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Lytro: A Revolution of Picture

2011-06-24T14:37:00.001+08:00

Shoot first, focus later. (Try playing on the picture below)

That's what Lytro, a technology/camera/picture format/convergence of all is all about.
A very sophisticated matrimony of tech and camera indeed, once the camera out for sale that is.

The theory behinds it is something called Light Field, whatever that is, which will enable you to alter the focus of your digital shot at your disposal. Some other call it plenoptic camera.

Although I don't know what good that is for the professional camera-slingers a.k.a those who can focus their camera alright before they shoot, even under the danger of death, I certainly belief that it will bring much good to me.

As much as I love all products of photography, from digital to ancient black and white; from art to journalistic; from serious to downright silly, I'm not that good at taking picture...or in it as a matter of fact...

The technology and camera is the brainchild of Mr. Ren Ng, a scientist/entrepreneur/a man who can't focus his camera.

Will it be big? Sure! Judging from the greater proportion of people like me, obviously lacking in photography.skills, compared to those who are adept at shooting things with their camera. This one look promising already

Not to mention all that photo-blogging frenzy which will become even frenzier after this product is released for public.

From all the possibilities Lytro can offer, I literally drooling when imagining what impact it will bring to the field of art. If toy cameras and the pictures they produce, as in recent years, have become such fertile soil for art, what will plenoptic cameras as such bring to photography art scenes and exhibitions. Upon my soul I swear that this will bring a whole horde of new artists and new field of digital art too...

So thanks to the Ren Ng's friend's daughter, whom he couldn't focus his camera on, which then gave him the idea of "shoot first, focus later," we get a gift, which probably is the next big thing after digital photography itself.

Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses

2011-04-06T22:05:00.002+08:00

Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses is the name of exhibition by Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum that will exhibit Nirvana's memorabilia and "rare and unseen pieces from the band, their crews and families".

The exhibition runs from April 16, 2011- April 23, 2013.

As stated in the press release, the exhibition will include, but not limited to:

Kurt Cobain’s never-before exhibited, high school painting of two aging, Reagan-era punks in the post-apocalypse, informally known as “punk American gothic.”
The Teac reel-to-reel tape machine owned by Mari Earl, Cobain’s aunt, on which a young Kurt recorded material for his early bands, Organized Confusion and Fecal Matter.
Cobain’s handwritten lyrics for Nirvana songs including “Spank Thru” and “Floyd the Barber.”
Numerous instruments, including pieces of the first guitar Cobain destroyed onstage (a Univox Hi-Flyer); Dave Grohl’s Tama Rockstar-Pro drum kit; and Krist Novoselic’s Guild acoustic bass guitar and Buck Owens American acoustic guitar used during the recording of “MTV Unplugged.”
The yellow cardigan worn often by Cobain between 1991 and 1994.
The winged angel stage prop featured on Nirvana’s In Utero tour.
Scores of candid snapshots capturing the band’s early years, from their beginnings in Aberdeen, Washington to the media frenzy that erupted after Nevermind.

As we know, Kurt Cobain died this week, 17 years ago from an alleged suicide, although some people think he was murdered.

You can't separate Kurt from Nirvana and vice versa. Speaking as a die-hard fan, Nirvana had split the world into before and after Nevermind, a status not even U2 or Pearl Jam can achieve (sorry for both band's fans, but that's the truth, man!)

Kurt Cobain. You have to either hate or love this guy. The hair metals, Axl Rose in particular, hated him because he killed their careers with his music. Teenagers love and idolize him to this day for who he was and what he'd done to music. No one would consider your rock band seriously if you don't know Nirvana in some extent and Dave Grohl's drumming in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is still the most simple-sounded yet most difficult drumming in the history of rock n roll.

Even the most prominent Nirvana haters have to admit that no band with so troubled front man and so short of career span can last these long and bring so massive a change the world will never be the same again.

Therefore, I guess it is safe to say that Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses is a long-awaited homage to Nirvana, to Kurt and to the undying spirit of punk rock and rock n roll.

I'm A Believer By The Monkees

2011-04-02T23:56:00.000+08:00

I really like the song and the guy with the tambourine...

Elenin Comet

2011-04-02T03:02:00.000+08:00

Sometime also called Elinin (a typo), the comet is a long period comet code-named C/2010 X1 discovered by Leonid Elenin (hence, the name) on December 10, 2010.

It will be most visible from Earth starting on 9th or 10th of September 2011 as it enters its perihelion phase (closest to the Sun) while surfing on its orbit . Recently, Elenin comet has become favorite object of the conspiracy theory lovers. On numbers of forums, members have sounded their suspicion toward Elenin as "the bringer of disasters and turmoils" of the first trimester of 2011, from the political turmoils in Middle East and North Africa to Japan's 2011 tsunami, including the so called Earth's pole-shifting, whatever that is.

For you who interested though, you can try this link on NASA's web. It is a simulation of Elenin's orbit vis a vis Earth's and the Sun's. Using the button you find there, try to rewind/fast forward it to 15th-18th March 2011 and 28th November 2011, respectively. You'll find that on those dates, Elinin, Earth and The Sun are in a relatively straight line. Curious, huh?

Nevertheless, I'm not an astronomy expert. So I don't really know whether the formation of a straight line between two or more heavenly bodies is a rare or common phenomena in the universe. If those conspiracy theorists are right (that the presence of the approaching Elenin comet has somewhat triggered Earth and Earthling's condition), then God better saves us during mid-end of October 2011, where the comet is at its closest proximity to Earth.

Blogger's Dynamic View

2011-03-31T22:20:00.001+08:00

Blogger recently has implemented major change to the way your blog can be viewed. You can access the Dynamic View by simply adding "/view/" (without the ") to the end of the blog's URL.

There are currently 5 viewing options offered:

Flipcard: available at [blogURL]/view/flipcard
Mosaic: available at [blogURL]/view/mosaic
Sidebar: available at [blogURL]/view/sidebar
Snapshot: available at [blogURL]/view/snapshot
Timeslide: available at [blogURL]/view/timeslide

I really think this is a cool way to enhance your reader's experience (which was also the major purpose of the Dynamic View anyway). Of course, at this state (being beta and all) there are a lot of room for improvements. Nevertheless, every big achievement started with small, simple steps as these. So, I'm looking forward to what extent Blogger and Google really intend to take these changes in time to come.

Here are examples of Dynamic View for my blog Common Copy:
Common Copy Flipcard
Common Copy Mosaic
Common Copy Sidebar
Common Copy Snapshot
Common Copy Timeslide

I really like the Flipcard and Mosaic.Which one you like the most?

The Lost Beatles Photographs

2011-03-30T16:31:00.001+08:00

The Lost Beatles Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive, 1964-1966

A collection of Beatles' photos during their three US tours.

The Full Moon And Uchiha: An Uncomplete Theory

2011-03-27T21:11:00.000+08:00

I believe many of Naruto fans out there have heard about the theory (the term hypothesis will be more suffice since it hadn't been proved yet, but I'll still use "theory" for keyword's sake) of the relation between The Full Moon and Uchiha Clan's power.

Basically, the theory said that The Full Moon somehow heighten the Uchihas fighting prowess (either their ninjutsu, genjutsu, or both).

The theory is based on several shots of incidents that marked the Uchiha Clan's destiny specifically and things that marked major happenings in the Naruto Manga's storyline in more general sense.

Chronologically, that would be:

First, the Battle between Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju (The Future Shodai-Hokage).
The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's attack on Konoha
The Uchiha Clan's Massacre by Uchiha Itachi and Madara.

All happened in Full Moon nights.

There are more shots of minor incidents that further shows Full Moon, one of those is when Sasuke beat whole lots of Ninja while being supervised by Orochimaru.

Interestingly, the Full Moon seems to affect the Senju clan also, in the same way as, if not more superior than, Uchiha. How come? Well, in cases when these two descendants fight under the full moon, Senju is always the victor, such at these :

Full Moon was seen in the battle of The Valley Of The End between Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara, where the former was the victor.

Another Full Moon seen in the Kyuubi attack of Konoha. Yondaime (4th Hokage, a Senju) beat Madara.

I guess the most interesting prove of Full Moon effect toward a Senju was Naruto's battle against Pain. Yes, that's a full moon alright.

Kishi yet to explain this to us, but hints are abundant. It even can be traced back to the descendants of the Sage Of the Six Paths (ancestors to both Senju and Uchiha clans). They fought under the full moon in which the younger (ancestor to Senju) became the victor. Coincidence? I don't think so.

Blood Red Shoes

2011-03-25T08:35:00.001+08:00

Blood Red Shoes

The White Stripes they ain't, Blood Red Shoes is my most recent favorite band! I mean how can you not knocked head over heels to this Brighton-based two pieces?

Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell formed the Blood Red Shoes, back in 2004 after the break-ups of their previous bands, Lady Muck and Cat On Form, respectively.

They productively released 7" vinyls before they made their first LP, titled Box of Secrets in 2008 and Fire Like This in 2010. By the way, you can read more about the band here

I've gone head over heels after I listened to their "It's Getting Boring By The Sea" which is featured in the OST of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. I know it's kinda lame way to be introduced to a particular band that way (by means of movie's soundtrack), but hey, it's a revelation, nonetheless, and I'm grateful for it.

Being a washed-up drummer like I am, I must admit that Blood Red Shoes is the band I never had. They got both the sound and attitude of the 90's, which they admit as their influence, without having the slightest obligation to really affiliate themselves with the genre.

I won't make any notion about the way they looks (I can imagine how sick and bored they are with the subject by now). Yes she is cute, and yes he is also (I guess... I've never judge a man's looks before) and they both can switch to modelling any day they want, but that's that.

More important to me is the way they made me feel. Listening to them makes me want to write my music again, listening to them have reminded me of dream long forgotten: to be heard, to inspire, to make some damage through music, for which I eternally indebted.

