Mozilla Indonesia Mascot celebrates Indonesian Heroes Day

Today (November 10), Indonesia celebrates its National Heroes Day (Hari Pahlawan). Hari Pahlawan commemorates the 1945 Battle of Surabaya.

KUMI - edisi Hari Pahlawan Indonesia

KUMI — Mozilla Indonesia mascot — celebrates by wearing Bung Tomo’s famous outfit. Bung Tomo is revolutionary leader in the 1945 battle. To remind you a bit about Kumi, it was firstly introduced on September 27, 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia during Mozilla Indonesia Community Meetup. I think KUMI looks cute here.

According to Mozilla Indonesia’s blog, KUMI is also available in various traditional costumes like Bali, Sunda, Yogyakarta, Madura, Minahasa, Makassar, Kupang, Ambon, Papua and more. Here are some other KUMI’s outfits.

Batik

Papertoy KUMI "Garuda di dadaku"

Go to kumi.web.id for more photos or visit Mozilla Indonesia’s Flickr photostream.

Firefox 4: Graphic Drivers Problems

Yesterday, Firefox 4 was launched and lots of people — including me — are happy now. I heard about Firefox 4 features during last year Pesta Blogger in Jakarta. At that time, Mozilla Indonesia brought some people from the team (including the developer) to share some knowledge what could be expected from Mozilla Firefox 4. I was impressed with some features, even some features were already shipped with browser like Google Chrome. It was like, “Okey, that’s cool. But, {name one of the browsers here} already has that (feature)”.

After that, I have Firefox 4 Beta releases installed on my MacBook Pro. I had two version of Firefox browsers installed so I could jump between them when I want to see some changes. Everything was running great, including the upgrade processes. I haven’t found any problems so far. When I joined the Firefox 4 Twitter Party, I was happy.

Yahya Kurniawan's Twitter avatar

But, is everyone happy? No. Yahya Kurniawan, a friend from Jogjakarta, didn’t have his Firefox 4 run well. The issue was on the graphic drivers. Everything was fine — he had some browsers installed, anyway — until he had Firefox 4 installed. He’s still upset, I think. :)

Yes, Firefox confirmed that there are some bugs:

Firefox 4 automatically disables the hardware acceleration and WebGL features if the graphics driver on your system has bugs that cause Firefox to crash. You still get all the other benefits of Firefox 4, of course, just not the newest graphics features. But for best results, you need an up-to-date graphics driver that fixes those bugs.

You can also find some additional details at Benoit Jacob’s blog. So, if you happen finding the problem after installing Firefox 4, you might want to check this issue.

Ecofont

ecofont

Ecofont is a font type that encourages ink-saving print. This font is developed by SPRANQ. Using Ecofont, some parts of the letter is omitted — so you should see some white dots there. It is said that this font works great for OpenOffice, AppleWorks and MS Office 2007. Ecofont is available for free and supports both PC and MAC.

(hat tip: akuinginhijau.org)

Google Reader Problems

Today, I had problem opening Google Reader. I am not sure what caused it, because I did nothing unusual using my laptop. I noticed that it happened after I had Google Chrome installed. But, I am NOT saying that Google Chrome caused this issue. Not sure about this (Thanks Yogi for the correction).

The problem was that I have my browsers stopped loading. I even tried almost all browsers installed on my laptop. No luck. Doh! I am sure it’s not about the internet connection. Because I could not figure out how to solve this issue, I tried to re-install Google Gears. Before I did that, I disabled Greasemonkey script used by Google Reader (in Firefox).

After having Google Reader re-installed, I opened Google Reader page again. Surprise! It’s back to normal again now. At least I do not have to switch to another web-based RSS reader.

Google Chrome Screenshots and Download

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You may have heard that Google will launch its very own web browser shortly. It’s called Google Chrome. Currently, I already have some browsers installed, but Google Chrome seems promising. Here is what its developers said:

On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only a tool to run the important stuff — the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.

