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15 applications to help you getting started on Android

2010-05-19T07:04:00.004-07:00

Got a new Android device? Don't know what application should you install first? Here's the list of 15 applications that may help you getting started on Android (the order of the list is random, not based on importance). Please note that I use these applications on Nexus One handset, and these applications may not be available for your device.

01. Linda Manager (Free)

Android doesn't come up with built-in file manager. There are several third party file manager applications available in Android Market, and the most popular ones are Linda Manager and Astro. I prefer to use Linda Manager because it's lighter, and no annoying beta version expiration!

02. tAttachApkInstaller (Free)

For some reason, In Android you cannot directly execute apk (Android Package Installer) from gmail attachment. By installing tAttachApkInstaller, you can install apk from gmail attachment

03. Gesture Search (Free)

Gesture search allows you to search many kinds of item in your Android handset, only just by drawing a gesture of letter/digits. This is very useful on condition where you're only able to operate your handset only by using one hand. The indexing feature of this application is also briliant. No question about that because it's made by Google.

04. Juice Defender (Free/Paid)

This application will magically help your Android device last longer in term of battery life. Juice defender can smartly turn off your APN (data connection) when your screen goes off, and will regularly turn on APN again for several minutes, enough for background application to sync data. The drawback of using this application, you can't really have realtime push notifications on email, Twitter updates and others

05. Goggles (Free)

Image recognition and search application made by Google. Capture a photo of a product, and Goggles will identify it, and search more information about that. The latest information of Googles even allows us to do language translation only just by taking picture of the text. In the upcoming versions, there are rumours saying that Goggles will be able to capture chinese/japanese/arabic language, and translate it to any language you want! Really can't wait for that

06. Moxier Mail (Paid)

Android 2.0+ devices are already powered by exchange compatible email clients. Unfortunately, not all exchange servers can be connected. Moxier Mail will help that, bundled with so many features and real-time push and synchronization options. It sync exchange calendar very well too

07. Opera Mini (Free)

Android built-in browser is very good actually and also fast enough. But Opera Mini, although lack of several functions and rendering capability, is very very fast indeed. It saves me time a lot when opening URL shared by friends in Twitter.

08. Twitter for Android (Free) / Twidroid (Free) / Touiteur (Free/Paid)

Those three are very nice Twitter clients. The official Twitter for Android is very fast and has slick UI, but still lack of features for example reply all feature. Twidroid has complete feature, but the UI is standard. Touiteur also has complete feature and very nice UI, but it's a bit heavy. I personally use Touiteur, because Touiteur has complete features and has the best looking Widget at the moment.

09. Earth (Free)

Marvelous application to browse our lovely earth. You can search for places, and get satellite view of that place, even in 3D View

10. Advanced Task Manager (Free/Paid)

Allow you to easily kill applications that still exist in your memory. You can make exception list of applications that you never want to kill.

11. Smart Keyboard (Free/Paid)

The Android built-in keyboard is enough, but for more features, especially multi-touch support, go for smart keyboard instead.

12. Fring (Free)

Multi-protocol instant messaging application. Actually, at the moment, there are very good application on IM (I still need Yahoo Messenger). But after comparing several alternatives, I choose Fring. Fring also support Skype account, and you can make VOIP call to skype account using Fring

13. News Room (Paid)

RSS reader with stunning user interface and very easy to use

14. GPS Status (Free)

GPS status gives you more detailed information on your GPS sensor. With nice user interface and complete information, GPS Status is a must have utility especially if you often use GPS

15. Aldiko (Paid)

Aldiko turns your Android device into book collections. Browse many kinds of books (free and paid) easily.

Selamat hari raya Idul Fitri, mohon maaf lahir batin semua :)

2009-09-19T06:54:00.000-07:00

This is how I use my office hour for today

2009-04-15T07:23:00.000-07:00

Thanks to very nice free service RescueTime I can track my daily office activity in my laptop. This is the result for today:

or, based on category the result are:

See, I use my office hour wisely don't I ? =)

Backup your E71/Symbian phone contacts using Google Sync!

2009-03-22T01:27:00.000-07:00

What if suddenly your lovely handset could not power up, or being stolen. Besides losing probably one of your important assets (you always carry it right?!), you could also lose the content of it, including the phonebook. Surely, you cannot afford to lose all contacts in your handset right, especially if you're super-busy businessman :D

There are some ways to backup your phonebook:
1. Copy all of them to simcard. This way has limitation : Simcard capacity sometime is not enough (probably only can save up to 250/500 entries). Moreover, if you lose the simcard, you will also lose the backup
2. Use your phone PC Suite to synchronize phonebook. This is probably the most common way that people use

Another way to backup your phonebook is using telecommunication operator services. The service will be based on SyncML specification. For instance, in Indonesia, Telkomsel's subscriber can use Telkomsel Pelindung Dataku. It's very to easy to setup and use. But there will be a charge for the service.

Finally, other alternative is to use Google Sync to backup your phonebook! It's also very easy to set-up and use, and of course free of charge (you'll only be charged for every kb data transfered, depend on your telecommunication operator policy, and the kind of data service you use). For E71 user (and other Symbian 9.x user), here are the step to do it:
1. Make sure you already have Google account. Also make sure that your handset and operator already support data services (GPRS/3G/HSDPA)
2. In your handset, select Tools -> Sync
3. Select new sync profile, and enter corresponding details

Sync Profile Name = Google
Applications = Contacts (include in sync = yes, remote database = contacts, synchronization type = Both ways). Make sure you choose only contacts as google for now only support this PIM
Connection Settings
Server Version = 1.2
Server ID = Google
Data Bearer = Internet
Access Point = Choose your APN here
Host Address = https://m.google.com/syncml
Port = 443
Username = Your google email. For instance, anu@gmail.com
Password = Your google account password

After you set above items correctly, then you will be able to sync your phonebook!! You can see your phonebook in Google Contact Manager after a succesful synchronization

NB:
It will be very nice if later on Google support all kind of PIM that can be synchronized. For instance, the calendar and tasks with Google Calendar :)

Blogging again ...

2009-03-20T06:08:00.000-07:00

Wew, I finally decide that I will spend my time to actively blog again. Let's see how it goes :p
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Always Reds

2008-05-01T06:12:00.000-07:00

Pas Riise nyetak gol bunuh diri menit 95' pas Leg 1 Semifinal CL Liverpool vs Chelsea kmrn, gw langsung merasa bahwa abis sudah langkah Liverpool di CL musim ini. Liverpool outplayed Chelsea sepanjang pertandingan, but somehow Chelsea bisa menyamakan kedudukan! Dgn cara yg menyakitkan lagi.
Sejak itu gw dah yakin banget bahwa the luck will turn out against us next week. Sebelumnya gw ga pernah sepesimis ini, dan ga pernah punya feeling sekuat ini.

Gol bunuh diri itu begitu menyakitkan, sehingga aku memutuskan untuk tidak menonton Leg 2 di Stamford Bridge [takut hal menyakitkan terulang lagi]. Pada akhirnya, sama sempat menonton Babak I Leg I tadi malam, dan Liverpool mainnya jelek banget! Akhirnya saya memutuskan untuk tidur saja, karena subuhnya mesti berangkat ke Bandung. Saya setel alarm jam 04.30.

......

04:30!! Alarm berbunyi, dan saya segera ambil HP untuk ngecek livescore.com. Tnyata ada 4 SMS baru. Wah, bisa jadi kabar buruk/gembira nih. Akhirnya krn penasaran, saya langsung baca saja SMS satu per satu ....

1 May 2008, 03:05
From: Yodi (my bro)
Msg : Life line ...

>> Wowww.. apa yang terjadi? berhasilkan Liverpool menyamakan kedudukan?? 1-1? ato chelsea nyetak gol lagi, tapi dikejar jadi 2-1 buat chelsea?

1 May 2008, 03:06
From: Tetra TSEL
Msg : Maut jagoan gw

>> TORRES!!! Itu yang langsung terpikirkan olehku ketika baca SMS Tetra. Hummm hum ...

1 May 2008, 03:46
From: Adhi TSEL
Msg : Goooooooooooooooooooooool...... \^_^/

>> Gol buat sapa neh? Feeling gw lagi2 ga enak, secara yg ngirim si Adhi. 03:46 kan brarti kira2 pas injury time tuh, my God!

1 May 2008, 04:19
From: T.Maxwell
Msg : Liverpool welcome to moscow e salah nulis nih liverpool go to hell...Ha3x... The reds puas gelar lagi... Emang dasar PECUNDANG...

Glek ... awalnya gw cuma baca yg bagian awal Message aja. tapi aneh juga rasanya si Maxwell ngasi selamat, secara dia anti Liverpool. Dan bener tnyata ...... :(((((

Pilihanku untuk tidak menonton sisa pertandingan sangat tepat, karena tnyata pertandingan harus diselesaikan dalam extratime!!!! beuh, kebayang aja kalo nonton kali, trus kalah. bakal bener2 menyakitkan. kasian ni jantung, dah cukup diuji pas lawan Arsenal di quarter final
Tapi di sisi lain, saya merasa 'bersalah' juga tidak menontonnya. Karena tnyata Liverpool bisa berjuang membalas, dan sempat menyamakan kedudukan lewat Torres. Tapi apa daya, gol bunuh diri Riise dan cederanya Skrtel bener2 memupus harapan Liverpool. Terlebih lagi, ini pertama kalinya saya 'menyengajakan tidak menonton' Liverpool, kemungkinan karena feeling saya yg udah ga enak sejak minggu kmrn.

Anyway, salut buat pemain, pelatih dan suporter the Reds. Mereka menerima lapang dada kekalahan ini, beda sama GOONERS dan SCUM.
Ketika Rafa di interview sehabis pertandingan, ditanyakan masalah penalty appeal ketika Hyypia di langgar Ballack pas injury time. Rafa menjawab: Itu hanya bagian kecil dari pertandingan yang tidak bisa kita rubah lagi. Pertanyaan berikut??
Rafa secara sportif mengakui kekalahannya, padahal jika dilihat tanyangan ulangnya, jelas Ballack menjegal Hyypia sebagaimana Hyypia menjegal Ballack ketika Chelsea mendapat penalty. Beda sama AW dan SAF.

Salut juga buat Lampard, atas keberaniannya mengeksekusi penalty setelah kehilangan Ibu-nya. He kept his nerve to cooly convert the penalty.

Always Liverpool, Always Reds, YNWA!!!!

Google Browser Sync

2008-03-30T06:42:00.000-07:00

Ternyata yang kucari-cari selama ini udah dibikin sama google, bahkan sejak 2006 yg lalu lagi :">

Jadi ceritanya, saya membutuhkan aplikasi sync untuk sinkronisasi data-data browser di komputer saya di kantor, dan laptop di kos. Data-data yang bisa disinkronisasi itu antara lain: bookmark, cookie, history, saved passwords dan tabs. Jadi dengan kata lain, misalnya saya bookmark suatu halaman web ketika saya lagi browsing di kantor, maka bookmark tersebut juga bakal muncul di browser saya di laptop di kos.

Data-data tersebut nanti akan disimpan di server google, jadi anda harus punya account google terlebih dahulu. Supaya lebih secure, juga ada opsi untuk mengenkripsi data-data yang sensitif, seperti cookie.

Untuk lebih jelasnya, lihat saja langsung di http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/

Beware, don't be stupid! Jangan pernah install plugins firefox ini di komputer bersama, di warnet misalnya. Cookie-cookie anda nanti juga bisa ikut disinkronisasi :))

Farewell to you

2008-03-22T07:20:00.000-07:00

Tertimpa musibah pada tanggal 14 Maret 2008 yang lalu sudah cukup membuatku sedih, tetapi ternyata berpisah dengan seorang sahabat, ternyata lebih membuatku sedih.

Pada hari ini, 22 Maret 2008 ... perpisahan itu ...

