00

Pusing ama judul diatas? Well, me too :D Basically, itulah kerjaan gue. High resolution timer, lowering latency between message post and message dispatch, controlling priority, stuff like that. Ngelu poll pokoke..dan parahnya, sedikit yang bisa diajak diskusi. Apa gak stress coba? Fibre thread still bothers me.....tp normal threading tetap terbuka kemungkinan dipakai. Fibre thread memang ringan

The long journey for designing multi thread engine

2004-10-10T19:13:00.000+07:00

Hello there....Kita ketemu lagi !! Sumpek, kesal, gembira, campur lapar :D itulah the description for my daily activity on Indonesia Army project. Lots of reading PDFs, long hour of boring but challenging experiments, computer crash (oh yes, that's fuckin "Don't send" message box makes me sick). "For what?" you say? Guess what, to design "near" real time multi thread engine....imagine that...

Debate with an old friend from Israel....

2004-09-30T15:13:00.000+07:00

Judul diatas bukan berarti saya sentimen dengan orang Israel......kebetulan saja postingnya di milis openMosix general bikin saya bertanya-tanya dan mau marah... Wonder what kind of sentences that brought me such an anger? here they comes: Tulisan saya dimulai langsung tanpa tanda '>' diawal baris Tulisan "rekan" saya Dr Moshe Bar diawali dengan '>' diawal baris..... [begin of the mail] From:

Kembali sejenak ke rumah......

2004-09-20T01:58:00.000+07:00

Senin 20 September 2004, jam 2:00 AM Here I sit again in front of my PC....on 2 o'clock in the morning. Yes, I return to my home...but just for 3 days. Gue nyampe disini sejak sabtu pagi...and guess what...it's good to be at home ! I CAN WORK AND EXPRESS MY THINKING 100% WITHOUT BARRIERS, OBSTACLE OR OTHER GRUELING THINGS ! Mungkin gue ini style seniman, istilah gue, seniman komputer.....gue

Toward Long Weekend.....

2004-09-10T17:40:00.001+07:00

Here we go again guys....hari Jumat :D Apa coba yang terpikir kalo udah Jumat? "Terpikir sabtu dong"!? :D That's it pal ! Sabtu.......ngapain ya gw besok...ke GOR ITB lagi ahhhhh :D Olahraga biar sehat...abis itu ngapain ya......nonton film aja deh.... "Twisted" kayaknya bagus...sekalian nonkrongin wajah georgeousnya si Ashley Judd :D Coba gw punya bini kayak Ashley Judd, kayaknya betah gw di

BOMB !!!!!

2004-09-09T15:51:00.000+07:00

Kamis, 9 September 2004, jam 10:15 pagi Kamis kelabu bagi bangsa Indonesia....coba tebak, apa lagi yang terjadi di negara yang kita namai Indonesia ini? Apa lagi kalau bukan....BOM !! ya BOM......seakan kita melupakan bakso, siomay, pempek Palembang, tahu, tempe dan beralih menelan "bom" sebagai sajian di "piring" kita. And I say "fuck you bombers.......I don't care if you white, green, blue ,

Bruce Lee, sang legeda.....

2004-09-09T15:08:00.000+07:00

The legend continues..... Pernah dengar nama Bruce Lee? Pernah menonton film yang dibintangi Bruce Lee? Atau ada pecinta bela diri yang berlatih bela diri yang dinamakan Jeet Kune Do...? Jika salah satu jawabannya adalah "Ya"...maka hampir pasti anda mengenal sosok Bruce Lee. Berbadan atletis full muscle, bermuka Oriental, dengan ciri khas senjata double stick / nun chaku.....Inilah sang

Curse of The Dragon.....

2004-09-08T17:45:00.000+07:00

Halo ! Kemaren aku sempetin beli VCD Bruce Lee - Curse of The Dragon. Jadi ceritanya aku koleksi VCD film dan biografi Bruce Lee. Dari fist of Fury, The Big Boss, return of the Dragon, ampe Enter The Dragon semua gw collect...whew !! :D Gw memang big fans of Bruce Lee.......filosofi, teknik bela diri , pandangan hidup....semua gw pelajari....Sang Naga gw nilai patut jadi panutan terutama dalam

tuesday...what the hell do I work on today?