Nyepi: The Sounds Of Silence

2011-03-08T17:11:00.001+08:00

As I stood on a junction in Kerobokan street, a monster passing me by. The crowd cheers, there were more monsters to come, and I've just joined the crowd to cheer at them.

No, I wasn't in horror movie. I was in Bali on the eve of the annual Nyepi day ritual, the Day Of Silence according to Hindu-Balinese's custom, to watch the Ogoh-ogoh, the Monsters Parade, which was a complementary ritual of the former. The monsters made of mixed materials of papers, Styrofoams and fiberglass by each village in one precinct and paraded over the precinct's junctions and main roads. Some monsters were 35 feet tall, while others were small enough to be carried by the local children.

The parade symbolizes the cast-off of evil spirit before entering the holy state of Nyepi, during which Hindu-Balinese spend 24 hours indoor, practicing silence, restraining themselves from daily activities by fasting and meditating.

The Future Of Internet

2011-03-04T17:53:00.000+08:00

Apparently, a lot of Internet experts have agreed that the future of the internet lies in the cloud computing technology. The easiest way to describe cloud computing is to juxtapose it to electricity grid: end-users (that means you and me) don't need to know where it sources from nor how it delivered or how to configure it. As long as you pay, it'll be there. We've seen some of its implementation already. Remote servers on which our blogs ran, online games where people all around the world, not necessarily knowing each other, joint in a single gun-toting futuristic slaughter or teeth bashing medieval blood-bath are some example.

A full implemented cloud computing though, will be as far stretch as to not require you to buy any software installment whatsoever. Because you see, everything happen in your Mac/PC will be done in the network grid in the cloud, hence, the name.

Cool, huh?

How To Change The Fonts On Your Blog Using Google Webfonts

2011-03-02T11:31:00.002+08:00

Just recently, Google launched the Google Webfonts (beta).

Google Web Fonts lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Web Fonts API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and are served by Google servers.

Get it? That means you can use them to beautify your blog. It's pretty easy. Here's how.

First go to Google Webfonts. There you will find lists of fonts. Click whichever you want to use. You will be brought to the font's page. Before you do anything else, please read the License of each font to avoid the violation of its corresponding TOS.

There are several tabs about the font in that page. You can check them out by yourself.

To start using it to your blog, click the Use This Font tab. Check the variant of the font you intend to use (Regular/Bold etc). And copy the code beneath it. For example (I use the Droid Sans):

Next, go to your HTML editor in Blogspot, (dont forget to backup it first before you proceed), paste that code somewhere between the head and /head tag. Save it. Note: Don't forget to add the "/" (without quotes) in the closing tag "'/" (without the quotes) (after the type='text/css'>) so that it looks like this: type=text/css'/> or else you won't be able to save your change.. Next, copy the other code, in my case it looks like this:

You only need to copy the font-family part. Next, still in HTML editor, decide on which part you want this font to be (the header, headlines, body etc) search (ctrl+f in Firefox) that part and look for the default font-family of that part. Replace that default font-family with the one generated in the Google Webfonts. Save your change and voila. You just change the font on your blog.

Middle East Demonstration: What's Going On?

2011-02-22T00:38:00.000+08:00

Wave after wave after wave of demonstrations swept Middle East. First it hit Tunisia, then Egypt. Now countries like Algeria, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya follow suit.

Death toll rises too, as the military/pro-government militias seem too trigger-happy to not shoot the protesters. These "shoot first, ask later" attitude reached the worst in Libya where 200 more people reported killed by the armed pro-government. Zoo-wee, mama!

What's going, on? Well, to me, it's just a matter of time, really. People get bored over their leaders, their government and its policies. Individuals like Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Ghaddafi of Libya to whom the protesters are against has been in 30 years plus in power. It's not the case of freedom like many would suggest. It is simply a case where enough is enough.

Inflation and high-unemployment are also contributing factors to the crisis.

In fact, the combination of a long-reign in power and economy crisis in the same time frame is a death sentence for any government. We've seen government toppled this way, as happened in Indonesia, 1998. The 30 years old regime toppled by the people following the worst economy crisis that hit the country in 1997.

Obviously, in such recent global economy, more countries will follow.

But the real question would be what will happen next in those protesters-festered countries? Who'll lead them after the status quo step down, and whether it will be an overall better government or in the contrary, a gate-way to never ending chaos? No one knows, not even the protester. We can only hope for the best.

Philippine's Mount Bulusan Erupts

2011-02-21T23:19:00.002+08:00

Photo Taken from Posterous

The eruption took place Monday 21 February 2011 morning local time, sending kilo-tons of ash and volcanic materials 2 Km high. Approximately 2000 people evacuated after the eruption.

Mount Bulusan's eruption is the third major volcanic eruption in the South East Asia in the last 6 months, after Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia and the ongoing eruption of East Java's Bromo Mountains, Indonesia.

Adrianne Palicki, The "New" Wonder Woman

2011-02-18T17:32:00.001+08:00

Meet the new Wonder Woman, Adrianne Palicki! After much delay: confusing casts (Sophia Bush to Megan Fox), bail out producers and change of writers (Joss Whedon is among them), NBC finally move on with the production of Wonder Woman. Spear-headed by David E. Kelley as writer and directed by Jeffrey Reiner.

King Of Limbs, Radiohead's 8th Album

2011-02-16T15:09:00.000+08:00

King Of Limbs by Radiohead, is touted to be the World's First Newspaper Album. Sound strange? Maybe. But that's also how these guys' sound, too, right? (Curiously, it is because it offers art sheet of newspaper arts with the album).

Here is what they wrote in the King Of Limbs website:

Newspaper Album - PRESALE
Radiohead's new record, The King Of Limbs, is presented here as the world's first* Newspaper Album, comprising:
Two clear 10" vinyl records in a purpose-built record sleeve.
A compact disc.
Many large sheets of newspaper artwork, 625 tiny pieces of artwork and a full-colour piece of oxo-degradable plastic to hold it all together.
The Newspaper Album comes with a digital download that is compatible with all good digital media players.
The Newspaper Album will be shipped on Monday 9th May 2011 you can, however, enjoy the download on Saturday 19th February 2011.
Shipping is included in the prices shown.
One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12" vinyl.
*perhaps

While for the digital version they offer:

MP3 version is a 320K constant bit rate file.
WAV version is a full CD quality uncompressed digital audio file.
This digital download is compatible with all good digital media players.
One lucky owner of the digital version of The King Of Limbs, purchased from this website, will receive a signed 2 track 12" vinyl.

For unknown reason, the band have abandoned the "pay what you want" method they used in their previous album, In Rainbows. But that's hardly nothing. Can't wait to download it next Saturday (19th February 2011).

Machine Of Death

2011-02-16T02:08:00.002+08:00

Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die

Machine Of Death, a joint-work of several individuals, head-mastered by Ryan North et al, which is also Amazon’s best seller book is given for free.

Travelling To Bali

2011-02-04T12:08:00.000+08:00

It's almost 2 years since I moved, nomad-style, to Bali, the Paradise. An exciting, promising and blessed years actually, because before Bali I was this selfish, jobless, penniless to-hell-with-the-world punk, while now I'm in a business endeavor, a part-time blogger and a husband, living a very productive and lucrative life.

Enough to say that Bali is my personal land of salvation. A place that allowed you to have all the fun while you're at it, too. (For one thing, no rehabs or retreat places do that.)

I believe my view is shared by a lot of people flocking in to Bali each year. Some stay and more coming in, not to mention the "Eat, Pray, Love" pilgrims, from around the world. And to you who haven't visit this literal heaven, I would say, "Welcome!"

Comment On The Silly Website vs Facebook Fan Page Thing

2011-01-28T18:51:00.000+08:00

While there seems to be a lot of heist over which one is better, a website or Facebook fan page in terms of promoting your online business (or whatever you do online), I would say who give a damn?

I'm more surprised that this kind of discussion even emerged in the first place, really. Because, to me, it's not the same case of the typical which one to use, the classic Windows or Apple? Or the more recent, iPhone or Blackberry type of discussion. I know, some of bloggers out there live off of this kind of discussion, head-to-head-ing two different entities altogether (curse their reviewer's mentality). But, really, why can't you have both? If you can have both iPhone and Blackberry, there's no reason why you can't utilize both website and fan page to promote your business.

New Looks!

2010-10-21T15:47:00.000+08:00

I think I need to apologize for not updating this blog as often as I should. The matter is blah...blah...blah...same old long story about don't have a time and so forth...
However, here I am, back with a bang! And there's no better bang than a new look for this blog.

Zoom Template is what I'm talking about. This cute template is made by the talented Mr Agus Ramadhani and is set to be a template for news aggregator site for blogger-based blog like alltop and popourls, both of which are where he drew inspiration from.

However, since I'm not that fond of news (not to mention that there are a LOT of news aggregator out there), I altered it to what fit me the most: my reading lists. It covers anything that I like, from arts to jokes (there will be more).You can see them at the home page here.

Neat, huh? You bet.

Go to the banner at the bottom of the page to buy this template (yeah I know). But I do think it's worth the price.

So, thanks to Mr Agus for this template. (I'm going to stop my praise about the template since any more good words from me about this template, he'd better pay me, which he's not Lol)

Regards

Prey For Rock n Roll

2010-04-12T05:46:00.000+08:00

This is 2010. I'm 28 years old this month, wondering what can I achieve next. I work as an independent property broker in Bali, but what I do now is the least thing I could ever imagine back then, when I was a drummer of a kicking ass rock band called Beyond Any Recognition.

Since my parents introduced me to the Beatles, being a musician in a kicking ass band was always a dream. It still is. But reality seems a little bit to harsh for that kind of dream. I gave up so much thing to follow the dream, thinking it all would be alright when it started to pay off. But the checks didn't come.

I practically learn everything myself, the drum, the guitar, the composition, the recording, and the mixing all that it needs. I wrote my own songs, I wrote my own lyrics. I played my drums like there's no tomorrow. I gave up my college, ruined some friendships but all of that were not enough. Now, instead become a drummer in a great band, I've lost it, ended up being a stranger in a new place and become a property broker. Not that it is a bad thing. It's what paying the bill. The problem is, the dream of drumming for a great rock n roll band still lingers on. And in a lonely night like this, I couldn't help but imagining things that might have been.