Tidak hanya seorang sahabat, tetapi dia sudah seperti saudara sendiri bagiku, bahkan oleh keluarga besarku dia telah dianggap saudara sendiri. Ternyata waktu lebih dari 11 tahun yang telah kita lalui, begitu cepat berlalu tidak berasa. Memang sudah takdir dari-Nya yang menentukan untuk sementara kita mesti berpisah, sampai waktu yang kita sendiri tidak bakal pernah tahu.

Thx for everything ..
Thx for the eternal friendship ...
Thx for all the support you have given to me ...
Thx for the joy you have brought to my life ...

Jadi teringat kembali lagu-nya White Lion, seperti dulu waktu berpisah dengan teman spesial

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Farewell to you - White Lion

Well it's time to say goodbye my friend
I'm glad you stayed until the end
I hope that you've enjoyed the time we spent
Though I know that i'll be back again
I don't know just how soon my friend
Until we meet again just think of me
I'll think of you

It was easier to say hello
Than to say goodbye
Now the bus is leaving once again
I bid farewell to you
Oh oh yeah

I remember all the fun we had
And all the tears when times were bad
But you were there when we were down and out
And I know that I will not forget
What was written and what was said
And who was there when we were not on top
Of the world

It was easier...

Yes it's time to say auf Wiedersehn
Sayonata and ciao my friend
You¹ll always have a place within my heart
And rock will come and rock will go
The scene will change and time will show
But still I hope that you'll be there for me
i'll be there for you

it was easier to say hello....

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Good luck there, wish u successful and the happiest life

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2008-03-14T07:18:00.000-07:00

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Unlocking Modem Huawei E220 [link corrected]

2008-03-08T05:15:00.000-08:00

note : Maap sebelumnya, saya posting link yg salah untuk software upgradenya (link firmware update untuk link software updatenya)

Huawei E220

Semenjak 2 minggu terakhir, coverage 3G operator seluler yang saya gunakan di daerah kos2an saya di Guru Mughni hilang. Terus terang, internet sudah merupakan hal wajib bagi saya. Walaupun mendapatkan unrestricted akses di kantor, tetapi di kos saya tetap membutuhkan akses internet untuk misalnya browsing situs-situs yang 'kurang pas' kalau di akses di kantor, seperti friendster, forum2 buat cari software terbaru, baik PC maupun Touch Dual, ataupun untuk, istilah Den Besar, content :)) Tetapi hal utama yang paling penting adalah, saya tidak bisa lagi nonton pertandingan Liverpool live (sudah sebulan terakhir nonton the Reds via streaming), karena bandwidth GPRS tidak cukup.

Jadi, hilangnya coverage 3G cukup mengganggu saya. GPRS biasa tidak mencukupi speednya, bahkan di Guru Mughni EDGE pun tidak ada. Oleh karena itu, saya mencoba mencari solusi sementara, yaitu pindah ke provider lain :p

Untuk itu, saya membutuhkan modem 3G/HSDPA lagi, karena tidak mungkin menjadikan Touch Dual saya sebagai modem, secara nomor utama mesti selalu aktif. Dalam pikiran saya : "Keluar duit lagi neh". Lalu saya teringat, saya memiliki modem pinjaman (hehehe), sayang sekali modem tersebut di lock hanya untuk jaringan operator tertentu saja. Modem-nya modem buatan Huawei, yaitu model E220.

Setelah browsing beberapa lama, akhirnya saya menemukan cara buat unlock modem E220 supaya bisa dipakai di seluruh operator. Berikut langkah2 nya (disclaimer: Proses unlock modem Huawei E220 merupakan proses flashing ulang firmware dari modem. Oleh karena itu, langkah2 berikut memiliki resiko yang tinggi untuk dilakukan. Saya tidak bertanggungjawab atas apa yang terjadi pada modem anda. Saya sendiri telah mencoba, dan berhasil 100%. Pastikan anda mengikuti setiap langkah yang dijelaskan berikut untuk mencegah hal2 yang tidak diinginkan :D)

1. Pastikan aliran listrik ke PC anda 100% aman dan stabil. Disarankan menggunakan laptop, karena ada baterai untuk power cadangan seandainya listik down.
2. Keluarkan SIM card dari modem
3. Pastikan koneksi USB dari PC ke modem stabil. FYI, kabel data E220 sangat rentak rusak atau flicker koneksi
4. Download file upgrade firmware ini, dan jalankan. Ikuti instruksi yang muncul di layar. Modem anda akan connect/disconnect dengan sendirinya. Ini wajar, karena dalam proses flashing ulang, akan terjadi beberapa kali restart modem.
5. Download software upgrade ini, dan eksekusi juga. Ikuti juga instruksi yang akan muncul.
6. Uninstall software modem yang sebelumnya di install.
7. Setelah berhasil, disconnect, dan connect lagi modem anda
8. Install kembali software modem bawaan dari modem. Nama software yang baru adalah Mobile Partner, menggantikan Mobile Connect
9. That's it!! Anda tinggal mengkonfigurasikan koneksi APN sesuai dengan operator yang anda gunakan.

Touch dual 3rd party application

2008-02-10T00:06:00.000-08:00

Here are several nice applications i've already installed in my HTC Touch Dual. Next time, I'll give more applications :)

phoneAlarm
To my surprise, there's annoying behaviour in Touch Dual (and any other windows mobile based handset). After making data connection (GPRS / 3G / HSDPA), the connection is not disconnected automatically after being idle. It really annoys me, as it can drain your battery power quickly. So I browse through the net, and found phoneAlarm! Actually, the automatic disconnection of data connection is not the main feature of this application, it's only an additional feature. But the main features of phoneAlarm are also nice: repeating reminder of missed call, incoming SMS, etc .. just like RemindMe in Symbian based handset. There are lot of other features you can discover in phoneAlarm!

Jvm for Windows Mobile, MySaifu
MySaifu is a free Java Virtual Machine for windows mobile based phone. It works well enough (although the performance is not too good), see the website for more info

SPB Full Screen Keyboard
Full screen keyboard helps you to type characters easier, because it's larger key. It's not helping much though, in Touch Dual, as the screen is small.

Sktool
Help you customize, tuning many hidden configuration. It also even can clean-up unneeded junk in your mobile phones.

CoreCodec Player
Superb video player. It enables you to play almost any type of videos and musics : avi (xvid codec, etc), wmv, mpg, and more...

ShapeServices IM+
Like in my E61, I use IM+ to connect to yahoo messenger.

The only valid measurement of code quality : WTF / minute

2008-02-06T00:37:00.000-08:00

For those who often involve IT project, maybe are so familiar with measurement transaction per second (tps). Anyway, While browsing one of my favorite website, dzone.com, I found a funny cartoon regarding the only valid measurement of code quality : WTF / minute. LOL it's so damn funny :p

Nokia E61 and HTC Touch Dual Comparison (First Impression)

2008-01-28T23:38:00.000-08:00

Recently, I purchased HTC Touch Dual to replace my beloved Nokia E61. The main reason I wanted to replace my E61 was the need of smaller but powerful handset, touch screen capable device and support for HSDPA connectivity. Is my brandnew Touch Dual better in aspect than E61? Well, it's not ... there are some features I miss so much from my E61. Therefore, I've made some comparison between my Touch Dual and E61

FYI, my Touch Dual model is P5500(sliding keypad, 16-key), as P5520 (sliding suretype keyboard, 20-key, half QWERTY) is not available in Indonesia.

Model

Nokia E61

HTC Touch Dual

Touch Dual handset model is far better than E61. In the truth, it's not fair to compare Touch Dual model and E61, because they are in different categories. Touch dual is an elegant small, slim, sliding PDA with superb casing. E61 is not bad actually, it's OK actually. Some of my friends told me that I carried calculator everywhere :D E61 looks like a calculator indeed, but I was happy enough with it :)

Connectivity
Touch Dual support HSDPA network (download speed upto 3,6 mbps, and upload speed upto 384 kbps). Although HSDPA network in Indonesia still rare, I still need it because mostly I stayed in area where HSDPA coverage is available. Meanwhile, suprisingly, Touch Dual dropped WI-FI connectivity (compare to its predecessor, HTC Touch). Nokia E61 supports only 3G network, but it is equipped with WI-FI connectivity

Input Method
The section relates to what I miss badly from my E61, QWERTY keyboard. E61 keyboard really speeds up myself in writing message, notes, calendars, etc. Moreover, the failure rate is very low if using QWERTY keyboard, compare to those available in Touch Dual. Touch Dual actually has several input method : keypad (just like ordinary handset), screen keyboard, screen suretype keyboard, and handwriting recognition, but none satisfies me, even after I installed 3rd party fullscreen keyboard. The only positive thing in Touch Dual input method is of course it's touch screen feature (it makes easy for u to navigate through out the phone).

In addition, Touch Dual also has TouchFLO features: The ability to navigate your phone by moving your finger through the phone screen, just like iPhone style. To see what TouchFLO actually is, see below video:

Internet Browser and JVM for Java Application
Talking about built-in Internet browser, more the less both are the same: slow response, slow loading pages. But we can install additional 3rd party application such as Opera. For both phone, we can install both Native Opera (full version), and Java Opera (Opera Mini).
To my suprise, Opera Mini for E61 (symbian based phone) is far a better internet browser, in term of speed (response and loading time), and ease of navigation. Opera Mini for Touch Dual (which is windows mobile based phone) performs badly as JBlend (midlet virtual machine for WM based handset) performance is not as good as the one in Nokia E61 (native support)

Camera
2.0 mega pixel (Touch Dual) vs none (E61) :p
At the time I bought E61, I thought I don't need camera in my handset. But then I realized, I was wrong, and I sometime need the camera.

Speaker
Touch Dual speaker is much better than E61 (or mostly Nokia handset :p)

Home Screen
HTC's home screen is very good. You can customize nearly everything. It makes your life easier to access certain application or feature from the home screen, moreover by the help of stylus. E61 users must admit that they lose in this section, E61 is not PDA afterall :)

PIM and Synchronization
I hate ActiveSync! Nokia PC Suite is much better application. I don't know what others think, but I really feel I don't like ActiveSync

Battery Life
E61 battery life is much more superior than Touch Dual's. Thanks to efficient Symbian operating system, and large battery, My E61 battery can last for 4 days (no excessive use of Internet access), and after 1 year of use, it stays like that :) Meanwhile, Touch Dual can only last for 2 days. It makes sense though, as Touch Dual is a PDA device and using Windows Mobile (too consumtive in term of power).

Formula for Illegal Digital Heaven

2008-01-15T23:33:00.000-08:00

rapidshare.com + projectw.org + high speed unrestricted broadband internet access + internet download manager = dvds of software, games, movies, music

You can get nearly everything now in the Internet

Return to innocence

2007-12-08T08:38:00.000-08:00

Allah, I've come too far. Please forgive me, and show me the way what I am really are ...

MySQL Indexes

2007-11-08T08:41:00.000-08:00

I'm one of the fans of open source Database Management System (DBMS), called MySQL. The main reasons why I like MySQL are: free, easy to use, stable and powerful. Some people will doubt about The latter twos, but indeed MySQL is stable and powerful. I use MySQL a lot in company, not because my company cannot afford commercial DBMS, but simply because MySQL is really a fast and dependable solution, as my department often assigned to do projects that have tight deadline.

But still MySQL, yet powerful, is not like commercial DBMS like Oracle. MySQL needed to be used properly if you want to get maximum performance (although commercial DBMS too :p no I mean in simplest things). Take Indexes for example. In MySQL too we have indexes, but maybe some people haven't notice how MySQL handles indexes.

To start learning about MySQL indexes, let's see below query

select * from car where color='red'

If you have around 100 records in car table, it's fine not to have index. But how about if you have around millions of records, or maybe billions?. Index is a must. General rule in database world is that you should have index on column which you have query state that column in where condition. Like above example, you should index on color column, moreover if you do the query a lot, and the table itself has lot of records. The other rule we should have index on column, is the column which involves in join query (mostly, in foreign key to other table).

select * from car a inner join company b on a.id_company=b.id

Then, you should have index on id_company column too.

