I remembered reading an article (on my blackberry) about the possibility of Blackberry being banned in India for security reasons.. and I thought to myself.. “I hope that doesnt happen in Indonesia”
The news turned out to be posted on the 28th June on Antara.com.
The Indonesian Communications and Informatics Department (DEPKOMINFO) is looking at banning the import of Blackberry to Indonesia. The main reason behind it is actually for the consumer’s good.. that Research in Motion (RIM), Blackberry’s manufacturer, does not have an official service centre in Indonesia.. but the idea of Blackberry banned.. DISASTROUS!
RIM PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!
Call me desperate.. but really.. doesn’t everyone who has had their hands on the blackberry had already fallen in love with it?? or at least is having an affair with it??? or as my wife puts it “You “massage” your blackberry more than you massage me”… (I Love U more dear ).. But I’m sure she would be just as shocked to hear the news! She’s also in Love with her Blackberry Bold
Have you ever had to carry multiple chargers for your mobile phones?
If you have then you would feel as excited as I am to hear this news.
I carry more than one phone with me. Both with different charger heads; meaning I have to carry more than one charger. The worst thing is when I run out of battery and desparately need to charge, nobody has the same charger that I do..
The news is that The European Commission announced that 10 mobile phone producers (Apple, LG, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Qualcomm, Research in Motion, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Texas Instruments), which represent some 90 percent of the mobile phone market in the European Union, have signed a voluntary agreement to use standardized chargers for mobile phones using a micro-USB connector.
European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen mentions that eventually, phones are expected to be offered without a charger, ULTIMATELY REDUCING WASTE and HASSLE for the END USER. YAAAAAAAY !!!!
Although this decision is proposed for “data-enabled” phones only, and is for the European countries, I’m pleasantly surprised to know that China has also made a Chinese “standard” that all new mobile phones in China must use USB for charging.
Today my sister asked me why Michael Jackson is so famous and why so many people is mourning over his passing…
Yesterday i had a comment on whether I was going to blog about Michael Jackson’s death…
No! Too many people discussing his death…
Instead.. I want to list his achievements throughout his life to answer anyone’s doubt on why he is the “KING OF POP” !
The world acknowledges… His Music, His Voice, His Moves…
“From allmichaeljackson.com”:
Michael Jackson has set many records throughout his career and won many awards. From the early days of the Jackson 5 to the current day. Michael Jackson has been in a league of his own with his best competition being himself and trying to improve on what he has already achieved.
He are a just a few of the record breaking achievements.
Biggest Selling Album Of All Time - Guiness Book Of World Records Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Album is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 50 million copies sold worldwide. Thriller is also the biggest selling U.S album with sales of 25 million copies.
Most No1 Hits in 1980’s By The End of the 1980’s MIchael Jackson had more #1 hits than any other artist for the decade.
Greatest Audience - Guiness Book Of World Records The highest-ever viewership was 133.4 million viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time peformance.
Bad Tour - Guiness Book Of World Records Michael Jackson’s world tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.
100 Million Records Michael has sold over 100 million singles and albums outside of the U.S.
Billboard Charts Michael Jackson is the first person in the 37 year history of the Billboard chart to enter straight in at No1, with his single “You Are Not Alone”. The previous record “Earth Song” which had debuted at No5 and also Michael Jacksons.
Biggest Selling Video Michael Jackson’s “The Making Of Thriller” is the biggest selling video to be released by an artist.
Billboard “Hot 100″ Singles Chart Most No1 Hits by Male Artist (13)
No1 Debuts Michael Jacksons “Bad”, “Dangerous”, and “HIStory” albums all debuted in at No1.
Awards Michael has won more awards than any other artist.
No1 On Charts
In 1983 Michael became the first artist to simultaneously hold the number one spots on Billboard’s rock albums and rock singles charts, as well as the R&B albums and singles charts.
Consecutive No1 Singles
Jackson 5 were the first group to ever have four consecutive No1 singles.
I’ve been on a wait and see mode on the iPhone craze..
I’ve been silently giving it a lot of crap about it not having the copy and paste function.. plus i didnt think that it would last.. it looks fragile..
Now that the new 3Gs iPhone is out.. the copy and paste function is there.. but I still thought that it looks fragile.. until i saw this video..
The phone is rumoured to still be working so far.. did you hear the sound of the water while the phone took a dive?.. i would thought that at least the mic would be a goner after that dip..
Hmmm… TEMPTING.. especially after Telkomsel sent me 4 messages a day to go get it at the sale booth at Senayan City.. Pricey though… hmmmm.. let me think about it… I still think that it wouldnt last on me… and… iPhone or BB Storm?? What do you think??
This post is a post from the initial zounz @ blogspot.com which I’m about to delete. So I thought I would take some posts from there and re post it here. Originally Posted on Friday, April 21, 2008
Is it just me?
Or has everyone always noticed that most watch advertisements always show watches pointing at around 10:10? I was chatting to a friend of mine, Danil, and we were talking about the importance of graphics in advertisements. And he was pointing out the little details which people may not realize that actually makes a difference.. for example… what time the watches show on advertisements..
This post is a post from the initial zounz @ blogspot.com which I’m about to delete. So I thought I would take some posts from there and re post it here. Originally Posted on Friday, April 19, 2008
This website (www.breathingearth.net) shows you the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission levels of each country, including the death and birth rate within the country.