And in the night like this, I realize that Rock n Roll has consumed me; eat me raw with its unforgiving fangs, and it defecates me somewhere far. If this is how it felt of being broken, I know, there won't be any other thing that can break me more than this...

Hachibi and Kyuubi, "That Jutsu" and Sage Mode Second Version!!!

2010-03-01T17:27:00.000+08:00

I'll put a bet that The Eight-Tailed Killer Bee will eventually teach Naruto how to control the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed inside him.

The Eight-Tailed or the Hachibi is by far the most perfect Jinchūriki, and the only one survived Akatsuki save for Naruto. It's only a matter of time for the two to meet, especially with the war against Uchiha Madara closes at hand.

I refer to his ability to control the Biju inside him and not the other way around like we often see in other Jinchūriki. Even Naruto can't fully control the Demon Fox. And that's where Killer Bee's ability comes in handy. He'll teach Naruto how to mix the Demon Fox's chakra with his without having to lose his consciousness like usual. That's the point of having something extremely powerful inside of you, isn't it? If you can't control it, you may as well lose it.

This in turn will lead to something which Jiraiya refers to as "that jutsu". With the benefit of hindsight, we can conclude that "that jutsu" is something that the 4th Hokage (Minato Namikaze, Naruto's father) designated for Naruto to master when he first sealed The Demon Fox's chakra inside Naruto. Inevitably it'll incorporate Demon Fox's chakra with Naruto's without having Naruto to lose his consciousness, something which Killer Bee is so capable of with the Hachibi.

With hindsight too, we can see that neither of Minato and Jiraiya was aware that Naruto will become a Sage. This leave an even better possibility for Naruto to become much more powerful than he is now. I mean, there are Uchiha Clan's Sharingans (we all know how powerful they are) but we're left speechless when surprisingly there are even more powerful ones: The Mangekyo. The same thing will go with the Sage Mode.

If we compare the Sage Mode with Son Goku's (Naruto's character role model from Dragon Ball series) Super Saiya Mode (there are 3 Level of them if I recalled right) the one Naruto has right now is a level one. And if Naruto capable to master "that jutsu" (with the help of Killer Bee) I wonder if it will lead him to master Sage Mode 2nd Version (and so on). Incorporates not only Naruto's own chakra, but also the Demon Fox's with the Natural Energy. Kishimoto may have hinted this when he drew Naruto's eyes with pupils of that of frog and fox altogether.

What do you think?

Chinese Lunar Year 2010/2561: Year Of The Tiger

2010-02-14T08:53:00.000+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

May this year bring prosperity!

May this year bring peace!

May this year bring glory!

May this year bring greatness!

John Frusciante Departs Red Hot Chili Pepper

2009-12-18T04:40:00.002+08:00

This is the note John had made in Myspace regarding his departure from Red Hot Chili Pepper:

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Clarification
When I quit the band, over a year ago, we were on an indefinite hiatus. There was no drama or anger involved, and the other guys were very understanding. They are supportive of my doing whatever makes me happy and that goes both ways.

To put it simply, my musical interests have led me in a different direction. Upon rejoining, and throughout my time in the band, I was very excited about exploring the musical possibilities inherent in a rock band, and doing so with those people in particular. A couple of years ago, I began to feel that same excitement again, but this time it was about making a different kind of music, alone, and being my own engineer.

I really love the band and what we did. I understand and value that my work with them means a lot to many people, but I have to follow my interests. For me, art has never been something done out of a sense of duty. It is something I do because it is really fun, exciting, and interesting. Over the last 12 years, I have changed, as a person and artist, to such a degree that to do further work along the lines I did with the band would be to go against my own nature. There was no choice involved in this decision. I simply have to be what I am, and have to do what I must do.

Sending love and gratitude to you all.

:-)

Drama or no drama, this is a reason to be heartbroken for all of John's and RHCP's fans worldwide. I have never been a fan for RHCP, but I do feel that "John Frusciante quits RHCP" is rather shocking and uncalled for--only seconded by Jason Newstead and Metallica episode I think. Especially regarding how well John and his band mates (Flea, Anthony Kiedis and Chad whathisname) groove together all this time. John Frusciante is by far the best RHCP guitarist (no offense, Dave), and by this reason alone, I do pity whomever be chosen to replace him (I wish him the best, though).

Them Crooked Vultures

2009-12-02T03:27:00.004+08:00

Them Crooked Vultures or TCV is a new band with not so new members. Those are Dave Grohl (best known as Nirvana's powerful drummer, Foo Fighters' front-man and Probot's collaborator), Josh Homme (better known as Queen Of Stone Age's frontman, standout member of Kyuss and Eagles of Death Metal and em... Brody Dale's hubby) and the great John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. On the stage, they often backed-up by Alain Johannes (don't know who he is, sorry) on guitar.

What a name and what a lineup, huh? They played in Europe several times. Among those, are Pukkelpop, Lowlands Festival, Brixton Academy and Reading Festival.

For me, it's good to see Dave Grohl back on the drum set again (his strokes are as powerful as ever!). It felt greater than when he helped QOTSA in some of the latter's singles, because in Them Crooked Vultures he is in the band, and not just a featured artist/additional player (albeit a great one) in others' band. In my opinion, TCV by far is the mother of all rock stars' collaboration, not just some lame gathering of aging, due to bankruptcy, rock stars had-beens we all hate.

TCV is a legacy of rock n roll spirit itself, polished in whatever mood and style Dave, Josh and John happen to conspire. I do hope that this cool project continues on with the original lineup (unlike other collaborations, TCV won't be the same without one of the three, which is why make it so special).

There's one problem though. What do you think will happen if Foo Fighters, Queen Of The Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures happen to be scheduled to play in the same festival at the same day? Hahah. I bet that would be a hard day for both Dave and Josh. And I want to see that!

Click here to hear Them Crooked Vultures's singles: Gunman. Enjoy (thanks to TCV and the original uploader).

Why Oprah Quits?

2009-11-21T02:36:00.000+08:00

Why does Oprah quit? She said in her Friday's show that she will end that very show in September 2011. Some sources said that the reason behind the announcement is that because she'd planned to move from the present ABC to her own OWN, Oprah Winfrey Networks, a cable networks she shared with Discovery Communications Inc.

To me, that seems unlikely. Oprah Winfrey by any means is a smart lady. To quit the show just to start a new one with different network albeit her own, as lucrative as it may be, is not a smart move I'd expect from a person of her caliber. Especially when:
a) she doesn't need more money (she is reported to worth more than $2.3 Billion and is among the 400 Richest Americans by Forbes Magazine) and
b) that will be a static move in her career (a talk-show host is a talk-show host whatever the network is), especially for the one who've spent the last 25 years in that job. (And by any means, the tears she shed when she said she's quitting wouldn't mean anything if she's gonna host a talk-show again, would they?)
In other words, her motive, whatever that maybe, don't fit in the classical reasons why people quit their job (i.e better salary or different positions that both pays better and more prestigious).

So, I guess the reason why Oprah call it quits is that because she has a bigger aim. For a person of her caliber (both in wealth and influence) there are only two options left: become a full-time philanthropist or, most likely, politician.

But she is already a philanthropist isn't she? There are 865,000 search results for the keywords Oprah's Foundation in Google. The differences between a philanthropist she is now and the one she would be won't be much (the number of travels maybe? Yeah, like she doesn't travel often enough already).

So, that leave us to the last guess: politician.

And why shouldn't she? She has both the money and influence (she's among the 50 Most Powerful Women) to run a political campaign. Her political friends include, hm well, the top brasses of Democrat Party including Mr. Obama himself; the current President Of United States she helped rally a campaign for. Hillary Clinton once offered her to be her second in command back in 2006. She has hundreds of celebrity friends who will help her in the campaign and above all, she has full supports of millions who watch her show these last 25 years. If she quits in September 2011, she will have full 14 months to rally a political campaign before the United States Presidential, Senates and House Of Representatives elections scheduled to take place in Nov 6, 2012.

My words: Go for it, Oprah!

Spam Gallery: Herritage Lottery Fund

2009-11-16T14:48:00.001+08:00

Hello folks, look what I've found on my spam folder this morning! A spam slash scam junk. Enjoy, and beware:

Heritage Lottery Fund
FREELOTTO.COM
P.O.BOX 2357
2107 DG-Weesp
The Netherlands
Telefax: Fax:+31 847 375 060

www.freelotto.com conbien with the lotto.nl
www.lotto.nl

Compliments of the season..

Congratulations!!!

We the entire staff of Heritage Lottery Fund Freelotto.com and the lotto.nl www.lotto.nl wish to congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners in this season's email cash award program.This is an independent promotion and is unconnected to any publication. No purchase necessary. Be informed that this lottery promotion was conducted through the Internet worldwide random selection, the participants and winners where picked randomly through a computer ballot system and your email have been selected as one of the lucky winners.

Your email have been officially selected as a winner and authorised for claim in the A draw 2nd category winning prize of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros.