2004-09-07T18:12:00.000+07:00

Kedengarannya seperti judul yang menyeramkan? Mungkin juga...that's my impression on what I had done today....I wonder today "why the **** I work on this ****ing project?" Looking for money? For pride? to serve mu country? Or, is it just me that eager to search for challenge...I can't answer it....all I know..suddenly I feel like lamer... Tree parsing/traversing is one step ahead today...but

Butterfly Effect....

2004-09-06T17:09:00.000+07:00

How are you guys? Did you enjoy the weekend? Well, I watched a movie titled Butterfly Effect. In my opinion, the story is twisted and fuzzy. A young man named Kevin (Ashton Kutcher) has several bad experience in his early age. He also suffered a rare brain injury. This injury somehow can make him to be able to change "the past". A scary talent, don't you think? There is several scenes that

Toward Weekend.....

2004-09-03T16:41:00.000+07:00

what is the God's greatest invention? I think it is holiday ! :D Berdasar Injil kitab Kejadian, Allah beristirahat pada hari ke-tujuh. Nah artinya kalau Tuhan saja butuh beristirahat apalagi manusia ciptaannya (yang notabene powernya limited)... Today....apa ya yg gw kerjain? Well, not much, still pusing ama method Assign() dari TTreeNodes. Errornya berulang kali "Access violation"...emang gw

Ketemu member milis clustering-id

2004-09-02T16:53:00.000+07:00

Hari ini, gue ketemu ama salah satu member milis clustering-id. His name is Rachman...rencananya mau direkrut untuk project pembuatan simulasi tempur TNI AD. We meet at Bandung train station. Inilah saat pertama si rachman lihat moderatornya (kamsudnya gue) :D The man who usually can be seen on virtual world ... now become reality :D rachman ini gw target menjadi salah satu kandidat kuat

A Funny Wednesday :D :D

2004-09-01T16:45:00.000+07:00

Oahem.... Jam 6, bangun pagi, cuci muka....stretching bentar dan pergi ke stadion dekat kos untuk lari pagi :D jadi ceritanya aku lagi coba membangun gaya hidup sehat.....daripada badan "gering" (Jw: sakit) cuma duduk doang :D Makan pagi...berangkat kerja...sampai kantor....power on the computer....:D lalu berturut-turut Yahoo messenger, Eudora, dan browse ke bbrp URL "wajib" :D Lalu datanglah

A thought for my country

2004-08-31T17:59:00.000+07:00

Pemikiran ? apa yang bisa dilakukan seorang Mulyadi seorang diri untuk bangsa seorang diri? Aku terinspirasi quote dari The Gladiator "What we do in life, echoes in eternity"....as long my brain is attached in my head, I will try to dump ideas and work on it for Indonesia jadi apa yang akan kita lakukan? hari ini terpikir soal pendidikan...bbrp teman diskusi soal mahalnya pendidikan. Biaya

Selasa yang bikin ngantuk

2004-08-31T14:39:00.000+07:00

NGANTUK !! Ya, itu dia topik utama hari ini :D Ngantuk, ngantuk dan ngantuk....gara-gara kanker alias kantong kering....:-)))) Beginilah resiko freelancer, bayaran bisa tersendat padahal perut terus mencerna :D Akhirnya ditempuhlah jalan tengah...speed coding dikurangi..:D kalo biasanya 20 km/jam, ya skrg cukup 5 km/jam. Pakai prinsip Jawa "Alon alon asal kelakon"...dan "mangan gak mangan asal

Senin, minggu ke dua di bandung.....:D

2004-08-30T14:00:00.000+07:00

Halo.... Ini posting pertamaku....Hari ini, Senin 30 Agustus adalah minggu kedua aku bekerja di project TNI AD. "What is your job there?" you may ask....jawabannya "Ya gitulah....coding..." :D Seperti biasa, hari senin adalah hari "memompa" kemalasan akibat "sabtu minggu ceria". BTW, untung kemaren udah sempat kontak pak Made Wiryana. Kayaknya, kali ini Tuhan memberi kesempatan aku menemui Pak