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Moving out to sartikakurniali.com

2009-05-14T19:53:00.003+07:00

Hi, I'm moving my personal blog to http://sartikakurniali.com. Not because I dislike Blogger.com, but because I want to have full access to my personal blog. I'm not moving my other blogs out of Blogger.com. And hoping to gain more knowledge about wordpress, which I think the best blogging platform besides blogger.com.

I still love Google, but I want to enrich the personal blog with newer user experience, like facebook connect. Since blogger.com still doing close development, it's bound to have a slower updates in features. So, follow me to my new blog ;)

Facebook Dating Manners

2009-04-23T18:12:00.003+07:00

This is a good example how you should deal with your relationship on facebook. It's pretty much line the appropriate etiquette for dating on Facebook, and the thing about setting your relationship status to.

It can’t help on matters of the heart, so instead, “Facebook Manners And You”, created by dating site YourTango. With almost 200,000 views today, the clip is turning into a YouTube hit. This is really funny. Imagining that facebook exist in the forties :))

So here it is the video :)

My Third Book, Membangun Toko Online dengan Mambo dan OsCommerce

2009-03-18T15:50:00.004+07:00

Plain and simple. This book tells you how to set up an online store with Mambo and Oscommerce on a hosted web. You get step by step from registering your domain name, buying a host plan, and build and manage the online store.

I co-write the book with Widodo Budiharto who own his online shop at toko-elektronika.com.

You can buy the book at

GramediaShop - 10% off
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My Second Book, Step by Step Facebook, Updated

2009-01-29T13:13:00.010+07:00

I got hook up at facebook because my editor wanted me to write a book about it. And here it this, my second book, Step by Step Facebook. Alreadly in store from 20th January 2009 :p

This book talks about how you can use facebook to leverage your networks of friends, relations, and clients. You can use it personally as your usuall social networking site with more interesting features that makes you addicted. Or, you can use it professionally as a bridge to your clients, making your own community, and building your brand. You even can use facebook ads to promote your product or service with flexibility in terms of the cost. Paid it by cpm or per clicks.

This is book also reviewed how facebook revolutiozed the world of social networking by barking in into new marketing ideas and open access that allowed other people (like you and me) to create applications on their platform, FBML and make money out of it. Even Barack Obama use it to revolutionized the way to do a presidency campaign. It a success indeed since now Obama is the president of USA. There are also many facts and criminal actions around facebook that not many people knows. You can get tips on how to protect your privacy as well.

You can buy the book here and other book stores:

katalogbiobses.com
bukukita.com 15% off

*Update

This book has been reprinted for second edition on February 2009, only one month from its first print. Get the new edition with new tips like how to hide yourself when you're login to facebook and to change your profile layout.

Got reprinted again for the 3rd time this March 2009. Around 5000 prints is out for sale ^^

Thank you to all the readers for the support :)

Synopsis (English ver)
The first time you open facebook web, you might not impressed. The desain is plain and simple. Then, why a book about it? Because facebook manage to make over 100 million people and counting all over the world addicted. This number can make facebook listed on the 12th after Mexico and above Philippine on the list of most populated countries in the world. Ok, why is it necessary to talk about a site that makes people addicted and play around wasting time? You see school and offices banned sites like facebook. However, the entertainment is only one of the side that facebook have to offer.

If it's useless then why people like Bill Gates and Hermawan Kartajaya add the long list of facebook users? Aren't they busy and important people that can't waste their time? This book is written to help you get the answers, which is the true values that facebook has to offer. That even helped Barack Obama successfully get the most powerful seat on USA.

You will be guide to use standard networking site features like manage your profile, add photos and videos, find friends, add applications, join groups, send messages, chatting, and other stuffs. It also give you advanced tricks like accessing your facebook from your computer using third party application, accessing using your mobile device, how to get through proxy ban, how to save time on facebook, make your profile more interesting, and many more.

Find facebook sides that not many people realize. Facebook as a marketing tool that help reach your customer. As an advertising media, build your brand, or even to "sell" yourself. Know the dark side of facebook so you can avoid frauds and privacy violation from your personal information. There are many tips you can use to protect yourself by managing how much information you release to public and avoid fake profiles. You get to know interesting facts about facebook, like you can apply as a secret agent for MIS at facebook. Hopefully, after reading this you will see networking sites with a different point of view.

So what are you waiting for? Let's get together at facebook.

CIO 2.0, The Next CIO Generation

2008-12-20T14:57:00.005+07:00

I've been enrolled on a master degree course for Master of Information System Management since November this year. One of my course was Managing Corporate Information System and Technology talked about how to view IT strategically and align it with business strategic.

One of my assignment was to write a paper and I choose new role of CIO as a topic and after researching supplement references on the net I came up the with title, CIO 2.0, The Next CIO Generation.

This is the abstract:

Chief Information Officer (CIO) adalah eksekutif senior yang perannya sedang terus berubah untuk menemukan jati dirinya. Dalam perkembangannya itu, CIO dihadapkan pada dua fokus, yaitu bisnis atau teknologi. Seiring waktu kompleksnya peran CIO juga terus bertambah. Pada akhirnya perubahan yang terjadi menempatkan generasi CIO selanjutnya menjadi bagian penting tim kepemimpinan eksekutif di organisasi. Generasi baru ini pun mulai mendapatkan pengakuan sesama rekan eksekutif senior lainnya dan bergerak melampaui peran CIO menuju posisi kepemimpinan organisasi yang lebih tinggi.