For payment of your winning prize outlined herein are the terms and conditions for claim/onward transfer:

1. You must be over the age of 18.
2. All winnings has been Guaranteed and Insured.
3. All winnings must be transfered via bank to bank transfer.(2/3days)
4. An offshore account has been set up with paying bank on winner's behalf for onward transfer to nominated account.
5.Winners not living in the Netherlands: Non-resident winners are responsible for confirmation and activation of offshore
account with paying bank. :Due to the Insurance Bond Policy which has been paid for,your winning prize must reflect the exact amount won on the offshore account set up for onward transfer to avoid complications.
6. The confirmation and activation of the offshore account completes the claim process,
failure to do so will cause you to forfeit the prize.
7. Any leak of your winning information resulting in a double claim, will nullify your winnings.
8. You are obliged to have your name published as a winner and will be invited to be present in the t.v.show after remittance.
9. To be eligible for claim you must complete the claims process before the deadline stated in the winning notification you received.
10. Filing a claim means acceptance of the full terms and conditions of freelotto.com.and www.lotto.nl
Reply with your details and reference to your clamis angent below stating that you agree to the terms and conditions and that you wish to confirm your winning prize and activate your offshore account for onward transfer.
*************************************
Mr Clay Links
Phone:+31-644-230-304
Fax:+31 847 375 060
EMAIL:claylinks008@yahoo.com.hk
*************************************
Send the following to your clamis angent email or fax:
Coupon Number: 478-5505-WIN
Reference Number: PBNL/23711/GBF
Full Name:
Date of Birth:
Occupation:
Address:
Country:
Telephone:
Email:
Proof of identity:

Note: Claim expiry date is 20-11-2009. After this date all winning prizes will be filed
as unclaimed.Any leakage of this winning notification leading in a double claim will
cause you to forfeit your prize thus we advise you to keep this winning
notification message confidential away from public notice to prevent double
claims and impersonation until after remittance/payment to you.

CLAY LINKS,
Cliffe Mikerad.
Co-ordinator
www.freelotto.com conbind with www.lotto.nl

NOTICE: This message, including all attachments transmitted with it, is for the use of the addressee only.
It may contain proprietary, confidential and/or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege
is waived or lost by any mistranslation. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly,
use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error,
please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail

Spam Gallery: Leung Will

2009-11-14T01:45:00.000+08:00

Another spam, folks, beware:

Dear Friend,

It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive because
you do not know me, Please forgive this unusual manner to contact you, but
this particular letter/email is of exceptional and very private nature,as by
virtue of my vantage position in Hang Seng Bank Ltd -Hong Kong i have a
lucrative business proposal of mutual interest to share with you.There is no
way for me to know whether I will be properly understood, but it is my duty
to write and reach out to you,TRUSTING that you will give this proposal a
positive consideration.

I am Mr.Will.Leung,the Executive Director and Head of Personal Banking of
Hang Seng Bank Limited,Hong-Kong with responsibility for the Bank’s
financial services to individual customers which cover deposits, loans,
trust, private banking, insurance and the Bank’s branch network.I will need
you to assist me in executing a business project from our bank worth US$25.5
Million.These funds were deposited with our bank by a customer of our bank
who is a national{citizen} of your country/region,who unfortunately died in
the December 2004 Asia Tsunami disaster .

For more on this natural disaster click on these links:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4530000/newsid_4537600/4537601.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4381395.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/international/worldspecial4/30quake.html?
_r=1&scp=10&sq=2004%20tsunami&st=cse&oref=slogin
http://www.globalsecurity.org/eye/andaman-us.htm

The deceased account has been declared dormants since 2006 and these funds
will be confiscated/declared unserviceable and turned over to the Hong Kong
government if the deceased business associates or next-of-kin did not claim
this money;since all efforts to trace any living relative of the deceased
proved abortive,i have decided that i will have you claim this money as the
deceased business associate/or next-of-kin,since you are from the same
country/region and perhaps have some similarities in certain areas.

Everything concerning this transaction shall be LEGALLY done without
hitch,as i was the deceased account Officer and all the relevant documents
of this deposit were kept under my care.

I will in the course of this transaction sends to you all of my legal and
valid Identities{I.D},and also our bank web site,where you can see my
pictures and resumes for your reference.

Please endeavour to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning
this issue,as i hope that you are a sincere,honest,matured person and above
all TRUSTWORTHY.Once the funds have been successfully transferred into your
account, we shall share it in a ratio of 30% for you,65% for me and my
assocaites in the bank and the reminder 5% to take care of contingencies.

I will prefer you reach me on my private email address below:
leungwilll@aim.com and finally after that I shall furnish you with more
information about this operation.I am counting on your anticipated
co-operation for a successful and hitch free business transaction between
us,that will be mutually beneficial,for a start oblige me these
information:-

1.Your Full name{s}:-

2.Current contact address:-

3.Your present Occupation:-

4.Your age:-

5.Contact phone numbers{Office and Mobile{cell}:-

{6}Your PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL e-mail address,if it is different.

Please if you are not interested delete this email and do not hurt me
because I am putting my career and the life of my family at stake with this
venture.Although nothing ventured is nothing gained,as it is said,the taste
of the pudding is in the eating,do give this proposal SERIOUS AND POSITIVE
CONSIDERATION,but mindful of the fact also that it is HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Your earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Mr.Will.Leung
{Executive Director/Head Personal Banking}
Hang Seng Bank Limited
Hong Kong.{Asia}
www.hangseng.com
Email: leungwilll@yahoo.com.hk

PS:--PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY TO US STRICTLY THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS FOR
SECURITY/PRIVACY REASONS: leungwilll@aim.com

A Poem To Remember: Naomi Intan Naomi

2009-11-14T01:34:00.000+08:00

Destiny of a distant past, seen through clouded glass eyes
I saw you
But I didn't recognize
The greatest part has arrived
A quiet carnival, such chaotic lights
blinding but comforting
wherever it gone by.
A type of loss. It's me who's losing
Heart-broken goodbyes
None are spoken
Even in this life

To Naomi Intan Naomi/NIN
a teacher i never met.

Bali's Property Agent: Me

2009-11-13T16:58:00.002+08:00

I am now officially a Bali's property's agent. My task is to find potential buyer, connect them to the land owner (or my affiliated agents), accompany them finishing all the legal requirements and then, hopefully, after all the papers had been signed, bag home a handsome commission.

The commission rate is 2.5%-5% of the total sale. But it would still be divided among the middlemen (the less, the better). It kinda cruel business, I think, in regards of the sum of money involved and the number of people who definitely want a share of that sum. Competition is high, and the price is always increasing. The word "chaos" comes to mind, but "hell" seems more appropriate. And it is the same hell that I now putting myself into.

Bali has long become tourists' destination, now it's realtors' haven. More and more foreigners decide to live in Bali after they spent their holidays there. The in-market Bali 's properties are relatively cheap compared to similar tourist's destinations like Hawaii or Pattaya. The low living cost attracts more of those who seek a place for their second home. With all those reasons, my choice of becoming a property agent is logical. So I build a website about Bali Property. In my mind, it will serve as an information center of any available properties in Bali, as well as a promotion media of the same commodities. I really do hope it works.

So, either you want to buy or sell your property in Bali (land, villa, house, commercial building) you should visit dkproperty. com. I hope we can work together.

Tony The Interpretive Dancer

2009-11-05T10:08:00.000+08:00

Tony The Interpretive Dancer is a nickname for the guy who dance onstage during Nirvana's Reading Festival performance. Some say that Nirvana (Kurt, suspiciously) invite him to do so, while other suggested that it was Tony's own idea (being intoxicated and all).

The fact that Kurt had done something like that in Nirvana's previous gig (he once invited two of his Olympian neighbors to dance using pom-poms) and that none of the show's bouncers shove Tony's ass off the stage tend to prove the former, in my opinion.

As if his luck to be the one who once DANCE onstage on Nirvana's greatest gig (in my opinion) wasn't enough, Tony The Interpretive Dancer and his intoxicated acts are now eternally etched in the official Nirvana's Reading Festival DVD, launched last Monday (November 2nd, 2009).

How To Redirect Your Blogspot Blog To A Custom Domain

2009-11-04T19:17:00.001+08:00

Redirecting your Blogspot blog to your own domain can be a real pain in the neck if you: a) have very little knowledge about Internet and, b) you host your domain on an unpopular domain registrar with poor customer support regarding the matter. I happened to be both.

(What I mean as unpopular is domain registrar other than GoDaddy.com and SEDO).

If you land on this blog page of mine after searching "how to redirect blog to custom domain" or its varieties, then almost certainly you've known how frustrating it was.

Despite its importance, it's very surprising that only a few helps can be found online. The fact that almost ALL of them use GoDaddy as a sample case isn't helping either. Furthermore, both Google and Blogspot help pages regarding the matter are so useless for Internet illiterates.So, here I will try to explain how to do it.

Note: the following instructions are only for the non-GoDaddy registrar.

Here we are:

1. Log in your domain registrar page. Search either DNS management or DNS services (anything with "DNS" term) tab. Click it.

2. Before you proceed, make sure that the servers on which your domain name (let's use redirect.com for an example) is hosted (called Nameservers/NS) have been set to a setting that is preliminary to use the "DNS" services above (some registrar made it by default, but the rest require you to set/change them first.). To do this, search for "Nameservers"/"NS" tab, make the change accordingly as instructed (it's only one click away usually).

3. After you set the nameservers/NS records as required, search for the Alias Records/A Records tab. Click it.

4. Most likely you'll find a page that contains your domain name (redirect.com) in form of either redirect.com or www.redirect.com or both, each of which has a certain IP address as Destination/Value.

5. Copy both name and IP address first to notepad (just in case) then click "Modify"/"Change" Records tab.

6. Edit/add/replace the existing records with IP addresses suggested by Google here so that the records look EXACTLY like the following (Note: use the reirect.com instead of www.redirect.com

Name

redirect.com
redirect.com
redirect.com
redirect.com

Destination/Value IP

216.239.32.21

216.239.34.21

216.239.36.21

216.239.38.21

7. Next, search for the CNAME Records tab. Click it. Modify or add the records with these:

On the empty Host/Name box next to your domain name (redirect.com) type www (without the dot "."), then in the Value/Destination box type ghs.google.com.

8. In your domain registrar page (it can be the same/different page with which the "DNS" settings are) search for Forward/Domain Forwarding tab. Click it, then enter www.redirect.com as the Value/Destination address.

You're halfway done.Next, log in to Blogspot. Click the Setting tab of the blog you want to redirect and then click the Publishing tab

8. Click the Switch To: Custom Domain. Click the Advanced Settings.

9. Enter the www.redirect.com in the box. Check the check box next to "Redirect redirect.com to www.redirect.com". Save your setting.