Wait wait wait...
What you mean by 'should have index on id_company column too' ?? It means, we should have two indexes, one for color column, and the other one for id_company.

Simple like that :D ? Of course no, there someother considerations on MySQL indexes. There will be also compound index, that is index in more than one column. Please note that is different the previous case (two single indexes vs compound index)
- Two single indexes == We have two indexes, that is one for column A, and the other for column B (like the previous case)
- One compound index == We have one index, that is applied to two or more columns, let's say column A and column B

Got the differences??

Let say you have query:

1. select * from car where color='red'
2. select * from car where color='red' and id_company=14
3. select * from car where color='red' and id_company=14 and production_year=2000

A. Indexed column(s) : [color]
Let's say you have index only on column color.
Then the index will apply on three queries above, but only part applied to Query 2 and Query 3. Why? Because the indexed column is only color. Thus, in Query 2 case, MySQL still has to do full table scan (after applying index color) to find records that satisfy where id_company=14 statement
Conclusion for Indexed column A:
Query 1 --> full index use
Query 2 --> part index use
Query 3 --> part index use

B. Indexed column(s) : [color, id_company] (compound index)
Same as above analogy, the index will be fully used in Query 1 and Query 2. But for Query 3, the index will only partly use to find records, as column production_year is not indexed.
There maybe will come a question regarding whether Query 1 will benefit from index color and id_company. There answer is yes, because the query will use the first part of compound index, that column color to find the records
Conclusion for Indexed column B:
Query 1 --> full index use
Query 2 --> full index use
Query 3 --> part index use

C. Indexed column(s) : [color], [id_company] (two single indexes)
For Query 1, surely this case will benefit from the two single indexes. But how about Query 2? Yes it will also benefit, but not as good as B. Indexed column case. Why? Because the MySQL can only use one kind of index per query. As for case C, we have two indexes, then only one index will be used. This is the one of the limitations for MySQL DBMS. The same rule apply to Query 3.
Conclusion for Indexed column C:
Query 1 --> full index use
Query 2 --> part index use
Query 3 --> part index use

D. Indexed column(s) : [color, id_company, production_year] (compound indexes)
This index Case, is the best solution for the queries stated above. All queries will utilize the index that Case D has.
Conclusion for Indexed column D:
Query 1 --> full index use
Query 2 --> full index use
Query 3 --> full index use

Fiuhhh, so far we have Case D as the best solution. But how about we have another query to challenge??

4. select * from car where production_year=2000

The answer? If you only have compund index on [color, id_company, production_year], then to solve query, MySQL needs to do full table scan!!! Why?? Because production_year is the last part of the compound index (the order does matter!!!). So MySQL cannot use the index. It's different from Query 1 : select * from car where color='red'. The color is the first part of compound index, and it can utilized. So the solution?? You will need additional index on column production_year. So, will need to have indexes like this
- [color, id_company, production_year]
- [production_year]

Index on modifier function used in where

The last lesson (cieh :p) that we need to learn from this session, is that MySQL is not smart enough to apply the index on modifier function used in where statement.
Let's say the car table has another column, called sale_date. The sale_date is datetime SQL type. You have single index on column sale_date. . Then you have SQL query like below
- select * from car where year(sale_date)='2006'

Will the sale_date index be used? The answer is no!!
MySQL is not smart enough to do that. The solution? Never use the modifier function on where statement if you want to make use of index. So, change the SQL query into
- select * from car where sale_date between '2006-01-01' and '2006-12-31'

Then the index will be fully utilized :)

Stop the rotation policy please ...

2007-09-24T08:47:00.000-07:00

Please Rafa ...
Please stop rotating the starting line-up
I'm getting tired of this ...
Our main striker (read : TORRES) sat on the bench?? Oh please, dont u you want to win the premier league??

My Computer and IT Knowledge History [Part I]

2007-09-15T02:38:00.000-07:00

The first computer I explored was CASIO PB-770. It was a small computer (more than a calculator). The size is only arround 25 x 10cm. I got this from my father, when I was 6 years old.

I started to be curious about this mini computer after I saw a simple program made by unknown people (Yes, I still don't know until now :p). The program will ask your height, and your weight, and then will then whether you are fat or not. Simple, but enough to make me curious as the program used Indonesian Language. After reading and learning the user manual, I finally figure out that the program was made by using BASIC programming language.

After having enough knowledge on BASIC programming language, at the age of 7, I started to write my own game on PB-770. The game I made was a Horse race bet game. Actually it was not pure my idea, as I already saw it somewhere else. I really enjoyed making and playing it.

At 8, my father bought a desktop PC. I started to explore the PC too (but PB-770 still always with me ^^). I started how to use DOS, WS, Lotus and playing classic game such as Digger, Bushido and Karateka.
Not long after that, I started to learn Quick Basic on my PC. The QBasic intepreter was part of MS-DOS package. Well, the differences of BASIC in PB-770 and Quick Basic were in PB-770 basic, you must use line number for every statement, meanwhile in Quick Basic, you can use functions and procedures. Unfortunately, the Quick Basic only provided intepreter functionaly, meaning you can't compile your code into executable.

At the age of 11, I started to learn how to format harddisk, re-install MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.1, and Microsoft Office 4.3. The Microsoft Office I installed was genuine one, and I got it from my father company. Because CD-ROM was not too famous at that time, I merely installed Ms. Office by using 43 Installer floppy disks!! I also continued to learn Quick Basic, and I was amazed a sample game program named Gorilla if I'm not mistaken. Insipired by that, I started to make my own game, a Street-Fighter-A-Like a game, but it was completely CUPU, xixixixixixixixixii.
During I was in Junior High School (age around 13-15), I rarely improved my computer knowledge. I really regretted that period, as I should had learnt more. But it was the time when I first touched the Internet. I connected to the Internet from my home, using Dial-Up Connection. I was amazed by the Internet, and I thought that Internet was a miracle. The age of 13, I had my own email address in Yahoo Website, and yes, I still use that email account until now :)

to be continued ...

Left behind ....

2007-09-11T02:36:00.000-07:00

I realize that I left behing from my friends...
in terms of IT experience, initiative, communication skills, leadership, and persuasion skills

There's still room of improvement for me, so let start now!!!!

We are in top of EPL

2007-09-03T03:01:00.000-07:00

"We're in top of EPL"

Thanks to Chelsea's slip at Villa Park, every liverpudlians can say that now, at least for upcoming two weeks [no EPL matches being held :p]

7zip saves my ass.

2007-07-11T05:59:00.000-07:00

Thanks god, one of my tasks has been done :)

I was assigned a task, to make system that can send email containing privacy data. Because of IT security policy in my company, I need to encrypt the data first. The problem is that, the receipient of the email should not have additional program, to decrypt the data. So we concluded that we can use zip compression with encryption, as current available operating systems should support ZIP format directly, although the encryption in standard ZIP format can be broken easily.

At first, I thought the ZIP compression and encryption in simple ... So I just looking around the web find PHP library for that.... (yess,, it must be opensource). Nope ... i failed to my one. Then, I moved up to find out how execute zip command in Solaris, the operating system of my system. But it tells that the installed version doesnt support encryption. So I try reinstalled the supported one, but also failed as the documentation is very bad (because too old) I think. Besides, I dont have root privilege.

I started to desperate ... But somehow, after browsing again, came to my mind the opensource 7zip. So I just browse the sourcecode of 7zip command line program, and compiled it (need no root privilege). And fortunately, it works!!!! Thanks God ;)

Akhirnya, bisa liburan ke bandung :)

2007-07-06T05:58:00.000-07:00

Setelah beberapa minggu terakhir selalu gagal ke liburan ke bandung, akhirnya minggu ini bisa. Itupun setelah dapat kabar dari manager saya bahwa rencana untuk standby batal. Awalnya saya ditugaskan untuk standby, memonitoring system yang akan di migrasikan, tapi implementasinya sendiri mundur, karena satu dan dua hal.

senang bercampur sedih juga sih. Senang karena akhirnya bisa ke bandung, sedih karena pekerjaan ini melibatkan rekan2 di IT VAS Pak Dedi dan Pak Mastur, sedangkan dah beberapa hari terakhir selalu menginap di kantor. Semangat Bapak2 :)

piuhh,, akhir2 ini saya agak merasa jenuh dengan pekerjaan. Semoga dengan kesempatan weekend di Bandung ini saya bisa fresh kembali dalam bekerja.

i'm so tired ...

2007-06-29T09:43:00.001-07:00

capek banget ....
dah dua hari terakhir nginep di kantor ...
akhirnya malam ini bisa tidur nyenyak di kos ...
tapi tetap aja besok pagi harus ngantor lagi ...
still a lot of things to do ...

moga2 semua bisa beres :)

Buat Besar, sori coi .. jadi elu sendiri yg ngurusin SMS Enhance. Tenkyu banget yaaak, ntar gw bantuin lo juga dah

hoaammm... ngantuk banget neh, dah ah ....

My Top 10 websites

2007-06-22T08:52:00.000-07:00

www.liverpoolfc.tv
Yes, I'm a liverpudlians :)

ipmart-forum.com
Here I can download so many applications for my E61

kaskus.us
MP3 and miscellenous interesting information

detik.com
Indonesian top news website

slashdot.org
IT knowledge update

www.football365.co.uk
English premier league news, wrapped in some style

www.javalobby.org
Java knowledge update

www.soccerpulse.com
Download football [Liverpool mainly :p] video clips

www.phpclasses.org
A huge library of PHP library, in object oriented style

mail.yahoo.com
Oppppss, almost forgotten :p My web-based email :)

I'm back >:)

2007-06-20T08:31:00.000-07:00

1 Februari 20067?
Terakhir kali nulis blog ...
Wah, dah lama ternyata :p
Well, banyak event-event yang sudah sejak tanggal itu. Mungkin terlalu banyak kalau diceritakan di sini semua. Ntar aja ya, kalau sempat :D Yang jelas, sekarang saya sudah lulus kuliah dan sekarang sudah bekerja di salah satu perusahaan telekomunikasi Indonesia. Saya ditempatkan sebagai di Departemen IT VAS (Value Added Services) Development. Saya merasa cocok di sini, karena IT bangeeeeetz deh :) Walaupun sebenarnya masih ada keinginan bekerja di konsultan IT (bukan end-user company), tapi saya enjoy di sini [toh IT VAS bisa dibilang konsultan internal kali yah :p]

Apa yang berubah dari diri saya? Well, ngga banyak :p I'm still the same old Rayhan. Masih cinta Liverpool [sangat sedih ketika kalah 2-1 sama Milan di final liga champion]. Masih sering main Pro Evolution Soccer, walaupun lawan2 sekarang di Jakarta [teman2 kantor], tidak seberat lawan-lawan Trianza :p. Masih cinta computer related stuff, masih Gadget mania [yup, I love my E61].

well, that's enough for now ...

My Brother's Wedding

2007-02-01T05:56:00.000-08:00

yes, it's coming up on 11th of February. It's a bit suprising package, we only about 10 days preparation. Well, it's ok actually as we dont plan to hold glamarous party. Anyway, good luck for brother Yodi and sister-in-law-to-be Rayna :)

My Brand New E61

2007-01-31T05:53:00.000-08:00

At last i failed to resist my will to buy new handphone. I really didnt plan to buy it today, but while i was looking around in BEC, i saw E61, second-hand. Suprisingly, the new E61 isnt available, so I decided to look for the second-hand. The seller said that it was sold by a person who sell-it-over-credit. The condition of the phone was still excellent, but would be given without package, only the zhone and charger. I was amazed by the phone. Qwerty, UMTS, Wifi support, big screen, you couldnt ask for more for a office phone standard. And in addition, i could get it for a significant cut price. After bought It, I explored the phone and my many interesting features.

