Opera 9 TP 2
Just downloaded Opera 9 TP 2 last night and try it today. On this new version Opera came with new feature like widgets. I try to download some widgets and it look nice, I like it. But may be because it still a Technical Preview, the browser crashed when I'm playing with the widgets.
Well there is some weakness with widgets, on first impression it look nice and cool but after I use it for a couple of minutes I started to feel that widget is disturbing My browsing experience and also make My desktop full. Widgets do eat alot of screen space.
This version also have an improvement on how the way it show yahoo mail website. Its small improvement but its good.
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Pirates of Silicon Valley
Just finish watching a movie titled "Pirates of Silicon Valley", its story about 2 person that have big influence in computer world: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. As We know Steve Jobs are the founder of Apple that known by its Apple Macintosh computer and Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft that known by its Operating System MS Windows.
The movie is about how this two person starts their company, they start it from nothing until it getting big and bigger and makes them a rich man.
In this movie We can see business tricks that they are using when they started their company, it seems dirty but thats the way business works right? or may be not all 
The funny thing is, in this movie both Jobs and Gates following the same quote "Good artists, copy. Great artists, steal" Jobs do steal the first Graphical User Interface from Xerox to make Macintosh and then Gates steal Macintosh's GUI to make MS Windows nice huh?! 
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Carnaval at Eindhoven (Bule Gila)
Today I'm going to Eindhoven with Linda and Ferdi to see the Carnaval. The carnaval is held once a year for 3 days.
All peoples goes crazy.. absolutely crazy! strange costume, wierd make up, singing, dancing, drinking beer until get drunk. Its very very crowded, it just like all peoples in Netherland go out to the streets. It was very fun.
It was very cold, but some crazy guys only wear a short pants! but the ladies is more insane 
they only wear miniskirt and stockings! as You can see on the picture above, the girl is not wearing a jacket. I was wearing a jeans and still can feel the cold weather, I think the have rhinoceros skins
We met with Andi and Lena at carnaval then We walk together.
Its getting dark and We feel hungry, so We get dinner at Kam Po restourant - It seems this restourant is Linda and Lena's favourite - again. This is the 3rd time I eat in this restourant.
Even after the night comes, peoples still coming to the centrum wearing strange costume. They go to the cafes that play loud music and dance like crazy. When things get crazy You should be aware because alot of people get drunk and You don't want get into trouble with drunken crazy people.
Now I see the real 'Bule Gila'
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Dinner with Notenboom Family
Yesterday night, Johan and Debbie ask Me and Ferdy to come to Their home and have dinner together. Johan's house is about 15 minutes from QnAp office. His house is not too big - typical house in Netherland, because land and building in Netherland is very - very expensive with the same amount of money to buy a small house here in Netherland, You can buy a house as big as a football court in Indonesia! - but its a nice house 
Johan can cook also hehe He cook rice for Me and Ferdi. See below 
We had a delicious dinner.
After dinner We watch videos, Johan's family videos. He record when He and His family go to Paris and Bali, really nice. From this Me and Ferdi knows that Johan love His family very very much.. and someday I'll experience the same thing.. but it still long long.. time..
Mr. Johan 'Nice Guy' Notenboom also give Me and Ferdi a gift - He is playing his role as Santa 'Johan' Clauss - A very nice blue sweater for Me and brown sweater for Ferdi. Dank U Well Johan.
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Internet is Dead
The Internet was dead this morning and all people in the office wondering why.. why.. whhhyyyyy....??? Last night the Internet still working fine, I was writing My blog at 24.00. I guess there is some problem with the DNS server but when I try to type My server's IP I still can't connect 
Then Johan found a solution, He use QnAp server as the DNS server and He can connect again to the Internet. He is quite surprising as a manager because He knows technical stuff like IP settings I'm glad He didn't ask Me to make resume of why the Internet is dead
Because Johan can access the Internet now, He check the ISP website and found that They do a maintenance last night. So thats the reason why the Internet is dead.
We had a teleconference with Ki in Indonesia at 10.00 and after the teleconference finished - its about 40 minutes or so - Frank found that the Internet works again without needing to manually configure the DNS server. Yes.. We are back online!
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Hightech Campus
This afternoon I go to Hightech Campus with Johan, We are visiting Rob this time. Johan had a meeting with Rob just the same with Patrick Bonne last time.
About Hightech Campus, may be You'll think that it is a school or an university but its not Hightech Campus is a complex where PHILIPS office operated, PHILIPS also do research in Hightech Campus. The complex it self is very big and consist of several building, they even still build more building
Hightech Campus is in another location with PHILIPS office where Patrick Bonne works. As We know that PHILIPS is a big company but I never imagine that PHILIPS is very big! alot bigger than what I think. Their product is not only electronics or kitchen stuff like blender, microwave or coffee machine that We familiar with, but also semiconductor and medical systems.
Medical systems can be said as a new division of PHILIPS. Johan said that this division generate alot of money for PHILIPS. They making medical equipment that being used by hospital and may be other organisation that works in health care. Different with hospitals in Indonesia, Johan said that hospitals in Netherland is rich so they can buy a bleeding edge technology, that is why medical systems generate alot of money for PHILIPS.
In Hightech Campus there is also a restaurant, cafe, seminar room - or something like that, because I see a group of people attend on a room listening one speaker in front of them - and more, this facility can only be used by the employee of PHILIPS.
Rob is working for PHILIPS semiconductor, He works as Quality Assurance. Currently PHILIPS are making chips or IC - Integrated Circuit - or something like that 
Rob speak so fast and talk about hardware that I'm not fully understand He is a little bit busy right now, especially with the re-organisation in PHILIPS that causing many thing seems unclear for Him, for instance Quality Assurance standard that PHILIPS have now, there are 5 standards so as person that working on Quality Assurance He need to know 5 of them and know when to apply them #.-S
In the same building I also met with Peter van der Kamp, He also work for PHILIPS semiconductor but I belive different division with Rob. We only have a short chat as I and Johan need to go back to QnAp office.
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Got Flu and Cough
Aagh.. what a bad weather here in Netherland.. I like the cold weather but it seems that My body doesn't like the weather. Got flu and cough now, well.. actually from 2 days ago but today its getting worse..
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Paris oh.. Paris..
Have a chat with Jose tonight, I'm asking Him how much it cost to buy train ticket to Paris and He said its better if I just book a tour to Paris instead of going there by My self.
He give Me Peter Langhout's website. The price for 3 days tour in Paris is about 104 Euro for 1 person, it become cheaper for 2 person, about 89 Euro each person.
Well there are 2 minor problems:
1. Find a person who also want to go to Paris and pay 89 Euro for 3 days tour.
2. I need a permission from My Boss to take 3 days off. Okay.. its not a minor.. but major one 
So.. who want to join Me?
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