And that's it! Bear in mind that all of these could take 24-72 hours to take effect. (Less than a day in my case, though). So, don't worry if you found an error page while checking for the http://www.redirect.com

References: 1 2

Spam Gallery: DR Adams Uba

2009-11-04T01:49:00.000+08:00

Another scam folks:

ATM INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
OCEANIC BANK NIGERIA PLC.

ATTENTION:HONORABLE BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR DUMPED AND IGNORE CONTRACT INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK, ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA (GCFR) PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD,BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO HIM IN ORDER TO PROCEED IMMEDIATELY:

1. FULL NAME:
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND
THE ATM CARD TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE):
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION:
5. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION:

HOWEVER, KINDLY FIND THE CONTACT PERSON BELOW:

DR STEVEN DUKE
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT CENTRE
DIRECT LINES:+234-7082395707
EMAIL:atmcreditoffice009@uku.co.uk

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT ($8,300,000.00) AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR (2009).ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM PAYMENT.

FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, I CAN BE REACHED ON OR EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE:THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS,WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,WHICH IS(ATM-009),SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

BEST REGARDS,

DR ADAMS UBA
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

How To Lose Weight Fast: A Personal Experience

2009-10-30T22:27:00.001+08:00

If you are the one who often spend sometimes on the internet searching keywords for “weight loss”, “rapid weight loss” and “how to lose weight” than almost certainly, you are the kind of person who randomly eat something that looks good, smells good and tastes good. If you’re able to stop the habit (the eating, not the browsing), maybe you aren’t that far away from overweight salvation.

A lot of people whining about their size, about the excess fat around their tummy, thighs and any place too vulgar to be mentioned here, yet they’re doing nothing about it. They know that their weight issues may have been triggered their low self-confidence, their inability to squat down to reach the bottom drawers and devastated their sexual life, yet there’s nothing they do to change it. They still consume unhealthy, fat-laden foods, and their fancy treadmill are dusted and cobwebbed, completely forgotten, and they keep whining about how much their weight are.

No offense, but if that sounds like you, instead of whining, you can start eating the right food. Try to put “rapid weight loss foods” into your online search for a start. You might want to narrow the results a little bit, see which one of the results contain the best suggestion that fit into the category of rapid weight loss foods.
From my own experience, I compile the rapid weight loss foods in the following.

1. Coffee. I’m not talking about the fancy, Italian-esque, Seattle-based, decafs all New Yorkers seem to worship. I’m talking about the strong, potent home brew (instant coffee is OK). If you fear of what caffeine will do to your body, bear in mind that it’s nothing compared to what obesity will. Right amount of coffee will supply your body with enough energy while at the same time keep your gastric juice at the low-level. You won’t easily starved nor feel lethargic. Drink a cup of coffee whenever you’re hungry. You’ll see that it’s effective to hold back your craving for food at the meal time. Give a week’s worth experiment before you decrease/increase the dose.

2. Noodles. I don’t believe the no-carb, low-carb method. There’s a reason why Asian seldom have obesity and it is because they eat a lot of carbs, particulary in form of noodles. Use noodles as your substitute of your usual pasta-vaganza.

3. Rice. Cooked in Asian-style, not paella/jambalaya style. Use rice instead of bread and potato. It can be easily served with meat, fish or anything that you like.

4. Soy bean products. Balance your meat consumption with tofu or “tempe”. Meanwhile, although taste and smell really bad, soy milk is a better anti-obesity than your regular dairy milk.

5. Any kind of seafoods.

6. Well-balanced weekly menu consists of meats, eggs, veggies, fruit and milk. These have nothing to do with the weight loss program. They’re more for your habit’s sake.

Next are the activities that would help you to lose weight rapidly. Note: these are from my own experience. The results may vary for each individuals. Nevertheless, they’re worth to mention here.

a.    Stay up late. Your body burns more calories if you go to bed past 12 am. The less you sleep the more calories flushed out. Note: Need a lot of practice before your body well-adapt to the drowsiness in the following day. Therefore, it is not advisable for those operating heavy machinery or working in high-risk enviroment. Nevertheless, if you want to give it a try, do so on the weekend or on the eve of off-days.
b.    Eat fast. The excess fat that locked into your system determined by the way you chew your food. The faster, the lesser. Do this especially when you are in your junk food craving mode.
c.    Limit your TV time. People tend to eat and drink more in front of TV. Pawn your TV set for the best result.
d.    Blogging. This related to point a. above. The combination of squeezing your brains out to write something worth reading and stay up late will burn calories twice as fast.
e.    Physical exercise. Forget the gym. Do this at home. The point is to get enough sweats by mean of physical activities. The gym class/sport-type routine (like swimming), though burn more calories is also make your body starve more.
f.    Stay happy.

Final words, please keep in mind that the suggestions above are based on my personal experience. It may or may not work for you. Always consult to the expert. Don’t just do what anyone suggested to you online in your desperate attempts to reduce your weight. Almost 99% of them are just trying to sell their products to you. Healthy life is a balance state of what you eat, physical exercise and a happy heart.

The Beatles' "Two Of Us" Rehearsal Video

2009-10-27T15:54:00.000+08:00

Man! Watching this Beatles video make my eyes glassy and all; to witness my heroes in such happy and playful spirit while rehearsing "Two of Us". Seeing this, can you really believe that this is the same band that breaks apart not long after? The combination of seeing the way John played his guitar while Paul do the Elvis impersonation thing is just precious. Do you notice the way John and Paul exchanged glaze and smile in the near end, like they want to hug each other or something? OMG!

You see, at the time of this video, the relation between the two was described as "tense". But seeing this video, who would believe that? The only tense person in this video was Yoko. Like always. I mean, what's her problem? The happiness of the atmosphere is so thick it can bring smile to the one only see it in the video (like you and me), and she couldn't even crack a smile although she was at the same room?

Spam Gallery: United Nation Email

2009-10-27T02:53:00.000+08:00

This just in, a United Nation Spam. Hah!

KOELNER BANK COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS

Attention: Beneficiary,

How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world. The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$500,000.00.This includes every foriegn contractors that may have not received their contract sum,and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you,This have been agreed upon and have been signed Therefore,we are happy to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent.

However,it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 5490 9957 6302 4525 has been approved and upgraded in your favor. Meanwhile,your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the receipt of your ATM CARD.

The ATM Card Value is $500,000.00 USD Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of US$3500.00 is permitted daily.

And we are duly inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world.We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any further delay.

So you are hereby advice to forward to this office Director ATM SWIFT CARD Department.

Therefore you should send him your full Name and Telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM to you.

Contact Mr.S K Williams immediately for your ATM SWIFT CARD:

Person to Contact Mr.S k Williams

Email: info-kolnerbank.de@uku.co.uk

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you receive your ATM.

Making the world a better place

Regards,

Mr. Kofi Annan

Former Secretary (UNITED NATIONS)

Apple Magic Mouse Is More A Magic Soap Bar

2009-10-22T03:17:00.001+08:00

Apple recently introduced new products, among others is a new hybrid of mouse...called, ewww, Magic Mouse...
Apart from the hideous name, the so-called clicking device is quite a beauty, really. All-whitey, seamless surface and the coolest yet, its Multi Touch technology... You can click, rattle and scroll at any point on its surface.
Apple said it will be a standard device for any new iMac, but can also be bought separately for only $69...Please tell me it's purely economical and has nothing to do with its designer preferred position, yah?

Whatever. You can connect this Magic Mouse to your Mac wirelessly via Bluetooth. It can reach up to 33 feet away.
By any mean, it is a cool peripheral for any Mac-mongers out there. If you are a nerd, using this in the open can significantly better your chance of getting a date. Don't leave it in the toilet though (why would you do that for?). There's a 50% that it will be mistaken for a silky, fancy soap bar.

Images taken from http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/

Spam Gallery: Google Winning Notification

2009-10-20T04:12:00.005+08:00

Have you ever received email like this? I put it here on purpose for all to see. This is a spam, and one of the worst kind because it is a fraud. I put it as it is so that none of you should fall into such fraud. Better yet, from today on, I'll regularly post any spam/junk mail that I received. You, know, for entertainment sake... enjoy!

Google Incorporation®.
Belgrave House,
76 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 9TQ,
United Kingdom

Notification Date: 17/10/2009

GOOGLE WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our lucky winners selected this year. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active use of the Google search engine and the Google ancillary services. Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active and patronage to this company. Google is now the world leading search engine worldwide, and in an effort to sure that it remains the most widely used search engine, an online e-mail balloting was carried out on the 15th of October 2009 without your knowledge, it was officially released today been the 17th of October 2009.We which to formally announced to you that your email address was attached to a lump sum of ?450,000.00{Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling's}.

We also wish to inform you that you have successfully passed the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications and our satisfactory report test conducted for all our online winners. A winning Cheque will be issued in your name by Google Promotion Award Team, and also a certificate of prize claims will be sent along side your winning Cheque.

These are your award details.
Security Code Number: GUK/4532345G.
Ticket No: GUK/699/33/2009
Winning Number: GUK/877/798/2009

Information's required from you are part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To claim your won prize, please contact our Foreign Transfer Manager DR WILLIAMS GIBSON neatly filling the verification and fund release form below..

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your Full Name.
(5) Sex.
(6) Occupation
(7) Age.
(8) Ever won an online lottery?

Mode of Prize Remittance.
(1)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning Documents safely to you.