But while exploring, I was stunned ... The phone crashed when I try to send SMS. Panicly I try to figure out the causes for the crash, but none work. I felt really bad at that time, felt I had spent my money on a buggy slack phone. But fortunately, the problems solved by master-resetting the phone. At first, I didnt know the security code needed, but finally I found it on my 7610 manual book. But after all, it's not a PDA. The processor is slower I think, than current PDA standard. For example, it takes lot of time to open text document with only 600kb size. I've installed adobe acrobat reader, it said out of memory while trying to open 3mb pdf document. Other drawback is lack of application available for this series. S60 3rd edition is still new, and moreover the screen size of E61 is different among others.

Usaha Printing & Penyalinan File Disk Kita

2006-12-01T22:53:00.000-08:00

Apa hubungannya ... ? (Masih ada hubungannya dengan posting blog sebelumnya)

Salah satu tempat jasa printing yang cukup besar di Bandung, melayani segala jenis printing, antara lain dokumen, foto, poster dan lain-lain. Tempat itu sering saya kunjungi karena memang akses tempatnya mudah.
Ada perilaku petugas di sana yang kurang saya sukai, yaitu mereka selalu menyalin (copy) dokumen yang akan dicetak ke harddisk terlebih dahulu. Awalnya saya tidak peduli, namun lama-lama saya merasa agak risih juga. Kenapa? Karena kita tidak akan pernah tahu tentang keberadaan dokumen yang telah disalin tersebut.
Bukannya saya penuh curiga, namun pada saat sekarang di mana teknologi informasi sudah berkembang demikian pesatnya, hal apapun bisa terjadi. Sebagian pembaca mungkin sudah mengetahui tentang adanya situs yang menjual skripsi/thesis kepada mahasiswa-mahasiswa bermental bobrok. Bayangkan jika anda melakukan pencetakan laporan Tugas Akhir di suatu tempat, dan laporan tersebut terlebih dahulu disalin ke harddisk. Apapun bisa terjadi bukan? Atau okelah, mungkin pembaca tidak peduli, biarlah laporan TA saya juga, disalin juga tidak masalah. Tetapi bagaimana dengan dokumen penting lainnya? Atau karya artistik yang memiliki nilai tinggi?

Oleh karena itu, saya jika melakukan pencetakan di suatu tempat, selalu minta dokumen tersebut di hapus kembali (termasuk mengosongkan recycle bin). Hanya sebatas itu yang bisa saya lakukan. Namun jika si petugas lihai, dia bisa menggunakan kakas undelete yang tersedia sangat banyak, untuk mengambil kembali file yang dihapus tersebut.

Lebih jauh lagi, sebenarnya kita bisa membuat sebuah program yang running di system, dan ketika sebuah removable media (disk, flaskdisk, dll) dimasukkan, maka file-file yang ada di media tersebut secara otomatis akan disalin tanpa sepengetahuan kita. Hal ini mudah dilakukan dengan memanfaatkan Win32 API yang tersedia, dan ini juga telah dilakukan oleh adik-adik kelas saya untuk mengakali seorang dosen. Bayangkan jika flashdisk kita berisi dokumen-dokumen rahasia? Atau project-project berharga hasil kerja keras kita....

Hari penuh cobaan ..

2006-12-01T22:41:00.000-08:00

Sudah lama saya tidak menulis blog, sekarang tiba-tiba jadi ingin :p

Hari ini sungguh melelahkan. Semuanya diawali dengan setting-up komputer server PusatPulsa.com di rumah saya. Agah & adiknya mesti pulang ke Bekasi berhubung Ibunda tercinta ulang tahun, jadi sementara server dititipkan di saya. Awalnya saya antusias, karena development server nantinya akan lebih lancar karena saya bisa langsung test & run. dan sebenarnya semuanya berjalan lancar pada awalnya. Device-device sudah up dan connected dengan server.

Tetapi setelah kira-kira setengah jam running, monitor yang saya pinjam dari Bang Iwan tidak mau hidup. Maklum monitor tua :D ada yang salah di sakelarnya. Setelah itu panik deh, mana transaksi-transaksi XL sedang mengalami gangguan, dan butuh intervensi manusia. Akhirnya saya meminjam monitor Bang Yodi dan Alhamdulillah baik-baik saja.

Hambatan berikutnya datang, si server tidak bisa membuat koneksi LAN peer-to-peer dengan laptopku :( padahal susah kalo mesti bolak-balik laptop server untuk deployment perbaikan maupun untuk menangani komplain. Hal ini masih belum bisa saya pecahkan, kemungkinan servernya harus direstart, tetapi karena sistem sudah running, maka hal itu belum bisa saya lakukan.

Cobaan lain datang ketika saya menyeberang sebuah jalan, dan jalan tersebut waktu itu memang sedang ramai. Awalnya saya kesusahan menyeberang, tetapi Alhamdulillah berhasil menemukan celah. Namun sewaktu hampir sampai di seberang, saya dengan buru-buru melangkah tanpa melihat ke samping, dan ternyata sebuah sepeda motor hampir saja menabrak saya. Untunglah pengendara sepedamotor tersebut cepat menghentikan motornya. Setelah itu saya kena dampat olehnya :D Ya saya akui saya memang salah, dan saya sangat bersyukur pada Allah saya tidak apa-apa.

Tantangan berikut datang ketika saya harus mencetak sebuah dokumen, dan saya mencetaknya di salah satu tempat pencetakan yg cukup besar di dekat kampus saya. Sewaktu mencetak, sebenarnya tidak ada masalah. Namun sewaktu saya naik angkot dalam perjalanan pulang, saya baru menyadari bahwa flashdisk saya tertinggal :| padahal saya sudah hampir sampai ke rumah. Akhrinya saya kembali lagi ke tempat itu untuk mengambil flashdisk.

Ada kejadian menarik sewaktu saya meminta kembali flashdisk saya. Ternyata orang yang melayani saya sewaktu mencetak telah memasukkan flashdisknya ke sakunya. Bukannya saya buruk sangka, namun menurut saya hal itu tidak pantas dilakukan. Sebaiknya orang itu menyimpannya di tempat lain, yang mudah diambil kalau sewaktu-waktu ada yang ketinggalan flashdisk menanyakan kembali flashdisknya, bukan hanya petugas yang tadi, tetapi petugas yang lainpun mestinya diberitahu. Sekali lagi, saya bukan buruk sangka, tetapi saya benar-benar merasakan kejanggalan tadi.

Game of life

2006-03-10T02:19:00.000-08:00

Kadang-kadang, aku terbangun dari tidur, terus tiba-tiba langsung berpikir ... Aku ini hidup ya? Am I alive? Koq bisa aku hidup? Apakah semua ini nyata? Maksudnya, apakah segala sesuatu yang aku lakukan dan dampaknya adalah nyata? Kalau nyata, berarti segala sesuatunya harus dilakukan dengan baikkah? Kalau nyata, berarti aku tidak bisa melakukan hal-hal seperti kita sedang main game ... Melakukan save terlebih dahulu, kemudian melakukan sesuatu, dan jika hasilnya tidak aku sukai, maka aku bisa load kembali.

Ya ... aku benar-benar hidup ... ini semua nyata ... Aku tidak tahu kapan permainan ini akan berakhir, permainan hidup, the game of life ... Aku tahu permainan ini bisa berakhir kapan saja .. Tetapi, sudahkah aku siap jika tiba-tiba permainan ini tiba-tiba dihentikan oleh-Nya? Tidak jarang, aku begitu menikmati permainan ini, ya,, begitu menikmati .. aku ini hidup, aku berbeda dari benda mati lainnya. Aku mempunyai nyawa, akal dan pikiran.

Sungguh, aku merinding setiap kali pemikiran ini terlintas di kepalaku ...

Kucing-kucingku ^_^

2006-02-21T02:19:00.000-08:00

Tadi habis jalan ama Tz ke Ciwalk. Kami sempat liat Pet-Shop di Ciwalk lantai 3. Trus liat beberapa kucing Persia di sana .... Duh, lutu2nya ... Bikin aku gemes ^_^. Rata-rata pada tidur gitu sih kucing2nya, tapi bener2 lucu deh mereka.
Pas pulang sampai rumah, iseng-iseng aku liat album foto. Di situ ada foto aku berusia 3 tahun mungkin, lagi mainin ekor kucing. Hwehehehe ... Jadi inget kucing-kucing yang pernah aku pelihara :)
Waktu aku masih tinggal di rumah kontrakan di Padang (umurku sekitar 6 tahun) kalo ga salah aku memelihara dua ekor kucing. Waktu itu memang ga niat, memelihara kucing. Kebetulan aja mereka sering main ke rumah.
Pas pindah rumah, aku baru melihara kucing waktu sekitar aku kelas 4 SD. Nah, yang ini bener2 dipelihara. Awalnya, kucing yang ini terserempet oleh mobil yang dikendarai supirku. Kaki dan mulutnya sedikit luka. Akhirnya, kami pelihara deh. Warna kucingnya putih item, dominan putuh. Kucing ini kami beri nama si Kumis, karena seakan-akan ada kumis di wajahnya (maksudnya, kayak kumis manusia, sebenarnya warna bulunya kebetulan item di sana :p). Aku dan dua abangku pecinta kucing, tetapi orang tuaku dan Kak Nana kurang begitu menyayangi kucing, tetapi akhirnya tetep dipelihara. Tapi lama kelamaan, akhirnya kami semua suka ama kucing, termasuk si Papi :D Akhirnya pada suatu waktu, kami sekeluarga liburan ke Jakarta. Akhrinya, karena tidak terurus, si Kumis pindah entah ke mana.

Pas aku SMP, aku memelihara kucing lagi. Kali ini kucing pemberian pacar abangku. Kucing ini belang tiga, coklat-putih-item. Cantik banget kucingnya ... terus juga montok banget .. Katanya sih, ama pacar abangku diberi makanan khusus gitu. Pas awal kami pelihara, kucing ini montok banget, tetapi lama-kelamaan dia mulai kurus. Trus dia juga penyakitan, padahal kami dah berusaha maksimal, termasuk ngebeliin dia makanan khusus yang biasa dikasih. Kayaknya, dia ga bisa beradaptasi dengan lingkungan barunya. Dia juga punya kebiasaan unik, tidur harus di dalam kamar ^_^. Kalo pintu kamar ditutup, dia akan mengeong, ampe pintu dibukain. Kalo di kamarku, biasanya dia tidur di atas komputer, atau di selimut.

Pas SMU, aku melihara kucing belang tiga lagi. Sebenarnya, ngambil kucing 'liar' sih, tapi dia lutu banget ^_^ ... Aku ngambilnya di Telkom, kucing di sana makmur2 entah kenapa. Kucing ini kami beri nama McMeong (terinsipirasi Steve McManaman :D). Kucing ini termasuk laris manis di neighborhood, kalo lagi musim kawin, rumahku dipenuhi kucing-kucing jantan :p Akhirnya, McMeong ini melahirkan banyak anak, tetapi aku hanya memelihara beberapa di antaranya. Yang pertama, kami beri nama Nata (upss... alasannya kenapa, ga etis kalo diceritain). Nata punya warna bulu coklat tua. Dia ini sangat bandel, sering pulang malam-malam, dan kalo minta makan brutal banget, suka naik-naik ke meja. Trus, yang ke dua kami beri nama Dion, tapi manggilnya Poyon. Poyon punya warna coklat-putih. Hehe, entah kenapa, kucing yang ini yang paling aku sayangi. Mungkin karena dia se-akan bisa membaca perasaanku. Kalo lagi aku pundung, biasanya dia tiba-tiba main ke kamarku, walopun hanya bentar terus ke luar lagi. Trus dia juga pernah terserempet mobil, hampir kehilangan satu kakinya. Sedih banget waktu itu ... dan ternyata di hari yang sama .. abangku Yodi (dia di Bandung) juga masuk rumah sakit, infeksi usus gitu. Terakhir, ada si Ican, kucing manja. Ga bisa ngapa2in ^_^ kerjaannya bo2' mulu. Ama anak ayam aja takut, lucu deh. Nangkep burung ga dapet-dapet, parah banget. Tapi dia kucing paling imut, dan punya suara merdu gitu ... bikin kami semua gemes :p

2006-02-18T02:25:00.000-08:00

Akhirnya, the D-Day ...Hari ini adalah hari presentasi karya kelompok kami, Bubuzae. Kami bertiga (Aku, Arya, dan Supri) sangat optimis akan hasil lomba kali ini. Apalagi dalam penyisihan proposal, kami mendapat posisi pertama. Lebih jauh, proposal dijadikan komponen penilaian akhir sekitar 30%. Khusus bagi Arya dan aku, M-Lite Innovation ini ingin kami jadikan ajang balas dendam, atas 'kekalahan' memalukan di LCEN2005.
Kami telah mempersiapkan segala sesuatunya dengan baik. Aku dan Supri dua hari terakhir ini berjuang mati-matian memperbaiki bug-bug yang ada. Ternyata memperbaiki bug lebih menghabiskan waktu daripada membuat fitur baru, apalagi kalau bugnya hanya muncul pada device saja. Sebelumnya aku beranggapan, emulator Symbian bawaan SDK berperilaku hampir sama dengan real device-nya. Tetapi ternyata belakangan, kami menemukan beberapa bug, yang memang hanya muncul pada devicenya.

