Ssstttt... Microsoft' Secret Project

Microsoft has a secret... BetaNews reported, Microsoft registered www.origamiproject.com early this week. However, don't expect to see any product information there. If you wonder, Microsoft provides a few hints that might help you to guess. Once, you open the website, a flash animation will greet you and pop up 4 questions: "Do you know me? Do you know what I can do? Or where I can go? Or how I can change your life?" And finally, it ends up with the text: "you will learn on 3.2.06"

Several industry watchers are speculating Origami could be a new type of wearable PC or small digital camcorder referring prototype demoed at COMDEX 2001 or perhaps Microsoft answer to Apple iPod. Who knows?

Anyway, we'll know the answer soon...

Windows Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview

A long waiting browser from Microsoft, finally hit its milestone.. the beta 2 preview... With massive new features such as tabbed browsing, built-in RSS support and importantly the security enhancements, IE7 is worth to try.
However, most of the new features are not really new for me. I have been enjoying such features through Mozilla Firefox.

Despite of the facts, the new features of IE7 still look great. Importantly, it is not as greedy as Firefox in term of memory consumption.

If you are interested, you can download the beta 2 preview from: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=4521302

Please note:
- Installation will involve windows validation. If your windows is not valid, just forget it :)
- The installation will replace IE6, and you cannot rollback the installation. So, just install if you are ready.

World's Most Expensive Chocolate

Ever wonder what is the most expensive chocolate in the world? For sure, it is not Godiva. Just give you an early shock, this chocolate costs you US$5.200 per kilogram. What does make this chocolate so expensive? As the maker said, "It's made of 70% Valrhona cacao, which is blended into a creamy ganache with truffle oil. The truffle is then hand-rolled with a dark truffle on the inside and dusted with cocoa powder."

This chocolate company is Knipschildt Chocolatier that was founded in 1999 by Fritz Knipschildt, who got his culinary education as a chef in Denmark. You can call this chocolate: Chocopologie. If you interested in, and want to know how does the worlds's most expensive chocolate taste? Go and buy... Visit the website: www.knipschildt.com

Journal: I Love You, Mum...

Anyone gets Il Divo songs? Kinda nice songs.. Like it very much...
My favorite one:

"Mama, thank you for who I am.. Thank you for the things I'm not... Mama remember all my life. You showed me love, You sacrificed think of those young and early days... That I am where I am because of your truth. I miss you, I miss you... Mama forgive the times you cried; Forgive me for not making right... Mama I hope this makes you smile; I hope you're happy with my life... And I know you believed in all of my dreams, And I owe it all to you, Mama"

I realize that I LOVE U very much, MUM..

Journal: My Declaration

I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me.
Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it.

I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, and all my actions, whether they be to others or myself.
I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears.
I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts.

I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me.
However, I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me.

If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded.
I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do.
I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me.

I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am okay.
I am a Young Man whose Journey has begun 25 Years ago since I came to this beautiful Planet , called Earth and I will keep moving on my journey to become a better person and help those who need my help.
I am Hery, and I will not Give Up...
If I have to Climb that Mountain, by God's Help I will and I will not give up.

Joke: Type of Woman

HARD-DISK Woman: She remembers everything, FOREVER.

RAM Woman: She forgets about you, the moment you turn her off.

WINDOWS Woman: Everyone knows that she can’t do a thing right, but no one can live without her.

EXCEL Woman: They say she can do a lot of things but you mostly use her for your four basic needs.

SCREENSAVER Woman: She is good for nothing but at least she is fun!

INTERNET Woman: Difficult to access.

SERVER Woman: Always busy when you need her.

MULTIMEDIA Woman: She makes horrible things look beautiful.

CD-ROM Woman: She is always faster and faster.

E-MAIL Woman: Every ten things she says, eight are nonsense.

VIRUS Woman: Also known as “WIFE”; when you are not expecting her, she comes, installs herself and uses all your resources. If you try to uninstall her you will lose something, if you don’t try to uninstall her you will lose everything.