Keywords: CIO, bisnis, teknologi, perubahan, kepemimpinan

Well, the paper is in Indonesian though. You can download the CIO 2.0, The Next CIO Generation paper here to read, and use it for references. Just don't forget to pass the credit to me as well ;)

Knol, a Unit of Knowledge from You to Google

2008-12-10T17:06:00.005+07:00

Welcome to Knol
A knol is an authoritative article about a specific topic.
Here are some examples of knols.

If you haven't heard about Knol, it's natural. This is a new service launched by Google months ago and still haven't make it big in the net while in beta state. Google is trying to get a piece of the pie from knowledge sharing just like wikipedia make it big years ago.

Although Google already have Blogger.com which provide knowledge sharing as well, but combine together as a whole for each individuals in the form of a blog. This is where Knol is different because everyone can make an article and all together in the knol website. Of course you get credit for your articles and can write with other users as well. Different from Wikipedia. More like wikipedia and even closer to Squidoo. If Squidoo have lenses knol have knol. If Squidoo give a share of the ad revenue on the your lenses, knol gives all of it. You can guess that you can have adsense on your article and make more if people like it.

The information on knol also different to information you put on your personal blog. They stated that you should put formal information perhaps with references and not just your own personal ramble.

Well, that's just Google trying to get a piece of the pie. And me as a user trying to make new channel to make money by writing :P. You can find me at Knol and this is my first knol titled Get in Touch with Internet Marketing, a reproduction of the seminar material I presented on BNCC Launching 2008. Enjoy.

Geek and Poke, Comic for Geeks

2008-10-30T17:25:00.004+07:00

I found this blog today as I was searching some interesting images for my new book about facebook. Oh.. yes you haven't seen the last of me after my first book. The new book will be launched on November, I'm making sure of it. I already finished it about 70%. After reading this I hope you will have different opinion about facebook and social networking sites in general.

Enuf about that. The blog called Geek and Poke. The blog itself is a collection of short comics about geeks in ranging topics from google, facebook, and even the stock meltdown that has been happening all over the world. I find the blog is very interesting to read since the comics have great humors in it.

The blog also feature a gallery that provides large file for you to print on your own t shirt for free. I think there are a lot of discussing about to hate or love twitter since there are two categories in it; Twitter Love Shirts and Twitter Hate Shirts.

Here's one of their funny comic

See TechCrunch.

Download britney.comicdoc

I think they made the comic using Comic Life, an application that helps you make comic since they are giving away the source for the comic strip as well.

This blog insipire me to make something similiar since I think it's fun to do some comic. I love design and drawing, but haven't find the time to do it lately with all these "to do lists" pilling on my back. I hope you find this blog also fun to read.

My First Book, Tip-Trik Pilihan Blogger

2008-10-14T18:04:00.011+07:00

Sorry for my absent. I've been busy with things happened in my life and work nowadays. It's a bit late to tell you about my first book. Yes, this is my first book, published with stunning cover :) And you have not seen the last of it. Currently I'm writing a new book as well. I 'll tell it about it later.

This book is talking about blogging with Blogger of course. It's about building your blog from scratch, filling the contents, picking your topics, promoting your blog, and how to make money by blogging the right way.

You can buy the book at local book store or order online at bukukita.com. You'll get a 15% discount from Rp 32.800 to Rp 27.880 :D If you find it difficult to find the book you can order the e-book version to me. Just comment on this post :). Here's the detail for the book:

Judul: Tip-Trik Pilihan Blogger
No. ISBN: 978-979-273-060-9
Penulis: Sartika Kurniali
Penerbit: Elex Media Komputindo
Tanggal terbit: 2 Juli - 2008
Jumlah Halaman: 114 halaman
Jenis Cover: Soft Cover
Dimensi(L x P): 14x21 cm
Kategori: Internet
Bonus: CD + video tutorial
Text: Bahasa Indonesia

Sinopsis

Saat ini blog sudah bukan sesuatu yang asing lagi. Bahkan semua kalangan baik dari anak-anak, dewasa, sampai orang tua mencoba mengekspresikan diri mereka dengan blog. Terbukti dari terus bertambahnya jumlah blogger di Indonesia, mulai dari balita, direktur, jurnalis, bahkan munculnya blogger full time, dan acara komunitas untuk blogger. Kemudahan untuk membuat blog yang interaktif tentunya didukung oleh beberapa engine penyedia blog. Salah satunya adalah Blogger, sebuah layanan dari Google. Blogger memiliki kelebihan antara lain integrasi dengan layanan lain dari Google, komunitas yang besar, gratis, mudah digunakan, dukungan dokumentasi yang lengkap, dan dapat dipakai dengan domain sendiri.

Walau dengan semua kemudahan ini tentunya jika tanpa pengetahuan yang cukup blog akan terlihat hambar karena hanya berupa tampilan default yang sederhana. Untuk melakukan modifikasi tidak selalu memerlukan pengetahuan pemrograman karena bisa dilakukan dengan menambahkan teks, gambar, dan video. Banyak hal yang bisa dilakukan untuk membuat blog tampak beda dan memiliki ciri khas sendiri, misalnya dengan mengubah template, menambahkan link, menambahkan menu, menyisipkan foto hasil jepretan sendiri, dan lainnya.

