Sahabat saya, Ollie, baru saja merilis novel terbarunya yang kali ini bernuansa Islami, tentang perjuangan dalam mencari pasangan jiwa alias soulmate. Dari blog Ollie: Back in 2006, saya mencoba untuk menulis sebuah novel bernafaskan Islam. Ini terus terang saja agak sulit. Karena saya merasa tidak punya kapasitas apa-apa di bidang itu dan tentu saja ilmu…
I just asked for advice from Andrew Trinh of Trizle (a business consulting firm, if you haven’t heard–and a kickass one, if you ask me.) Here’s the reply, verbatim, so you could kick more asses than most guys do: Hi Hendy, Yes! The best accounting book I know is called “The Accounting Game”. It’s an…
In order to make lates as few and as minimal as possible, here’s my brand-new, brilliantly invented idea: The question remains: Does it work? Apparently though, not as much as I had expected it to. 🙁
Too much cheese is not bad. Ever. And then some torture! 😉
Sometime ago I got this Ruby on Rails book from Apress. I reviewed it. It’s gone from me now. For a very good reason. And I’m really, really happy about it. 🙂
From an article about Paradox in Wikipedia: … it may be considered that an ethical admonition to “love thy neighbour” is not just in contrast with, but in contradiction to an armed neighbour actively trying to kill you: if he or she succeeds, you will not be able to love him or her. But to…
Overheard from Assaf: … every once in a while, we need to step back, forget all that we believe is true, and look at the situation with a fresh eye and an open mind. To judge that which is true now. Although in the original context Assaf was talking about Java. I think, seriously, this…
Overheard from Wikipedia: Excessive cerumen may impede the passage of sound in the ear canal, causing conductive hearing loss. It is also estimated to be the cause of 60 – 80% of hearing aid repairs. As mentioned above, movement of the jaw helps the ears’ natural cleaning process, so chewing gum and talking can both…
Alright… I’m not getting hold of it anytime soon. But one day, I’m seriously gonna get something like this: (and it has to be black.) Yup, a Honda Civic subcompact sedan. The cheaper (but new) ones cost around $20,000 here in Indonesia. My friend thought that Toyota Vios looks cooler. It turns out, I have…
Ever heard of the Raelian religion? For those of you who don’t know, the Raelians are an organization — some would say “alien sex cult” — that believes in scientific creationism — that “aliens” came to this planet and manipulated primitive DNA in order to create humans. In 1973, French journalist Claude Vorilhon (who now…
