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“Selling” for 0% Profit!

Today I just found one way (though not so “good idea”) to have a 45-day loan with 0% interest……! I got approx 800,000 rupiahs today, cash, in less than an hour, that I can return around end January.. it was very easy. I was shopping with my friends (actually my Entreprenur University Kediri classmates), at…

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Semantic Interface Driven Architecture and Continuous Change Driven Development

The time has come for yet another wishful thinking. With the rise of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Event Driven Architecture (EDA), and Test Driven Development (TDD) extended with Behavior Driven Development (BDD), and a bunch of other buzzwords… let me introduce something else for the enterprise world: Semantic Interface Driven Architecture (SIDA) In short,…

…and the moon split.

Let me begin by a scientific discovery, a few decades ago: (as pictured above) A Lunar Rille Credit: Apollo 10, NASA Explanation: What could cause a long indentation on the Moon? First discovered over 200 years ago with a small telescope, rilles (rhymes with pills) appear all over the Moon. Three types of rilles are…

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Makan Pelan + Mengunyah itu *Sangat* Penting!

Anda sering atau sedang mengalami masalah kesehatan? Obesitas, diabetes, maag, diare, dan lain-lain? Cobalah tips yang sangat sederhana ini: mengunyah makanan dengan pelan pada saat makan, jangan tergesa-gesa. Alasannya? Artikel Irvan Tambunan ini sangat bagus: Menurunkan berat badan. Menurut penelitian, saat makan dengan pelan, kita mengonsumsi beberapa kalori. Faktanya, cukup untuk mengurangi 10 kilogram dalam…

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What The Movies Taught Me About Philosophy, Episode I

Sometimes you learned enough just by watching enough movies… Memento taught me that every ending has a beginning, but you can never be sure what caused that beginning. Tomorrow Never Dies taught me that you can always predict the future if you made sure the it will happen. Robots taught me that tiny things may…

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Emosional

Emosi merupakan sifat bawaan manusia. James Gwee, motivator bisnis ternama dari Singapura, mengatakan: Customer yang sedang emosi tidak akan bisa menerima penyelesaian masalah. Singkatnya, dalam keadaan emosi manusia tidak bisa berpikir dengan jernih. Hal ini terjadi baik pada laki-laki dan terutama perempuan. Teman-teman saya sering tidak percaya bahwa saya berusaha untuk bersikap berbalik dengan mood…

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Emotional Healing for You

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is based on a new discovery that has provided thousands with relief from pain, diseases and emotional issues. Simply stated, it is an emotional version of acupuncture except needles aren’t necessary. Instead, you stimulate well established energy meridian points on your body by tapping on them with your fingertips. The process…

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Dragon Fruit aka Buah Naga: The Bad Cholesterol Killer

Baru tau kalo ternyata buah naga itu “selain dikenal sebagai alternatif dalam menyembuhkan berbagai macam penyakit, juga bisa diolah menjadi berbagai macam makanan yang lezat, yakni dari mulai sup sampe puding.” Tentu saja, gw sendiri juga baru tau kalo ada buah yang namanya buah naga. Berdasarkan informasi sang penulis, cara makan buah naga yang paling…

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Windows Vista, DRM, Microsoft, and All That Complex Stuff!

I was just reading A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection, written by Peter Gutmann, referred by Bad Vista. A pre-disclaimer: I’m not really “at war” with Microsoft, as I have some friends at Microsoft, and even I’m myself a .NET Blogger. In short, it describes how the content protection features incorporated in Microsoft’s…

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Kita Butuh Musuh, Lho!

Sebelumnya saya sempat menulis mengenai I Love Satan. Sekilas kata-kata tersebut memang sangat aneh, kontroversial, bahkan menjerumuskan… dan memang niat saya memberi kesan seperti itu. 😉 Mungkin ada yang masih bingung kenapa ada manusia yang berpikir seperti itu… Untungnya, kebetulan ada sebuah artikel dari Mugi Subagyo tentang Seni Berpikir Terbalik: Kita Butuh Musuh (blogger). Cuplikannya:…