You are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager DR WILLIAMS GIBSON with his private email details below to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:
***********************************************
FOREIGN CLAIMS MANAGER
DR WILLIAMS GIBSON
GOOGLE SECURITY DEPARTMENT (UK).
E-mail: drwilliamsgibson01@windowslive.com
Call: +44 704 575 6787
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Rage Against The Wall Street

2009-10-20T04:00:00.000+08:00

I believe, the word "upset" is an understatement to describe what the people of the United States of America (sans few New Yorkers) felt when some major firms in Wall Street (prominently Goldman-Sachs--as in bloodsachs-er--Merryl Lynch and Morgan Stanley) announced the amount of bonuses they gonna pay their employees. New York times wrote that it gonna reach $18.4 Billions, but according to WSJ Blog:

Total compensation including salary and bonus ran to $15 billion at Merrill Lynch alone. At Goldman Sachs, almost $11 billion. Add it up across Wall Street, and total 2008 bonuses may easily run two to three times that $18.4 billion number.

It doesn't matter which numbers are more accurate, especially when the allegation's consensus is that that bonuses shouldn't be given at the first place.

You see, these firms which give such big, fat, bonuses (I bet you want to be their employee, do you not?) are the same firms which need to be rescued from themselves not more than 12 months ago. Obama's government poured in billions of taxpayer's money to save their asses. And now, the allegedly same money are abused into bonuses which they grant themselves as rewards for the great job they didn't do! It's more than ironic, especially when that job happened to be to overcome trouble they created in the first place.
Even Obama thinks it's "outrageous":

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The Daily Beast wrote:

Firms are making money not because they’re good at what they do, but because they have been given so many subsidies that it’s impossible not to make money.

Good point... but what, then? If even in such bad times, financial firms can greedily ripped off people's money right from their pockets, what can stop it to happen in the future? And in the mean time, it maybe a good thing to do for the people to learn how to pull a bank job.

Twilight Saga Review

2009-10-16T04:22:00.001+08:00

Recently I just canned down The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer my girlfriend bought. I have to admit that it is not as good as I pictured them to be. I'm sorry Ms Meyer and all of the Twilight Saga fans, but I have to say it anyway. ("Why the hell you read them anyway?! Well, I was curious. Who weren't with all the hype? I couldn't review something if I never read it in the first time can I?)

You see, when a series of novel is entitled with the word "Saga", you expect that whatever they are have a quality that is grandeur, majestic, two of quality that ironically missing from the tetralogy.
Put all the mythical things aside, and it's only about a shallow love story between two people-turned-out-to-be-a-love-triangle-which-come-to-two-people-again-in-the-end story. A Harlequin story. So much of a saga.

The ending kinds of end abruptly either. When I was close to the part of the "final battle" I honestly think, "Well, if it goes the way I wanted it, then it will be enough as an amend of the time I need to finish all of the books." But, as it is turned out to be, my time is wasted nevertheless. I think Ms Meyer has betrayed all of her fans (including her rather reluctant readers) when she decided to not made Bella rip Jane's head, or Emmet skinned any of the Volturi's guards alive (that boy do need some serious angst channel he never get despite his strength and fierceness) and Jacob and his packs do serious damage to the vampire elders. It's a twist ending no one expected indeed. A major turn-off like no others.

In my humble opinion, the series can be better if:

Bella is not such a big selfish, unappreciative, hypocrite drama-queen. I don't know why, The terms Supermassive ***hole comes to mind everytime I think of her. Oh yeah, one reason is that because Muse is behind the story.
Edward is not such a melodramatic emo-ish vampire. You're a vampire dude, toughen up!
Stephanie Meyer do not insist that a rock solid body could have...dimples. WTF?!
Meyer picked another town as the setting. It kinda logic to choose the Northwest as the setting, being the rainiest place and all. But when I think (I bet many people, too) of Northwest I think (besides the lumberjacks) of Nirvana, Mudhoney, The Melvins and now I have to kick out the images of vampires and werewolves (and somehow,.. Muse) roaming the street that once roamed by my heroes.
Charlie stays as the way he is. He is my favorite character so far in the series, and he's not even a goddamn important ones. And seriously, when anyone rather to choose irrelevant character over the central ones as his most favorite character, the author should look again on how her characterization works.
Like I've mentioned above, the story ends with the war. The 1/4 pages of Breaking Dawn are pretty much tell you that a major war is coming only to be concluded that that war isn't going to happen at all. It's disturbing really. In future sequel perhaps? Whatever. I don't even care who'll be the victor. The Volturi or the Cullens. All I wanted is expectation pay day.

This is a petty review, and I do hope I don't hurt anyone by writing these. It's my own opinion anyway. It doesn't change anything. Nevertheless, my opinion remain the same. Twilight series are mediocre at best.

Ubisoft Hottie: Jade Raymond, The New Gamegirl

2009-10-02T03:52:00.004+08:00

As per 31 August 2009, Ubisoft appointed Jade Raymond as the head of its Toronto Studio. Don't have any clue of what Ubisoft is? Well, ever heard of Splinter Cell? Assasin's Creed? Ubisoft is the game manufacturer responsible for those hit games. "So, what so good about appoint someone as the head officer? It's only natural, isn't it?"

Well. let's see. Before Jade Raymond joined the ranks in Ubisoft, all of you, including me, gamers and non-gamers alike, will agree that when we heard the word "gamer" what comes up is an image of someone looking like this:

Or maybe a hairy Cro-Mag with pathetic social life like this:

But a babe like this?

You see my point? That, brother and sister, is the goddess Jade Raymond herself. She has the beauty, she has the bod and, definitely, she has the brain. Feminists anywhere couldn't, wouldn't, find a better example of a "fun, fearless, female," (with a brain) anywhere else.

Just imagine how happy Toronto Ubisoft's staffs (which curiously consists of 90% undated geeks) are to be bossed around by her. Congrats Jade. We passionately waiting for more games from Ubisoft, knowing that's the closest thing we could get from you.

From Various Source.

Image: http://www.jade-raymond.com/pictures.php,

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Love Letter

2009-09-30T23:30:00.000+08:00

I love
you for what
you are,
not what
you think
you are.

Me and my girlfriend often exchange love letters during our class in our college years. Nothing fancy. Just something we could write on scrap paper or a money bill. The shorter, the better. Half of it was just something silly. And some are to adult-oriented to be mentioned here while the rest only marked my inapt in haiku. However, then and then, in some occasions, what I call a true confession one human can give another, occurred. Like what my GF wrote above (I guess in her attempt to suppress my ego, my self-importance tendency or some sort, that sometimes lead me to trouble). I can't remember what I wrote in response to that. What I do remember is the feeling I felt, knowing that the most beautiful girl on Planet Earth had allocated her precious time and 5 minutes of boring lecture to write on a crumpled, smelly old money, that she love me for what I am and not for what I think I am; that she has decided to love me, no matter what.
The feeling my friend, is addictive. An instant high. Technically, it's similar to what I feel everyday these past 9 years. Yeah, mate, me and that gorgeous girlfriend of mine have managed to always be together since that.

Half Of It Is Meaningless

2009-09-30T02:00:00.003+08:00

Once Upon A Time

A new temple built
another age of men had passed
The reigning is over, no more waiting...
and nothing
you or me can do about it.
Hands that fit will be the first to be crushed

Of nations but none risen
Too many silences...
and ghosts.
Emotion from unnamed kind.
The Lord of Host of the Apocalypse's Pass.
No Rainbow this time,
no vows.
Uprise!

A Refreshing Read: XTC's Go 2 Cover

2009-09-29T21:54:00.000+08:00

Sick bastard...whoever behind the idea of putting these writing on the XTC Go 2 Cover (1978) is a sick bastard. That's a compliment...

The Lost Shepherd: A Parable

2009-09-27T00:23:00.000+08:00

Everyone knows the parable of the lost sheep, about how a shepherd had lost one of his 100 sheeps, and how he then abandoned the 99 (temporally, though) to find the lost one and how he rejoice with his fellow shepherd when he managed to find the lost sheep, baa baa baa...
And everyone who went to Sunday School knows that the parable has something to do with the nature of the God; that he is merciful even to the sinner, that he prefer to leave the righteous in order to save the sinner baa baa baa...
Now imagine...just imagine... that the situation is somewhat put in reverse, that there was a lost shepherd instead of sheep. What would the sheep do? Would they miss him, would they seek for him? Would they notice in the first place, that the person that's responsible to their well-being had vanished and there are no assurance of any kind that he would come back? What you think would happened to the herd? Here's one version of it:

Then Jesus told them this parable:
Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and he goes and loses himself. Does he not find that the sheep take several hours to notice? And does he not find that they bleat aimlessly for some time when they discover him gone? However, he then discovers that they spread out over the open country, ignoring the other ninety-nine shepherds they see along the way, and will not return to their pen until they have found him. And when they find him, they joyfully put him upon their woollen backs and with much bleating and bumping into one another, they carry him home. Then they call the goats and the cows and say 'Baa', which roughly translates as 'Rejoice with us, for we have found our lost shepherd.' And the shepherd will undoubtedly be overjoyed also and will celebrate with a meal of roast lamb.

Quoted from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A26988204

Hunter S. Thompson, Who?

2009-09-26T05:33:00.001+08:00

I first read his name, Hunter S. Thompson, and saw the picture of him, in the Rolling Stone's 1000th Issue's Cover. I didn't know who that man is. The fact that Rolling Stone's editors should dressed him up as the Devil himself (in comparison to Kurt Cobain's Angel) made me wondering that that bald dude must be someone famous.
And he IS famous. Not in Indonesia, though (that's why I don't know who he was in the first place). And boy, he is more than famous. He is important.
So, I gathered everything I could that bears his name. Books and reviews. I stole a few, bought the rest, and illegally download any ebook that I couldn't find in my country.
In instance, like a revelation, I know what I should be doing in the rest of my life. I should write, and God has made Dr. Thompson my great guru... posthumously.

How Generous Are You?

2009-09-25T06:18:00.001+08:00

Are you the one who likes to do charity works; always give money to the poor, give an extra alms to the church etc? Are you always give donation to whoever need one? Or are you the kind of people who frown upon the word "donation", thinking it's a sacrilege of some sort because you hold fast to the hard work ethics, that man must work if man wants to eat?
Which one are you?

