Tuesday, October 25, 2005

the story of @ in email address

via google own blog, we learn that @ just turns 34. amazing, the founder didn't file for a patent. there are people like tomlinson who create yet overlooked. happy birthday, @.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

this is ALIVE!

hello there. i know, you have declared that this blog is seriously ignored by its owner. he seems to like his other blogs more (linked on the right pane). but no, you are reading a new post now. i'm back -- this time with no excuse -- nope, nada. just look at how i wrote "alive" above. i usually don't bother hitting "shift" or "caps lock", except when i mean formality or ... some kind of promise...

why back, so? because, yes sometimes when i get so bored i have to vent out. a nonsensical blog makes a good ventout. besides, my wife believes i'm more convincing in talking nonsense than talking economics. what a compliment: i got d-minus trying to persuade my family members that market is wonderful and price tells everything.

other than that, life goes on:

  • many local pundits now have a new bible. it's called "confession of an economic hit man", written by some shaman lover (google up!). i don't like it. but, i'm not allowed by the blog owner to discuss it here. (by the way, did i tell you that sachs failed his nobel prize? and bono, too?)
  • my brother has chosen his way: populism. i applaud his motivation and humanism. i disagree with his solution. that guy from jogja really cloud my brother's eyes.
  • still listen to music and still read fun stuff. as i'm writing this, billie holiday is singing "i'll never be the same". in my car i have ayn rand's "fountainhead" -- sort of reread the classics, i told people. (yes, "on the road" is still on the closet top). and oh, by the way, i watch "alias" every day on the way home. (i love laptops -- not when i'm crunching numbers of algorithm on them, but mostly when i use it watching movie).
  • have added new thingy to my laptop (because i have to not replace it). a pcmcia card for internet phone connection. no, not for oral conversation -- it's my solution to extremely unreliable connection at office.
be back to you again. AGAIN.