Since Narenda and me have graduated, ITB has no SA for some time, until now. Last weekend, we interviewed several candidates and have chosen two of them to become the new Student Ambassadors. Ronald Penalosa , a very creative guy, currently working on a Java-based company in Bandung (we're going to change...

As most of you knew already, I was awarded MVP for Visual Basic for the cycle of April 2007. It's been quite a while since I used VB, but I would never forgotten my origins. I've started my programming adventure using Basic family, Quick Basic. It's so easy yet so powerful I've made my...

Whoa... this is a crazy morning indeed. Will use a combination of Indonesia and English for quick posting. 08:00 Kampus diblokir, tidak ada yang boleh masuk. Alih-alih ternyata MJK mau datang. Kampus dipenuhi TNI dan Gegana. Ditutup sampai jam 3. Wah, tahu gini gw ga ke kampus. 08:30 Ketemu dengan panitia...

For starters, I'll definitely will need to get a new job or a new job title this month. That's definite. Two, I just upgraded my laptop processor and memory. Now it has 19 cores and 10Gb of RAM (don't ask me how, they seem to have 5Gb pieces instead of 4Gb - is this the end of power 2 numbers...

This morning, a package for me arrives from USA. I thought it was the MSP Kit (said containing MSDN... :D), but apparently, it's just some marketing stuff. For starter, it was sent using DHL, very unusual for a Redmond drop (they usually send FedEx). Well, it's not coming from Redmond either...

I've been gone for nearly a month... What have I done? Well, for starters, I was hit by unknown sickness (until today). But when my body isn't as productive as usual, my computers are. Today I have downloaded the March CTP of Visual Studio 2007. If Microsoft's promise for 18-months cycle...

I was introduced to a device called computer at the age of 3. Learned how to use Internet at the age of 10. Learned how to code at the age of 13. Learned design patterns at the age of 21. So far, it's earlier than most people. Corollary to 1 is that I have never learned anything deep enough to master...

I'm in the market for Core 2 Duo laptops for both home (a.k.a. side jobs) and work. I'm looking for mid-market and portable laptops. Mid-market means the price is under US$2.000, while portable means screen size is 13". There are several choices available (actually, seven of them) as a result...

Well, since I don't have much money left on buying some great books from great authors, I'm left with the "digitalized" copy of their piece of mind. The first is the great handbook of Code Complete (Second Edition, Steve McConnell). I've read the Contents, and (not quite) surprisingly...

It's 2007, and new things are coming like tsunami... iPhone -- the Apple Phone, said going to revolutionize the way we use phones. Revolution without 3G... Heh! Competes directly with Windows Mobile Smartphone. Zune -- the Microsoft Mobile Music Player, said going to revolutionize the way we distribute...