Tweeter?

Got a group invitation to support Luna Maya on facebook. Seems the creator doesn't have a Twitter account. He misspelled Twitter with Tweeter.


Sent from my iPho...ehm, BlackBerry® smartphone from Sinyal Bagus XL, Nyambung Teruuusss...!

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Instant Messaging, is getting less interesting.

I still remember back into 90's when internet connection is not as easy as now. Every time I get online and find my friends are online too, in MIRC or Yahoo Messenger, I get psyched out to say hi and the "hi" will then turn into an un-intentioned conversation. At that moment, the excitement to say hi initially occurred because I find it's kinda hard to get online at the same time with friends. So most of the time, the IM-conversation is had by chance.

Time past by, the technology's getting handier than before. Now it's like lots of my friends are always seen online all the time. But now I have lost the excitement to make a conversation by chance. I now always start a chat by purpose. Consequently, sometimes I feel like I use IM service less often then the old times. I didn't say that IM now is a boring service. It's just felt.....different. 


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Google Maps App on Blackberry

I just installed and tried Google Map app on my Blackberry. And I should tell that I slightly surprised with what this app can do. 

I can see where I'm at, either in maps or satellite view. I can see how's the traffic in it. I can track where my friends exactly at through Google Latitude. Even I can search directions from where I'm at to somewhere specific on map. Totally cool!  

Well, I use Blackberry 8520 that has no GPS attached in it. Now with this Google Map app on my Blackberry, I don't need that anymore.

If you haven't download this app, you can get it free in here (open it through your Blackberry).

         
Click here to download:
Google_Maps_App_on_Blackberry.zip (121 KB)

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Plan to buy a Blackberry? Think again!

These are things that should be considered before you decide to buy Blackberry:

1. It's not Mac friendly. Last week I had problem on my Blackberry because I updated the OS (which I shouldn't have) through my Mac, and it got error and ended up with a white screen on my Blackberry with a "Reload Software 507" text on it. I googled and found out the only way to fix the problem is wiping the OS clean and re-install the OS, which only can be done on Windows!

2. The only thing that only can be done by Blackberry (which can't be done by any other cellphone) is Blackberry Messenger (BBM) which has no unique feature among other IM. Besides, BBM is only fun when you have a lot of friends who have Blackberry too.

3. You can't transfer files through Bluetooth to your computer. Or may be it can, I just don't know how, but whatever it is, it's obviously not easy to do it.

4. Browsing web through default Blackberry Browser really SUCKS! It only can open one window at one time. Feels like I'm back to 90's and browse with the old Internet Explorer.

5. The default GUI on text messaging is so uninteresting. It's shown as a thread conversation, but with just text and the sender name in it, I often get confused which one's sent by who.

6. Sometimes you have to soft-reset your Blackberry due to some errors. And don't expect the soft-reset would only take few seconds, ioobecause actually you will have much time to make coffee while waiting the device up again. Sad.

7. The models are so monotone. Bold, Curve, Jave, Nexianberry (oh wait), you name it. Well, it's all looked the same for me. Only Gemini that looks different because it's the first that has no trackball, perhaps.

8. It's really in mainstream in Indonesia. Seems almost everyone in here use it right now.

So, if you plan to spend cash more than IDR 5 millions to buy a new cellphone and have a thought to buy Blackberry. Think again.

I didn't say Blackberry's bad though (not because I already have one). But for a device that's worth more than IDR 5 millions, I'd prefer something else.


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XL has no idea how to soft reset Blackberry correctly

This morning I activate the XL's BIS on my Blackberry, then they sent me a message as shown below.

Huh? Don't they know how to soft reset on Blackberry without replacing and put back your battery? Well, here's another way: press and hold Alt+(Right)Shift+Del for a few seconds. Voila!
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ATM - Aggravating Teller Machine

I went to Indocomtech, a computer fair,  yesterday with @yayi_meirizka. I planned to go to XL booth to see their promo in Blackberry Gemini. After almost one hour of searching, we strenuously find the booth. I asked the SPG if I could see the cellphone before deciding to buy it or not. But then she said too bad that they just have the dummy, and one of the SPG's Gemini has run out of battery. So I had to make decision by feeling. By that time, I'd never tried or even touched Gemini before.