It’s said that Google Chrome combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.

google chrome screenshot

I’m curious about how it looks like. Google Blogoscoped provides some informative screenshots and other supporting details. The download link is not available yet, but it seems that it will be available at http://gears.google.com/chrome/ And, don’t forget to read Google Chrome Comic Book. It will explains many things about Google Chrome.

Euro 2008 in Google

It’s a nice situation when big service always provide a service related to current happenings. Let’s take a look at Google, related to Euro 2008. We can use Google search engine service to get the information about match schedules and match results from certain countries. Anyway, search results depends on the localized Google sites from the participating countries. So, if you search from google.com or google.co.id, the results will be different.

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The above pictures shows search result from http://www.google.es/search?q=euro+2008&hl=en. We can see the upcoming matches.

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If we add a participating country, we will see its match result and upcoming schedule.

List of websites, blogs and other resources about Earth Day

Okey, let’s make it fast. Here are some links you probably want to know.

Of course, there are still many resources. Happy Earth Day!

News in brief: April 2008

Some news around the blogosphere/internet in general:

Opera Mini 4

It’s official. Opera Software just released the latest version of Opera Mini after three beta releases. It’s Opera Mini 4. In this release, there are many improvement as the entire codes were rewritten. Its rendering is also based on Opera 9.5 desktop browser. Here are some highlights:

  • Overview mode — Opera Mini 4 includes a new rendering architecture that allows you to view webpages just like you would on your computer. When you first load a webpage, Opera Mini will show you an overview snapshot of the page; using the new mouse cursor you can instantly zoom in to the selected region of the page.
  • Size of text fits width of screen — Opera Mini 4 dynamically changes the size of the text on webpages to fit the width of your phone’s screen, meaning you won’t have to scroll horizontally.
  • New standards support — Support for HTML tables, CSS handheld stylesheets, and more advanced support for CSS have been added to Opera Mini.
  • More highlights? Visit information page about the release. And do not forget to check the full features.

To download, you have three options: downloading directly from your mobile phone, PC or using SMS link. Since my old mobile phone (Nokia 3230) is also supported, I think I will download an install it.

Yang tidak kesampaian di Pesta Blogger

Bukan, bukan. Ini bukan bermaksud menyampaikan apa yang kurang dari acara Pesta Blogger 2007 kemarin sebagai sebuah kegiatan besar. Tapi ini lebih kepada hal-hal yang ada dalam rencana, tapi tidak jadi terwujud ketika saya (sebagai seorang blogger, tentunya) datang ke acara tersebut.

  • Bertemu dengan lebih banyak blogger. Kurang lebih 500 blogger berkumpul dan hanya dalam waktu yang relatif cukup singkat.
  • Ikut mendukung kampanye Bangsari, tentang donasi berupa pembelian kambing. Saya sebenernya sudah pernah obrol-obrol dikit dengan Pito. Dan saya masih tetap punya keinginan besar untuk ikut mendukung kampanye ini. Mungkin akan kontak-kontak langsung dengan Pito saja nantinya.
  • Menyapa lebih banyak blogger yang sering saya kunjungi blognya. Cukup banyak yang bisa saya temui. Tapi, tidak sedikit yang akhirnya kesempatan itu lewat begitu saja. Ketika sedang mengobrol sebentar dengan satu blogger, melihat ada blogger yang saya kenal lewat tulisannya, ketika hendak menyapa, tiba-tiba sudah tidak ada. Dicari, kok ya tidak ketemu lagi… Duh!

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Musical Malaysia

Some steps to find out what-so-called Malaysian Music.

  1. Open Musical Malaysia website: http://www.musicmall-asia.com/malaysia/
  2. Go to Musical Instrument Index page. If you were Indonesian, or you have visited Indonesia before… the musical instruments probably look so familiar.
  3. Read the detail for each instrument. For example, read the information about “angklung“.
  4. If you want to find out about “angklung”, this site offers you a search engine too.
  5. Enter “angklung” (without quotes), and if you’re lucky you will be redirected to a page. There, you will find more detailed information about “angklung”.

