check out the smile!

Anis is one of the many children who have received cranio-facial reconstruction surgery courtesy of the Australia New Zealand Association and the Priscilla Hall Memorial Foundation.

Check out the result! What a fantastic smile. Thank you to @leonniefm and the sponsors and everyone who made this possible. Please support our cause...

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the slow death of print media

We are witnessing a profound change in the media... Underscoring this trend is the fact that at the same time that Businessweek was selling for less than $5 million to Bloomberg, Foursquare’s pretty cousin Gowalla drove up Sand Hill road and collected $8.4 million for a minority stake.

These are the words of Seth Goldstein over at TechCrunch. His article is actually about the shift of media and what to expect in 2010. It's worth a read. I just liked the above bit.

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the best iphone apps of 2009

There are still 20 days left to the year, but Wired has compiled a list of the best iPhone apps of 2009 -- according to Wired Readers. It's an interesting list of 5, not least of all because only one is NOT a game.

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the air that we breath is not what it seems

Wired has a fascinating article about the origins of our atmosphere that almost reads like a the script of a science fiction movie.

Scientists have been analysing the trace gases in Earth's atmosphere and have come to the conclusion that the thin protective layer that we are slowly destroying did not originate from the interior of the earth, but from space!

The researchers analyzed gases contained in a natural reservoir of carbon dioxide that lies several hundred metres below the surface of the crust. The gases that accumulated there when the Earth was cooling billions of years ago do not match the ratios seen in today’s atmosphere.

This means that it is unlikely that our atmosphere came from within the Earth. Instead, our atmosphere may have been delivered to Earth by comets.

Cool, eh?

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barcamp indonesia 1.0

Saturday morning Evan, Aulia and I trundled along to the first BarCamp Indonesia.

According to Wikipedia, Barcamp is "an international network of user generated conferences (or unconferences) - open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants."

According to Aulia, Barcamp is "basically a gathering of like minded people to share ideas and discuss about things that interest them."

It's a pretty cool concept. Attendees choose and present the topics they want to discuss. The whole thing is very fluid and relaxed. Evan said that in the US, these things are often held in bars -- hence the name. To make up for the lack of liquor, Ramya brought along a tent.

It was a good event -- I will definitely be attending future ones.

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cork & screw: more wine?

Yes please! Another hidden treasure: Cork & Screw, tucked in the back of Plaza Indonesia.
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fatburger: you mean it's not a joke?

I've been watching a very funny TV series called 'Head Case' about a celebrity shrink with serious personal issues. Her receptionist-personal assistant hangs out in Fatburger, stuffing her face with fries, oblivious to the amorous advances of the restaurant manager.

To be honest, I thought Fatburger was a fiction, part of the satire. But apparently it's not -- and it's here in Jakarta! Head on down to Plaza Indonesia for a FOUR MEAT PATTY, FOUR SLICES OF CHEESE heart attack (also known as the XL).

Obscene...

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jam kopi: aksara canteen, plaza indonesia

Finally, a truly lazy Sunday. Sarah Lacy's "new" book (to prove I can read), the latest Daman (coz it's totally gay) and the omnipresent iPhone -- which really needs a new name, given how rarely I use the phone bits.
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the google phone: it's official!!!

This is exciting! Google has made it official -- it will be launching the "Google Phone" in one month. It won’t be sold by a carrier like AT&T or TMobile, but will be unlocked -- this means we will probably get it here in Indonesia pretty soon. The details... 

  • Android 2.1 
  • Snapdragon chip 
  • It has a high-resolution OLED touchscreen 
  • thinner than the iPhone 
  • a voice-to-text feature is supposed to let you dictate emails and notes by speaking directly into the phone 
HTC is the manufacturer, but it won't be branded as HTC -- but as Google. Keren banget!
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rusty old planes

I have a 'guest spot' over at Jakarta Daily Photo every Sunday. You should check it out (JDP that is -- not just my Sunday spot). Every day there's photo from somewhere in Jakarta and a short explanation. It's a nice way to rediscover your city.

This one is the interior of an old abandoned plane. Just outside Tangerang there’s an old abandoned airstrip that looks like it hasn’t been used in a very long time. The runway is cracked and overrun with plants and weeds, and serves as a road for the local community. Sitting there like relics from a bygone era are the carcasses of these two old planes. Cool, eh?

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