Arya lebih fokus ke presentasi. Presentasi bagaimana menjual produk kami, kenapa produk kami memang layak dipasarkan. Awalnya, Arya tampak sedikit kecewa karena nilai presentasi hanya 10%. Tetapi akhirnya, kami memutuskan untuk tetap maksimal dalam membuat presentasi. Kata Arya seh, dia ampe konsultasi gitu, ke si **** ^_^. And ... what a presentation ... keren banget .. bener2 kayak presentasi produk yang siap dipasarkan. Arya pun melakukan presentasi dengan sangat brilian. We're so proud of him. Memang ada sedikit masalah, pada emulator untuk demo, but it's no big deal. Tapi aku rada sedikit kecewa ama diriku sendiri, merasa kurang maksimal dalam memberikan jawaban dari juri.

Akhirnya .. sekitar jam 15 .. hasil lomba diumumkan.Juara I - Tim FAST (Fahris, Amudi, Simon) dengan karyanya FACEJuara II - Tim Kecebong (namanya lupa :p, ce' satu orang) dengan karyanya Mobile MagazineJuara III - Tim Bubuzae, dengan karyanya PALS

Ummm... gimana ya .. sebenarnya Juara III adalah hasil yang memuaskan. Tetapi, akibat terlalu optimis, sedikit sombong, dan kurang berdoa (diriku pribadi sih), jadinya kami sedikit kecewa. Hehehehe, pelajaran berharga bagi kami bertiga. Optimis baik, malah bagus. Tetapi kalau berlebihan, hingga menjadi sedikit 'sok', itu yang tidak baik ^_^

Btw, selamat kepada tim FAST. Aku turut berbangga kepada kalian :)

Selesai juga .... (beneran selesai kah??)

2006-02-15T02:25:00.000-08:00

Sejak hari Minggu (20050212), aku 'mendedikasikan' waktuku untuk mengerjakan PALS (PersonaL And scheduLed SMS). PALS merupakan sebuah aplikasi yang aku kerjakan bersama-sama dengan Supri dan Arya, dalam rangkat mengikuti lomba M-Lite Innovation, salah satu acara dalam event besar HMIF, IT-WITHIN. PALS sendiri merupakan aplikasi mobile yang diharapkan bisa mewarnai fitur standari pengiriman SMS sehingga lebih menarik. Beberapa contoh fiturnya antara lain, fitur untuk mengirimkan SMS terjadwal, emoticon dan enkripsi SMS

PALS kami kembangkan dengan menggunakan platform Symbian dan bahasa pemrograman C++. Sungguh merupakan pengalaman 'menyenangkan' (atau membuat eneg?.... :p) membuat program dengan C++, dengan banyak constraint pada mobile device (memory). Ilmu dari Ibu Inge pada Struktur Data (IF1281) dan Pemrograman Berorientasi Objek (IF2281) sedikit banyak membantu disini. Dan tentu saja, pengalaman memrogram juga sangat membantu. Banyak sekali behaviour aneh yang kami temukan, dan Alhamdulillah kami berhasil memecahkan hampir semuanya.

Kami mulai intensif mengerjakannya sejak Minggu siang di ruang Arya, karena memang deadline yang sudah dekat (Rabu dinihari). Mulai dari Hari Minggu jam 14 sampai Senin jam 04.00, kami non-stop mengerjakannya (hehehe, ada break sih, shalat, makan, nonton acara aneh di TV).
Setelah itu, aku tidur kurang lebih 1-2 jam, dan kemudian pulang ke rumah. Sampai rumah, aku ga bisa nyambung tidur, karena mesti mengerjakan tugas Sosin(IF4201) yang dikumpul jam 11. Setelah selesai, ku pergi ke kampus.

Ada satu 'fenomena' menarik yang ketemukan tentang diriku sendiri. Sejak hari Minggu dini hari, aku merasa agak susah mengontrol emosiku. Pengen marah-marah sendiri ga jelas. Jarang-jarang aku kayak gini ... dugaan awalku, ya memang karena kurang tidur. Beruntung Senin siang, ketemu ama Tz ... and she has made me feel much better ... Tz sendiri juga lagi sibuk-sibuknya ngurusin IT-Within, semangat ya :)
Senin siang Jam 13, ku menyempatkan diri mengerjakan WO divusi (maaf mas JF). But somehow then ... kompie ku ngehang ... padahal dah ngetik lumayan banyak dan ga disave. Akhirnya, bete lagi dan jam 15 aku pergi lagi ke tempat Arya. Supri sudah ada di sana ternyata. Melihat semangat mereka, aku jadi bersemangat juga. Kantuk yang ditahan dari tadi, tiba-tiba bisa hilang.

And the story goes on .... full non-stop coding .... dari Senin siang sampai Selasa malam, jam 23an. Tidur hanya bisa bentar, sekitar 1-3 jam, disela-sela coding. KepalaQ pusing-pusing, tapi bisa dikalahkan dengan semangat yang membara :D Pada saat terakhir, kami baru menyadari bahwa peserta juga diwajibkan mengirimkan dokumen teknis dan manual aplikasi. Akhirnya dengan semangat 45, semuanya selesai dalam waktu kurang lebih 2 jam. Pada waktu akan mengumpulkan di Web IT-WITHIN, ternyata ada password, yang kami sama sekali lupa ..... :(( Akhirnya kami memutuskan untuk mengumpulkannya via email ke panitia. Moga-moga bisa diakui, dan usaha dan pengorbanan kami selama ini tidak sia-sia.

Jam 1.30 dinihari, aku pulang ke rumah di antar motor supri. Kepengen banget mandi (terakhir mandi Senin pagi :D). Pas sampai rumah, eh ternyata Liverpool mau main kata Yodi. Aku kira semula, besok malamnya. Akhirnya nonton Liverpool, and what a match ... if only Liverpool had goalscorer predator like Nistelrooy, or Sheva .... Liverpool won by a 1-0 score thanks to goal by Garcia in 87th minute. Baru tidur jam 5 subuh ... and I know ... it will be a long long sleep :D

Banyak orang aneh-aneh hari ini ...

2006-02-06T02:19:00.000-08:00

Hari ini sungguh aneh :p ....

Pertama, ku pas mau pergi ke kampus, aku naek angkot Dago-Caringin, abis angkot pink ga kunjung2 lewat. Dah gitu, aq satu angkot ama dua orang ce' (ga tau kuliah ato anak SMU) ... Dan .. tau ga apa yg dibicarakan ama mereka ??"Fowler's back to Liverpool" .... sungguh aneh ... seumur hidup aku kali ini denger orang ngebicarain Liverpool di angkot :D ce' lagi, aneh .... ga hanya itu, mereka juga tau sapa itu Jan Kromkamp (hayo, pada tau gitu :p ??). Jadi, bisa disimpulin tu ce'2 ga hanya sekadar fans, tapi real reds fans!!! YNWA then :D

Ke dua, pas ku jalan ke Labtek V, aku bertemu dengan sekelompok ce' anak SMU kunjungan dari mana gitu di sekitar daerah Labtek X. Then ... tiba-tiba salah satu dari mereka menghadangku sambil berteriak sedikit histeris ... Kira-kira 5 detik dia menghadang tanpa bicara apa-apa. Aku dengan sabar hanya tersenyum saja. Trus dia bilang : 'boleh minta nomor HP kak?', sambil dia ngambil fotoku dengan HP nya. Pengen ngakak aku waktu itu ... berasa sebagai celebritis ... Ku jawab aja : 'nggak punya HP dek' :p Teman-teman satu kelompok cuma tertawa aja liat kejadian itu. Trus salah satu temennya bilang : 'Hati-hati kak, bakal dikejar ampe mati tuh'. Ternyata ada juga orang 'aneh' seperti itu ya.

Terakhir, lagi-lagi di angkot. Pas maw balik abis nganter tz ampe deket IP, aq naek angkot caheum ciroyom ... lagi2... satu angkot ama orang2 yg membicarakan topik aneh .... satu orang bapak2, dan satu lagi masih muda. Penampilan mereka biasa2 aja ... tapi topiknya ... mereka ngebahas Quest For Glory --> Gim favoritku waktu masiy SD :"> .... duh ga abis pikir, koq bisa :p Mungkin temen2ku yg freak game di kampus ga ada yang tau Quest For Glory, Game kuno, tapi sangat sangat sangat adiktif kalo menurutku... one of the best i've ever played ^_^ ....
Banyak kejadian aneh di hari pertama kuliah ini :D

Kalo ga boleh ada YM dikampusku ...

2006-01-11T11:19:00.000-08:00

Dulu aku ga tlalu suka ama yg namanya cettingan. Waktu taon 1 ama 2, jarang banget jalanin YM, merasa ga guna dan ga penting. Tapi pas dah mulai masuk lab. keahlian, jadi ketularan orang-orang dikampusQ. Pada umumnya, waktu baru login ke komputer, aplikasi yang pertama dijalanin adalah YM. Baru kemudian putty buat ngecek email. Hehehehe ... aku ketularan juga tnyata ...
Trus jadi kepikiran, seandainya admin jaringan di kampus ngeblok YM gimana ya :p anak2 IF biasanya gaulnya via YM sambil gawein tugas di lab-lab, apalagi yah dah angkatan atas. Hooo ... mungkin ada beberapa hal yg mungkin terjadi seandainya ga boleh ada YM dikampus:

1. Bakal ada satu tempat nongkrong rame2 ... Skrg ada juga siy, himpunan misalnya, tapi kayaknya blon rame juga (hanya org2 tertentu ke sono ;)))

2. Kalo hanya YM diblok, ya pake MSN ato GoogleTalk atu :D Nah, kalo seandainya juga diblok gimana? IRC :p ? Kalo seandainya juga? ya udah, pake program cetting LAN kayak BORG ato Miranda :p Kalo ga bisa juga? Netsend mie-crosoft ... Kalo masiy ga bisa?? ke laut aje :p

3. Kompie2 di lab mungkin ga terlalu rame. Mungkin sih :p abis aku sering perhatiin anak2 cuma ngejalanin 1 aplikasi aja waktu make kompie --> YM

4. Produktivitas berkurang ?? Apa hubungannya coba :p .... oh banyak ... YM menurutku merupakan salah satu sarana untuk menunjukkan ke-exist-an kita ... kita bisa memotivasi diri sendiri, dan teman2 kita juga bisa memotivasi kita 'tuk gawe lebih produktif

5. Trus apa lagi ya? Tanya anak Ilkom UI deh ... gosipnya YM dan sejenisnya diblok di sana .... tapi ya pastinya mereka ga pernah ngalamin sindrom 'kecanduan YM' ... :p

Peter who? oh, Peter CROUCH..