I'm kinda in the middle of both...
You see, some part of me still believe that asking for money is a kind of thug-ish... whatever the amount is, if one asking in such a way that leave no choice to the one who is being asked for. That's seems wrong.
In another hand, I do realize that there are some people who cornered in an "ask donation or die" situation. Especially when what they do is really benefiting a lot of people, and those people merely take it for granted, not realizing all the hard efforts that preceded they having that service.

I'm talking about great service like Wikipedia. How many times you use it? How many times you benefit from it? And how many times you express your gratitude by giving donation to it? Have you noticed the small donation link in the left upper corner of Wikipedia page? They asking for donation, so that they can live on, helping people like you and me providing information, or in my case, fresh content for my upcoming posts.
I donated $5 today (I'll definitely give more if only I have more money in my PayPal account). It's kinda a relieve knowing that I have done something (though not much) to something that have been helpful to me.
Scratch that. It's always a relieve to do such thing whether the party we donate to helpful or not. I don't think that the beggars who stationed on every junctions I drive through on my way to work will ever help me, but I give them money anyway and the great feeling is none the less.

At this time you have possibly realized just how many blogs (including this one) have applied the PayPal donation button. Have you donated to any of them?

Some blogs maybe not helpful or less than interesting, but you can always tell whether the person behind it is really serious about it or not; whether she/he spends a good shares of her/his time to maintain them, so that the visitors feel welcomed/informed/entertained when they are bouncing out. I'm not talking about those good, established and well- maintained professional websites. I'm talking on the behalf of any amateur bloggers; single moms, retired pops, the unemployed who probably won't starve without your donation, but who will be ever grateful to any that comes in.

Let's make donation a habit. Save the world. Make a donation, today.

Art Of The Week

2009-09-22T02:27:00.000+08:00

You see, I'm not only a master of kungfu and ninja techniques, I am an art lover myself. Though I can't reveal you my art style just yet, nothing can stop me to feature the art I happen to like to you. The "Art of the Week" I made fit that purpose perfectly. The section will feature any kind of art; paintings, graphics, photography or motion media that I found amusing (I hope they amuse you as well, my dear readers).
Don't hesitate to contact me if you have your own art to exhibit. I'll give you proper credit as well as free back link.
As you can see, the honor for the 1st Art of The Week falls to Tom Tomorrow's creation of Pearl Jam's new album Back Spacer. Cool, huh?

Like Father Like Son

2009-09-20T13:22:00.010+08:00

Wolverine vs Daken by Marko Djurdjevic-image linked to Wikipedia
The Free Encyclopedia

What would happen if a short-bodied, short-tempered furball with retractable claws well-known for his attitude and abilities as a highly effective killing machine happen to have a son? Daken is what have happened.

See the figure on the left? That's Logan/James Howlett aka Wolverine, the one I've just gave the descriptions of. Figure on the right is Daken, his son from a Japanese mother, whom Wolverine believed died in infancy. Like father like son, Daken is one tough dude. He has everything his father has. Healing factor? Check. Retractable claws? Check (although the second claw spring up from his wrist instead of knuckles like his father). Strength and reflects of superhuman quality? Uh huh.
Recently, Daken even also take the role as Wolverine in Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers. Unlike his father though, in some occasions Daken is portrayed to have a darker personality and more shady intentions. He'll be a nice substitute for Logan's long lasting arch enemy Sabretooth.

Nirvana At Reading Festival Revisited

2009-09-19T04:25:00.007+08:00

08/30/92. Nirvana At Reading Festival.

Update: As of today, November 5th, 2009, I found out that the guy who dance onstage is called, "Tony The Interpretive Dancer". I'll keep you updated.

There are at least some reasons behind this post. First, because this is probably Nirvana's best live performance caught on tape (trust me). Second, because this is their only footage I never seen in complete (poor me). The third reason is because I've read reviews about this gig before in almost all Nirvana's/Kurt's biographies, including the one I helped to translate (to Bahasa Indonesia). The last reason is that the official DVD of Nirvana's "Live At Reading Festival" is due to release in November 2, 2009.
So, think it is as a warm up.

I thank Nirvana, that allowed me to have ill-channeled angst back then. And for Kurt, for being around as long as you were...

I also want to thank BBBwagggan for uploading these videos. Thanks, man.
This post is dedicated to Mr.C.A.T who are really kind to mention me in his post. I know you'll like it, man.

For the rest of you, Nirvana fans and haters alike, I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.
Although, I've placed each songs chronologically ( I'm not sure. Do tell me if I disorder it) here some advices so that you can enjoy it more:

Keep in mind that the gig taken place after a long delay that was caused by, but not limited to, the rumor that Kurt had died. Lol! So imagine how the crowds felt when finally Kurt, Krist and Dave had showed on stage and pulled a little play on the rumor before they blast them off literally to ... Nirvana.
Try not to be distracted by the guy who was dancing on stage continuously (anyone knows who that w**** is?). He can be really annoying.

'Nuff said... here they come...

The Lithium is disabled, but here's the link

How To Put Privacy Policy on Your Blog

2009-09-18T16:39:00.004+08:00

You must have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy that clearly discloses that third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your user’s browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of ads being served on your website. Your privacy policy should also include information about user options for cookie management.

Since Google has clearly stated that every Adsense publisher has to disclose a Privacy Policy in every website/blog that contain Adsense ads, this become a dire need for every blogger. First because like me, so many people simply don't know how to do just that. Those snobs don't even think it's important to explain how...

So, it is fortunate of me that I found a site that provide a Privacy Policy Generator. All you need to do is put your blog's URL and it's done.
Next, you can copy it (either in txt format or html) then paste it in a new post. Don't forget to schedule the date of that post to the dates older than your blog. This is important, so that the post doesn't show up on the mainpage.

Then you can make a link to that Privacy Policy. Go to Layout-->; Add Gadget-->Html/Javascript-->and type <a href="http://www.blogger.com/YOUR-PRIVACY-POLICY-URL">Privacy Policy</a> (change the YOUR-PRIVACY-POLICY-URL with url on which your post located) and you are done. You can put the link on top or the bottom of your blog.

Feel Kinda 60's

2009-09-18T02:04:00.000+08:00

Scraped this from somewhere over the net. I think it's from comic (Marvel? I saw an "X", there) Dunno. Thanks to the artist. Whoever you are, don't sue me. I like your work. I don't know which one of the images attracted me more. The Vespa, the girl, the fact that she is "blowing" (soap bubble) instead of "inhaling" (err, something else...) or simply the whole psychedelic aura. Damn. I wish I could draw something like that.

Starry Night, FUBAR Life

2009-09-18T01:18:00.008+08:00

Van Gogh's Starry Night-Image Linked to Wikipedia-The Free Encyclopedia

Seriously, this fine piece of art work is haunting me as it thrills me every time I see it. And the fact that the artist died poor, insane and friendless without any share of every dime he deserved from the insane price all his creations worth posthumously is really pisses me off. Poor Van Gogh. you learn life ain't fair in the coldest, hardest, craziest way, man! You deserve more! Rest In ~~Piss~~ Peace...

The Old Gods: Where Are They, Now?

2009-09-17T06:28:00.020+08:00

Before monotheism swept the world like angry hordes, different entities ruled the universe. In Ancient Greece, there were Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Ares, Athena, Hermes, Hera, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Apollo, Demeter and Artemis; The Big Twelve of Ancient Greece's Pantheon.

A Repro Work of Zeus' Temple

In the Pantheon of Ancient Egypt; Osiris, Seth, Anubis, Isis and Horus were the most important gods among I don't know how many others.

In the north, the fierce Vikings worshiped Odin, Thor, Freya and sometimes Loki, The Trickster. Ancient Americans, worshiped Quetzalcoatl, The Plumed Snake, God of Sun. There were more others. Some even older and simply lost from human memories.

From all the aforementioned gods of old, only those of Hindus Valley survived, not only in names and lore but also in ritual as well. Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma, or the Trimurti, are still worshiped today by the Hindu. Meanwhile the other gods of old, simply vanished. They lost their power over the one God that came so much later, The God of Abraham, The One who is so powerful, His power emanated from His worshipers who often caused chaos, revolution, rebellion, bloodshed in every place they chose to stay.

Unlike today, those gods were far more than epic stories back then. People have faith in them, of which were the basis/source of their live values and conducts, as well as their ritual as much as we are now with this particular God.

How did it feel like back then, I can't imagine, when some people preached that there's only One God instead of Twelves?

How does it feel when a stranger tell us that what we hold as truth were lies and that someone was witty and powerful enough to give the proof that we ourselves felt quite sensible?
How does it feel when we realize the consequences of such revelation; that the conducts, the rituals, the moral values, the way of thinking, all aspects in life of our fathers that we are living were built upon false cause? That there's no God like we think there is. That everything we do, our fathers did, and their fathers before them, were false? That monotheism is one BIG lie?

Can you survive that? A lot of us can't.

Like the gods of old, we would vanished.

Make Money Online: Some Preliminary Steps

2009-09-14T14:39:00.019+08:00

It's approximately a year and a half after I started my blogging activities, and I've become too familiar with the term "make money online". If there's anything I've learned in the past year, it is definitely about online moneymaking. And here's the compilation of things you will need to make money online, based on my experience (and strategies of the well-known names in this department that I've managed to steal :) and incorporate in my own) :

First Step, register a Paypal account. Visit this link to arrive at the Paypal registration form. It's free and only takes a couple minutes. All you need to have is a valid email account (Yahoo Mail or Gmail will do). This is necessary so that you can receive payments or pay instantly.

Second Step. You should have at least two PPC (Pay-Per-Click) advertisement publisher accounts. Globally, Google Adsense is still the leading party. However there are other PPC ad services like

Adbrite or BidVertiser that's worth trying, as well as those local ad services that available for your country. Visit the links to register.

Mind you, using a different email address for each service might be helpful. And DON'T EVER put all those ads in the SAME blog/website for number of reasons: first, your blog won't look so good with that many ads around, Second, you won't get the maximum numbers of potential clicks for each ad from the unique visitors, especially because they are theoretically only have 50% chance to give ONE click on your ad. Don't make that number any less by adding unnecessary ad unit. Always remember to learn about their Terms of Service (TOS) to avoid violating any rules.