Journal: Turning Black into White

As this semester comes to end and the exams are nearly there, I'm glad that I've finally managed my time very well. Finishing most of my assignments made me bit relax. However, a lot of personal problems occupy my mind from being relax. A very seamless plot..

Having said that, I manage to start settling down and setting aside from my problem... One step at a time to release all my burden. Soon enough, I'll have the wisdom to overcome my problem. I do not want to stay in my sadness; instead I need to get up. I do believe that GOD will always be with me, in any matter I face.

I was thinking how if I did not go through all those problems. Frankly, it helped me to grow up, to be stronger, to be more mature in many aspects of my life. I've never been in this stage ever in my life. Good time to do intropection.

Hmm, well, another story, I missed my last thursday meeting with Gwen just because I chose to work instead of re-establishing my connection with GOD. Missing that time was not the big issue but I've come to realise how much catching up I needed with GOD. Having said that, I made a promise, a resolution that I would not never again to take the day when I should share my time to GOD too lighty.

Closing this blog, I wanna share a verse that I came across when I was browsing the net couple days ago. I was thinking that verse has a beautiful meaning for me. Hope, it reaches out to you too...

Love is patient, love is kind,
Love does not insist on its own way.
Love bears all things, believes all things,
Hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
- I Corinthians 13:4-8 -

Article: Lunch With GOD

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey.

When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The man was sitting in the park just feeding some pigeons.

The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his
root beer when he noticed that the man looked hungry, so he offered him a Twinkie.

The man gratefully accepted it and smiled at the boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer.

Again, the man smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.

As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man gave him his biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?

"He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? God's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"

Meanwhile, the elderly man, also radiant with joy, returned to his home. His son was stunned by the look of peace on his face and he asked," Dad, what did you do today that made you so happy?"

He replied, "I ate Twinkies in the park with God" However, before his son responded, he added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Let's embrace everyone equally.

Journal: Brunch and Lundin

Waktu lagi omong-omong sama mantan project manager tempatku kerja dulu.
Aku dapet pembendaharaan kata lagi, yaitu Lundin..
Heran juga apa sih maksudnya Lundin.
Aku sangka London soalnya pronouncenya kayak london.

Eh, gak taunya lundin itu artinya meal diantara lunch and dinner.. (Lunch-Dinner)
Huahahaha.. ada-ada aja si bule nih...
Trus dia juga kasih tau, kalo meal between Breakfast dan Lunch juga dikasih nama Brunch. (Breakfast-Lunch)
Trus ada juga Breakie, itu singkatan dari Breakfast.. (kl yg ini mah dah tau dari dulu)

Ternyata mereka juga seneng singkat-singkat kata juga.. he..he..
Jadi inget temenku dari jakarta yg bilang Jaim-Jaim..
Apaan sih jaim.. ternyata Jaga-Image.. wakakakaka..

Aneh-aneh aja, he...he...

Tech: Whidbey Really Amazed Me

Tau Whidbey gak?
Whidbey itu codename buat VS.NET 2005. Statusnya sekarang masih beta alias belon final release.
Ini beberapa feautre dari Whidbey yang menurutku benar-benar cool abis...
Yang bikin aku makin jatuh cintrong ama VS.NET.. :D

1. Edit and Continue. Ini adalah fitur untuk debugging dimana kita dapat mengedit code pada saat debugging dan kemudian melanjutkan debug tanpa harus mengkompile ulang project. (wih.. gimana gak keren..)

2. Bisa auto-recover. Contoh waktu VS.NETnya hang ato crash, dan direstart, Whidbey bakalan recover semua code dan form yang belum tersimpan. (Kayak auto-recover di Microsof Word gitu lah).

3. Bikin proses coding lebih cepat. Contoh waktu ketik foreach trus teken tab Whidbey akan otomatis menyelesaikan code yang tersisa. WOW.. keren bok...

4. Bentar.. mesti riset lagi.. (berhenti dulu donk.. exam time.. mesti belajar)

So, Stay tunes guys.. more posting about Whidbey cool features.. :)