After a lot of questions to some friends who are Blackberry users, I decide to take it. Me and my friend then queued on ATM because XL only receive cash or credit card. Well, yeah, not-having-credit-card sucks! Oh, and the ATM that we were queueing is ATM Bersama, because Bank Mandiri has no ATM in there. After an hour standing-queue, I was already at the third place before the machine, but then it got hang! CRAP! So I went to  another ATM Bersama, but then found out that it got hang too, but this one had technicians who were fixing on it. So I waited they're doing their job, but after half hour, obviously they didn't know how to fix it. One of the technician even just laughed his brainlessness and sat behind the machine. WTF?! How could they be hired if they can't fix those problems? Seriously Artajasa, you guys should give more training to your technicians! 

I pissed off so I decided to go out from that packed building. As we stepped our feet outside, I remember there's another ATM (BNI and BRI) near the front door. We went there then heard some people were mentioning that it run out of money. GREATTT!!

We then went home without bringing anything but a lesson: bring cash before you go to the fair. 
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Mall rehab

This morning I had this little conversation on twitter.

Have you ever wondered, how often do you go to the mall? I must confess that I go there too often. Well, the purpose is various, depends on my mood. Even...

For me, going to the mall is a blameworthy recursive activity. May be I better start to find a new hobby as distraction. Like, sports? Well, I know there's a gym and dojo near here. Hmmm....

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Setting up internet connection on Snow Leopard with Huawei modem.

Snow Leopard is awesome. I just installed it to my macbook last night and very impressed with the refinements. 

The great part of this OS is the speed improvement, and of course the tidier and more elegant Exposé and Stacks. Now we can zoom and take a closer look on one of the window on Exposé. Neat! Well actually there are still more refinements that Apple has made, you can dig all of it in here. 

But Snow Leopard is not about all the good thing. I've heard an issue that not all Leopard's application is compatible with Snow Leopard. So I checked on the application-compatibility list to see if all applications I use often works is on the checked-list. And yes, there said it supposedly works fine. But it's not.

To connect internet, I use Telkomsel Flash as my provider and Huawei e172 as my mobile 3G modem. But after I install Snow Leopard, I found out that the application to connect internet with this modem (Mobile Connect) is no longer working. This morning I frustratedly googled and finally figured out how to fix this thing on MacTalk forum by a post from this guy. So, here are the steps:

Delete these files:
/Applications/MobileConnect
/System/Library/Extensions/MobileConnect power
/Library/Modem Scripts/HUAWEI Mobile Connect - 3G Modem
Reboot your Mac. 
Plug your modem in, open the virtual CD. Right-click on the application file (MobileConnect) and click "Show Package Contents". Navigate to:
/Contents/Resources/MobileConnect_Drv_App.pkg
Run this package to install the drivers. 
Reboot your Mac, and plug the modem back in.
Open Network setting on your System Preferences. And manually configure the connection, below I attach the screenshot of my Network setting. 

Voila! Now I can surf the internet on Snow Leopard. 

(Updated on September 4, 2009)
If you don't have the driver installer on your virtual CD, you can download it in here.

         
Click here to download:
Setting_up_internet_connection.zip (3092 KB)

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Up is totally up to scratch!

I read a lot of great responses to Up on my twitter timeline while I was working on somewhere-out-of-civilization couple weeks ago. That made me wonder, what kind of movie is this about. I googled a little, and watched its trailer on youtube, and found out that it is an animation movie. 


Speaking of which, I'd always been thinking that Wall-E is the best animation movie. I won't say that Up is better, but I think they're on the same bracket. Oh yeah, may be because they both made by the same animation company, Pixar. 

Up took less than 10 minutes to make me love the movie. The story's about a sad old man who took adventure by tying his house with balloons to go to South America. That adventure has been his and his wife dream. But sadly, his wife passed away before they make that happens. He then makes through that adventure with a little scout named Russell. Wait, I'm not gonna spoil you through this, since I think you better see it yourself to know the full story. So let's just skip it to the conclusion.

Well, The story-line's quite sad and funny. I love the way Pixar get my (and the audiences') emotion along the movie. If you haven't seen this, well, you're gonna miss another great animation movie of this year man. So quick, watch it NOW!

For the outstanding story & stunning animation, this movie deserves:
✭✭✭✭✭ (5 stars)
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The large cat is ready to claw!

Woohoo! Apple just announced that Mac OS X Snow Leopard is now available for pre-order through their Apple Store. The good thing is it only costs IDR 379.000 and free shipping! Awesome!

I just thought to compare its price with Windows 7's. And here's what I found on the internet.

Umm, actually it took more than a minute for me on finding which one is I have to pay if I want to use Windows 7. *5 seconds of silence*. Screw this, I'm not gonna use Windows 7 after all...

Well, I wish I could pre-order Snow Leopard today, but unfortunately yet I haven't got a credit card. So I guess I really have to wait until this large cat's available on Apple Authorized Reseller.
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