Buku ini membahas tidak hanya bagaimana memodifikasi tampilan tetapi juga tip menulis dan memilih konten yang baik, trik mempromosikan blog, dan membangun hubungan dengan pembaca karena blog Anda harus bersaing dengan banyaknya blog lain di internet. Bahkan keuntungan ekstra dari ngeblog yang bisa Anda manfaatkan, yaitu menghasilkan uang dari blog. Kumpulan tip dan trik yang disajikan singkat dan mudah dimengerti.

Restructuring....

2008-05-16T14:53:00.004+07:00

Hi.. I've been absent on this blog for quite a while, but I'm still updating my funny and interesting email blog and the blog has been doing better and better now, not to mention the earning too :)

I'm so busy these past few months will a lot of things happening, but it all went well and I'm starting to plucking all the result, yay! So.. I'm gonna give this blog and all my other blog a major changes in concept, design, and content as well. So.. please be patient for a while.. I'll do my best to keep it up step by step. Hopefully by next end of month we'll see the look of these changes.

Changing Blogger Title for Postpages

2008-01-17T17:24:00.002+07:00

Do you find it hard to get the right related ads? This might help. You add some keywords to the title and voila your google ads is viewing the right ads. This also gave a major boost to Search Engine rankings.Now the question is How do I have two separate titles for the same blog's homepage and post page.

By default, your Blogger's title on the top left displays your blog title, and if it's in the items page, it'll include your post title as well.eg, retsu782000 pocket: Changing Blogger Title for Postpages.By copying the coding from below, you can change the default behavior of the title tag.

Step 1-Goto Blogger Dashboard>>Layout>>Edit Html
Step 2-Backup your template
Step 3-Follow the instructions below

Find this code in your XML template{in header}


<title><data:blog.pagetitle/></title>

Now replace it with


<!-- Start Widget-based: Changing the Blogger Title Tag -->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<b:section id='titleTag'>
<b:widget id='Blog2' locked='false' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'>
<b:includable id='comments' var='post'/>
<b:includable id='postQuickEdit' var='post'/>
<b:includable id='main' var='top'><title><b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'><b:include data='post' name='post'/></b:loop> ~ <data:blog.title/></title></b:includable>
<b:includable id='backlinkDeleteIcon' var='backlink'/>
<b:includable id='feedLinksBody' var='links'/>
<b:includable id='backlinks' var='post'/>
<b:includable id='status-message'/>
<b:includable id='feedLinks'/>
<b:includable id='nextprev'/>
<b:includable id='commentDeleteIcon' var='comment'/>
<b:includable id='post' var='post'><data:post.title/></b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
</b:if>
<!-- End Widget-based: Changing the Blogger Title Tag -->

Further more you can add a very good keyword in homepage's title by just adding Keyword + Blog Title by finding this line in the above code{3rd last}-


<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
</b:if>

and adding keyword here


<b:else/>
<title> Keyword <data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
</b:if>

this functionality can be used to give your blog homepage title like "make money online with yourblog" and post title like "Changing Blogger title for Postpages at yourblog"

Note- Installing the above code will not change title for Archives Page as well as Labels page

100 Words Commonly Used in Anime - Part Two

2007-11-28T17:05:00.001+07:00

Here are the continued list of the common use words in anime......

51. masaka- Can it be?; It can't be!, No!

52. matsu- to wait. The shouted command "Wait" is "Matte (kudasai)!" or "Machinasai!" Mate! is an abbreviated form of Matte!

53. mochiron- of course, without a doubt.

54. mou- already. As an exclamation of frustration, it means "Enough!" or "Geez!"

55. musume- young woman. As an epithet, ko musume is stronger than a literal translation of "little girl" would suggest. When used in this sense, "girlie" or "bitch" come closer to capturing the meaning.

56. naka- a word referring to one's relations, both familial and platonic. Nakayoku suru means "to get along." "Nakama" means "close friend(s)" or "trusted ally(-ies)."

57. nani- what.

58. naruhodo- I see.; So.

59. nigeru- to flee. Often used in the imperative form, Nigete! or Nigero!, in which case it's best translated as "Run!" or "Get away!"

60. ningen- human; humanity. Refers to mankind as a species, especially when contrasted with alien races, demons, elves, etc.

61. ohayou- abbreviated form of ohayou gozaimasu, "good morning." Men have the option of using the reduced form ossu in casual speech.

62. okoru- to get angry.

63. onegai- truncated form of onegai shimasu, "I beg of you," "Please" or "Pretty please." Without the o- prefix, it means "wish."

64. oni- demon, ogre, or any other supernatural life form inimical to mankind.

65. Ryoukai!- message received and understood-"Roger!"

66. Saa- a noncommittal reply indicating that one has understood a statement and given it serious thought. Some possible translations are "So!," "Well!," and "Beats me!" (A good English equivalent might be the British "Innit?")

67. sasuga- a person is living up to his reputation or the speaker's personal expectations. "Yahari," on the other hand, refers to situations proceeding as expected or dreaded. (Yahari is often translated as "I knew it!" when used in exclamatory mode.) Yappari is a more casual variant of yahari. Other like terms are aikawarazu, "the same as always," and Sono touri, which means just so when employed as a response to a question.

68. sempai- anyone who is one's senior in a hierarchical organization. The term cuts across all classes and occupations, and must be translated according to context.

69. shikashi- however, but, nevertheless.