2006-01-01T02:58:00.000-08:00

People who've doubt about Peter's signing now is eating their own words. Peter has scored 7 times in his last 8 competitive matches, including the tremendeous one when Reds crashed Everton. Last night he scored too, although I don't know the way he scored, but in fact, he just can't stop scoring.

I'm one of fans who believe that Rafa wasn't make a wrong decision in bringing Crouchy to Anfield (In Rafa we trust ^_^). I still remember, at the start of this season, Liverpool were looking to load a new striker, and several candidates are : Andrew Johnson, Peter Crouch, Andrea Caraciolo, Michael Owen, and Dirk Kuyt. Among them, I favour Crouch and Kuyt.

And yes, Andrew Johnson can score, he scored a lot last season didn't he (from the spot :D). Mickey? Who doubt him? Just give him the ball, and he'll score (no, it's true. It's a pure praise). But after he left us last year, for a fee that can make we laugh together again? moreover, he will never suit Rafa's playing style I think.

All we need is a team-player striker. A Striker who can hold up the ball, creating opening for others, and surely can score goal too. Kuyt has great technique and football vision. He also works very hard, not only for himself, but also for the team. But he is too expensive I think (right? Moores??).

So, Crouch is the only one left, but fortunately, he is best option for Liverpool!. Yes, the guy is leaky ... but he fulfills criteria as a striker that can help Liverpool challenge for the title. Liverpool was struggling last season in EPL, one of the reasons were physical aspect. They lost ball to easily ... (that's why I think Momo and Crouch signing will make differences). And yes, he can't score ... before Desember. 18 Games without scoring is indeed, not a good record for a striker. Crouch is human after all. He is the kind player who needs support from his surroundings. That's why he spent most of his time in the bench, while he was Villans, but turned to be classy striker when he was on Southampton. Now he is getting support for the manager, teammates, and some of supporters at Anfield. I'm sure the fans will support him more, after recent matches he played (he is one of the factors Liverpool could won straight 10 leagues victories)

Go CROUCH ... You'll never walk alone ...

Mengubah Status YM Otomatis dari C#

2005-12-31T03:00:00.000-08:00

Kemaren iseng-iseng lihat lagi blog si programmer briliant, Amadarum (amadarum.e-tics.net), trus nemu salah satu postingannya tentang cara mengubah status YM (kayak plugins Winamp itu loh), di http://amadarum.e-tics.net/2004/12/Yahoo-Messenger-status-Changer.

Ternyata gampang banget yah ... tinggal Kirim 1 pesan ke Window YM, trus utak-atik registry, jadi deh :D Hehehe, ga dink, ga semudah itu, tapi ya tetap aja gampang :p

1. Pastikan YM sudah running, dan ambil ID YM yang sedang aktif. Gimana caranya? Lihat entry di HKCU\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Yahoo! user id
2. Isi status yang mau diaktifkan pada HKCU\Software\Yahoo\Pager\profiles\[yahoo id]\Custom Msgs\2. Kenapa 2? Karena 1 adalah status yang sedang dipakai, dan kita tidak bisa mengubah langsung itu. Yang hanya bisa lakukan hanya meletakkannya di history status (ya itu dia, posisi ke-2), dan mensimulasikan klik di sana. Caranya?
3. Panggil API Win32 PostMessage(ym_hwnd, WM_COMMAND, 389, 0). 389 itu id resource history status yang akan kita klik, dan ym_hwnd bisa didapatkan lewat fungsi FindWindow("YahooBuddyMain", null).

Trus, gimana caranya ngelakuin semua itu di C#. Gampang bangetlah .. Kita tinggal buat 1 kelas buat interfacing ke user32.dll tempat API Win32 yang akan kita panggil berada

public class Win32 {
public const int WM_COMMAND = 0x111;

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int PostMessage(
IntPtr hWnd,
int Msg,
int wParam,
int lParam
);

[DllImport("User32", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] string lpClassName, // class name
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)] string lpWindowName // window name
);
}

Trus, cara utak-atik Registry gmn? Waduh, baca MSDN dunk. .NET framework dah nyediainnya :D kelas Registry, dan kelas RegistryKey

Selamat mencoba .... ^_^

Mancunians Rhapsody ^_^

2005-12-12T03:00:00.000-08:00

For all those Red Devils ... I'd like to say sorry for the disaster in champions league, crashing out of the competition (even, UEFA cup, peace :D). To compliment this sad moment, I've found this song for all for you from a forum (yes, The R*** forum), posted by a guy named Malaidas

Mancunians Rhapsody

Is this the real life
Is it just fantasy
Crashed out of Europe
Can't escape Mediocrity

open your eyes look down on the pitch and see
We're just a poor side
undeserving of sympathy

because he's chewing gum, a little slow
little skill, little show

any way the score goes, doesn't really matter to us, to us

Gaffa just missed the goal
Put the ball against my foot
kicked it over by 10 foot

Gaffa the match had just begun
but now we've gone and thrown it all away

Gaffa oooooh didn't mean to make you cry
if you're not here again this time tommorow
we'll carry on carry on, cause money's all that matters

Too late our time has come
we have got yellow spines
and we're losing all the time

Goodbye everybody we've got to go
got to leave and catch the plane because we're out

Gaffa oooohh
our end it seems is nigh
it sometimes seems we didn't deserve it at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Glazier Glazier
has he skinned us for our money
Stevie G and Carra very very frightning me

Dirty Keano Dirty Keano
Dirty Keano had to go

Tragicooooooooooo

I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me
he's just a poor boy from a poor family
spare him his life from his monstrosity

Rio's poor, looks a sight, time to let him go

Van Nistleroe he looks just like a horse (Like a horse)
Van Nistleroe, He looks just like horse (like a horse),
looks just like a horse (like a horse)
looks just like a horse

Like a hooooooorse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse, horse,

oh Glazier, Glazier thank you for buying them

Beelzebub, have the devils got a side today

So you think you can hoof it, for fat rooney
So you think that Ronaldo, will save you the day
ooohhhh ManU, its so funny ManU

you've just gotta crash out, just gotta crash right out of here

Nothing really matters, its just about cash nothing really matters its
all about the money

Anyway the score goes

Phew .... almost full two days coding ....

2005-03-06T20:11:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, I did coding on some core classes for Targets!, the PPL (Software Project) project. Target! is a Content Management System for Academic Task Repository. It's a bit weird coding with object-oriented paradigm on PHP, but I enjoyed it anyway. The system now can change skin, authorize login, implement session manager and resource bundle(multi-language).

Then today, I spent most of my time making Grafika (Graphics) assignment. The assignment is to create a simple game. There should be an animated plane, and a cannon, then we can shoot the plane by using the cannon. The essence of this assignment is the transformation of shape, in this case, using transformation matrix. It's quiet enjoyful coding graphics, a thing that I rarely did before.

Well, it's to get some rest ... ^_^ Play PES4 !!!!

Rational Unified Process, OOA/D, Agile, etc ...

2005-03-01T07:30:00.000-08:00

I didn't attend MPPL (Software Project Management) at 7. Don't know why, but I'm suddenly lazy to go to campus. Moreover, the next class after MPPL will be at 15. So, I plan to spend half a day at my kost, continue reading books.

For the last 3 days, I've been reading articles and books about Rational Unified Process, Object-oriented Analysis and Design, Agile methodology. I started to get acquainted with those concepts, and one thing for sure, my knowledge about them is still very limited. I have to study and explore harder, and try to get some real-world examples, and implement in real project (maybe PPL, Targets!, guys?!?! :D ). Certainly you can't master the art of, for example, OOA, if you just read the theory.

Slowly, I started to know how inception, elaboration, and construction differ from requirement, analysis and design and how the agile methodology become so popular nowadays. Before, I thought that agile methodology was born because of unsatisfactory of OO methodology , but then I realized agile methodology can improve the software engineering process in general, including the OO methodology. But still ... I should try to explore more and more ....

My 21th Birthday

2005-02-28T00:05:00.000-08:00

My birthday ... I'm getting older, but so much to do ... so much to improve , I've only done little things. Many persons in my age have made great achievements, even some of my friends and relations. How about me ... ? Certainly not ... I need to improve ...

Btw, until now, I already received two 'BDay congratulations'... from my beloved one, and from one of my eternal best friends.

Slackware rocks!!!!

2005-02-17T04:28:00.000-08:00

Keren banget dah slackware ... kenceeeeng banget. Di antara distro Linux yang dah kucoba (Redhat 9, Fedora 2, Mandrake 9) kerasa banget Slackware 10 kenceeeng banget. Aq gak tau apakah itu karena kernel terbaru ato apalah (aq gak terlalu ngerti), tapi yang jeles slackware sangat cepet dan ringan. Salah satu contohnya ketika melakukan pengkopian file.

Tapi x-windows slackware di kompieQ agak bermasalah. Sebelumnya aq menduga kuat itu berhubungan dengan horizontal dan vertical frequency monitorQ. So, kemaren browsing2 nyari v/h sync buat Syncmaster 551v, tapi gak ketemu2. Eh, ternyata di dokumentasi CD drivernya ada. Tapi ternyata tetep aja gak bisa ... :( sempet kecewa juga.

Akhirnya nemu juga cara ngakalinnya, dan ternyata gampang banget, aq aja yg goblok. Tinggal ngubah file x-org.conf-fbdev ke konfigurasi yang dipakai yaitu x-org.conf (kedua file ada di /etc/X11)

Kekagumanku ....

2005-02-07T22:54:00.000-08:00

Apa coba ...? He, he gak ada yang spesial banget si. Barusan aku liat sirkus di Lativi (kayak anak kecil ajah), dan wow ... How did he manage to do that ?.... Si Bapak sirkus itu bisa mengatur dan mengarahin belasan singa dan harimau (ya, singa dan harimau, bukan kucing2 imut kayak kucing ku :D ) supaya berpose, melewati rintangan dan laen-laen. Gak kebayang gimana cara ngelatih singa2 dan harimau2 itu. Koq bisa ya, binatang liar gitu, dijinakkan hingga bisa disuruh2 gitu. Apa mungkin dipelihara dari kecil gitu yak, jadi bisa lebih mudah 'mendidik'nya. Tapi ya tetep aja susah. Singa dan harimau tetep aja binatang liar dan buas. Kucing2 ku yg imut (narsis kucing abies) juga aku pelihara dari kecil, tapi ya, jinaknya kalo ak ato keluarga lagi makan aja :)

Go Reds Go Reds!!!

2005-02-07T04:16:00.000-08:00

Three wins in a row.... 5 five points left behind Everton now. After 3 successive defeats, Liverpool quickly responded with 3 straight wins. 1-0 win away to Watford in League cup semi-final (Gerrard), 2-1 win travelling to Charlton (Moro, Riise) and the latest one, 3-1 Anfield win against Fulham (Moro,Hyypia,Baros). Moro finally managed to score, and I hope he could continue scoring.

Another good news, Anthony Le Tallec is back from unsuccesful loan spell from France. I think Rafa should give him more chance as he has very excellent technique and vision. Still remember him changing the complextion of the game, when Liverpool faced Newcastle last season. He was introduced in the second half., and he did make huge differences. His first touch and flick was a class and he's still very young indeed.

Hamann's position in first team is threatened by Biscan. The big Croa started last two games for Liverpool, and played very well, and Liverpool wins eventually.

Riise's game is also improving. He is the man of the match on Fulham's game, according to Liverpoolfc.tv report. He already scored 6 goals this season (he got 7 in his first season though).

Still waiting Kewell and Alonso to recover from injury ... The later is the new class act for Liverpool, hopefully he could soon back to action.

Go Reds!! Go Reds!!

SE Symbian SDK Installer nyusahin (ato kompieQ??)

