and it’s official…
2010.06.05 18:00
5 juni 2010…
a second (and last) step to…our getting to play house together without having to deal with being the subject of talks and scrutiny of others over our statuses (not that we’re narcissists enough to think that people are actually talking about us)…
after going through all of it, we’re further convinced that this country is really, really, really fond of taking care of the unnecessary just to torture its citizens…to think of the social and legal cost of getting a piece of paper…my oh my…
the rest of it, as much as it’s more not for us, is quite enjoyable…
Jakarta’s shitty sewage situation
2010.05.10 10:53
Here’s another one from the archives. This time about Jakarta’s shitty sewage system. (Another toilet-related fetish? :p)
These articles come from 2004, so they might be subject to updates, but I doubt the sewage system in Jakarta has since improved. Most residents still rely on individual septic tanks (and sewage trucks when there’s trouble), and a proper public sewage treatment system is largely non-existant.
Anyway, back to the articles, what was most fun about writing them was I got to ride with a sewage truck crew, help poke a shit-clogged septic tank with a bamboo stick, and play the spy to get discreet pictures of some unscrupulous sewage truck crews illegally dumping their untreated truck’s load right into one of the city’s rivers! Check out the pic of a crew member relieving himself into the river as well! :))
So that’s a glimpse of how shitty Jakarta’s sewage system is, and here are the full articles:
- Jakarta in dire need of better sewage system
- City to adopt modular sewage system
- Sewage workers clean up after our dirty work
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Austria(n bioenergy)
2010.04.29 14:48
Here are some old files and pics that I managed to dig up again. This time of a trip to Austria, back in 2006 when I was still a journalist, courtesy of the Austrian Embassy, to observe the country’s bioenergy industry.
The following are the feature bioenergy articles that I wrote. I’m not sure if they’re still relevant or up-to-date, but maybe someone can still use them for reference.
Anyway, you can skip the serious stuff and go directly to my travel notes if you want, here :p
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In the late 1980s, the town of Güssing was literally a god-forsaken place at the end of the map. Bordering the Cold War’s then-”Iron-Curtain” with Hungary, the woodlands area in the southern part of Austria’s most-eastern Burgenland state was a cul-de-sac, making it difficult for the local economy to develop. Many residents chose moving out to the capital Vienna, or to other nearby cities, seeking for better livelihoods.
Fortunately, all this changed when –apart from the Cold War ending– the local community then came up with an idea to build a thermal plant for processing waste wood from the local timber industry into heat and electricity for the 27,000-populated district. The idea struck preference with the Austrian federal government, which –since lessons learned from the 1970s oil price shocks– has always been encouraging the use of alternative energy resources.
nah loh gak bisa lepas… :p
2010.04.27 14:41
kucingputi: nah loh gak bisa lepas… :p
musangsx: kayak kembar siam dong… :p
Well then, here’s our first step…
Opera Toilet Vienna
2010.04.23 10:10
Continuing with our fetish for toilets :p …here’s another old photo that I found, of a toilet at an underground tram station in downtown Vienna, Austria.
Like the previous toilet in Amsterdam, this one was uniquely and finely furnished as well to depict one of Vienna’s most famous showcases: its opera halls.
I must say that it was quite a pleasant experience to take a leak to the tune of some classical music (Mozart, probably) being played back inside the toilet… :p
Protected: Pasangan yang aneeeh…
2010.04.23 00:00
Schipol toilet
2010.04.22 09:47
Had some time to sort out some old photo files. Here’s some pics of a toilet at Schipol airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A nice, clean and pleasant toilet, I must say…
…compared to some horrendous shit-holes back in Indonesia. Even at international airports.
A friend once told of a toilet at a bus terminal »
Debian dan Nvidia
2010.01.20 11:02
I’m posting this in Indonesian as I think it would be more useful for anyone reading this…
Ini sebenernya sekedar catatan pribadi aja soal ngoprek2 belakangan ini. Siapa tau ntar butuh referensi lagi soal ini: menggunakan kartu grafis Nvidia pada Debian Squeeze…
Panduan lengkap soal Debian dan kartu grafis Nvidia sebenernya sudah ada dan bisa disimak di sini:
http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
Ringkasnya: Debian juga nyediain driver non-free untuk kartu2 grafis Nvidia, kalo ada yang butuh kemampuan lebih daripada driver standar yang free. Nah, tulisan tadi njelasin cara2 instal driver non-free itu pake program APT di Debian…
Tapi… kalo kita pake Debian Squeeze (yang waktu postingan ini ditulis masih berupa rilis Testing), ada 1-2 update di Squeeze yang bikin prosedur instalasi driver non-free untuk kartu grafis Nvidia kadang gak berhasil…
Berikut ini tambahan prosedur instalasi-nya, hasil cari2 di forum pengguna Debian:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=254729
Intinya: Kita ternyata harus ambil beberapa komponen dari Debian Sid/Unstable. Berikut ini listing perintah2-nya di prompt. Bisa lah ya, ngerti sendiri arti perintah2-nya itu? :p
echo 'APT::Default-Release "testing";' >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00defaultrelease
aptitude update
aptitude install module-assistant nvidia-kernel-common build-essential
m-a clean nvidia-kernel-source
m-a purge nvidia-kernel-source
m-a prepare
aptitude install nvidia-kernel-source/unstable
m-a a-i nvidia-kernel-source
aptitude -t unstable install nvidia-glx nvidia-libvdpau1 nvidia-settings nvidia-libvdpau1-ia32 nvidia-glx-ia32
OK!
long time no post
2009.12.07 16:08
Long time no post… Lama tak posting… :p
Abis ini deh, sempet2in posting… tapi paling2 banyakan postingan tentang oprek2 selama ini… :p
OK!
play for keeps…
2009.08.29 09:14
Back in the days without Barbies and Beyblades, the things that keep children amused are made of simple stuff.
Stick a couple of emptied snail shells on split-thin bamboo rods, you get a musical instrument. Pick a hard shell of certain fruits, punch a hole and swirl it, you get a musical spinning top.
It’s not game levels that limit one’s play time, but creativity and imagination. Yet, even those last two human traits are not enough to keep them alive.
Some of them stand the test of time played by children in cities and villages every now and then. Most simply fade away and turn into artifacts like those found in Gudang Dolanan.
“It’s difficult for traditional toys to compete with modern ones like Play Station. But, if they are not continuously introduced to children, we will loose part of our cultural heritage,” said Endi Aras, a cultural event organizer turned preserver of games of the past. »