70. shikata ga nai- an expression meaning "No help for it," "No way to avoid it," "Nothing left but to deal with it." Shou ga nai is an abbreviated form.

71. shinjiru- to believe in. The inflected form most frequently encountered in anime is shinjirarenai, "I can't believe it!"

72. shinu- to die. The most common inflected forms are Shinda, "Dead.", Shinanaide!, "Don't die!", and Shi'ne!, "Die!"

73. shitsukoi- persistent, relentless, tenacious-at the very least a constant pain in the ass.

74. sugoi- one of three common superlatives that all happen to begin with su-. The other two are suteki and subarashii. The three are generally interchangeable. However, sugoi often expresses an admiration for someone else's power or talent, and may be mixed with a sense of dread. It can straddle the line between "awesome" and "awful." Suteki is most often applied to physical appearance. It's used most often by women, but it can be applied to both genders. Subarashii is more neutral and can be translated as "great." Although lacking the su- beginning, kakkoi is a superlative used mostly in describing people-"Cool!" Note: A spoken variant of sugoi is Suge-e!

75. suki- affection, liking. Also used to signify "love." If anything, the phrase "Suki da." is even more ambiguous than the English "I like you."

76. suru- to do. A frequently occurring phrase is "Dou shiyou?," meaning "(Oh,) What shall I do!"

77. taihen- when modifying an adjective, it means "extremely." When it describes a situation without any other adjectives, it means "terrible."

78. tasukeru- to aid. The exclamation "Tasukete kure!" = "Help me!/Save me!"

79. tatakau- to fight, do battle.

80. teki- enemy.

81. tomodachi- friend.

82. totemo- very, extremely. It can be pronounced tottemo to indicate extra enthusiasm.

83. unmei- fate, destiny.

84. uragirimono- traitor.

85. ureshii- happy. As an exclamation, Ureshii! Can be translated as "I'm so happy!" or even "Whee!"

86. urusai- noisy. When used as an exclamation, it's best translated as "Be quiet!" and occasionally "Shut up!" Usse-e! is a spoken variant.

87. uso- a lie. As an exclamation, it can mean "You must be kidding!," "You lie!," or "No way!" Spoken variants are Usso! and Ussou. The word usotsuki means "liar."

88. uwasa- rumor.

89. wakaru- to understand. Common inflections are wakatta (understood) and wakaranai (don't understand). Note that the abbreviated forms of wakaranai are gender specific, with women favoring wakannai and men likely to say wakaran or wakanne-e.

90. wana- trap, snare.

91. yabai- miserable, wretched (situation). As an exclamation, this can be translated as "This is bad!" or an emphatic "Uh-oh."

92. yakusoku- promise, oath. Also used as "appointment."

93. yameru- to stop, quit, terminate. The exclamation Yamero! can be translated as "Stop (it)!" or "Enough!"

94. yaru- this verb has several meanings. It's a deferential form of the verb "to do." It's also a form of the verb "to give" reserved for gifts made to social inferiors (and plants and animals). Finally, it can mean "to try, attempt."

95. yasashii- although pronounced the same as the Japanese word for "easy," in anime it's more likely to refer to the character for "splendid, exceptional." For example, yasashii seikaku means "good-natured" and yasashii hito means "a great guy."

96. yatta- probably originated as the past tense of yaru, but has long since taken on an independent meaning. Used to proclaim victory or good fortune. Possible translations include "Hooray!," "Banzai!," "I did it!," and "Yay!"

97. yoshi- an exclamation used when readying oneself to take an important action. Possible translations include "Here I come!," "All right (,then)!" Spoken variants are yosshi and yo-oshi!

98. youkai- an occult monster. Sometimes used as a general term for occult phenomena.

99. yume- dream.

100. yurusu- to forgive, pardon. Forms of this verb commonly found in anime are O-yurushi kudasai or Yurushite kudasai, meaning "Forgive me!" Even more common is yurusanai/yurusenai. This phrase can be literally translated as "I won't/can't forgive you!," but an idiomatic translation generally requires that attention be paid to the specific circumstances in which the exclamation is shouted or growled. "I will grant no quarter!" might work in some historical periods, but "You're finished!" would work better in most contemporary settings. Other possibilities which work in certain circumstances are "Your day is done!," "It's curtains for you!," "You're through!"...you get the idea.

Now, you can call your friends baka and laugh behind their backs :p

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100 Words Commonly Used in Anime - Part One

2007-11-27T11:02:00.001+07:00

If you like to watch anime you must have heard some of these words and maybe understand it. Take a look at the list it will add your Japanese vocabulary ;) When I read this list I already knew around half of it :d

1. abunai- dangerous. The term has a broader application in Japanese than a direct translation would suggest, being employed in situations where an English speaker would say "Duck!" or "Look out!" Another common usage is as a euphemism for "deviant," i.e. a "dangerous" relationship (abunai kankei).

2. ai- love. If a native speaker wanted to specify romantic love, he would use the character pronounced koi (or ren, depending on the context).

3. aite- opponent. Be careful, the word has many applications that are counter-intuitive. A more literal reading of the characters would be "the one whom I must face." As a result, the word can also refer to one's dancing partner or the person whom you are addressing in a two-person conversation.

4. akuma- Satan, Devil. As with it's English counterparts, this word can be used figuratively.

5. arigatou- Thanks. The full formula is arigatou gozaimasu.