You will find more interesting information there. Thank you Pak Rovicky for the inspiration!

Pesta Blogger 2007: What a great event!

Yes, I went to Pesta Blogger 2007. It’s the blogger’s biggest event this year in Indonesia. I met super bloggers from Indonesia. I met my favorite bloggers. I knew them from their blogs… and when I met them in person I feel that I have met them for ages.

Pesta Blogger 2007

It was a great event. I will write more about this event — from my perspective, of course. You can find more blog posts, photos and video from Technorati, Flickr and Youtube. Anyway, Pesta Blogger 2007 official site is a good place to start searching, too.

Photo by fistoriza.

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 and Opera Browser Update

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Developer Center announced Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 release. This release fixed some security issues in previous Firefox 2.0.0.7:

  • URIs with invalid %-encoding mishandled by Windows
  • XPCNativeWrapper pollution using Script object
  • Possible file stealing through sftp protocol
  • XUL pages can hide the window titlebar
  • File input focus stealing vulnerability
  • Browser digest authentication request splitting
  • onUnload Tailgating
  • Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.8)

The update process is so simple. You can navigate to **Help** menu, and choose “**Check for Updates…**”. If you want to download and install it manually, get the installer from http://getfirefox.com

Opera Software Logo

Yesterday, Opera Software also released the its Opera 9.24. It’s not the branch of Kestrel. So, if you’re using Opera, and you haven’t upgrade to Opera 9.5 series, it’s recommended to upgrade your Opera to this version.

The latest Opera 9.5 alpha (Build 9603) is also available. It seems that the Opera Browser Team works hard for the coming release. They also plan of releasing a snapshot everyday: A Snapshot a Day Keeps the Bugs Away. :)

Google Adsense now supports Western Union payment method

Another good news for Google Adsense publishers. Now, there is a new alternative to get Google Adsense payment by using Western Union service.

Google Adsense blog reported:

We’re excited to tell you that we’re offering a new payment method for some countries. If you’re located in Argentina, Chile, China (Mainland), Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, or Romania, you can now sign up for Western Union Quick Cash, a new form of payment that lets you receive your AdSense payments in cash using the worldwide Western Union money transfer service. Payments will be available for pickup at your local Western Union agent the day after they are issued, according to our normal payment schedule.

This feature is not yet available for Indonesian Adsense publisher, I believe more countries will be supported later. I hope… :)

Mug Design II

Few days ago, I mentioned about mug design. Yesterday, I had them ready. And here are some of them.

Mug Design (Picture #1)

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Illustration and Avatar Maker Online Tools

When we register to a service, we have the ability to change our profile/account information. And one of them is on the photo or avatar image. The main reason because we want to incorporate our avatar identity to our account. Well, better than the default image/photos provided by the services.

But sometime, creating an avatar takes too much time. Not only because we have to deal with complicated software for image editing, but also we lack of ideas. What kind of avatar? We can create our own avatar and illustration in ease. Portrait Illustration Maker and Otaku Avatar Maker are available for free.

Illustration and Avatar Maker

The input fields will help you creating your favorite avatar or illustration. You can choose the background, foot, hair type, eyes color, etc. If you have created them, you can simply save your work and use it for your need. Nice tools!

Opera Browser 9.50 Alpha Released!

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Opera Software released Opera Browser 9.50 Alpha (code name Kestrel). I use two primary browsers in my daily basis activities. Opera and Mozilla Firefox. I think I use Opera more than Firefox. I like what Opera offered (including what Kestrel introduced). Of course Opera does not have all features Firefox has, and the vice versa.

If you have plan using this release, you’d probably want to give your attention to some of these things:

  • Get to know Kestrel first (what introduced in this release, the changelog too). Opera Beta Testing page is a good place to start.
  • Backup your Opera settings, bookmark and other preferences first. If you’re not satisfied with this alpha release, you can revert your settings. I just override my installation, and I lost all bookmark, settings, installed widgets, etc. Ouch!
  • Or, you can install it in different location.
  • Read some feedbacks from blog posts, discussion forums, or other blog posts (including Digg)

I have downloaded and installed it. And so far, I LIKE it!

Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan ke-62 RI

Kalau dikalangan blogosfer Indonesia, salah satu topik yang muncul dalam rangka peringatan Hari Kemerdekaan RI tahun ini adalah tentang lagu Indonesi Indonesia Raya yang versi 3 stanza. Sudah banyak blogger yang mengulas hal ini dengan rinci, mendetail, dan bahkan disertai dengan referensi-referensi pendukung.

Nah, barusan dikasih link oleh Yeni, yang merujuk ke satu berita.

Pengamat multimedia yang peduli sejarah dan musik, KRMT Roy Suryo Notodiprojo, menyatakan sebenarnya pengungkapan sejarah Lagu Kebangsaan “Indonesia Raya” sama sekali tidak perlu dikontroversikan, apalagi malah ada pihak-pihak yang tampak kecolongan akibat ranahnya dimasuki atau dikoreksi. Namun yang paling menggelikan adalah juga tampak banyak pihak yang kemudian “menumpang” isu dengan mendukung statemen yang salah terhadap persepsi lagu ini. Menariknya banyak juga pihak yang awalnya “tertidur” sekian lama, menjadi ”terbangunkan” dengan pengungkapan sejarah ini.

Hal tersebut tampak sekali dengan ‘kegagapan’ beberapa pihak tertentu dalam menyikapi kemunculan kembali bagian dari sejarah negara ini, di mana sebenarnya tidak perlu disikapi emosional, apalagi sampai harus menggunakan ‘tangan-tangan tertentu’ untuk membuat character assasination kepada saya di berbagai tempat,” katanya dalam keterangan pers yang dikirim ke Suara Merdeka, kemarin.

“Meskipun akhirnya saya ditohok dari belakang atau dikhianati oleh tim yang awalnya membantu pengungkapan sejarah ini. Namun bagaimanapun saya tetap mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Tim AP, khususnya koordinatornya, walau saya akhirnya hanya bisa mengatakan kepada anggota tim bahwa kedewasaan berpikir, mengeluarkan pendapat, apalagi berani bersikap itu bukan hal yang sangat sederhana.”

Artikel selengkapnya bisa dilihat di situs Suara Merdeka. Merdeka!

Firefox 2.0.0.6

Mozilla Firefox 2

Just a small update. The latest version of Mozilla Firefox (Firefox 2.0.0.6) has been released. It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version due to security fixes. Some issues fixed:

  • Unescaped URIs passed to external programs (info)
  • Privilege escalation through chrome-loaded about:blank windows. (info)

If you enable the automatic update option for your Firefox browser, the update will be available very soon. You can always manually check for updates from the Help menu. Or, you can always download the software for free at http://getfirefox.com.

Pecel

Makanan ini terdiri dari beragam sayuran, mulai dari bayam, kacang panjang, daun kemangi, kol, dan juga tauge. Disajikan dengan bumbu kacang. Ya, itulah pecel. Di Jogjakarta, makanan ini cukup mudah ditemukan. Di pasar (terutama pasar tradisional), atau di beberapa warung makan, pecel ini dijadikan sebagai salah satu menu. Ngomong-ngomong soal pecel ini, saya sendiri juga tidak tahu asal mula mengapa makanan ini diberi nama “pecel”. Tapi satu hal yang pasti bahwa makanan ini termasuk cocok di lidah saya.

Ketika saya dan Lala berjalan-jalan di daerah Malioboro, beberapa kali memang menyempatkan untuk membeli makanan ini. Bukan di warung makan, melainkan di tempat makan pinggir jalan, tepatnya di depan Pasar Beringharjo (di sisi selatan Jalan Malioboro). Disekitar pasar Beringharjo sendiri cukup banyak penjual pecel ini, walaupun memang belum pernah membandingkan diantara para penjual (baik dari segi rasa, maupun haga). Hehe…

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