I highlighted my country (Indonesia) to see the local condition..
If the data above is anywhere close to accurate.. then the following is a scary thought..
I was only viewing it for no longer than 3 minutes..
This post is a post from the initial zounz @ blogspot.com which I’m about to delete. So I thought I would take some posts from there and re post it here. Originally Posted on Friday, April 19, 2008
This is what the earth looks like from space at night..
From this picture taken by NASA, you can see which countries lights up the earth most at night..
From my eyes its:
1. North America
2. Europe
3. Japan
High energy consumption there..
I wonder what the picture is like on Earth Hour.. where everyone turns off their light for an hour..
This post is a post from the initial zounz @ blogspot.com which I’m about to delete. So I thought I would take some posts from there and re post it here. Originally Posted on Friday, April 19, 2008
So i was chatting with my sister Irene, and she told me that she read somewhere that the earth is spinning 2 seconds slower..
I was curious, and of course i turned to Google for answers..
So this was what i found..
IT’S TRUE !!
Researchers examining ancient corals noted that annual growth patterns suggested there were more days in a year in Fossil corals from the Devonian Period (380 million years ago) recorded 400 daily cycles. About 290 million years ago in the Pennsylvanian Period, there were 390 daily cycles each year.
Assuming that Earth’s revolution around the Sun has not changed dramatically, this means that the number of hours per day has been increasing and that Earth’s rotation has been slowing.Today, the length of a day is 24 hours. During the Pennsylvanian Period a day was ~22.4 hours long. In the Devonian Period, a day was ~21.8 hours long.
Earth’s rotation appears to be slowing approximately 2 seconds every 100,000 years.
Why are Earth days getting longer? Some scientists suggest that tidal cycles create a “drag” on Earth, causing it to slow down.
This post is a post from the initial zounz @ blogspot.com which I’m about to delete. So I thought I would take some posts from there and re post it here. Originally Posted on Friday, April 5, 2008
Most of us like myself would only know Bluetooth from our gadgets, and that its used for wireless connection between Bluetooth enabled gadgets.
So what exactly is Bluetooth?
When Bluetooth was officially introduced in 1998, its original purpose was to be a wireless technology to rapidly transfer voice and data between desktop and notebook computers, personal digital assistants, mobile phones, camera phones, printers, digital cameras, keyboards and even a computer mouse replacing the use of wires/cables. It was developed first by a trade association named the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), which was set up by five companies Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Toshiba and Intel. Today the SIG’s members include Microsoft, Lenovo, Apple, AT&T and thousands more.
So why the name Bluetooth?
Bluetooth was initially just a codename for the technology, and was taken from the nickname of Harald Blåtand who was the King of Denmark between 940 and 985 AD. The rumor was that the Danish king was given the nickname Bluetooth because he was so fond of blueberries that his teeth were stained blue. The founders of the Bluetooth SIG felt that the name was appropriate because Harald Bluetooth and the technology are both of Scandinavian origin, and just as King Harald Bluetooth united the Scandinavian countries, Bluetooth technology unites multiple forms of wireless communication into a single, secure, low-power, low-cost, globally available radio frequency.
So what do you think of the new logo I came up with above?
This post is a post from the initial zounz @ blogspot.com which I’m about to delete. So I thought I would take some posts from there and re post it here. Originally Posted on Friday, April 2, 2008
Its late, raining heavily and cold at the moment..
Reminds me of my thoughts when I was reading an article on a magazine about the Ice Hotel along the Torne River in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.
As I read the title, I wondered if it was just another hotel in some freezing country, and it turns out to be a real hotel built out of ice and snow. The hotel was first built in the late 1980s and is rebuilt every year in winter as the hotel melts back into the river during summer.
The ice hotel is built from 10 000 tons of crystal clear ice blocks made by freezing the water from the Torne River into blocks, and 30 000 tons of pure snow. The best part must be the fact that the basic building material is free from mother nature. It takes about 6 weeks to build the hotel from scratch. Once built, the hotel has about 60 rooms, sleeps over 100 guests, and every bedroom is unique.
The rooms are furnished with everything ice as most of the decor within the hotel. The beds are made from slabs of solid ice and the tables and chairs are carved out from blocks of ice. To provide (some) comfort, reindeer skin blankets are put over the beds and chairs.
Every year the ice hotel is rebuilt with new designs, usually spreading over a space of about 53,700 feet, and apart from the hotel itself, it includes an Ice Chapel available for a wedding ceremony or christening, an Ice art exhibition hall, a cinema, and the famous Ice bar where you can enjoy ice-cold vodka from a shot glass made from ice.
(Ice Chapel)
(Ice Bar)
(Ice Shotglass)
Amazing! Could you imagine the atmosphere in that place, and how it would feel sleeping on a block of ice? For around US$450 a night you could go experience it yourself. As for me, here i am feeling cold in a tropical country, and to go freeze myself at the Ice hotel, I have to save up for the room fare, the US$5000 one way ticket and fly 25 hours to get there from Jakarta, before thinking about how to get myself back home. Hmnmnmn… i guess for me, that experience could wait a while . For those lucky enough to have been there, i would like to hear about your experience. In the mean time I have to be content with looking at the pictures.
).. But I’m sure she would be just as shocked to hear the news! She’s also in Love with her Blackberry Bold 
(Ice Chapel)
(Ice Bar)