6. baka- an all-purpose insult denigrating the subject's intelligence. Depending on tone of voice and other factors, it can range in severity from "silly" to "retard." Other similar insults are aho and manuke, although manuke is more specifically "dolt, buffoon."

7. bakemono- monster.

8. be-da!- the sound made by Japanese when they perform akanbe, a gesture of contempt made by sticking out the tongue and bringing down one lower eyelid. The gesture is analogous to a Bronx cheer or "Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah."

9. bijin- a beautiful woman. In terms of frequency and usage, it's best likened to "babe." However, it's still acceptable in formal speech registers, so is not inherently disrespectful.

10. chigau- a verb meaning "to deviate, be different." In standard Japanese, it's used to declare that someone is wrong. When shouted as an explanation, it's meaning is closer to "No way!" or "Don't be ridiculous!/You are SO off-base!"

11. chikara- strength, power.

12. chikusho- an exclamation of frustration, equivalent to "Damn!" or "Shit!" Comparable exclamations are kuso (literally "shit") and shimatta.

13. chotto- a little. Differs from its English counterpart in that it can only be used as an adverb. (The adjectival form is chiisai.) When exclaimed, it means "Hold it!" or "Cut it out!"

14. daijoubu- O.K. Most often encountered in anime when one character inquires as to another's health.

15. damaru- be still, silent. Most often found in its imperative form, Damare!, meaning "Shut up!/Silence!"

16. damasu- to deceive. Often encountered in its passive form, damasareru, "to be tricked."

17. dame- bad, no good; no can do. One very common usage is dame desu/dame da, uttered when refusing permission or indicating that something is a bad idea.

18. dare- who. Note that certain particles placed after the word will alter its meaning, i.e. dareka-someone, anyone daremo-no one daredemo-everyone.

19. doko- where.

20. fuzakeru- to play games, fool around. It can also be shaded by tone of voice to assume a harsher meaning, like "bullshitting" or "screw/fuck around."

21. gaki- young, immature person. Often translated as "brat" or "punk."

22. ganbaru- a literal reading of the characters would be "to adhere to something with tenacity." A very popular term used when encouraging someone is a difficult task. Some English translations are "Hang in there!," "Don't give up!," "Do your best!," and "Give it your all!" Note: the verb phrase shikkari suru has an overlapping meaning, but slightly different connotations. Apparently, the latter term implies use of innate abilities as opposed to a conscious act of willpower. The two are generally interchangeable, though. The command forms of "gambaru" are "gambatte" and "gambare."

23. hayai- quick, fast, early. The adverbial form hayaku means "Hurry up!" when exclaimed.

24. hen- strange, weird. In compound noun phrases, it assumes an older meaning of "change, transformation." One such compound that's especially popular in anime is henshin, meaning "physical transformation" a la Sailor Moon and Voltron.

25. hentai- although a hen compound, it merits a separate entry. Its classical meaning is "metamorphosis, transformation." It later came to mean "abnormality," and in modern colloquial Japanese is used almost exclusively to mean "pervert" or "perversion." When a woman insults a man in anime, she generally uses on of three terms: hentai, sukebe, and etchi. Sukebe implies "oversexed" rather than "deviant." Etchi can be quite mild in some contexts, comparable to "lewd" or "Fresh!" These three terms are often used interchangeably, especially when someone is stringing together insults. Though not as frequent, the word (o-)kama refers specifically to transvestitism and other gender-bending actions associated with homosexuality.

26. hidoi- severe, harsh. As an exclamation, it means "How terrible!" or "That's harsh/cold!" A spoken variant is "Hide-e!"

27. hime- princess.

28. ii- good. An older variant, still current, is yoi. Yoku is the abverbial form. Yokatta is the familiar past tense. When used as an exclamation, it can mean "That's great!," but is usually better translated as "I'm so glad!"

29. iku- to go. Common conjugated forms are ikimashou, ikou, (Shall we go?/Let's go), ike and ikinasai (Go!/Begone!).

30. inochi- life. There are a couple of words in Japanese which can be translated as "life," but inochi is the proper term in the more dramatic situations common in anime, such as "to stake one's life," "to take a life" and "more important than life."

31. itai- hurt, pain; painful. A common explanation, it's equivalent to "Ouch!" A frequent spoken variant is Ite-e!

32. jigoku- Hell. Hades.

33. joshikousei- a female high school student. That's the literal meaning, anyway. In Japan, it invariably refers specifically to a cute high school girl in a sailor uniform. That Japanese has such a compact, productive phrase for this image implies that it's an important archetype in the Japanese psyche.

34. kamawanai- regardless of. When uttered as an exclamation, it means "I don't care!" Kamawan is a more brusque spoken variant.

35. kami- God, god. This term can also be applied to any supernatural being with a specific domain/charge/sphere.

36. kanarazu- an adverbial prefix indicating something will happen surely and/or inevitably. As an exclamation, it means "I swear it!" or "No matter the cost!"

37. kareshi- boyfriend. Kanojo is the equivalent word for "girlfriend." Koibito can be applied to both sexes, but it implies a more serious relationship.

38. kawaii- cute. More than a mere adjective, kawaii qualifies as an aesthetic and an obsession in Japan. A less common, secondary meaning is "cherished, beloved." Note: kawai sou means "How sad" or "How pitiful." Use caution before calling someone pitiful-looking, as Kawai is not etymologically related to Kawaii.