2005-02-02T01:56:00.000-08:00

Gak tau. apa Windows XP di kompie ku yang dah parah registry-nya, apa aku yang gak pandai, yang jelas, ampe sekarang Symbian SDK dari CD resmi Sony Ericsson versi developer punya mas Veriy ini gak bisa2 ku install. Mulai dari logging install and uninstall nya jelek, mekanisme instalasi (pake Java dan Perl segala), ampe diharuskan nginstall JRE 1.3.1 mesti dah nginstall versi yang lebih baru. Lebih parah lagi, habis nginstall JRE 1.3.1 itu, setiap program yang dijalankan dengan javaw, bakal ngeluarin pesan (NVIDIA openGL error, component error, exit is the only option) .... gak jelas banget ... apa hubungannya javaw ama openGL. KomputerQ yah, kayaknya yg dah parah.....

Tapi Bos Arya katanya bisa nginstall .... duh ... ya udah ... berarti install ulang lagi deh ....

Hari tak terlupakan (tapi juga hari menyedihkan) ...

2005-01-27T21:55:00.000-08:00

Ehm..... 27 Januari 2005 ini hari sangat penting bagiku. Mo tau kenapa ... ? Yee, mo tau aja ...! Cari tau sendiri ya!! Yg jelas, I'm so delighted today ...

Tapi, sebenarnya hari ini, diluar hal tersebut, merupakan a very bad day. Pertama, aku ngeliat nilai2 semester sekarang. Ya ampun parah banget dah .. sangat ngecewain ... Basis Data cuma B, Sistem Informasi B, dan terutama Manajemen Industri dapet C (C ke-dua, hiks, hiks) ... IP-koe semester sekarang cuma 3,2 kayaknya dah ... jelek2 ... IPK juga jeblok ke 3,53. Tapi angkat topi buat Wildan. Again, and again ... kayaknya IP semester anak ini 4 dah :) ... keren banget bro...

Tidak cukup itu, ada yg bikin sedih lagi. Papiku tiba2 sakit tadi ... Pas baru naik angkot, mo berangkat ke Arya buat kumpul Muslif, eh taunya Papi nelpon, aku disuruh ke bangunan. Langsung feeling ku gak enak gitu, ya langsung aja turun, en bergegas ke sana. Taunya bener.... Papi sakit lagi ... keletihan banget kayaknya. Moga2 aja Papi cepet sehat lagi....

2005-01-23T04:40:00.000-08:00

3 defeats in a row .... Manyoo, at home, not too dissapointing, 'cause Manyoo is one of great clubs and it has great run of form recently. Burnley, .... Reds can make excuses that they use young players. But then Soton ...? Absolutely no excuses there ... very poor rubbish fucking display from Liverpool best 11. No determination, no team work, bad way of play .... and another rubbish display from the skipper Stevie G.

Liverpool certainly miss Kewell and Alonso. Kewell, although not performing very well so far, has vision and skill that other player (read : Riise) doesn't have. And no doubt LIverpool miss classy midfielder Xabi Alonso. Since he was injured, Liverpool seemed to have no directions in playing football

- Dudek 7
- Warnock 5 (Sinama 7)
- Carragher 6
- Pellegrino 5
- Hyypia 6
- Riise 5
- Luis 'Kudo' Garcia 4
- Gerrard 5
- Hamann 5
- Morientes 5
- Baros 6

Jatis 'Magang' entrance test

2005-01-20T23:28:00.000-08:00

I, Thesa, and Wildan are applying to have 'magang' at one of largest IT companies in Indonesia, Jatis Solutions. We were supposed to have a test today. The test was held in Unpar. Actually, the test was intended to job seekers, but we were included there.

The test consists of two parts : The first part was about algorithm and data structure. The questions were very like Bu Inge's ones. The second part was programming languange spesific test. The three of us chose Java. But to my surprise, the test was about JDBC and Servlets, which I don't know much :((
Actually, yesterday, I planned to explore JDBC and JSP, at least, to make connection to hsqldb, but unfortunately, I didn't do it.

Another lesson I got, Jatis is such a great IT company that it is very difficult to join it. I realize that myself is fall behind much, and I have to study harder to be accepted there. I'll try ....

2005-01-17T20:56:00.000-08:00

(Wap post)
Aduh, bete banget. Dah mo deket deadline, eh listrik malah mati. Pdhl lagi semangat2nya.

Mophun :(( ?!?!?

2005-01-14T19:41:00.000-08:00

Iseng ajah tadi browsing, pengen nyari bahan oprekan buat ngisi liburan skrg kalo gak dapat proyek/kerjaan.Trus muncul ide mo explore Mophun SDK. Ya, Mophun khan lebih unggul dari J2ME. Contohnya : punya API buat ngakses fitur spesifik H/W kayak kamera, bluetooth, IR, dll. Selain itu, ya jelas aja Mophun lebih cepat dari J2ME. Aku rada kecewa ama J2ME-nya T610 koe (cuma MIDP 1.0, padahal kalo aku beli akhhir tahun 2004, katanya developer.sonyericsson.com udah MIDP 2.0)

So, aku kunjungi www.mophun.com. Trus, abis liat2 bentar, rasanya ada yg aneh di salah satu webpage-nya. Di sana disebutin, bahwa sebelum nge-test hasil kompilasi program kita ke real handset, kita mesti minta sertifikasi digital dulu dari mereka .... Gubrak ... sama aja boong. Jadi kita cuman bisa langsung ngetest melalui emulator doank.
Tapi masih rada ragu juga si, lalu coba tanya Mbah Google dengan keyword 'Mophun SDK'. Di salah satu hasil pencarian, ada satu webpage (blog si kayaknya), ada satu posting dengan judul 'Mophun sucks' (sorry, no offense meant :)) ... Ya, udah bisa diduga, ternyata benar juga dugaan ku. Ya udah, berarti gak jadi ngoprek Mophun

Was that a succesful test..?

2005-01-05T11:01:00.001-08:00

I don't know whether I answer the final test of AI (Artificial Intelligence) correctly, but I just found myself answering the questions confidently. But to tell the truth, I was panic at a time, when I was answering the logic problem. With less that an hour to go, I should answer 4 more difficult questions. Before the test, I thought that I, at least, could get B grade (I'm targetting B though), but with things were going like this, it could have been C Grade.

But somehow, I managed to regain my composure and release all the pressure. I didn't know how it could be, but I believed Allah SWT had given power to do it. After that, I just answered the questions smoothly and confidently. I don't know whether the answers were correct, I just happy on the way I handled the pressure yesterday.

After the test, I and Arya met one of legendary IF lecturers, Mr. Riza SP. We asked him to become our advisor in LCEN competition later on, hold by Electrical Engineering ITS. Hopefully, Allah SWT will give us more hints and directions, so that we can succeed in that competition, for now at least, that is, our proposal being accepted.

Be the best in the whole world

2005-01-04T08:28:00.000-08:00

Have you ever been the best in the world ... ? Well, at least I've once ... although being the best not in important or famous context .... ^_^
Being stuck studying for Artificial Intelligence exam later at 13.00, I just browse my old files. Some of my findings are file old CM3 (01/02) tactics. Among them, I also find some HTML documents about Sabex Tactic Comparison ... and yes, my CM3 tactic, S-Checkmate!, was best tactic in some leagues.
Sabex Tactic Comparison (http://www.mycgiserver.com/~tactics) is a website, developed by some commited CM fans, founded by Tsoots (if I'm not mistaken), to test and simulate CM3 tactic. You could submit your tactic there freely, and then your tactic would be tested. There, you could compare your submitted tactic with tactics all around the world ...
My tactic were doing well especially in Belgium leagues. But the most important one, was that my tactic had the highest point per game in all leagues statistics (at least until I last saw the website).
But it's the past ... how about now??? Well, there's no more Sabex's site, so I can't test my tactic in latest CM version (FM should you call right?). Moreover, I think I don't have a superb tactic in FM, like ones in CM3 :)

Bantai ... bantai ... bantai ....

2004-12-31T23:03:00.000-08:00

Enjoy banget dah maen PES4 hari ini ... dapat formasi bagus variant 3412, trus pake Arsenal ato France (yg penting ada Henry ;) ), jadi unbeatable dah .... Jacky, Bos lawan beratku biasanya jd gak berkutik .... he he he, ato malah mungkin ini my lucky day.. Anehnya, Nyarip make formasiku, malah dibantai Ridho 0-5 ... ho ho ho, it's not all about formation.

Nyari2 kesempatan ....

2004-12-30T21:02:00.000-08:00

Kemaren, sempet denger headline berita di Metro mengenai maskapai penerbangan Garuda dan Lion (bukan promosi lho :D ) yang menerapkan tarif tiket gratis (ato murah yak? lupa) dalam penerbangan ke Aceh. Trus, jg disebutin ada salah satu maskapai lagi yang MENGGANDAKAN tarif ke Aceh ... Gila gila gila .... tapi awalnya ak gak tau maskapai apa, krn cuma headline doank ....
Lalu, abis dicari tau, tanya sana-sini, ternyata 'Jatayu Airlines'. Maaf kalo aku ngejelek-jelekin, tapi memang kesal si. Bukannya turut berdukacita, malahan nyari2 peluang .....
Trus, aq jg kesel ama org yg nyebarin isu gak bener bahwa bakalan ada gempa dan tsunami susulan di Aceh dlm waktu deket .... wajar aja kalo abis denger isu itu, warga Aceh yang masih trauma dibuat panik lagi ... beruntung aparat berwewenang sigap bertindak ....

Feel sorry for my brothers and sisters in Aceh...

2004-12-29T22:00:00.000-08:00

Awalnya, aku mengira musibah yang menimpa Aceh dan Sumatera bagian utara hanya berupa gempa dan tsunami kecil, yang tidak memakan korban jiwa. Tetapi ternyata ... Masya Allah ... musibah ini adalah yang terbesar di Indonesia semenjak aku dilahirkan di bumi pertiwi ini. Kabar terakhir, tak kurang dari 45.000 ribu jiwa telah dipanggil Allah SWT dalam musibah ini.
Hatiku pun semakin pilu melihat tayangan di TV, melihat anak2 kecil kehilangan orang tuanya, ibu yang tak bisa lagi menjalani hidup bersama anak kesayangannya ... Oh, Allah ... begitu besarnya cobaan-Mu terhadap rakyat Aceh ...
Tak terbayang ... bila hal serupa menimpa kampung halamanku Padang ....
Tetapi aku yakin, Allah SWT tidak akan memberi cobaan diluar kemampuan umat-Nya. Mungkin ini semacam peringatan dari-Nya kepada bangsa Indonesia yang mungkin telah banyak berbuat dosa, maksiat, dll, termasuk diriku sendiri.
- S'moga saudara2 ku yang telah dipanggil Allah SWT, mendapat tempat di sisi-Nya. -

Finish beta version of PrivateBlogger

2004-12-28T05:53:00.000-08:00

After coding for a week (of course, not intensive ^_^), finally this apps works. My latest addition to the app is the birthday the reminder. The app look great I think, but it has to be developed more and more I think. So suggestions from my self :
1. Change the text area where I write right now to better component (like Rich Edit in Delphi for instance)
2. Submit to blog server ... wow, what a task!!!
3. Sort by ....
4. Category look useful!!

MySQlAdapter and my libs help me do the SI Project quickly

2004-12-14T17:53:00.000-08:00

Thanks to MySqlAdapter Data Access Object, created by Oto Hlincik <oto@thenewline.com, http://www.thenewline.com/>, and little help from my previously made libraries such as petiteTemplate and formBuilder, I could finish some parts of SI (Sistem Informasi, the academic subject) project implementation quickly (in just 3 effective hours I think). I wonder, why didn't I use those libraries when I had Sistem Informasi Kaderisasi (SIK) project assigned by HMIF.
The SI Project of my group is to build an information system related to Festival Paduan Suara held by PSM-ITB (Paduan Suara Mahasiswa ITB). It's a silly project, 'cause the scope is relatively small, but we just did it :D
Again, I wonder, whether I could done those job quicker if I used the PHP framework, such as Seagull or Horde maybe. Still, I'm a bit confused about the essences or advantages of using framework (not only PHP, but also Java like Struts). Maybe you can explain it to me?
And about CMS (Content Management System)? Suddenly, I'm interesting to use it somehow. I don't know why, but I think I should try to use one, implemented in Kasma Web, so hopefully it can attract more visitors. Just a thought ...
Oh, forget to mention that .... Today is Arya's BDay ... well Happy Sweet BDay Bro!!!