Third Step

Create a ClickBank account.

Fourth Step

Join one or more paid for reviews program like Sponsored Reviews, or ReviewMe.

Fifth Step

Create an Amazon or e-bay account.

Sixth Step

Learn about domaining. Invest to buy domain names. You can use it for your own blog/website, or as commodities to sell later, on a right price. Search for available domain here. Registration fee is only $9.99 at the most and that is for one year. If you do things right, that $9.99 can leads to $100/$1000/$10,000 profits when you sell it to interesting party. You can also park it for a residual income through PPC. Even if a domain name you own only sold for $50, you already created app. $40 of profit. Not bad.

Seventh Step
Join several referral programs at once (website which pay you when you refer someone else to join them). Join Hostgator, HD Publishing, 000Webhost or People Search if you don't know what I'm talking about.

Eighth Step

You have to subscribe this blog by email to receive this step.

Finally, after applying all of those steps you will arrive at what I called The Potentials. A preliminary steps that required to make money online in decent quantities. This is where you start. And I would remind you that it's all hardwork from here. At least for the first three months-1st year.

To sums things up, consider that you've completed all the steps above, now you have up to 15 potential income streams (minimal) ready to be incorporated into one or more of of your blogs.

Having more than one blog will speed things up, but that' s not a wise choice if you don't really have a time to maintain them properly.

Finally, good luck. And let me know what you think.

Guitar Hero 5 of Kurt Cobain: Not Good

2009-09-11T09:49:00.007+08:00

Surely, even that can't make Cobain in any means less in the eyes of his fans, including me. I can imagine he's rolling in laughter in his grave seeing this. Seriously guys, that person needs more respects from you. He achieved more in his short life than those in full, including most big names in rock n roll history and of course you. If this is a joke, it's a bad one. I bet no one would expect to see Kurt Cobain's post-mortem performance that way, even those who hated him.

#2 Google Adsense

2009-09-09T05:42:00.005+08:00

More than 50% of bloggers blog for money. Don't be insulted if you aren't, I'm just telling the fact. Why shouldn't they? It's more nonsensical if they don't use any money-making opportunities available to them. I myself won't be so dedicated in updating my blogs if there's no incentives whatsoever as the compensation of spending some hours to it.

From the various type of online money making scheme, Google Adsense is still the leading party out there. This pay-per-click (PPC) advertising program promise you a decent income stream, once you know all the hows. It's difficult not to see that tiny sign "Ads By Google" in blogs you visit, isn't it? That's how popular Adsense is among bloggers.

Although there are increasing concern that Adsense is no longer as lucrative as it was several years back due to what is called "ad blindness", many publishers still use it. In fact it become something to boast about if you have an up and running Adsense account (with or without income).

Iron Man 2

2009-09-09T05:22:00.003+08:00

Marvel.com announces that Iron Man 2 will be released in May 7, 2010. Like you already guess, it will feature several new characters. See the image? Yes, that's Scarlett Johansson, alright. She will play the "Black Widow" (yum-yum), a super power hot-chick of the Marvel Universe. Gwyneth Paltrow will still play as Pepper Potts, the personal assistant of Tony "Iron Man" Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) However, Don Cheadle replace Terrence Howard as James Rhodes. Mickey Rourke meanwhile will play the villain "Whiplash". Here, for more info.

Sitting On A Ticking Bomb

2009-09-08T19:05:00.004+08:00

These fine archipelago are my country Indonesia. Since 1512, it had been invaded, in chronological order, by the Portuguese, the Dutch, the British and Japan. It had been robbed, raped, stripped bare to the point where no other country had ever experienced. And by that I mean literally. Every inch of its soil were ravaged by the greed of the invaders. From Aceh in the southern-most part, to Merauke, its eastern counterpart. This beautiful, highly cultured country had been reduced as a sole source of profit by the invaders. Gold, spice, coffee, sugar, tobacco were hauled over centuries to the invaders countries. It was an object of slavery. And by that, I mean the worst kind of slavery, where the slave didn't even own a piece of cloth to cover themselves. No food to eat and no Abe Lincoln to speak for them.

Not only that, recently, its culture are also scraped by the neighboring country. You see that darker green color above the Borneo Island? Sitting there like cancer is the thief I'm talking about. That fascist country has always trying to steal whatever we have just because they don't have anything to call their own. But that's for another ocassion.

Right now, I'm more concerned to the surge of natural disasters that overwhelmed the country. In this month alone, there have been several earthquakes in all over the country. All of which with >5 Richter Scale. It all started with the great earthquake and tsunami that hit Aceh, and several neighboring countries in 2004. Since then, earthquake appeared as a routine to many cities in Indonesia. Having witnessed one major earthquake myself (in Yogyakarta, 2006) and the devastation it caused, I can't help but hope to never experience something of that scale (or bigger!) again.

Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, like Japan, my country indeed is a ticking bomb, a bomb that I hope never explode in full force while I or anyone sit on it. For once in my life, I really wish God listens to me now.

Never Ending Battle 2

2009-09-08T01:16:00.002+08:00

Never Ending Battle

2009-09-08T00:47:00.012+08:00

How Did The First Hokage Died?

2009-09-08T00:16:00.008+08:00

The Battle of Uchiha Madara+Kyuubi VS Senju Hashirama

The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, is told to be the most powerful ninja of his time. Not even Uchiha Madara can beat him even with the help of the Kyuubi, The Nine-Tailed Fox Demon. Just how powerful he was?!
But even then, we know that he died young. What on ninja world could be the cause of death of so powerful a ninja? The same question applicable also for his younger brother, Tobirama Senju, The Second Hokage, who also died in young age. These are the biggest mystery in the whole Naruto world for me. Any opinion are welcome.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, than you're a wanker!

From various source.

All Hail, Megatron!!!

2009-09-07T23:22:00.000+08:00

Seriously, Megatron is one scary dude. Big, bad and ugly with attitude. No one should mess with Megatron, unless you're: But that's highly unlikely.

9/11: 8 Years Later

2009-09-07T15:05:00.000+08:00

People remember exactly where they were when World Trade Centre buildings collapsed to the ground. I was in front of my TV, staring at a newsticker that says that US was under attack. The images that follow frightened me. A burning building and a plane that fly so low before it hit the second building.
I do remember also the day US strikes back. Dropping bombs like maniac on Afghanistan and Iraq.
"The world is burning in hatred.
And still is today, 8 years after. Never before the world stripped apart into two equal portions with grudges and hatred for each other. Not since the Cold War.
Eight years of killing frenzy, bad presidency and the fall of economy. The circle of hatred rages on. Burned everything, consume everything, even the goodness in people's conscience. Who started what? One may ask.
Both sides are the victims I would say. Victims of their own greed, hatred and ideals. Victims of the leader who don't know shit about grief of losing people we love. Both sides suffer. That's that. When it comes to suffering, it no longer matters who suffer the most or who started it, especially when parents have to buried their children.
And the images still frightened me, for even I know, the circle of hatred will never end.

Above is Benjamin Franklin's Magic circle which I think fitly represents how hatred is passed around. Taken from http://www.pasles.org/circle.html

A Liar And A Thief

2009-09-07T14:42:00.000+08:00

When you steal someone's money, you're a thief. When you lie, you're a liar. When you claim something you don't belong, you are a thief and a liar.

#1. Misleading The Potential Readers By Providing Misleading Title of Their Posts

2009-09-07T00:27:00.000+08:00

Most bloggers do it all the time. Usually they'll put some bombastic title on a post(s) which turned out to be not so bombastic information. This age-old method of getting readers is successful in much ways it fails. Putting a headline like "Make money online fast!" do tend to interest people, but usually unreliable in keeping them, unless you are really a big name in that "make money online: how to" market niche.

This is an ongoing project to sort and list up things that people tend to do when they are blogging.

Pattie Boyd

2009-09-06T13:19:00.000+08:00

Pattie Boyd

Something	Layla
Something in the way she moves, Attracts me like no other lover. Something in the way she woos me. I don't want to leave her now, You know I believe and how. Somewhere in her smile she knows, That I don't need no other lover. Something in her style that shows me. I don't want to leave her now, You know I believe and how. You're asking me will my love grow, I don't know, I don't know. Stick around, and it may show, But I don't know, I don't know. Something in the way she knows, And all I have to do is think of her. Something in the things she shows me. I don't want to leave her now. You know I believe and how.	What do you do when you get lonely and nobody's waiting by your side? You've been running and hiding much too long. You know it's just your foolish pride. Chorus: Layla, you got me on my knees. Layla, i'm begging darlin' please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind? I Tried to give you consolation When Your old man had let you down. Like a fool, I fell in love with you, You turned my whole world upside down. Chorus Let's make the best of the situation, Before I finally go insane. Please don't say we'll never find a way, Or tell me all my love's in vain.

*)The Beatles' Something and Eric Clapton's Layla
Two different wonderful songs that speaks of one woman...Pattie Boyd

Bodysnatchers by Radiohead

2009-09-06T07:08:00.000+08:00

It is always great to see Radiohead play live. This one, Bodysnatchers from In Rainbow is one of my most favorite Radiohead songs. I never know that the intro is played by Thom all along. Not before I seen this. I hope you enjoy it as much as i do. Bob along, Thom!

Ugly Truth

2009-09-06T05:37:00.000+08:00

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2009-07-18T15:45:00.000+08:00

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2008-10-15T21:23:00.000+08:00

Common Copy is a blog-project about anything in universe, whether copyrighted or copylefted. We cover recent news as well as shady reviews, facts and fictions, comics to mangas, materials to spirituals, life and death, zeroes to heroes, God, Satan and anything in between, the 60's to 90's. BC to AD. Musics, Arts, Techs, Movies, and blab blab blab... from a kungfu master's/ninja's/pirate's and a lowest common denominator's point of view.