39. kedo- but, but still. More formal variants are keredo and keredomo. The latter form is generally restricted to writing Japanese nowadays.

40. kega- wound, injury. It's also possible to use this term to refer to a spiritual violation or defilement.

41. keisatsu- Police.

42. ki- this term is used in countless compounds and idioms. Although there are too many to describe in detail, "ki" is generally used in two senses. One is its literal meaning of "air." The other is its figurative meaning of "spiritual essence." Many English speakers know this concept through the Chinese loan word "chi." One common compound is kimochi, the chi one bears, hence "mood."

43. kokoro- heart. Common extensions of this meaning are "sincerity" and "spirit/willpower."

44. korosu- to kill. Often occurring in the passive past tense (korosareta) and imperative tense (Korose).

45. kowai- to be frightful, afraid. The exclamation Kowaii! Can be translated as either "Scary thought!" or "I'm scared!," depending on the context.

46. kuru- to come. It's command form, Koi!, can mean either "Come here!" or "Come on!"

47. mahou- magic, magic spell.

48. makaseru- to place one's trust in someone or something, to count on.

49. makeru- to lose. The phrase Makeru mon ka! Means "I can't/won't give up!" or "I'll never give up!"

50. mamoru- to protect, guard. The inflected form most commonly found in anime is mamotte ageru, "I'll protect you."

Camtasia Studio 3 for Free

2007-11-26T14:03:00.000+07:00

A free offer from Camtasia just for you. Techsmith is giving away free downloads of their video screen recording software Camtasia. What's the catch? It is an older version, you get Camtasia Studio 3.1.3. Normally you got to pay to get the application of course.

Camtasia is a software to capture your application in action, making presentation combining pictures, videos, and text as you design it. It supports avi and can convert your presentation into swf, like flash. I use it when I was demonstrating our application in a software competition. This application is very helpful since our application "basically" worked on Linux platform and the we used Windows to demonstrate it. So we just recorded the application before.

Here are the key to get the free Camtasia Studio 3:

Step 1
Download the software from here - (save the file to your desktop).

http://download.techsmith.com/camtasiastudio/enu/312/camtasiaf.exe

Step 2
Go to this page, complete your name, country and e-mail address and Techsmith will send you a
software key to unlock the program.

http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/pcpls.asp

Ps- this is not an affiliate link or anything like that, just a great freebie that I hope you
take advantage of.

Step 3
Install the software and then input the key to unlock it and you will have the full working
version of Camtasia Studio 3.

You can produce videos for your blog with the software, make products you can sell online or
produce tutorials to train people how to do things. This software alone can be the basis for a
thriving online business, so I strongly recommend you take advantage of this before Techsmith
change their mind!

Note: Unfortunately this offer is only for Windows users, sorry to the Mac people out there!

technorati tags: freebies, free+stuff, software, free+software, camtasia, software+download

My First Manga Scan Colored

2007-11-14T16:22:00.002+07:00

I've been reading manga intensively lately :$ and notice a lot of colored manga scan done by fans and there were some that nicely colored. I was stunned and want to try it by myself. So today I was googling and find this coloring tutorial and give it a try. This tutorial is simple and very useful. We're using Photoshop to do the coloring.

Here is my first manga scan colored:

If you haven't read Naruto, this is Yondaime, one of the character in Naruto. Tell me what do you think about my first master piece? :p

technorati tags: naruto, manga, tutorial, cg, photoshop

Cut Your Blog Post to Show More

2007-11-01T18:31:00.001+07:00

Have you ever visit a blog index and it has very long post and you need to scroll over and over just to get to see the title of the second most recent post on the blog? It's kindda depressing isn't it? Most of the time you arrive on a blog you wanna take a recap of the newest posts the author has made and you want it quick. It's even more crucial when it's your first time visit. You don't want to make your potential visitor to go away without seeing the "whole blog".

So how do we make the readers check on the blog better? By cutting those long posts into pieces so the they can pick on the post they'd like to read on. It's an old trick that news sites already doing it for ages. See what I mean?

Let's go to the details now...

1. Open your template --> edit HTML
2. Check on "expand widget template"
3. Find this line:

<div class='post-header-line-1'/> <div class='post-body'>

4. Place the next code under it:

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>

<style>.fullpost{display:inline;}</style>

<p><data:post.body/></p>

<b:else/>

<style>.fullpost{display:none;}</style>

5. Find this code under it:

<p><data:post.body/></p>


<div style='clear: both;'/> <!-- clear for photos floats -->

</div>

6. Between <p><data:post.body/></p> and

<div style='clear: both;'/> <!-- clear for photos floats -->
</div>

Put this code:

<a expr:href='data:post.url'>Read More......</a>

</b:if>

7. So it will look like this ( the blue one is the extra code):

<div class='post-header-line-1'/>

 <div class='post-body'>

      <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
         <style>.fullpost{display:inline;}</style>
         <p><data:post.body/></p>
      <b:else/>
         <style>.fullpost{display:none;}</style>

      <p><data:post.body/></p>

         <a expr:href='data:post.url'>Read More......</a>
      </b:if>

   <div style='clear: both;'/> <!-- clear for photos floats -->
 </div>

Note that you can change the words “Read More” with anything else, like “ Continue reading”

8. Go to SETTINGS, choose FORMATTING. Fill this code on the box of the POST TEMPLATE menu:

<span class="fullpost">

</span>

Don’t forget to save :p.

