life's like this - avianto's journal

Just an announcement: Indonesian Blogger Survey is start from 1 April until 15 April 2004.

This survey is courtesy of a fellow Indonesian blogger, Nita.

I am back in Lübeck since the last couple of days… been busy cleaning out my room, washing dirty clothes and stuff and refilling my fridge. Many things to do before my second semester starts next week. Some of them are quite important some are just… well, bothering my mind… OK, the list: * Make rapid progress on my paid work here at school. * Fix my Photoblog, I can not upload and/or rebuilt it. Always turn on the error 500 warning. I wonder why. I may also redesign the whole thing. * Working on Timmendorf project (I’ll write later / Read more …

Another report from CeBIT 2004. Well, I am just doing ‘freebies hunting’ yesterday. Just looking around try to find some cool freebies and grab some brochure about a couple of products I found quite interesting (digital cameras, usb stick, cell phone and others). Personally I really like the new Sony Ericsson cell phone, S700. It’s a digital camera that have phone capabilities instead of the other way =). For digital camera I really like the new Nikon 3700, Konica Minolta Xg and other small compact camera. Other cute device like Swiss Army Knife USB Memory Stick also interest me / Read more …

CeBIT 2004, Hannover is huge! One day was not enough for me to see all the exhibition and grab all the free goodies ;). It have more than 20 giant exhibition hall and lots of exhibitors. Not many 'new' breakthrough technology as far as I could see, only 'enhancement' of the current technology and yeah, lots of new mobile phones... phone cam, especially. On the software side... well, I can only say that are not much development... This 'stagnant situation' is understandable considering the current 'downturn' on IT business but to be honest, the prospect of brighter future is just / Read more …

I am in Hannover right now. I am planning to attend CEBIT tomorrow. Hannover is a quite big and busy city especially when there is an Expo going on (Hannover is nicknamed “The Expo City of Germany”). It sure different from Lübeck. There are a lot of modern building here, a typical modern city of Germany and Europe, and they have underground trem =). As a Lübecker I never have the privilege to enjoy riding underground (even upper ground) trem because Lübeck has not got any. I don’t know why I enjoy riding trem (I used to quite fond of / Read more …

From Boingboing: Butler, Giddens, McRobbie & Foucault in Lego. I love Lego. I guess Lego is one of my reason I want to be an architect… yeah, child’s dream which strangely came true… / Read more …

Another amusing news I’ve read today: Ipod Used In Domestic Homicide. A Memphis woman was arrested and charged with first-degree murder after she bludgeoned her boyfriend to death with an iPod. So it is true, it’s not the stuff that make the damage, it’s always human… Link from xlab. / Read more …

Do you know that your computer is dirtier than a toilet? According to the study, telephones harboured up to 25,127 germs per square inch, keyboards 3295 and computer mice 1676. The average office contains 20,961 germs per square inch. Now that's scary. Link from Gizmodo. / Read more …

Paper Toys. Download the image/pdf files, print it out, cut, fold and glue it... Lots of choices... Lots of fun for wasting spare time... / Read more …

The Darwin Awards honor those who improve our gene pool... by removing themselves from it. One of my favorite: A man tried to commit a robbery in Renton, WA. This was probably his first attempt, as suggested by the fact that he had no previous record of violent crime, and by his terminally stupid choices as listed below: The target was H&J Leather & Firearms, a gun shop. The shop was full of customers, in a state where a substantial portion of the adult population is licensed to carry concealed handguns in public places. To enter the shop, he had / Read more …

My mom sent me an sms saying that my house in Jakarta got broken into yesterday. Casualties: 2 TVs, LD and VCD player, 2 of my used cell phones (without chargers), some of my mom's jewelry and my computer (except the monitor which is quite huge to drag along)... Quite a lot, eh? It happened sometime yesterday when my mom was away because she went to Bandung to visit a funeral. Well, just as I received the sms, I called my mom to make sure that she's okay and not shocked... It turned out that she's okay and she said / Read more …

I love pin. PinPops' pin are one of the best I've ever seen. Love them all! / Read more …

Snow is beautiful, snow is amazing and snowy landscape or cityscape is absolutely gorgeous... but too many snow can be bad for your health and mental state... It's been raining snow (light and hard) for a couple of days... until now. The temperature is so cold so instead of water we always got snow pouring down. And thanks to the Lübeck's wind, the rain is always horizontalized... Welcome to Northern Germany, where rain (and snow) is falling horizontally... Spring... This country need spring soon... / Read more …

I've been curious about Wiki since long time ago and could not find time to play with it. Now thanks to Thomas and his WarnaduniaWiki, I can play around with it... Thanks Thom! / Read more …

Some words that I should have said before... The Reason Hoobastank I'm not a perfect person As many things I wish I didn't do But I continue learning I never meant to do those things to you And so I have to say before I go That I just want you to know I've found a reason for me To change who I used to be A reason to start over new and the reason is You I'm sorry that I hurt you It's something I must live with everyday And all the pain I put you through I wish / Read more …

Technicolor. Another 'color selection' tools. Enjoy / Read more …

Loft Recreates Edison's Light Bulb. Loft Inc. (Japan) has recreated Thomas Edison's first carbon incandescent light bulb. Well, technology... Link from Gizmodo. / Read more …

A Recipe for Learning Web Design. Another great article from Keith, as usual. So if you are thinking about being a web designer, this article is a must. / Read more …

Done... I've passed all the test... well, I am not having a 'perfect mark' but basically still above average which is quite good. Thanks for everybody who give me support, I really appreciate yours =) So... hmm, Spring Break is coming... another vacation in waiting. / Read more …

While waiting my turn for final exam, I've made this screenshot of my desktop... What a way to waste time =P Background from Veer. / Read more …

In less than 7 hours I will have my first final oral exam (Yes, I will have the exams at 8 o'clock in the night... neat, eh?). Tomorrow I will also have another final in the morning. One semester already passed away... I still remember the first autumn wind blowed into my face when I step my feet at the Lübeck Hbf and it was 5 months ago... Time move so fast. So... wish me luck on my exams, ok? Thanks! / Read more …