Expert System less a day

2004-12-03T22:32:00.000-08:00

Today is the final delivery date for Artificial Intelligence Assigment. We were supposed to create an expert system, by using Prolog Programming Language. At the beginning, I along with my team-mates : Djatnik, Udin, Imam and Gamma, planned to create a football manager expert system, and yes ... it's almost finished ... until yesterday ... that 'crazy idea' came to my mind.
According to me, and my team mates too of course, the football manager ES isn't suitable enough to be implemented as an expert system. So we decided to change it to Handphone Agent Expert System. What a silly move ... the assigment due date is tommorow, and we only just create it from the beginning today.
But it's all about determination. We managed to finish the expert system less than a day. Thanks Allah .... Fortunately, I read much about prolog programming technique the night before, so I could code smoothly. I did the coding until Friday 4am, including coding the editor ^_^. My team mates were not without works too. They did the testing, entered the database, create the report, etc. To me, those tasks as just as important as coding, 'cause I usually dislike doing them :D
But a bad news ... Handphone ES is already set by other group as their assigment topic. Hopefully ... (what?)

Finishing doing SiJaLit

2004-11-27T08:42:00.000-08:00

^_^ yeah.....
After weeks of coding, leaving some lectures, not playing any games, sleeping less, finally the project is almost finished. I, along with Ikhsan, have been doing Sistem Informasi Jalan Lintas Timur (siJaLit). Actually, it's project from Civil Engineering Department of ITB. We're are supposed to create a program (very like a DSS) to solve, generate alternatives on how to maintain Jalan Lintas Timur in determined constraints.

I got my first remuneration over a million rupiah, on doing the projects. I'm happy enough :P ......

Also, after spending much time doing the project with Ikhsan, I can say that Ikhsan is such a determined person. His will and determination helped us to finish the project in such a short time (the actual schedule is two months). I can say also that Ikhsan is superb at mathematic. I can see it from the way he solved the problems given, and the way he thinked quickly. And finally, of course, he is a very talented programmer and analyst.

My Regret

2004-11-27T08:41:00.000-08:00

Usually, I can forget about things happened in the past (especially bad ones) 'cause that's only the past. I just take the point of the things, and then forget them....

But, there's one thing that I regret so much. It's involving me and someone, someone who always on my mind. I regret 'the someone' 'cause 'the someone' is the main cause of 'the thing'. But, I most regret about myself, allow or agree 'the thing' to be realized.

Why??? Why ???

Oh Allah. I wish I could turn back time ... back to the moment where 'the someone' asked me about 'the thing'. I know it's impossible, but in this special case, I always hope that 'this thing' never really happens. Or 'another thing', contradictive to 'this thing', will occur in the past, so I and 'the someone' can back to the way I think should be, and the way I'd like to be forever.

[dedicated to 'the someone'] regarding 'the thing'

[Liverpool Report] Boro vs Reds <=> Singa Liar vs Macan Ompong Lemes

2004-11-20T13:15:00.000-08:00

-- Riverside Stadium --
Scorers : Riggott (Downing) , Zenden (Hasselbaink)

Mo gimana lagi ... Owen dijual, Cisse patah kaki, Baros cedera hamstring, eh Mellor gak diturunin sama sekali, malahan Sinama (kudo) dimasukin ke babak dua.
Padahal, lawannya bukan tim kacangan, tapi tim yg udah 6 enam pertandingan terakhir gak kalah. Selain itu, Boro mainnya musim ini jago banget.

** Gerard's back (+Alonso)
Kadang dua yg istimewa, waktu disatuin malahan jadi gak istimewa. Itulah Gerrard dan Alonso. Masuk Gerrard di babak ke-dua, eh malahan jadi agak ngaco main Liverpool. Dua2 maestro long-passing ini sering salah umpan. Malahan Alonso (favorit baru aku ni ^_^) 'berperan penting' lahirnya goal ke-dua Boro. Gak itu aja ... waktu lawan dulu MU juga kelihatan banget mereka gak bisa kerja sama. Habis Gerrard ditarik keluar krn cedera waktu itu, baru Alonso main agak lumayan. Mungkin karena 'segen' satu sama lain kali yee, ato mungkin Alonso 'tertekan', takut salah passing, ntar diketawain Gerrard.
He he he ... gak dink ... (cuma rada kesal aja liat mereka main tadi, terutama Alonso).
Alasan yg lebih realistis gini : Alonso khan biasa main di Spain, nah td kelihatan banget dia keteteran di babak kedua. Gak biasa main cepet ala Inggris. Tp kadang2 killer passingnya juga keluar koq td malam (menghibur diri :P ). Kalo Gerrard, wah itu mah wajar. Orang udah hampir dua bulan gak main bola, karena cedera. Tp passing2 dan forward runs udah mulai kelihatan.
Jujur aja, mereka berdua bermain gak jelek koq (di luar blunder Alonso)

** Josemi Ray Gonzalez, Sumber gol
Bagi yang mengamati seluruh pertandingan musim ini (bisa aja khan?, thx to TV7 and RCTI) ... coba buat statistik kebobolan Liverpool. Nah, dari sisi manakah sering terjadi? Ya itu dia, sisi kiri lawan, ato sisi kanan Liverpool, tepatnya posisi Josemi. Mulai gol Henrik Pedersen (Bolton), Luis Boa Morte (Fulham), Jonas Kolkka (Palace), Michael Hughes (Palace), Borthoyd (Blackburn), Emerton (Blackburn) sampe yg td malam ini, Riggott, walaupun gak murni kesalahan dia.
Entah napa si Benitez mainin dia terus. Crossing-nya emang bagus si, tp di Liverpool itu jarang ada yg bisa nyundul. Dia juga sering salah passing, dribel gak pernah, marking ngelantur, pacu lari kalah mulu. Waktu pertandingan tadi, setelah dia ditarik keluar, Finnan jadi bek kanan, Downing pun gak bisa lewati Finnan padahal.

** Stewart Downing - Left Winger Wonderkid.
Menurutku, dia layak diberikan gelar Man of The Match selain George Boateng tentunya. Downing, akhir2 ini namanya naik daun dan disebut2 bakal menjadi pemain sayap kiri Timnas Inggris (susah banget nyarinya...:) ). Tapi aku si udah tau dari dulu anak ini. Lho koq bisa? Maksudnya di CM .... he he he. Aku pernah make dia jadi left winger. Dribbling-nya di CM 20, dan dikenyataannya emang bagus koq drible-nya. Tapi yg bikin aku kagum itu crossing-nya. Terukur dan kecepatannya tinggi banget.

** Tactical Point Of View
Liverpool boleh aja berbangga punya midfield yg punya skill passing bagus kayak Alonso dan Gerrard. Tp mereka gak punya pekerja keras, yg bener2 kerja keras banget, ngejar bola. Nah, disinilah kunci kemenangan Boro, yaitu pada George Boateng. Dia dengan sukses merusak lini tengah Liverpool.
Faktor lain kemenangan Boro ini adalah supporter dan form. Kelihatan banget mereka begitu bersemangat, walo di babak ke dua sedikit agak keteteran juga.

Wuihh ... habis ini trip to Monaco, habis itu Arsenal ... mampus dah ^^'

Kirkland - 5
Traore - 6
Josemi - 6 (Sinama - 5)
Hyypia - 6
Carragher - 7
Riise - 5
Finnan - 6
Alonso - 5 (Biscan)
Hamann - 5 (Gerrard - 6)
Kewell - 5
Luis Garcia - 6

Kembali ke rutinitas

2004-11-19T23:51:00.000-08:00

Gak kerasa dua minggu liburan telah dilalui, dan akhirnya kembali ke rutinitas lagi.

Nyampe di Bandung jam 13.00 Naik AG jam 9.30 (gak shalat jum'at dink, t'paksa di Jamak). Nyampe di kosan jam 14.00. Wuihhhh..... gak ada org sama s'kali. Mana kamar bocor lagi, ya t'paksa habis perjalanan jauh langsung bersih2 lagi.

S'lesai bersihin kamar ama kamar mandi dikit, trus mo ngasi kabar org rumah, eh taunya HP ku not responding .... ^^' Ya ampun, koq jd gini ... tombol bagian atasnya gak bisa ditekan. Di coba hidup matiin eh sama aja. Akhirnya udah siap2 pergi ke BEC 'tuk perbaikin, eh gak tau napa ingat aja ada org pernah ngirim artikel tentang pemecahan masalah komputernya yg rusak (Klinik CHIP kalo gak salah si). Waktu itu dia ngasi tau t'nyata masalah pd komputernya itu ada pd tombol keyboard yg t'tekan. Trus, iseng, aku coba, ....

^_^ ternyata beneeeer.. Tombol 7 HP aku t'teken (masuk ke dalam gitu). Piuuhhhh, lega banget dah...

Habis itu, nge-test my lovely kompie ... dan ...
not responding jg => Windows cannot load isapnp.sys or the file is corrupt

Ya ampun, apa lg ini. Udah capek, blom makan siang, kamar berantakan, Windows rusak lagi. Masak hrs install ulang lg? Pdhl masalahnya bukan di file-nya itu ... soalnya aku cek isapnp.sys itu ada dan gak rusak koq (Soalnya liburan kmrn juga kayak gini, en aku nginstall ulang)

Trus, aku makan siang dulu (pake dendeng lamak masakan mami :) ) Isend2, aku coba masuk ke Mandrake. Oke2 aja tuh ..... Trus bersihin file2 di linux kira2 1 jam-an. Lalu, aku coba masuk Windows lagi, eh taunya bisa ^_^

Akhirnya bisa istirahat bo'!! Tp kamar masih berantakan ni, ya udah besok aja, yg penting tenangkan pikiran dulu, sebelum kembali ke rutinitas :P

[Posting pertama pake Indonesian]

Back to Bandung

2004-11-18T19:12:00.000-08:00

(Wap post)
My first time posting via gprs.now i'm in gambir waiting the train to leave for bandung. I sit with a man from pdg. His name is yudi. He is majoring peternakan at unpad. That's all i can tell for now

By the way, I'd like to tell my observation about employees working in checking passengers' luggage in airport. I have watched them carefully 3 times (today is the last observation). And I can conclude (sorry, if I'm too harsh to make conclusion) that they don't they don't watch the monitor while my luggage is in X-Ray machine. Yeah ... I watched the checker just look around while bomb or weapon could pass the check easily.
Just to satisfy my curiousity, I put several suspicious looking things made from metal in my backpack in my travel today, including my hard-drive which always I bring with me when I back to Padang. And again ... the guy working in X-Ray check just talked to his friends, not be aware about anything. Hmmmm .... just a observation though ^_^

Ouchh.... there goes my blood.....

2004-11-17T19:51:00.000-08:00

One of my health problems that I sometimes can get a headache easily (esp. in a vehicles). Also, I also can get very tired if I have so much things to do.

Last night, I dreamt about having a serious health problem. So this morning, I decided to test my blood. My first time ^_^ Ouchh ... no it didn't hurt at all (the nurse who took my blood is cute enough :) ).

The result of blood test can be known at 15.00. Hope there isn't anything wrong about me.

My First Entry

2004-11-16T19:21:00.000-08:00

This is my first entry. I'm just curious to test whether having a blog is enjoyful. So. here it is my first entry.

Now, I'm in Idul Fitri vacation. I'm now in my beloved hometown Padang. Sadly, there is only a two-week vacation. So, next Friday I'll be leaving for Bandung again :( . But that's life right?