9. How to use it
When you write a new post choose EDIT HTML. This code will appear automatically. This is because we did step number 8.

<span class="fullpost">

</span>

Place the part of the post that you want to hide between <span class="fullpost"> and </span> . You can make the first two paragraph to appear on the front and make the rest is hidden.
If you want to cut your older post that still appear on the front page just do step 9 on the post. Note that you don’t have to edit all your previous post because it is useless. This is only has effect on the front page so why bother about those old posts that already got buried ;)

technorati tags: blogging, blogger, blogging+trick, blogging+tips

Free Stuff & Give Away Hunting

2007-10-25T15:00:00.001+07:00

When you see someone win a contest, giveaways, quizzes, etc they looked very happy, right? I wonder how many of you have won anything in your life? I'm not talking about millions of money, just about anything. The feeling of winning itself is already fun don't you think? Well, I do. I thought would it be nice to win something, but to win something you must entry for the quiz, giveaways, etc.

So recently I just entry all those quizzes that I found and just telling myself why don't give it a try. I even search those quizzes on the net :$ Well, I think I'm pretty lucky and get quite plenty. Here are my prizes:

A facial voucher worth 250k IDR from ROC
so far this is the most expensive one I think :p

Merchandise from Standard from filling bidodata

Mercandise from EducationUK from a quiz

Merchandise from Rohto from a quiz

Merchandise from WWF Indonesia for Salam quiz

Conclusion:
If you enter a lot of quiz you don't need to buy pens or key ring or any of that stuff they usually give away on merchandises. It's easier to win small stuff rather than money ;) To win something you must enter the quiz first, don't just feel envy for the winners.

technorati tags: quiz, giveaway, free+stuff, freebies, sample

Blogger Smilies

2007-10-20T11:04:00.002+07:00

Do you want to make your blogger a bit fancy? Like adding smilies to it? If you notice it I have it on my blog here :) Thanks to Aditya here. I manage to get some collection of smilies.

:) or :-) 
:( or :-( 
:P or :-P 
:D or :-D 
:$ or :-$ 
;) or ;-)

All you need to do is add this script in your <head> section

<script src='http://aditya.vm.googlepages.com/addSmiley.js' type='text/javascript'></script>

And your done. You can read the whole post here.

technorati tags: blogger, blogger+trick, blogger+tips, blogging

What Kind of Blogger Are You?

2007-10-20T10:28:00.001+07:00

I just took this funny quiz by Professor Blogstein. Here's my badge of honor:

Pretty much describe me, except the picture though :p

Just 7 question to reveal your persona as a blogger. Take the blogger quiz here.

Hey, My Blog Got A Review

2007-10-19T15:48:00.001+07:00

A few months ago I submitted my blog to http://www.BlogsRater.com. I think it's a good site to promote since it related to pingoat. I use Pingoat to ping all my blog. And now my blog is reviewed. Thanks to Burjan Horia Cristian and the review was very flattering :$ Thanks for the nice blog review.

I'm really glad that people actually appreciate my blogs. So, you also can get reviewed. Just submit to blogsrater and if your blog is good enough and someone notice nice can happen ;)

If you like this blog you can also give your review.

technorati tags: blog, blogging, blogger, blog+review

Happy 9th Birthday, Google!

2007-09-28T17:27:00.001+07:00

Yep, today is our dearest company's 9th birthday. Thank you Google for all the nice and mostly free service you gave us :) Including blogger and feedburner :p I can't believe that Google is only nine years old and it's such a awsome company. I think Google is more cool even compare to microsoft. Just my opinion, so don't be angry any of you microsoft fans :)

But did you know that the domain google.com is already been around for 10 years. The founder, Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered it in 1997 and the company, Google was officially launched one year later. And also that today is not really the exact day of the birthday. They said that they move the date through out the years, but for recent years they decided it's today. You can read more here.

So for all you that use google search engine, google map, bloggers, feedburner, and those cool service. Give a nice Happy birthday for Google :)

technorati tags: google, google+birthday

Free Web Hosting 250MB Untill 2012

2007-09-21T15:32:00.001+07:00

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technorati tags: free, free+stuffs, hosting, free+web, free+hosting, free+domain, domain, web,

Can't Rearrange Widget and No Header Picture

2007-09-19T15:43:00.002+07:00

Has anyone notice this problem with blogger?

You can't save after you rearranged your widget from the template >> page element. I always get an error.
I can't see the picture I used as a background image in my blog title and description. I check on the blog title setting still on template >> page element and it still has my picture, but why didn't it show up?

I already post it on blogger help group, but I still haven't heard anything from them. Someone out there has the same problems?

technorati tags: blogging, blogger, blogspot, blogs, template, blog+template

Dufan 50% Off Voucher

2007-09-19T15:28:00.001+07:00

This is a recreation destination that no one in Jakarta or even Indonesia don't know. Well, here comes the 50% off voucher. Dufan is always giving it away when it time for Lebaran. So print it and enjoy your visits in Dufan.

For you foreigner come and see the biggest theme park in south east asia, Dufan if you come to Jakarta.

technorati tags: ancol, dufan, recreation, theme+park

Apple Laptops Transparent Screen

2007-09-18T15:19:00.001+07:00

Transparent Screen

This is a pretty neat idea from people in Apple. I think they put a camera on the laptop's cover and reflect the image as your desktop background. It's just my thought. If anyone knows how it works please do tell.

technorati tags: apple, gadg

et, laptops, ransparent+screen, notebook

Label Clouds in Blogger Beta

2007-09-17T14:18:00.002+07:00

If you are thinking that label from blogger is not good enough since it's taking large space on your blogroll, why not try to make your own label clouds like it did on my blog here. It's catchy and it sure belongs for the web 2.0 design style. I found these nice blogger hacks from
phydeaux3.

Let's start to make one:

go to your template and choose edit HTML and leave the the widgets NOT exapanded.
find ]]></b:skin> and paste these codes before that.
/* Label Cloud Styles ----------------------------------------------- */ #labelCloud {text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;} #labelCloud .label-cloud li{display:inline;background-image:none !important;padding:0 5px;margin:0;vertical-align:baseline !important;border:0 !important;} #labelCloud ul{list-style-type:none;margin:0 auto;padding:0;} #labelCloud a img{border:0;display:inline;margin:0 0 0 3px;padding:0} #labelCloud a{text-decoration:none} #labelCloud a:hover{text-decoration:underline} #labelCloud li a{} #labelCloud .label-cloud {} #labelCloud .label-count {padding-left:0.2em;font-size:9px;color:#000} #labelCloud .label-cloud li:before{content:"" !important}
paste these code after ]]></b:skin>and before the </head> tag
<script type="'text/javascript'"> // Label Cloud User Variables var lcBlogURL = 'http://YOURBLOG.blogspot.com'; var cloudMin = 1; var maxFontSize = 20; var maxColor = [0,0,255]; var minFontSize = 10; var minColor = [0,0,0]; var lcShowCount = false; </script>
change the first line:
var lcBlogURL = 'http://YOURBLOG.blogspot.com';
change the url to your own url, like http://retsu782000pocket.blogspot.com.
find this line <b:widget id="'Label1'" locked="'false'" title="'Labels'" type="'Label'/"></b:widget> and replace it with
<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Label Cloud' type='Label'>: <b:includable id='main'>: <b:if cond='data:title'>: <h2><data:title/>:<:/h2>: </b:if> <div class='widget-content'>: <div id='labelCloud'/>: <script type='text/javascript'>: // Don't change anything past this point ----------------- // Cloud function s() ripped from del.icio.us function s(a,b,i,x){ if(a>b){ var m=(a-b)/Math.log(x),v=a-Math.floor(Math.log(i)*m) } else{ var m=(b-a)/Math.log(x),v=Math.floor(Math.log(i)*m+a) } return v } var c=[]; var labelCount = new Array(); var ts = new Object; <b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'> var theName = "<data:label.name/>"; ts[theName] = <data:label.count/>; </b:loop> for (t in ts){ if (!labelCount[ts[t]]){ labelCount[ts[t]] = new Array(ts[t]) } } var ta=cloudMin-1; tz = labelCount.length - cloudMin; lc2 = document.getElementById('labelCloud'); ul = document.createElement('ul'); ul.className = 'label-cloud'; for(var t in ts){ if(ts[t] < cloudMin){ continue; } for (var i=0;3 > i;i++) { c[i]=s(minColor[i],maxColor[i],ts[t]-ta,tz) } var fs = s(minFontSize,maxFontSize,ts[t]-ta,tz); li = document.createElement('li'); li.style.fontSize = fs+'px'; li.style.lineHeight = '1'; a = document.createElement('a'); a.title = ts[t]+' Posts in '+t; a.style.color = 'rgb('+c[0]+','+c[1]+','+c[2]+')'; a.href = lcBlogURL+'/search/label/'+encodeURIComponent(t); if (lcShowCount){ span = document.createElement('span'); span.innerHTML = '('+ts[t]+') '; span.className = 'label-count'; a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t)); li.appendChild(a); li.appendChild(span); } else { a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t)); li.appendChild(a); } ul.appendChild(li); abnk = document.createTextNode(' '); ul.appendChild(abnk); } lc2.appendChild(ul); </script> <noscript>: <ul>: <b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'>: <li>: <b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:label.url'>: <data:label.name/>: <b:else/> <a expr:href='data:label.url'><data:label.name/>:<:/a>: </b:if> (>:data:label.count/>:) </li>: </b:loop>: </ul>: </noscript>: <:b:include name='quickedit'/>: </div> </b:includable> </b:widget>

As you might notice some of the variables in the code can be customized, you can find more explanation about how to get the label cloud fits in your blog Code for New Blogger Tag Cloud / Label Cloud | Blogger | Javascript | « phydeaux3.

technorati tags: blogs, blogging, blogger, label+cloud, label+clouds, blogger+beta

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2007-11-02T00:00:00-07:00

tutorial to cut your blog post hack
nice blogging hacks
how to add smilies to blogger
add smilies to your blogger

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2007-03-24T00:00:00-07:00

How to Blog?: The 50 Most Important People on the Web
a list of pioneer in the web and the ones who making the most of money and popularity virtually

Links for 2007-03-15 [del.icio.us]

2007-03-16T00:00:00-07:00

nice thought about love

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2007-03-07T00:00:00-08:00

What is a RSS Feeds?
a good explanation for you who doesn't know about rss

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2007-03-06T00:00:00-08:00

Funny and Interesting Emails: ~*~My Resignation as an Adult~*~
funny reality as a kid

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2007-01-08T00:00:00-08:00

FunnyQ/A
funny Q/A